2 h. ago Police arrest man under Terrorism Act after threats made to councillors

A 46-year-old male was arrested amid Police Service of Northern Ireland's operation

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7 h. ago Met Police officer sacked for not disclosing arrest and gun possession probe

PC Mohammad Bhatti claimed he didn’t remember being arrested after crashing his car in 2008

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8 h. ago Police make rape arrest after attack on woman near community centre in early hours

A cordon was put in place on the street this morning as officers carried out investigations

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12 h. ago Moment Polish drug smuggler who flooded Home Counties with cocaine is arrested getting off plane in London

Blazej Holub, 43, was placed in handcuffs when he got off a flight from Warsaw at London Luton Airport after police worked out his identity from EncroChat messages about a drugs shipment.

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21 h. ago Pensioner, 80, arrested with cocaine claims the drug was for his health

An 80-year-old pensioner has been placed under house arrest with an ankle monitor after police found him with 11 packets of cocain, though he claims the stash was purely for his “health"

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56 h. ago ‘People think abuse comes with working in A&E. It shouldn’t be like that’

How a hospital is helping NHS staff realise they need not accept violence, abuse and aggression on the job Hugo (not his real name), an advanced clinical practitioner, was on the night shift in A&E at Great Western hospital, Swindon, when a drunk patient started swearing aggressively at a nurse. “When I asked if I could help, he told me, ‘Fuck off you gay cunt.’ When I asked him not to speak to me like that and to return to his seat in the waiting room, he just walked up the corridor swearing and repeatedly shouting ‘gaydar’.”Hugo said he was initially more annoyed than scared, even when the patient grabbed a crutch and started swinging it about. “There wasn’t time to be frightened,” he said. “You’re just trying to protect your colleagues and the patients.” He called security and in the end the police had to arrest the patient. He said although he had experienced aggressive and violent behaviour – over the course of his career, he has been kicked, spat at, pushed and intimidated...

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2 d. ago Britain must back freedom, democracy and liberty and stand united with courageous rebels in Iran

Where is Britain's support on Iran? YOU would think the attempts by thousands of freedom protesters to overthrow a brutal, murderous regime would warrant some serious support from any British government. After all we are talking about a tyranny which has promoted terror across the globe and threatened the West with a far-reaching nuclear programme....

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3 d. ago Woman feeding pigeons arrested and handcuffed by police as onlookers slam ‘ridiculous’ response

Video shows woman in her 40s being detained by at least six Met Police officers and council enforcement workers in Harrow, London

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3 d. ago Police issue arrest update after man seriously hurt in 'targeted' attack at his home

Police responded to a 'disturbance' at a different property before the attack in what was believed to be a 'linked' incident

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3 d. ago West Wing actor Timothy Busfield faces child sexual abuse charges as police issue arrest warrant

The alleged acts are reported to have taken place during the New Mexico production of Fox crime series ‘The Cleaning Lady’

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3 d. ago West Wing actor faces child sex abuse charges as police issue warrant for his arrest

The actor, 68, best known for his roles in The West Wing and Field of Dreams, is facing two wounds of criminal sexual contact of a minor and one count of child abuse.

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4 d. ago Pennsylvania man charged after alleged ‘horrific’ grave robbing from cemetery

Over 100 pieces of human remains including skulls and headless torsos found in car and home of Jonathan GerlachA Pennsylvania man suspected of desecrating a historic cemetery in his state is facing hundreds of charges pertaining to grave robbery after authorities recently found more than 100 pieces of human remains in his possession, prompting one official to call the case “the most horrific thing”.Jonathan Gerlach, 34, had human skulls, bones, mummified feet, headless torsos and other corpse parts – including in his car, home and storage locker – after his arrest on Tuesday, according to a sworn police statement reported by NBC News. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Thief jailed 24 hours after arrest by plain clothes officers – London

Thief jailed 24 hours after arrest by plain clothes officers – London  British Transport Police

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4 d. ago Moment group of migrants wander around motorway station after 'getting off lorry from France'

Footage shows a large group walking through Toddington Services on the M1 in Bedfordshire on Tuesday afternoon when they are approached by a lorry driver.

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6 d. ago Woman in 60s dies after layby car crash in Hertfordshire as police arrest Porsche driver

A grey Porsche Cayenne, a red Fiat 500 and a white Volvo Tipper lorry were involved in a crash in Broxbourne on Monday, January 5 - a woman in her sixties died at the scene

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7 d. ago 11 arrested as armed police swoop on Twitch streamer with 'toy gun' outside Parliament

Police arrest 11 men during live stream on suspicion of possession of an imitation firearm

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7 d. ago Moment Twitch streamer films himself with toy gun outside major London landmark before police swoop in and arrest him

This is the moment a Twitch streamer filmed himself waving a toy gun right outside Big Ben before being arrested.

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8 d. ago Nicolás Maduro appears in Manhattan court; US ambassador tells UN there is ‘no war in Venezuela’ – live

Ousted president in Manhattan courthouse where the full list of charges will be read; Mike Waltz says US is ‘not occupying a country’ after strikes on VenezuelaDelcy Rodríguez strikes conciliatory tone with US after Trump warningA UK minister would not be drawn into saying whether his government believes the US capture of Venezuela’s president was influenced by the country’s rich oil reserves.Asked on Sky News why he thought Donald Trump had captured Nicolás Maduro and said America would “run” Venezuela, Home Office minister Mike Tapp said:This is for Donald Trump to answer, and I think he has said in his press conference, which I watched with interest around narco-terrorism and that threat. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago UN secretary general ‘deeply concerned’ after US operation in Venezuela as Nicolás Maduro arrives at Manhattan court – live

António Guterres concerned by ‘possible intensification of instability’ of Venezuela; ousted president arrives at a Manhattan courthouse where the full list of charges will be readA UK minister would not be drawn into saying whether his government believes the US capture of Venezuela’s president was influenced by the country’s rich oil reserves.Asked on Sky News why he thought Donald Trump had captured Nicolás Maduro and said America would “run” Venezuela, Home Office minister Mike Tapp said:This is for Donald Trump to answer, and I think he has said in his press conference, which I watched with interest around narco-terrorism and that threat. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Fake admiral's eerie four words to police when they knocked on his door to arrest him

Jonathan Carley, 65, from Harlech, Gwynedd, claimed that he wanted a 'sense of belonging' by wearing a uniform bearing the mark of His Majesty's Forces. But he was condemned by magistrates at he appeared before them in Llandudno

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