1 hour ago Police chiefs accused of 'normalising' exploitation of women by issuing guidance telling officers to refer to prostitutes as 'sexual entrepreneurs'

The all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on Commercial Sexual Exploitation has called the National Police Chiefs' Council's (NPCC) guidance 'harmful and inappropriate'.

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4 h. ago Police officer tells trial of ‘terror’ at being chased by a man with chainsaw

Pc Gary Cowan told Paisley Sheriff Court he was worried his pursuer was going to chop off his arms and head.

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7 h. ago Shabana Mahmood hints at police overhaul to fix ‘irrational’ structure and vows ‘I will be a reformer’

The home secretary has told police chiefs: ‘I was a reformer at the Ministry of Justice. I will be a reformer at the Home Office too’

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8 h. ago Policing in England and Wales a ‘postcode lottery’, Home Secretary says

Shabana Mahmood also told police chiefs the 43 force structure in England and Wales is ‘irrational’.

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12 h. ago Seven people given 'medical help' warning as cold snap grips UK

The NHS has issued guidance on who should seek medical help during cold weather

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15 h. ago Police chief says St George's flags are 'tools of division' being used to spread fear on the streets

The display of national flags on Britain's streets has become a 'tool of division' and 'intimidation', a policing leader said yesterday.

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20 h. ago Police chief says St George's flags are 'tools of division' being used to spread fear on the streets as they admit the asylum system is in 'desperate need of reform'

The display of national flags on Britain's streets has become a 'tool of division' and 'intimidation', a policing leader said yesterday.

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34 h. ago Nigel Farage's Reform UK blasts Rachel Reeves' 'treachery' for hiking taxes on Brits while spending 'extortionate' amounts on foreigners

At a Westminster press conference, Nigel Farage and Zia Yusuf, Reform's policy chief, set out five major measures to save £25billion in the current financial year alone.

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5 d. ago Racing chiefs to investigate after wrong JP McManus horse runs in race at Punchestown

Centreofattention ran in the 2m½f novice chase instead of Enda Bolger stablemate Don't Tell Jack. The matter will be referred to a senior official, the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board has confirmed

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6 d. ago Mahmood to scrap ‘failed experiment’ of police and crime commissioners

The elected officials are in charge of setting police budgets and appointing the chief constable for their area

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7 d. ago Police Scotland will record the biological gender of sex offenders

Jo Farrell said the national constabulary had ensured biological sex was recorded in cases involving rape and sexual offences since 2018.

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7 d. ago Police Scotland: Rapists 'should and will' be recorded as biological men

Police Scotland chief has admitted there have been ‘mixed messages’ on gender ID in the past.

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7 d. ago Met Police Chief Inspector 'plotted bogus racial abuse complaint against senior colleague'

Chief Inspector Zahir Asghar denies allegations he concocted a false racial abuse complaint against a colleague

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7 d. ago Readers' Letters: Why should public purse pay for police chief's second home?

Taxpayers should not be stumping up to help pay for the second homes of public officials, says reader

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8 d. ago Obesity expert urges people taking weight loss injections to start one habit

Ayesha Bashir has issued guidance to people taking injections for weight loss

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9 d. ago Penny Mordaunt sobs as she tells court 'stalker' bombarded her with calls and jumped over the security gate at her office

The former Defence Secretary, 52, told a jury that Edward Brandt, 60, left her 'feeling very vulnerable'.

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9 d. ago Former police chief appears in court accused of fraud and misconduct in public office after allegedly lying about his military service

Former Northamptonshire Police chief constable Nick Adderley, pictured in 2024, has been accused on lying on his CV, including about his military career.

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1 week ago Police Scotland Chief Constable Jo Farrell lands taxpayers with £134k expenses bill for second home

Details of the bill come just days after the Chief Constable asked for an extra £140 million from the Scottish government.

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1 week ago Sir Alan Bates tells Mirror how Post Office victims fight for justice goes on

The ex-subpostmaster has labelled the redress schemes for victims of the Post Office computer system as "quasi-kangaroo courts". Around 1,000 people were wrongly prosecuted over Horizon

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1 week ago He lost an eye, a hand and part of an ear, escaped a POW camp and survived a plane crash... LORD ASHCROFT pays glowing tribute to Britain's unkillable soldier

LORD ASHCROFT: The word 'legend' is overused. But on Remembrance Sunday, it is worth telling the story of a truly remarkable officer.

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