18 h. ago London officers disguised as Batman and Robin take down illegal gambling operation

London officers disguised as Batman and Robin take down illegal gambling operation  The Express Tribune

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38 h. ago Kapow! South London police officers dress as Batman and Robin in bid to tackle illegal gambling gangs

Kapow! South London police officers dress as Batman and Robin in bid to tackle illegal gambling gangs  Southwark News

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62 h. ago Kapow! Police dressed as Batman and Robin arrest two in gambling sting.

Kapow! Police dressed as Batman and Robin arrest two in gambling sting.  The Washington Post

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64 h. ago Batman and Robin swoop in on con artists targeting tourists in London

Batman and Robin swoop in on con artists targeting tourists in London  NBC News

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66 h. ago Batman and Robin make arrests on Westminster Bridge as police don disguises

A Metropolitan Police inspector dressed as Batman said his "highly effective" operation on London's Westminster Bridge led to the arrests and later convictions of two men

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68 h. ago Police officers dress up as Batman and Robin in bizarre undercover sting

The officers used the creative tactic after criminals began to recognise them and flee

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3 d. ago ‘Space junk’: huge astronaut statue coming to Perth park is one giant leap too far for many

Council criticised over plan to replace beloved public artwork with 7-metre tall effigy of spaceman created by a former Wall Street traderGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastThe City of Perth is under increasing pressure to drop its plans to replace one of the city’s most beloved public artworks with a 7-metre tall effigy of an astronaut, which as been derided as a piece of “factory-produced space junk”.Until four years ago, Ore Obelisk, affectionately known as The Kebab by the people of Perth, stood in the heritage-listed Stirling Gardens in the heart of the city. The 15-metre work made from local geological minerals, created by the architect, artist and Perth’s first city planner, Paul Ritter, was erected in 1971 to celebrate Western Australia’s population reaching one million, and was one of the city’s first public artworks.Sign up for the Afternoon Update: Election 2025 email newsletter Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Con Artists Scamming London Tourists Meet Their Match: Batman and Robin

Con Artists Scamming London Tourists Meet Their Match: Batman and Robin  The New York Times

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3 d. ago Met Police officers dress up as Batman and Robin in ‘creative tactic’ to catch street scammers

Metropolitan Police officers apprehended scammers on Westminster Bridge dressed as Batman and Robin in February, after having to hatch "creative plans" to "deliver vengeance."

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3 d. ago Police dress as Batman and Robin to foil scammers on bridge in London

The officers had to ‘think outside the box’ to catch the two men.

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3 d. ago Batman and Robin costumed police make Westminster Bridge arrests

Batman and Robin costumed police make Westminster Bridge arrests  BBC

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3 d. ago Police disguised as Batman and Robin arrest rogue street traders on Westminster Bridge

The officers used the creative tactic after criminals began to recognise them and flee

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3 d. ago Police disguise as Batman and Robin to snare rogue street traders on Westminster Bridge

Police officers in Lambeth were forced to get creative after regulars on Westminster Bridge began to recognise them

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3 d. ago Moment Met Police officers go undercover dressed as Batman and Robin to catch Westminster Bridge con artists

The inventive ploy saw two officers burst into a crowd of tens of people disguised as the superheroes before grabbing the scammers. Two men have since been convicted at Croydon Magistrates Court.

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6 d. ago Wall Street slumps as hopes wane for tariff delays; US says it will implement 104% tariff on China – business live

US stock market swings wildly as investor hopes for concessions and delays on tariffs waxed then waned How ‘liberation day’ rout compares with other notorious stock market crisesWall Street traders on Trump tariffs: ‘Without doubt, we’re hitting a recession’Trump threatens additional 50% tariffs on China over retaliatory leviesSouth Korea’s government has approved Tuesday 3 June as the date for a snap presidential election, following the removal from office of Yoon Suk Yeol last week over his declaration of martial law.The move comes after Yoon’s removal after the country’s constitutional court voted unanimously on Friday to uphold parliament’s decision to impeach him over his ill-fated declaration of martial law in December. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Wall Street surges 3% as European markets rebound on trade deal hopes – business live

Rallies come as US Treasury secretary says he believes country can reach ‘some good deals’ with trading partnersHow ‘liberation day’ rout compares with other notorious stock market crisesWall Street traders on Trump tariffs: ‘Without doubt, we’re hitting a recession’Trump threatens additional 50% tariffs on China over retaliatory leviesSouth Korea’s government has approved Tuesday 3 June as the date for a snap presidential election, following the removal from office of Yoon Suk Yeol last week over his declaration of martial law.The move comes after Yoon’s removal after the country’s constitutional court voted unanimously on Friday to uphold parliament’s decision to impeach him over his ill-fated declaration of martial law in December. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Wall St set to rally as European markets rebound despite Trump and China trade threats – business live

Beijing says US threat to escalate tariffs against China is a ‘mistake on top of a mistake’ and amounts to blackmailHow ‘liberation day’ rout compares with other notorious stock market crisesWall Street traders on Trump tariffs: ‘Without doubt, we’re hitting a recession’Trump threatens additional 50% tariffs on China over retaliatory leviesSouth Korea’s government has approved Tuesday 3 June as the date for a snap presidential election, following the removal from office of Yoon Suk Yeol last week over his declaration of martial law.The move comes after Yoon’s removal after the country’s constitutional court voted unanimously on Friday to uphold parliament’s decision to impeach him over his ill-fated declaration of martial law in December. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Hotel guests can bag free food and drinks all day with this little

David Haines, concierge at Park Plaza Westminster Bridge, revealed a little-known hack that allows non-guests to indulge in free food and drink all day at chain hotels from just £25 per person. 

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6 d. ago Wall Street traders on Trump tariffs: ‘Without doubt, we’re hitting a recession’

Traders leaving the New York stock exchange were trying to make sense of another day of volatility – what comes next?Traders leaving the New York stock exchange after the bell closed on Monday were sanguine about what had been, by an measure, a day of mood swings on Wall Street, as waves of volatility shook the stock markets, each one created by another deluge of headlines around Donald Trump’s trade war and global economic uncertainty.“The markets opened down a lot, then there was a rumor that the tariffs were off, and they went back up, then all bets were off again and it went down,” said Steve Kos of Option Circle, who offered a series of trading day comparisons as he walked out on to Broad Street in lower Manhattan. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago ALEX BRUMMER: This really is a global catastrophe, but the PM hasn't grasped just how vulnerable we are

Wall Street trader Bill Ackman is one of Donald Trump's most faithful backers in the financial world.

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