97 m. ago Police dealt with more than 3,000 protests in three months over the summer

Chairman of the National Police Chiefs’ Council Gavin Stephens said public figures should avoid sowing division amid a climate of increased tension.

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1 hour ago Under strain police dealt with record number of protests this summer as tensions flared over migrant crisis

More than 3,000 protests this summer - the highest number in three years - have put forces under ‘chronic pressure’, with up to 40 more planned for this weekend

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1 hour ago Top cop's message to public figures 'with power and influence' amid 'climate of tension'

National Police Chief Council chairman Gavin Stephens says police officers are facing increased divisions as they attempt to deal with protests, including at migrant hotels

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1 hour ago London ‘records fewest homicides in summer months since 2018’

The mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan has vowed to continue building on work to tackle violence across the capital.

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3 h. ago Marseille stabbings: Knifeman shot dead by police after five people wounded in hotel rampage

The suspect, a Tunisian national, is understood to have been evicted from the hotel for unpaid rent

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3 h. ago Dad necked vodka before punching partner on TUI flight in front of off

Kevin Chapman lashed out at his girlfriend while on an overnight flight from Greece to the UK and struck her in the face in front of an off-duty police officer who was on the plane

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4 h. ago Man arrested after police probe of 'those involved in encouraging Palestine Action support'

A 59-year-old man in Oban has been arrested and charged as part of an ongoing investigation into those involved in encouraging support for Palestine Action.

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4 h. ago Banksy Transformed This Police Box Into a Piranha Tank. Soon, the Artwork Will Go on Permanent Display in London

Banksy Transformed This Police Box Into a Piranha Tank. Soon, the Artwork Will Go on Permanent Display in London  Smithsonian Magazine

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5 h. ago Reform pledges to cut 'wasteful spending' in NHS and 'the nonsense' if it wins power in Wales

In an interview which was typically lacking in detail Richard Tice said 'back office' jobs needed to be cut in Wales to save money and his party would scrap Welsh Labour's 20mph policy

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5 h. ago Dead Man’s Wire review – Gus Van Sant calls the shots with surreal true

Venice film festivalAl Pacino, Colman Domingo and Myha’la excel in this gripping take on the events of 1977 when an Indianapolis businessman held his mortgage broker hostage With terrific chutzpah, black-comic flair and cool, cruel unsentimentality, screenwriter Austin Kolodney and director Gus Van Sant have made a true-crime suspense thriller set in the 1970s, tapping into the spirit of both Sidney Lumet’s Dog Day Afternoon and Network. Apart from anything else, it is a reminder that in that post-Kennedy, post-Watergate age, plenty of lawless and febrile things happened that would now be considered phenomena purely attributable to social media.In 1977, an Indianapolis businessman named Tony Kiritsis, with many acquaintances in the police department, kidnapped a mortgage broker named Richard Hall, and tied Hall’s neck with a “dead man’s wire” to his shotgun, which would therefore go off if police sharpshooters tried to kill him. Kiritsis even paraded his victim like this on TV while...

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5 h. ago ‘Extremely bizarre’: Florida man ran over his date after she refused to allow him to smell her feet, police say

Investigators say 28-year-old Elmoncy Sercle met the woman through a dating app and invited her to the hotel

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5 h. ago Criticism grows over Father Ted creator Graham Linehan arrest for ‘anti

JK Rowling and Elon Musk among high-profile critics as Irish comedian, 57, detained by armed officers moments after stepping off an American Airlines flight from Arizona

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5 h. ago Woman installs camera to keep an eye on her dog and what she finds is hilarious

Ever wondered what your pet does when you're not home? One woman set up a camera in her living room and was stunned by what her dog got up to

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5 h. ago Moment gang chainsaw their way into Sainsbury's in £2million burglary spree

The organised crime network, described by police as 'highly professional' and 'brazen,' targeted convenience stores, jewellers and electronics shops.

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5 h. ago Tube strike set to deliver £230m blow to London economy was backed by just 57% of RMT members

EXCLUSIVE: 6,004 union members voted in favour of action set to shut down the London Underground — but 4,196 did not bother to vote

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6 h. ago Neighbor realizes he unwittingly helped murderer dispose body after being told it was 'hockey mannequin', police say

Christopher Caron (pictured), 42, was charged with murder after he allegedly tricked his neighbors into helping him move a dead body by telling them it was a 'hockey mannequin'.

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7 h. ago Two men die and five others seriously injured in roundabout crash

Essex Police said it was called to reports of a two-vehicle collision at the Rayleigh Spur roundabout, near Wickford, shortly after 4.15am on Monday.

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7 h. ago The Guardian view on the dental divide: ministers must brush up their policy as well as children’s teeth | Editorial

Gaps in access to dentists mirror other health inequalities. And ‘golden hellos’ won’t solve the problem on their ownDisadvantaged primary school pupils at the government’s first wave of new breakfast clubs can expect to be trained in toothbrushing, as well as fed. Data showing that a fifth of all five-year-olds in England have experienced tooth decay persuaded ministers to make improved oral health part of the early years and reception class curriculum. But the prevalence of decay is not evenly spread across the country. And research showing how much worse the situation is for children in deprived areas is in line with other findings about widening health inequalities.New analysis from the Local Government Association highlights the differing availability of dental care across council areas – a situation sometimes described as a dental divide. It found no specific correlation between the numbers of NHS dentists and young children with tooth decay. But it adds to a body of...

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7 h. ago Downing Street tells Met to focus on 'serious' crime in veiled swipe after force arrests Graham Linehan over 'anti

The Irish comedy writer, whose successful career was derailed by his 'anti-trans' views, says he was treated like a 'terrorist' before being quizzed by police over 'three tweets' he posted in April.

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7 h. ago Exclusive: Tube strike set to deliver £230m blow to London economy was backed by just 57% of RMT members

6,004 union members voted in favour of action set to shut down the London Underground — but 4,196 did not bother to vote

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