52 h. ago Fraught, tense and visceral: there’s never been a football match quite like Maccabi’s visit to Aston Villa | Barney Ronay

Undeniably strange and redolent of wider horrors at one remove, this was a groaning platter of geopolitics with a tiny little sprig of sport dusted across the topYou could almost, almost have played it for laughs. If it wasn’t so bleak, or so profoundly unsettling. But then, this is Birmingham, so there does have to be some gallows humour buried in there.Either way an hour before kick-off on the streets outside Villa Park it became clear that the 700 police officers present were being asked to keep apart three distinct, and equally energetic factions: pro-Palestine, pro-Israeli and pro YouTubers. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Celtic news: New manager announcement timeline emerges as plan A blown apart

Brendan Rodgers departed as Celtic manager on Monday evening following a dismal 3-1 defeat to Hearts at the weekend, with the search already underway for the next boss of the club

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2 w. ago Met Police officer is cleared of 'sharing CCTV footage with his girlfriend' of homeless man raping NHS worker as she lay unconscious on a park bench

PC Adam Aspinall Da Encarnacao was accused of sharing images of two separate rape offences with a member of the public.

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2 w. ago Met Police officer accused of sharing images of rapes cleared of misconduct

Pc Adam Aspinall Da Encarnacao remains suspended from duty.

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2 w. ago Met Police chief Sir Mark Rowley at war with his own federation boss over Freemason questions

Sir Mark Rowley claims Matt Cane ‘launched a tirade’ against his anti-corruption measures

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2 w. ago Met Police chief Sir Mark Rowley at war with his own federation boss over Freemason ties

Sir Mark Rowley claims Matt Cane ‘launched a tirade’ against his anti-corruption measures

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3 w. ago Misconduct hearing of firearms officer who shot man dead in north London collapses

Marksman known as W80 was accused of using excessive force in shooting dead Jermaine Baker during prison van break

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3 w. ago Revealed: Met Police sacked over 180 disgraced officers last year as Sir Mark Rowley battles to clean up force

Met Commissioner vowed to be ‘relentless’ during ‘biggest corruption clear-out in British policing history’

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3 w. ago Metropolitan Police sacked over 180 disgraced officers last year as Sir Mark Rowley battles to clean up force

Met Commissioner vowed to be ‘relentless’ during ‘biggest corruption clear-out in British policing history’

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3 w. ago Record clearout of rogue police officers as more than 700 axed in last year

The number of police officers booted out of forces across the UK has surged, with officers being removed for dishonesty, racism, misogyny and sexual misconduct in the wake of Wayne Couzens scandal

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3 w. ago Police officer cleared of assaulting woman in wrongful London bus fare arrest denies gross misconduct as Met standards hearing gets underway

Perry Lathwood was fined £1,500 for assault after detaining the passenger in Croydon, south London - but he had his conviction quashed last September.

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3 w. ago Met officer denies gross misconduct over wrongful arrest of woman for bus fare evasion

Pc Perry Lathwood denies that he used force against Jocelyn Agyemang without a lawful basis when he arrested her at a south London bus stop

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3 w. ago Officer accused of using force on woman during arrest denies gross misconduct

Pc Perry Lathwood denies that he used force against Jocelyn Agyemang without a lawful basis when he arrested her at a south London bus stop.

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