2 h. ago Jean Charles de Menezes’s mother says ‘everyone should watch’ TV drama about his killing

Disney+ series revisits killing of Brazilian man wrongly identified as a terrorist by Met police officers in 2005The mother of a man shot dead by police in a London Underground station after being mistaken for a terrorist has said “everyone should watch” a new dramatisation of her son’s killing.Jean Charles de Menezes was shot seven times by two police marksmen in Stockwell tube station on 22 July 2005. De Menezes was wrongly identified as one of the fugitives involved in a failed bombing two weeks after the 7/7 attack in London, which killed 52 people. Continue reading...

Events

3 h. ago Karen Read's second murder trial revives debate over who killed her Boston police officer boyfriend

The much-anticipated retrial of Karen Read is set to begin

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3 h. ago ‘Honest folk are paying for this’: the fight against Britain’s billion

From raids on marijuana farms to illegal bitcoin miners, suppliers are finding new ways to tackle the rise in gas and electricity theftMore British households struggling with bills will resort to energy theft, campaigners sayBy the time a team of police officers and engineers stormed a disused office block in Wigan, Greater Manchester, on a November morning last year, the building had been abandoned.Left behind were rooms filled with thousands of cannabis plants: a nursery on the first floor, the growing crop on the second, and leaves drying out on the third. The criminal gang behind the marijuana farm is thought to have fled after the grid operator cut off the stolen electricity used to power scores of LED lamps. Continue reading...

Economics

9 h. ago Aussie cop sets hearts racing as she is dubbed the 'most gorgeous police officer ever'

The founder of cosmetics company Ice Glow shared a video of the cop as she sipped on a coffee near her stall at Sydney's Royal Easter Show.

Events

10 h. ago South Carolina man gets life sentence for killing New Mexico officer

A South Carolina man has been sentenced to life in prison for gunning down a New Mexico state police officer who had stopped to help him

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10 h. ago Two Mississippi Capitol cops indicted for manslaughter after shooting of Black man during traffic stop

Police officers are accused of unreasonably using gunfire against a 25-year-old during a 2022 traffic stop

Events

16 h. ago ‘Grandpa robbers’ accused of Kim Kardashian jewel heist to face Paris trial

Armed thieves broke into reality TV star’s flat in France in 2016, making off with possessions worth millions of eurosA group of pensioners nicknamed the “grandpa robbers” will go on trial in Paris next week, charged with stealing jewellery worth millions of euros from the US TV reality star Kim Kardashian when she attended Paris fashion week in 2016.In what was considered the biggest robbery of an individual in France in 20 years, Kardashian was tied up and held hostage at gunpoint in her bedroom in central Paris by armed thieves dressed as police officers in the early hours of 3 October 2016. The thieves escaped with up to an estimated €10m in jewellery. Continue reading...

Events

16 h. ago Man arrested on suspicion of murder after woman stabbed to death in Enfield over Easter weekend

Officers from Met Police were called to an address at Ayley Croft, Enfield at around 7pm on Saturday

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17 h. ago Moment swaggering robbery suspect is brutally taken down by cop after punching police car

State Police officers in Brescia, northern Italy , had ordered the suspect to halt as he walked away from them, believing him to be armed, according to local media .

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17 h. ago Berlin reports rise in attacks on refugees amid surge in far

Call for greater protection for asylum seekers and policies targeting rightwing violence as report sounds ‘alarm bell’Berlin has reported a marked increase in attacks on asylum seekers and refugee shelters, amid a sharp rise in far-right crime and a hardening of German migration policy.Official figures provided at the request of two local Green party lawmakers showed there were 77 assaults on asylum seekers and refugees in 2024 and eight instances of deliberate damage to residences housing them. Continue reading...

Events

18 h. ago Three men charged following death of woman hit by van after police pursuit

Suzanne Cherry, 62, was struck by a Nissan van at Aston Wood Golf Club in Shenstone, near Sutton Coldfield, on April 11 and died four days later.

Events

30 h. ago The violent thugs who thought they could get away with attacking police officers

Assaults on police officers in Wales are on the increase with over 3,000 assaults committed on emergency workers between July 2023 and June 2024

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42 h. ago Missouri State star Todric McGee dies after suspected accidental shooting

Police found 21-year-old at home after wellness checkSafety was a decorated high school player in KansasMissouri State safety Todric McGee has died at the age of 21 after what has been described as a possible accidental shooting.A Springfield Police Department spokesperson said officers had gone to McGee’s home for a wellness check on Friday morning after receiving a call. They found McGee, who they believe had suffered a “possible accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound”. He was taken to a local hospital but died from his injuries. Continue reading...

Events

43 h. ago Husband ‘watched in horror’ as van killed wife on golf course after police chase

Mother-of three Suzanne Cherry, 62, leaves ‘an unfillable void’ in the lives of her family and friends.

Events

55 h. ago Girl, 4, killed in 'dog attack' at house where police euthanised seven dogs

Police officers determined there were six pitbulls and one poodle mix dog inside the address when the incident occurred - the dogs were euthanised at the scene

Events

57 h. ago Astonishing claims that Fayed bugged a female aide's flat... with the help of a bogus MI5 agent, corrupt police and a fake copy of the Official Secrets Act

Police are investigating astonishing claims that corrupt detectives working for Mohamed Al Fayed deceived one of his victims by staging an elaborate ruse involving a bogus MI5 officer and a bugged flat.

Politics

59 h. ago Seattle officers who attended Jan. 6 rally ask US Supreme Court to keep their identities anonymous

Current and former Seattle police officers who attended President Donald Trump’s “Stop the Steal” political rally on Jan. 6, 2021 at the U.S. Capitol are asking the nation’s highest court to keep their identities anonymous in public court records

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60 h. ago Top cop sacked after having sex with colleague as boss slams 'abhorrent behaviour'

The Independent Office for Police Conduct found that Tom Simons, former Essex Police chief superintendent, failed to disclose a relationship with one colleague and touched another inappropriately

Politics

60 h. ago Top cop sacked after bonking colleague as boss slams 'abhorrent behaviour'

The Independent Office for Police Conduct found that Tom Simons, former Essex Police chief superintendent, failed to disclose a relationship with one colleague and touched another inappropriately

Politics

60 h. ago Top cop sacked after sex with colleague as boss slams 'abhorrent behaviour'

The Independent Office for Police Conduct found that Tom Simons, former Essex Police chief superintendent, failed to disclose a relationship with one colleague and touched another inappropriately

Politics