24 h. ago Woman drags police officer down road with Porsche after being pulled over

Lorna Thompson, 58, had been driving the luxury vehicle when it was flagged down by a police patrol last year.

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60 h. ago Police patrols stepped up after wave of attacks on Sara Cox's family home in Greater Manchester

Police say vandals have targeted the BBC presenter's childhood farm in Bolton

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62 h. ago Hundreds of town centres to see more police patrols in crime ‘blitz’

More than 500 towns across England and Wales have signed up to the Home Office’s safer streets summer initiative, which will run to September 30

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7 d. ago Hot Buzz! Police on patrol investigate a swarm of bees... before calling in the experts in sting operation

A photo posted on social media shows officers and a PCSO looking flummoxed as they stare at the cluster of pollinators in the centre of Winchester, Hampshire.

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1 week ago French police patrol flooded streets of Paris while trying to raise spirits with hilarious ICONIC theme tune

As Paris grapples with severe flooding, French police have taken to patrolling the waterlogged streets not only to ensure public safety but also to lift the spirits of residents.

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1 week ago Manzanar teaches about Japanese American incarceration in the US. That’s in jeopardy under Trump

As visitors to the national historic site are urged to inform on anything ‘negative’, advocates warn of the same playbook that led to concentration campsAt the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada, more than 200 miles (320km) outside Los Angeles, in what feels like the middle of nowhere, is Manzanar national historic site. It marks the place where more than 10,000 Japanese Americans were incarcerated during the second world war, crowded into barracks, surrounded by barbed wire and guard towers with searchlights, and patrolled by military police.Since then, Manzanar, which now has a museum and reconstructed barracks that visitors can walk through, has been transformed into a popular pilgrimage destination for Japanese Americans to remember and teach others about this history. (Manzanar was one of 10 concentration camps where the US government forcibly relocated and held more than 110,000 people of Japanese descent during the second world war.) Continue reading...

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1 week ago ‘Is this AI?’: surfing world in awe after ‘best air ever’ pulled off by 18

Hughie Vaughan widely hailed for ‘stalefish backflip’ manoeuvreCentral Coast teenager stuns with move at wave pool in TexasA step change in the evolution of surfing brought about by an Australian teenager has electrified the world of extreme sport and drawn praise from the doyen of skateboarding, Tony Hawk.Eighteen-year-old Central Coast surfer Hughie Vaughan produced what has been dubbed a “stalefish flipper” at a competition in a wave park in Texas this week that has already been viewed millions of times on social media. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Brit favourite holiday destination 'done for' as nightclubs getting shut down

The resort town's District Police Department Public Order and Patrol Teams have began to clampdown on businesses and now more than 20 nightclubs in Turkey have closed

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2 w. ago Man arrested for upskirting at Beyoncé concert as police announce extra patrols at summer gigs

The number of stadium concerts in London has more than doubled this year, prompting police to shift their focus to major music events

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2 w. ago Met Police introduces patrols to protect women and girls at concerts

The operation began on June 5 at Beyonce’s concert at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

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2 w. ago Police officers are suspended after they're filmed having SEX in patrol car in broad daylight

A resident of Larnaca in southeastern Cyprus was driving through an open field when they spotted the male and female police officers having sexual intercourse in their parked car.

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3 w. ago Patrols of Dumfries and Galloway beauty spot ramped up to tackle irresponsible behaviour

The Loch Ken Trust Ranger Service and Police Scotland will be taking part in joint patrols to ensure everyone can enjoy the area.

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3 w. ago Salford riots aftermath as locals say they've been 'terrorised' by hooded youths for weeks

Wheelie bins were used to block the road during the 'serious disorder', a 16-year-old girl has been arrested and police in riot gear patrolled the area in Salford - but locals fear there's more to come

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