25 h. ago Police step up patrols after reports of knifepoint bike robberies

Officers have been given extra powers

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7 d. ago Live updates as police forced to step in as protesters clash outside Manchester hotel

Police have held traffic and pushed demonstrators back as chants and abuse are exchanged

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8 d. ago California Highway Patrol to protect Harris after Trump pulls Secret Service detail: report

California officials have reportedly put a plan in place to provide Harris with dignitary protection

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3 w. ago Gavin Newsom blasts Trump's 'sick and pathetic' Border Patrol raid 'message' to Dems

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday slammed President Donald Trump after Border Patrol agents reportedly arrested a person outside his planned press conference in Los Angeles

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3 w. ago Police patrolling seafront over reports teens are jumping from high pier

A spokesperson for South Wales Police said the force had received multiple isolated reports and officers have responded by carrying out high visibility patrols of the seafront

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3 w. ago Spanish people know deadly heatwaves are now an annual event. So why are our politicians in denial? | María Ramírez

We need everyday solutions like ‘cool banks’ and shaded areas, as well as serious policies on emissions. The government must step upGrowing up in Madrid, intense summer heat was nothing unusual. I quickly learned always to cross the street in search of shade, and never to be caught out in the sun at 3pm. But as a child in the early 1980s, I never felt dizzy after spending more than a few minutes outdoors, nor did I struggle to study or sleep at home because of the heat. Back then, air conditioning was a rarity, something only Americans had. But we were fine: the stuttering fan in my mother’s Ford Fiesta was enough to keep us comfortable on holiday escapes from the capital.What is happening in Spain now goes far beyond discomfort. More than 1,500 deaths have already been linked to heatwaves this summer alone. Public-sector workers are collapsing from heatstroke on our city streets. Entire communities in the Madrid suburbs have been devastated by wildfires. On Monday, 198 weather stat...

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3 w. ago Chairman of Sheku Bayoh Inquiry decides against recusing himself

Lord Bracadale has refused an application for him to step down from the Scottish Police Federation, Pc Craig Walker and Nicole Short.

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