2 h. ago Minister refuses to rule out cuts to police and housing budgets in spending review

As the Treasury continues to lock horns with Angela Rayner and Yvette Cooper over housing and police force budgets, Cabinet minister Peter Kyle sends a strong signal of the government’s intent

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4 d. ago Senior Met Police officer sacked for second time after refusing drugs test will keep pension

Commander Julian Bennett entitled to lump sum of £400,000, plus index-linked £80,000-a-year

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5 d. ago BBC viewers can stream 'hugely satisfying' crime drama about real serial killer

It doesn't take viewers long to binge the whole series

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5 d. ago BBC viewers hail 'authentic and unpretentious' crime drama about real serial killer

The Black Forest Murders is a four-part series that was released in Germany in 2021 and has now landed on BBC iPlayer after being acquired by the broadcaster.

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2 w. ago Jay Slater detective reveals the bombshell evidence he says Spanish police are refusing to look at that could shed light on British 19

Mark Williams-Thomas has accused Spanish authorities of failing to investigate an audio recording he offered to share which may have shed light on the British teenager's disappearance.

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2 w. ago Dad never came back from Spain holiday after his true identity was revealed

Shaun Walker, 42, from Liverpool, has been jailed for 12 years after police busted his drug trafficking operation. He attempted to evade the police by refusing to come home from holiday

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2 w. ago Zelenskyy urges more pressure on Russia after no ceasefire agreed in Trump

Ukrainian president says ‘pressure on Russia will push it toward real peace’Trump and Putin hold phone call but Kremlin refuses ceasefireEU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas on Tuesday called for the United States to take “strong action” against Russia if Moscow does not agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine.“America said that if Russia doesn’t agree on an unconditional ceasefire, then there are going to be consequences. So we want to see those consequences, also from the US side,” Kallas said at a meeting of EU ministers in Brussels.Putin is clearly playing for time, unfortunately we have to say Putin is not really interested in peace. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago January 6 officer calls Trump ‘petty’ for Republican refusal to hang Capitol plaque

Michael Fanone slams Mike Johnson and Republicans for long delaying congressionally approved officer tributeDonald Trump and his Republican allies are “petty bitches” for refusing to display a congressionally approved plaque honoring police officers who protected the US Capitol when the president’s supporters attacked the complex on 6 January 2021, says one of the cops in question, Michael Fanone.Speaking recently on the show hosted by political broadcast journalist Jim Acosta, the famously candid and oft profane Fanone said he also had a suggestion about where Republican US House speaker Mike Johnson could position the commemoration. “I think that it would be perfect if the plaque was shoved up his ass,” said Fanone, who retired from the Washington DC police force after being wounded during the January 6th attack. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago DOMINIC LAWSON: Just as innocent men are coerced by police into confessions, so I fear the vulnerable will be pushed into assisted dying under this seriously flawed Bill

There seemed something horribly familiar about the case of Peter Sullivan. The man hitherto known as 'the Beast of Birkenhead' was released last week after 38 years in prison for the murder of Diane Sindall.

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2 w. ago Major UK miscarriages of justice from twisted confession to unsolved mass murder

Peter Sullivan has had his 1987 conviction for the murder of Diane Sindall quashed, after spending nearly 40 years in prison for the crime - but his case is one of many shocking miscarriages of justice in UK history

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3 w. ago Fiance who rebuilt his life after sweetheart's murder was blamed on cleared 'Beast of Birkenhead'... and his anguish at knowing real killer is still out there

David Beattie is a man who will be forever haunted by 'what ifs'...

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3 w. ago Channel small boat migrants are not checked against police database and can REFUSE to be interviewed, shock report reveals

A watchdog expressed 'surprise and concern' that most organised people-trafficking gangs are treated as 'low priority' by police and are not being actively investigated.

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3 w. ago Locals said they knew who actually killed Diane Sindall, says charity worker

Peter Sullivan, 68, had his conviction for the 1986 murder of the florist quashed earlier this week.

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3 w. ago Starmer trip labelled an ‘embarrassment’ as Albania rules out asylum seeker deal

Tories question point of PM’s visit to Albania as his counterpart rejects establishment of ‘return hubs’UK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has been accused of overseeing a diplomatic “embarrassment” after arriving in Albania to promote a policy of establishing “return hubs” for refused asylum seekers only for his counterpart to rule it out.The prime minister confirmed that refused asylum seekers could be sent to facilities abroad, which would function as detention centres, once they had exhausted all avenues of appeal against rejection of their application to stay in the UK. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Peter Sullivan was wrongly jailed for 38 years – and it’s not a bizarre one

The case is a reminder that there are still people in prison who were jailed based on false confessions, Brian Thornton writes

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3 w. ago Real killer of Diane Sindall 'was KNOWN' after arrest of Peter Sullivan but locals refused to tell police

But no-one from the 'tribal' and 'tight-knit' communities was willing to come forward and name the killer to police 'for fear of repercussions', staff said today.

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3 w. ago Detective who helped wrongly jail man for 38 years implicated in second scandal

Former police chief Tom Baxter spearheaded the inquiry that saw Peter Sullivan wrongly convicted of the brutal killing of 21-year-old florist Diane Sindall before going on to clear detectives in the Bridgewater Four scandal

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3 w. ago FIA back down in Formula One swearing row by cutting drivers’ fines in half

FIA softens hard line on clean-up after Verstappen’s ireStewards granted more discretion on deciding penaltiesFormula One’s governing body the FIA has retreated from its hard stance against drivers using bad language that has caused controversy and division since it was pursued by the president, Mohammed Ben Sulayem.The move will be considered a climbdown by the FIA among drivers and others in the F1 paddock, not least the defending world champion Max Verstappen, who has been among many who were vociferous in their dismissal of the policy and the FIA’s previous refusal to listen to the drivers’ standpoint. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago FIA backs down in F1 swearing row by cutting drivers’ fines in half

FIA softens hard line on clean-up after Verstappen’s ireStewards granted more discretion on deciding penaltiesFormula One’s governing body the FIA has retreated from its hard stance against drivers using bad language that has caused controversy and division since it was pursued by the president, Mohammed Ben Sulayem.The move will be considered a climbdown by the FIA among drivers and others in the F1 paddock, not least the defending world champion Max Verstappen, who has been among many who were vociferous in their dismissal of the policy and the FIA’s previous refusal to listen to the drivers’ standpoint. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Peter Sullivan faces 'terrifying risk' after wrongfully spending 38 years in jail for murder

After 38 years behind bars, Peter Sullivan, who was wrongly convicted of the 1986 murder of Diane Sindall, is at last a free man. But the now 68-year-old will be walking out into a very different world from the one he once knew

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