6 h. ago Senior police officer 'threw away' original notes that contained 'intelligence' from meeting that led to Maccabi Tel Aviv fan ban

Mick Wilkinson, a chief inspector at West Midlands Police (WMP), was the single representative for the force during a virtual meeting with Dutch officials on October 1, 2025.

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50 h. ago West Midlands Police chief is retiring with a full pension after facing mounting calls to quit for misleading MPs and the public over Maccabi Tel Aviv fan ban

Craig Guildford had been facing immense pressure to leave his post for misleading MPs and the public over the decision to bar supporters of the Israeli side.

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51 h. ago West Midlands Police chief is set to retire with a full pension after facing mounting calls to quit for misleading MPs and the public over Maccabi Tel Aviv fan ban

Craig Guildford had been facing immense pressure to leave his post for misleading MPs and the public over the decision to bar supporters of the Israeli side.

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2 d. ago ‘Grey area between ages of 10 and 14’ in terms of criminal responsibility

MLAs questioned senior police officers at the Stormont Justice Committee on Thursday as it considered the Justice Bill.

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3 d. ago Former senior police officer aiming for meteoric rise to UUP leader

Jon Burrows served as a police officer for 22 years before leaving the PSNI in 2023.

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3 d. ago Jon Burrows moves a step closer to become next Ulster Unionist leader

The UUP confirmed the former senior police officer is the only contender to replace Mike Nesbitt later this month.

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3 d. ago Wes Streeting says he will be 'horrified' if under fire West Midlands Police chief is still in a job by the end of the day after he 'misled MPs and the public' over Maccabi Tel Aviv fan ban

West Midlands Police chief Craig Guildford defied calls to step down and a Labour police and crime commissioner refused to remove him in the wake of a damning inquest.

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3 d. ago My refusal to join the Freemasons cost me dearly. This is the sinister truth about how they've infiltrated the police

More than 300 officers and staff in the Metropolitan Police have owned up to membership of the Freemasons or 'other hierarchical associations' in the past month.

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4 d. ago How can he cling on? West Midlands Police chief 'refuses to quit' over Maccabi Tel Aviv fan ban despite losing the confidence of Shabana Mahmood

The force has come under intense scrutiny after supporters of the Israeli football team were barred from travelling to the football match at Villa Park in Birmingham last November.

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8 d. ago 'We've been very clear with officers': Police issue statement over senior GMP detective who took steroids

James Faulkner failed a drugs test

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9 d. ago Birmingham mosque consulted on Maccabi Tel Aviv fan ban hosted preacher who said men could physically discipline their wives

During a sermon at Green Lane mosque a week before Christmas, preacher Aqeel Mahmood made misogynistic comments and said men can physically punish their wives.

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1 week ago Former senior police officer Jon Burrows confirms UUP leadership bid

Fermanagh and South Tyrone MLA Diana Armstrong said she will run to become the next deputy leader of the party.

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1 week ago Pressure mounts on 'untenable' police boss accused of hiding evidence of 'armed' Islamist thugs in Maccabi Tel Aviv fan ban

Pressure is mounting for Craig Guildford, the chief constable of West Midlands Police (WMP), to be sacked over banning Maccabi Tel Aviv fans attending an Aston Villa match in November.

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1 week ago Police chief denies Maccabi Tel Aviv fan ban was 'politically motivated' as he is accused of 'scraping' for reasons to justify barring Israeli supporters from Aston Villa match

Chief Constable Craig Guildford told the Home Affairs Select Committee he did not doubt the 'integrity' of his officers.

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2 w. ago Judges warned impact of Irish in courts could undermine confidence in justice

Declassified files also show senior police officer Judith Gillespie raising concerns.

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2 w. ago Scotland’s top police officer ‘honoured and grateful’ at honour

Two other current and former senior officers in Scotland will receive the King’s Police Medal.

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3 w. ago Falling price of cocaine forces drug traffickers to reuse narco

Previously vessels would be sunk once they had completed their cargo runs from South America to EuropeThe plummeting price of cocaine is forcing drug-traffickers to reuse the “narco-submarines” they would previously have scuttled once the custom-built vessels had completed their cargo runs from South America to Europe, according to a senior Spanish police officer.While semi-submersible vehicles have been used regularly in Colombia and other parts of South and Central America since the 1980s, they were not detected in European waters until 2006, when an abandoned sub was found in an estuary in the north-west Spanish region of Galicia. Continue reading...

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