92 m. ago Minimum age for train drivers to be lowered to 18 in Great Britain

Move prompted by looming retirement crisis ‘would help ensure consistent, reliable services’If train drivers – like police officers – start looking younger, it may not just be you. Britain’s trains could soon have 18-year-olds in the cab, with the government likely to cut the minimum age to plug a shortage of drivers.Currently train drivers can obtain a licence from the age of 20 – although the vast majority of drivers are much older. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Shocking moment car 'knocks down police officer' on Scots road before arrest made

The footage was taken on Haddington High Street after officers were called to the scene at around 3.55pm on Tuesday.

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9 h. ago Jurors in Michigan officer's murder trial are struggling to reach a verdict, told to keep trying

A jury in Michigan is struggling to reach a verdict in the murder trial of a police officer who shot a Congolese immigrant after a routine traffic stop

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11 h. ago Jury begins deliberating fate of 3 former Memphis officers charged in Tyre Nichols' death

The fate of three former Memphis police officers charged in the beating of Tyre Nichols is in the hands of 12 jurors as deliberations began in the Black man's death

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11 h. ago Police officer rushed to hospital after being 'knocked down' on Scots high street

Emergency services were called to Haddington High Street after the alarm was raised at around 3.55pm on Tuesday.

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12 h. ago Police issue statement after armed officers storm streets and raid house

Officers investigated a report of a suspected abduction

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17 h. ago Five retired Greater Manchester Police officers arrested for alleged sexual abuse of woman who was pimped out as a child

EXCLUSIVE: Two other suspects are deceased, Neal Keeling reports

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17 h. ago Married Scots police officer sexually assaulted two female colleagues in patrol car

Craig Glen, 37, was placed on the sex offenders register.

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17 h. ago Police Scotland officer convicted of sexually assaulting colleagues

Police Constable Craig Glen was convicted at Glasgow Sheriff Court earlier on Tuesday.

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25 h. ago ‘You feel the huge weight of history’: the room where Nazi Germany surrendered

Military armistice ending second world war was signed in this nondescript Reims schoolhouse before VE DayFor a building that witnessed one of the pivotal moments of European history, it is oddly unremarkable: a nondescript red-brick schoolhouse on an unexceptional street on the wrong side of the railway tracks in Reims, eastern France.In May 1945 it was the Collège Moderne et Technique. Students came and went. Passersby may have wondered, briefly, at the two US military police officers outside the doors, but Americans were everywhere – the city had been liberated in August 1944. Continue reading...

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29 h. ago London Police give update on investigation into deadly shooting involving officer

London Police give update on investigation into deadly shooting involving officer  WKYT

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31 h. ago Closing arguments delivered in trial of 3 officers charged in Tyre Nichols' death

Jurors are expected to begin deliberating Tuesday in the trial of three former Memphis police officers charged with second-degree murder in the beating death of Tyre Nichols in January 2023

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35 h. ago Jury begins deliberations in murder trial of former Michigan police officer

Jurors have begun deliberating over whether former Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr was justified when he shot and killed Patrick Lyoya, a 26-year-old Congolese immigrant, in April 2022

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36 h. ago Milwaukee prosecutor clears Ohio police of wrongdoing in fatal shooting near GOP convention

A Wisconsin prosecutor has cleared police officers from Ohio of criminal liability in a fatal shooting near the Republican National Convention last summer

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42 h. ago Old Firm arrests as two charged after police officer 'assaulted'

The clash at Ibrox on Sunday saw a number of incidents which police are investigating.

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42 h. ago Bodies of two young boys found inside home as woman arrested

WARNING DISTRESSING DETAILS: Police officers in the New South Wales town of Coonabarabran, Australia, now say there is no ongoing threat to the public after the welfare check.

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56 h. ago JK Rowling says she will FUND any woman's case if they decide to sue the police over being strip

The author's promise comes after police chiefs sparked outrage after refusing to ban trans officers from strip-searching women despite the UK's highest court ruling that sex is biological.

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60 h. ago Corrupt police officer and a taxi driver who raped a woman among the vile criminals jailed this month

These are some of the criminals who ended up behind bars in April

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62 h. ago Fears of crime surge as Met disbands dedicated Royal Parks police unit

Police says the officers will be absorbed into local teams

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63 h. ago Father of teen fatally shot by Cincinnati police allegedly kills officer with his car

Man who became distraught after viewing footage of the fatal shooting of his son crashed into officer the next day, authorities sayThe distraught father of an 18-year-old shot and killed by police in Cincinnati allegedly killed a police officer with his car less than 24 hours after the death of his son.The double killing has shocked the Ohio city amid ongoing concerns about American law enforcement’s involvement in lethal encounters with citizens. Continue reading...

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