5 h. ago The synagogue heroes shot by police: Armed officers left one terror victim dead and one injured as they barricaded doors

One of the victims killed in a terrorist attack at a synagogue in Manchester yesterday was shot by police, GMP has confirmed.

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6 h. ago Manchester attack latest: Police say one of synagogue victims was shot by armed officers

Suspect Jihad Al-Shamie’s family have condemned the ‘heinous act’ and have expressed ‘deep shock and sorrow’ over the attack

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6 h. ago Police shot dead Manchester terror attack victim and left another seriously injured, admit officers

One of the victims killed in a terrorist attack at a synagogue in Manchester yesterday was shot by police, GMP has confirmed.

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26 h. ago Manchester synagogue atrocity: Suspect pictured after two killed in car

The suspect was shot dead by armed officers, Greater Manchester Police have confirmed

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3 d. ago My mother was shot by the police – and that bullet changed everything

Lee Lawrence was 11 when his mother, Cherry Groce, was paralysed during a botched police raid. It was the end of his childhood and the start of his fight for her life and legacyWhen Lee Lawrence’s son, Brandon, picked him up from hospital after a minor operation recently, Brandon thought he saw a car following them. Lawrence looked round and told his son he didn’t think it was anything to worry about. But then the car – which turned out to be an undercover police vehicle – put its siren on. It overtook them and did a hard stop. “I expected to see guns come out next,” says Lawrence. “I thought: ‘What the hell is going on?’ I got upset. My son was trying to calm me down, because I was thinking: ‘How could this be happening to my son?’”Lawrence was 11 when his mother, Cherry Groce, was shot and paralysed in 1985 by an armed police officer during a botched raid on her home. Community fury over Groce’s shooting would spark a two-day uprising in Brixton, south London. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Satire is dying and I couldn't make a comedy like Father Ted now, says Graham Linehan after arrest over 'anti

The Irish comedy writer, 57, has been a vocal critic about free speech in the UK after he was arrested by five armed police officers at Heathrow Airport over a series of 'anti-trans' tweets last month.

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2 w. ago Shops 'closed' and police 'everywhere' as gunman fears put schools in lockdown

Armed officers and a police helicopter descended following the incident

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2 w. ago Arrest warrant issued for UK citizen after body found in septic tank in Kenya

An inquest in 2018 found Agnes Wanjiru had been murdered by British soldiers.

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2 w. ago Gang attack on armored vehicle in Haiti leaves 2 police officers injured and 1 driver dead

Authorities in Haiti say that two police officers have been injured and one driver killed after their armored vehicle came under attack in a community near Haiti’s capital

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2 w. ago UK cops won't be given guns despite safety review saying they should

Police chiefs should consider arming officers with semi-automatic pistols to protect them from knife attacks in the capital, a review said

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2 w. ago Live updates as number of schools in lockdown after large police response

Armed police officers were seen heading to a Welsh port town on Monday morning

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2 w. ago Schools in lockdown after reports of person seen carrying axe

Armed police officers were seen heading to a Welsh port town on Monday morning

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2 w. ago Metropolitan Police officers 'should be armed with guns' amid soaring knife crime, confidential report advises

The internal document said the force should consider arming staff from basic command units with semi-automatic pistols to protect them from violent criminals

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2 w. ago Cancelled Graham Linehan flees Britain and flies back to the US where he wants to be a 'free speech refugee'

Graham Linehan is even more determined to make the US his home now after his dramatic arrest last week by five armed police officers when he arrived at London Heathrow.

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3 w. ago Retired police officer claims her own force knocked on her door after she referred to a transgender activist by her birth name on social media

 A retired police officer says she was investigated by her former colleagues after she 'dead-named' a transgender woman on the internet. 

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last month Graham Linehan shares recording of arrest after cops hauled him away for 'joke' tweets

Father Ted creator Graham Linehan shared a lengthy audio recording of his arrest, which saw five armed police officers approach him after he landed at Heathrow Airport this week

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last month Free speech laws 'need to be looked at' after Graham Linehan's arrest over 'anti

The Health Secretary has waded into the fresh debate about free speech in the UK after Linehan told how he was dealt with 'like a terrorist', held in a cell and then had to be rushed to hospital.

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last month Wes Streeting says we want 'our police on the streets rather than policing tweets' after sitcom writer Graham Linehan is arrested by armed officers at Heathrow over trans comments

Fury erupted at the Metropolitan Police 's treatment of the Father Ted creator, who told how he was dealt with 'like a terrorist', held in a cell and then had to be rushed to hospital.

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