13 h. ago Alicante airport shut down as police deployed and UK flights diverted

Drones have been detected at Alicante-Elche Airport in Spain leading to flight chaos at the popular destination for British tourists with flights diverted as police investigate

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49 h. ago Tories pledge to stop 35,000 crimes by deploying more police to violent 'hot spots'

The Conservatives have promised to stop 35,000 crimes by deploying more police to violent "hot spots" if they return to power.

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5 d. ago London police to deploy drones for faster emergency response

London police to deploy drones for faster emergency response  Reuters

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9 d. ago Tory energy chief declines to say when Net Zero pledge might be met

The Tories have scrapped their pledge to met Net Zero carbon emissions by 2050.

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1 week ago Government spends £115,000 on ‘influencer marketing’ in less than a year

Minister said cash supported ‘multiple campaigns’, but Tories say it ‘makes a mockery’ of spending pledges

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1 week ago ‘Industrial scale crime’: British police bust gang sending stolen iPhones abroad; 80,000 phone thefts in

‘Industrial scale crime’: British police bust gang sending stolen iPhones abroad; 80,000 phone thefts in  The Times of India

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1 week ago Hamas reasserts control in a chaotic Gaza, posing a risk to the fragile ceasefire

Hamas has deployed hundreds of police and clashed with armed groups in Gaza in what the militant group says is an attempt to restore law and order in areas where Israeli troops have withdrawn for the U.S.-brokered ceasefire

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2 w. ago Moment cops use chainsaw to break down gangster's front door as 12 mobsters from Merseyside organised crime group are jailed for more than 100 years

The mobsters were part of an organised crime group where three firearms, ammunition, cash and £100,000 worth of cocaine were found at their addresses and in cars Litherland, Merseyside.

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2 w. ago Stamp Duty explained and how it differs in Scotland as Tories pledge to scrap 'bad tax'

Stamp duty has come into focus again this week after the Tories announced they would abolish the "bad tax"

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2 w. ago With her stamp duty pledge, Kemi Badenoch has rediscovered the Tories’ political mojo

Editorial: In the Manchester conference hall, the Conservative leader showed herself at her combative best – but one good speech with a headline-grabbing policy won’t be enough on its own to close the gap with Nigel Farage’s Reform UK

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2 w. ago Badenoch silences the Tory plotters as her 'bold' plan to ABOLISH stamp duty is hailed by Kirstie Allsopp and economists after barnstorming conference speech

Mrs Badenoch delivered a barnstorming rallying cry to Tories that culminated in a fresh pledge to ditch the hated purchase tax on family homes to revive the dream of ownership.

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2 w. ago Kemi Badenoch pledges to scrap Stamp Duty as Tories desperately battle for attention

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch used her party conference speech to brazenly claim that the Tories were the only ones to undo the damage they inflicted in power

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3 w. ago Tories pledge to make £47bn of cuts to public spending with welfare bill slashed

Shadow chancellor set to announce raft of cuts across welfare and foreign aid

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3 w. ago Tories pledge to make £47bn of savings with major cut to welfare

Shadow chancellor set to announce raft of cuts across welfare and foreign aid

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3 w. ago More than 500 police officers cannot be deployed due to expired training

Figures released by Police Scotland show that as of August 2025, there are 582 officers whose officer safety training has expired.

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3 w. ago More than 500 Scots police officers cannot be deployed due to expired training

Training includes conflict management, de-escalation and tactical communications in addition to training in operational safety measures.

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3 w. ago Tories to pledge to create immigration taskforce modelled on Trump’s Ice

Proposed ‘removals force’ will be tasked with deporting 150,000 people a year in bid to tackle illegal immigrationThe Conservatives will pledge to create a new immigration taskforce modelled on Donald Trump’s controversial Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agency, the Guardian understands.The party’s leader, Kemi Badenoch, is expected to announce the policy on Sunday as it heads into its annual conference following a year of historic low poll ratings. The proposed “removals force” will be tasked with deporting 150,000 people a year in a bid to tackle illegal immigration. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Tories pledge UK version of ICE to detain and deport illegal immigrants

The Removals Force will be expected to ‘integrate closely’ with the police.

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3 w. ago US military under fire in Virginia, but were Trump and Hegseth shooting blanks?

President and his defence chief took aim at the ‘fat generals’, but some doubted there was much substance to the swagger on showThis week marked an inflection point in Donald Trump’s relentless politicisation of the US armed forces, as he delivered a partisan – if scattershot – campaign speech to the very room of people he is not supposed to: the commanders of the most powerful military in the world.For those declaring a five-alarm authoritarian fire in the US, there was plenty of smoke: the anti-woke rhetoric that has become a commonplace of the political right, the threats to summarily dismiss the generals who disagree with him, the transparent pleasure at deploying the military to perform police actions in major US cities. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Manchester synagogue: Police alert for copycat terror attacks on Jewish Sabbath

Keir Starmer promised to deploy extra police to synagogues across the UK, and revealed "additional police assets" were being rolled out to "do everything to keep our Jewish community safe"

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