9 h. ago Tough action needed to halt level of attacks on police in NI, federation warns

The Police Federation for Northern Ireland has launched the ‘Let Them Protect’ public campaign.

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18 h. ago Predator who drugged and raped 10 women facing ‘very long’ jail term

Engineering student Zhenhao Zou, 28, may have targeted dozens more victims in harrowing attacks that he filmed, police fear.

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27 h. ago Terrified family who were viciously attacked by dog suddenly told 'crime is closed' by police

"The neighbours are too scared to let their children out"

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32 h. ago Beauty therapist, 35, dodges jail after attacking FIVE police officers, treating them like 'punch bags' and spitting at them, court hears

Lucy Theunissen, 35, treated police officers like 'punch bags' in a shocking sustained attack after she caused a blazing row at a Chinese takeaway in Basingstoke, Hants last year

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32 h. ago Rapist jailed after victim gives evidence against him from 'beyond the grave'

Ryan Callaghan, 33, convicted by a jury after they hear his victim's account given to police weeks before she took her own life, traumatised by attack.

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48 h. ago Bay Area man found still holding dog on leash after being fatally shot in the back, cops say

Police have not yet determined a motive for the attack

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3 d. ago Police issue CCTV appeal after man and woman attacked following train row

A 48-year-old man and a 45-year-old women were assaulted

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3 d. ago Moment police officer blows vape smoke in clubgoer's face before launching unprovoked attack

PC Tyler McWalter, 30, from Kinver, Staffordshire, was sentenced to eight months in prison after choking Charlie Pottow at around 2.30am while on a night out on September 14, last year.

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3 d. ago Tourist injured in Bali shooting that killed fellow holidaymaker 'has underworld links'

Zivan Radmanovic, 32, from Australia, was brutally shot dead inside a holiday villa in Bali. Police are hunting for the attackers after another man was left injured

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4 d. ago Police are working 'night and day' to catch Ballymena rioters after alleged sex attack on local girl sparks violent disorder

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has welcomed a reduction in disorder on Saturday night after several consecutive days of rioting and attacks on police officers.

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4 d. ago Man and a woman injured in dog attack as 'Bully' seized by police

A man and a woman were taken to hospital after being bitten

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4 d. ago Police seek man after 'deliberate fire' that caused significant damage to City of London building

Simon Dantes Calancea is known to frequent the Square Mile and North West London

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4 d. ago Police investigate 'sex attack' at George, Charlotte and Louis's £30,000

Officers launched a probe after it was alleged that two children at Lambrook School in Berkshire molested another pupil during a school trip.

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4 d. ago Suspected shooter Vance Luther Boelter had ‘some overlap’ before ‘politically motivated’ attack, police say: latest

A Democratic state politician and her husband were fatally shot in the early hours of Saturday

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5 d. ago Petrol bombs thrown at police during fifth night of Northern Ireland disorder

Police have come under attack for a fifth consecutive night in Northern Ireland, in what has been dubbed a ‘week of shame’ for the region.

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6 d. ago The Guardian view on riots in Northern Ireland: racist violence does not express ‘legitimate grievance’ | Editorial

Politicians must analyse the forces behind mob unrest, but not in terms that make excuses for itA reputation for political violence is one reason Northern Ireland has historically attracted fewer immigrants than the rest of the UK. In that context, increasing diversity could be read as a measure of progress; a peace dividend after the Troubles. That isn’t how it has felt to families cowering in fear of racist mobs this week. The riots started in Ballymena, ostensibly triggered by the arrest of two boys, reported to be of Romanian origin, accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl. A community vigil mutated into a racist rampage. Masked thugs targeted the local migrant population. When police came to quell the pogrom, officers were attacked with bricks, fireworks, petrol bombs. There was contagion. Windows were smashed and a fire started at a leisure centre in nearby Larne that had been used as a temporary refuge for those fleeing the Ballymena violence. There were outbreaks of di...

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6 d. ago The three things terrorist Alexander Dighton blamed for his vicious attack on police officers

The 28 year-old loner said his grievances which led to his attacks on police had been brewing for 15 years or more.

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6 d. ago Rant about trans children and Boris Johnson betrays warped mind of radicalised young man who tried to kill police officers

Police station attacker Alexander Dighton gave an insight into his twisted journey to radicalisation as he spoke in the Old Bailey

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6 d. ago Terrorist clad in body armour who tried to stab police officer to death and blow up van with molotov cocktail is jailed for life

Alexander Dighton, 28, knocked one officer unconscious and stabbed another in the leg when he launched an attack on Talbot Green Police Station in Rhondda Cynon Taf on January 31.

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6 d. ago Moment terrorist who said 'I've been damned from birth' tries to stab cop to death and set fire to police station

Alexander Dighton, 28, knocked one officer unconscious and stabbed another in the leg when he launched an attack on Talbot Green Police Station in Rhondda Cynon Taf on January 31.

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