49 h. ago Undercover police flood City of London shopping district in Christmas shoplifting crackdown

Retail crime - said to cost the capital of £16.7million a month - will spike during festive period

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49 h. ago Undercover police flood London shopping district in Christmas shoplifting crackdown

Undercover police flood London shopping district in Christmas shoplifting crackdown  London Evening Standard

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5 d. ago Police officer in spycops scandal deceived two women at same time, inquiry told

Mark Jenner began five-year relationship with Alison, a leftwing activist, while under cover spying on political campaignersAn undercover police officer deceived two women at the same time over many years in a sustained betrayal of both of them, the spycops public inquiry has heard.Mark Jenner had a relationship with a leftwing activist, known as Alison, for five years without disclosing to her that he was in reality an undercover officer who was spying on political campaigners. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago 'Magical' village packed with independent shops, pubs and 'spectacular' church

This charming village near the Peak District offers an impressive food scene, independent shops, and the stunning 14th century 'cathedral of the Peaks'

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1 week ago Major UK city reveals secret plan to keep women and girls safe this winter

Extra police - including undercover officers - will be drafted in to help protect women and girls in Manchester as the city's nightlife gears up for the festive season

Politics

1 week ago Feminist coalition rejects inquiry guidance urging women to trust undercover officers

A coalition of feminist organisations has rejected undercover police plans following the Angiolini report, warning women cannot trust a system that employs officers with sex offence histories

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2 w. ago US porn star jailed for ordering a hitman to murder dad of her own child

Katrina Lynn Danforth, who went by the performance name of Lynn Pleasant, had planned to have the father of her child assassinated by striking up a conversation with a 'hitman'. She just didn't realise it was an undercover police officer

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2 w. ago London Tube station evacuated as police and ambulance flood area in major incident

Emergency services rushed to Hammersmith Underground Station in London on Saturday morning and confirmed a casualty on the tracks. Paramedics were seen 'rushing in' with equipment at 8.36am

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2 w. ago Flood warning as London to be battered by torrential rain this weekend

Yellow weather warnings are in place as rain could cause travel disruption and flooding across the capital

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2 w. ago Child 'decoys' and 'dangerous customers': The fear and helplessness of staff on the front line of the Christmas shoplifting epidemic

Every November at the giant Brunel Retail Park in Reading, Berkshire, staff at the clothing store Next would prepare for the Christmas deluge.

Economics

3 w. ago Police ‘tried to pit grieving parents of Stephen Lawrence against each other’

Baroness Lawrence told the public inquiry into undercover policing that officers tried to manipulate her relationship with her ex-husband Neville.

Society

3 w. ago Doreen Lawrence tells of disbelief at claim police looked to ‘smear’ family

Baroness Lawrence is giving evidence to the Undercover Policing Inquiry.

Society

3 w. ago Doreen Lawrence reveals anger at being spied on by undercover police

Baroness Lawrence - whose son Stephen was killed in a race hate murder - is giving evidence at the Undercover Policing Inquiry at the International Dispute Resolution Centre in London

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3 w. ago Australian tourist's 'trip of lifetime' to London ruined by leaking hotel roof refund battle

The 60-year-old traveller spent the remainder of her ‘dream’ trip trying to sort out the refund

Society

3 w. ago Scots shops warned to brace for Christmas 'shoplifting epidemic'

Security experts say as festive lights go up so does crime and urged measures to protect stock, staff and customers.

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3 w. ago West End shops launch private security to tackle phone thieves and shoplifters in run up to Christmas

Patrols have also begun under the Met’s ‘autumn intensification’ programme to tackle crime in London’s West End

Economics

3 w. ago Predator caught out by Batman pyjamas after undercover police probe

Ian Rees, 63, admitted communicating indecently with the '12-year-old girl' and causing her to look at a sexual image, unaware he was talking to an officer.

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