5 h. ago 'Army' of police shut down crime boss 'Hotdog' Smith's house on illegal scrapyard as wife says she will be forced to live 'in a TENT'

A 'small army' of police surrounded and shut down a crime boss's illegal home and scrapyard this week as his wife sat by in despair in a move she says will force her to 'live in a tent'.

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7 h. ago Police officer, 44, with nearly 20 years on the force dies suddenly after being arrested for sending sensitive information

PC Claire Browne had previously been arrested following a probe into the sending of sensitive police information from her work email to her personal account. She suddenly died on July 7.

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7 h. ago Cheltenham parkrun cancelled at last minute as dead body found

A dead body has been found in Pittville Park, Cheltenham, forcing a parkrun to be cancelled - police said the discovery was made by a member of the public

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21 h. ago Ryanair flight from Mallorca to UK descends into 'chaos' as police board plane

Police were forced to rush onto a Ryanair flight after it landed in Edinburgh, Scotland, when a 'disruptive passenger' caused chaos after arriving from Palma De Mallorca

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25 h. ago Former Metropolitan Police commissioner Lord Blair dies aged 72

Lord Blair of Boughton ran the capital’s police force from 2005 until 2008.

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25 h. ago Former Met Police commissioner Ian Blair who led force during 7/7 bombings has died

Britain's former cop Lord Ian Blair led the Met as it dealt with the worst terror attacks in UK history and the shooting of an innocent man mistakenly mistaken for a suicide bomber

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30 h. ago Police warn 'do not snitch' as hosepipe bans come into force for 34C heatwave

Hosepipe bans have come into force in parts of the country today after several months of dry weather - but people are being told not to call the police if neighbours break the rules

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52 h. ago British 'drug mule's' lawyer hits back at Thai police for trying to discredit her claim crooks forced her to smuggle narcotics into Georgia as they push for plea bargain

Malkhaz Salakaia said CCTV released this week showing the pregnant teenager calmly passing through checks in Bangkok Airport proved nothing.

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55 h. ago Rhian Sugden admits husband Oliver Mellor was 'gutted' by her breast reduction and reveals she was forced to call POLICE because of fan backlash to shrinking her F

The glamour model, 38, finally went under the knife last month, after revealing her F-cup chest had caused her to suffer intense back pain and made it 'unbearable' to walk.

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56 h. ago Two cops stomped on naked woman's head in a Sydney street before pepper

Two police officers have admitted to using unlawful force after attacking the 48-year-old schizophrenic woman in an industrial area at Emu Plains, in western Sydney.

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66 h. ago Belfast bonfire declared 'major incident' by PSNI amid paramilitary disorder warnings

Police said the force had received a formal request for assistance from Belfast City Council in relation to the removal of material from the bonfire site at Meridi Street

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3 d. ago Police Scotland making preparations for Trump visit ‘later this month’

A visit by the US President would be a ‘significant policing operation’, the force said.

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3 d. ago Ice is about to become the biggest police force in the US | Judith Levine

Trump’s budget bill is creating a colossus with more resources than many national militariesOn Thursday, congressional Republicans passed Trump’s 1,000-page budget, and the president signed it on Saturday. The rich will get obscenely richer. The poor will be hungrier and sicker, work more precarious, and the planet unrelentingly hotter. The symmetry is elegant: cuts to healthcare and food programs average about $120bn each year over the next decade, while the tax cuts will save households earning more than $500,000 about $120bn a year.Trump got what he wanted. But enriching himself and his wealthy friends at the expense of everyone else has long been his life purpose. It was not until he became president, with the Heritage Foundation’s wonks, the deportation czar Stephen Miller, and six loyal supreme courtiers behind him, that he could reshape the US in his own amoral, racist, violence-intoxicated image. In fact, the latter goal may be dearer to him than the former. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Voices: It’s time football clubs paid the price of policing matches

The head of the Met is is right that taxpayers shouldn’t be paying the than £70m-a-year cost of match-day policing, says Chris Blackhurst – the filthy-rich Premiership clubs and their billionaire owners should be footing the bill

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4 d. ago Manhunt launched after girl 'forced into Audi near school': Police release details of 'attempted kidnapper'

The young girl managed to escape after being bundled into a grey Audi close to Mark Hall Academy in Essex as police look to trace the driver and vehicle.

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5 d. ago Young girl forced into car and driven away as police launch urgent appeal

Police are hunting for the driver of a grey Audi A4 who bundled a young girl into the car on a road near the Mark Hall Academy, in Harlow, Essex, with a description given of the man

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5 d. ago Police make move that will force wife of crime boss 'Hotdog' to 'live in tent'

Following a court order issued last week, officers moved in to close an illegal scrapyard in Great Harwood, Lancashire, where Tommy 'Hotdog' Smith's wife Mary lives

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6 d. ago Met Police chief says football clubs should foot £70million bill for policing matches

Sir Mark Rowley called for a 'polluter pays approach' for policing events like football matches, which leave forces rather than Premier League clubs on the hook for a massive bill

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6 d. ago Met commissioner calls for the axing of 43 county constabularies and the forming of '12 mega forces'

In a damning review of UK's crime fighting set up, the Met Police boss said the current system has not 'been fit for purpose for at least two decades'.

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6 d. ago Rowley urges creation of 15 ‘mega forces’ in radical police reform plan

Sir Mark Rowley said bigger forces would be better able to utilise modern technology and reduce expenses.

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