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Man arrested on suspicion of murder after pedestrian hit by car outside takeaway

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 22-year-old woman died after being hit by a car outside a takeaway in Shropshire. A second victim sustained serious injuries and is receiving hospital treatment after a car mounted a kerb ...

09 Oct 2022 at 15:55

Fatal shooting comes 15 years after murder of Rhys Jones, 11

Fifteen years after the death of schoolboy Rhys Jones, another child has been killed by gun violence in Liverpool. Eleven-year-old Rhys was shot by 16-year-old Sean Mercer on his way home from football practice in Croxteth, Liverpool, on ...

23 Aug 2022 at 12:03

Arrest over fatal stabbing of 87-year-old on mobility scooter

A 44-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of 87-year-old Thomas O’Halloran on a mobility scooter in west London. He was arrested at an address in Southall, west London, in the early hours of Thursday, the ...

18 Aug 2022 at 21:19

Two officers suffer life-threatening injuries after collision

Two police officers who were responding to an emergency call have been left with life-threatening injuries after a road traffic collision with another car in Suffolk. Police were called shortly after 1.20am on Sunday to a ...

25 Sept 2022 at 22:51

Burglary ‘too serious’ for police not to attend – new Met chief

Burglary is “too serious an intrusion” not to have a police officer attend, the new head of Britain’s biggest police force has said. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme it ...

27 Sept 2022 at 11:18

Standards chief to call on police to ‘exercise highest professional standards’

Police have “at times, lost sight of the basics” and “performance is not good enough”, a standards chief will warn. Andy Marsh, chief executive of the College of Policing, which sets police standards and training, is ...

28 Sept 2022 at 01:01

Police response to burglary, robbery and theft ‘not good enough’, report finds

Most victims of burglary, robbery and theft “aren’t getting the justice they deserve” amid concerns about police missing opportunities in investigations, according to a new report. Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of ...

11 Aug 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

Three people in hospital and man arrested after crash

A man has been arrested after three people were taken to hospital following a crash in Fife. The collision happened in Hayfield Road, Kirkcaldy, at about 10.45am on Sunday. Emergency services attended the ...

07 Aug 2022 at 15:25

Watchdog calls on Staffordshire Police to ‘urgently improve’

Staffordshire Police must “urgently improve” its performance after “serious concerns” were raised by a watchdog over how it investigates crime, responds to the public and monitors suspects and offenders. ...

22 Sept 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

Man arrested in Canary Islands over alleged serious organised crime offences

A 41-year-old man has been arrested in the Canary Islands in connection with drugs and serious organised crime offences in Scotland. Police Scotland confirmed the man was arrested on Friday following an ...

19 Aug 2022 at 18:25

Scotland

Two men arrested after consignment of drugs found in pet food shipments

Two men have been arrested after eight kilograms of the drug MDMA were found in in two separate shipments of pet food. In conjunction with the National Crime Agency, Police Scotland have launched two ...

03 Aug 2022 at 18:58

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Dundalk gardai seize car of driver who gave false details and had no insurance

Dundalk Roads Policing Unit recently stopped a car driving on the wrong side of the road. The driver tried to give false details to Gardaí. It was found that the driver had no licence and they were ...

04 Aug 2022 at 13:33

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