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Drain on numbers fear as Australian force bids to recruit Scottish police

An Australian police force is targeting officers from the UK as part of an international recruitment drive, leading to fears some will leave Police Scotland. Western Australia Police Force has launched a campaign specifically seeking applicants from ...

06 Dec 2022 at 01:01

Tributes paid to Scottish hotel manager who died in St Lucia bar shooting

Tributes have been paid to a “lovely” man who died in a shooting at a bar on the Caribbean island of St Lucia which left another British man injured. Donnie McKinnon and Peter Jackson were at a bar in Market Road, Soufriere, when the incident ...

05 Dec 2022 at 15:21

Music

Rapper Wiley wanted by police six months after failing to appear in court

Grime artist Wiley is wanted by police after failing to turn up for a court hearing in November. A fresh appeal to find the performer, whose real name is Richard Kylea Cowie Jnr, has been issued by police in Newham. Cowie was due at ...

11 May 2022 at 12:55

List of number of new police officers in England and Wales, by force

Here is a list of the number of new police officers recruited in England and Wales as part of the Government’s pledge to hire 20,000 officers by March 2023, broken down by individual force. The figures are based on headcount and ...

26 Apr 2023 at 11:34

Met chief says it is ‘a little perverse’ that he cannot fire bad officers

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has said that it is “a little perverse” that he cannot fire officers. Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme on Tuesday, Sir Mark said it was “weird” that he is unable to ...

18 Jul 2023 at 15:06

Police officer ‘left suicidal’ by ‘bullying’ behaviour of task force colleagues

A police officer was left suicidal by the “bullying” behaviour of colleagues on a “toxic” specialist task force, a disciplinary hearing has been told. Inspector Nicholas Mantle, Pc Mark Jordan-Gill, Pc Michael Lowther, Pc ...

23 May 2023 at 14:09

Health

Police officer with brain cancer and out of UK options driven 1,200 miles to Germany for treatment every three weeks

A police officer is being driven 1,200 miles back and forth to Germany by his partner every three weeks for cancer treatment, costing £26,000 a trip, after his migraines turned out to be an aggressive tumour in the ...

22 Sept 2023 at 07:00

World

Ex-officer found guilty over 2020 shooting death of unarmed black man in Ohio

A former police officer has been convicted of murder in the shooting of Andre Hill, a black man who was holding a mobile phone and keys when he was killed. Officer Adam Coy, who served nearly 20 years with the ...

04 Nov 2024 at 18:17

Hong Kong police warrants ‘act of transnational repression’ – minister

Hong Kong police efforts to crack down on pro-democracy campaigners represent “a clear act of transnational repression”, a UK minister has warned. Eleven national governments and the European Union have ...

09 Aug 2025 at 00:01

Full list of police officer numbers in England and Wales, by force

Here is a breakdown by force of the latest number of police officers in England and Wales, along with the year on year change. The figures have been published by the Home Office and show the full-time ...

23 Jul 2025 at 13:20

Antisemitic hate crimes: What does the latest data show?

Antisemitic hate crime is captured and reported in several ways in the UK, but all the available data shows a rising trend in offences in recent years. The latest official figures for hate crime in ...

03 Oct 2025 at 12:19

Northern Ireland

CCTV footage of Noah Donohoe has prompted ‘some responses’, court told

A public appeal containing CCTV footage showing some of the last known moments of Noah Donohoe’s life has led to “some responses”, a court has been told. A coroner also said the delayed inquest ...

04 Nov 2025 at 15:13

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