All news on the topic: Police

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Home Secretary demands ’urgent explanation’ after police car filmed running over a cow
A video circulating on social media shows the police vehicle ramming into the cow and sending it skidding down the road - before approaching the animal for a second time and appearing to trap its head.
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Luton stabbing: Woman stabbed outside busy primary school at drop-off time as cops swarm scene & arrest man
A woman was rushed to hospital with serious injuries after being stabbed - with a nearby school put on lockdown.
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Damning figures reveal police ignored over half of vandalism cases in England and Wales last year
Police ignored more than half of all vandalism cases in England and Wales last year, figures show.
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Two teenagers charged over death of schoolgirl, 16, after night out at club
Lucy’s school hailed her ’bright, hard-working and well-motivated’
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Baby girl dies after being hit by Land Rover in church car park in Aberdeenshire
Police Scotland said the girl was taken to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary following the collision on Wednesday evening, but was pronounced dead a short time later.
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An innocent woman was shot amidst a drive-by gun battle, according to witnesses, as armed police search for the gunman
Both cars raced off after the woman was gunned down, it is said
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UK police might adopt Ghostbusters-style backpack devices to halt e-bike getaways
Device in development fires electromagnetic pulse that tricks ebikes and scooters into shutting off
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Man apprehended after police officer shot with crossbow while responding to stabbing reports
A 54-year-old man, from High Wycombe, has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following the incident in the Buckinghamshire town.
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Students across Europe hold Gaza war protests in run-up to UN vote on Palestinian statehood
Police arrested dozens of people in Amsterdam, with university occupations continuing in Netherlands, Belgium and Spain
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Body of Scottish tourist found in Prague river after disappearance
The body of a missing Scottish tourist has been recovered from a river in Prague, police in the Czech Republic have confirmed.
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Man ‘chases police with chainsaw’ in major incident
A man was filmed reportedly chasing police down the street wielding a chainsaw in a shocking incident.
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Police appeal for violent burglar who escaped jail: prisoner on the loose
Police are appealing for help to locate a man who escaped from Hollesley Bay open prison in Woodbridge, Suffolk.
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Two gun cops, who endured five years of probe hell after shooting a robber, are given the all-clear
Met commissioner Sir Mark Rowley is campaigning for fairer accountability rules for cops
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Police neutralize active shooter at middle school
An active shooter at a middle school in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, was ‘neutralized’ by police who stopped the individual from breaking inside the campus.
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Georgian protesters against ’foreign agents’ bill faced teargas and stun grenades
Police launch violent crackdown on demonstration against bill that pro-Moscow government is trying to pass
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Police identify man whose remains were discovered in Salford woods
A man whose torso was discovered wrapped in plastic at a nature reserve has been identified by police as 67-year-old Stuart Everett.
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England rugby star Billy Vunipola reportedly taunted police while being tasered in a Spanish bar
England rugby star Billy Vunipola laughed and said ‘another one’ after he was tasered by police at a bar in Majorca.
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Tragic discovery: Body found in river during search for missing teenager after uncharacteristic disappearance
Police used helicopters, an underwater search team, and a drone team in their search
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Police expand search in investigation of torso murder
Police are widening their search in their investigation into the discovery of a man’s torso at a nature reserve.
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Second fatality reported following alert on unusually potent heroin
A second man has died after what police described as a "bad batch" of heroin was circulated.
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Turkish authorities have confirmed the death of an 83-year-old former banker after discovering human remains
Korhan Berzeg, 83, had not been heard from for 312 days when his remains were finally found
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Urgent lockdown in Darwen town centre after grenade found near Wetherspoons sparking huge emergency response
A grenade has been found in Darwen town centre, leading to an emergency lockdown and the arrival of a bomb disposal unit.
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Special needs teacher & head of year stabbed in school playground attack before hero colleague ‘disarmed teen girl’
A special needs teacher and head of year were stabbed in a school playground before a hero colleague managed to "disarm a teen girl".
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The horse trainer who was on trial for the rape and murder of a showjumper has been found dead at home
A horse trainer on trial for raping and killing a showjumper has been found dead.
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Police disperse large ’boy racers’ gathering at Sandbanks amid concerns of illegal parking, intimidation, and drug use
Celebrities like football manager Harry Redknapp and interior designer Celia Sawyer have homes there