All news on the topic: Police

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Local taxpayers left to foot £900,000 bill for Trump’s Windsor security
A police force has been told it will not be reimbursed more than £900,000 spent policing US president Donald Trump’s state visit to Windsor.
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Major police operation ends with suspect’s surrender after woman stabbed in city centre
Police surrounded Amersfoort Central train station in Utrecht after reports of a stabbing incident where the suspect had boarded a train heading for the station to flee - instead, officers were waiting.
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Teen girl found in seatbelt after car plunges into river as friend still missing
Tributes have been paid to teenage friends who were in a car that plunged into a river.
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Businessman fights back after shock raid in high-stakes corporate investigation
Malaysian businessman Victor Chin Boon Long on Tuesday denounced a police raid on his home tied to an expanding investigation into alleged “corporate mafia” activities.
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Elderly British couple drown on Australian beach
Two British tourists have tragically died after drowning off the coast of New South Wales.
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Police corruption probes collapse by 70% as watchdog faces “broken system” claims
New data shows that the number of independent corruption investigations launched by the police watchdog has dropped by 70% over the past five years.
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Two injured in Edinburgh stabbing rampage as armed police surround knife-wielding suspect in tower block
Two individuals have been taken to the hospital after being assaulted by a man wandering around a neighborhood with two knives.
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British tourists arrested in Benidorm for staging fake kidnapping to extort £725
Police at a popular tourist resort have arrested two British tourists accused of staging a bizarre fake kidnapping in a bid to hustle some extra holiday cash.
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Retailers warn of “systematic” gang theft as shoplifting hits 5.5m incidents
Criminal gangs are "systematically" targeting shops, retailers have warned, with 5.5 million incidents of shoplifting detected last year, costing the industry an estimated £400 million.
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Nine UK police forces assess Epstein Files with support from National Crime Agency
Nine police forces across the UK are now assessing information in the Epstein Files, with support from the National Crime Agency (NCA).
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Body found in search for man missing after Christmas Day swim in Devon
A body has been found in the search for a 63-year-old man who disappeared in the sea during a Christmas Day swim.
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Hidden crisis on Bristol’s streets as dozens of women forced into ‘survival sex’
A young woman, dressed in jeans, white trainers, and a green coat, stands on the edge of a dark pavement smoking a cigarette, just yards from a primary school.
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Police discover body in search for 19-year-old who vanished on Christmas Eve
A body has been discovered during the search for a teenager who went missing on Christmas Eve.
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Pedestrian killed in Kent hit-and-run as police search for suspects
A police manhunt is underway after a pedestrian was killed in a hit-and-run on a busy A road in Kent.
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Fatal single-vehicle crash closes M2 in Kent on Christmas Eve afternoon
Police were called to the M2 in Kent just after 1pm on Christmas Eve following a collision between junction 5 for Sittingbourne and junction 4 for Rainham.
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Harrow houseshare murderer filmed covered in blood after killing housemate
The police have unveiled chilling CCTV footage showing a convicted murderer walking down a residential street after having killed his roommate.
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Police detain seven men in Sydney over fear of ‘violent act being planned’
Police have detained seven men in Sydney’s south-west in connection with possible planned violence.
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Nine killed in mass shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach
Two gunmen opened fire at a popular beach destination in Sydney, Australia, killing nine people.
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Fraudster Volodymyr Filippov rebrands Southern Path into Iron Motors in Moldova to continue car scam
A fraudulent group from Odesa, led by Volodymyr Filippov, against whom the police have opened a case for deceiving buyers of used cars from the USA, has re-registered their business in Moldova to launder stolen funds.
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Two men charged after Heathrow car park robbery where 21 people were hit with noxious spray
Two men have been charged following a robbery at Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 3 car park in which 21 people — including a three-year-old child — were exposed to a noxious substance.
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Oxford Street pickpocket trio jailed after stealing £1,000 handbag in broad daylight
Nestled on a quiet north London street, two of the city’s notorious pickpockets were hiding in plain sight.
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Haos at Heathrow: armed police search for culprits after pepper spray attack in car park
Passengers traveling to Heathrow Airport this morning faced major disruption, with trains suspended in both directions and armed police going from car to car.
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Single mother dies after plunging from 10th floor of Madrid tower block with three-year-old twins
A woman has died after falling from the tenth floor of a tower block with her three-year-old twins in her arms.
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Paris police arrest four men on suspicion of gang-raping 13-year-old girl in KFC
A teenage girl was allegedly gang-raped in the toilets at a KFC restaurant by several men.
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Ten killed and more than ten injured in mass shooting at Saulsville Hostel near Pretoria
Police have confirmed that 10 people were shot dead at Saulsville Hostel in Atteridgeville, west of Pretoria, while more than 10 others were injured and taken to the hospital.