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Masked thieves steal £20,000 and pet dog in violent home raid
A family targeted by thieves armed with machetes, who stole £20,000 and their pet dog, have been left to track down the gang themselves after police closed the case just one day later.
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Police disclose new lead in the search for missing British journalist Charlotte Peet
Detectives looking for a missing British journalist in Brazil have announced that her phone is still turned on, while her family is urging the police to intensify their search efforts.
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Kent: Search in progress after woman seriously injured in Valentine’s Day incident
A search operation has been initiated after a woman was seriously injured in an incident in Kent on Valentine’s Day.
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Police officer seriously injured after being hit by car during foot chase in London
A police officer was injured while pursuing a suspect on foot in southeast London.
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Grenade attack in Grenoble bar: 12 injured, some in critical condition
At least 12 people have been injured after a grenade was thrown into a bar in southeastern France.
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Puppet Master Robert Hendy-Freegard receives six-year sentence for police assault in France
Robert Hendy-Freegard, the subject of a Netflix documentary, injured two gendarmes at his home in 2022
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Police to get extra powers for rapid search warrants in crackdown on phone theft
Police will get extra powers to speed up search warrants in a bid to clamp down on soaring mobile phone theft
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Operation Balkan: Large-scale counterfeit currency scheme uncovered in Serbia and North Macedonia
Police raids in Serbia and North Macedonia uncovered a counterfeit money operation using high-tech printing and engraving equipment, with fake banknotes circulating in at least seven European countries.
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Shocking moment: Driver deliberately hits moped rider before crashing into a house
This is the shocking moment a driver deliberately ploughed into a moped rider - sending him hurtling through the air.
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Kenyan police implicated in wave of abductions targeting government critics
At least 82 people have been abducted since June, according to an official tally. But rights groups estimate the real number could be three times that.
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Four-month-old boy found dead in caravan as man arrested on suspicion of ’neglect’
A man has been arrested on suspicion of child neglect after a four-month-old baby boy was found dead in a caravan.
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Counter-terror chief warns of ’smouldering’ UK threat as three late-stage attacks are foiled
Counterterrorism Policing coordinator Vicki Evans said today said terror groups can “capitalise on chaos and galvanise support” which can lead to a "change in threat level"
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Council tax hike planned to generate up to £330m for police services
Police forces in England and Wales could get up to £17.4bn in funding in 2025-26, an increase of £986.9m, or 3.5%, on the previous year.
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Train station bomb blast in Pakistan leaves at least 24 dead
Police say army personnel targeted in possible suicide bombing in country’s south-west and many of more than 40 injured in critical condition
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Footage captures the arrest of Sara Sharif’s alleged killers aboard a plane coming from Pakistan
Ten-year-old’s stepmother says ‘I think you’re looking for us’ in bodycam footage played to jurors during trial
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Investigation launched after death of four-month-old baby boy under ‘unexplained’ circumstances
The death of a four-month-old baby in a village is being treated as ‘unexplained.’
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Ex-Police Federation chair found guilty of misconduct over remark about widow
Disciplinary tribunal finds against John Apter over sexual comment about police widow Lissie Harper
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Police officer has been charged following the death of an 81-year-old woman in a collision involving a royal escort
Helen Holland was killed in collision with motorcycle that was part of escort for Duchess of Edinburgh
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Passengers ’infected with a deadly, incurable virus’ have prompted the lockdown of a rail station
Police have swarmed a railway station in Germany after passengers showed symptoms of a lethal virus, for which there is no vaccine.
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Manchester crematorium ’closed by forensic police after discovery of human remains’
Dukinfield Cemetery in Tameside, Greater Manchester, has been swarmed by police and a witness says "the full area is closed down" as the investigation continues
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Three people killed inside block of flats
A teenager has been arrested after three people died in a flat in Luton on Friday morning.
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Cardiff police officer found guilty of sexually abusing a girl under 13
John Stringer, 42, was suspended by Gwent Police when the force first became aware of the allegations against him.
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James Denholm, an electrician who secretly hid cameras in people’s homes and filmed them, has been jailed
James Denholm secretly filmed 17 people between June 2013 and August 2023, according to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service.
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Surrey: Bodies of three children and a man found at a house in Staines
Surrey Police say an investigation is under way to establish the circumstances of their deaths. It is believed to be an isolated incident with no third-party involvement.
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Lanarkshire police officer injured after being hit by car while on duty
Officer in hospital after approaching Audi S3 in Hamilton ‘to engage occupants’