A police officer acted out of “poor judgement and immaturity” when he accessed confidential files, a gross misconduct hearing has concluded. PC Oliver Platts, from Leicestershire Police, has been handed a final written warning for his behaviour. He was found to have viewed 221 different reports on a...

Officer who accessed confidential files 'immature'

A serving Dorset Police officer found guilty of misconduct after he failed to stop "inappropriate sexualised conversation” on a train has now been named. Supt Peter Browning was issued with a final written warning that will remain in place for three years. The panel heard Supt Browning was “aware”...

Police officer found guilty of misconduct named

Northamptonshire's police commissioner pledges to read the CVs of all candidates for top positions.

Commissioner asks how lying police chief got job

A former police officer has been jailed for 12 years after being found guilty of two rapes. Aron May, who served as a PC with West Midlands Police, was sacked by the force in May after his conviction at Worcester Crown Court in April. The 40-year-old, from Shropshire, had carried...

Former police officer jailed for two rapes

Two men are arrested and a crime scene is in place after a woman was attacked at the M32 Skatepark.

Woman raped in early hours of morning in skatepark

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A woman who took a vulnerable man’s mobility scooter and left him to die in freezing conditions has pleaded guilty to manslaughter.Kimberley Ann Hawkins, 41, of no fixed address, admitted killing Neil Shadwick after taking his mobility scooter outside a Tesco superstore in Stratford Road, Stroud, Gloucestershire, on January 22 last year.Mr Shadwick, 63, who used his mobility scooter as his mode of transport, was left behind in sub-zero temperatures and found unresponsive in the car park at 6am. He later died in hospital.Gloucestershire Police said Hawkins rode away on the scooter, later dumping it on Bisley Old Road in...

Woman who took man’s mobility scooter and left him to die admits manslaughter

Nyah Mway died after police mistook his replica gun for a real firearm and shot him in the chest.

Boy, 13, shot dead by New York police had replica gun, authorities say

Four Sri Lankan fishermen have died and another two are critically ill after consuming an unknown liquid from bottles they found while at sea, according to local media reports. The sailors were said to be on a fishing trip when they retrieved the bottles around 320 nautical miles from Tangalle,...

Four die after drinking from bottles found in sea

Comments made included, “If there was a domestic violence victim who was fit, I would rape her”.

Police trainee sacked for domestic abuse rape comment

A Londonderry schoolgirl died after taking drugs, including ecstasy, cocaine and synthetic amphetamine, a coroner has found. Caitlin McLaughlin, 16, collapsed at the end of last year’s Belsonic music festival in Belfast's Ormeau Park. She was rushed to the Royal Victoria Hospital but went into cardiac arrest shortly after...

Schoolgirl died 'after taking cocaine and ecstasy'

A police dog that went missing near Loch Ness on Sunday morning has been found safe and well. Police Scotland said Fergie was being walked off-lead in a remote area west of Drumnadrochit when she ran off after a deer. Police said the German Shepherd was "kind and friendly", but...

Police dog found after going missing while chasing deer

Birmingham Hospice is looking to cut staff and inpatient beds due to rising costs.

Hospice cuts will be 'agonising for families'

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NEWARK, N.J. – Eight individuals associated with the "793 Bloods" street gang, a subset of the national Bloods gang, have been charged for their roles in a Newark-based drug trafficking organization, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Eight '793 Bloods' Gang Members Charged in Newark Drug Network

Two men and a woman remain in custody for questioning, Cumbria Police say.

Three arrested and drugs seized in police raid

With Leeds United academy graduate Archie Gray set to be sold to a Premier League side, Don't Go To Bed Just Yet's Jonny Buchan, Adam Pope and Kaiser Chiefs bassist Simon Rix have been discussing the 18-year-old's imminent Elland Road exit.Listen to the full episode on BBC Sounds

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42-year-old Jason Parker from Bridgend is called a "loving husband, wonderful father and grandad".

Tributes paid to biker who died in crash

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People have different levels of maturity. An individual’s age or upbringing can make them possess certain traits. Yet, most people believe that one matures as they grow old. On the contrary, some zodiac signs appear childish in old age. They are jumpy and careless. This strains their relationships with signs who misunderstand them. Air and fire signs are temperamental and some people refer to them as being childish. How can you identify an immature sign?

3 Zodiac Signs Who Are Immature

Paul Whitehurst, a detective sergeant with Warwickshire Police, has served the force for 21 years.

Police officer admits assaulting woman four times

The message in the car windscreen says "please do 20 before another pet is killed".

Cat's death sparks speed message from pet owner

A JobCentre security guard said he had been attacked, spat at and racially abused while at work. Zahid Abbas who works at Kings Heath JobCentre in Birmingham, spoke out as guards workers started a week-long walkout over pay. The GMB union said 250 security guards across the Midlands were taking...

'I have been attacked, spat at and racially abused'

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Interim police chief appointed amid misconduct probe

Judi Heaton QPM will take temporary charge of Humberside Police for the next six...

Interim police chief appointed amid misconduct probe

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