People are being reminded of the dangers linked to roads after a series of fatal crashes in the South West. Devon and Cornwall Police said its officers had attended “a number of very serious crashes” in the last month, some which had proved fatal. Ch Insp Dean Drury said a loss of life in a...
David Cowan Home affairs correspondent, BBC Scotland BBC David Murray was Scotland’s first victim identification officer, and has the unenviable task of identifying abuse victims David Murray’s office has a warning on its door: “Please be aware: child sexual abuse material being viewed in this room.” The detective constable spends hours examining pictures and watching...
A suspect wanted for the murder of a South African university student has been killed in a shootout with the police. Olorato Mongale’s body was found on Sunday in Lombardy, north of Johannesburg, about two hours after she was reported missing having gone on a date. In the early hours of Friday morning, police officers...
Irish rap group Kneecap have pulled out of the TRNSMT music festival in Glasgow over police concerns about safety. Police Scotland said last week that allowing the trio to perform at Glasgow Green on 11 July would require “a significant policing operation”. It followed a member of the Irish language group being charged with a...
Police Scotland Missing teenager Cole Cooper was last seen in Banknock on 7 May. Police are becoming “increasingly concerned” for a teenager who has been missing for three weeks. Cole Cooper, 19, was last seen at about 20:45 on 7 May in Longcroft, Falkirk, near his home village of Banknock. Ch Insp Alex Hatrick told...
Police have been given extra time to question a man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a car ploughed into football fans during Liverpool’s Premier League victory parade. Merseyside Police said a Ford Galaxy avoided a roadblock by tailgating an ambulance that was responding to reports of someone having suffered a heart attack. The...
Nathan Bevan BBC News, North East and Cumbria Police eventually used a stinger to stop Jack Lowrey during the 10mph pursuit A man who attempted to get away from police by driving at just 10mph has been handed an immediate 12 month prison sentence. Jack Lowrey was spotted driving erratically through parts of Cumbria on...
Police in Devon have told the public to expect heavy traffic and some road closures this weekend as a popular airshow returns to Paignton. Devon and Cornwall Police said it officers would carry out extra patrols during the English Riviera Airshow, which takes place between 30 May and 1 June. The force said people should...
Senior police and security leaders have raised concerns about the government’s proposals to release some prisoners early. In a letter to the Ministry of Justice, first reported by the Times, that was sent before the announcement on sentencing changes last week, they said that based on their understanding the plans “could be of net detriment...
David Cowan BBC Scotland Home Affairs Correspondent BBC Police lead away a man suspected of sexual communication with a 13-year-old girl It’s 07:35 in a smart suburban housing estate in central Scotland and the police are about to turn a family’s life upside down. Three detectives in plain clothes park their unmarked car near a...
Bodycam video shows the moment officers in Texas arrested Leo Tate and Jermaine Donald, two of the 10 inmates who escaped the Orleans Parish jail in Louisiana on 16 May. The two men were arrested after a high-speed chase that involved multiple law enforcement agencies. The escaped prisoners, several of whom are facing murder charges,...
Mark Gordon assaulted two female police officers on a maternity ward after the birth of his first child and had to be detained using leg restraints, a court has heard. Gordon, 50, and Constance Marten, 38, deny the manslaughter by gross negligence of daughter Victoria, their fifth child, whose body was found in a shopping...
After a driver ploughed into crowds during the Liverpool FC victory parade on Monday evening, Merseyside Police said within two hours they had arrested a “53-year-old white British man from the Liverpool area”. It was striking how quickly police shared the man’s nationality and ethnicity. The decision shows lessons have already been learned from the...
A man has been charged with attempted murder after a police officer was critically injured when he was struck by a car. PC Christopher Miller, 38, has been in hospital with life-threatening injuries since the incident on the B416 in Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire on Thursday night. Thames Valley Police arrested two men, aged 28 and...
Anna Meisel BBC File on 4 Investigates BBC Nicola Packer was recently found not guilty of illegally taking a substance with the intent to miscarry A secret recording, leaked to the BBC, reveals a senior police officer had serious concerns over the controversial arrest of a woman who took abortion pills when about 26 weeks...