Heading a football is “likely” to have contributed to the brain injury which was a factor in the death of former Manchester United and Scotland defender Gordon McQueen, a coroner in North Yorkshire has found. The central defender, who died at his home in North Yorkshire in 2023 aged 70, won 30 international caps between […]
Police are appealing for a “heroic” witness to come forward after he stepped in to protect a group of women being harassed in northwest London. Officers were called to Camden High Street at 8am on 14 January following reports a man had attempted to rob and sexually assault a group of women. It was only
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Facial recognition technology is to be rolled out to every police force in the country, under sweeping reforms announced by the home secretary. Under Shabana Mahmood’s proposals, the biggest shake-up in policing in decades, the current number of 10 live facial recognition vans will rise to 50, to catch criminals on police watchlists, and will
A reward of up to £20,000 has been offered for information in the hunt for a killer who shot a young father dead in “cold blood”. Jordan Gray, 26, was killed at his home in Shields Court, in the town of Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, on Sunday 14 December. His body was discovered the following day.
Shabana Mahmood will set out her overhaul of policing today, aiming to tackle “unpunished” everyday crime and get officers from their desks to the streets. The home secretary is expected to make a statement to MPs this afternoon on her proposals, including the previously announced creation of a new National Police Service (NPS) to tackle
The body of a man who disappeared during a Christmas Day swim in Devon is believed to have been found. It is thought to be Matthew Upham, one of two men who went missing at Budleigh Salterton last month. Formal identification hasn’t yet taken place, but Devon and Cornwall Police said the family of a
Andy Burnham has said he is “disappointed” after Labour’s governing body blocked him from standing as an MP at the upcoming Gorton and Denton by-election. Mr Burnham formally requested permission on Saturday to stand for the contest. As mayor of Greater Manchester, he needed approval to contest a different political election. Mr Burnham’s return to
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It has been a frenzied 48 hours of Labour leadership speculation after Andy Burnham tried to throw his hat in the ring for a return to parliament. On Sunday, Starmer’s allies emphatically tried to shut that down, as the NEC’s panel voted 8-1 to block the Manchester mayor’s bid. Only the deputy Labour leader and
The Met Office has issued a series of yellow warnings for heavy rain covering Monday and Tuesday. The first one is for central and southern parts of Northern Ireland, affecting areas including Enniskillen, Omagh and Newry. It begins at midday on Monday and continues until 6pm. The warnings for Monday. Pic: Met Office Image: The
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There’s a lot in the announcement, though none of the proposals are exactly new. There have been calls for merging our 43 local police forces into bigger regional constabularies for two decades at least, almost as long as I’ve been a crime reporter. The government argument – difficult to counter – is that it’s a
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