British Transport Police

£5,000 reward offered by train firm to catch knife robbers

TROUBLED train operator London Midland is offering a £5,000 reward to catch two knife-wielding thugs who robbed a railway station last Sunday. The firm is offering the cash in the hope that the thieves will be convicted of the...

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Tagger Lawrence Davies' prosecution ends reign of grafitti crew

Nov 21 2009 by Mark Cowan, Birmingham Mail ANTI-GRAFFITI campaigners today said the successful prosecution of ‘most wanted’ teen tagger Lawrence Davies had helped bring to an end the blight of a prolific graffiti crew. Spray...

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Attack after cage fighting event

A 27-year-old man from Merseyside was attacked by a gang of four men on a train between Manchester and Liverpool. The victim, who is from Rainhill, was returning home with a group of friends after watching a cage fighting event...

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Crime crackdown for town centre

A 24-hour police operation against crime and vandalism in a Medway town centre is under way. Officers and other agencies will be raiding suspected drug dens in Chatham, as well as cracking down on school truants, abandoned cars...

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Man wins compensation from police

Two police forces are facing High Court damages and costs of more than £50,000 after a vulnerable man from Norfolk was wrongfully locked up. Roger Marriott, of Carrow Road, Norwich, was arrested at York Railway Station and held...

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The Big Question: Are there too many police forces, and does the system need an overhaul?

By Mark Hughes, Crime Correspondent Why are we asking this now? This week Sir Hugh Orde, the president of the Association of Chief Police Officers, said that the structure of police forces in the UK should be reviewed. Sir...

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Shocking CCTV Images Of Guide Dog Attack

5:14pm UK, Thursday November 19, 2009 Alex Watts, Sky News Online CCTV images have been released of a blind woman's guide dog being mauled by a vicious terrier-type dog. To view this content you need Flash and Javascript...

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Man knocked out in station attack

nlnews@archant.co.uk 19 November 2009 A MAN was knocked unconscious and had his eye socket fractured in an "unprovoked attack" by two men on a station platform. His attackers were part of a gang of 10 who had assaulted the...

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Armed men threaten railway staff

Two railway station workers and a passerby were threatened by thieves armed with a knife who got away with cash from a booking office. The attack took place in the booking hall at Sandwell and Dudley station in the West...

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Drugs valued at over £700K seized

Police have made 60 arrests and seized drugs with a value of over £700,000 in a week-long crackdown in Suffolk. Operation Dace ran from Monday 9 November to Sunday 15 November and was aimed at disrupting the supply of...

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