UK Police Service

Senior officer cleared of credit card misuse

Ali Dizaei, the suspended senior Scotland Yard officer, has been cleared of misusing his corporate credit card. An inquiry by Dorset chief constable Martin Baker found no evidence he acted dishonestly or without integrity....

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Mystery besets severed hand inquiry

Police rule out stranger attack but reject honour killing theory despite misgivings by Asian women's groups Every day, staff at Sunrise Radio were greeted with a smile from Geeta Aulakh, the receptionist who had dreamed as a...

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Cumbria floods: Pc Bill Barker died on eve of his birthday

Pc Bill Barker, the traffic officer swept to his death in the Cumbrian floods, had been due to celebrate his 45th birthday with his young family this weekend, it has emerged. Pc Bill Barker and the bridge in Workington where he...

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Officer jailed for Pc sex assault

A Metropolitan Police sergeant has been jailed for eight months for sexually assaulting a sleeping colleague after their work Christmas party. A fellow officer saw David Stevens, 37, committing the act on a male Pc in a hotel...

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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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Soccer Shorts: We can't overspend, says Hessenthaler

EBBSFLEET UNITED manager Liam Daish says the struggles on and off the pitch have made this season his most difficult time in football. The Fleet are currently second from bottom in the Blue Square Premier, winning just once all...

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Knife Crime Down as Ninth Teen Dies

LONDON—Police launched a murder investigation on Friday after a 19-year-old man was stabbed to death in Stoke Newington, north London. He is the 12th teenager to be murdered in the capital this year and the ninth to be stabbed...

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Europe's biggest match-fixing ring exposed

A match-fixing ring with more than 200 suspected members fixed or tried to fix around 200 matches across Europe, including three in the Champions League, in what UEFA called the biggest betting scandal in Europe.

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Do bobbies on bikes beat cops in cars?

The Metropolitan police alone has more than 2,500 bicycles for its officers. But is introducing more cycling police a good move? It may seem like a new phenomenon, but bobbies on the beat first turned to bicycles over a century...

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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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