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Forces should cut officer numbers and use tech to fight crime, police chief says
Police forces should be allowed to cut officer numbers and spend more money on technology to boost crime fighting, a police chief has said.
, who leads for police chiefs on finances, said there was an obsession with officer numbers, even though it would …UK teenager begins Dubai jail term for relationship with 17-year-old girl
A British teenager has handed himself in to the authorities in Dubai to begin a one-year prison sentence for having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl, a campaign group has said.
Marcus Fakana, 18, was on holiday with his family in the United Arab Emirates when he met the …
And the UK winners of the 2024 awards for appalling customer service are …
For years I have lived a lie. I have lambasted corporate Britain for letting the populace down. I’ve self-righteously blamed airlines for leaving passengers grounded, I’ve hounded energy firms for slugging pensioners with invented bills and exposed councils and insurers for pushing households into homelessness. These last 12 months it’s …
The alternative 2024 sports awards: quotes, gaffes and animal cameos
Player of the year
Keeper
Lewis Patching
–saying sorry in March
after signing on loan for Rushden & Diamonds, conceding four,headbutting a fan
in the bar and being sacked on the same day. “I was disappointed how the game panned out … I’d like to …Tom Jenkins’ best sport photographs of 2024
It’s been quite a year, and one totally dominated by the “big three”: the men’s Euros in Germany and the Olympics and Paralympics in Paris. This a personal selection of my favourite pictures, a few of which haven’t been published before. Some have been chosen for their news value; others …
Monday briefing: Law, order and what the future might hold for Palestine
South Korea orders emergency safety inspection of airline operations after Jeju Air crash
South Korea’s acting president has ordered an emergency safety inspection of the country’s entire airline operations, while authorities plan a separate check of all Boeing 737-800s, after 179 people died in a Jeju Air crash involving the aircraft on Sunday.
As shocked citizens began a second day of official mourning …
Testament to Spain’s golden age to open up its secret spaces after €6m revamp
Despite perching imperiously on a mountainside near Madrid for the better part of five centuries, the
royal monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial
has yet to give up all its treasures – or all its secrets.Control, censorship and ‘penalties’: inside the Assad regime’s propaganda arm
After 21 years, the day Farouk feared had finally come. An envelope sealed with red wax made its way through the faded hallways of Syria’s national news agency, Sana, and landed on his desk. Inside was what employees called a penalty, the contents of which could range from a reprimand …