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Police clash with revellers outside blazing nightclub

14.09.09
Moment police clash with partygoers outside a blazing Essex nightclub where Pixie Lott was set to appear... more

Muslim 'hate crime victim' is arrested

04.09.09
A Muslim community leader who said he had been abducted and told to stop running prayer sessions is in custody after being arrested on suspicion of perverting the course of justice... more

Muslim: I was kidnapped at knifepoint in BNP hate campaign

27.08.09
Muslim community leader kidnapped from his home at knifepoint and ordered to stop holding prayer sessions following a BNP hate campaign... more

Jermain Defoe accuses police of harassment after he’s stopped again

18.08.09
England football star Jermain Defoe accuses police of harassment after being pulled over just days after announcing he would sue the same force for 'wrongful' arrest... more

Jermain Defoe to sue police over 'racist' arrest

14.08.09
England and Tottenham Hotspur footballer Jermain Defoe is suing the police, claiming he and other footballers are regularly pulled over when driving because they are black... more

Spurs star Jermain Defoe locked up for night in police blunder over driving ban

27.07.09
Tottenham Hotspur striker Jermain Defoe set to sue police after he was arrested and held in custody for five hours following a computer blunder... more

Boys jailed for Facebook rape

01.05.09
A detective warned of the risks of social networking websites as two teenagers were jailed for raping a girl they had met online... more

Drip bags found 'sabotaged' at hospital after girl, 3, dies

22.04.09
Detectives are investigating the death of a three-year-old girl at a hospital where intravenous drip bags were found to have been punctured, apparently on purpose... more

Disabled woman killed in her car

02.03.09
A disabled woman was found bleeding to death in her car having been repeatedly stabbed... more

Police order pubs to 'spy' on customers with CCTV

18.02.09
Pubs are being told to "spy" on customers with CCTV, it emerged... more

Stansted activist hailed a 'hero' by her neighbours

09.12.08
One of the leading activists arrested over the storming of Stansted airport has been hailed "a hero" by friends and neighbours... more

Soap tycoon: Why I'm funding airport demos

09.12.08
The High Street tycoon who has been funding the eco-activists behind the storming of Stansted has vowed to pay for future direct action campaigns... more

'Robocop' Pc sacked after racist remark

12.11.08
A traffic policeman dubbed "Robocop" for his record number of arrests has been sacked for making a racist comment... more

Naming serious criminals ‘breaks human rights law’

11.11.08
Britain's elite crime-fighting force has been barred from naming and shaming some of the country's most serious criminals because it could infringe their human rights... more

Police use £1,000-an-hour helicopter to trap speeding drivers

27.08.08
A police helicopter targeting speeding motorists at a cost of £1,000 an hour has been attacked by campaign groups as dangerous and expensive... more

Teenager died from single blow after he stepped in to protect a woman

27.08.08
An 18-year-old who died after he was punched in the head is thought to have stepped in front of a female friend to protect her... more

Hit-run girl's parents condemn killer driver jailed for cover-up

14.08.08
The family of a schoolgirl killed in a hit-and-run accident criticised the "callous" driver and her relatives for plotting to cover up the fatal crash... more

Doh! Jade Goody burgled to tune of 56,000...'after leaving window open'

30.05.08
Reality television star Jade Goody - the woman who made a career out of her lack of intelligence - was counting the cost of a £56,000 burglary today... more

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