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22 January 2015















Number of rapes recorded by police in England and Wales leaps 31% in a year

Statisticians say increase reflects greater willingness among victims to report attacks and better recording by the police



Published: 5:17 AM




Number of rapes recorded by police in England and Wales leaps 31% in a year












21 January 2015














Ricardo dos Santos, the surfer shot dead in Brazil – in pictures

24-year-old professional surfer died in hospital after being shot three times outside his home in Florianopolis, allegedly by a police officer



Published: 5:37 PM




Ricardo dos Santos, the surfer shot dead in Brazil – in pictures












Police arrest Canadian chemist linked to cache of dangerous chemicals




Published: 4:04 PM




Police arrest Canadian chemist linked to cache of dangerous chemicals












From the Guardian archive
From the archive, 21 January 1976: Police want to fingerprint children




Published: 12:30 AM




From the archive, 21 January 1976: Police want to fingerprint children












20 January 2015














Undercover, with Paul Lewis and Rob Evans
Inquiry into unjust convictions caused by undercover operations to last longer than expected

More than 50 activists have so far been wrongly convicted or prosecuted but this total could rise if inquiry finds police concealed evidence gathered by undercover officers in other trials 



Published: 6:36 AM




Inquiry into unjust convictions caused by undercover operations to last longer than expected












19 January 2015














System for foreign criminals dysfunctional, say MPs




Published: 7:01 PM




System for foreign criminals dysfunctional, say MPs












Drivers: hooked on speed – and shameless with it

Andrew Brown




Published: 11:00 AM







Drivers: hooked on speed – and shameless with it













18 January 2015














Irish dissident groups learning from Taliban and Isis, police officer warns

Bill Kerr says groups plan upsurge in attacks before the UK general election and the 100th anniversary of the 1916 Rising



Published: 11:37 AM




Irish dissident groups learning from Taliban and Isis, police officer warns












17 January 2015














Shootings in France and Belgium prompt Met police firearms review

Force, which has lost 752 gun-bearing officers, is looking into its ability to prevent terrorist attacks in wake of tragedies



Published: 11:22 AM




Shootings in France and Belgium prompt Met police firearms review












Soldiers to guard Belgian Jewish sites as Europol warns of further attacks

Protection stepped up across Europe – with UK police on highest alert level ever – in wake of series of terrorist incidents



Published: 9:50 AM




Soldiers to guard Belgian Jewish sites as Europol warns of further attacks












16 January 2015














UK police on highest ever terror alert after Belgian arrests

Threat against police raised to severe – fourth highest of five levels – and patrols of Jewish communities to be stepped up



Published: 3:02 PM




UK police on highest ever terror alert after Belgian arrests












Manchester police chief’s trial over shooting of unarmed man collapses




Published: 11:54 AM




Manchester police chief’s trial over shooting of unarmed man collapses












UK police to step up patrols of Jewish areas amid 'heightened concern'




Published: 11:19 AM




UK police to step up patrols of Jewish areas amid 'heightened concern'












15 January 2015














Undercover, with Paul Lewis and Rob Evans
Watchdog continues probe into claims that police spied on Hillsborough relatives

24 Hillsborough relatives have alleged that they were placed under police surveillance



Published: 9:32 AM




Watchdog continues probe into claims that police spied on Hillsborough relatives












14 January 2015














Police could be deployed within Feltham young offenders’ institution

Youth Justice Board is in talks to embed officers within YOI, named as most violent prison in England and Wales



Published: 1:19 PM




Police could be deployed within Feltham young offenders’ institution












George Churchill-Coleman obituary




Published: 11:38 AM




George Churchill-Coleman obituary












Domestic abuse: a public sector issue
Domestic abuse: how Northamptonshire is trying to fix its broken system




Published: 2:00 AM




Domestic abuse: how Northamptonshire is trying to fix its broken system












13 January 2015














‘Freedom of expression’ anti-snooping campaign launched over Ripa changes

Campaigners fear draft code of Ripa legislation in UK will allow police sweeping powers to access phone and email records of journalists, lawyers and doctors



Published: 2:17 PM




‘Freedom of expression’ anti-snooping campaign launched over Ripa changes












Analysis Police can keep us safe without spying on journalists’ sources




Published: 2:15 PM




Police can keep us safe without spying on journalists’ sources












Police officer on trial for mortgage fraud says colleagues ‘stitched him up’




Published: 5:59 AM




Police officer on trial for mortgage fraud says colleagues ‘stitched him up’












12 January 2015














Guardian law blog
Police face new ethical dilemma in increasingly digital world

Joshua Rozenberg: Officers pin hopes on new code of conduct and board of ethics in bid to quell concerns over electronic intrusion



Published: 8:12 AM




Police face new ethical dilemma in increasingly digital world












11 January 2015














An insult to all the children who die in custody

Eric Allison and 
Simon Hattenstone

Eric Allison and Simon Hattenstone: Alex Kelly and the other 32 children who have died since 1990 deserve more than the state’s weasel words and a silence that shames the media



Published: 4:00 PM




An insult to all the children who die in custody












The innovators
Cutting crime: surgeon’s research that helps stop street violence

Prof Jonathan Shepherd’s pioneering research helped cut violence in Cardiff by 40% – now he wants R&D thinktanks linking up public policy across the UK



Published: 9:40 AM




Cutting crime: surgeon’s research that helps stop street violence












9 January 2015














Domestic abuse: a public sector issue
Vera Baird: domestic abuse is not just an issue for the police

Northumbria’s police and crime commissioner says multi-agency working is the way forward when dealing with abuse and violence



Published: 5:00 AM




Vera Baird: domestic abuse is not just an issue for the police












8 January 2015














UK police commemorate French officers killed in Charlie Hebdo attack

British officers show solidarity with counterparts in France, with some forces holding a two-minute silence



Published: 8:53 AM




UK police commemorate French officers killed in Charlie Hebdo attack












Rape trials rise by 30% as courts fight to clear caseload

Director of public prosecutions says increase is good as it suggests more victims feel they will be believed



Published: 1:01 AM




Rape trials rise by 30% as courts fight to clear caseload












7 January 2015














PMMA found in ‘Superman’ ecstasy possibly linked to four deaths

Dangerous substance discovered in tests on 400 triangular pills seized by Suffolk police



Published: 9:30 AM




PMMA found in ‘Superman’ ecstasy possibly linked to four deaths












Undercover, with Paul Lewis and Rob Evans
Police forced to disclose more details of “ghoulish and heartless” spy tactic

Police have conceded some ground over the secrecy surrounding the theft of the identities of dead children by their undercover officers



Published: 8:01 AM




Police forced to disclose more details of “ghoulish and heartless” spy tactic












6 January 2015














Home Office agrees to fund search for Ben Needham

Family of toddler who went missing on Kos, Greece more than 20 years ago wants leads and possible sightings investigated



Published: 12:00 PM




Home Office agrees to fund search for Ben Needham












UK public must wake up to risks of CCTV, says surveillance commissioner




Published: 10:10 AM




UK public must wake up to risks of CCTV, says surveillance commissioner










Pritchard calls for rape anonymity laws to be reviewed after case dropped




Published: 9:11 AM




Pritchard calls for rape anonymity laws to be reviewed after case dropped








Watchdog to oversee police sex abuse investigations




Published: 8:40 AM




Watchdog to oversee police sex abuse investigations








Undercover, with Paul Lewis and Rob Evans
University under pressure to sack controversial former undercover spy Bob Lambert




Published: 5:49 AM




University under pressure to sack controversial former undercover spy Bob Lambert














5 January 2015














Puddle-soaked pedestrians report scores of drivers to police

 63 incidents reported of motorists driving through a puddle and causing pedestrians to be splashed during a five-year period



Published: 11:05 PM




Puddle-soaked pedestrians report scores of drivers to police












Met police hindered inquiry into private eye’s death, says victim’s brother

Force accused of dragging heels for nearly two years before handing over documents relating to Daniel Morgan murder



Published: 10:02 AM




Met police hindered inquiry into private eye’s death, says victim’s brother










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