Drug crime has significantly increased in towns and villages over the last five years, driven in part by a practice known as ‘county lines’, or drug trafficking in rural areas. A new analysis…Read more…
‘No-go zone’
London cabbies have sounded the alarm over gang-related attacks in Lisson Grove, an area in the capital that many taxi drivers have described as a ‘no-go zone’. While Lisson Grove, a main…Read more…
‘Draconian’ dress code
Unite has described a new ‘appearance and standards’ code for all staff employed by south Yorkshire police as being ‘draconian’ and not reflecting society. The code was introduced without…Read more…
Judge makes ‘mockery of process’
Unite has backed today’s (Wednesday March 21) walkout of participants at the Mittings public inquiry into undercover policing. The walkout is a reaction to the refusal of Sir John Mittings,…Read more…
Grangemouth ‘vulnerable’
Controversial energy firm INEOS refused to pay for terrorism prevention measures at its Grangemouth plants because they were too expensive, according to reports. An investigation by the Sunday…Read more…
No ‘snooping’ allowed
The Tory government’s sinister agenda aiming to silence all opposition is having a harder time getting through the legislative process than some might have thought. After concessions and…Read more…
Conspiracy and cover up
A Tory government which launched a head-on confrontation with trade unions in the early 1970s conspired with police and MI5 to help jail six striking building workers who picketed sites in Shrewsbury…Read more…