Ministers plan to cut drink drive limit
Ministers are planning to lower the drink drive limit by a half, according to reports.
Local authorities will no longer be able to raise funds by fining motorists caught on speed cameras, the government has confirmed.
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Crime rates rise as temperatures soar
The recent hot weather may have been accompanied by a rise in crime, according to figures that appear to show a rise in calls to police over the past weekend.
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A prisoner cut off part of his ear so he could escape from an ambulance on the way to hospital
A prisoner cut off part of his ear so he could escape from an ambulance on the way to hospital, Greater Manchester Police said.
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Alcohol pricing gets Nice backing
A minimum pricing scheme to control the sale of alcohol is to be backed by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence, in a bid to reduce binge drinking and its associated heath and social problems.
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Child abuse vetting scheme dropped
The controversial scheme adopted by Labour to protect children from paedophiles has been placed on hold, the Home Secretary, Theresa May has said.
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Facebook chiefs reject police child protection measures
Facebook chiefs reject police child protection measures
Facebook officials have declined to install a panic button designed to protect children from online predators, despite continued pressure from child protection officers.
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Internet fraudsters 'adopt' MPS logo and Operation Sterling page header
This alert, issued by the Metropolitan Police's 'Operation Sterling' Fraud Prevention Team, follows a report to us informing us that the MPS logo and Sterling page header has been adopted by fraudsters.
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McCanns relaunch child abduction alerts
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Murder charge against burglar's killer 'erroneous'
The decision to prosecute a trainee builder for murder after he stabbed a teenage burglar to death was "erroneous", a court heard today.
Taxpayer forced to pay for criminals’ heroin
Tens of millions pounds of taxpayers’ money is being spent on funding the heroin addictions of prisoners after a court ruled that it would be a breach of their human rights to allow them to go into ‘cold turkey’ while in prison.