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Cheshire Police officers sent to Kent to help manage Brexit traffic chaos POLICE from more than 30 constabularies all over Britain - including Cheshire - have been redeployed to Kent to help the authorities manage Brexit traffic chaos, it has emerged. Officers from as far afield as Gwent in Wales, Devon and Cornwall and Yorkshire have all been moved to the county to deal with the contingency plans brought in to deal with the change in rules when travelling to EU countries. The cops are c...

There have been very few Brexit queues as police officers from 33 forces come to help out in Kent.

  The group submitted freedom of information (FoI) requests to all regional police forces last November. A number of forces either refused to answer or denied using their drones in this way, but 10 admitted using them to monitor public protests.  All police forces refused to disclose details of their covert use of drones. Protests monitored ranged from gatherings of far-right groups in Nottingham to an animal rights demonstration in Salisbury and Extinction Rebellion and HS2 protest marches i...

The UKs most romantic road trips to take when lockdown lifts From a cliff-hugging coastal drive to a wild Pennines pass, here are five romantic road trips to bookmark for this summer The Snake Pass through the Pennines feels astonishingly wild  Credit: Getty It’s Valentine’s Day and there’s love in the air, the first whisper of spring on the breeze and finally some light at the end of the lockdown tunnel. While you might not be able to jump behind the wheel and head off into the wide bl...

Police forces in England and Wales will be reimbursed with £60 million to support increased enforcement of coronavirus rules, Home Secretary Priti Patel has announced today.

A SONIC BOOM has left Cornwall residents stunned with some complaining the loud bang caused houses to shake violently.

Devon and Cornwall have recorded the second lowest reported crime rate in England and Wales with only stalking and harassment and possession of a weapon showing a significant rise. Figures released today by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) show total crime dropped by 8.7 per cent last year compared to a national average decrease of 6.6 per cent. Victim-based crime also fell by 10.2 per cent over the same period, compared to a national average fall of 8.8 per cent – also the secon...

What we missed the most during 2020s Covid-19 pandemic We all missed something during 2020 - PlymouthLive asked a range of people to look back over the lockdowns and tell us what they missed the most The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Never miss a big story in Plymouth again with our daily newslettersInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign me up! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll inclu...

Shares There is a considerable level of smoke and mirrors around policing funding, particularly when you look at overall policing numbers and the budgets available to a particular police force. To be clear that isn’t a criticism of North Yorkshire Police, that is criticism of the North Yorkshire Police Fire and Crime Commissioner, Julia Mulligan and the Home Office for putting out headline grabbing PR that they know many won’t read through. That headline figure from the Government is that p...

Police to receive more than £15 billion to fight crime and recruit more officers The funding package for 2021 to 2022 will include more than £400 million to continue recruitment of 20,000 extra officers. From: Policing will receive up to £15.8 billion to build back safer and cut crime, the government will announce today. The 2021 to 2022 funding package will include over £400 million to recruit 20,000 extra officers by 2023, building on the success of the first year of the recruitment c...