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Operation Sceptre targets knife crime in Wirral A WEEK of action targeting knife crime in Wirral has been launched today. Part of a national campaign, Operation Sceptres aim is "to proactively target those carrying weapons, reduce these offences, raise awareness of the dangers of knife crime, and provide young people with more positive alternatives to crime". Across Merseyside, police will carry out a variety of policing activity including open land searches, stop searches, high visib...

Police find 12 inch Rambo machete hidden in bushes at park The weapon was recovered by officers who were carrying out an open land search Updated Police recovered a machete with a 12 inch blade during a search of a Merseyside park.  Get our Knowsley newsletter for the best stories, photos, videos and opinionInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up now When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be use...

Encrochat phone thrown in river found as police carry out searches Weapons recovered during open land search near the Bluebell estate in Huyton Updated Police recovered an Encrochat phone, knives, a shotgun barrel and drugs during a search of the River Alt in Huyton. Police recovered an Encrochat phone, knives, a shotgun barrel and drug paraphernalia during a search of the River Alt area in Huyton. A police underwater search team found the abandoned Encrochat phone in the River Alt near the Bl...

Boy with huge machete at shopping centre receives no punishment Police and the CPS decided it wasnt in the public interest to prosecute a machete wielding yob captured on camera 05:00, 20 FEB 2021 Updated The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now A teenage boy who repeatedly swung a machete at another youth at a shopping centre received no punishment. The 15-year-old was captured on camera chasing an unknown male with a two foot blade at Pyramids Birkenhead. He was arrested after terrifying...

Five men arrested and multiple weapons seized in violent crime crackdown FIVE men have been arrested in connection with serious violence offences in Wirral. At around 6.30pm on Sunday, police received reports that a 26-year-old man had been threatened by multiple armed men on Buchanan Road, Wallasey. Fortunately the man, who was on a bike at the time, rode away and was unharmed. He reported seeing the men making off in a Grey VW Golf. After extensive investigations overnight, of...

Drug bosses flee Liverpool after police bring Encrochat network to its knees Operation Venetic appears to have had a massive impact on organised crime across the region Updated The waterfront on Monte Carlo (Image: Liverpool ECHO) Three times a day plus breaking news for the biggest stories - sign up for the Liverpool Echo newsletterInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Somet...

Suspects in machete slashing and police brick attack arrested in major operation Suspects in two very serious incidents were detained in one night of action 16:51, 13 JAN 2021 Drugs, cash and weapons were seized in Bebington after Merseyside Police swooped on a number of serious criminals (Image: Merseyside Police) Get our MyWirral newsletter, for the best news, pictures, opinions and video from across the peninsulaInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up now When you ...

Police are holding a three-month weapons surrender POLICE are holding a three-month surrender for people to hand over weapons ahead of a change in the law. Along with the Government, Merseyside Police says it is determined to protect the public from serious violence, which includes targeting those carrying and using dangerous weapons and removing them from our streets. The Home Office Weapon Surrender and Compensation scheme started on Thursday and will run for three months, encouraging e...

Software which is used to determine who is eligible to vote. one u.s. intelligence official contacted by the intercept conceded that the russian operation target voter registration software could have disrupted it were the products were being used. it is unknown what potential data could have been accessed and makes no conclusion about what effect the attack had on the outcome of the election but it does conclusion that russian military intelligence, the g.r.u. was behind the attack. as we menti...