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Interested in 'one thing, and one thing only', Line of Duty's Ted Hastings leads the AC-12 anti-corruption squad to weed out 'bent coppers' in the hit BBC series. But while his team's mission to find the elusive 'H' continues to grip millions, a new documentary tells the true, revelatory story of corruption in the British police.    The upcoming second episode of Bent Coppers: Crossing the Line of Duty sheds light on how corrupt members of the Metropolitan Police ran a 'protection racket' covering sex shops in London's Soho in the 1970s. Officers from the Obscene Publications Squad, led by...

Rating: There is no one more shocked by life's injustice than a criminal who finds himself the victim of crime. It's especially unfair, because he can hardly call the police. You can't help but laugh at the indignation of petty crook Michael Perry, a London tealeaf at the tail end of the 1960s. He attracted the attention of a couple of CID detectives, Robson and Harris, who paid him a little visit at his home. There, they noted some innocent items, jemmies and the like, which might be useful to a safecracker in his professional capacity. Perry protested that he didn't do safes. Robson and Ha...

The return of "buzz" and "excitement" to Fordingbridge will make a "huge difference" to local businesses, according to firms in the town welcoming customers back today (April 12). The start of the second phase of the Government's roadmap out of lockdown has seen non-essential retail, beauty salons and pub gardens open up again.  Businesses throughout Fordingbridge - some of which have been shuttered for months - have been celebrating reopening their doors.  Below we take you inside them and behind the scenes in pictures, as they share their hopes and fears for life after the thir...

‘We knew who the crooked coppers were’: Inside the police unit that inspired Line of Duty The detectives who led the Met's internal battle with corruption – and inspired the BBC's hit drama – are at the centre of a new documentary 10 April 2021 • 5:00pm The BBC smash hit drama Line of Duty was influenced by the work of detectives such as John Simmonds Credit: BBC/ World Productions/ Bohemia Films On his first day in the job as a uniformed police officer for the Met in 1956, John Simmonds was offered a bribe. Then 19 and a cadet in Stoke Newington, north London, Simmonds was trying t...

First published on Thu 8 Apr 2021 10.11 EDT One of London’s most senior police officers, described by a colleague as “the greatest villain unhung”, was believed to be involved in major corruption in the 1970s but never prosecuted, according to a new documentary on police malpractice. Former officers who exposed corruption at the time describe how they were threatened that they would end up in a “cement raincoat” if they informed on fellow officers and were shunned by colleagues when they did. The fresh revelations come from half a dozen former officers from both the Metropolitan and...