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Trafficking victim’s nightmare journey to UK drug farm
As a senior judge rules those who have been convicted of crimes after being trafficked into the UK are victims, not criminals, Channel 4 News meets one boy forced to work on a cannabis farm in Harrow.
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Anti-Muslim hate crimes soar since Woolwich attack
Lee Rigby’s family say he would not want people to use his name as an excuse to attacks others. But figures show that violence against Muslim targets has increased fivefold since his murder.
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71 hate crimes reported since Woolwich – police
In the five days following Lee Rigby’s murder in Woolwich there were 71 hate crimes reported to police, as well as nearly 200 allegations of Islamophobia received by a special phone line.
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Do ministers have a handle on communities in fear?
As extremists target mosques and anti-Muslim attacks rise following the murder of Lee Rigby, the Muslim community has condemned his savage killing – but are they being heard?
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Government traffic courts to tackle case congestion
The government is planning to set up a new nationwide system of special traffic courts to speed up the half a million motoring cases currently dealt with by magistrates courts.
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IPCC investigates Taser fire death
The Independent Police Complaints Commission launches an investigation into whether a police Taser used on a man doused in petrol ignited the flammable liquid, causing his death.
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Rolf Harris and a trial by media?
As the media reveals Rolf Harris as the celebrity quizzed over historical sex allegations, Simon Israel asks whether the media should identify such people before any charges are considered or brought.
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Missing children: new police system to assess risk
Police are to introduce a new national system to grade missing children, which they argue will free up resources and target attention on those at greatest risk.
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Protester’s details removed from extremism database
Appeal judges order police to erase all details of John Catt, an 88-year-old peaceful protester, from its domestic extremism database. Simon Israel reports.
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Savile failings raise concerns over police database
As a report warns that police could still repeat the errors of the Jimmy Savile case, have the authorities failed to act on the lessons of the 2002 Soham murders?
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Wanted: police superintendent – no experience necessary
People with no experience of policing will be allowed to join forces at superintendent level under new reforms unveiled today.
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‘Step change’ to limit police corruption
A Transparency International report recommends that police chiefs set up independent ethics boards to monitor the risks of corruption in forces in England and Wales.
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Twitter and Facebook crime complaints on the increase
Police are struggling to cope with complaints of menacing behaviour, stalking and sexual offences on social media. Forces may soon need dedicated Twitter and Facebook squads, a senior officer claims.
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Generation sex: teenagers fall foul of law
Channel 4 News investigates an increasingly sexualised generation of British teenagers – and how young people looking at explicit images may be unwittingly committing a crime.
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Officer killed in shooting at Glasgow police station
Strathclyde police confirms that a police officer has died after a gun was fired at Baird Street police station in Glasgow earlier.