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News of the World accused over murder investigation
Former Crimewatch presenter Jacqui Hames tells the Leveson inquiry the News of the World was involved in an attempt to “subvert” a murder investigation.
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The Sun accused of paying ‘network of corrupt officials’
The police officer leading the investigation into illicit payments by the Sun says there was a network of corrupt public officials receiving money, as Home Affairs Correspondent Andy Davies reports.
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PM ‘gets facts wrong’ over police numbers
Prime Minister David Cameron stands accused of getting his facts wrong in the House of Commons after FactCheck revealed front line police numbers were heading down, not up, as he claimed.
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Using Google to map crime and encourage witnesses
From today, victims of street crime in London will be able to report attacks online, as part of a scheme to get more people involved in keeping communities safe.
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Predictive policing: tackling crime in advance
A British idea, developed in the United States, uses computer modelling to predict where crime is going to take place. Now UK police are trialling the method in Manchester and Birmingham.
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Hackers claim interception of FBI and Met calls
The hacking collective Anonymous claims to have intercepted and published the details of a conference call between Scotland Yard and US intelligence agents.
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Sun employees held in payments probe
Four current or former employees of The Sun and one serving police officer have been arrested in London and Essex as part of investigations into payments to police officers.
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Met police to halve stop and searches
The Metropolitan Police will halve stop and searches in a bid to improve relations with the black community.
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Stephen Lawrence: a father’s search for justice
Since April 1993, when his son Stephen was murdered, Neville Lawrence has been fighting for justice. Here is his personal account of that struggle, as told to Home Affairs Correspondent Simon Israel.
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Police warned over links with journalists
Police officers should adopt consistent standards in how they relate to the media – and avoid drinking or flirting with members of the press, according to a new report.
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Neville Lawrence ‘praying’ others will face justice
Exclusive: Speaking to Channel 4 News, Stephen Lawrence’s father Neville calls on Gary Dobson and David Norris to name the others he believes are responsible for his son’s racist murder in 1993.
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Lawyers dispute police ‘right to shoot arsonists’
A police review says arsonists could be shot, while guidelines are needed on the use of plastic bullets and water cannon. But one leading lawyer tell Channel 4 News: “This is not the rule of law.”
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Prosecutor facing action over undercover policeman
A prosecutor faces disciplinary action after an inquiry uncovers a series of failures over the use of an undercover police officer. DPP Keir Starmer tells Channel 4 News the problem is not “systemic”.
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Labour names candidates for Police Commissioner posts
Labour’s National Executive Committee has given the go-ahead for local parties to start picking candidates for the new posts of police commissioners reports political correspondent Michael Crick.
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Lawrence murder trial – accused pictured days after killing
The Old Bailey hears that two men accused of murdering Stephen Lawrence were photographed by a police officer just days afer his death, despite previous claims that they did not know one another.