Tag Archives: police officers

Locals tell of horror after a man died after a car crashed into a popular bar following a police chase, sparking a fire

Residents living near a pub where a man died after crashing into it following a police chase have told of their horror. A Dacia Sandero crashed into the White Lion pub on York Street in Heywood at around 3.15am in the early hours of this morning (Monday). This caused a fire which saw fire crews… Read More »

Nothing could prepare police officers for what happens after they stop a motorcycle

Three ‘brave’ police officers went to a regular vehicle stop after spotting a moped ‘moving erratically’… but ‘nobody could have prepared them for how their day would end’. Neighborhood Sergeants Marc Foster and Tim Ansell, along with PC Marcus Wolstencroft from Manchester Police, attended the incident on Wood Road, on the border of Stretford and… Read More »

Protest organized by Tommy Robinson and counter-protest to be held in London

Thousands of police will be on duty in central London on Saturday for the protest and counter-protest organized by Tommy Robinson. The Metropolitan Police said groups linked to football disorder from across the UK were expected to attend the event organized by Mr Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley Lennon. The protest will start… Read More »

Police launched an internal investigation after footage showed police aiming to punch a 15-year-old boy as the street exploded with anger.

Police are conducting an internal investigation following a street rage where mobile phone footage showed an officer punching a 15-year-old boy. Police arrested five boys, aged between 13 and 15, amid a tense standoff with residents. There were reports of antisocial behavior in Briarfield Road in Burnage last week, with a brick said to have… Read More »

How ‘desperate screams’ woke the quiet neighborhood to the swordsman’s bloody attack

Shortly before 7am, residents of a quiet neighborhood in north-east London were awakened by screams and the sound of a van crashing into a house. A series of piercing and heartbreaking screams, believed to have come from a woman, were heard at Thurlow Gardens in Hainault on Tuesday as a sword-wielding man launched a violent… Read More »

Man with sword arrested after attack by public and police near metro station

Five people were taken to hospital and a sword-wielding man was arrested following an attack on members of the public and police officers in Hainault, north-east London. Officers were called shortly before 7am to reports that a vehicle had been driven into a house in the Thurlow Gardens area and people had been stabbed. Scotland… Read More »

Police met Constable ’10-year-old daughter twice’

A metropolitan police officer twice tackled a 10-year-old girl after threatening her mother with garden shears and hitting her with a hammer, a misconduct hearing was told (PA Archive) A metropolitan police officer twice tackled a 10-year-old girl after threatening her mother with garden shears and hitting her with a hammer, a misconduct hearing was… Read More »