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“Tagging them simply stigmatises them drinking alcohol and doesn’t address the root cause of the problem."

New figures show police were victims in up to half of the hate crimes charged in some places - despite making up a tiny proportion of overall cases.

DUP MP Gavin Robinson said: "The loose and lazy way this legislation is drafted would make a dictator blush.

The Good Law Project said the controversial new bill was an attempt to "silence dissent".

Sir Julian King told MPs that “data adequacy” for police was the “most significant, outstanding, unresolved issue” which had come out of the UK’s security agreement with the EU.

And there was the small issue of a massive, irretrievable data loss.

Sir Keir Starmer - a prosecutor, of course - dared to ask Don John if he would be happy for his kids to live on free school meal parcels. To be fair they could be for all he knows. He has had plenty of of goomahs during his reign of ...

"The face of former PM Theresa May is an absolute picture when Michael Gove tells her British people would be safer from crime and terrorism if the government fails to agree crime and security agreements with EU. She could seen saying “what?!!!!!”"

A separate report published by the government department, looking at trends during the coronavirus pandemic, warned that rises in racially or religiously aggravated hate crime in June were a third higher than the previous year and remained high in July.

“Today marks a huge victory for justice and respect for Greece and the entire world."

45-year-old man was arrested this morning over allegations of crimes during the first and second Liberian Civil Wars between 1989 and 2003.

“I know these communities, I live here and I know how it works. I’m trying to use my access to people here to prevent more lost lives and heartache.”

Judge Andrew Lockhart told Cooper he had come within “a hair’s breadth” of prison.

Much more needs to be done if the UK Government genuinely wants to take its ambition of tackling international organised crime seriously.

Marking World Press Freedom day on Sunday, the human rights group has condemned the Egyptian government’s increasing clampdowns on the media.

Proposals arising from a report into the Met’s handling of Operation Midland may change the way police approach victims in investigations.

Conservative Philip Hollobone has tabled identical legislation to Lib Dem Wera Hobhouse – but with ‘misandry’ also included.

Ministry of Justice figures show that only 45% of repeat offenders received the recommended minimum six-month jail term.

Dragos and Mirabela Robatzchi who run a cab firm say they have suffered increased vandalism

Prosecutors and defence lawyers described Navinder Singh Sarao as autistic in memos filed before sentencing in Chicago.

But the total number of homicides recorded by police fell by 6%, from 654 to 617.

The London mayor is preparing to fight for re-election in May.

“All of the predictions we made about the cuts to policing, the devastation that it would bring, the rise in crime that it would bring, have come true,” warned the Police Federation chief this week.

Hannah Bardell alleged Lord Maginnis launched a ‘homophobic attack’ on her after she raised his ‘abusive’ behaviour in Parliament.

Some 1,851 incidents have been logged by the Scotland Yard team since April 2017.

"We light candles in protest of historic and modern antisemitic decrees," said Netanyahu at a Hanukkah candle-lighting ceremony at the Wailing Wall on Sunday.

A BBC Panorama programme claims that killings of civilians in Afghanistan and Iraq have been covered up by the state.

Leaked documents allegedly contain evidence implicating British troops in the torture of civilians.

The proportion of repeat offenders sentenced who had previous convictions for similar crimes has also jumped to its highest level on record.

Police-recorded offences involving a knife or sharp instrument rose to 44,076.

Kim Leadbetter, sister of the murdered Labour MP, spoke out after police in England and Wales recorded 103,379 hate crimes in the last year.

Police figures reveal a massive surge in the number of attacks reported to be motivated by sexual orientation and transgender identity.

Data collated by Leonard Cheshire also showed the number of online offences rose by 71% in 2018/19 compared to the previous year

The Public Accounts Committee said such activities cost the economy at least £37 billion a year.

The Mayor of London claimed that former prime ministers had refused to accept ‘cuts have consequences’.

Children’s charity the NSPCC said police recorded 4,373 offences of sexual communication with a child in the year to April 2019.

Caroline Best, 36, is unrecognisable from her police mugshot after celebrating a year being clean from drugs

That’s it guys, knife crime’s cancelled.

The PM has vowed to “come down hard” on crime as he announced an extension of police stop-and-search powers and tougher sentences for violent criminals.

Young people have called on Boris Johnson to take urgent action to tackle the knife crime crisis and make it a “top priority” as the new Prime Minister.

Police recorded 43,516 incidents involving knives or sharp objects in the year to March.

Officers were called to Ripley Road in Canning Town at around 8pm on Saturday to reports of a stabbing, the Metropolitan Police said.

Sickening footage shows Ryan Harrison and Thomas Young laughing as their hounds slaughter badgers

The owner of a craft shop, called The Fluff-a-torium, has received two "shockingly homophobic and threatening" letters since June 5 when the two rainbow knitted covers were put on display near the shop.

Cuts to youth services could have contributed to a surge in knife crime, findings from a Commons’ all-party parliamentary group have revealed. This weekend a teenager became the 29th person to be fatally stabbed in London this year after he was chased through the streets by a lone knifeman before ...