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Why are the capital’s police coming under attack from all quarters?

Chris Hobbs is a former officer of the Metropolitan Police who served for 32 years including targeting gang crime on Operation Trident   It is a sad fact of life that when responding to stabbings or shootings in London, police officers are very often on the scene before paramedics.  A recent example was the horrific gang stabbing of four teenagers in Camberwell which left one of the victims disemboweled. While the hands of police officers are frequently bloodied when tryng to save lives,...

Country pub empties 500 year-old wishing well

A country pub has emptied its 15th Century wishing well and dredged tens of thousands of coins out of their depths - weighing more than 380lbs. For the last 500 years, drinkers at a country boozer have been chucking spare change into the wishing well - as well as cutlery and other random junk. But now owners of The Abergavenny Arms have decided to dredge the well - and were astonished by just how much change they came across. And...

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