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The travelling community is in “a state of panic” as Dublin’s councils seek to hire a full-time security company to evict families from private land, it has been warned. A joint tender document from the four local authorities was published on June 25 by Dublin City Council saying they are seeking a security firm to help evict Travellers from sites around the county, seven days a week. The contract’s estimated total value excluding VAT is more than 750,000 euro. John Connors,...

Tommy Robinson’s broadcasting of footage featuring defendants in a criminal trial was “subjectively reckless”, High Court judges have been told. The former English Defence League (EDL) leader, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, is said to have committed contempt of court by filming defendants accused of the sexual exploitation of young girls and livestreaming footage on social media, in breach of a reporting ban. Lawyers for the Attorney General Geoffrey Cox QC, whose application to have Robinson committed to prison...

The City of London Police officer, known as BX44, was giving evidence anonymously at the Old Bailey.

During a trial, jurors heard there was a culture of “rigid discipline” at the home where Berry would prowl the corridors “like the Gestapo”.

A hiker was killed after glowing lapilli and lava was spewed into the air, started a series of fires on the Sicilian island.

The first marines onto the vessel descended on ropes from a Wildcat helicopter, while others were in rigid inflatable boats.

There has been a 19% drop in police funding under Conservative governments since 2010/11.

The victim suffered multiple knife wounds during a frenzied attack in Battersea, south London.

The city said in a statement that the mayor, Femke Halsema, will discuss with sex workers and residents four options for the neighbourhood’s future.