A Portland City Commissioner who is currently pushing to carry out a $18million cut to the city’s police department and said most 911 calls are unnecessary called the cops on her Lyft driver earlier this month following a dispute about an open window. Jo Ann Hardesty was allegedly angered when the driver, Richmond Frost, refused to … Read more
Police chiefs have warned that Christmas family celebrations will be broken up by officers if they flout lockdown rules. David Jamieson, the West Midlands police and crime commissioner, said officers will investigate reports of rule-breaking over the festive period. The West Midlands are currently under Tier 2 restrictions, meaning people cannot mix with any other … Read more
New Zealand‘s high commissioner to the UK has made an emotional visit to the scene where custody officer Matt Rantana was shot dead, ahead of an inquest later today. Bede Corry joined Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick to pay his respects at Croydon Custody Centre in London, where New Zealand-born Sgt Ratana was killed … Read more
Britain needs a ‘Nightingale moment’ for school pupils with extra funding for teachers and remote-learning in case of second lockdown, argues children’s commissioner Anne Longfield said schools need a rescue package on a par with the economy She called for more money for a possible return to remote-learning over winter More than £35billion has been … Read more
EU trade commissioner Phil Hogan is to resign after attending a golf dinner with 80 people, in breach of Ireland’s Covid lockdown rules. A spokesperson for the senior Irish politician told broadcaster RTE he was stepping aside. He has been under intense pressure after attending an Irish parliamentary golf society dinner in the west of Ireland … Read more
EU trade commissioner Phil Hogan is told to ‘consider his position’ by Ireland’s political leaders after he attended golf dinner with more than 80 people in breach of Covid guidelines EU commissioner Phil Hogan attended golf dinner with 80 people on Wednesday Two senior Irish politicians have resigned after details of the dinner came to … Read more
Schools must be kept open ahead of pubs or shops in any future coronavirus lockdown, the Children’s Commissioner for England has warned. In a major intervention, Anne Longfield said children had been treated as an ‘after-thought’ in the first lockdown and insisted they must be at the heart of future plans. She said schools should … Read more
A police and crime commissioner has defended the police officers who allowed the statue of Edward Colston to be pulled down during a Black Lives Matter protest. Avon and Somerset’s Sue Mountstevens led the rebellion against Home Secretary Priti Patel as she blasted politicians who tried to ‘influence or second guess operational police matters’. Ms … Read more
Andy Byford (above) has been appointed Transport for London boss, it was announced today A former head of New York’s public transport system will be London‘s next transport commissioner. Andy Byford’s appointment was confirmed by the capital’s mayor Sadiq Khan and the board of Transport for London (TfL) and he will start on June 29. … Read more
Reopening the US – despite the continuing upward march of coronavirus cases and deaths – signals that the country has given up on trying to stop the disease entirely, and is shifting focus to trying to reduce harm from it, one ER doctor told CNN. ‘We had a strategy before. That strategy was we would … Read more