CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night’s TV: Hero landlady who called time on Yardie gangs to save her pub By Christopher Stevens for the Daily Mail Published: 02:15 GMT, 13 November 2020 | Updated: 02:15 GMT, 13 November 2020 Saving Britain’s Pubs With Tom Kerridge Rating: The World’s Most Luxurious Prison Rating: Back at the dawn … Read more
A female SO11 surveillance officer has described how she was seconds from being run over by the gang’s digger as it smashed into the Millennium Dome to launch the raid in The Millennium Dome Heist With Ross Kemp. In tonight’s episode of the ITV documentary, which airs tonight at 9pm, Carol, speaking for the first time ever … Read more
Criminal gangs have lost fear of police after changes in ‘hard-edged tactics’ and funding cuts eroded detectives’ expertise, says ex-Met chief Lord Stevens Lord Stevens said changes in ‘hard-edged tactics’ and funding eroded expertise He said officers would not be able to get away with methods they used in past He was asked if it … Read more
Millions of pounds worth of plastic supermarket trays are being stolen by organised crime gangs and secretly recycled at firms across the UK. Crooks are looting the food baskets from shops and stores and delivering them to companies who ‘turn a blind eye’ to their origin, an investigation has revealed. Once broken down by crooked … Read more
Drug gangs use slavery rules to escape justice: County lines crooks feel ‘untouchable’ if they claim they were trafficked Drug dealers are ‘coaching’ children to say they have been trafficked if caught Cases of serious criminality are not being charged or are wrongly discontinued Anti-Slavery Commissioner said it created ‘untouchable attitude’ in youngsters By Rebecca … Read more
Smuggler gangs are offering migrants ‘gold, silver and bronze’ package deals to cross the Channel – with the cheapest costing less than £1000. Traffickers take advantage of vulnerable asylum seekers desperately fleeing their homelands by offering the paid-for arrangement at a camp in Calais. The most expensive package, gold, costs £10,000 and means you get … Read more
Security staff detain a shoplifting gang member in a tense moment caught on camera. Tonight’s episode of Shoplifters: At War With the Law, which airs on Channel 5 at 9pm, follows the security team of the Coventry’s West Orchards Shopping Centre as they work to track thieves operating in stores. Cameras followed as the team … Read more
The Covid pupnappers: Surge in dog thefts as organised gangs take advantage of soaring prices during lockdown An increase in demand for dogs during lockdown has led to spate of dognapping Supply of dogs decreased after a crackdown on puppy farms in April this year Seventeen dogs stolen during raid at kennels in Barton Mills, Suffolk, … Read more
The acrid smell of cannabis wafts across the green as a group of young teenagers brazenly pass around a joint. Nearby, underage drinkers swig from bottles of vodka and inhale balloons full of so-called ‘hippy crack’ laughing gas. This was the scene at 8pm on Thursday in a London park, and is similar to those being … Read more
Soldiers take to the streets of Dijon to restore calm as Chechen gangs open fire with assault rifles in third night of unrest Chechen gangs were filmed firing assault rifles in the air in Dijon, France Horrifying videos released on social media show the well-armed masked men A government spokesman confirmed that Interior Minister Christophe … Read more