In December 2019 an operation targeted the ‘Ndrangheta families based in the southern Italian city of Locri in the Calabria region – the rural, mountainous and under-developed ‘toe’ of Italy’s boot and the heartland of the worldwide crime group. As a result of the swoop, Italian police arrested 334 people, including a police colonel and a … Read more
The new chair of Parliament’s intelligence watchdog today accused Boris Johnson of an ‘improper’ bid to seize control after the PM’s favoured candidate was outflanked in a vote. Julian Lewis hit out after No10 kicked him out of the Tory party in revenge for his dramatic ambush of Chris Grayling last night, which saw him … Read more
Boris Johnson to seize powers from NHS England and hand them to Matt Hancock in bid for more control over the health service Ministers are planning to overhaul the NHS amid coronavirus crisis frustrations They want to ‘clip the wings’ of NHS England’s chief executive Simon Stevens There has been anger among ministers at the … Read more
Life goes on almost as normal in Taiwan. The schools are full of children, the streets thronged with shoppers, the bars busy. Even the national sport of baseball has resumed – albeit with no more than 1,000 fans in the stadium. This makes the island nation of 23million people almost unique among locked down developed … Read more
Hundreds of suspects – including dozens of children – have been arrested during a crackdown on ‘County Lines’ drug dealing networks. More than 270 suspects – nearly a quarter of whom were under 18 – were arrested on Britain’s rail network by a gang taskforce that began in December last year. More than £60,000 worth … Read more
Border Force in France seize £20million worth of cocaine within plywood boxes in a lorry carrying consignment of car parts to Britain The haul, which had a potential street value of around £20 million, was discovered within a number of plywood boxes in a lorry Border Force officers use hi-tech search equipment to combat immigration … Read more
Traveller funeral is broken up by police as mourners flout social distancing rules after they demanded body back from the undertaker the night before ceremony – and drove it to the church in the back of a Transit van About 60 grievers – some swigging beer – moved on by Bedfordshire Police at Dunstable Cemetery … Read more