A gun-toting racist abused two Polish men while riding a mobility scooter, police say. The incident, which happened in broad daylight near a busy high street in Essex, is being treated as a hate crime.more
The shocking extent of gun crime in London was laid bare today as new figures revealed one person was killed or seriously injured in a shooting every three days in the capital last year.more
The consular department of the Polish embassy in Berlin monitors the case of the Polish minibus on a regular basis and remains in constant contact with the German police.more
Martyna Wojciechowska announced that she was detained with her crew by Pakistani military intelligence. The Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that the team had safely left Pakistan after a few days.more
They have launched Operation Sceptre in July 2015 with the aim of reducing knife crime and the number families affected by knife crime across the whole of London.more
The risk of extremist attacks in Switzerland remains elevated, the Swiss spy agency said on Tuesday, and more attacks by the Islamic State militant group and its sympathisers were expected across Europe.more
As general manager of the HSE's national safeguarding authority, Tim Hanly has come across shocking cases of elder abuse. His department has dealt with a woman in her 80s who was being intimidated by her grandson and others to hand over her pension to pay for drugs. They have seen pensions stolen from older people by their adult children.more
A public health nurse who pretended to vaccinate as many as 550 children may be sacked from her post, public health officials in the northern Italian city of Treviso said Thursday.more
A specialist pickpocket squad which targets thieves operating on the London Underground is to be axed in a shake-up of policing on the railways. The so-called Dip Squad which has clocked up hundreds of arrests of pickpockets in recent years is to be disbanded at the end of the week.more
The Road Safety Authority (RSA) is considering linking speeding fines to drivers' salaries. New proposals, which are at the "early stages" of discussion, would see fines issued on the basis of the driver's income and not a flat fee across the board as is currently the case.
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United Airlines and the passenger who was dragged from a Chicago flight earlier this month have reached a settlement for an undisclosed sum as part of the airline's latest step to contain damage from an incident that sparked international outrage.more
Gardai have warned they are not prepared for the types of terror attacks that have been happening across Europe and claim Irish airports are particularly vulnerable.more
