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Losing your personal details to an identity fraudster can have catastrophic results, like the case where Qamar Yasmeen was jailed for stealing a woman’s identity and used it for seven years. Det Con Ben Harris, of Rochdale CID, said: "Yasmeen only provided her true details when she was sentenced but went through the trial using […]

If you frequently complain that there is never a place to park in town, well that’s assuming you arrive in the first place – drivers in China have been involved in a nine-day traffic jam.  Niu Fengrui, director of the Institute for Urban and Environmental Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences told the […]

The importance of top-notch security was shown when an upmarket store was cleaned out by a smash and grab gang. Police officers worked through the night at De Beers in an exclusive shopping precinct to gather forensic evidence and catalogue what was stolen and how much it was worth. The City of London store had […]

Stolen cables are costing British Telecom millions of pounds per year and leaving significant areas of communication cut off. The reason these products are highly sought after is they contain copper, for which currently high prices are being paid for scrap value. Detective Inspector Robin Conway of British Transport Police said cable and metal theft […]

Shoppers are up in arms about a town centre car park introducing charges. Graham Bowser, the Bay View centre manager, said that a car park barrier and pay on foot service was installed at the facility in Colwyn Bay in Wales. He said: “Bay View provides parking facilities for customers and will provide two hours […]

Concern has resulted from workers’ cars flooding sleepy suburbs and putting children at possible risk due to a change in waiting restrictions. With the limited parking zones forcing long-stay motorists to travel further up town to find a free space, Debbie McCluskey of Rydal Penrhos School in Wales urged motorists to be “extra careful” while […]

In the firing line are injured police officers, who will be given incentives to leave in order to cut costs. Ian Rennie, the general secretary of the Police Federation, said that if injured officers are to leave forces they should be given full medical pensions. He said: "The Police Federation believes that the current number […]

A warning by John Yates, one of Britain’s most high-profile police officers, that spending cuts would increase the risk of attack has brewed up a political storm. Mr Yates – who, as head of the Metropolitan Police’s specialist crime unit, led investigations into cash-for-peerages allegations and claims newspapers had hacked celebrities’ mobile phones – claimed […]

No areas in Scotland number among the 10 worst places in the country for burglaries in the UK – the first ranked is London, with 46.35 burglaries per 1000 people and the tenth highest risk of having a home burgled is the City of Kingston upon Hull, with 19.67. A study by the Yorkshire Bank […]

Claims have been made that cuts in the number of police officers will be "inevitable" if forces have to make 12 per cent savings. The Chief Inspector of Constabulary says forces should be able to cut that amount from budgets before frontline services are hit. But Ian Johnston, president of the Police Superintendents’ Association, said he believed […]