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Members of the police force pay the least on their car insurance premiums for their personal vehicles, new research has revealed. Their annual car insurance costs come in at an average of £489, according to data from Quotezone, a price comparison site. The next lowest premiums, by profession, are for ministers of religion who pay … Read more
Customs officers have urged the government to prioritise vaccinations for staff and warned a Covid-19 outbreak could be ‘disastrous’ for the flow of goods into the UK. One operator said workers were pulling 16-hour shifts to help companies deal with the post-Brexit rules. Another said out of 14 employees two are self-isolating and if any … Read more
A Dutch police officer has been filmed laughing at a British truck driver as the officials confiscated his ham sandwiches due to new post-Brexit import rules. ‘Welcome to the Brexit, sir,’ one of the officers is heard saying in the video of the incident, as the driver asks: ‘Can you take the meat and leave … Read more
Fed-up members of the public are growing sick and tried of the strict lockdown and finding ways to break the rules, a deputy police chief has today warned – as forces across England are accused of focusing on ‘easy target’ individuals rather than crowds. Some police forces have found themselves under fire over their enforcement … Read more
A Full English lockdown: Met Police probe officers spotted ‘flouting’ Covid curbs by tucking into breakfast INSIDE London café – despite cracking down harder on public who break rules A passer-by caught squad cars outside Chef House Kitchen in south east London Brian Jennings, 44, regularly walks past the cafe, near the Greenwich Patrol Base … Read more
A police force wants powers to force entry into the homes of suspected Covid rule breakers. West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner David Jamieson has urged the government to give officers power of entry, to help ‘enforce the new regulations more easily.’ The edict comes as Scotland Yard warned its officers will take a harder … Read more
EastEnders’ Jessie Wallace appears strained as she speaks to two police officers with her daughter Tallulah, 16, near her London home The EastEnders icon, 49, emerged in her slippers to speak to two police officers, who parked their squad car in the middle of the street on 28 December She was flanked by Tallulah, who … Read more
Ken Marsh, chairman of the Metropolitan Police Federation, said harsh restrictions will ‘put a lot of pressure’ on constables in London Police chiefs have warned that enforcing the third national lockdown will increase the load on officers, whose numbers are already stretched because of the pandemic. Ken Marsh, chairman of the Metropolitan Police Federation, said … Read more
The UK’s chief medical officers have warned of a ‘material risk of the NHS being overwhelmed’ in the next 21 days as the mutant Covid strain wreaks havoc across the country. Parts of the health service are under ‘immense pressure’, the chief medical officers for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland – and NHS England’s national … Read more
The UK’s chief medical officers have warned of a ‘material risk of the NHS being overwhelmed’ in the next 21 days as the mutant Covid strain wreaks havoc across the country. Parts of the health service are under ‘immense pressure’, the chief medical officers for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland – and NHS England’s national … Read more