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Police dumb down entry standards to meet Boris Johnson’s pledge to recruit 20,000 more officers 

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Police dumb down entry standards to meet Boris Johnson’s pledge to recruit 20,000 more officers Police recruitment schemes aimed at fast-tracking graduates have been shelved Just ten of the 43 forces have introduced the Degree Holder Entry Programme Forces ‘need to find 28,000 to compensate for officers signing off or retiring’ By Mark Nicol for … Read more

Navy instructor saves new recruit from an exploding grenade after he fails to throw it far enough

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Basic training’s a blast! Navy instructor saves new recruit from an exploding grenade after he fails to throw it far enough A trainee from China’s Naval Aviation University was saved within 0.01 seconds He did not throw the grenade far enough during a grenade-throwing exercise  The trainee’s instructor pulled him away and rolled them both … Read more

A naive recruit, a bullying boss and a tale of seedy, office politics: BRIAN VINER on The Assistant

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The Assistant (various streaming platforms, including Curzon Home Cinema, 15)  Verdict: Subtle but powerful Rating: The Assistant is not the first film to broach the subject of sexual harassment by powerful men in the entertainment industry, which spawned the #MeToo movement, and it certainly won’t be the last.  But it will always be one of the … Read more

National drive to recruit army of 65,000 former doctors and nurses launched

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More than 65,000 former nurses and doctors will be told ‘Your NHS Needs You’ as a national recruitment drive is launched in an effort to defeat the coronavirus outbreak. England’s top nurse and top doctor have today called on colleagues who left the health service in recent years to re-register and help tackle the ‘greatest … Read more