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Police appeal for jogger who pushed woman in front of bus

Police appeal for jogger who pushed woman in front of bus

Police have released dramatic CCTV footage of the moment a jogger appeared to push a woman into the path of an oncoming bus in Putney on 5 May. The 33-year-old victim was walking across Putney Bridge on the east side heading towards Putney Bridge Tube Station, when a male jogger knocked her over into the road and into the path of an oncoming bus, which narrowly missed hitting her.
Aug 8, 2017
By Staff Reporter
Police appeal for jogger who pushed woman in front of bus

Police appeal for jogger who pushed woman in front of bus

Police have released dramatic CCTV footage of the moment a jogger appeared to push a woman into the path of an oncoming bus in Putney on 5 May. The 33-year-old victim was walking across Putney Bridge on the east side heading towards Putney Bridge Tube Station, when a male jogger knocked her over into the road and into the path of an oncoming bus, which narrowly missed hitting her.
Aug 8, 2017
By Staff Reporter
Police appeal for jogger who pushed woman in front of bus

Police appeal for jogger who pushed woman in front of bus

Police have released dramatic CCTV footage of the moment a jogger appeared to push a woman into the path of an oncoming bus in Putney on 5 May. The 33-year-old victim was walking across Putney Bridge on the east side heading towards Putney Bridge Tube Station, when a male jogger knocked her over into the road and into the path of an oncoming bus, which narrowly missed hitting her.
Aug 8, 2017
By Staff Reporter
Kidnapped British model freed from Bitcoin sex slave auction in Milan

Kidnapped British model freed from Bitcoin sex slave auction in Milan

A British model was kidnapped and held captive for six days in Italy. The 20-year-old woman was drugged and put into a suitcase by a Polish national on 11 July. Lukasz Herba is accused of luring the woman to Milan with a fake photoshoot. He threatened to auction her off on the dark web as a sex slave. Italian media reports that Herba has links to the Black Death criminal organisation. He eventually dropped the woman off at the British consulate in Milan. The woman has a two-year-old child and may have been released because gangs rules; prevent them from trafficking mothers.
Aug 6, 2017
By Staff Reporter
Acid attack victim calls for tougher sentences

Acid attack victim calls for tougher sentences

Acid attacks in England have doubled over the past five years, with 503 attacks recorded so far in 2017. In the last 12 months, police have recorded 446 attacks in London alone.
Aug 4, 2017
By Staff Reporter
Brave unarmed police officers chase machete-wielding man

Brave unarmed police officers chase machete-wielding man

West Midlands Police has praised two plain clothed police officers who chased down a machete-wielding man in Birmingham on 13 September, 2016. Footage uploaded to West Midlands Police YouTube account on 2 August shows a man brandishing a two-foot long blade and approaching the two police officers. Police state that the man wielding the machete was a 20-year-old who shouted at the pair come on Ill chop you up. In the caption of the video, police confirm that the man was successfully wrestled to the ground and the machete was seized.Both officers received a commendation from West Midlands Polices Chief Constable – and the man was later detained indefinitely in a mental health facility.
Aug 2, 2017
By Staff Reporter
What is fentanyl, the opioid drug 50 times stronger than heroin?

What is fentanyl, the opioid drug 50 times stronger than heroin?

Fentanyl is an extremely potent synthetic opioid, typically used as a painkiller. However, in recent years it has been mixed with heroin and other street opioids, leading to an increase in overdoses across the world. Fentanyl is 100 times stronger than street heroin, with some variants such as Carfentanyl thought to be 10,000 times stronger.
Aug 2, 2017
By Staff Reporter
CCTV footage shows dramatic armed bank robbery in London

CCTV footage shows dramatic armed bank robbery in London

The robbery in Teddington took place on 10 March. The gun wielding suspect made off with £150 ($198), despite being confronted and tackled by a staff member at the bank. Police are now appealing for more information about the incident, and released this footage on 1 August to try and identify the suspect.
Aug 1, 2017
By Staff Reporter
Watch this cops epic Dad dancing at Camp Bestival

Watch this cops epic Dad dancing at Camp Bestival

Dorset Police uploaded this clip of Special Constable Jason Cox getting into the party spirit whilst patrolling the festival, held in the grounds of Lulworth Castle in Dorset on July 27- 30.
Aug 1, 2017
By Staff Reporter
Iraqi general claims Isis are extremely worn out in Tal Afar ahead of key battle

Iraqi general claims Isis are extremely worn out in Tal Afar ahead of key battle

Senior Iraqi military commander Major-General Najm al-Jabouri told Reuters that he doesnt expect the battle for Tal Afar to be large or complicated due to low morale in the ISIS fighters there. Speaking on 30 July, he added that military intelligence indicated that Isis had between 1,500 and 2,000 in the city.
Aug 1, 2017
By Staff Reporter
Two dead after shooting in German nightclub

Two dead after shooting in German nightclub

A 34-year-old man opened fire in Grey nightclub in the southern German city of Konstanz on 30 July. Two people, including the gunman, were killed, with three more seriously injured. Police have ruled out terrorism as a motive, and instead have suggested that a dispute between local criminals led to the shooting.
Jul 31, 2017
By Staff Reporter
US border agents caught encouraging teenager to drink liquid meth before his death

US border agents caught encouraging teenager to drink liquid meth before his death

CCTV footage shows US border officers encouraging a teenager to drink liquid meth. Cruz Velazquez died two hours after being interrogated to the two officers at a border crossing from Mexico. The footage shows the officers making drinking gestures to Velazquez. The officers should have carried out instant substance tests if they suspected the teen to carry illegal substances. His family has launched a lawsuit against the two officers.
Jul 30, 2017
By Staff Reporter
Thieves fail spectacularly after struggling to break jewellery cases

Thieves fail spectacularly after struggling to break jewellery cases

Jewellery thieves in Malaysia failed in the most embarrassing way. After storming a jewellery store, CCTV footage shows the robbers trying to break the display cases. However, the glass cases seem to be more solid than expected and even a hammer doesnt break the glass. The thieves had to leave the store empty-handed and humiliated. Even though nothing was stolen, the store will have to be closed for two weeks to repair the cases.
Jul 29, 2017
By Staff Reporter
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