The riots last August that left sections of London and other cities laid to waste have left their mark in a variety of ways even now that most of the damage has been repaired.
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Mark Avery: When Tory shooters call the shots
Monday 04 June 2012
It was a revelation to discover Mr Cameron's closeness to the shooting community
Crime-mapping website is expanded
Friday 28 October 2011
People will be able to see how their police force compares to others in England and Wales as the Government's crime-mapping website is expanded from today.
David Cameron rejects claim politicians' behaviour was to blame for riots
Wednesday 31 August 2011
David Cameron and Ed Miliband clashed yesterday over whether the behaviour of politicians and bankers may have played a part in provoking this month's riots.
Emergency law to resolve bail crisis
Friday 01 July 2011
Emergency laws are to be rushed through Parliament to tackle the sudden crisis in the bail system, the Policing minister Nick Herbert said yesterday.
Home Office accused on bail ruling
Thursday 30 June 2011
The Home Office should have acted sooner to bring forward emergency legislation to reverse a controversial legal ruling which overturns 25 years of police practice, Labour said today
Government 'hates the police'
Tuesday 17 May 2011
The Government hates and "wants to destroy" the police with savage cuts that will leave the public as the biggest losers, rank-and-file officers said today.
MPs each get through a computer a year. Now they want iPads
Sunday 13 February 2011
Backbenchers claim the gadgets will save money, after Parliament spends £5m on upgrades
Street by street, the crime map of Britain
Tuesday 01 February 2011
England and Wales today become the first countries in the world to release street-by-street information on every crime and act of anti-social behaviour reported to police.
Fall in police officer numbers
Thursday 27 January 2011
The number of police officers in England and Wales fell by more than 2,500 last year, the first significant fall for at least six years, figures showed today.
Simon Carr: Strategic narratives and operational matters – all are tales told by idiots
Tuesday 25 January 2011
Sketch: The Home Office has commissioned the National Statistician to produce "a new picture of crime figures". It takes you back, doesn't it?
Undercover units to be reviewed
Wednesday 19 January 2011
The way undercover police operations are conducted is to be reviewed, after the body in control of covert investigations was stripped of the responsibility.
Police cuts 'disastrous' for service to public
Wednesday 08 December 2010
Heavy cuts to police budgets over the next two years will have a disastrous effect on frontline services, the body representing rank-and-file officers said today.
Next, on Radio 4-letter-word, we'll be interviewing Jeremy ...
Tuesday 07 December 2010
First Naughtie then Marr turn the air blue at the expense of Conservative minister
Simon Carr: Timely gaffe provides welcome distraction from tuition fees vote
Tuesday 07 December 2010
Sketch: However, ministers who abstain won't get a hospital – they'll find their jobs given to their PPS
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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