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LatestMinister urges social media firms to remove dangerous driving clips
Defence minister Luke Pollard has urged social media companies to remove dangerous driving videos after a crash on the A66 near Middlesbrough killed two police officers and five teenagers. Fundraisers for the officers' families have raised over £200,000.
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Community Safety · LondonMan verbally abuses woman on bus after she refuses to sit next to him
A woman was subjected to verbal abuse on a bus after refusing to allow a man to sit next to her. The confrontation, recorded on video, shows the man arguing with the woman and accusing her of rudeness. Another passenger intervened.
London2 min readTrust 30 · Craft 57 · Hype 65- Policing · London
Met Police close probe into guillotine t-shirt image shared online
The Metropolitan Police have concluded their investigation into the sharing of an image showing a man wearing a t-shirt with a guillotine design. The force determined no offence was committed by the 130 accounts that shared the post, but a separate crime report has been passed to Avon and Somerset Police.
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