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British police arrest 27 Just Stop Oil activists accused of planning to disrupt airports during the upcoming summer holidays.
2024-06-28

The United Kingdom and France sign a revised border control agreement to stop migrant boats from crossing the English Channel amid record numbers of migrants making the crossing. The agreement will increase the number of officers patrolling the French coast to 300 and have British police officers work with their French counterparts in control rooms and on beaches.
2022-11-14

The Conservative Party suspends Dover MP Charlie Elphicke following "serious allegations" against him which have been passed on to police. Elphicke denies any wrongdoing. [https:--www.theguardian.com-politics-2017-nov-03-tory-mp-charlie-elphicke-has-whip-suspended-after-serious-allegations ("The Guardian)"]
2017-11-3

United Kingdom police arrest a 21-year-old man in Berkshire in the hacking of Hong Kong-based electronic toy maker VTech. Details of more than six million people from servers used to support VTech's learning products app store were compromised.
2015-12-15

British police resume the search for four people missing after an explosion at a mill in Cheshire.
2015-07-19

British police mass near the Ecuadorean embassy where WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange resides, after Britain threatens to use force to extract him.
2012-08-16

British police widen their phone-hacking inquiry with new arrests of journalists from newspapers not owned by News Corporation, which previously has been the focus of the investigation.
2012-07-11

British police arrest six men from the West Midlands and one from South Yorkshire on suspicion of terrorist offences.
2012-07-6

British police arrest five people in the English town of Luton on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism.
2012-04-24

In the United Kingdom, Chancellor George Osborne outlines a Comprehensive Spending Review which will see the biggest spending cuts in decades, totalling £81bn, with welfare, local government and police particularly affected.
2010-10-20