Two men have been jailed following an operation to tackle serious and organised drug crime in Huntingdon
In August 2020 more than 100 officers were involved in the execution of six simultaneous warrants across the town. Police searched the homes of Kai Angrave, of Sapley Park, and Samuellah Butt, of The Whaddons, where they found mobile phones and the key to a ‘cutting room’ inside a property in Surrey Road. It […]
A robber who threated a shop worker with a knife before stealing food and drink has been jailed for more than four years
Kye Hooper used the weapon to threaten the employee at a store in Sturdee Avenue, Gillingham, at 10.44pm on Tuesday 15 February 2022. While inside the shop he picked up numerous items including alcohol, bread and pasta, before he took them to a till to be scanned. As the shop worker was scanning the […]
Businesses have less than a week to prepare for Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Value Added Tax (VAT) becoming mandatory for VAT-registered businesses on 1 April, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) said today
MTD helps taxpayers get their tax returns right by reducing common mistakes as well as saving time managing their tax affairs and is a key part of the overall digitalisation of UK tax. Evidence shows MTD is succeeding in its central aims of reducing errors, while also making it faster to prepare and submit […]
A man has been charged with attempted murder as part of an investigation into a stabbing at a restaurant in Newham
Sriram Ambarla, 23 of no fixed address, was charged on Sunday, 27 March. He is due to appear in custody at Thames Magistrates’ Court on Monday, 28 March. Police were called at 2.22pm on Friday, 25 March, to a report of a stabbing on Barking Road, Newham. Officers attended alongside the London Ambulance Service […]
Police are appealing for information following a serious assault
About 21.45 on Saturday, 26 March, 2022, a 20-year-old man was walking along Gordon Street, near to Central Station, when he was assaulted by a man who struck him on the head. The 20-year-old man was taken to the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. The suspect is white, aged in his 20’s, with a medium build […]
Officers carrying out extensive searches to locate a man who escaped from lawful custody are appealing for information from the public to help find him
Dorset Police received a report at 11.13am on Saturday 26 March 2022 that 32-year-old Kyle Darren Eglington had made off from a court prisoner transport vehicle in Hardy Road in Poole, having assaulted security officers. Officers have attended the location and are carrying out detailed searches in the area, with assistance from the NPAS […]
North Yorkshire Police is urgently warning residents about the return of telephone scammers who are targeting elderly homeowners while pretending to be police officers
Four such incidents were reported in the Scarborough and Filey area on Monday 22 March 2022. The victims included men and women aged between mid-70s and early 90s. On each occasion, the callers claimed to be from either “Hammersmith Police”, “The Met” or “Scotland Yard”. The bogus names used included “Superintendent Shelby”, “DCI James […]
Two men have been charged with a series of offences linked to violence and disorder in the centre of Maidstone
Several incidents were reported from around 7.30pm Tuesday 22 March 2022, at locations including businesses in Week Street. These included disturbances at fast food takeaways, where staff and customers were assaulted and chairs thrown. Incidents, linked to the theft of alcohol, were also alleged to have taken place at two shops in […]
A “ruthless” double-killer has been jailed for a minimum of 38 years for the murder of two pensioners in Staffordshire
Amos Wilsher, 29, of Vicar Lane, Tibshelf, Derbyshire, was found guilty of the murders of 87-year-old Arthur ‘Bob’ Gumbley in 2017 and Josephine Kaye in 2020 at Coventry Crown Court on 21 February 2022. Today (Friday 25 March), he was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of 38 years. Jason Wilsher, 23, of the […]
A trio who robbed and assaulted a 24-year-old woman who was in the process of giving them some money has been sentenced
Stuart Price, Natalie Mackay and Lisa Beard left the kind-heartened woman extremely distressed following the vicious attack in Sheffield city centre.Sheffield Crown Court heard how on 13 April last year, the victim walked past a group sat on the floor in the Peace Gardens on Pinstone Street. The group, who included Beard and Price, asked […]
