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Police Reform plans "risk chaos" in local policing and public safety, says Police and Crime Commissioner
12+ hour, 9+ min ago (564+ words) The Police and Crime Commissioner for Thames Valley has warned that recent policing reforms could risk "years of chaos" amid reorganisation. THE POLICE and Crime Commissioner for Thames Valley has warned that recent policing reforms could risk "years of chaos…...
Police and Crime Commissioner reflects on work to tackle knife crime
3+ week, 12+ hour ago (628+ words) THE POLICE and Crime Commissioner has reflected on continued downward trends in knife-related crime in Thames Valley amid Knife Crime Awareness Week. Matthew Barber has said that tackling knife crime has been a priority since he took office. He also…...
Home Office gives response after disturbance at asylum seeker hotel in Reading
2+ mon, 10+ hour ago (181+ words) The former Ibis hotel in Oxford Road, West Reading. Credit: James Aldridge, Local Democracy Reporting Service The Home Office has responded after a disturbance broke out at a hotel that is being used to house asylum seekers in Reading. "Disorder…...
Disorder" at asylum seeker hotel in Reading " councillor speaks out after witnessing intimidating beha
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (411+ words) The police presence outside the former Ibis hotel in Oxford Road, Reading, which is being used as asylum seeker accommodation. Credit: UGC A councillor who saw "disorder" at an asylum seeker hotel in Reading has spoken out after witnessing "intimidating…...