BREAKING: Police did NOT ‘act inappropriately’ and were not ‘heavy-handed’ at Sarah Everard vigil on Clapham Common, official review says By Dan Sales For Mailonline Published: 11:15 BST, 30 March 2021 | Updated: 11:21 BST, 30 March 2021 Police did NOT ‘act inappropriately’ and were not ‘heavy-handed’ at Sarah Everard vigil on Clapham Common, official … Read more
PAUL THOMAS on… heavy-handed police By Paul Thomas For The Daily Mail Published: 02:10 GMT, 16 March 2021 | Updated: 02:10 GMT, 16 March 2021 Advertisement To order a print of this Paul Thomas cartoon or one by Pugh, visit Mailpictures.newsprints.co.uk or call 0191 6030 178. Share or comment on this article:
Heavy-handed councils have been slammed for banning all mourners from services. The National Association of Funeral Directors (NAFD) has hit out at local authorities in locations including Belfast, Leeds and Bradford that have stopped bereaved families from attending funerals. Instead several councils are now offering ‘direct cremations’, in which there is no ceremony and mourners … Read more
A police chief today dismissed claims that heavy-handed enforcement during the coronavirus crisis had tipped Britain towards becoming a ‘police state’ – as a senior minister issued more muddled travel advice to dog walkers and supermarket shoppers. West Midlands Police chief constable Dave Thompson has said the public should be ‘supporting’ officers who are ‘doing a marvellous … Read more