London plans big security exercise for Olympic Games
February 21st, 2012 - 9:32 am ICT by IANS
London, Feb 21 (IANS) London authorities are planning a massive security exercise this week for the upcoming Olympic Games, the Metropolitan police said.The exercise will test the response of emergency ... Read more...
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Britain to launch FBI-style agency in 2013
July 29th, 2011 - 7:26 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 29 (IANS) Britain will launch a crime tackling agency in 2013, built on the lines of America's FBI, officials said.The National Crime Agency will herald "a much tougher ... Read more...
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School animals sexually assaulted, tortured in Australia
November 18th, 2010 - 10:01 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 18 (IANS) Authorities in Australia's Adelaide city have received reports that animals kept in schools have been bashed, squashed and even sexually assaulted.Seven incidents in which an animal was killed ... Read more...
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UK becomes ‘cocaine capital of the western world’
November 11th, 2010 - 1:17 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 11 (ANI): A major international study has revealed that the UK may have become the cocaine capital of the world because the greatest consumers of cocaine in the developed world ... Read more...
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Paedophiles ‘increasingly accessing indecent pics of kids from webcams’
July 2nd, 2010 - 4:28 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 2 (ANI): The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (Ceop) in the UK has issued a warning that paedophiles are increasingly accessing indecent pictures of children from webcams.It said ... Read more...
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Lonely, depressed Brit pensioners are drinking themselves to death
August 31st, 2009 - 4:58 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 31 (ANI): An increasing number of lonely and depressed elderly in the UK are turning to drinking, and are dying from booze-related illnesses.Recent data has revealed that a total of ... Read more...
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