The Latest Breaking News from David Sidwick

Government could be forced to pay millions to police asylum barges and military bases

Exclusive: Suella Braverman approves new police funding policy amid ‘intense’ negotiations in Dorset

The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2023

Bournemouth beach deaths inquest told riptide may have led to drowning

Hearing opens inquest proceedings into deaths of Joe Abbess, 17, and Sunnah Khan, 12, before being adjourned

The Guardian - UK · Jun 5, 2023

Cause of death for beach victims explained after speculation online

Joe Abbess, a 17-year-old from Southampton, and Sunnah Khan, a 12-year-old from Buckinghamshire, were rescued off the coast of Bournemouth on Wednesday May, 31, but tragically died hours later in hospital.

Daily Record · Jun 5, 2023

Right-wing protest fears as asylum seekers barge arrives in Cornwall

The vessel, which will house around 500 migrants, is then expected to be moved into position at the Portland of Port in Dorset

Wales Online · May 9, 2023

'You couldn't smell it from the window,' say people in Newark over cannabis plants found above shop

"It doesn't surprise you in a city but when it comes to a little market town it does"

Nottingham Post · Oct 27, 2022

Nottinghamshire crime boss Caroline Henry offers her view on cannabis in 'Class A' debate

A fellow police and crime commissioner called for the drug to be ranked as 'Class A'

Nottingham Post · Oct 16, 2022

Calls for cannabis to be made Class A 'completely crazy', say experts

Experts said the proposal 'flies in the face of all evidence and reason'

Wales Online · Oct 5, 2022

Calls to make cannabis a Class A drug - putting it in same category as heroin and cocaine

If cannabis was reclassified as a Class A drug, it would mean tougher penalties for suppliers and producers

Chronicle Live · Oct 4, 2022

Children as young as eight ‘pretending to be drug lords in school playground’

Policing boss calls for ‘generational shift’ to teach youngsters about dangers of illegal subtances at younger age and more emphasis on risks of gateway drugs such as cannabis

The Independent UK · Apr 28, 2022