My mind has been much exercised recently after reading about a case which has come to light in Edinburgh. It involved a local council and the mummified corpses of an elderly couple. Following their deaths, in 1987 and 1994 respectively, their son had them embalmed in the hope that their family home might be turned into a mausoleum.

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Grenades like the one used to kill two police officers in Manchester are readily available for sale on the Internet. A simple Google search takes y...

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One of the UK's most senior policemen has denied the force is inherently racist. Sir Hugh Orde, president of the Association of Chief Police Office...

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Serial rapists may be escaping justice because of failures by police and prosecutors, a report has claimed. One in eight reported rapes are written...

Three new regional 'hubs' have been created to help fight cyber crime in the Humber, Northwest and East Midlands areas, it was announced on Wednesday....

Police officers should be required to wear their uniforms while commuting in to work, a think-tank has suggested. Increasing the visibility of poli...

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- Former US police chief Bill Bratton has hit out at critics opposing the Government's consultation of foreign experts to improve B...

For many people, perhaps even some of those responsible, the rioting and looting in London and other cities this week seemed to come out of nowhere. ...

The 34,000 police jobs that will be lost due to police budget cuts by 2015 will set policing "by up to a decade", says a senior former police constabl...

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PRESS ASSOCIATION -- Police forces are due to be told whether they can cope with controversial Government spending cuts. Inspectors reviewing chall...