It has been discovered that secret police guidance urges officers to treat journalists as criminals and ‘extremist groups’. The alarming ‘anti corruption’ advice has been condemned by newspaper groups who say it will undermine police-press relations and hinder the public’s right to know about crimes and how they are investigated. Only last week, Police in Merseyside held vital briefings... 

Recorded machete attacks in the UK have shot up by nearly five times in just three years, with the majority in the capital, London. The huge number of crimes committed with the deadly, sword-like weapons means there is an average of 15 a day in the UK, or one every 90 minutes. Figures uncovered using freedom of information requests by the Daily Mail show that police dealt with 928 crimes involving... 

Eleanor Carruthers, 68, had the flu vaccine in October but died after catching the swine strain. A grandmother-of-three thought she was safe from swine flu after she had the vaccine months ago. But Eleanor Carruthers, 68, from Merseyside became the latest victim of the outbreak on Saturday. Mrs Carruthers was seriously ill with emphysema and lung cancer, but had had the flu vaccination in October to...