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Airport baggage firms call for furlough to prevent jobs bloodbath
6+ hour, 18+ min ago (11+ words) The Times...
Activist threw restaurant's educational lobster into sea by mistake
2+ week, 4+ day ago (391+ words) An animal rights activist who "freed" a live lobster from a tank at a Michelin Guide-listed seafood restaurant before dropping it into a harbour has been banned from going within ten metres of the venue. Emma Smart, 48, admitted one count…...
In pictures: The new faces of America's border defence
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (151+ words) The US Border Patrol Academy has surpassed 1, 000 new recruits for the first time in decades as clamping down on illegal immigration becomes a defining feature of President Trump's second term in office. The arrival on Thursday morning of Class 1291, the…...
Britain must clamp down on the global trade in stolen goods
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (567+ words) As criminals become more sophisticated, it falls on police and shipping firms to make life harder for stolen phones and cars to leave the country Britain must clamp down on the global trade in stolen goods As criminals become more…...
The hi-tech crime gangs who can ship a stolen car abroad in hours
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (551+ words) A surge in car thefts is being driven by organised crime groups using "20, 000 high-tech devices to unlock vehicles that are then exported within hours, experts have warned. A lack of checks at ports means stolen cars are shipped abroad, increasingly…...
Car theft soars with only one officer to catch stolen vehicles at port
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (879+ words) A lack of policing at British ports is fuelling a surge in car thefts as criminals exploit "needle in a haystack" searches before containers are loaded on to ships bound for Africa and the Middle East. A lone police officer…...