Campervan driver arrested after biker injured in crash on A82
The A82 was closed between Inverness and Drumnadrochit for seven hours to allow a police crash investigation to take place.Police have appealed for anyone with information to get in touch.
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- The Guardian
Homeless at Sydney's Central station have belongings removed with advocates condemning ‘heavy-handed' tactics
Kylie Emery returned from a shower on Thursday morning to find her shopping trolley full of belongings was gone. It contained everything she has to her name: a sleeping bag, warm clothes, her credit card. Emery is among about two dozen people who have been sleeping rough at Sydney's Central station, some for several years, in a sheltered spot near the light rail stop. The majority are women, who find the site safe because of its CCTV cameras and public location. On Thursday, at around 5am, the homeless sleepers were awoken by police and told to move on for two hours, as happens most mornings. They have been told by police this is to avoid disruption for passengers during peak hour. When they returned, they found all their items had been covered in caution tape – and, for the first time, posters had been erected. 'Please remove all your belongings by 12pm today 31/07/2025,' the laminated signs, which were not attributed, read, 'or your items will be disposed afterwards.' Sign up: AU Breaking News email Emery's trolley was eventually returned by a cleaner, who had taken it downstairs, but she said her items had been moved and sorted through. Another man who also had his items taken, including his sleeping bag, was told by a cleaner that they had been thrown away. While Emery's belongings had been returned, she did not know what would happen in the coming hours. She had nowhere else to go, and it was pouring with rain. 'There's women who live here,' she said, adding that many of them, including her, have been through complex trauma and struggle with PTSD. 'It's unsafe for everyone [on the streets], but it's extremely unsafe for us.' Emery says she has been on a priority list for housing for seven months, after experiencing a home invasion in Port Macquarie last year, where she says her housemate was robbed at gunpoint and shot, and then spent months in hospital. 'There's no way I could go back there [to Port Macquarie], it's not safe,' she said. 'I'm just left with nowhere. I ring up [housing services] and they're like, 'Sorry, we can't help you'. 'It's horrible seeing ladies out here on the street. There are mothers and grandmothers here … we haven't done anything wrong.' According to the NSW street count, the number of rough sleepers counted across the state has almost doubled in five years, from 1,314 in 2020 to 2,192 in 2025. Systems are struggling to cope with demand. A report released by Mission Australia on Thursday found demand for its tenancy support services had surged to an all-time high, with a 52% increase in people seeking assistance between 2023 and 2024. The fastest-growing groups of people seeking support were employed people, young people and those escaping family and domestic violence. Homelessness NSW's CEO, Dominique Rowe, said Sydney's housing crisis was forcing more people, including women and children, to seek shelter in stations, parks and other public places. 'People forced to sleep rough need suitable homes and trauma-informed support services, not heavy-handed move-on instructions from authorities,' Rowe said. 'The government must urgently increase funding for stretched homelessness services so they can help more people in need.' Sign up to Breaking News Australia Get the most important news as it breaks after newsletter promotion Amanda, who did not want to use her surname, has been living at Central station for two-and-a-half years, except for a few brief stays in temporary accommodation. She had a doctor's appointment on Thursday, but had to cancel it to guard her belongings. She said the warnings belongings would be removed was the 'harshest response' she had seen by authorities during her time sleeping at the station – particularly as they were targeting the entire group, not just individuals. 'They're saying we're inhibiting passengers, but everyone's getting on board [the light rail],' she said. If we were standing in front of trains of stopping the trains from moving, I would probably say that's appropriate [to ask us to leave], but we aren't.' Amanda said police had given the group warnings in the past, including to keep their belongings tidy and clean, and to make sure benches were made available for passengers. 'But when they moved us on this morning, they said if people didn't take their belongings with them, they'd dispose of them,' she said. 'They've never done that before. 'And every time I put a complaint in to NSW police, I don't get a response.' In most cases, police require a court warrant to lawfully remove property from public land. NSW councils can remove belongings or tell people to move on under certain circumstances, including those that threaten public health or safety. Alexia Smith has been staying at Central station for around five months, and has been periodically homeless since arriving in Australia from the Philippines in 2004. Two weeks ago, she said the group had been advised to move their belongings from inside the station to the undercover concourse. But nobody had been offered them a long-term solution – a home. 'They just create more problems on top of problems,' she said. 'Australia shouldn't treat people like this.' NSW police declined to comment and said the matter was best referred to the City of Sydney council. The City of Sydney council also declined to comment and referred Guardian Australia to Transport NSW. Transport NSW was approached for comment.
Telegraph
an hour ago
- Telegraph
Armed police could face sack over Manchester Airport attack
The armed officers at the centre of the Manchester Airport attack could still face the sack over the incident, The Telegraph can reveal. Pc Zachary Marsden and Pc Ellie Cook are under investigation over the way they detained Mohammed Fahir Amaaz during his violent rampage in July last year. On Wednesday, the 20-year-old student from Rochdale was convicted of punching their colleague Pc Lydia Ward in the face causing a broken nose and also of assaulting Pc Cook. Amaaz was further convicted of headbutting Abdulkareem Hamzah Abbas Ismaeil, a passenger, during an altercation at the airport last July. But the jury was unable to reach a verdict on whether he and his brother also assaulted Pc Marsden and both men will now face a retrial on that charge. Despite the verdicts, however, Pc Marsden and Pc Cook are still facing possible gross misconduct charges over their use of force and could be sacked if found guilty. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), which has been investigating the officers' actions over the past year, is expected to announce its decision following the conclusion of the retrial. The incident occurred on July 23 last year, when the brothers from Rochdale went to the airport to collect their mother who was returning to the UK on an international flight. Mr Ismaeil, a fellow passenger who had been on the same flight, reported being headbutted in the face by Amaaz during an altercation in a branch of Starbucks in Terminal 2. When the three Greater Manchester Police (GMP) officers approached Amaaz to arrest him in connection with the incident, he lashed out before his brother allegedly intervened. Jurors heard how the brothers used a 'high level of violence' against the officers, with Amaaz throwing 10 punches – including one into the face of Pc Ward, which knocked her to the floor. The moment her nose was broken during the assault was shown to the jury earlier in July, with Pc Ward seen bloodied and sobbing afterwards on bodycam footage. During the attack, Pc Cook discharged her Taser, and mobile phone footage appeared to show Pc Marsden kicking and stamping on Amaaz during the arrest. The Crown Prosecution Service examined the officers' actions and concluded they should face no further action, but because disciplinary offences are based on the civil test, they could still end up losing their livelihoods. An IOPC spokesman said: 'Our independent investigation into the use of force by Greater Manchester Police officers on six people during a series of arrests at Manchester Airport on July 23 2024 is nearing completion. 'At the end of the investigation we are required to determine whether there is an indication that anyone serving with the police may have breached the standards of professional behaviour. This will take into account all of the evidence gathered during the investigation, not simply matters that were under criminal investigation. 'On concluding our investigation we will inform the officers, GMP and the people involved in the arrests of our initial determinations.' No date for a retrial has yet been set, but Amaaz was remanded in custody by the judge Neil Flewitt KC. Following the verdicts, Yvette Cooper, the Home Secretary, was accused of ' siding with the attacker ' rather than 'standing up for brave officers who get injured in the line of duty'. Chris Philp, the shadow home secretary, said that when the incident happened last year, Ms Cooper 'seemed more interested in criticising the police'. Ms Cooper released a statement after the attack last year saying she had spoken to Greater Manchester Police and the Mayor of Greater Manchester about 'the urgent steps they are taking in response to the incident'. However, on Wednesday night, Mr Philp said it was 'shameful' that Ms Cooper failed to 'mention any of the police officers who were attacked... even though it has been reported that she was aware they had been injured when she made it'. 'This is just another example of Labour's two-tier approach to law and order,' he added. 'Yvette Cooper has questions to answer.' 'Unprovoked assault' Sir Stephen Watson, the Chief Constable of GMP, said attacks on his officers could never be justified. He said: 'While disappointed that the prosecution case was not fully endorsed, I welcome the findings of the jury in respect of the convicted offender, whose appalling conduct has now been exposed to legitimate public scrutiny. 'I am grateful to the prosecution team, and to those investigating officers from GMP who have worked hard to assist the court in enabling justice to be done in respect of those counts where a verdict was reached. 'GMP is actively supportive of a retrial in respect of the two counts where a verdict was not achieved. We remain fully committed to providing the prosecution team with every assistance needed to reach an outcome on these matters. 'Our officers first approached the man now convicted in order to make an arrest following the unprovoked assault on an innocent man in the presence of his wife and children. They were responding quickly to precisely the sort of outrageous criminal behaviour that rightly offends the public. 'Whilst assaults on police officers are sadly not uncommon – 44 of my officers are assaulted every week across Greater Manchester – such attacks can never be justified. Our officers are decent people who routinely place themselves in harm's way to protect the public. They deserve our respect and support. 'Bloodied and bruised' 'I am particularly grateful to those many members of the public who have contacted the force in order to pass on their best wishes to the officers affected.' Mike Peake, chairman of Greater Manchester Police Federation, also welcomed the verdicts. He said: 'Police officers in Manchester work in a difficult, dangerous and dynamic world where there is no such thing as a routine incident. They deserve support in that work from the public and politicians. 'The distressing scenes we have seen during this trial show some of the worst side of police work that our officers are faced with. Thirty-five officers are assaulted in Greater Manchester Police every week. We are bloodied and we are bruised. 'We have been supporting the officers concerned in the incident at Manchester Airport last summer since it occurred. And as a Federation we will continue to do so.'
BBC News
2 hours ago
- BBC News
Bodies airlifted from beneath cliffs near Whitby Abbey
The bodies of a man and a woman have been airlifted from beneath the cliffs at Whitby Abbey.A member of the public saw the pair on the rocks at about 19:15 BST on Wednesday, North Yorkshire Police coastguard then recovered them by helicopter at 20:24, before paramedics confirmed their force has launched a sudden deaths investigation and has been working to find their next of kin. Witnesses or anyone with information have been asked to contact police. Listen to highlights from North Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North
