The role of police community support officers came under the spotlight again last night after new figures revealed that in Suffolk they solved just five crimes and handed out only one penalty notice in the space of a year. The figures were released ...

8 Jan 2009

The Canmore Collegiate Crusaders senior boys and girls basketball teams spent the Christmas holidays in the hot sun of Anaheim, Calif., learning how the game is really played. Although the girls lost the majority of their games by 20 to 30 points ...

7 Jan 2009

A TEAM of 140 Police Community Support Officers have been dubbed the “Keystone Flops” after solving only five crimes in a year. The officers cost taxpayers up to £3.5million in wages and their detection rate adds up to £700,000 for each offence ...

6 Jan 2009

A team of 140 Police Community Support Officers solved just five crimes and handed out one penalty notice in a year, it has been revealed. The officers from Suffolk Constabulary notched up their woeful figures between April 2007 and March 2008 ...

6 Jan 2009

POLICE community support officers in Suffolk solved just five crimes and handed out only one penalty notice in the space of a year, it has emerged. The figures, released under the Freedom of Information Act, relate to the combined efforts of 140 ...

6 Jan 2009

MORE than 100 Australian Jews, including two award-winning novelists and a former federal cabinet minister, have signed a statement condemning Israel's siege of Gaza, heightening tensions within the local Jewish community over the violence. The Prime ...

5 Jan 2009