Arrests after A338 Wiltshire police chase
Two men have been arrested following a police chase, during which a member of the public was hurt.Wiltshire Police said officers identified a car travelling at excessive speed on Range Road between Bulford and Tidworth, which subsequently failed to stop.The vehicle then hit a member of the public, who sustained a minor injury, before it was eventually stopped after police used a stinger, the force said.The vehicle came to a halt, colliding with a van and then an unmarked police vehicle, on the A338 near Tidworth Cemetery.
Wiltshire Police said the two occupants of the car were taken to hospital to be treated for minor injuries.A quantity of suspected class A drugs was subsequently found in the vehicle, the force added.A 30-year-old man, was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving, drink driving, aggravated taking of a vehicle without consent, driving while disqualified and possession with intent to supply class A drugs.A 31-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of aggravated taking of a vehicle without consent and possession with intent to supply class A drugs.
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Asylum seekers behind new grooming gang cases
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Despite reviews, reports and inquiries raising questions about Asian or Pakistani suspects grooming young white girls, Lady Casey's review found police, local authorities and other agencies 'consistently failed' to fully acknowledge the fact or collect data so that the theory could be tested. She also warned that when she had reviewed about a dozen live police cases, 'a significant proportion of these cases appear to involve suspects who are non-UK nationals and/or who are claiming asylum in the UK'. Neither the Office for National Statistics nor the Ministry of Justice records data on the number of crimes committed by asylum seekers or foreign nationals. On Monday night, the Conservatives warned that the involvement of asylum seekers in grooming gangs must be taken seriously. Chris Philp, the shadow home secretary, said: 'I am deeply troubled to read that a significant proportion of these cases involve non-UK nationals and asylum seekers. 'This underlines the importance of securing our borders, which the Government has completely failed to do. I also call on the Government to prevent perpetrators from using human rights laws – not just asylum laws – to avoid deportation.' A record 84,200 applications for asylum were made in the UK in 2024. At the end of May, more than 14,600 migrants had crossed the Channel in small boats – up more than 30 per cent on the same point last year and the highest numbers for the first five months of a year since small boats started crossing in 2018. Unveiling the Casey report to the House of Commons, Yvette Cooper, the Home Secretary, said any asylum seekers found guilty of grooming children or committing sexual offences would have their applications rejected. 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In her latest audit, she accused public bodies of having used flawed data to dismiss claims about Asian grooming gangs as 'sensationalised, biased or untrue'. 'Instead of examination, we have seen obfuscation,' she wrote. 'In a vacuum, incomplete and unreliable data is used to suit the ends of those presenting it. 'The system claims there is an overwhelming problem with white perpetrators when that can't be proved.' Lady Casey also referred to 'examples of organisations avoiding the topic altogether for fear of appearing racist or raising community tension'. 'Flawed data is used repeatedly to dismiss claims about 'Asian grooming gangs' as sensationalised, biased or untrue,' she said. 'This does a disservice to victims and indeed all law-abiding people in Asian communities.' Lady Casey found that information on the ethnicity of abusers was not recorded in two thirds of cases. 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Daily Mail
22 minutes ago
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QUENTIN LETTS: Blimey, Kemi went for it. And a black woman saying anti-racism wasn't the most important thing fried her opponents' brains
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Tourists now say the resort town's main drag, Veronica's Strip, has become such a den of vice it is no longer safe at night. Student Georgina Haywood, 19, who had just flown in from Manchester with her boyfriend, told us: 'We went into a bar next to KFC and I wouldn't go back again. 'Looky-looky men were all around offering cheap drugs and we've heard if you buy them, they will mug you as soon as they see the cash. 'On the transfer bus over here we were talking to three men who told us they'd been robbed every time they'd come here. 'Off their heads' 'They said thieves steal your watch as they are talking to you and you don't even notice until it's too late. 'I wouldn't come here with a group of girls. Ex-cop who hunted for Jay Slater says dealer pal MUST answer key questions 'It doesn't feel safe. 'Two girls were grabbed the other night and robbed for everything they had, and that's my biggest fear. 'At the bars they will keep giving you drinks until you're really drunk, and there will be men outside waiting for you to leave so they can pounce. 'If people are mixing drinks with drugs it's even worse.' Georgina and partner Harry Griffin spent £500 on flights and a hotel — and another £300 on tickets for the three-day New Rave Generation (NRG) techno festival which Jay also attended. Harry, 18, a petrol station attendant, added: 'You can see why a young lad could get into trouble out here. 'At the rave we didn't see one person who was just drinking. 'Everyone was off their head. 'You don't need to ask for drugs, you get offered all the time when walking down the street. 'We've had a great time so far but you have to keep your wits about you. I wouldn't come here with a group of girls. It doesn't feel safe Georgina Haywood, 19 'There was a person being sick outside the rave last night and we went inside to ask for a bottle of water for them — but they said no, it's their fault. 'In the UK, if you felt sick, they would help. 'Here, if you don't have money, they don't care.' It was the prospect of a long weekend of hard partying that brought tragic Jay Slater to Canary Islands hot-spot Tenerife. This was the first time the apprentice bricklayer had been abroad without family and he was with pals Brad Geoghegan, 19, and Lucy Mae Law, 18, although neither later attended the inquest into his death. Before Jay went missing, he had attended an NRG party at Papagayo Beach Club, at the end of Veronica's Strip, and some of the final images posted of him show a care-free and smiling young man. But he was also captured trying to get back on to his feet after tripping, and a local waitress recalled that he appeared to have overdone it, telling the Sun: 'He was unstable on his feet. 'I gave him water for free, as he didn't look well.' Jay would have been well advised to head back to his hotel with Brad and Lucy, but instead he carried on partying and sent his pals a series of disturbing texts. One included a photo of two knives concealed in his trousers, and a caption saying: 'In case it kicks off.' In another, he claimed he had taken a watch from 'two Mali kids' and was on his way to sell it for £10,000. 9 9 Jay, of Oswaldtwistle, Lancs, then made the fateful decision to get in a car with convicted drug dealer Ayub Qassim, 31, and another man called Steven Roccas, before travelling an hour north to a £40-a-night Airbnb property called Casa Abuela Tina, near the remote village of Masca. Jay's last Snapchat post was at 7.30am on Monday, June 17 last year and showed he was at rugged beauty spot Parque Rural de Teno Buenavista del Norte. At around 8.15am, he called Lucy to say he had missed his bus and was planning to make the 11-hour walk back to his accommodation — adding that he was dehydrated, had cut himself on a cactus and was running out of phone battery. He then went missing, sparking endless conspiracy theories and a month-long search — as his parents, Debbie Duncan and Warren Slater, flew to Tenerife to help hunt for him. His remains were finally found on July 15, not far from his last known location. You don't need to ask for drugs, you get offered all the time when walking down the street. Harry Griffin Preston Coroner's Court later heard he had suffered a severe brain injury after falling to his death, and had traces of drugs in his system including cocaine, ketamine and MDMA. Now a Sun probe can reveal the same narcotics were readily available last weekend at the NRG festival. Within minutes of arriving on Veronica's Strip, I was approached by a street hustler and offered cocaine for 70 euros a gram. 'It's just carnage' A hooker grabbed me and said: 'I make good sex.' Inside a bar, where illegal nitrous- oxide balloons were being touted by bargirls for 15 euros each, a barman offered to sell The Sun's photographer a gram of coke for 60 euros. Moving on down the strip, we were approached by a tout beckoning people inside his bar with the offer of 'a free line' with the first drink. The same man then offered to sell a full gram — and when our reporter tried to make his excuses and leave, saying that he did not have any cash, he was told they would be happy to take a card payment. 9 9 Teenagers were dancing wildly at the bar while a long queue formed inside the gents' toilet as a sweaty janitor grinned knowingly at the wide-eyed revellers waiting for their turn to use the cubicle, saying: 'It's happy hour tonight.' The next day, Saturday, we joined thousands of young ravers who were packed into the Xanadu Equestrian Centre for the penultimate night of the NRG festival. By 7pm, a number of sunburnt young men already seemed to be the worse for wear and struggling under unrelenting heat as the temperature remained at a steady 28C. Lads with glazed eyes grabbed hold of each other for support while staggering toward the bar to buy bottles of water. A friend was out last night and some people tried to pin him against a wall and take his wallet. Drugs are everywhere Jordan Pollock Others, topless and wearing satchels — just like Jay — were gasping for breath beneath the colonnades as the frenetic beat of the music continued to rattle their ribs. Pipe-fitter Jordan Pollock, 19, had bought VIP tickets to NRG along with friends Robbie Harpie, 19, Craig Duff, 19, Lawson Duff, 19 and Raymond Dowse, 20. Jordan, from Glasgow, said: 'It's a good night, as it's hard techno just like we listen to back home. 'But the health and safety out here is shocking — we paid £50 extra for our tickets and ended up being told to leave the stage because it was about to collapse. 'We were lucky that it didn't collapse while we were on it. 'A friend was out last night and some people tried to pin him against a wall and take his wallet. 'Drugs are everywhere. 'You can buy ecstasy, Mandy, Charlie and ketamine on the street, but most people pre-order what they want through social media.' Retired chemical manufacturer Colin McMillan has been visiting Tenerife regularly for the past 15 years and has no doubt about what led to Jay's death. Colin, 57, from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, said: 'He was a victim of the drugs culture and it only seems to be getting worse, sadly. 'I love Tenerife because it has year-round sunshine and you can still buy a pint for just 2.5 euros. 'But Veronica's Strip is just carnage — pickpockets, fights and drugs. 'My friend was on a stag do there in April and when he left the bar to call his wife he was jumped by three guys who beat him up so badly they disconnected his eye socket. 'The police need to crack down and put a stop to the crime. 'But I've heard that all those bars are owned by the same powerful individual, who must have a lot of clout because they don't do anything about it.' What happened to Jay Slater was an unimaginable tragedy for him and his family — but the longer I stayed in Playas de las Americas the more I sensed that it may not be long before this hedonistic party town claims another victim. 9
