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BBC News
23-05-2025
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Police still investigating at Brighton & Hove City Council depot
A police force has apologised for incorrectly saying investigations into "very serious" matters at a council waste depot had concluded when in fact they are continuing. Sussex Police said the reported offences, spanning from 2023 to 2025, included criminal damage, possession of offensive weapons, harassment, arson, and are linked to a Brighton and Hove City Council depot in Hollingdean which is run by the council's waste management service, formerly known as Supt Rachel Carr, divisional commander for Brighton and Hove, said the matters reported to the force were "of a very serious and concerning nature". She said: "We have ensured appropriate resource is in place to conduct thorough investigations into all reported incidents and would urge any witnesses or anyone with information relating to these matters to come forward."A previous statement issued by the force on this matter inaccurately implied that all investigations had concluded and we apologise for this and any distress caused."A report from 2023 found "abuses and violence" at the bin depot in officers found a sword, nunchucks and knives in the GMB trade union's office at the site, as well as instances of bullying, intimidation, racism, sexism and homophobia. 'City is being held to ransom by waste collectors'Weapons brought into Brighton Cityclean waste site by staff – inquiryBrighton: Culture change plan for Cityclean voted through Police said while investigations into some of the individual incidents had concluded with no further lines of enquiry, others were ongoing or at an early stage and the force was "continuing to gather information and evidence in relation to all matters".A spokesperson said all reported incidents remained "under continual review" and were forming part of a wider ongoing in May, Brighton & Hove City Council leader Bella Sankey apologised to residents for a 140% increase in missed bin collections over the last six claimed the main reason for missed bin collections was "ongoing behaviour" by a small number of employees at the said the council was working with police to resolve the issues and would not "be held to ransom anymore in this city by this small group of individuals".Due to operational reasons, police said specific details on some investigations were limited at this time and further updates would be published when force asked anyone with information to contact them quoting Operation Senate.
BBC News
11-05-2025
- Sport
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Sevilla sleep at training ground after 'violent attacks'
Sevilla's first team were forced to spend the night at their training facility on Saturday evening after they were met with "violent attacks" by supporters.A statement released by the club strongly condemned "organised vandalism" at the Jose Ramon Cisneros Palacios training complex after Sevilla's 3-2 loss at 10-man Celta on social media appears to show a large group of supporters chanting outside of the facility with pyrotechnics, while another shows them tearing down the gate to the entrance of the training and staff of the La Liga side were forced to stay inside the building following their arrival back from added that the club "will pursue the public naming of employees and the dissemination of private data on social media and in the media, acts that constitute criminal offenses".Defeat in Vigo left Sevilla 16th in La Liga, six points above the relegation zone with three games left to play. The La Liga side, who won the Europa League in 2020 and 2023, said they will report the attacks and vandalism and will do "everything in its power to assist in the pursuit of the perpetrators of these crimes". The statement said the club "will try to help identify those involved in these actions and will act relentlessly in the event that they are Sevilla FC fans".The club acknowledged their poor season on the field and accepted protests but "under no circumstances will they be tolerated if they are accompanied by aggression, threats, or acts of vandalism".Winless in their last eight, Sevilla play relegation rivals Las Palmas on Tuesday in a huge game before hosting Real Madrid and rounding the season off with a trip to Villarreal.
