Police are investigating an alleged assault at Heathrow Airport after several people were sprayed with what is believed to be pepper spray during an altercation in a Terminal 3 car park this morning. Officers were called at 8.11am following reports of multiple victims suffering the effects of the substance. According to the Metropolitan Police, a group of men attacked several individuals before leaving the scene. Armed response officers were deployed and one man was arrested on suspicion of...

A Torbay licensed taxi driver has been suspended for three months after councillors concluded that a series of complaints and corroborated evidence showed the driver was not currently fit to hold a Hackney Carriage Driver’s Licence. The decision, reached at a Regulatory Sub-Committee hearing on 6 November, followed a review prompted by 19 complaints raised within just six weeks. Members were told by the Licensing Officer that the number and rapid frequency of complaints was unprecedented in...

Image credit: Merseyside Police Merseyside Police confirmed that officers from the Airport Policing Team conducted security operations around Liverpool John Lennon Airport, where private hire vehicles were seen among those stopped at a roadside checkpoint. The force said the activity formed part of Project Servator, a policing tactic designed to deter organised crime and terrorism through highly visible but irregular deployments. The checkpoint, supported on this occasion by armed officers,...