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Former officer alleges colleague John Dines inflicted injuries on himself in bid to be seen as high-performingA former undercover police officer has accused a colleague of lying about being beaten up by police while he was infiltrating leftwing protest groups in the UK, a public inquiry has heard.The officer alleged that his fellow undercover officer, John Dines, inflicted injuries on himself after he was arrested under his fake identity at a demonstration. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/jul/28/undercover-officer-lied-about-police-beating-inquiry-told Author : Rob Evans Publish date : 2024-07-28 16:00:58 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Exclusive: Chief executive says government’s promise of UK-wide 5G by 2030 needs investment ‘unlocked’ by dealThe chief executive of Vodafone has said Labour will fail to achieve its promise of nationwide access to 5G, which is essential for next-generation technology such as artificial intelligence, by 2030 if the telecoms firm’s £15bn merger with rival Three UK is blocked.In its election manifesto, the government said nationwide coverage was needed by the end of the decade because the UK was falling behind other countries in terms of the investment and rollout of advanced mobile networks. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/jul/28/vodafone-says-labour-must-let-it-merge-with-three-uk-to-deliver-nationwide-5g Author

An ‘extra 40-50 tonnes a week’ could be heading to shop shelves because of perfect conditions, says fruit growerThe recent spell of warm weather after a rainy and cloudy start to the summer has provided perfect growing conditions in Britain for as much as 200 tonnes of surprise “big, juicy, luscious” strawberries heading to shop shelves, a leading supplier has said.“The cold and wet spell earlier in the year, plus the recent mini heatwave, have resulted in pushing more of our predicted crop volume into late July and early August,” said Lee Port, the chief executive of the Kent-based fruit

Asked if he would make a good VP, transportation secretary says ‘not appropriate for me to wander down that path’White House administrator Pete Buttigieg says it is “a bad look” for Republicans to call Kamala Harris a diversity hire in their attempts to slow down the momentum that has greeted her ascent to the top of the Democratic ticket for November’s presidential race.On Saturday’s episode of the New York Times podcast The Interview, the Democratic transportation secretary said “you can tell” that is the case because of how even Republican US House speaker Mike Johnson has tried to distance himself