Broken Yard: The Fall of the Metropolitan Police

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The scandal surround­ing the murder of Stephen Lawrence is a relevant starting point. Harper includes links between officers investigating the case and the father of one of the convicted men, how officers spied on Stephen’s parents, and how they bullied and targeted Stephen’s best friend.

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Hunt eventually lost, but not before the Met had attempted to prevent leaked police documents that supported the newspaper being aired in court, claiming they were too sensitive. As the ST’s QC rightly argued, Scotland Yard was therefore effectively assisting a crime boss to bring a ‘corrupt claim’. I'm A Celeb's Sam Thompson 'fanboys' over Tony Bellows and shares a hug with the boxer leaving viewers in HYSTERICS: 'This is so cute!' Doctor Who 60th Anniversary: Viewers laud Yasmin Finney's debut after she steals the show as Donna Noble's transgender daughter Rose

Devastating … A forensic account of the Met’s descent into a national embarrassment. Excellent and very timely.” Guy Adams, Daily Mail

NI’s London lawyers pleaded with the Met and the CPS not to prosecute the company as it would not be in the ‘public interest’ to put thousands of jobs at risk. Gerson Zweifach, the American group general counsel of News Corp, flew to London to join emergency talks in Tower 42. Barely a week goes by without the Metropolitan Police being plunged into a new crisis. Demoralised, Scotland Yard is a shadow of its former self. Broken Yard about the recent years of the Metropolitan Police is a timely book, writes Mark Rowe. The same week that I came upon it, a headline on The Economist’s cover was ‘London’s rotten police’. Doctor Who 60th Anniversary: Viewers left 'sobbing' after Wilf's fate is revealed after actor Bernard Cribbins died aged 93 The never-ending scandals that have blighted London’s police force in recent times make Line Of Duty look less like a TV drama and more like a documentary

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Broken Yard is a riveting, eye-opening account of corruption, racism and mismanagement inside Britain’s most famous police force. The book charts Scotland Yard’s fall from a position of unparalleled power to the troubled and discredited organisation we see today, barely trusted by its Westminster masters and struggling to perform its most basic function: the protection of the public. The changing face of Doctor Who and his companions: Your ultimate guide to every Time Lord for the 60th anniversary Slim Sharon Osbourne, 71, seen after admitting she could 'do with putting on a few pounds' since losing 42lbs with weight loss drug Lewis replied that NI’s new management standards committee had been ‘structured’ in a way to prevent any conflict and promised the company was not engaged in ‘tactical disclosure’. According to the minutes, Lewis said the MSC reported to Joel Klein – a former White House lawyer who was now executive vice-president of News Corp in the US. Linda Robson takes granddaughters Betsy and Lila to CBeebies pantomime afterannouncing split from her husband of 33 years Mark Dunford

This is not an anti-police book. Harper salutes officers such as PC Keith Palmer, who was stabbed to death in 2017 outside the Houses of Parliament by the Islamist terrorist Khalid Masood, and the dogged Clive Driscoll, who pursued the killers of Stephen Lawrence long after others had failed to do so. Demi Moore leaves yoga class after ex Bruce Willis spotted driving around town amid his battle with dementia I'm A Celebrity's Nella Rose insists she andFred Sirieix are pals again after sheFUMED at First Dates star for 'disrespectful' jibe 'about her late dad' The latest barrage of truth bombs from Harry and Meghan's 'mouthpiece': Every claim from sneak peek of Omid Scobie's new bookHelen Flanagan reveals she and ex Scott Sinclair are not on speaking terms and admits their children have been left 'upset' by the 'very raw' split The promoter’s decision in respect of all matters to do with the competition will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.