Brigadier Melissa Emmett said the army let down Royal Artillery Gunner Jaysley Beck ‘in so many ways’ at an inquest on Monday.

Police officer numbers in England and Wales have been rising for several years, though there are signs this trend may have levelled off, with a handful of forces recording a drop in recent months.

Police officer numbers in England and Wales have been rising for several years, though there are signs this trend may have levelled off, with a handful of forces recording a drop in recent months.

More than half of territorial police forces in England and Wales saw an increase in police officers in the year to September 2024 (Lee Hudson/Alamy) Police officer numbers in England and Wales ...

The family of a 58-year-old Paignton woman were told on Christmas ... They later contacted police after hearing a woman's body had been recovered from the sea. In the early hours of Christmas ...