The officer accidentally fired their Glock pistol when the stopped car pulled away, a report says.
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Police officer 'accidentally shot driver'
The officer accidentally fired their Glock pistol when the stopped car pulled away, a report says.
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Police officer 'accidentally shot driver'
The officer accidentally fired their Glock pistol when the stopped car pulled away, a report says.

New rail law 'amounts to draconian strike ban'
Unions criticise government plans to require provision of minimum services during industrial action.

Police have DNA profile of man who raped girl, 15
A 15-year-old girl was attacked in a school field by a man armed with a pocket knife.

Flooding shuts roads and blocks rail lines
Shops and homes in Hayle, Cornwall, have already been flooded.

Month-long rail strike: 'I'm exhausted'
Alison Bunce says her commute from Surrey to London is now a five-hour round trip.

'It's degrading and people can be nasty'
Sexual assault and violent abuse are the threats facing people living rough in Bournemouth.
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Police officer 'accidentally shot driver'
The officer accidentally fired their Glock pistol when the stopped car pulled away, a report says.

New rail law 'amounts to draconian strike ban'
Unions criticise government plans to require provision of minimum services during industrial action.

Police have DNA profile of man who raped girl, 15
A 15-year-old girl was attacked in a school field by a man armed with a pocket knife.

Flooding shuts roads and blocks rail lines
Shops and homes in Hayle, Cornwall, have already been flooded.

Month-long rail strike: 'I'm exhausted'
Alison Bunce says her commute from Surrey to London is now a five-hour round trip.

'It's degrading and people can be nasty'
Sexual assault and violent abuse are the threats facing people living rough in Bournemouth.

New rail law 'amounts to draconian strike ban'
Unions criticise government plans to require provision of minimum services during industrial action.

Police have DNA profile of man who raped girl, 15
A 15-year-old girl was attacked in a school field by a man armed with a pocket knife.

Flooding shuts roads and blocks rail lines
Shops and homes in Hayle, Cornwall, have already been flooded.
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Severe accident: A35 Dorset both ways
A35 Dorset both ways severe accident, from B3075 Quarr Hill to Sugar Hill.
A35 Dorset - A35 in Morden closed and it's slow in both directions from the B3075 Quarr Hill junction to the Sugar Hill junction, because of an accident.
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