HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is today warning customers not to share sensitive personal information online to avoid their identities being used to commit tax fraud
HMRC is aware that criminals are attempting to obtain customers’ Government Gateway logins and other personal details, enabling them to register for Income Tax Self Assessment and submit bogus tax refund claims before pocketing the repayment. Individuals, ranging from teenagers to pensioners, are being targeted on social media platforms by fraudsters seeking to ‘borrow’ their […]
Police are urgently appealing for your help to trace a 14-year-old teenager
Officers are currently searching for Desteny Sturgess Green who went missing from the Womersley area this morning. Desteny was last seen at the Jet Garage on Selby Road in Askern at 06.50am this morning (Saturday 05 March 2022). We are currently carrying out enquiries to locate her but are growing increasingly concerned for her welfare […]
Searches are continuing to find missing 75-year-old Hambleton man Colin Leggat
Colin was last seen at his home address in the village of Thornton Le Street on Thursday 03 March 2022. Colin’s vehicle remains at his home address and we believe that he has left home on foot. He was last seen wearing a white checked shirt, green country-style trousers and a thin brown jumper. Extensive […]
Officers are appealing for witnesses following the death of a 25-year-old man
Shortly before 1am yesterday (Saturday), police received a report of an altercation having taken place at an address on Marshall Wallis Road, South Shields. Emergency services attended and found a 25-year-old man with injuries consistent of being caused by a bladed article. The man was taken to hospital but sadly passed away from his injuries […]
Police would like to speak to them in connection with a theft from John Lewis in Bond Street, Chelmsford
It happened at around 3pm on Wednesday 23 February. If you recognise the men pictured, or have any information that may help our investigation, please contact us on 101 citing crime reference 42/48737/22 Information can also be given to independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or https:///crimestoppers-uk.org.
Fraudsters posing as police officers have stolen almost £10,000 from elderly people during two recent incidents in Tunbridge Wells
Neighbours and relatives are being urged to be on guard against criminals targeting pensioners by phone and tricking them into handing over large sums of cash. On Friday 28 February 2022, a man aged in his late 60s was called by someone claiming to an officer from the Metropolitan Police and informed him there had […]
Officers are searching for a man who has gone missing from Poole and are appealing for the public’s help to find him
Samuel Mitson, 34, was last seen in Stanley Road at 4.15pm on Friday 4 March 2022 and was said to be very upset. He is described as white, five feet eight inches tall, of slim build and with short brown hair with stubble. He was wearing a brown jumper, blue jeans, a black thin Puffa-style […]
Police are appealing for the public’s help in tracing a man who is missing from Oxford
Francis Jennings, 55, was last seen on Tuesday morning at around 10am getting into a taxi on Woodstock Road in Oxford. He was last seen wearing brown trousers with a white jumper and a cream jacket. Francis is around 6ft tall of slim to medium build with a balding grey hair. Investigating officer PC Alex […]
A CCTV image has been released by officers investigating the theft of a bank card from a pensioner in Maidstone
The card was reported stolen after a man in his 80s was distracted at a car park in Fremlin Walk. The theft happened at 11.30am on Wednesday 2 March 2022, before the suspect then used it to make several purchases at shops in the town centre. Inspector Steve Kent, of Maidstone’s Community Safety Unit, said: […]
The family of Dr Ling Felce (nee Suet Ling Wong), have released a tribute to her following a road traffic collision in Oxford on Tuesday (1/3) in which she sadly died
Ling was born in Malaysia in 1986 before moving to London in 1991 with her parents and older sister. She moved to Oxford from Putney, London in 2005 to study Biochemistry, then stayed here to do a PhD in the department of Clinical Pharmacology. During this time, she represented the university in both rugby union […]
The Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant, with six reactors us under fire of multiple BM-30 Smerch missiles and other Russian artillery weapons
The Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant, with six reactors under fire of multiple BM-30 Smerch missiles and other Russian artillery weapons. An attack that has already sparked a serious fire on the first power generation unit, which threatens one reactor and a nuclear fuel tank. An especially irresponsible and criminal attack, given that an accident at […]
Detectives are continuing their investigation into the murder of Valerie Freer who died in Whittington, near Lichfield
Valerie, who was 68, was pronounced deceased by paramedics on the driveway of her home at around 10.42am on Thursday (24 February). A post-mortem examination has confirmed Valerie died as a result of injuries sustained to her neck. A 26-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder is currently undergoing medical treatment. Officers are continuing to […]
