file:///HI/My%20Documents/DPA%20FOIAs /Current/2011090000738%20Dunn/s ummaries/01 .txt From: precise@precise. co . uk[SMTP: PRECISE@PRECISE . CO . UK] Sent: 01 October 2010 05 : 14 :29 To: [email protected]. uk Subject: Media coverage for Metropo litan Police 01102010 (05 : 13) Auto forwarded by a Rule < http://image. precise-media .co.uk/metropolitanpolice. bmp> METROPOLITAN POLICE - 01 /10/201 0 TOP STORIES Police accused of recruitment bias against ethnic groups The Times, 01/10/2010, p.26, Fiona Hamilton The Metropolitan Police has announced changes to its recruitment policy, which are expected to result in savings of up to A£20,000 per appointment . however, a liberal democrat member of the MPA has expressed concern that the moves will deter poor or minority applicants . Police recruits to train witho! ut pay Daily Mail, 01/10/2010, p .6, Charlotte Gill Cops told to work year and a half for NOTHIN G The Daily Mirror, 01/10/2010, p .24, JON CLEMENTS NEW COPS MUST WORK FOR FREE ! Daily Star, 01/10/2010, p .30, ROSS KANIUK Met's unpaid recruits plan set to be approved Evening Standard, 30/09/2010, p .2, Justin Davenport Met recruits to work unpai d Evening Standard, 30/09/2010, p .1, Unattributed Police recruiting plans 'favour middle classes' Metro, 01/10/2010, p.7, Fred Attewil l NEWS Police 'push out poor recruits' Metro, 01/10/2010, p.1, Unattributed Dead women in flat may have copied 'blind date suicide' couple, detectives fear The Times, 01/10/2010, p.11, Fiona Hamilton, David Brown, Adam Fresc o It is thought that two women have killed themselves in a copycat suicide pact by inhaling chemicals together in their Putney flat . Police are investigating whether any suicide websites were used . Scotland Yard is not treating the deaths as suspicious. Women die in 'copycat chemical suicide ' The Daily Telegraph, 01/10/2010, p.2, Richard Edwards ;Murray Wardrop Two young women found dead in fla t The Independent, 01/10/2010, p.20, Tom Peck Women in suicide f lat may have copied Internet deat! h pac t Daily Mail, 01/10/2010, p .7, Stephen Wright, Emily Andrews ,Louise Eccles Women die in 'copycat suicide' Daily Express, 01/10/2010, p .2, Unattributed TOXIC SUICIDE PACT The Daily Mirror, 01/10/2010, p .6, JON CLEMENTS Copycat chemical suicide pact The Sun, 01/10/2010, p.1, Neil Syson SUICIDE GIRLS 'MET ON NET' The Sun, 01/10/2010, p.5, NEIL SYSON; MIKE SULLIVAN; EMILY NASH; ALEX WEST European police probe terror plot The Wall Street Journal (Europe), 30/09/2010, p.4, David Crawford ; Siobhan Gorman ; Stephen Fidler ; Double suicide fear as 2 women found dead Metro, 01/10/2010, p.5, Unattributed METROPOLITAN POLIC E Barrister siege police 'mired in confusion ' The Daily Telegraph, 01/10/2010, p.11, John Bingha m The Independent Police Complaints Commission has clashed with Metropolitan Police commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson after concluding that Scotland Yard's handling of the scene at Mark Saunders's shooting was 'mired in confusion' . Met chief rejects claims of chaos at barrister gun sieg e Daily Mail, 01/10/2010, p .34, Rebecca Camber SILVER-HAIRED Westminster coroner Dr [ . .] Daily Mail, 01/10/2010, p .47, Richard Kay Yard de! ny chaos at gun sieg e Daily Express, 01/10/2010, p.22, David Pilditch Chief 'in dark' on snipers The Sun, 01/10/2010, p.9, Unattributed Fatal hit-and-run victim was dragged for a mile Metro, 01/10/2010, p .5, Hayden Smith A hit and run driver is being hunted after a student's body was found in Hampstead, with police believing that she had been dragged along for almost a mile along the road . Hit, run victim "dragged a mile" The Daily Telegraph, 01/10/2010, p.2, Unattributed Driver drags girl to her death for a mile then flee s Daily Mail, 01/10/2010, p .40, Charlotte Gill ,Tamara Cohen Bi! rthday girl dragged a mile by hit-run ca r Daily Express, 01/10/2010, p.10, John Chapma n BIRTHDAY GIRL DRAGGED ONE MILE TO DEATH IN HIT & RUN The Daily Mirror, 01/10/2010, p .11, LUCY THORNTO N HIT AND RUN KILLER DRAGS GIRL 3/4 MILE The Sun, 01/10/2010, p.21, MIKE SULLIVAN WOMAN, 20, KILLED IN HIT-RUN HORROR Evening Standard, 30/09/2010, p .1, Benedict Moore-Bridger ;Justin Davenport Police watchdog wanted phone-hacking inquir y The Guardian, 01/10/2010, p .2, Nicholas Waft It has emerged that Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary was keen last summer to investigate the Metropolitan Police's handling of the News of the W! orld phone-hacking scandal, but decided that they had insufficient resources at the time. Police target a slice of football's millions as budget cuts loom The Independent, 01/10/2010, p.25, Mark Hughes Police are lobbying the Home Office to charge football clubs for officers deployed on match days. It is noted that the Met spent A£186,000 whilst policing a game last year which was marred by crowd violence . Burglar rips wedding ring off widow, 8 5 Evening Standard, 30/09/2010, p .21, Benedict Moore-Bridger The Metropolitan Police's Detective Constable Edwina McAllister has made an appeal for information relating to the mugging of an elderly widow in her Bethnal Green home. file:///H I/My%20Documents/DPA%20FOIAs /Current/2011090000738%20Dunn/s ummaries/01 .txt (1 of 2) [31 /10/2011 16 : 10 : 19] file:///HI/My%20Documents/DPA%20FOIAs /Current/2011090000738%20Dunn/s ummaries/01 .txt Community support officers face axe Evening Standard, 30/09/2010, p .2, ! Justin Davenport Government spending cuts mean that hundreds of council sponsored community support officers in London will be axed . The Metropolitan Police has stressed that safety in schools will remain a priority, despite the cutbacks. U.K. fraud probe nets 19 suspects The Wall Street Journal (Europe), 30/09/2010, p.21, CASSELL BRYAN-LOW ; SARA SCHAEFER MUA`OZ ;David En The UK and US authorities have charged scores of people in connection with an alleged cybercrime scheme that used a Zeus Trojan to steal more than USD12m from bank accounts. In London police charged 11 people over the Zeus attack which took GBP6m from UK bank accounts. 'Zeus' cybercrime suspects charged Financial Times, 01/10/2010, p .10, Jean Eaglesham,Joseph Menn Hostage negotiator is Personality ! of the Yea r Lloyd's List, 01/10/2010, p .2, Nigel Lowry A former head of the hostage crisis unit at New Scotland Yard has been named the Women's International Shipping & Trading Association's Personality of the Year. Suzanne Williams won the accolade in recognition of her work in working with ships hijacked by pirates . GENERAL British brothers 'at heart' of al-Qaeda plot to attack citie s The Daily Telegraph, 01/10/2010, p.2, Duncan Gardham ;Rob Crilly The Foreign Office has declined to comment after it was claimed that two British brothers were at the centre of an al-Qaeda plot to attack Britain, France and Germany. One of the men was killed in an air strike near the Afghan-Pakistani border earlier this week . Briton killed by US drone amid terror plot reports The Guardian, 01/10/2010, p .10, Richard Norton-Taylo r Be afraid, be very afraid - we are being fleeced by the purveyors of fear The Guardian, 01/10/2010, p.33, Simon Jenkins British brothers 'behind plot to terrorise Europe' The Independent, 01/10/2010, p.17, Cahal Milmo 'British brothers in Al Qaeda plot' Daily Mail, 01/10/2010, p .34, David Williams,Imtiaz Hussain British brothers 'plotted bomb attacks across Europe ' Daily Express, 01/10/2010, p .15, Padraic Flanagan Drone kills terror Brit in Pakista n The Daily Mirror, 01/10/2010, p .27, GREIG BOX TURNBULL Terrorist plotters tracke d The Sun, 01/10/2010, p.9, Unattributed Britons suspected of plotting attac k Metro, 01/10/2010, p .23, Aidan Radnedge MPs' fees officer jailed for frau d The Daily Telegraph, 01/10/2010, p.17, Unattributed A former House of Commons official has been jailed after admitting to making fraudulent claims in the names of three politicians to the value of GBP6,000 to pay off a gambling debt . Baby minder'killed boy who wouldn't feed ' Evening Standard, 30/09/2010, p .29, Kiran Randhawa It is alleged that a Camberwell-based childminder shook a baby to death in frustration when he refused to feed, resulting in a head injury akin to that sustai! ned in car crash . Facing the music : the man who discovered the fiddle at the LPO Evening Standard, 30/09/2010, p .24, David Cohen An article looking at how Cameron Poole, the former financial director of the LPO, managed to defraud the company out of GBP666,000 . .. .. .. ... .. .. .. .. .. This news service is produced by Precise . If you have any questions or would like fu rther information please contact the Government and Public Sector team on : +44 (0)20 7264 477 3 service@precise .co.uk <mailto:service@precise .co.uk> www.precise .co.u k .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 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