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South Yorkshire Police traffic car pictured in 2023. South Yorkshire Police is one of a number of police forces in the United Kingdom to merge its vehicle maintenance operations with their area fire service, merging maintenance operations with the South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service in June 2018. [26]
Barnsley Borough Police was the police force operating in county borough of Barnsley, England until 1 October 1968. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The force was merged with other forces in 1968 to form the West Yorkshire Constabulary .
The second unfortunate incident took place on the other side of Penistone Station, between Huddersfield Junction and Barnsley Junction, within six months. On 1 January 1885 a special excursion train from stations in the Sheffield area to Liverpool (9 coaches) and Southport (9 coaches) was climbing towards Penistone.
According to news reports at the time, a large number of children showed up, and the hall quickly became overcrowded. With the ground floor seats full, children packed into the gallery to such an extent that the aisles of the gallery were filled and children were pressed against the lower gallery railing.
After a stand-off, police attacked both vehicles and people, smashing windows and beating travellers on the head with truncheons. A court judgement six years later found the police guilty of wrongful arrest, assault and criminal damage. [11] 1994: Richard O'Brien died in Metropolitan Police custody. He was arrested while drunk, and held face ...
As a result of widespread serious flooding and landslides, South Wales Police declared a major incident across the region, and the South Wales Fire and Rescue Service responded to more than 1,400 calls in a 12-hour period. [110] Hundreds of homes and businesses were damaged, and one person was killed after falling into the River Tawe near ...
On 27 January 2023, 45-year-old British woman Nicola Bulley disappeared whilst walking her dog in St Michael's on Wyre, Lancashire, England. Lancashire Constabulary said that there was no evidence of either suspicious activity or third-party involvement in the disappearance and quickly stated that their working hypothesis was that she had fallen into the River Wyre.
While the list below focuses on people murdered while running for exercise, there are a greater number of attacks against runners that did not result in murder. For example, from December 1977 to February 1980, San Francisco Police Department statistics indicate 15 rapes and attempted rapes against joggers occurred in Golden Gate Park alone. [10]