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'Hello Mum' - WhatsApp scammers posing as children steal over £1.5m

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Owen Sennitt

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People across the UK are being conned out of millions by WhatsApp scammers pretending to be someone the victim knows - usually their child.
A hit-and-run took place on the A505 near the A1(M) junction 9 roundabout at Letchworth and Baldock

Hertfordshire Constabulary

Motorist suffers 'GBH-level injuries' in A505 Baldock hit-and-run

Will Durrant

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Home Secretary Priti Patel meets 18 new police recruits in Welwyn Garden City

Hertfordshire County Council

Home Secretary visits Hertfordshire to meet new police recruits

Will Durrant

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Operation Rogue Trader

Consumer

Warning after increase in doorstep rogue traders

Susanne Lashley

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Ian Stewart has been found guilty of murdering his wife Diane in 2010 and sentenced to a whole life order

Double murderer Ian Stewart has whole life order reduced

Anne Suslak

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The driver was banned from the roads following an incident on the M11 between London and Cambridge in 2021

Essex Police

Man who was handed driving ban allegedly drove home from court

Will Durrant

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A total 49 motorcycle thefts were reported in Cambridgeshire between June 27 and July 23

Cambridgeshire Constabulary

Nearly 50 motorcycles stolen in Cambridgeshire in less than one month

Will Durrant

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Ian Stewart has been found guilty of murdering his wife Diane in 2010 and sentenced to a whole life order

Sons of murderer Ian Stewart set to inherit from mother's estate

Anne Suslak

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Officers at Hertfordshire Constabulary, the City of London Police and Action Fraud have issued warnings about WhatsApp scams

Hertfordshire Constabulary

Herts police warning following costly WhatsApp scams

Will Durrant

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A man from Melbourn has been sentenced to seven months in prison after strangling his girlfriend in a row over an Xbox

Peterborough Magistrates Court

Seven-month prison sentence for 25-year-old who strangled woman in Xbox row

Will Durrant

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A 4x4 which was traced to Ashwell, Hertfordshire after reports of hare coursing in nearby Wallington

Hertfordshire Constabulary

Surrey man charged with hare coursing in North Herts

Will Durrant

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The couple on their wedding day, holding Luna the pug.

RSPCA

Police launch investigation over death of newlywed's dog left in hot van...

Pearce Bates

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A sign at Harlow for the M11 for Cambridge and Stansted Airport

Essex Police

50+ drivers seen illegally using M11 hard shoulder after fatal crash

Will Durrant

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A green golf buggy on a gravel surface.

Cambridgeshire Constabulary

'Hooded thieves' stole three vehicles

Pearce Bates

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Custody image of Richard Newman.

Hertfordshire Constabulary

Herts sex offender assaulted victim while she slept

Pearce Bates

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Plastic, wood and metal were taken to Nuthampstead shooting ground to build an embankment that was ten metres high

Environment News

Former company boss fined after illegal waste dumped at quarry

Georgia Barrow

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Three Hertfordshire police officers were found to have used either racist, homophobic or sexist language in WhatsApp chats

Hertfordshire Constabulary

Herts police officers shared rape 'jokes' and bestiality porn on WhatsApp

Will Durrant

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Custody image of James Young.

Cambridgeshire Constabulary

Wanted burglar caught in Grafton Centre with 'hoard of stolen goods'

Pearce Bates

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Police in Hertfordshire said ATM users should phone the police on 101 if their card is "swallowed" following a spate of fraud

Hertfordshire Constabulary

Herts ATM users should 'phone 101' if cards are swallowed amid fraud spate

Will Durrant

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The pub, with red brick walls and large windows.

Hertfordshire Constabulary

Teen attacked couple with glasses at Royston pub

Pearce Bates

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A man in a grey cap and hoodie.

Hertfordshire Constabulary

Vehicles, greenhouse and fence 'smashed' in Royston

Pearce Bates

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A man in his 20s was stabbed at the Chesterton Recreation Ground, Cambridge (File picture)

Cambridgeshire Constabulary | Updated

Man in his 20s taken to hospital after stabbing near Cambridge ring road

Will Durrant

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Herts Police and Crime Commissioner David Lloyd has secured funding to help victims of sexual violence and domestic abuse

Domestic Abuse

Herts PCC receives £1.5 million fund to help domestic abuse victims

Harry Goodman

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Winston House, with stone walls and glass windows.

Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service

Arsonist jailed over care home fire which 'endangered life'

Pearce Bates

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Personal Safety Training for Herts Special Constable recruits.

Have you got what it takes to become a Special Constable?

Matt Adams

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Police are investigating the theft of sun cream worth £100 from Boots in Royston

Hertfordshire Constabulary

Sun cream to the value of £100 'stolen' from Royston Boots

Pearce Bates

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Officers in Cambridgeshire are urging anybody who may have seen these dogs to get in touch

Cambridgeshire Constabulary

Three dogs including pregnant Jack Russell stolen from Wimpole kennels

Will Durrant

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Some of the knives handed in across Hertfordshire during an amnesty.

Knife amnesty sees 310 blades surrendered across Herts

Matt Adams

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When Stephen Cody (pictured) was found, he drove his car at police officers in Queen Anne Terrace car park, Cambridge

Cambridge Crown Court

Cambridge: Police officer had surgery after sex offender drove car at them

Will Durrant

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PC Freddie Tomalin on patrol in Cambridge with Superintendent James Sutherland (right)

LGBTQ+

Superintendent dons rainbow helmet against hate crime on #IDAHOBIT

Will Durrant

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