Police database to hit 1m searches 10 years after Soham

It is 10 years since the bodies of murdered schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman were found buried in a shallow grave near a Suffolk airbase. Their deaths at the hands of Ian Huntley sparked a major investigation after it emerged the school caretaker had previously faced allegations of rape and under-age sex.

Now, ahead of Friday's 10th anniversary of the girls' bodies being found, one of the key recommendations of the Bichard Inquiry that followed the double murder is approaching a major landmark. The Police National Database (PND), set up last year to ensure convicts and suspects could not hide across county borders, is set to hit one million searches.

Federation lead praises Olympic officers ‘positivity’

The friendly and happy to help style of policing seen during the London Olympics is ‘how policing used to be’, the Police Federation’s lead on the Games said this week.

John Coppen was full of praise for the ‘huge amount of positivity’ coming from officers across England and Wales who policed the Olympics.

Officers from across the country ha...

ve been widely praised for their part in keeping the Games safe and secure.

‘There is a feel good fact out there and that is reflected across the police service as well,’ said Mr Coppen.

‘The fact that everything has gone so well in the Games has given everything that little edge. Touch wood there have been very little in the way of conduct issues… it couldn’t have gone any better.