Tag: vera baird
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Commissioner Welcomes Firearms Licensing Fee Increase
Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner Vera Baird has welcomed the announced increase in firearms licensing fees. The Home Office announced the increases on Thursday which are said to create a fairer and more effective system for forces, licence holders and the general public. The increases will be applied to new and renewals of firearms and…
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COMMISSIONER WELCOMES HMIC REPORT – VULNERABLE CHILDREN AND ADULTS NEED CARE, NOT CUSTODY.
Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner Vera Baird has welcomed an HMIC report which finds that children need care, not custody. In January 2014, the Home Secretary commissioned HMIC to conduct a thematic inspection on the welfare of vulnerable people in police custody. The inspection looked at a number of areas which included those with mental…
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Vera Baird addressing national conference on the Investigation and Prosecution of Rape
Northumbria’s Police & Crime Commissioner, Vera Baird QC, will be addressing a national conference in London on Wednesday 28th January, which will be focusing on the Investigation and Prosecution of Rape. The conference, which is being hosted by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), will hear from experts in this field, including Director of Public Prosecution,…
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Northumbria Police – Top 100 employer for LGBT people.
Northumbria Police has been recognised as one of the top 100 employers for lesbian, gay and bisexual people in Britain. The news, which was welcomed by Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner Vera Baird, comes as it was revealed Northumbria Police ranked 85th in the 2015 Stonewall Workplace Equality Index – the first time the force…
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RSPB PRESS RELEASE – Police Commissioner fund helps protect Northumberland wildlife sanctuary
PRESS RELEASE – Police Commissioner fund helps protect Northumberland wildlife sanctuary A community fund, set up by Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner Vera Baird QC, has awarded the RSPB a grant of £2,000 to help prevent wildlife crime at its Coquet Island reserve. Situated a mile off the coast of Amble, Northumberland, Coquet Island is…
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Open Letter to Mike Ashley re Ched Evans.
Open letter from: Vera Baird QC, Police & Crime Commissioner for Northumbria To: Mr Mike Ashley, Sports Direct Mr Mike Ashley Newcastle United Football Club St James Park Newcastle upon Tyne 5th January 2015. Dear Mr Ashley, I am writing to you following media speculation that Oldham Athletic Football Club has…
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The unacceptable situation at Yarl’s Wood calls for an independent inquiry.
It is right that Labour has committed to hold an inquiry. Photo: Getty: A security guard at the gates of Yarl\’s Wood. Yvette Cooper, the shadow home secretary, is right to have pledged the next Labour government to hold an inquiry into allegations about events at…
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Women & Girls Football Derby
Girls from John Spence Community High School in North Shields represented Newcastle United Foundation against Biddick College in Sunderland in a 7v7 football match. The game was organised as part of the FA Women & Girls programme and Building Bridges supported by Vera Baird, Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner in the build-up to this week’s…
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Leading Labour’s commitment to women at the next General Election – Northumbria’s Police & Crime Commissioner
Vera Baird QC, Police & Crime Commissioner for Northumbria, will today release the findings of a report which will influence the next Labour Government’s agenda on delivering for women across the north east and United Kingdom. In 2011 the Labour Party asked Vera Baird to lead ‘Everywoman Safe Everywhere’ Commission and come up with recommendations…
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Vera’s View – Changes to police bail.
The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 gave police the power to bail someone who has been arrested while they investigate an allegation. Its authors could never have imagined that today there would be an estimated 70,000 people on police bail and that 5,000 of those have been on bail for more than 6 months.…