An effigy of a boat containing mannequins of migrants was set alight in the village of Moygashel on Thursday, in an incident condemned by political and religious leaders as racist and threatening.

Two people are dead following a shooting at a business in Arlington Thursday morning in what police believe was an isolated incident between individuals who knew each other.

A former Devon and Cornwall Police officer has been sentenced for forming an inappropriate relationship with a woman he met while on duty. Martyn Newitt, 39, from Liskeard, Cornwall, admitted misconduct in a public office and causing a computer to perform a function with intent to secure unauthorised access to a programme data, the court heard.

Police are reportedly looking into the golf course brawl where former NHL player Nick Tarnasky threw a man into a lake.

A McDonald's manager was stabbed to death at work by an employee after an argument at a Detroit-area restaurant on Thursday, police have said. The victim has been named as Jennifer Harris, a 36-year-old mother-of-six who had worked at the Eastpointe McDonald's, on 9 Mile and Schroeder Avenue, for 15 years.

A sinking boat is saved, a man in a pickle costume gives an impromptu concert, and other odd tales from local police and fire departments.

After arrests in Quebec, a Canadian police official's comments linking traditional values to radicalization drew criticism, leading to an official clarification.

The former Metropolitan Police commissioner, Lord Ian Blair, has died at the age of 72. The crossbench peer and senior police officer led the UK's largest force between 2005 and 2008, including during the 7/7 suicide bombings in London.