Analysis of inspection reports published by His Majesty s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) reveals that 22 out of 43 in England and Wales were rated inadequate or requiring improvement .
Forces gave up on investigations into 2,306,623 reported crimes in the year to June, including hundreds of thousands of violent offences and burglaries, Home Office figures show.
Charge rates for car thefts, stealing from a vehicle and interference with a vehicle dropped from almost eight per cent in 2019 to just 5.08 per cent last year.
A wanted man from Ukraine who was about to fly to London has been arrested at Alicante-Elche airport.
A National Police spokesman explained that they had been acting on an international arrest warrant issued by the courts in Hungary.
The suspect faces charges of fraud, swindling, document forg