With flying eclairs, falling beds and exploding buses, the anarchic antics of Rick, Vyvyan, Neil and Mike shoved alternative comedy into the mainstream. Forty years on, we ask the show’s creators how they pulled it off
Wiltshire Police is believed to be the first force in the country to give their PCSOs the power to request a rod licence from people who are fishing. Chief Constable Kier Pritchard said: “Within Wiltshire, our rural crime team is one of the only teams nationally to submit ‘disruption reports’ relating to organised crime gangs, recognising that offences such as hare coursing and poaching are often entwined with their other criminal behaviours. I am immensely proud of the targeted work they are undertaking and the outcomes that they are achieving.” “Legislation changes over the last few years have enabled Chief Constables to be more creative with the ‘policing powers’ that they can designate to their police staff working in roles such as a PCSO. This allows us to better respond to new or emerging threats to society. I am pleased that this power, which is normally only something that Police Officers can do, can now also be granted to PCSOs.