britain, what do you think of it? do you still have trust in the police? are you getting what you need from the police? give us a call, give us a text. we will about that. right now, here is the news. a 15 year old boy who died after being followed by police whilst riding an e bike has been named locally as saul cookson. the incident happened yesterday afternoon in salford. he collided with an ambulance. north west ambulance service has told the bbc the vehicle was moving at the time, but it was not on an active call. the incident has been referred to the independent office for police conduct. the chief inspector of constabulary, andy cooke, has warned public trust in policing is hanging by a thread. he s blamed a series of scandals and the failure to get the basics right. mr cooke wants to have the ability to order police forces to make changes when there are serious public safety concerns. the treasury says the windfall tax on energy firms will remain until march 2028. but
hello. i m matthew amroliwala. welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. i want to just return to the breaking news with uk politics first of all, because the news in the last few minutes that nadine dorries her so she is standing down as an mp with immediate effect, tweeting it has been an honour to serve her mid bedfordshire constituency. the backdrop to this story of course is that we wait for the former prime minister, borisjohnson s resignation honours list, and that has been much delayed around the controversies with some of the names that have been suggested over the months, and also of course the former prime minister s behaviour whilst he was in office and all of that being investigated, but this seems to fit the choreography, because if we wait for that list, she would end up being in the house of lords if she is on that resignation honours list, so nadine dorries saying she is standing down as an mp with immed
Lancashire Road Police say officers attended the scene and seized the bike. The rider and his passenger managed to flee the scene, but not before the pair had been identified by the force.
Police stat shows that 260 electric powered bicycles were seized by officers last year, double the 130 confiscated in 2022 and four times as many as the 61 which were taken in the year before.