Broken Yard: The Fall of the Metropolitan Police

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Great British Bake Off fans slam result after 'most marketable' contestant Matty wins as they claim Josh was robbed of being named champion The new commissioner has already announced that there will now be major changes at the Met, with an increase in the number of officers in the directorate of professional standards (DPS), the squad responsible for rooting out corruption and dodgy behaviour. A copy of Broken Yard should also now be on his bedside table. A News Corp analysis of the effects of a broad corporate charge warned that the consequences could “kill the corporation and 46,000 jobs would be in jeopardy”. Executives were worried about the conglomerate’s ability to operate in the US if the serious corporate charges envisaged by Akers were brought against the company in London. Broken Yard could hardly be more timely. Harper examines key episodes from the Met’s recent history, with frank contributions from insiders, in a book that should be essential reading for the new commissioner.” Duncan Campbell, The Observer The prize is clearly stated on the social media post and is as stated, there is no cash or other alternatives offered. The prizes are not transferable. Prizes are subject to availability and we reserve the right to substitute any prize with another of equivalent value without giving notice.

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Now the scandal had forced the Met to open a new investigation. There was a snag, of course. The UK’s laws protect material gathered for the purposes of journalism. Brendan Fraser is in high spirits as stops to chat with a colleague after enjoying lunch at a popular Italian spot in New York City NI’s London lawyers pleaded with the Met and the CPS not to prosecute the company as it would not be in the ‘public interest’ to put thousands of jobs at risk. Gerson Zweifach, the American group general counsel of News Corp, flew to London to join emergency talks in Tower 42. Elizabeth Hurley, 58, flashes a hint of cleavage in a plunging sequinned blazer as she enjoys a night out with pals at swanky hotspot Oswald's The title of your book is Broken Yard. Do you think the Met Police needs a system reboot or more structural hardware replacement?

Broken Yard is a riveting, eye-opening account of corruption, racism and mismanagement inside Britain’s most famous police force. The book charts Scotland Yard’s fall from a position of unparalleled power to the troubled and discredited organisation we see today, barely trusted by its Westminster masters and struggling to perform its most basic function: the protection of the public. Lucy Panton, the former crime editor of the News of the World, was put through two trials and nineteen months on police bail. She said she had been “completely hung out to dry” by a company which she had loyally served for a decade. “When my daughter Lily was born she was very ill and on a life support machine. I was made to work by her bedside after her second and third operations. The loyalty I had shown to the company meant nothing.” But Panton, who is married to a police officer, was even more furious at the betrayal of her sources: