It would probably have been less embarrassing if they’d called him a runt. Maybe they could even offer some explanation for suggesting he was a wunt (it’s a Herefordshire name for a mole). But accidentally mis-pronouncing the first letter of Culture Secr

MP Keith Vaz and Leicestershire Chief Constable Simon Cole are to meet Government minister Nick Herbert to discuss the cost of policing last weekend's English Defence League march. As previously reported by the Mercury, the Leicestershire force faces a b

DEARNE MP John Healey has accused the Policing Minister Nick Herbert of “stripping” South Yorkshire of police officers and asked him to rethink the cuts. The Labour politician pointed out that 119 South Yorkshire Police officers have been cut since the g

Robert Kaye is a Senior Parliamentary Adviser to Nick Herbert and a former adviser on justice at CCHQ. Bideford Town Council has been holding prayers at the start of each meeting since the reign of Queen Elizabeth the First. Prayers are usually led by a

AN ANGRY Labour MP has echoed allegations first revealed by the Birmingham Mail that gangs had taken over the running of the city’s newly-privatised jail. Selly Oak MP Steve McCabe was speaking in a parliamentary law and order debate on Wednesday when he

He said the statistics flew in the face of claims by Policing Minister Nick Herbert that offences were falling. He said: “It is deeply disappointing that at a time when crime is rising in York, the Government is cutting the number of police officers in N