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Madeleine mccann disappearance.

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Sentencing Wayne Couzens to a whole-life term, the judge said he had eroded confidence in the police.

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The taxi driver who survived the Liverpool terror attack has said it is a "miracle that I'm alive" in his first statement since the explosion on Remembrance Sunday.

David Perry and his wife Rachel have thanked the public for their "amazing generosity" in the wake of the outside Liverpool Women's Hospital on 14 November.

In a statement released by the police, Mr Perry said: "On behalf of myself, Rachel and our family, we would like to say thank you to everyone for all your get well wishes and for your amazing generosity. We are completely overwhelmed with it.

"A special thanks to the staff at the Liverpool Women's Hospital, the staff and medical team at Aintree Hospital, Merseyside Police and Counter Terrorism Policing, who have all been amazing.

"I feel like it's a miracle that I'm alive and so thankful that no one else was injured in such an evil act. I now need time to try to come to terms with what's happened and focus on my recovery both mentally and physically.

"Please be kind, be vigilant and stay safe."

Mr Perry managed to escape when a suspected terrorist device exploded in his car on Remembrance Sunday.

On Friday, counter-terror police confirmed that the bomb contained ball bearings and could have caused "significant injury or death".

Merseyside Police were called at 10.59am on 14 November to reports of a car explosion at Liverpool Women's Hospital.

Mr Perry's taxi, carrying 32-year-old Emad al Swealmeen, had pulled up to the hospital and exploded shortly afterwards.

Al Swealmeen, who had been picked up from the Rutland Avenue area and asked to be taken to the hospital about 10 minutes away, died at the scene.

Earlier this week, assistant chief constable Russ Jackson, head of Counter Terrorism Policing North West, formally identified Al Swealmeen as the person who died in the explosion at Liverpool Women's Hospital.

He said Al Swealmeen is believed to have been born in Iraq and most recently lived at Rutland Avenue - and appeared to have made an improvised device that caused the explosion.

Mr Perry has been discharged from hospital after running from his vehicle moments after the attack.

Posting on Facebook on Monday, Mr Perry's wife Rachel called her husband's escape "an utter miracle" and said he is "lucky to be alive".

Ms Perry thanked friends for their messages and said her husband was "extremely sore and just trying to process what's happened".

"The explosion happened whilst he was in the car and how he managed to escape is an utter miracle," she wrote.

"He certainly had some guardian angels looking after him."

Speaking to reporters earlier this week, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Mr Perry had apparently acted with "incredible presence of mind and bravery", and Liverpool's mayor praised him for diverting "what could have been an absolutely awful disaster" by locking the taxi's doors.

But Ms Perry's statement on Monday appeared to dampen reports that Mr Perry had acted heroically, stating: "There are a lot of rumours flying round about him being a hero and locking the passenger inside the car... but the truth of the matter is, he is without a doubt lucky to be alive."

She added: "Let's pray this doesn't happen to anyone else."

A CCTV video captured the moment of the explosion.

It shows the cab slowly pulling up yards from reception and a violent blast sending white smoke and debris shooting into the air as soon as it stops.

Emerging from the smoke, Mr Perry runs from the driver's side door as a man in a yellow hi-vis vest dashes to help.

The vehicle is then engulfed in flames, but luckily at the moment of explosion the area appears deserted apart from some parked cars.

Police said on Wednesday that they believe he began making "relevant purchases" for his attack in April.

They are also investigating "episodes of mental illness" that he's believed to have had.

His brother has been interviewed to gain an "insight" into the 32-year-old's state of mind.

Al Swealmeen, an asylum seeker who had converted to Christianity, reportedly arrived in the UK from the Middle East in 2014 and had an application for asylum rejected the following year, but had a fresh appeal ongoing at the time of his death.

The UK's terror threat level has been raised to severe - meaning an attack is "highly likely" - though police have stressed there is no specific intelligence another attack is imminent.

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Liverpool terror attack: 'It's a miracle I'm alive' - Taxi driver who survived explosion condemns 'evil act'

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The taxi driver who survived the Liverpool terror attack has said it is a "miracle that I'm alive" in his first statement since the explosion on Remembrance Sunday. David Perry and his wife Rachel have thanked the public for their "amazing generosity" in the wake of the outside Liverpool Women's Hospital on 14 November.

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Neville Lawrence, father of Stephen Lawrence, after a meeting with Theresa May in March 2014 to discuss the SDS spying on his family. Photograph: Philip Toscano/PA

Police officers running an intelligence operation that covertly infiltrated hundreds of political groups exaggerated the achievements of their unit, a top-level police report has found.

An internal inquiry uncovered evidence that the managers of the secretive Scotland Yard unit, known as the Special Demonstration Squad (SDS), clearly exaggerated the value of the intelligence gathered by its undercover officers.

The inquiry suggested the SDS embellished the importance and success of the unit to obtain public funding.

The inquiry's findings were sent to the Metropolitan police commissioner, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, last year but have been kept secret until now.

The disclosure adds to the criticism surrounding the clandestine infiltration of at least 460 political groups by more than 100 undercover officers over more than four decades.

Undercover officers have been found to have formed long-term intimate relationships with women during their missions, gathered intelligence about the relatives of the murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence and other grieving families campaigning for justice, and concealed evidence in court cases.

Many of the undercover spies secretly stole the identities of dead children to help develop their fake personas, without consulting or informing the children's parents.
Police spies stole identities of dead children
On Wednesday, the senior judge heading a public inquiry into the covert infiltration of political groups since 1968 is to hold a hearing to help determine whether the police have a duty to inform these parents that their dead children's identities were stolen by undercover officers.

So far, the names of only a handful of officers who adopted the identity of a dead child have been been exposed. However a ruling in favour of openness could potentially lead to the identification of many more.

The public inquiry, led by Lord Justice Pitchford, was set up by the home secretary, Theresa May, to scrutinise what she has called the undercover spies' " significant failings of judgment, intrusive supervision and leadership over a sustained period".

Pitchford's inquiry has been holding preliminary hearings before embarking on its substantive sessions.

Revelations about the conduct of the undercover officers began to emerge in 2010 after investigations by political activists and journalists.

Police chiefs were forced to set up an internal inquiry in 2013, headed by Mick Creedon, Derbyshire's chief constable, to examine the activities of the undercover spies. Critics have dismissed is inquiry as being insufficiently independent, a claim denied by the police.

In February last year, Creedon sent a "restricted" report to Hogan-Howe outlining the progress of his inquiry. A partial version of the report has been released to the Guardian following a freedom of information request.

In one section, Creedon wrote: "Evidence of SDS managers clearly exaggerating the involvement of SDS officers and the value of their intelligence has been discovered and certainly for the first two decades of the unit there was an annual report to the commissioner [of the Metropolitan Police] and the Home Office to ensure continued funding."

He added: "This would not be the only occasion where members of a unit embellished their importance and success in order to secure finance." Creedon did not cite any examples of what he thought had been exaggerated.

Creedon said the SDS had been set up in 1968 with the original remit to gather intelligence about leftwing groups and individuals "who were seen to be attempting to subvert the state".
Police spy: 'I thought, how would they feel about their son's name being used'
He added: "However world political events dictated that the unit included groups covering the extreme rightwing and animal rights."

In 2013, following reports in the Guardian, Hogan-Howe issued a general apology for the theft of dead children's identities by the undercover officers. However, he refused to tell any parents of the affected families if the identities of their children had been stolen, arguing that he wanted to protect the undercover officers from being exposed.

His apology for the "shock and offence the use of this tactic has caused" came on the day Creedon published a report outlining how at least 42 undercover officers had used the identities of children who had died young, usually between the ages of eight and 14.

The undercover officers spent hours searching through official birth and death certificates to locate suitable candidates so that they could create a plausible backstory for the fake identity they used during their time under cover, usually around five years.

Undercover police and policing
The officers often visited the home where the child was born to familiarise themselves with the surroundings. They were issued with official documents, such as passports and driving licences, in the names of the dead children in case suspicious activists started to investigate them.

One undercover officer, Peter Francis, who infiltrated anti-racist groups for four years, has described how he felt as if he was "stomping on the grave" of the four-year-old boy whose identity he used.

The Met said on Tuesday that Creedon's inquiry, known as Operation Herne, had "carried out a thorough investigation into the operation of the SDS. The finding highlighted in this Herne report speaks for itself.

"Operation Herne has also led Chief Constable Mick Creedon to speak publicly about the brave and innovative operations carried out by the SDS, and those courageous operatives who undoubtedly helped save lives over many years."

The Met said it was providing full support to the public inquiry.

Fresh concerns over unit already under fire for spying on Stephen Lawrence's family and stealing dead children's identities

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Former undercover officer Peter Francis, then still using an alias, described in 2013 how he stole the identity of a dead boy

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Met's undercover unit 'exaggerated its success to secure funds'

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Police officers running an intelligence operation that covertly infiltrated hundreds of political groups exaggerated the achievements of their unit, a top-level police report has found. An internal inquiry uncovered evidence that the managers of the secretive Scotland Yard unit, known as the Special Demonstration Squad (SDS), clearly exaggerated the value of the intelligence gathered by its undercover officers.

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https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20140515-when-two-tribes-went-to-war