Other UK News In Brief

Woman And Two Children Found Dead In Leicestershire

The bodies of a woman and two children have been found in a house in Shepshed. On Wednesday, Police arrived to a house on Garendon Road around 10pm after the alarm was raised by concerned relatives. Detectives are currently investigating the circumstances of the deaths. Formal identifications and post-mortem examinations will take place later.

Armed Robbers Target Driver

Detectives from Trident are appealing for information following an attempted armed robbery in Canning Town, east London on Monday. Police were called around 5.30pm following reports of shots fired at a woman sitting in her car on Ivy Road. The 22-year-old woman, carrying a day's takings for a local company, was returning to her car after visiting an address on the street when she noticed a group of approximately 20 men hanging around the area. As she continued getting into her car, two of the men, believed to be from the group, approached her vehicle. The woman managed to lock her car doors, preventing the men from gaining access to her vehicle. Both suspects then began banging on the glass windows, before the first suspect discharged a shotgun at the woman through the car window. The suspects, including the large group of men, then all made off down the alley in Ivy Road which leads to Butchers Row. The victim was taken by London Ambulance Service to an east London hospital with a small non-life-threatening wound to the back of the head. She remains in hospital. Suspect one is described as a black man aged between 18 - 20 years. He was wearing a red and white scarf and a black hoody. Suspect two, is described as a black man aged between 18 - 20 years. He had a short afro hair cut and short facial hair. He was wearing a dark blue adidas tracksuit with light blue stripes.

Police Challenge Youngsters To Make A Difference

This month for the first time Camden Police officers will join Islington officers in encouraging young people to start community projects as part of the Safer Neighbourhoods Annual Challenge (SNAC). The SNAC 2011 was launched by Choice FM DJ Abrantee, police officers from both boroughs, and a group of young students at Maria Fidelis School in Camden. As part of the SNAC, which runs from February 2011 to the end of May 2011, groups of young people are asked to identify issues in their communities, come up with problem solving ideas and then implement those solutions. In the summer each project will be judged by a panel and prizes are awarded to the projects which have had the greatest impact on their community. For the first time schools and youth groups in Camden will now be able to come up with ideas and organise their projects with funding and support from Safer Neighbourhoods officers. In June 2011 officers will hold an awards ceremony which has in the past been hosted by Choice FM presenters and attracted celebrities Myleene Klass and Beverley Knight.

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