Woman who died after being hit by car in Sheffield named - as boy, 12, held on suspicion of murder - Sky News

A woman who died after being hit by a car in Sheffield has been named by police following the arrest of a 12-year-old boy on suspicion of murder.

Marcia Grant, 60, was a "warm, loving and dedicated wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend and a pillar of her community", her family said.

Emergency crews were called to reports of a collision between a car and a woman in the Greenhill area of Sheffield at 7.10pm on Wednesday.

Ms Grant was pronounced dead at the scene.

The boy was found shortly afterwards and arrested on suspicion of murder as well as suspected possession of a knife.

Image: The car at the scene of the collision in Sheffield

Ms Grant's family said her death "has already sent shockwaves through all who knew her or [were] lucky enough to be included in her orbit".

"We ask for privacy at this time while further investigations are underway and the family try to come to terms with this enormous loss," they added.

Detective Chief Inspector Andrea Bowell, from South Yorkshire Police, said: "This will be a deeply distressing time for the families of those involved in this incident, and I would ask their privacy is respected as they seek to understand what has happened."

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Body of Newbold teenager missing since February found in quarry - BBC

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The body of a missing 17-year-old boy has been recovered from a quarry in Warwickshire.

Police divers found the body in Newbold Quarry, Rugby, on Thursday afternoon.

He was formally identified as Toby Burwell, who had been missing from his home in Newbold-on-Avon since 20 February.

His death is not currently being treated as suspicious, Warwickshire Police said.

A force spokesperson added: "Our thoughts remain with Toby's family and friends at this incredibly difficult time."

Police had been searching the water and land around Newbold Quarry since Toby's disappearance more than six weeks ago.

The 17-year-old was known to have previously gone swimming in the quarry at night.

Last week, Warwickshire Police said the evidence gathered strongly suggested Toby had got into difficulty while swimming in the quarry and never left the water.

"At present, the evidence we have gathered strongly supports the conclusion that Toby went to Newbold Quarry alone for a swim and that, tragically, he got into difficulty and remains in the water," Det Insp Gareth Unett said in a statement agreed with Toby's family at the time.

Specialist search officers, police divers, sonar and underwater drones had been used during the search operation, which was hampered by poor visibility and underwater hazards.

A file is now being prepared for the coroner, Warwickshire Police confirmed.

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Sheffield: Murder arrest of boy, 12, after woman hit by car - BBC

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A 12-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was struck and killed by a car in Sheffield.

The woman in her 60s died at the scene after being found seriously injured in the Greenhill area of the city at about 19:10 BST on Wednesday, police said.

The boy was found a short time later and arrested.

He was also arrested on suspicion of possession of a bladed article, South Yorkshire Police said.

The suspect remained in custody on Thursday, the force added.

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Yorkshire Ambulance Service and South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service also attended the scene, police said.

Det Ch Insp Andrea Bowell, from South Yorkshire Police, said: "This will be a deeply distressing time for the families of those involved in this incident, and I would ask their privacy is respected as they seek to understand what has happened."

Anybody with information is asked to get in touch with police, or via Crimestoppers.

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Half a dozen bouquets of flowers have been placed on Hemper Lane this afternoon.

A steady stream of people have been walking past a police officer standing guard at a small cordon outside a house on the street.

However, other than the police cars which are coming and going from the scene, the road is quiet.

A lot of people I've spoken to here don't want to talk about what happened.

But knowing that a woman died in their street last night, the community is clearly shocked.

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SNP latest news: Humza Yousaf hits out at 'conspiracy theory' on Peter Murrell's arrest - The Telegraph

Scotland's new First Minister on Thursday dismissed suggestions that police delayed arresting Nicola Sturgeon's husband until after the SNP leadership election as a "conspiracy theory".

Mr Murrell, the SNP's former chief executive, was arrested the previous day in connection to a long-running Police Scotland investigation into the spending of about £600,000 which was earmarked for independence campaigning. He was released without charge just before 7pm on Wednesday night, pending further investigation.

Speaking to journalists in a press conference at his Bute House residence, Humza Yousaf was questioned about the timing of the dramatic raid on the home Peter Murrell shares with his predecessor.

"To me that sounds like a conspiracy theory, that we were in cahoots with Police Scotland about the timing," Mr Yousaf said.

"The timing of any investigation is absolutely for Police Scotland, it's not determined by anybody else."

He added it was "very, very clear" the governance of the SNP had to be improved, but insisted he had faith in Colin Beattie as party treasurer.

Senior SNP figures had appeared to call into question the decision to hold the raids on Wednesday, and in the same week that Mr Yousaf, with the backing of the party establishment, narrowly won the leadership race over Kate Forbes.

It came as Ms Sturgeon pulled out of an event she was due to speak at on Thursday evening.

The former first minister had been due to take part in a conversation with Mexican diplomat Patricia Espinosa, former chair of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, at Edinburgh Science Festival, only for the festival to later confirm she would no longer be taking part.

Anas Sarwar, the Scottish Labour leader, claimed the SNP was "out of control" amid a police investigation into the party’s finances. 

"This is now a political party that is mired in scandal, mired in division, getting more and more out of touch by the day, focused on itself, talking to itself, about itself at a time when our country is in massive crisis, whether that is the NHS crisis or the economic crisis," he told TalkTV.

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Officers moved from serious crime to clean up Met Police - BBC

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Serving Met Police officers have been taken away from tackling serious crime and terrorism and instead told to investigate wrongdoing in the force.

Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said about 90 officers had been moved away from fighting serious and organised crime to the Met's professional standards team.

He has said there are hundreds of officers who shouldn't be in the force.

It comes after the force was branded as institutionally racist, homophobic and misogynistic in a damning report.

In an open letter to the Mayor of London and Home Secretary Suella Braverman, Sir Mark said officers had been diverted to the force's Directorate of Professional Standards (DPS).

"Not only have we increased our DPS by 150 people, but the scale and urgency of this work has meant diverting officers from other missions such as serious and organised crime and counter-terrorism," he wrote.

"Over the last three months we have had, on average, 90 additional officers and staff from these areas supporting DPS." Many had volunteered, he added.

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Sir Mark's letter updated the Met's efforts to weed out rogue officers. Vetting rules have been tightened, and in the next six months about 100 officers will have their status reviewed and "may well end up leaving the organisation", Sir Mark told BBC News.

He said it was the first step in "the biggest drive on professional standards in the Metropolitan Police in 50 years".

"We have hundreds of people who shouldn't be here and the tens of thousands of good men and women here are as embarrassed and angered by that as anybody, and they're helping us sort them out," he added.

It follows the murder of Sarah Everard by Met Police officer Wayne Couzens and the jailing of serial rapist and disgraced officer David Carrick.

A poll commissioned by BBC London found public confidence in the Met Police has been shattered.

Out of more than 1000 people surveyed, almost half of female respondents surveyed said they "totally distrusted" the Met following numerous controversies involving some of its officers.

'Boys' club'

Last month, a major review by Baroness Louise Casey branded the Met institutionally sexist, racist and homophobic, highlighting a "boys' club" culture.

In January, after Carrick's guilty plea, the Met announced plans to recheck more than 1,000 investigations into officers and other staff accused of domestic abuse and sexual violence in the 10 years to April 2022.

In the letter, Sir Mark says about four in five of the original inquiries did not result in the correct action and should be reassessed.

Of 1,131 individuals reinvestigated:

• 246 will face no formal action because correct action was taken at the time
• 689 will undergo a new assessment to pursue new or missed lines of inquiry, including possibly talking again to victims and witnesses
• 196 face formal risk management measures and potentially a review to determine if they should remain in the force

All of these cases will be reassessed by an independent panel of experts, the letter said.

However, one survivor told BBC News she has little confidence the Met can change.

Brooke, not her real name, complained to the force in 2021 about sexual violence and domestic abuse by a serving senior officer but says she got nowhere, explaining: "It was like banging your head against a brick wall."

'I still have flashbacks'

In 2020, Brooke, now 24, suffered rape, assaults and verbal abuse by an officer with whom she was in a relationship. When she became pregnant, he tried to stop her seeing her own family and wanted to control how she used her phone.

She eventually had a termination and escaped the relationship. "I still have flashbacks," she says.

But her complaints to the Met's professional standards department had no effect, and she says her abuser is still a police officer.

"All I've ever been met with is a wall of silence. They tried to brush everything under the carpet and that hasn't changed. No-one has ever made contact with me to say they were looking at anything again," Brooke told BBC News.

On the website Police Me Too, Brooke writes: "It's a broken system, set up to protect abusers."

Another survivor, Liz, who was abused by a serving officer as a 14-year-old in the 1990s, believes the Met is moving in the right direction.

She waived her right to anonymity to speak to BBC Breakfast's Jayne McCubbin. Her abuser, Anthony Smith, was jailed last August for raping and sexually assaulting three young girls.

Liz, who asked the BBC not to use her full name, said: "I do think that if the public can see that people are being sacked or they're being held to account for what they've done, we can move that forward, but it's a huge task to undertake."

Crucially, she hopes her example will encourage other survivors to come forward, saying: "If we talk about it, we can make a difference. If we pretend it doesn't happen, nothing's ever going to change."

The letter also reveals 161 Met officers have criminal convictions. Of these:

• 76 are for serious traffic offences such as drink-driving
• 49 are for dishonesty or violence.
• eight committed the offences as police officers and are still with the force
• three have convictions for sexual offences

The Chairman of London's Police and Crime Committee Susan Hall said Sir Mark's findings showed that "things are going to get much worse before they get better".

She told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that she was "pleased" Sir Mark was "taking action".

She added: "We must get trust and confidence back in our police service".

Sir Mark said he was considering banning anyone with convictions, other than the most minor, from the force.

Other measures include checking the records of all of the Met's 50,000 employees against the Police National Database.

The 10,000 checked so far reveal 38 potential cases of misconduct and 55 cases of off-duty association with a criminal.

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Nicola Sturgeon – latest: Peter Murrell released without charge as ex-SNP leader to ‘fully co-operate’ - The Independent

Nicola Sturgeon's husband Peter Murrell arrested in SNP finance probe

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Former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell has been released without charge after he was quizzed in connection to an investigation into the SNP’s finances.

Mr Murrell, 58, who is the husband of the former Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon, was in police custody for almost 12 hours following his arrest on Wednesday.

Ms Sturgeon said in a statement that she had “no prior knowledge of Police Scotland’s action or intentions” when her husband was arrested.

However, she said she will “fully co-operate if required” with the police.

The arrest on Wednesday related to a long-running police investigation into the spending of about £600,000 earmarked for Scottish independence campaigning.

Mr Murrell stepped down as the SNP’s chief executive last month following a controversy about misleading information being given to journalists over the party’s membership numbers.

It came just weeks after Ms Sturgeon herself stood down from the top job in Scotland.

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Police continue search of Nicola Sturgeon’s home after husband released

Police continue search of Nicola Sturgeon and Peter Murrell's house after husband released

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Police vans parked outside Sturgeons home

Three police vans were parked outside the Glasgow home of Nicola Sturgeon and Peter Murrell on Thursday morning, with two uniformed officers stationed outside.

A large blue tent remains in place in the front garden of the property, which has been screened off with blue police screens.

The house and garden remain cordoned off with police tape.

Maryam Zakir-Hussain6 April 2023 08:15

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Nicola Sturgeon faces questions after husband arrested in SNP finance investigation

“Big questions” are to be asked of the SNP leadership, Labour said on Wednesday, after Nicola Sturgeon’s husband Peter Murrell was arrested as part of the ongoing investigation into party finances.

The 58-year-old, who quit as the party’s chief executive last month, was taken into custody and questioned as officers and forensic experts, some carrying shovels, searched the couple’s South Lanarkshire home and back garden.

Ms Sturgeon has come under pressure to reveal whether she knew about an impending arrest before her shock resignation in February – at which time she cited the pressures of almost a decade in the job – amid reports that senior party figures were interviewed by police in the days before she stood down.

Shweta Sharma6 April 2023 08:00

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Investigation into SNP not the reason for Sturgeon’s resignation, says Yousaf

Scotland’s First Minister has said he does not believe the investigation into the SNP’s finances was the reason for his predecessor’s resignation.

Speaking to the PA news agency on Wednesday, just hours after the arrest, Humza Yousaf said: “I believe her very much when she says how exhausted she was.

“I think anybody who watched her over the course of the pandemic during those daily briefings, day after day, I think anybody could understand how exhausting that is.

“So, no, I don’t think (Peter Murrell’s arrest) is the reason why Nicola Sturgeon stood down.”

Humza Yousaf was speaking to the PA news agency in the hours after Peter Murrell’s arrest

Maryam Zakir-Hussain6 April 2023 07:40

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Nicola Sturgeon faces questions after husband arrested in SNP finance investigation

“Big questions” are to be asked of the SNP leadership, Labour said on Wednesday, after Nicola Sturgeon’s husband Peter Murrell was arrested as part of the ongoing investigation into party finances.

The 58-year-old, who quit as the party’s chief executive last month, was taken into custody and questioned as officers and forensic experts, some carrying shovels, searched the couple’s South Lanarkshire home and back garden.

Ms Sturgeon has come under pressure to reveal whether she knew about an impending arrest before her shock resignation in February – at which time she cited the pressures of almost a decade in the job – amid reports that senior party figures were interviewed by police in the days before she stood down.

Maryam Zakir-Hussain6 April 2023 07:20

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Ex-first minister Alex Salmond says he is sad what SNP has become

Former SNP leader Alex Salmond reacted to Peter Murrell’s arrest, saying he is sad to see what is happening to the party.

Mr Salmond who leads the Alba party, was the leader of SNP from 2004 to 2014, at a time when Mr Murrell was a chief executive.

“Look, I led the SNP for a long time so I’m very sad about what’s happening to it and indeed about what it’s become, but we should remember the cause for independence and the case for it has never been stronger,” he said when in Edinburgh.

“And that’s what myself and Alba concentrate on putting forward.”

Shweta Sharma6 April 2023 07:03

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Operation Branchform: Timeline of police probe into SNP finances

The probe into £660,000 raised specifically for Scottish independence campaigning was launched after it was alleged money had been diverted from “ring-fenced” fund – sparking the exit of several senior people from the SNP.

The Independent takes a closer look at how the story of the finance inquiry and Mr Murrell’s arrest unfolded:

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Video shows police pitch tent outside Sturgeon’s home before arrest

Several police vehicles were seen parked outside the Glasgow home of Peter Murrell and Nicola Sturgeon and a blue police tent was erected in the front garden.

The blue tarp was apparently put to screen the house from view and a police cordon was put in place around the property.

Moments later Mr Murrell was taken into custody and quizzed by police in connection with the ongoing investigation into the funding and finances of the Scottish National Party.

Shweta Sharma6 April 2023 06:00

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Who is Peter Murrell? Nicola Sturgeon’s husband arrested over SNP finance probe

For almost a decade Peter Murrell and Nicola Sturgeon were the husband and wife team in charge of the SNP.

But now Mr Murrell is at the centre of an SNP finance investigation and has been arrested by Police Scotland in connection with the ongoing probe into the party’s financing.

Police Scotland said a 58-year-old man is in custody and is being questioned by detectives.

Read Thomas Kingsley’s detailed report.

Shweta Sharma6 April 2023 05:03

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SNP leader says difficult day for the party following arrest

First minister and Scottish National Party leader Humza Yousaf said Peter Murrell’s arrest was a difficult day for the party.

“My reaction, as you’d imagine, much like anybody involved in the SNP, is that this is a difficulty for the party,” he told broadcasters.

“But, again, I’d just reiterate and emphasise it’s so important for me not to comment on a live police investigation and be seen to prejudice that in any way, shape or form.”

He added he will wait to see what comes at the conclusion of that police investigation.

He also denied that the arrest of Mr Murrell, who is the husband of former first minister Nicola Sturgeon, was linked to her resignation last month.

Shweta Sharma6 April 2023 04:01

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Exposed: How Tory MP offered to lobby for gambling investors - The Times

A Tory MP offered to table parliamentary questions, leak a confidential policy document and lobby ministers on behalf of gambling industry investors who proposed paying him thousands of pounds a month, an undercover investigation for The Times has found.

Scott Benton, the MP for Blackpool South, was prepared to help an investment fund influence policymakers and obtain “behind the scenes” information despite rules prohibiting MPs from lobbying in return for payment.

He was secretly filmed by undercover reporters posing as investors with interest in the betting and gaming industry who were looking for an adviser.

During a meeting at a central London hotel early last month, Benton outlined how he was willing to use his position to help their business and try to water down

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