Senior police officers have signalled that the era of routine patrols by "bobbies on the beat" has come to an end. The comments have been made by the chairwoman of the National Police Chiefs' Council ...

Today, in the politics of offering a better yesterday, Labour is promising to put more bobbies on the beat. It is the time of year for it because local elections are coming up, outside the big cities.

Call for more neighbourhood policing comes amid pressures to deploy officers to deal with surge in eco-protesters such as Just Stop Oil Charles Hymas is the Home Affairs Editor at The Telegraph. He ...