Over 500 officers trained to use new facial recognition mobile app
11:49 15/07/2025The mobile phone app allows officer to confirm the identity of an unknown person with the touch of a button.
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The mobile phone app allows officer to confirm the identity of an unknown person with the touch of a button.
A man, reportedly wearing dark clothing, left a shop in Somerton Road after making threats to the owner before heading towards the bridge over the railway line.
Mark Hobrough has 29 years’ service, including four years with Gwent Police, and has acted as temporary Chief Constable since August 2024.
We’re appealing for witnesses after a road traffic collision on Portskewett Street, Newport, at around 12.50am on Sunday 17 November.
Four boys, two aged 16 and two aged 17, have appeared before Newport Magistrates Court and all were remanded into custody after a reported assault on Thursday 7 November.
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