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'The promise of reform which the Green Paper heralds holds much for the public and Service alike; local policing, customised to local need with authentic answerability, strengthened accountabilities at force level through reforms to police authorities and HMIC, performance management at the service of localities with targets and plans tailored to local needs, the end of centrally-engineered one size fits all initiatives, an intelligent approach to cutting red tape through redesign of processes and cultures, a renewed emphasis on strategic development so as to better equip our service to meet the amorphous challenges of managing cross force harms, risks and opportunities.'
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A dog gets confused when it sees a cat on the computer that's also sat in the room.
Scientists have discovered a mega-colony of ants that have colonised much of the world.
Originally from South America, the Argentine ants (Linepithema humile) have been introduced to all continents apart from Antarctica.
These introduced Argentine ants are renowned for forming large colonies, and for becoming a significant pest, attacking native animals and crops.
In Europe, one vast colony of Argentine ants is thought to stretch for 6,000km (3,700 miles) along the Mediterranean coast, while another in the US, known as the "Californian large", extends over 900km (560 miles) along the coast of California. A third huge colony exists on the west coast of Japan.
While ants are usually highly territorial, those living within each super-colony are tolerant of one another, even if they live tens or hundreds of kilometres apart.Each super-colony, however, was thought to be quite distinct.
But it now appears that billions of Argentine ants around the world all actually belong to one single global mega-colony.
A flight had to be diverted after a man suffering from bi-polar disorder stripped naked. Two off-duty police officers were on board who subdued the man whilst it was being diverted. Read more.
Classic arcade games recreated with Lego.
This video shows an example of an 'iPhone' from China. They've done a pretty good job of copying the hardware and the software looks similar but is almost unusable. More at Wired.
A collection of Lego art made by New York-based artist Nathan Sawaya.
A Dresser Crab dons some pearls to avoid being seen.
That's a world record that he can keep to himself!
Footage of a flash mob at Liverpool Street, London. The aim was to get a large group of people to do the moonwalk but appears to be a large group of people watching a few people dancing.