Funding for capital police force
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Lothian and Borders Police receives Â£600,000 in funding to tackle the "unique" pressures of capital policing.
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Fairfax County Executive Anthony H. Griffin  proposed a $3.3 billion budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1. Highlights:
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The government is to offer more financial support to potential private sector buyers of Northern Rock.
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Controversial plans are agreed to spend 200,000 on a '"profligate" mounted unit for North Wales Police.
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By Tony Henderson  A new fund is expected to become a major source of backing for green projects in Northumberland and Tyne and Wear.   Nearly pounds 500,000 has been pledged, with priority given to practical projects which have the greatest environmental impact.
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THE Australian Olympic Committee today announced funding of more than $17 million to prepare Australian athletes for the Beijing Olympics.
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Gov. Ernie Fletcher, mired in a yearlong hiring probe, can create a fund to accept donations to help pay his legal fees from criminal charges that were dismissed, an ethics panel said Friday.
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BRUSSELS, Dec. 7 (IPS) - The police can be your friend, but the friendship  often has to be paid for: more than half of Africans and one in  three Latin Americans who have had contact with police officers  in the past 12 months have paid a bribe at least once, says a  Transparency International survey.
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BELFAST - Police have confirmed that more than Â£22 million ($60 million) was stolen from the National Australia Bank-owned Northern Bank in Belfast and that they are investigating the possibility the theft was carried out by paramilitaries.
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An attempt to merge police forces in the east of England cost more than Â£1m, the BBC learns.
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Liberal Democrats plan 'minimum policing guarantees' so communities know how many officers they will have.
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By Michael Biesecker, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Sep. 19--DURHAM -- Over the past two years, Mayor Bill Bell has championed a Neighborhood Revitalization Fund that set aside $412,428 in taxpayer money to support private projects in some of the city's poorest neighborhoods.
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A police initiative which saw burglary rates dip by 83% is set to be taken up by other forces in England and Wales.
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By Mark Ginocchio And Doug Dalena, The Stamford Advocate, Conn.  Dec. 14--Millions of dollars worth of transportation, environmental and public safety projects in lower Fairfield County could lose federal funding if a congressional Democratic budget proposal is approved.
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Central Square in Lynn should be looking a bit brighter. New sidewalks, curbs, fences, lights, landscaping, and road improvements are planned for the Gateway Artisan Block, a key area of the square, with $830,000 in state grant money given to Lynn last week.
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Community Support Officers are to get detention powers despite mixed findings about their effectiveness.
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A Â£500m fund for councils which build more homes is announced by the government.