Former Flying Squad commander John O'Connor accused the Met of having "no tactics and nowhere near enough people" at the scene.

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One of Manifold's most famous stories was the revelation in 1972 that the then head of the Flying Squad, Commander Kenneth Drury, had been on holiday with a pornographer.

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The nine players from the Performance squad flying to Abu Dhabi include Kent's Amjad Khan and Lancashire's Sajid Mahmood, who had been added to the one-day squad as cover for injuries before the tour was halted.

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On a day when they would normally be kicking off for their club sides, the players in Hope Powell's squad will be flying to Macau to acclimatise for the finals in China.

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Newport Gwent Dragons lock Luke Charteris is also a replacement after flying in to replace Davies in the squad after the Cardiff Blue chipped a bone in his neck against the Canucks.

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Petersen met with the Glamorgan squad for the first time this week, flying in after the culmination of the drawn Test series between South Africa and India, in which he averaged 34 runs.

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