A blue plaque honouring the first female police officer with the power of arrest has been unveiled in the Lincolnshire town where she worked.
Midwife Edith Smith came to Grantham in 1915 to help tackle prostitution after the billeting of 14,000 soldiers in the area during World War One.
She resigned from the force in 1918 and died five years later, having dealt with more than 380 incidents. – READ MORE
