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Nottinghamshire Leads The Way As Women Celebrate 100 Years In The Police Force

                  This year marks the 100th anniversary of women in the police force. Crime Correspondent Ellie Cullen looks at how attitudes have changed. When Edith Smith became the first woman to be given the power to arrest in 1915, she wasn’t even allowed to vote. Instead of […]

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