The boss of a bus company which suddenly stopped running services has confirmed the firm has gone into administration. Wesley Goodwin, owner of Little Gem Buses, blamed soaring costs and the rise in working from home for the firm's demise.
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Two more police officers have been disciplined following an investigation into a 'racist' police WhatsApp group, it has emerged.
One was given a written warning while another received 'management' advice. Three other cops were also investigated but did not face disciplinary action as they had 'no case to answer', the police watchdog has confirmed.
They were members of a police WhatsApp group titled 'The Dispensables' and subtitled 'the gods of north Manchester who risk their lives every day to f*** jobs off'.
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Racist and homophobic language was used in chat on the group which was said to be dominated PC Aaron Jones, who left the force in disgrace last year.
Two other cops were sacked and a third was handed a final written warning following a public disciplinary hearing last week.
Details of the offensive content shared on the group, and separately between cops, emerged during the hearing - but its chairman Paul Forster ruled the press could only name Jones and the three cops who appeared before him.
Other cops whose names came up in the hearing, including two cops who faced internal disciplinary action, cannot be named. The M.E.N. challenged the ruling but Mr Forster said the two other officers who were disciplined had been the subject of 'private' misconduct meetings rather than a public hearing.
Now the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has confirmed the sanctions those two officers were given, although it also did not name them.
One was handed a written warning after they were found to have breached professional standards including where they concern 'equality and diversity' and 'reporting improper conduct', the watchdog confirmed.
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