PW-2-2026

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Lottery Results The winners for March 2026: 1st Prize (£100) Fred Boyd (Region 2/Northern Ireland - North West Branch);

International Police Association Section UK

2nd Prize (£60) John Cooper (Region 5/Lincolnshire Branch); 3rd Prize (£40) Steve Palmer (Region 8/Cambridgeshire Branch). February 2026: 1st Prize (£100) Roy Edwards (Region 5/Leicestershire Branch); 2nd Prize (£60) Lynne Morgan (Region 7/Hampshire Branch); 3rd Prize (£40) Sean Hannigan (Region 5/Leicestershire Branch). January 2026: 1st Prize (£100) Denis Hunt (Region 4/Gwent and South Wales Branch);

Vol 71, Edition 1 Winners: Debbie Walker (Region 5/ Birmingham West Midlands Branch) wins the sudoku and a copy of Blackrake – a novel: The stories and the people of Derbyshire’s Iron Stone Blackrake by Neil Hallam. Thomas Fergusson (Region 1/ Central Scotland Branch) wins the crossword and a copy of Above the Italian Woods: A Poem within a Dream by D. Osbourne Hughes.

Entry Form Over Leaf 2nd Prize (£60) Judith Smith (Region 3/Scarborough Branch); 3rd Prize (£40) Ian Simpson (Region 5/Nottinghamshire Branch). Puzzles Between Stone and a Hard Place by Neil Hallam and The Best Time is Now - The Ups and Downs of a Police Career by John Penlington Solve the puzzle/s and send them in. The lucky winners will be drawn out of the hat. Send the complete puzzles to: ‘Puzzles’, International Police Association, IPA HQ, Section UK, 1 Fox Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham, NG2 6AJ or as a scan by email to mail@ipa-uk.org marked ‘Puzzles’. Deadline for entries is: 12 June 2026.

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About the books Between Stone and a Hard Place by Neil Hallam

Across 1 - M ake physically used to something (8) 5 - Falls back (4) 8 - Mediterranean island (5) 9 - Trespass (7) 10 - Statement of commemoration (7) 12 - Tiny mouthfuls of food (7) 14 - Feared greatly (7) 16 - United States (7) 18 - Vending (7) 19 - Auditory ossicle (5) 20 - Sprinkled with seed (4) 21 - Gave prominence to (8)

Down 1 - Highest point (4) 2 - Less warm (6) 3 - Type of pasta (9) 4 - Small oval fruits (6) 6 - Savage (6) 7 - Give guidance to (8) 11 - Unending (9) 12 - Thick dark syrup (8) 13 - Loud cry (6) 14 - Hang loosely (6) 15 - Car operator (6) 17 - Lids (anag) (4)

Taking a terrorist’s life cost Nev Stone his police career. Saving an outlaw biker’s life in prison opened a new life as a paparazzi on the Algarve.Accidentally killing a child trafficker threatens to cost Stone his new life in the surfer’s paradise. Fearing another prison sentence, Stone goes on the run, using contacts from his old and new lives. He must find an abducted girl, the only witness who can clear him of the killing.The search takes Stone and the bikers to Morocco and back, fighting the remnants of Portuguese and Bulgarian secret services. The Best Time is Now - The Ups and Downs of a Police Career by John Penlington Between 1971 and 2001 John policed the county of Leicestershire and Ruland as a constable, sergeant and inspector. This is his story involving characters, murders, riots and the ups and downs of police life. From villiage to bustling city and the rural Shires the journey shows the everyday hardships, stresses and amusement of this historical period.

POLICE WORLD Vol 71 No.2, 2026

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