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Lottery Results The winners for August 2025: 1st Prize (£100) Steve Bretherton (Region 8/Norfolk & Suffolk Branch); 2nd Prize (£60) Douglas Skate (Region 8/Cambridgeshire Branch); 3rd Prize (£40) Roy Tyzack (Region 10/Essex Branch).

International Police Association Section UK

Vol 70, Edition 3 Winners: David Stamp (11 Region Sussex Branch) wins both the crossword and a copy of Criminals and Crocodiles - Policing in Rhodesia by Arnold Woolley and also wins the sudoku and a copy of The Adventures of a Victorian Con Woman - The Life & crimes of Mrs Gordon Baillie by Mick Davis and David Lassman.

July 2025: 1st Prize (£100) Steve Palmer (Region 8/Cambridgeshire Branch); 2nd Prize (£60) Stephen Crockard (Region 2/Northern Ireland - North West Branch); 3rd Prize (£40) Fred Boyd (Region 2/Northern Ireland - North West Branch). June 2025: 1st Prize (£100) Martyn Linton (Region 11/Surrey Branch);

2nd Prize (£60) Roy Edwards (Region 5/Leicestershire Branch); 3rd Prize (£40) Steve Palmer (Region 8/Cambridgeshire Branch).

Entry Form Over Leaf

Puzzles The Hostage Rescuer - The Return of a Child into a Mother’s Arms by Darren Franklin with Martin Phillips 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: 17 November 2025.

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About the books The Dark Side of Ecstasy by Roy Harvey

Across 1 - Daring; bold (11) 9 - Cut grass (3) 10 - Female fox (5) 11 - Move on hands and knees (5) 12 - Removes the lid (5) 13 - Ruled with authority (8) 16 - Extremely lovable (8) 18 - Taut (5) 20 - Alphabetical list (5) 21 - Committee (5) 22 - Cry of disapproval (3) 23 - Plant-eating insect (11)

Down 1 - Sowed (anag) (5) 3 - Sprites (5)

The death of an innocent… Justice flounders… vengeance… a trail of violence that shatters the peace of a Scottish Isle, the beauty of a Dorset bay and the sang-froid of a French Department. “Do not read this book if you object to descriptions of death, violence, drug use and sex!”

4 - Dinner jacket (6) 5 - Large farms (7) 6 - Country whose capital is Kyiv (7) 7 - Unending life (11) 8 - Curse (11) 14 - Military person (7)

15 - Mistake; blunder (4,3) 17 - Propel with force (6) 18 - Spring flower (5) 19 - Triangular wall part (5)

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 70 No.4, 2025

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