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They said the homeless neighbors there were noisy, aggressive and posed a fire risk when they broke into an adjacent streetlight to steal power from the grid.

A spokesman said force could now confirm the items included a child's chemistry set, which posed no risk and no criminal offence had been identified.

The US Justice Department had previously expressed concerns that TikTok's access to the data of US users posed a national security threat of "immense depth and scale".

In response, Sir Adrian Smith, president of the Society, wrote a letter to fellows in which he raised concerns about "resorting to the language of violence" and the threat it posed to the organisation's values.

He said responsibility fell not only on public bodies failing to protect public safety but also on the killer's family, who knew but ignored the risk he posed.