The state of England

Police have been accused of heavy handedness after an autistic teenage girl was arrested by seven officers after saying 'a female officer looked like her lesbian nana'. The 16-year-old, who also suffers from scoliosis, had been driven to her home in Leeds, West Yorkshire, by officers after midnight when she allegedly made the comment.

She was later dragged away screaming in the early hours of Monday morning having been served a 'homophobic public order offence'.

The police have resources to spare in England. Crime must be down significantly for them to use seven officers to arrest one girl.

Oh, never mind:

Crime rates on Oxford Street are surging as London's famous shopping district falls into disrepair, a Marks & Spencer executive has warned. Sacha Berendji, the chain's operations director, said the area had once been 'the jewel in London's shopping crown' but was now little more than 'empty shops, littered streets and fewer visitors'.

He said shocking scenes of social media-fuelled carnage this week as thugs attempted to loot stores were 'another reminder of how bad things are'.

Hey, at least, those diverse thugs didn't commit a homophobic public order offence.