On 17 July, 21 arrests were made during a police operation at an EDL protest in Dudley - 17 for violent disorder, two for affray, one for a public order offence and one for possession of an offensive weapon.

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In making this split, BP is now looking to create a new safety unit that will rule the groups operations like an inquisition as Dudley grants it powers to audit on an ongoing basis every single operation around the world.

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For example, he said staff of BP's new Safety and Operational Risk organisation, set up by Mr Hayward's successor Bob Dudley in 2011, now had the authority to order that an operation be stopped, when the previous safety body had more of an advisory role.

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