Like Heartbeat but less frenetic: Scilly police book set to be big hit

Colin Taylor’s tales of keeping order on the remote islands off Cornwall have made him an international cult figure on social media

A book packed with tales of policing in one of the remotest corners of the British Isles – including the time a fully-grown officer leapt on to a child’s bike to pursue a miscreant – is set to storm the bestseller charts.

The Life of a Scilly Sergeant, which describes the six years Colin Taylor has spent keeping order on the archipelago off the far south west of England (as well as carrying out other more unusual duties such as swapping his uniform and helmet for a Santa outfit to staff the islands’ Christmas grotto) is released on Thursday.

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