The Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) has announced three new police hubs to tackle web crime are set to launch.

The hubs in Yorkshire and the Humber, the north-west and east Midlands, will go live "imminently", with some officers undergoing training immeadiately.

The hubs, announced in November, will focus on online crime, with the exception of online child abuse which is already covered by units that specialise in the area. The units will be funded from a budget of £30m over four years, granted by the government to improve national capability to investigate and combat web crime.