How big is the Spiking issue in the UK?
Government stats show since the start of this year there has been an increase in reports of spiking in the UK despite the fact awareness of spiking campaigns have increased. Crime Stoppers have warned students, “always keep your drinks in view and avoid accepting...
New AI Traffic Camera appears on Tavistock Road, Plymouth
The AI camera on Tavistock Road (Picture: Louie Rowe) Tavistock Road, in Plymouth, is the home of a new AI Traffic enforcement camera, used to detect a range of motoring offences. The camera, located south of the junction with Runway Road on the A386, captures images...
State involvement in MoD cyber attack cannot be ruled out, Grant Shapps says
Image: PA The Defence Secretary said there is evidence of ‘potential failings’ of the contractor behind the hacked payroll system, named as SSCL in Parliament. Grant Shapps has said that “state involvement” in the large-scale cyber-attack on the Ministry of Defence...
Armed forces personnel bank data compromised in Ministry of Defence hack
Image: PA The Ministry of Defence has been the target of a large-scale data breach, it is understood. Sky News has reported that China was behind the cyberattack. A third-party payroll system has been hacked, potentially compromising the bank details of all serving...
Tory Defeat as Labour Sweeps Plymouth Elections
The Conservative Party have lost 13 seats overnight in the 2024 Local Election, in what follows a national trend, as voters turn their backs on the party. Labour has seen gains of 10 seats, which brings their overall majority to 42. Independent candidates also gained...
UK’s first illegal drugs consumption room given green light
The UK’s first consumption room for illegal drugs is set to be opened in Glasgow sometime next year after being approved by the local authorities. The project comes from Scotland’s worrying drug related deaths statistics, with over 1,300 deaths in 2020. It...
Duane Davis arrested on suspicion of murdering rapper Tupac Shakur
Former gang leader Duane Keith “Keefe D” Davis has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Tupac Shakur. The murder took place 7th September 1996, a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas that resulted in the 25-year-old later dying in hospital on the 13th September that same...
Not a Laughing Matter!
New laws that will see users and suppliers of ‘laughing gas’ fined or potentially imprisoned for up to 14 years officially came into effect today. The new legislation that brands the substance a Class C drug enforces an ‘unlimited fine’ on those who are found in...
Government axes new smart motorways after safety concerns.
An all lane-running section of the M23 in Surrey, UK. (Image: Google Street View) The building of new ‘smart motorways’ has been cancelled by Downing Street, owing to safety concerns and a lack of public trust. Fourteen planned smart motorways – including 11...
Government crackdown on anti-social behaviour
The story: The sale of laughing gas to the public will be banned as part of a wider crackdown on anti-social behaviour. Levelling up Secretary Michael Gove said the “scourge” of nitrous oxide is turning public places into “drug taking areas” and is helping fuel...
Queer Hate Crimes and the Dreaded Question
There are certain types of people in this world who will always find someone to hate. It may not be that they are, in themselves, hateful, but rather that they find themselves, as people so often are, afraid of that which they don’t understand, that which is...
Ted Kaczynski – The mind of a genius
The Unabomber. A domestic terrorist who spent seventeen years targeting random people with bombs sent through the mail. He killed three people and injured 27 others during his campaign. His capture marked the end of the longest manhunt in FBI history. Kaczynski...