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...
UK Border Chaos as nationwide “IT Glitch” hits border systems
Image: PA A “nationwide issue” with Border Force e-gates has caused significant disruption at airports across the country. Images and footage shared on social media on Tuesday evening appeared to show long queues forming at the gates, which scan passports, in London’s...
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...
The Death of the Community Pharmacy
Pharmacies are the pillar of the community, providing medicine and support to the most vulnerable. Pharmacies offer a host of NHS services; prescriptions, treatment, advice, emergency support, and more. 72% of us have used a community pharmacy in the last three...
Rwanda is paid an extra £100m from the UK towards asylum deal.
Rwanda has been paid another £100m from the UK this year as part of the Asylum deal. This follows £140m that had already been paid out in April to the African nation, and is ahead of a further payment expected next year of £50m according to Sir Matthew Rycroft. ...
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Suella Braverman accuses police of double standards
Suella Braverman has been condemned for accusing the Metropolitan Police of applying “double standards” to protests. The Home Secretary, writing a brazen article in The Times, claimed aggressive right-wing protestors were “rightly met with a stern response”, while...
A red signal for Great British Railways: the biggest reform to UK rail in 30 years axed by PM
The largest reform of the UK’s railways since privatisation in the 1990s has been shelved by the government, The Times reports. The plans were announced by the former Transport Secretary, Grant Shapps, in 2021, with the intention of fixing the fragmented nature of the...
Mobile network ‘Three’ suffers issues with UK Emergency Alert test
The alert sent to mobile devices. Note the Welsh translation sent to devices in Wales. Customers of the UK’s fourth largest mobile operator, Three, have complained they didn’t receive the UK Government’s Emergency Alerts test notification, or that it was delayed by...
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...