Unpaid jubilee stewards: Prescott accuses government of exploitation
Former deputy PM says incident in which unemployed people had to sleep under bridge raises questions about Olympics Lord Prescott has accused the government of “exploiting cheap labour” and presiding over the development of labour camps following revelations that unpaid jobseekers on the government’s work programme were asked by a security firm to sleep under […]
Chris Huhne resigns as Energy Minister as he is charged with making ex-wife take his speeding points
Ex-wife Vicky Pryce also charged with perverting the course of justice for allegedly accepting penalty points for Mr Huhne’s speeding offence Pair will appear before magistrates on February 16 Announcement made by Director of Public Prosecutions live on television Offence typically carries a prison sentence of more than two years Chris Huhne’s political career was […]
Big new client win for Sec Tech UK
When you win a new a massive Global customer is it right to publicise it to build your company’s profile or is it a breach of security and breach of trust between you and your client? Well we’ve just won an incredibly high profile new client and have decided to take the rather unusual step […]
MPs finally stand up for Gary McKinnon and their country as extradition law reform motion is voted through
The campaign to change Britain’s unfair extradition laws scored a stunning success at Westminster last night. A motion calling for ‘urgent reform’ to the US/UK treaty which is being used to try to wrestle c was passed uncontested by MPs. No vote was called when it became clear the motion had overwhelming support after being […]
Help for Heroes charity collectors jailed after £45,000 scam
A criminal gang pocketed £45,000 they claimed to be collecting on behalf of Help for Heroes. The fraudsters registered with the charity to obtain material which would convince the public they were legitimate collectors. They then targeted football stadiums, concert halls, public events, train stations and bars across the north of England. Prosecutors believe thousands […]
Tiger Kidnapping – What is it and how can you protect against it?
Someone asked me today what Tiger Kidnapping was. They’d heard the term on the news, knew what kidnapping was but not ‘Tiger kidnapping’. So, here is my attempt to explain tiger kidnapping: There are two broad groups of kidnap offences. 1. Conventional kidnap involves the taking and protracted holding of a person, against a demand […]
Gaddafi begs for his life and is then summarily executed.
Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s death was announced by the Prime Minister of the country’s National Transitional Council (NTC) government Mahmoud Jibril, who told a press conference in capital Tripoli: ‘We have been waiting for this moment for a long time. Muammar Gaddafi has been killed.’ He was dragged from a drain where he was hiding and […]
300,000 babies stolen from their parents – and sold for adoption: BBC documentary exposes 50-year scandal of baby trafficking by the Catholic church in Spain
I’ve just watched a documentary on BBC that was shocking, very disturbing and almost beyond belief! It revealed that over a period of five decades up to 300,000 Spanish babies were stolen from their parents and sold for adoption. The children were trafficked by a secret network of doctors, nurses, priests and nuns in a […]
Schoolgirl raped after police failed to act on TWO 999 calls from ex-Met officer who saw her being attacked
A schoolgirl was raped after police failed to act on two phone calls from a former Met officer who saw the victim being attacked, the Independent Police Complaints Commission has ruled. Paedophile Colin Riddall pounced on the teen outside the gates of her school in Quedgeley, Gloucestershire, as she walked home from a friend’s house. […]
Father quizzed by police for taking innocent photo of his own daughter in a shopping centre
A father claims he was quizzed by police under anti-terror legislation after he was spotted taking a photo of his daughter in a shopping centre. Chris White took a picture of his four-year-old daughter, Hazel, while she was eating an ice cream at Braehead shopping centre near Glasgow last Friday. However, Mr. White said a […]
