5 h. ago Live facial recognition to expand across the country amid Government overhaul of neighbourhood policing

The technology will be deployed to catch 'high-harm' offenders with new rules to support its use and ensure 'safeguards and oversight', the Home Office said.

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5 h. ago Facial recognition vans to be deployed across Britain to help police target serious criminals

The Home Office has announced 10 new Live Facial Recognition vans will be distributed across seven forces, allowing officers to use cutting-edge technology to target and locate wanted criminals

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5 h. ago Live facial recognition to be widened in neighbourhood policing drive

A new legal framework will be drawn up to support the expanded use of the technology, the Government said.

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63 h. ago ‘A lot of money to be made’: Paris hit with spate of €1m handbag heists

Police say ease of re-selling, twinned with growing demand, has encouraged gangs to target luxury leather goodsA series of million-euro robberies of luxury handbags from boutiques and brand headquarters in Paris has shown that high-value leather goods are now a bigger target for organised criminals than jewels or cash, as French police pursue sophisticated gangs targeting designer bags.Paris has been the scene of several high-profile robberies of handbags over the past year, fuelled by the growing global demand for designer leather goods, which are increasingly being displayed by influencers on social media. As designer handbags sell for record prices at auction – with the late singer Jane Birkin’s Hermès bag fetching €8.6m (£7.4m) this summer – prices are rising in boutiques and secondhand bags are gaining value as collectors’ items. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Britain braced for anarchy: Palestine Action plot to overwhelm police in London as tinderbox migrant protests in Nuneaton, Bristol and more threaten chaos

Britain braced for anarchy: Palestine Action plot to overwhelm police in London as tinderbox migrant protests in Nuneaton, Bristol and more threaten chaos  Daily Mail

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4 d. ago Britain's FBI takes over probe into police officers accused of historic sex abuse of Rotherham girls

An investigation into allegations police officers took part in historical sexual abuse in Rotherham is to be taken over by the National Crime Agency (NCA) - Britain's equivalent to the FBI.

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4 d. ago JD Vance: Hundreds of police officers to be deployed for US Vice President visit to Scotland next week

JD Vance’s visit comes just a fortnight after Donald Trump travelled to his golf courses in Scotland.

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6 d. ago How Europe slammed its borders shut: As ten nations including Germany and France introduce police checks to tackle mass migration 'jihadi threats', how terrorists head to Britain

It was as long ago as 1957 that freedom of movement was first enshrined as a fundamental right of EU citizens. In the intervening 68 years, that right has only become even more ingrained.

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6 d. ago How Europe slammed its borders shut: As ten nations including Germany and France introduce police checks to tackle mass migration 'jihadi threats', how they're heading to Britain

It was as long ago as 1957 that freedom of movement was first enshrined as a fundamental right of EU citizens. In the intervening 68 years, that right has only become even more ingrained.

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6 d. ago Palestine Action supporters claim they are the 'moral backbone' of the UK and that hundreds of them are ready to swarm police ahead of protests this weekend

Palestine Action supporters have boasted that they are the 'moral backbone' of Britain as hundreds prepare to swarm the police this weekend.

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6 d. ago Sheffield Wednesday fans hit out over plans for facial recognition at Hillsborough amid club crisis

The club’s Supporters’ Trust said it has ‘serious concerns’ over the potential infringement of fans’ rights

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6 d. ago French police watch on hopelessly while huge groups of migrants

Yesterday Keir Starmer 's much-trumpeted one-in, one-out 'deterrent' policy came into force.

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6 d. ago 'Met Police facial recognition tech mistook me for wanted man'

'Met Police facial recognition tech mistook me for wanted man'  BBC

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8 d. ago Unmanned police helicopter takes to the sky for first time in Britain as force tests human

The National Police Air Service (NPAS) is hoping the remotely-piloted aircraft will be able to join its helicopter fleet in the future to carry out searches for criminals and missing people.

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3 w. ago Children to be taught 'worrying and feeling down' are not mental health conditions

The Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has announced a radical change in policy in an attempt to curb Britain's spiralling worklessness crisis.

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3 w. ago True cost of Nigel Farage's 'war on clean energy' exposed by Labour

Labour said Reform UK’s policies would rob Britain of the 'opportunity to break free' from dependence on fossil fuel markets controlled by dictators like Vladimir Putin

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3 w. ago Migrant clashes erupt in northern France with rocks launched at riot cops and fires blazing in the street as police try to stop launch of small boat bound for Britain

Dramatic pictures and video show a group throwing rocks in the direction of the officers early on Friday, while fires blazed in the road near a park in Gravelines.

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3 w. ago Facial recognition cameras to be used at Notting Hill Carnival, Met says

It is among a range of crime-cutting measures being used at the west London event over the August Bank Holiday weekend, the Metropolitan Police said.

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3 w. ago Met Police to use facial recognition cameras for first time at Notting Hill Carnival

Cameras will scan for wanted suspects and public safety threats

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3 w. ago Police to use facial recognition cameras at Notting Hill Carnival in new crackdown on violence

Visitors to Europe's biggest street party will be scanned for wanted knife offenders, rapists, robbers and those suspected of serious violent crimes.

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