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Council CCTV cameras ‘treble in 10 years’

The number of council-operated CCTV cameras in the UK has nearly trebled in a decade, privacy campaigners say.
The Director of Big Brother Watch, Alex Deane, which carried out the survey, said there were now nearly 60,000 cameras operated by 418 councils. Ten years ago the number of cameras stood at 21,000.
“The evidence for the [...]

2009/12/18Spy & security newsNo comments

Jewel thief

A chef who featured in Fifteen, a scheme set up by television celebrity Jamie Oliver, confessed after appearing on the programme that he was part of a gang which stole millions of pounds worth of Cartier jewellery, a court heard.
Tom Baisden, 28, of Thundersley, Essex, was [...]

2009/11/04Spy & security newsNo comments