Plans to electronically tag burglars, robbers and thieves will see just 1,500 crooks monitored

Plans to electronically tag burglars, robbers and thieves will see just 1,500 crooks monitored – despite 1.5 million offences last year Plans to electronically tag serious burglars will see just 1,500 crooks monitored The flagship scheme was announced byPrime Minister Boris Johnson last week Sources said scheme would apply to criminals sentenced to 12 months … Read more

The return of crowds: 21,000 for the FA Cup final monitored by scientists in experiment

Trials of vaccination passports will begin at some of the country’s most iconic venues next week, with crowds of up to 21,000 people allowed to gather for the first time in a year. Boris Johnson will tomorrow confirm a system of certification that will allow spectators at football matches and other sporting events, nightclubs and theatres. … Read more

Patients no longer need to be monitored for 15 minutes after receiving the Oxford jab, says NHS 

Speed boost for vaccine drive after NHS says patients no longer need to be monitored for 15 minutes after receiving the Oxford jab, says NHS The 15-minute wait policy was introduced last month in case of allergic reaction Experts have put the likelihood of that happening at about one in a million Critics feared the … Read more

Only 147 out of 6,287 terror suspects are still being monitored by Prevent programme 

Just two per cent of all suspected terrorists flagged with security services last year are still being monitored by the Government’s controversial anti-radicalisation programme Prevent. Security services were handed a list of 6,287 terrorist suspects in 2019 – but just 147 are still part of Prevent. Of the 6,287 people – including radical Islamists and far-right … Read more

FORTY food processing plants are being monitored for Covid outbreaks by hygiene watchdog in England

Forty food processing plants are currently being monitored for coronavirus outbreaks by the hygiene watchdog in England.  Dr Colin Sullivan, chief operating officer at the Food Standard’s Agency (FSA), told a board meeting on August 26 they are monitoring a ‘small number of sites’, as reported by Food Manufacture.  He added: ‘For example in England … Read more

Cameras that spot broken down cars on smart motorways aren’t monitored all of the time

Cameras that spot broken down cars on smart motorways aren’t monitored all of the time, Highways England bosses admits Highways England insists the ‘smart’ routes are as safe as normal motorways  The smart motorways don’t have a hard shoulder but do have refuges for cars  Motoring groups have attacked the £6bn scheme after series of … Read more