Cyber guide
The IT security product company Intel Security1 and Socitm2, the Society of Information Technology Management, the Information Technology body covering local government and the public sector, are...
View ArticleAleppo hospital bombing constitutes war crime, says Church in Wales
ACNS, by Gavin Drake The Church in Wales has joined five other UK Christian churches in calling for an end to the fighting in the Syrian city of Aleppo. They have called for those responsible for the...
View ArticleGorilla Kumbuka ‘guzzled five litres of squash’ during London Zoo escape
The silverback gorilla whose escape sparked a lockdown at ZSL London Zoo managed to drink more than five times his daily ration of blackcurrant squash before he was captured , a zoo chief has said....
View ArticleHogmanay festival facing legal action over unpaid bills
Supplied The Supernaturals Stonehaven s Hogmanay festival is facing legal action after music acts and companies were left out of pocket. The Supernaturals who had hits in the 1990s with songs...
View ArticleTax credit firm’s contract ‘to end early’
The firm accused of incorrectly withdrawing tax credits from hundreds of claimants is to have its contract ended early, staff have been told. Work being done by Concentrix will be brought back...
View ArticleSolihull Councillor has put himself forward to become mayor of the West...
A SOLIHULL councillor has thrown his hat in the ring to become mayor of the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA). Coun James Burn, Chelmsley Wood councillor and leader of the Solihull Green Party,...
View ArticleSU’s Kent Syverud among 8 college leaders tapped by Department of Homeland...
Syracuse University chancellor Kent Syverud Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud was appointed to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Academic Advisory Council for a three-year term....
View ArticleIncrease defence spending, starting with new fighter jets
Donald Trump recently made headlines about how NATO countries are not carrying their fair share of the defence burden. But even President Barack Obama publicly pointed out, in his address to...
View ArticleAnti-Muslim National Security "Expert" Ryan Mauro to Address Homeland...
Ryan Mauro, the national security expert for the anti-Muslim Clarion Project1 known for peddling anti-Muslim conspiracy theories about secret Islamist training camps in the United States, will address...
View ArticleFirst of Barrow’s new Successor submarines given historically celebrated name
A PRESTIGIOUS name has been chosen for one of the four nuclear deterrent submarines which will be built in Barrow over the next 15 years. To mark Trafalgar Day, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has...
View ArticleMan shot dead in Belfast condemned as ‘barbaric’
A 43-year-old man has been shot dead at a house in west Belfast. The Police Service of Northern Ireland said the shooting had taken place at Glenwood Court in the Poleglass area. Sinn Fein’s Jennifer...
View ArticleJust 7% of FoI requests to An Garda Síochána granted
Just 7% of Freedom of Information requests made to An Garda S och na were granted in the first 14 months after the 2014 FOI Act was extended to include the force. However, that was because most of the...
View ArticleChallenger calls Esty wrong on jobs, guns, security
SHERMAN Citing prosperity, security and results as his core issues, First Selectman Clay Cope is hoping to unseat U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Esty, D-5th District, who, he says, has no accomplishments she can...
View ArticleUK hospital security guards to wear cameras after rise in assaults on staff
Devices issued to guards in a bid to reduce violent and abusive behaviour Guards at Guy s and St Thomas hospitals will wear the body-worn cameras Total of 850 incidents were recorded in a matter of...
View ArticleThieves target work vans across Cambridgeshire because there are ‘rich...
Thieves are targeting work vans across the Cambridgeshire area because they know there are rich pickings to be had, police have said. Officers have issued a fresh security warning for motorists after...
View ArticleMerseyside hospital rated ‘Outstanding’ by watchdog
The Walton Centre becomes the second specialist hospital in Merseyside to be given an outstanding rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The first being the Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital....
View ArticleTrailer thefts, South Holland
Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter Owners of trailers are being asked to review their security arrangements following a spate of thefts in the south of the county. Since 6th October, 9 trailers have...
View ArticleHerts Teen Admits Mass Cyber Attack
By Warren Lee, 21st October 2016, 16:17 A Hertfordshire student who created an internationally-used cyber-crime tool from his own bedroom has pleaded guilty to three offences at London’s Old Bailey....
View ArticleCharity Fraud Awareness Week
Charity Fraud Awareness Week runs from October 24 to 28. Organisers agree that fraud within charities can be regarded as the f-word something distasteful that it s hard to imagine that staff or...
View Article‘Cyber gong’ damaged in spate of ‘intolerable’ vandalism
Vandalism: More than 500 of damage caused. Alva Glen Heritage Trust1 An 8ft “cyber gong” musical structure has been damaged in a spate of “intolerable” vandalism. The cemented support legs of the...
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