An improved CCTV system has been installed to help fight festive crime thanks to a partnership with the police. Personnel from the CCTV control room, who monitor the 102 public space cameras across Greater Manchester, now have access to police radios.
A shopping centre is confident its security devices, including CCTV technology, will catch the perpetrator of a robbery on a woman.
Three men fled together with a quantity of cash after holding up a fast food outlet in Reading on December 2. Two of them entered the premises while the third acted as a lookout, and he is described as 6ft 3in and was dressed completely in black.
CCTV cameras caught images of a pair of robbery suspects in a Spar store. The raid took place at a branch in Cardiff on Sunday night and police have reassured residents and businesses that they have stepped up patrols in the area.
Drugs, illicit goods and money have been seized by police in a series of raids over 48 hours. More than 280 police officers and staff were involved in the operation, with counterfeit goods worth £13,000 alone seized.
Oxford City Council’s plans to fit all of its 600-plus cabs with at least one CCTV camera to record all conversations between passengers have been condemned.
A trial is expected to last five weeks of two men accused of murdering two soldiers in 2009. Mark Quinsey (23) and Patrick Azimkar (21) were shot dead the night before they were due to be deployed to Afghanistan. The trial has been shown CCTV images of the incident.
The council evicting travellers from the illegal part of the Dale Farm site has gone to court to ensure no-one else occupies the land. Basildon Council has applied to the High Court and a preliminary hearing is expected today (Friday, November 4, 2011).
Overnight CCTV footage from a nearby company showed about 11 men taking part in a theft from an industrial estate.
The largest gothic cathedral in Northern Europe has been hit by thieves. Metal items worth a total of about £7,000 were all stolen from outside York Minster.