Safe Homes UK security news feed http://www.safehomes.co.uk/ http://www.safehomes.co.uk/news/1275.html Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:21:49 BST A supplier of doors and windows has claimed that burglars are learning their trade on the interent, thanks to 'how to' videos posted on YouTube. Swish Window and Door Systems has warned that techniques like 'bumping' and 'molegrip' are being spread... http://www.safehomes.co.uk/news/1274.html Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:20:14 BST The Examiners Association is negotiating with Classwatch, a company that specialises in installing CCTV in schools, to trial CCTV cameras in exam rooms. The move comes as schools try to clamo down on cheats. EOA chief executive Andrew Harland said: "CCTV is... http://www.safehomes.co.uk/news/1273.html Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:19:29 BST British airports could introduce biometric security as early as summer 2008. The number of airports due to take part has yet to be decided and the technology will only work with UK and EU citizens holding biometric passports. The technology works... http://www.safehomes.co.uk/news/1272.html Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:18:36 BST The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has warned that crime is costing British Businesses £12bn a year. This figure is by 20% since the last survey in 2004. The BCC survey also suggests that 59% of small businesses have been the... http://www.safehomes.co.uk/news/1271.html Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:15:32 BST Retailers are being warned that they must follow privacy guidelines if they use CCTV in their stores. Incorrect use of CCTV may be viewed as an invasion of privacy, and failiure to follow the right procedure can lead to evidence... http://www.safehomes.co.uk/news/1267.html Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:55:04 BST Babergh District Council in Suffolk is using CCTV cameras hidden in drinks cans to catch fly-tippers, reports the Daily Mail. The system of covert CCTV cameras has been implemented in an attempt to cut the cost of fly-tipping in the region,... http://www.safehomes.co.uk/news/1266.html Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:52:15 BST Barnsley has been declared the capital of metal theft in the UK by South Yorkshire's Chief Constable, Meredydd Hughes. Mr Hughes estimated that two of every five metal thefts take place within a 15 mile radius of Barnsley. Speaking to the newly... http://www.safehomes.co.uk/news/1265.html Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:50:13 BST 750,000 facial images have been recorded in a trial being carried out by police in Lancashire, Mersyside and West Yorkshire. The aim is to produce a national database of mugshots that can then be matched against CCTV images. Currently everyone arrested... http://www.safehomes.co.uk/news/1264.html Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:49:12 BST The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has produced an updated version of the CCTV Code of Practice, first released in 2000. In the forward to the new publication the Information Commissioner explains that the Code has been updated because, "...there have been advances... http://www.safehomes.co.uk/news/1263.html Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:48:12 BST Taxis in Warwickshire and Dundee will be fitted with CCTV cameras as part of a growing trend that has seen similar systems being used in York and Sheffield. In all the instances the use of CCTV has been prompted by the...