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Why are safety concerns being raised inside Porton Down, Britain’s nerve centre of chemical and biological research?

When the UK’s offensive chemical and biological weapons programmes were terminated in the 1950s, work at the high-security military research centre in Porton Down, Wiltshire switched to defensive strategies. These included developing chemicals for use in riot control and countermeasures to the evolving threat of chemical and biological weapons.

The Conversation · Feb 12

'Hoarder' paedophile found with 11,000 sick images spared prison

Former council worker Lance Bickerton compiled his "extremely large" digital stash of images of children over 13 years

Liverpool Echo · Nov 24, 2022

Mum who scammed families out of £46k admits more fraud charges

Emma Yankey refused to pay back tens of thousands of pounds in deposits for holidays to Cyprus that never happened

Liverpool Echo · Sep 23, 2022

Angry yob bottled wrong man on train after being headbutted

Marcus Maunder, 18, hit his victim on the back of the head with a wine bottle

Liverpool Echo · Jul 30, 2022

‘Shit area, shit house’: Queensland police officer allegedly told not to waste time investigating woman’s death, inquiry hears

Survey of 53 QPS officers revealed ‘prettier’ domestic violence victims more likely to receive attention from police, inquiry hears

The Guardian - AU · Jul 28, 2022

Paedophile had 'sexual fantasy' story of child abuse on his phone

Jonathon Byrne claimed he didn't have any abuse images but crown court heard "how wrong he was"

Liverpool Echo · Jul 27, 2022

Former detective tells inquiry Queensland police recruits are taught how to avoid making domestic violence orders

Queensland police say they are "DV fatigued" and fearful of scrutiny over their response to a large volume of domestic violence cases, leading to a culture of "taking shortcuts" to avoid making DV orders.

ABC News · Jul 27, 2022