Farage and Tice sue NCA over alleged leaks of financial information The Reform leader and deputy leader accused the National Crime Agency (NCA) of leaking confidential financial details Evening Standard · Aug 8
British mother who smuggled £512,000 of Thai cannabis posted about ‘grass’ before arrest Amy Jayne Durban, 45, was arrested at Heathrow Airport on 6 July The Independent UK · Aug 7
Scottish fugitive on UK’s most wanted list arrested in Spain John Rocks was wanted by police in Scotland over alleged sexual offences committed between 2012 and 2022 The Independent UK · Aug 5
UK's most wanted fugitive arrested in Spain over multiple sexual assault probe A Scottish man listed among the UK's most wanted fugitives has been arrested in Spain over allegations of multiple sexual assaults spanning a decade, BBC reported. The Times of India · Aug 5
Where cyclists will have to ride following Lake Burley Griffin changes Increasing use of lakeside path prompts safety overhaul. The Canberra Times · Aug 5
Controversial development plan for Hume Circle approved by minister Development 'rides roughshod' over existing residents: community council. The Canberra Times · Aug 3
Burnham vows ‘relentless’ fight to halt small boat crossings PM says he is not ‘complacent’ as he announced a boost to the number of officers deployed to tackle smuggling gangs The Independent UK · Aug 2
Mahmood ‘laser-like focused’ on securing UK’s border The Home Secretary was touring the National Crime Agency’s offices in Stratford, east London. The Independent UK · Aug 2
Burnham touts boost to officers tackling small boat smuggling gangs Since the start of 2025, the number of National Crime Agency officers tackling organised immigration crime has more than doubled. Evening Standard · Aug 2
Department for Education Data Breach Explained: What To Do if Your Personal Information Was Compromised The Department for Education is investigating a cyberattack that exposed 607,000 records of school leaders and university staff. The breach highlights vulnerabilities in public sector cyber security. International Business Times UK · Jul 30
Hackers Steal 607,000 Contact Records From Department for Education in England The Department for Education confirms a cyber-attack affecting 607,000 records, raising security concerns. No financial data was accessed, and the breach was quickly contained, limiting risk to individuals. International Business Times UK · Jul 29
Police investigate payments to Reform UK first revealed by the Guardian Scotland Yard is looking at two £250,000 donations to the party by Britain Means Business before the 2024 election The Guardian - UK · Jul 25
Young girls being groomed on Roblox and forced into ‘unspeakable’ acts IN DEPTH : Secret networks of sadistic teenage boys are luring their targets to Discord and Telegram. Neither platform is included in the government’s proposed social media ban for under 16s, as Nicole Wootton-Cane reports The Independent UK · Jul 25
How to Launder Money But Not Like Me, by George Cottrell (as imagined by John Crace) The Guardian’s parliamentary sketch writer imagines Nigel Farage’s right-hand man’s thinking behind his book, How to Launder Money The Guardian - UK · Jul 23
TechRadar · Jul 17 Teenage TfL hackers sentenced to years in prison following Scattered Spider attacks Two young men pleaded guilty to hacking into Transport for London in 2024 and were given long prison sentences.
International Business Times UK · Jul 16 Scattered Spider Teen Hackers Who Threatened to 'Nuke' TfL Access Jailed, Face 95 Years in US Scattered Spider-linked hackers were jailed for the TfL breach after gaining access to critical systems and targeting US healthcare providers.
Euronews · Jul 16 UK court jails two men over major cyberattack on London's transport network TfL, which had to reset the passwords of around 27,000 employees, estimated the attack cost the organisation around £29 million (€34 million) in damages and a further £10 million (€11.7 million) in lost income.
Evening Standard · Jul 15 TfL hackers were 'highly-skilled and utterly reckless' in £29 million attack, sentencing told Thalha Jubair, 20, and Owen Flowers, 18, who were tied to the Scattered Spider group, carried out devastating hack on Transport for London’s systems
Evening Standard · Jul 15 Young cybercriminals behind Transport for London hack chaos face jail Thalha Jubair, 20, and Owen Flowers, 18, hacked TfL’s online network, resulting in a £39 million loss, prosecutors say
The Guardian - UK · Jul 14 UK man admits 32 sexual offences against allegedly drugged or sleeping partner Defendant pleads guilty to crimes over more than a decade, some of which also involved ‘a person unknown’
The National (Scotland) · Jul 14 Covid Inquiry issues damning verdict as UK wasted £10bn on PPE THE scramble to buy PPE during the pandemic saw the UK waste almost £10 billion of taxpayers’ money, the official inquiry into the handling of…
The Independent UK · Jul 14 Boris Johnson’s government wasted £10bn of taxpayer money on unusable PPE, Covid inquiry finds Report says controversial ‘VIP lane’ was ‘inherently biased’ towards PPE suppliers with political connections
Evening Standard · Jul 14 Covid PPE procurement saw ‘vast’ £10bn waste, inquiry finds Baroness Heather Hallett has produced her fifth report of the Covid-19 inquiry.
Evening Standard · Jul 13 Bereaved urge Covid Inquiry not to ‘pull punches’ in report on PPE procurement The Covid Inquiry is set to publish its findings on procurement of personal protective equipment (PPE) on Tuesday.
Evening Standard · Jul 10 Met Police investigate £500k Reform UK donation in latest scandal to hit Nigel Farage's party Reform Deputy Leader Richard Tice claimed the allegations were part of a ‘politically motivated smear campaign’