How Secure Is Your Home? Statistics show that 2/3rds of burgalars gain entry or remove goods via the doors. So it is important to ensure that the highest quality door locks that you can afford, protect your home. Burglars look for the easiest target and they can be discouraged, when they find they are up […]
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Better regulation of locksmith training is needed in a move to prevent criminals learning a highly lucrative trade, the head of a professional body has said. Steffan George, Development Director at the Master Locksmiths Association (MLA), called on the new Cameron/Clegg coalition to make sure all organisations providing training had proper vetting procedures to keep
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Being burgled is a homeowner’s worst nightmare. But sometimes we do not help ourselves, a survey of ex-cons has found. Insurance firm More Than quizzed 50 former thieves about their tricks of the trade. One reformed burglar tells how thieves even use Twitter and Facebook to plan break-ins. In the old days, burglars would pay
The social networking giant has introduced a new way of securing your identity online with a social authentication feature, but will it catch on? More than half of us are on Facebook. It’s official. Your mum’s on it, your Grandad’s on it, even your dog’s got a profile up there. Facebook last week announced that
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A number of European privacy regulators are investigating Facebook’s facial recognition feature amid mounting concern about the technology, which attempts to identify people in photos uploaded to the website. The social networking site has come under fire from the German, UK and Irish authorities for introducing the feature without permission from users. “Again Facebook has
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Over the past year, the Met police say that domestic burglaries have risen by 14% in London and robberies have risen by 11% on last year’s figures. Forty eight people have been arrested across London in a series of raids to target the rise in robberies and burglaries in the city. The operation, named ‘Operation
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Operation Target, which is one of the most significant initiatives of its kind ever conducted by the MPS is a renewed drive to tackle crime against people and property in London leading to significant, long term reductions. “Operation Target is to be the largest and sustained crackdown against crimes such as robbery, burglary and violence
With so much to lose from a burglary, from contentment to irreplaceable belongings to quality of life, not protecting your home is just not a sensible option. Act Now or Face the Consequences Being the victim of a home burglary is actually fairly unlikely but securing your home is not about playing the odds, it
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Sparta Burglar Watch was launched earlier this month by former boxer “Fearless” Francis Jones, who has attracted national attention since he set up Sparta Security in 2007. In full camouflage gear and using night-vision technology, Mr Jones and his officers are patrolling burglary hotspots in Darlington in an attempt to catch criminals in the act.
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A thief who has committed more than 80 burglaries has been spared jail after he wrote an “unusually frank” letter to the judge hearing his case. But he has been warned that if he spurns the chance the judge has given him to turn his life around he will “pay a heavy price”. Southcote man
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