Now in the days of sophisticated technology, hacking computers, CCTV cameras, smartphones, etc. A Birmingham (UK) bungling burglar wins first prize in being a total technological "dickhead!" The gentleman applied for a job at a betting shop in Bir...
Most people don't choose to spend their weekends at a police station. But Richard Scratcher does. Every Friday and Saturday night, between 19:30 and 04:00, you will find the cheerful, if not totally knackered pensioner slumped across his desk m...
The latest head of the BBC News operation has begun her new regime by attempting to stop the flow of leaks in the new building. Fran Tick, acting director, pleaded with colleagues not to contribute to the wave which is threatening to engulf the or...
London - "Next they'll be changing the name from Phoenix Road to Goosestep Avenue," weary Somers Town resident Mrs Mavis Bin Lina told reporters at lunchtime today. Her protest comes amid news that CCTV cameras bark "Keep off zee grass!" and play...
The Prime Minister has revealed that anti-terrorism measures at this summer's London Olympic Games will include having CCTV cameras in positions enabling them to look inside the various toilet cubicle facilities within the Olympic Village in East Lon...
London - A major UK supermarket chain is to spy on carers 'that the government may not know about' a red top report says today. Leading supermarket chain Insanesburys' staff will root out these off-the-radar individuals who have evaded Big Brothe...
CCTV footage showing a series of drunken mishaps experienced by a reveller after being ejected from a theatre party at London's plush Savoy Hotel, has gone viral on the internet, generating up to a million hits an hour! Sources reveal that the man...
What is the world coming to? Really? Some of the news that reporters have to cover can leave one feeling a bit jaded. First there was Mary Bale and her feline flinging fiasco followed by that man recently who was caught on camera leaving his poor...
The new UK government is planning a £300 billion upgrade to CCTV cameras in the capital. The plan is to scrap all the current cameras (currently around 600,000) and replace them with one giant camera which hovers 300 feet above the city. 'Using s...
In a timely statement, just weeks after the release of figures suggesting that only one crime is solved for every one thousand CCTV cameras in the UK, Justice Secretary Jack Strawhead today slammed those who questioned the purpose and intrusive natur...
One thousand CCTV cameras are used to secure every conviction of every criminal in Britain! This impressive statistic was provided by the Society Of Camera Retailers And Professionals (SOCRAP) at the society's annual awards dinner. "This means...
Now that there are almost 3 CCTV cameras per head of population, the Department for Cameras, Street Bollards and Waste Bins is offering people the chance to adopt and look after their own CCTV camera. Announcing the initiave earlier today, the Sec...
Residents of Snoughs Head, Tenby, were amazed a fortnight ago when workers arrived to fit a state of the art C.C.T.V. system in their village - particularly as the village has less than four hundred residents and boasts one of the lowest crime figure...
A report commissioned by the Government into the use of security and other CCTV cameras in the capital has discovered that there are now more cameras in London than there are people. With the average camera costing £2000 to deploy this means that...
Beijing's biggest fire for eleventeen years has presented a huge problem. China's most prestigious building currently under construction, the new CCTV offices and studios, were gutted earlier this week. Deciding whether to destroy the building, or...
The Government announced today that it is to reassess its use of closed-circuit television systems. The news comes only weeks after it was announced the UK was the "most recorded nation ever, ever". An unprecedented number of petitions were hande...
Now that there is at least one street camera per individual member of population in the UK, the government have announced a new camera sponsorship scheme. For a small stealth tax, members of the public will now be able to nominate their favourite...
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