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Where policing meets the wider world — drugs, the economy, criminal justice, and the policy choices that shape public safety.
A mother's six-year campaign turned the Manchester Arena attack into the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025 — Martyn's Law. A plain-English guide to what the law says, where it is on the road to enforcement, what it means for businesses, police officers and police leaders — and a practical, provisional checklist for getting a venue ready.
On 1 June 2026, a judge sentenced Vickrum Digwa to life for the murder of 18-year-old Henry Nowak. Working from the judge's own sentencing remarks rather than the headlines, this is a careful, evidence-based account of what the court actually found — including what it found about the police response.
A CIA-seeded American data firm has moved from the edge of UK public-sector IT to a structural position inside defence, health and, increasingly, policing. What has actually been bought, what the software does, and why it is contested.
