Festive shoppers to be scanned as Oxford Street gets facial recognition cameras

🔮 Thousands of Christmas shoppers on London’s Oxford Street will have their faces scanned by live facial recognition cameras, with the technology due to be installed in December, just in time for the festive shopping rush.

🔮 Prime Minister Andy Burnham initially resisted calls to limit the early release scheme further after it emerged that Albert Bowers and Jessie Cole, who were convicted of Pc Harper’s manslaughter in 2020, would be eligible from next year.

🔮 A decision on Jackdaw is “imminent”, but Rosebank is set to take “a bit longer”, Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh said on Thursday. The outcome will be seen by environmentalists as a key test of Mr Burnham’s credibility on climate change. He added: “We’re not backing away from them, but that’s a matter that will be addressed in due course.” The UK Government is considering whether to grant permission for the two projects, which were initially approved by the previous Conservative administration before the courts ruled the full environmental impacts of the fossil fuels drilled should be taken into account. Speaking on the BBC’s Radio Scotland Breakfast programme on Friday, Mr Alexander said: “Our predecessors, the Conservatives, made such a mess of the process of approval, both for Jackdaw and Rosebank, that they ended up in court. “And that’s why we are cautious, careful, and often quite circumspect in what we say publicly about these decisions, because we don’t want to see further delay as a result of more court action. “I’m careful in what I say publicly because we don’t want to make the same mistakes as our Conservative predecessors, which led to the whole programme being delayed as a consequence of judicial challenge.” He said he “welcomed” Ms Fahnbulleh’s announcement that a decision on Jackdaw is imminent – but refused to be drawn on whether a decision had been made yet, or when an announcement would be made. Read More “The decision is on Miatta’s desk.

🔮 It was quite amazing actually, and I could see how personally moved he was by that.

🔮 It was quite amazing actually, and I could see how personally moved he was by that.

🔮 Conservative shadow justice secretary Nick Timothy said the majority of prisoners were not being tagged before release, despite assurances from the Government that the tagging system would be the “toughest in history”.

🔮 Security arrangements for high-profile public figures including politicians and royals will be reviewed urgently after the killing of Ann Widdecombe and other recent events, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has said.

🔮 The Prime Minister indicated Iran could yet be hit with further sanctions.

🔮 “Migrants will be transported to short term holding facilities in Kent where they will be processed as normal and undergo stringent health, security and biometric checks.”

🔮 It was expected the migrants would be taken to Gosport, with hundreds of protesters gathering after coaches and ambulances were spotted in the area.