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Government set to invest in security sector

On Wednesday, chancellor George Osborne promised to almost double the government’s cyber security spending. 1.9 billion pounds will be invested in “industry and academia to fill the security skill gap”. The institution will be given the funding to employ 1,900 new intelligence personnel. Prof Kamal Bechkam was at Osborne’s speech at GCHQ on Wednesday alongside […]

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Cheltenham drug mule spared firing squad

Cheltenham grandmother, Lindsay Sandiford, has been temporarily saved from a firing squad. The news comes as a result of Indonesia’s top security minister revealing that there will be no death row executions in the near future. Luhut Binsar Panjaitan told a news conference that the government’s priority was instead the country’s economic slowdown Ms Sandiford, 59, […]

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Gloucestershire PPC lambasts Chancellor George Osborne’s over planned police cuts

Gloucestershire’s Police and Crime Commissioner has criticised George Osborne’s “dangerous” Police cut plans after confirming he will run for re-election in 2016.  Martin Surl says cuts over the last few years have damaged Gloucestershire’s police services and believes the Chancellors plans are bad news for the county. Mr Surl was the independent elected as the […]