From 16 June 2014 forcing someone to marry became a crime in the UK. Forcing someone to marry is where one or both spouses do not or cannot consent to the marriage, and duress is involved. Detective Inspector Carl Moss said“Forcing someone into marriage can involve physical, psychological,…

My police and media news feeds are currently awash with reports of people suffering burglaries as a result of leaving doors and windows open in the warm weather. I only have seven of these feeds (plenty enough for my little website) and there have been no fewer than eight reports in three days from…

A new report today from home insurance provider RIAS, launched during Neighbourhood & Home Watch Week (14 – 22ndJune 2014), reveals that an overwhelming majority of Britons are prepared to use force on home intruders. The report is full of facts and figures and here's a…

For those of you who subscribe to our Newsletter you will have read that we've recently written to a number of police services around the UK who don't currently link to this website. We've not done this before and there's quite a lot to write to, so we're doing them in two batches. We'll…

This is to let you know that Newsletter Number 11 was sent to subscribers yesterday at 11:00. Unfortunately, due to a back injury requiring hospital treatment (from which I am now recovering) I couldn\'t get to my computer to let you know! If you have subscribed and can\'t find it please…

This year'sNeighbourhood and Home Watch Weekstarts tomorrow, 14 June and runs through to 22 June. The theme for this year's events is Fraud and Cybercrime and the national organisation has produced lots of downloadable resources for their members and supporters to use during the nine days of…