Author: Tom Wood | Date: 23/07/2019
Categories: General
A Manchester-based vegan restaurant gave away 100 free breakfasts on March 4, as it demonstrated the appeal of a plant-based diet to a wider audience, but there are many other restaurants which have not yet embraced veganism or understood vegans’ rights in law. There has been a 360% increase in veganism over the past 10 years in Britain, which has […]
Author: Tom Wood | Date: 16/07/2019
Categories: General
Although generally speaking there has been a downward trend in the theft of vehicles since 1995, in the year to March 2018, there was an increase of motor thefts, the highest annual total since 2009. Due to the way vehicle crime is recorded, it’s not possible to understand the exact nature of the vehicle thefts, but a recent report by […]
Author: Tom Wood | Date: 09/07/2019
Financial institutions are in the unenviable position of being exposed to the full spectrum of cyber-threat actors, from amateur hackers like “script kiddies” who use off-the-shelf applications to vandalize websites, to “professional” hacktivists protesting against a symbol of capitalism, to organized crime looking to target “virtual” vaults, to state actors interested in disrupting a competing economy. Because the Internet lacks […]
Author: Tom Wood | Date: 02/07/2019
A record fine for environmental negligence has been handed out to an Oxfordshire bakery, even though no actual environmental harm occurred. The Lady Bakery in Banbury was handed a fine of £180,000, made up of a £140,000 penalty for offences under the Water Industry Act 1991, plus £40,000 of legal costs. Given that this is the largest fine ever given […]