Weekly Industry News 11th August 25
The council said it was introducing stricter computer protocols, including locking users out of their systems if they fail to update their devices within 30 days, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said.
Plymouth City Council boosts cyber security amid rising threats – BBC News
Every Pandora customer has received an email after three key pieces of data were stolen by hackers.
It reported that the attacker had accessed the information through a third-party platform that it uses.
All Pandora customers contacted by company after data breach
The General-Purpose AI Code of Practice
The General-Purpose AI (GPAI) Code of Practice is a voluntary tool, prepared by independent experts in a multi-stakeholder process, designed to help industry comply with the AI Act’s obligations for providers of general-purpose AI models. The code was published on July 10, 2025.
The General-Purpose AI Code of Practice | Shaping Europe’s digital future
Children, young people and vulnerable adults across England and Wales will be better protected from grooming gangs and other vile organised exploitation, as all police forces gain access to leading-edge investigative technology. The government is injecting £426,000 of new funding into the Tackling Organised Exploitation (TOEX) Programme.
Police to get cutting edge technology to tackle grooming gangs – GOV.UK
A man who is bringing a High Court challenge against the Metropolitan Police after live facial recognition technology wrongly identified him as a suspect has described it as “stop and search on steroids”.
Shaun Thompson, 39, was stopped by police in February last year outside London Bridge Tube station.
‘Met Police facial recognition tech mistook me for wanted man’ – BBC News
An investigator for the police complaints watchdog has pleaded guilty to unlawfully obtaining sensitive personal data.
Mohammed Ejaz, 42, from Bradford worked for the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), which is responsible for investigating the most serious complaints and conduct matters involving the police. This includes cases where there is an indication that police contact (direct or indirect) may have caused or contributed to a death.
Guilty: Police conduct investigator fined after unlawfully obtaining sensitive case details | ICO
Safeguarding, British Values & Prevent News
A 21-year-old-man from Bradford has today (August 1) been jailed after he admitted possessing terrorist documents.
Ondrej Sidelka (16/02/2004) of Elwyn Road, pleaded guilty at Leeds Crown Court on April 11 to eight counts of possessing information likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism, contrary to Section 58 of the Terrorism Act 2000.
Bradford man sentenced for possessing firearms manuals | Counter Terrorism Policing
Jamal Walker-Bailey (26/5/99), of Burford Road, Whalley Range, was found guilty of two counts of attempted GBH after a trial at Manchester Crown Court that ended on Friday 1 August 2025.
He earlier pleaded guilty to affray, possession of a bladed article and possession with intent to supply cannabis but was cleared of assaulting a police officer.
Today (Monday 4 August 2025), he was sentenced to eight years in prison at the same court. Walker-Bailey will serve an additional one year on license.
Since the proscription of Palestine Action on 5th July 2025 a significant number of arrests have been made by UK policing for suspected offences under the Terrorism Act.
As of today (7th August) 10 people have been charged, with further investigations being progressed through the criminal justice system.
Counter Terrorism Policing and forces across the country are working right across the system to reach effective and appropriate outcomes in these cases.
Three teenagers have been arrested over the murder of a man at a seaside resort.
Kent Police said the man in his 40s died after being attacked on the Isle of Sheppey at around 7pm on Sunday.
Two boys aged 14 and 15 and a 16-year-old girl are being questioned after the altercation in the Warden Bay Road area of the Leysdown-on-Sea resort.
Girl, 16, and two teenage boys arrested on suspicion of murder in Kent