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In other news, why does this newspaper have a photo of William's wife on the cover most days? I suppose at least they have moved on from Diana. It took them about 10 years to do that
The newspaper has a picture of Kate most days for the simple reason that they will then sell more newspapers. Don't understand it myself-but, to be fair, selling newspapers is the aim. Got to admire someone who charges money for 12 hour old news, when up to date news is available for free.
It's a bit like the fuss people are making about BGT and Viggo Venn. The great British public blaming BGT for, er, how the great British public voted. And demanding to blame someone else.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/police-chief-says-burglary-didn-t-slip-down-our-priority-list/ar-AA1cjesb?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=4e9e94397c56482580bc79bb102cce93&ei=31
All 43 chief constables in England and Wales announced on Thursday that they are now attending every home burglary for the first time after pledging to do so last autumn.
They say there are already indications that it has improved detection and charging rates, which are up from around 4.2 per cent to 4.5 per cent in the last quarter of 2022.
However, the pledge does not cover thefts from householders’ outbuildings, garages and sheds, where police officers are only likely to attend if there is an emergency threat to a homeowner’s life or safety, or there are potential lines of inquiry.
It also emerged on Thursday that burglary victims will be asked to use their phone cameras to scour crime scenes for evidence before forensic experts decide whether to dust for prints in person, for example.
According to Churchill Home Insurance, around a fifth of all burglary reports are for thefts of contents from outbuildings, thousands of which have been converted into private offices as more householders work from home post-lockdown.
Garages accounted for 50 per cent of the thefts, sheds 37 per cent and bike sheds eight per cent.
In the three years to 2021, there were 70,000 such thefts, equivalent to 64 a day, according to the insurer.
Some police officers also fear the exclusion of outbuildings could lead to the public getting a “poorer service”, as many seasoned thieves target them first to obtain the tools they need for break-ins.
If downgraded, they said it could mean police missing opportunities to gather evidence that could catch burglars.
The Home Office has also sanctioned a change in the way burglaries are recorded so that all domestic break-ins will now be divided into those from outbuildings, and those in homes, when the data is published.
It will make comparisons with previous years impossible, when the figures were combined, and are likely to automatically boost detection and charging rates for home burglaries when they are published for the first time.
The moves follow criticism of police for failing to prioritise burglary, with proportion of offences resulting in a charge falling from 6.7 per cent in 2016 to 3.9 per cent last year.
The Telegraph revealed this week that police had failed to solve a single burglary in neighbourhoods in half of England and Wales in the past three years.
https://uk.yahoo.com/style/police-now-attending-every-home-150333404.html