Surveillance cameras can be integrated into door access network
Cardiff police have released CCTV images of a man they would like to speak to in connection with an assault on a student. Officers say a 20-year-old woman was walking home from the city centre in the early hours of September 26 when she was attacked in Cathays Terrace. The man they wish to speak to is seen on CCTV footage walking with her through the Cathays area. Anyone with information on the incident is asked to contact Cathays CID on 02920 527 267.
Students are being warned not to overload electrical sockets after a halls of residence in Bangor was evacuated. The incident at Cefn y Coed on the Ffriddoedd site on Monday was a result of an electrical short circuit.
A prominent Minister has been angered by publicly stated concerns about police cuts. Key finance figure Danny Alexander said the Police Federation – which represents rank-and-file officers in England and Wales – was being “irresponsible” when it did not even know yet how deep the cuts would be. The body said that forces would suffer if they were required to find cuts in the order of 25%.
Another inmate has fled from an open prison in Wales following an incident last month. Twenty-two year old Lee David Pearson, who is not a sex offender and is not serving a life sentence, absconded from HMP Prescoed near Usk at the weekend. He was convicted at Swansea Crown Court on 31 December 2009, and has contacts in the Neath and Port Talbot areas.
A Cardiff lecturer who had three bicycles stolen in as many months has carried out his own survey on bike crime and has revealed the results, claiming the number of cycles stolen in the capital is on the rise. Fed-up Dr Joe O’Mahoney says bike crime has increased by 58 per cent in the past ten years.
The Federation of Small Businesses Wales said that its own research indicated that two thirds of small businesses have been a victim of crime costing them up to £3,000. Welsh policy chair for the FSB, Janet Jones, said: “The Government needs to step up and engage with this important sector of the community. It is paramount that the Government sets out the right local agenda to protect these firms.
South Wales Fire and Rescue Service said a changing room at Merthyr Tydfil Football Club has been badly damaged by fire. The emergency services added that the fire was confined to the two-storey room. Crews from Merthyr, Aberdare and Rhymney were called to the Penydarren Park ground in the early hours of the morning on Sunday. A fire service spokesman said it was believed that the fire had begun accidentally.
As many as 40,000 front-line police jobs will be at risk across England and Wales if expected 25 per cent budget cuts go ahead, the Police Federation has said. It added that the job cuts would mean crime rates going up. The body, which represents English and Welsh police officers, said such a staffing reduction would make policing as it is now "unsustainable".
Fire crews staged a huge operation to fight a large overnight blaze at the Linamar car parts factory in Swansea. At its height 30 firefighters were called to the fire on Fabian Way, but the situation was soon contained so that two appliances remained to deal with it. A fire service spokesman said 30 factory workers on site were uninjured.
A warning has been issued over bogus workers in Wales. Powys Community Safety Partnership said firms offering work at low prices had targeted vulnerable people in the old county of Radnorshire.