Plenty of information is already available, for instance just this week I checked my MP's phone bill. Bitch spent £120!

His point is the MoD lacks the cash to fill it with aircraft, hence it is a wasteful expense.

Oh don't talk Daily Mail type bollocks. The vast majority of inmates are in prison for crimes that have long been illegal - violent crime, theft, burglary, rape, fraud etc.

Indeed, classic criminals like the 10,000+ people in for drug specific offenses like posession. Since over half of property crimes are drug motivated, with shoplifting at 85% and burglary at 80%, does it not make sense to deal with the source of the problem rather than apply CCTV band aids so my brother and your friend don't need to treat their home/property like a bank vault?

I take your anecdote and raise you. My brother had a jet ski robbed from his drive this week, they took out his CCTV before nicking it. It was only outside due to lack of space. Amusingly, it was broke and they'll never get a key for it. He has now expanded his CCTV network in response. Good luck to your friend.

According to the Met 3% of robberies are caught on CCTV, so its easy but incorrect to correlate crime reduction with camera expansion. Considering the many laws that have been introduced since 1995 I'm unsurprised prisons are fuller than ever.

What most alarmist articles about CCTV Britain don't mention is the fact that millions of the cameras are privately owned covering mostly private property and not networked in any way to the police or government. The privacy aspect only becomes an issue when large aggregate data is processed, something of more concern for drivers with the national GATSO camera grid fining speeders regularly. The real reason for concern is their general uselessness in preventing crime or convicting captured criminals. We're not beating 1984 yet.

In my country, phone lines operate separate to residential power.

As someone from Yorkshire, I know he was well established in the charity scene and his loss will be felt around the region. He donated across the spectrum and encouraged other wealthy individuals to do so. Not all of us forget so quickly.

Yeah this won't get exciting till I can hack my PS3 with Twitter...

Make that two of us. I removed my account and 'lost contact' with loads of people. By lost contact, I mean returned to life pre-facebook, which suits me just fine.

At my house, that is what I do when I have an early night with the wifey

The pay-what-you-want album was new ground, this is just Creative Commons work with some official help.

When are these available for the public and will someone point me to the nearest police station/strip club? thanks! ;)

Everytime I tried Wave I couldn't escape the feeling it was just like a busy wiki, with a superset of features.

Well said. Article was submitted on the basis of the changes to the local ecosystem, rather than as evidence for the global debate - but this is slashdot....