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Dec 23, 2025 • via BBC News

Police leaders concede non-crime hate incidents overload records after logging 133,000 since 2014.

Two decades of social media bloat force policy U-turn

Police propose axing non-crime hate incidents after 133,000 entries diverted resources from real threats. The 2005 policy, warped by online disputes, exemplifies cross-party inertia in UK policing.

Nov 21, 2025 • via BBC News

Buried Bunkers Expose Rural Britain's Porous Defenses

£800,000 cannabis operation evades detection for months in Lincolnshire fields

A sophisticated underground drug farm in rural Lincolnshire reveals systemic failures in policing, justice, and economic support that allow organised crime to infiltrate Britain's countryside unchecked. Suspended sentences and detection delays underscore broader institutional decay.