A joint initiative between the Howard League for Penal Reform and the Local Government Association has seen a striking drop in the number of children being sentenced to custody. The partners say the pilot in North Hampshire shows how improvements in the services provided for individual children means they can be supported safely in the community.

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Local authorities and police forces are to be given new guidance to help them to use laws to control dangerous dogs more effectively and to crack down on irresponsible dog owners. The guidelines have been produced by the Department for Environment in association with the police, the RSPCA and councils after ministers decided changes to the exisiting laws were not needed.

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Hacking into an organisation’s computer systems is becoming less newsworthy and only the most high profile cases are now reported. This does not mean the problem is going away, but that it is becoming more commonplace. Improved security measures result in more innovation in hacking and this led to an approach of ‘beat them at their own game’. Security advisors now play the role of hackers and look for ways to break through the security shield. This article explains how penetration testing was applied in Derbyshire County Council.

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