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PSNI data breach: Two men arrested under Terrorism Act in investigation over 'linked criminality' - Sky News

Two men have been arrested under the Terrorism Act by officers investigating the breach of data from the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI).

The suspects are aged 21 and 22 and were held following a "search in the Portadown area on Saturday", the PSNI said on X, formerly known as Twitter.

It added: "The arrests are part of our investigation into criminality linked to the freedom of information data breach."

Sky's senior Ireland correspondent, David Blevins, said the arrests were "not related to the data breach itself".

He added: "The Northern Ireland Policing Board has ordered an independent review of how the names of 10,000 officers and staff were mistakenly released.

"But detectives are also investigating how the information has been distributed and have made a number of similar arrests in the last three weeks."

The data was leaked when the PSNI published the information in response to a Freedom of Information request.

On Friday, it emerged that PSNI officers were investigating an "attempt to intimidate" officers after a poster claiming to reveal their details was put up near a bus stop.

The force has since confirmed the poster was fake and contained incorrect details.

A woman who said her name was on the poster says she is "outraged" and not a police officer.

In a statement released through a solicitor, she said: "My personal information was written on the poster that was put up in Dungiven that linked myself, my partner and two other named individuals to the PSNI.

"I live in a small rural village and everyone in the area who has seen the poster thinks it is referring to me, although everyone would know that I am not a police officer.

"I can categorically clarify that I am not a serving police officer and I have never been employed by the police in any capacity.

"This is just plain wrong and I am outraged that I have now potentially been made a target for an imminent attack on my life."

She also said she was "deeply upset and concerned" and claimed the PSNI "refused my request to issue a statement confirming that I am not a police officer".

A PSNI spokesperson said they could "confirm that the person raising these concerns has no current or historic links to the police service".

Detective Chief Inspector Avine Kelly said: "We continue to work toward establishing those who possess information relating to last week's data breach, and will take action to ensure that any criminality identified is dealt with robustly to keep communities, and our officers and staff who serve them, safe."

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Live updates after girl, 3, attacked by dog in Kirkby town centre - Liverpool Echo

A three-year-old girl has been attacked by a dog in Kirkby town centre.

Police were called to Newton Gardens outside the Market Tavern pub this afternoon to reports a young girl had been injured after an attack by a dog. Merseyside Police's Force Incident Manager confirmed officers were currently at the scene and the incident is ongoing.

Merseyside Police has now confirmed the three year old girl has suffered "significant injuries" to her face which are described as serious but not life threatening.

A 31-year-old man from Ormskirk has been arrested and the dog, of which the breed has not yet been determined, has been seized.

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Two people arrested after partial human remains found in Dorset - The Guardian

Two people have been arrested on suspicion of murder after partial human remains were found in Boscombe, Dorset police said.

The victim had been identified as a 49-year-old man from Bournemouth and his family had been informed, the force said.

A man, 48, and a woman, 38, both from Bournemouth, were arrested a week after the remains were discovered by a member of the public near the Manor Steps Zig Zag, off Boscombe Overcliff Drive.

Det Insp Neil Third, of the major crime investigation team, said: “This remains a very complex investigation and we have worked tirelessly since the initial discovery and report to progress our inquiries.

“Foremost, our thoughts are with the victim’s family. We will continue to do all we can to establish the circumstances of the death.

“Now that we have been able to identify the victim following scientific analysis, I am in a position to be more specific about my appeal.”

He said police wanted to hear from anyone who saw suspicious activity around the Manor Steps Zig Zag between 31 July and 26 August, asking for any information or images to be uploaded to the major incident public portal.

“A number of cordons have been put in place across the Boscombe area and I would like to thank the public for their assistance while officers conduct their detailed inquiries,” he said.

“Officers can be approached by members of the public with any information or concerns.”

The wider cordon around the area of the Manor Steps Zig Zag had been removed.

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Mohamed al-Fayed, ex-Harrods owner whose son died with Princess Diana, dead at 94 - Reuters UK

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Died day before anniversary of son and Diana's death
Promoted discredited conspiracy theory over crash
Billionaire tolerated but not embraced in Britain
Owned establishment symbols - Fulham FC, Ritz in Paris

LONDON, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Mohamed al-Fayed, the self-made Egyptian billionaire who bought the Harrods department store and promoted the discredited conspiracy theory that the British royal family was behind the death of his son and Princess Diana, has died, his family said.

Born in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, al-Fayed began his career selling fizzy drinks and then worked as a sewing-machine salesman. He built his family's fortune in real estate, shipping and construction, first in the Middle East and then in Europe.

Although al-Fayed owned establishment symbols such as Harrods, Fulham and the Ritz hotel in Paris, he was always an outsider in Britain, tolerated but not embraced.

He fell out with the British government over its refusal to grant him citizenship of the country that was his home for decades, and often threatened to move to France, which gave him the Legion of Honour, its highest civilian award.

Al-Fayed - who could be charming, autocratic, vindictive, and at times wildly outspoken – spent 10 years trying to prove Diana and his son Dodi were murdered when their car crashed in a road tunnel in Paris in 1997 as they tried to outrun paparazzi photographers on motorbikes.

Unsupported by any evidence, according to the inquest into Diana's death, he claimed that she was bearing Dodi's child and accused Prince Philip, the queen's husband, of ordering Britain's security services to kill her to stop her marrying a Muslim and having his baby.

Al-Fayed died on Wednesday, his family said, a day before the 26th anniversary of Dodi and Diana's death.

"Mrs Mohamed Al Fayed, her children and grandchildren wish to confirm that her beloved husband, their father and their grandfather, Mohamed, has passed away peacefully of old age," the family statement read.

While al-Fayed was known for self-invention, exaggeration, and boasting, he was also a central figure in key moments in Britain's recent history.

His rancorous takeover of Harrods in 1985 sparked one of Britain's most bitter business feuds, while in 1994 he caused a scandal with the disclosure that he had paid politicians to ask questions on his behalf in parliament.

Like many billionaires, al-Fayed spurned convention. He once said he wanted to be mummified in a golden sarcophagus in a glass pyramid on the roof of Harrods.

At the store, where he instituted a dress code - even for customers - which he enforced in person, he installed a kitsch bronze memorial statue of Diana and Dodi dancing beneath the wings of an albatross.

As the owner of Fulham, he erected a larger-than-life, sequined statue of Michael Jackson outside the ground even though the singer only attended one match. When people complained, he said: "If some stupid fans don't understand or appreciate such a gift, they can go to hell."

HARRODS TAKEOVER

Much of al-Fayed's past remained murky - even his date of birth. He said he was born in then British-ruled Egypt in 1933. However, a British government inquiry into the Harrods takeover said 1929.

Al-Fayed became resident in Britain in 1974 and added the al to his name. Casting this as self-aggrandisement, the satirical magazine Private Eye nicknamed him the "Phoney Pharaoh".

In 1985 he and his brothers beat businessman Roland "Tiny" Rowland to Harrods, one of the most famous shops in the world.

Al-Fayed hoped that buying the store would win him acceptance in British society. Instead, it led to a series of bitter confrontations.

Rowland took al-Fayed and his brothers to a Department of Trade inquiry, claiming that they had misrepresented their wealth.

The inquiry cast doubt on their origins as part of a wealthy business family, past business connections, and their independent financial resources.

After a quarter of century of ownership, al-Fayed sold Harrods to Qatar's sovereign wealth fund in 2010.

Al-Fayed's application for British citizenship was denied by the government in 1995. He said racism kept him on the fringe of acceptability.

A year earlier, al-Fayed had embarrassed the government by disclosing that he had made gifts and payments to politicians in return for them asking parliamentary questions for him. The so-called "cash-for-questions" scandal ended the careers of four politicians, including one minister.

The allegations of sleaze undermined the Conservatives, who lost a landslide election to Labour leader Tony Blair in 1997.

DIANA AND DODI

That summer, al-Fayed's son Dodi began a relationship with Princess Diana, who had divorced Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne. Dodi and Diana were pictured by British tabloids on holiday on a yacht in the south of France.

After travelling to Paris, the couple were killed when their Mercedes, driven at high speed by a chauffeur who had been drinking whisky and was trying to evade the paparazzi, crashed into a concrete pillar in the Pont de l'Alma tunnel.

Beset by grief and an overwhelming sense of injustice, al-Fayed spent millions on legal battles to ensure there was an inquest.

When it started in London a decade after the crash, al-Fayed would accuse everyone from the royal family, prime minister Blair, Diana's sister Sarah, the French embalmers of Diana's body, and the Paris ambulance drivers of being implicated.

But the jury said the couple were unlawfully killed by their chauffeur's driving. Al-Fayed said he accepted the verdict and gave up legal attempts to show they were murdered.

"I'm leaving the rest for God to get my revenge," he said.

Reporting by Andrew MacAskill; additional reporting by Nilutpal Timsina in Bengaluru Editing by Giles Elgood, Rosalba O'Brien and Andrew Heavens

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Which schools have closed, shut buildings or moved over aerated concrete? - BBC

Builders at Abbey Lane Primary School, Sheffield

More than 150 schools in England have been identified as having a type of potentially dangerous concrete - with many now closing buildings or classrooms to make them safe.

The government has not yet published a list of which schools are affected - but BBC News is trying to find out through schools themselves. The list is being constantly updated and you can tell us about your school below.

Do you know of a school that is affected? Share information in confidence by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk

Which schools have closed buildings?

The government is not publishing a list, as it says it wants parents to hear from headteachers and principals about closures first.

So far, BBC News has learned the following schools are affected:

Abbey Lane Primary School, Sheffield, South Yorkshire - work started in July to replace the RAAC in the roof over the kitchen, and alternative meal arrangements are now being made for pupils
Canon Slade School, Bolton, Greater Manchester - some areas are closed for safety reasons, local press reports say
Cockermouth School, Cockermouth, Cumbria - pupils will return to school a day later because of RAAC found in four corridors, the library and sports hall
Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School, Brixton, London - a statement from 18 August says juniors are to be relocated to a neighbouring school
Cranbourne College, Basingstoke, Hampshire - one area has been closed since the start of the year, temporary works are in another part but the school remains open
Crossflatts Primary School, Bradford, West Yorkshire - the school is partially closed with pupils moved to different areas of the building. Temporary buildings are in place
Donnington Wood Infants School, Donnington, Telford, Shropshire - has had extra temporary ceilings added and will remain open
East Bergholt High School, Colchester, Essex - the school is considering whether to delay reopening or partially close
Eldwick Primary School, Bradford, West Yorkshire - Bradford Council has also confirmed some buildings are closed
Ferryhill School, a secondary in County Durham - the start of the new school year will be delayed. New starters would start a week late with the rest being taught online, it said. One parent said his Year 7 daughter was apprehensive about starting school and this put them in a "difficult position"
The Gilberd School, Colchester, Essex - the school will not reopen until 11 September for students in Year 8-11, with Year 7 pupils returning a day later
Hadleigh High School, Hadleigh, Suffolk - considering a delay of the new term
Hatfield Peverel Junior School, Chelmsford, Essex - the school is closed until at least mid-September. Temporary classrooms are needed
Haygrove School, Bridgwater, Somerset - the secondary school's headteacher has told the BBC it could be months before all pupils are back after its main building was declared unsafe by inspectors last month
Hockley Primary School, Hockley, Essex - closed since 11 June, some year groups are being sent to other schools
Holy Trinity Catholic Academy, Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire - issues have been identified on site but the school will open as planned
Jerounds Primary School in Harlow, Essex - RAAC was detected in the school's kitchen but is being strengthened by a steel structure and the school will stay open
Katherines Primary Academy, Harlow, Essex - the main building is closed
Kingsdown School, Southend-on-Sea, Essex - the special school for children aged from three to 14 years old was told on Thursday to close its main building. More from Essex here - where more than 50 schools reported to have it
Mayflower Primary School, Leicester, Leicestershire - also found out it was affected before the summer holidays
Our Lady's Catholic High School, Preston, Lancashire - closed on Monday and Tuesday
Outwoods Primary School, Atherstone, North Warwickshire - work began earlier this year to install support as a precaution, but the school will remain open
Parks Primary, Leicester, Leicestershire - back in May, the school had to relocate several classes and borrow rooms from other institutions after the discovery of RAAC
Ramsey Academy, Halstead, Essex - four classrooms have been vacated and are out of use until safety measures are in place
Ravens Academy, Clacton-On-Sea, Essex - the school will be closed for two days next week, on 5 and 6 September
St Clere's School, Stanford-le-Hope, Essex - parts of the school need to close, with some pupils to learn from home
St Gregory's Catholic Science College, Harrow, London - work is being done to prop up the concrete, but the school is expected to open as planned
St Leonard's School, Durham, County Durham - the school will not be able to open as planned
St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Darlington, County Durham - closed until 11 September
St Thomas More Catholic Comprehensive, Eltham, London - open but parts of the hall, gym, canteen, drama studio, alps and girls' and boys' toilets are closed, and the school needs to open mobile toilet blocks
White Hall Academy primary, Clacton, Essex - the school is carrying out surveys and parents were told on Friday there will be three non-teaching days
Willowbrook Mead Primary Academy, Leicester, Leicestershire - parents were told in a letter from the school, seen by the BBC, about complex arrangements to send children from different year groups to two different schools, and give older children home schooling
Winter Gardens Academy, Canvey Island, Essex - parts of the school are to be vacated with immediate effect
Wood Green Academy, Wednesbury, West Midlands - some classrooms will be closed until October
Wyburns Primary School, Rayleigh, Essex - closed for possibly up to two weeks

How many schools are affected in total?

The Department for Education (DfE) said 156 school buildings were identified as having this type of concrete, RAAC (find out more about the concrete here). Of them, 52 were at risk of sudden collapse and action was taken immediately to make them safe, for example by propping up the concrete.

The other 104 are currently scrambling to put safety measures in place to stay open.

Schools with RAAC only have to close or partially close if they do not have safety measures in place, and cannot make alternative arrangements - such as converting other parts of the building into temporary classrooms or moving children to another site.

We're not sure how many schools are having to close, but think as many as 24 of them may have to.

But more schools may be affected by RAAC. Back in June, a report by the National Audit Office assessed that 572 schools had been identified where RAAC might be present. Engineers at schools across the country have been carrying out surveys to work out where the problems are.

Where are schools being checked over?

Engineers have been carrying out surveys across England to work out where the problems are. While this work affects most councils, some are also announcing how many of their schools are being surveyed:

Kingston - the council says 13 community and foundation schools and 45 other council buildings have been identified and they have ordered further checks
Hertfordshire - several school buildings in the county are to be surveyed. No school in the county needs to close currently. The council previously identified and fixed three schools with RAAC last year
Lancashire - after an initial survey of all schools, 17 schools are going to have detailed surveys done due to their age as a precautionary measure, the council says
Nottinghamshire - the council says Carnarvon Primary School, Bingham, Nottingham needs further checks, although no immediate issues have been identified

Other UK nations

Northern Ireland - schools in Northern Ireland are being checked for collapse-prone concrete as a matter of urgency
Scotland - at least 12 schools have been identified with RAAC. There are five in West Lothian, two in the Highlands, two in Edinburgh and one each in Perth and Kinross, Moray and East Lothian. No school has been completely closed. Figures obtained by the Scottish Liberal Democrats in May found at least 37 schools in Scotland have buildings that contain RAAC
Wales - schools and colleges are being surveyed for RAAC but no institutions have reported having the material

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PSNI data breach: Two men arrested under Terrorism Act in investigation over 'linked criminality' - Sky News

Live updates after girl, 3, attacked by dog in Kirkby town centre - Liverpool Echo

Billionaire who bought Harrods and fell out with royals after son's death | ITV News - ITV News

Two people arrested after partial human remains found in Dorset - The Guardian

Mohamed al-Fayed, ex-Harrods owner whose son died with Princess Diana, dead at 94 - Reuters UK

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Which schools have closed, shut buildings or moved over aerated concrete? - BBC

Which schools have closed buildings?

How many schools are affected in total?

Where are schools being checked over?

Other UK nations

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