Counter-terrorism act staged at student union
A counter-terrorism planning exercise has been staged at Cardiff Students’ Union which saw Welsh security operatives dealing with realistic scenarios presented by actors. The Security Industry Authority (SIA), which is the regulator for the private security industry, ran the safety resilience exercise in the Great Hall of Cardiff Students’ Union. The SIA organised the exercise, […]
Government promises counter-terrorism overhaul
The government has announced a “wholesale” refresh of the UK’s counter-terrorism strategy, to protect its citizens from “new, emerging and persistent threats”. In the UK and overseas, there has been a shift towards self-initiated terrorists operating independently from organised groups with increasingly personal ideologies, warped views used to justify violence. The move will be led […]