Six Minutes
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| Originally published | July 2019 |
| Authors | Petronella McGovern |
| Genres | Fiction |
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| ID | 1985013 |
About Six Minutes
'Impossible to put down and full of twists and turns you won't see coming! I loved this fabulous debut novel. ' Liane Moriarty, bestselling author of Nine Perfect Strangers How can a child disappear from under the care of four playgroup mums? . . .
We are building an Iron Age village by hand
... The late-night blaze took just Six Minutes to rip through the centre s best-known feature - a reconstructed Iron Age roundhouse that had stood on stilts in the loch for 25 years...
The text messages Lucy Letby sent as she murdered babies
... Six Minutes later, Baby C falls critically ill...
Capt Tom Moore's daughter's company was paid for charity event
... " Six Minutes later she added: " Apologies...
Mobile phone stolen every six minutes in London, says Met Police
...By Yasmin RufoBBC NewsCalls are being made for phone firms to help reduce thefts after police data revealed a mobile was stolen every Six Minutes in London last year...
Driver who killed pregnant woman in motorway crash jailed
... The court heard from drivers who had seen Iqbal on the motorway, including Johnathan Hoyle who saw him Six Minutes before the crash and thought he was " an accident waiting to happen"...
Colorado Club Q shooting: Attacker pleads guilty to murder and attempted murder
... " The shooting - which lasted Six Minutes - was ended after Richard Fierro, a 15-year US Army veteran, tackled the attacker...
Montevideo Maru: Australia finds wreck of Japanese WW2 disaster ship
... Speaking by phone from the search vessel, Capt Turner said that after being hit, the Montevideo Maru had assumed a steep angle within Six Minutes and disappeared below the waves in 11 minutes...
Lucy Letby trial: Nurse seen at cot of baby who collapsed, jury told
... The court later heard Six Minutes prior to Child C s alarm sounding, Ms Letby was texting an off-duty colleague to say she had wanted to be in nursery one because it would be cathartic for her and would help her to see a living baby in the space previously occupied by Child A, who died the previous week...
Mobile phone stolen every six minutes in London, says Met Police
By Yasmin RufoBBC News
Calls are being made for phone firms to help reduce thefts after police data revealed a mobile was stolen every Six Minutes in London Last Year .
The Met Police says 90,864 phones, or almost 250 A Day , were stolen in 2022.
The London mayor and Met commissioner have urged mobile industry bosses to " design out" incentives to steal them.
Mobile UK, representing UK networks, said measures were in place to " combat" theft. Leading phone makers Apple and Samsung have been asked to comment.
In an open letter, mayor Sadiq Khan and Met chief Sir Mark Rowley said software designers must " develop solutions to make this crime less rewarding".
They urged Mobile Phone providers to work with City Hall and police as new figures show that Mobile Phone crime is driving The Rise in robberies and thefts in the capital with 38% of all personal robberies Last Year involving a phone being stolen.
Statistics also show nearly 70% of all thefts in London Last Year related to mobile phones.
In previous years, car manufacturers have worked with police to substantially reduce the thefts of car radios and sat navs by integrating them into vehicle dashboards.
Speaking on the new data, Sir Mark said: " The current practice of allowing stolen mobiles to be re-registered by new users within The Phone industry inadvertently enables a criminal market which drives robbery, thefts and violent offending in London.
" We've been really clear there are root causes of violence we cannot tackle alone.
" We need partners to Step Up to the plate and work alongside us to break this cycle of violence. "
'Potential nightmare'However, tech expert Jake Moore expressed scepticism of what Mr Khan and Sir Mark's have called for, given the vast volume of mobile phones circulating in the UK.
" It would cause a potential nightmare, and you could find people accused of owning a stolen phone when it's actually theirs, " He Said .
" Proving legitimate purchase, especially from second-hand websites that many people use, would be challenging.
" I can't see any company enforcing this. It just escalates into a bigger problem. "
Police data shows Young People are disproportionately involved in robberies, both as victims and perpetrators, with those aged between 14-20 particularly At Risk of being targeted by criminals.
Mr Khan said " the spiralling cost of living threatens to exacerbate the drivers of violence and robberies, which we know disproportionately impact Young People . "
He added it was " simply too easy and profitable for criminals right now to repurpose and sell on stolen phones".
Mobile UK added: " We welcome the opportunity to work with The Met , The Mayor 's office, device manufacturers and the wider industry to continue to reduce this crime further. "
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