Home Office

In an age of talking CCTV cameras, electronic tagging and satellites monitoring our car journeys, it is perhaps the inevitable next step towards a Big Brother state. The Home Office is working on a fleet of pilotless spy drones which will fly above our towns and cities, quietly recording our every move while watching for terrorists and criminals. Ministers have confirmed that Unmanned Aerial Vehicles are expected to play a part in the fight against crime and terror, gathering intelligence and watching suspects from thousands of feet above the ground.

Police in Sussex have taken the DNA details of almost 80,000 people, the Government has revealed.

Figures published by the Home Office show the force has logged the equivalent of more than six per cent of the area's population on to the national database.