This is an edited version of a contemporaneous court report produced by John Brace, who reports regularly on public authority and policing matters in his locality. Mainly, the Wirral and Liverpool …| Neil Wilby Media
10 posts published by Neil Wilby during August 2025| Neil Wilby Media
Lancashire Constabulary, a £250,000 operation, and the semantics of secrecy Earlier this year, Lancashire Constabulary and its political overseer, the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC), both gave familiar answers to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests: “Neither confirm nor deny.” Those requests sought details of what has become known as the “£250,000 […]| Neil Wilby Media
South Yorkshire Police (SYP) has been issued with a formal reprimand by the UK’s data protection regulator after more than 96,000 items of body-worn video (BWV) footage were permanently deleted. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) found that the force failed to put in place adequate safeguards to protect evidential material, despite warnings as early as […]| Neil Wilby Media
Earlier today (20th July 2025), Neil Wilby Media published, exclusively, how the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) has declined to release supporting material for its controversial “Six myths about police media briefings busted” article, published earlier this year in an attempt to stem growing criticism over the police media strategy before, during and after the […]| Neil Wilby Media
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has been asked to intervene after the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) refused to release background material linked to a communications piece published on its website under the headline: “Six myths about police media briefings busted”. The escalation follows an Internal Review outcome issued on 15th August 2025 in which […]| Neil Wilby Media
Most articles on this Neil Wilby Media website are written in the third person. It maintains consistency, objectivity and readability. For reasons that quickly become obvious, this piece is written in the first person, writes Neil Wilby. The Origins of a Persistent Campaign Since February 2023, I have been plagued incessantly by repeated and unwanted […]| Neil Wilby Media
West Yorkshire Police, investigating non-recent reports of child sexual abuse in Calderdale, have arrested nine suspects from addresses in Calderdale, Leeds and Ashton as part of the operation. The men, aged between 42 and 52, have been interviewed and bailed pending further enquiries. The arrests were in relation to offences which are reported to […]| Neil Wilby Media
At a Directions hearing in Liverpool County Court on 6th August 2025, counsel for the Chief Constable of Lancashire Constabulary, Mark Chester, outlined his case for committing Paul Ponting, 55, to…| Neil Wilby Media
Tommy Robinson has revealed via his own X (Twitter) social media account that, whilst he was detained last night over the alleged St Pancras assault (read more here), he was arrested by the Metropolitan Police Service over these allegations relating to three posts sent out from the same @TRobinsonNewEra X account: S179 Online Safety Act […]| Neil Wilby Media
British Transport Police say that Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, 42, better known as ‘Tommy Robinson’, has been released on bail after being arrested at Luton Airport on his latest return to the UK. He was detained at 6.25pm yesterday evening, after disembarking from an EasyJet flight inbound from Faro Airport in Portugal (read more here). Robinson will […]| Neil Wilby Media
Far-right activist, Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, better known as ‘Tommy Robinson’, has been arrested by British Transport Police (BTP) on suspicion of grievous bodily harm after a man was allegedly assaulted at St Pancras railway station in London last month. Robinson was arrested on Monday evening at Luton Airport after returning to the UK on a flight […]| Neil Wilby Media
The National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC), which represents chief constables, and their deputies and assistants from police forces across the UK, has been formally requested to review its decision…| Neil Wilby Media
Earlier today (17th July 2025) officers from Greater Manchester Police arrested three men on suspicion of rape of a child under the age of 16. The offences are alleged to have occurred in Oldham be…| Neil Wilby Media
