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It was poignant to read of 81-year-old Mauro Morandis decision to leave Budelli, the island off Sardinia that had been his home for more than 30 years, follow
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Hampshire s deputy chief constable, Ian Readhead, is concerned about CCTV Orwellian CCTV in shires alarms senior police officer, May 21 . He would be even more worried if he lived in Sevenoaks, a Kent town where a frightening extension of CCTV surveillance is occurring.A local residents association, financially supported by its linked limited company, has initiated a CCTV surveillance scheme over a large area of public access through which its private road runs. This is Kippington Road, invariably described by estate agents as Sevenoaks most prestigious road, and populated by city bankers and other rich and powerful people. The aim is to guard every entrance and exit on to this road by a number of cameras. The first has been set u
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