More than 1.7 million DNA profiles of innocent adults and children have been deleted from the national database, ministers have revealed. As part of the Government’s commitment... Read more
University of Leicester forensic scientists have created the UK’s first cat DNA database – which has already helped convict a killer. Experts in the University’s Department of Genetics have... Read more
The UK's crime DNA database is the largest in the world, despite the European ruling it must remove the innocent and minors. Less well known is that the police can have access to the bioinfo... Read more
Big Brother Watch finds police are keeping lots of DNA data on innocent people Police forces across the UK have no idea whether the DNA data they are storing relates to innocent or guilty pe... Read more
A new law governing the gathering and retention of data including biometric and DNA information has come into force in the UK. Under the Protection of Freedoms (PoF) Act, which received Roya... Read more
Scores of convictions for serious crimes may have to be reviewed after a serious blunder by a leading private forensics firm led to a suspected rapist being acquitted, the Guardian has learn... Read more
Genetic profiling was once hailed as a magical tool to catch criminals. So why is it now in danger of being discredited? Read more