Britain’s highest court has ruled the indefinite retention of DNA profiles from convicted adults is not a breach of their right to privacy. The Supreme Court ruled in the case of Northern Ir... Read more
New technology that allows police to test DNA samples within custody suites without needing specialist forensic training is causing concern among civil liberties groups, The Independent has... Read more
Detectives in the UK are expecting thousands of men to take part in mass DNA screening in the hope of solving the murder of grandmother Valerie Graves. Men aged 17 and over began attending t... Read more
Forensic science standards risk slipping since work was transferred to in-house police labs and private firms, the spending watchdog has warned. The National Audit Office said there was too... Read more
Police hunting for the killer of a grandmother who was bludgeoned to death with a hammer a year ago, have asked all men in the village where she was killed to give a DNA sample. Artist Valer... Read more
The UK Commissioner for the Retention and Use of Biometric Material has published a new report that reveals that the DNA and fingerprint samples belonging to thousands of foreign crime suspe... Read more
Rapists and murderers may be able to challenge their convictions after the Home Office admitted juries may have been misled by subjective DNA evidence. Draft guidance from the forensics watc... Read more
David Cameron has been involved in talks which could increase cooperation over policing in Europe, documents show. Ministers have told EU leaders that they will make a decision on whether to... Read more
An NHS Trust has apologised for “inexcusable failings” at a sexual assault referral centre in London after complaints that samples were not sent to forensic laboratories for DNA... Read more
Men convicted of victimless homosexual offences three decades ago are threatened with arrest if they refuse to provide samples for the national DNA database. The convictions were under a... Read more