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Local News · LondonSainsbury's pauses facial recognition at East Dulwich store after wrongful ejection
Sainsbury's has suspended live facial recognition at its East Dulwich branch after staff wrongly challenged a customer as a shoplifter. The supermarket attributed the incident to human error, not the Facewatch system, which it says has a 99.98% accuracy rate. Critics argue the technology risks humiliating innocent shoppers.
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Local News · LondonDisposable barbecue sparks Mitcham grass fire as wildfires hit record high
A disposable barbecue caused a grass fire near Commonside East, Mitcham, requiring 60 firefighters to extinguish one hectare of burning shrubs. England and Wales have already matched last year’s record of 1,017 wildfires, prompting calls to restrict sales of single-use barbecues.
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