2008

• Crimestoppers offers £50k reward for new leads on Jill Dando murder

  A meeting has taken place today [4.08.08] between senior investigators and Assistant Commissioner John Yates at New Scotland Yard. The meeting was arranged to discuss potential next steps in the case of Jill Dando's murder. [4 August 2008]

• Police Service sets sail with Capgemini to raise funds for Crimestoppers

  Representatives from 20 police services are to set sail to mark the 20th Anniversary of Crimestoppers helping raise over £100,000 for the charity. [4 August 2008]

• Another Costa fugitive is caught in Spain

  Crimestoppers is pleased to report that the Costa fugitive, Robert Andrew Spiers, wanted in connection with a shooting in a UK public house, has been arrested in Spain after being on the run for two years. [30 July 2008]

• Thanks a Million!

  Crimestoppers, the UK's biggest crime-fighting charity, has received its one millionth actionable call at its 24:7 call centre which was about a knife crime in Leicestershire. [28 July 2008]

• Ex-footballer Ian Wright shows crime the red card

  The former Arsenal and England striker, Ian Wright, has donated his time to record a radio commercial for the crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers with the message ‘show crime the red card'. [28 July 2008]

• Crimestoppers is selected for ICAP Charity Day 2008

  The UK's leading crime-fighting charity, Crimestoppers, is delighted to announce that it has been chosen as a beneficiary of ICAP's annual global Charity Day, which will take place on 10 December 2008 at ICAP's offices around the world. [14 July 2008]

• Fighting drug barons in South Yorkshire

  UK Charity, Crimestoppers, is launching a campaign to encourage people in South Yorkshire to call the 0800 555 111 telephone number anonymously with information to help solve and prevent drug dealing in the region. [8 July 2008]

• ITV Local joins fight against crime

  ITV Local is joining the hunt for Britain's Most Wanted criminals by publishing the latest crime information from Crimestoppers on its websites. [1 July 2008]

• Using cyberspace to tackle gun and knife crimes

  The charity Crimestoppers aims to deter young people from getting involved in gun and knife crimes by dedicating a week on the subject this summer using its youth website www.shadowcs.co.uk. [27 June 2008]

• Crimestoppers information-gathering should not be confused with anonymous witnesses

  We want to inform the public that Crimestoppers information-gathering should be not be confused with anonymous witnesses. [25 June 2008]

• Crimestoppers calls for support to combat gun and knife crime epidemic

  Lord Ashcroft, Crimestoppers' founder and Chairman of Trustees, will call upon businesses tonight to pledge funds towards supporting the charity which is expanding its anti-gun and knife crime campaign currently being piloted in the London boroughs of Southwark and Lambeth. [12 June 2008]

• The Security Industry Authority - the new sponsors of the Crimestoppers website

  The Security Industry Authority (SIA) has strengthened its partnership with the charity Crimestoppers by sponsoring the Crimestoppers website www.crimestoppers-uk.org. [20 May 2008]

• Crimestoppers uses Facebook to fight crime

  To reach wider audiences with its crime-fighting message, the charity Crimestoppers has set up a page on the social networking site, Facebook.

• Crimestoppers' 20th Anniversary Press Pack

  Crimestoppers is celebrating its 20th Anniversary this year. Download our press pack here, which includes case studies, information about the success of 'Most Wanted', our national statistics and 20 hot facts about the charity.

• Friends run in memory of murdered pal

  A Leicester police sergeant and a friend will be running the London Marathon for the charity Crimestoppers in memory of their friend and colleague, PC Melissa Ward, who was murdered last year. [3rd April 2008]

• Tackling gun and knife crime in Southwark

  UK charity, Crimestoppers, hopes to lead Southwark's young people away from a violent gang culture that has claimed so many lives, with the launch of its anti-gun and knife crime initiative in Southwark. [20th February 2008]

• Nowhere to hide - Crimestoppers and SOCA hunt more UK criminals in Spain

  UK charity, Crimestoppers and the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) have announced ten new appeals for information concerning British criminals believed to be on the run in the Costa del Sol region of Spain. [23rd January 2008]

• Crimestoppers celebrates 20 years with a brand new website

  To mark its twentieth anniversary, the UK charity, Crimestoppers, has given its www.crimestoppers-uk.org website a complete makeover. From today, the new site which uses the latest in online technology, goes live. [23rd January 2008]