{"id":249247,"date":"2025-07-08T23:27:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T23:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/249247\/"},"modified":"2025-07-08T23:27:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T23:27:10","slug":"heritage-sites-urged-to-boost-security-after-welsh-incidents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/249247\/","title":{"rendered":"Heritage sites urged to boost security after Welsh incidents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The warning comes ahead of a busy summer for UK tourism and follows incidents of crime at Welsh landmarks, including vandalism at Bronllys Castle in Powys.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Specialist insurer Ecclesiastical found that 92 per cent of heritage organisations in a recent survey had experienced crime between 2023 and 2024.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Laura Carter, customer segment director at Ecclesiastical Insurance, said: &#8220;As the UK\u2019s leading insurer of Grade I listed buildings, we\u2019re passionate about protecting Britain\u2019s heritage.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;In recent years we\u2019ve seen thefts from heritage properties increase \u2013 causing damage to items and places of real historical significance.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  She said heritage organisations should use a mix of physical and electronic security to protect their sites.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Deputy chief constable Rachel Nolan, national policing lead for heritage and cultural property crime, said: &#8220;Stealing from or damaging any historic buildings or cultural sites is abhorrent.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;They are attacks on both our national and local heritage.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The warning comes ahead of a busy summer for UK tourism and follows incidents of crime at Welsh&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249248,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5010],"tags":[748,4884,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-249247","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wales","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-great-britain","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114820209569375069","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}