On the one hand, this is a beautiful (but depressing) story about humans standing up for each other.

On the other hand, this is clearly propaganda from the BBC to push police state functionality on the UK population by pre-justifying it. "See what happens? Never mind the part about it taking six years. Let us see everything in your fucking lives, you twats."

Plus a chance to dunk on their biggest competitor for ad revenue and clicks (Facebook)