FWIW, it was one of the main stories on the Today programme on BBC Radio 4 this morning, which means it reached a very large number of people. And it's linked on both the England and Politics index pages, albeit top story on neither.
Nothing to imply the security services were involved or that there was a risk to our democracy, sounds more like they keep a list of people who do a bad job painting police stations.
I would go to the politics page if I wanted to follow the twists and turns of UK politics. I wouldn't expect to have to go there to find out something so serious.
I guess I'm going to have to look again at where I get my news. The Today programme is very good, but I can't scan it like I can a webpage, so I don't listen often.