Date of publication 2nd January 2026

Systems don’t just fail; they are designed to look like they are working while children disappear. In Traffic Lights and Trafficked Lives, the final part of the Stealing of Emily series, Martin Newbold exposes the “Virtual School” registers that allow children to be deleted from the system and funnel.

The “5-Day” Trapdoor The book exposes a chilling flaw in the eGovernment infrastructure: a system that allows a child to be lawfully removed from the register if they fail to attend a “virtual” school for just five days. This mechanism creates a digital “blind spot,” allowing children to vanish on paper long before anyone admits they are missing. It is a system that effectively “exits” children from protection and into the hands of organized gangs—replicating the systemic failures of Rotherham and Rochdale on a national,

The £39 Digital Trapdoor My investigation has uncovered a critical vulnerability in the Virtual School infrastructure: any user with a £39 digital license can create a “School by Name Only.” This is a school that is physically impossible for a child to attend.

This is not a glitch; it is a mechanism for Legislated Disappearance.

The Result: The child is “exited” from the system and handed directly to gang culture and exploitation, while the official dashboard remains “Green” because the process followed the software’s internal logic.

The Enrollment: A vulnerable child is moved onto the register of a “Ghost School.”

The Failure: Because the school has no physical location or infrastructure, the child “fails” to attend.

The Deletion: After 5 days of “non-attendance,” the software triggers a lawful removal.

The Accountability Gap Through the lens of one family’s search for a disappeared child, Martin Newbold examines the role of Gary Daniels and the software providers who have managed these registers. As the “Horizon-level” data failures mount, the book asks a stark question: When official dashboards show Green, while children are being funneled into exploitation and sex work, why has there been no review? And why is no one in jail?

Current “Arsenal”:

• The Books: Public “Alarms” that can’t be silenced.
• The Manifest: Proof of the 316 files (The “Receipts”).
• The Drive: Fully functional and unlocked.

Where can I Obtain the books, these books are on Google Books and on Amazon. Ensure you have a copy and are aware of what these books are detailing

Prospective new book entitled “It’s Mine, I Can Grab What I Like.” is proposed.