Scunthorpe threatened by British Steel announcement Scunthorpe residents fear for steelworks future as the British Steel insolvency puts 5000 jobs at risk. Firm’s owners Greybull Capital failed to secure financial support form […]
London Bridge attack inquest Coroner Mark Lucraft QC arrives for the opening day of the inquest A police officer said she waited for back-up for what ‘felt like forever’ during the London […]
Protesters gathered outside Southwark Crown Court today where Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange received a 50-week prison sentence for jumping bail. He was arrested earlier this month after being expelled from the Ecuadorian […]
‘No safe level’ of involvement with Huawei United States officials have warned that they will re-evaluate intelligence co-operation with other countries if they decide to use Huawei to build their 5G networks. […]
Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un meet in Hanoi to begin historic summit US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un have met in Hanoi, Vietnam’s capital city, for their eagerly […]
Trump’s dismissing intelligence reports on North Korea Donald Trump has dismissed threat assessments offered to Congress by U.S. top intelligence officials. On Tuesday, a US intelligence report said Iran was not making […]
Palestinians are burying some of their dead with fresh protests against Israel expected today. Palestinian officials say Israeli troops shot and killed 58 people in the Gaza Strip on Monday, and some […]
Death toll rises following protests against US embassy move to Jerusalem The number of Palestinian protestors shot dead by Israeli troops in Gaza has risen to 41, according to Palestinian officials. Thousands […]
Andrew Parker, the head of MI5, has been meeting with European security chiefs in Berlin today. He accused Russia of breaching international rules following the Salisbury nerve agent attack. Mr Parker also […]
UK issues apology to tortured Libyan dissidents The Attorney General, Jeremy Wright, has issued a formal apology today in the House Commons, to two Libyan dissidents who were tortured by Muammar Gaddafi’s forces […]
Members of Iran’s nuclear agreement pledge to fulfil their agreements following US withdrawal The UK, France, Germany, China and Russia have all said they willl continue to commit to the Iran nuclear […]
Prominent Suffragist Millicent Fawcett has been honored by a statue unveiled today in Parliament Square. The bronze casting is by the artist Gillian Wearing. It is the first statue of a woman […]
The Labour party leader, as well as the party’s new general secretary Jennie Formby, are meeting representatives from the Board of Deputies of British Jews (BoD) and the Jewish Leadership Council this […]
Today Facebook will notify all 2.2 billion of its users with an update about their data privacy titled ‘Protecting Your Information.’ This will include alerting the 87 million people who may […]
35-year-old US soldier, Chelsea Manning, who is responsible for leaking classified government materials to WikiLeaks, has been released from a Kansas Military prison today. Manning was convicted of espionage and 20 charges in […]
Prime Minister Theresa May has told the House of Commons that the man responsible for Britain’s worst terrorist attack since 7/7 in 2005 was British born and known to the Security Service, […]
The Central Intelligence Agency have released around 13 million declassified documents online. The documents are being released after a lengthy lawsuit against the CIA and a continued push from freedom of information […]
Chelsea striker Diego Costa is reportedly back in training following a dispute with manager Antonio Conte over a potential move to China. There is a general acceptance around the club that Costa […]
At least 34 people have been killed and 170 injured after coordinated bomb attacks on the main airport and the Metro system in Brussels. Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel has condemned the attacks, as ‘blind, […]
There are fears in Burkina Faso that gunmen involved in the attack on the Hotel Splendid may have escaped. At least 29 people were killed in Friday’s attack. The hotel was popular […]
International news Tuesday 12th January 2016: Explosion in Sultanahmet Square – 10 people confirmed dead German police have arrested 211 people after violence in Leipzig US-led coalition bombs ISIS bank Istanbul […]
Political leaders, royalty, and the leading figures in London’s emergency services led the reflection on the atrocities carried out ten years ago on ordinary Londoners travelling to work. There was a minute’s […]
Events across London are being held to mark the anniversary of the terrorist suicide bombings on 7th July 2005. They include a national minute’s silence at 11.30 am. The period of quiet […]
A major anti-terrorist exercise taking place in central London over the next two days is to prepare the emergency services for a Mumbai or Charlie Hebdo style attack. The Metropolitan Police Commissioner, […]
A major exercise by the emergency services is taking place in central London today and tomorrow to test the response to an anticipated terrorist attack. Operation Strong Tower tests the response to […]
The UK national policing response to the terrorist murder of holiday Britons in Tunisia has been described as ‘one of the largest counter terrorism deployments seen since July 2005.’ Official sources are […]
At least 15 Britons are among the 39 holidaymakers killed in the Tunisian beach massacre and the Prime Minister warns the UK faces ‘a severe terrorist threat.’ Kalashnikov-wielding student Seifeddine Rezgui targeted […]
Security measures have been increased for LGBT annual Parade in London today in the light of reports indicating a high proportion of the 37 victims of the ISIS Tunisian terrorist beach attack […]
A 33-year-old man from south London has appeared at Westminster Magistrates charged with 13 terrorism offences. Mustafa Abdullah from Binfield Road, Stockwell has been remanded in custody to appear at the Old […]
An Old Bailey judge has jailed a woman responsible for thousands of posts on Twitter encouraging people to engage in terrorism. 22 year old Alaa Abdullah Esayed from Kennington received three-and-a-half years imprisonment. She […]
The Met Police have revealed that two men have been jailed for kidnapping and torturing their victim and carving his initials on his forehead. 19 year old Yousaf Khan from Fulham Palace […]
London black cab driver Anis Abid Sardar has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 38 years after becoming the first person to be convicted in a UK court for fighting […]
The Home Secretary and Metropolitan Police have thanked the Daily Mail newspaper for an investigation that revealed how a 16 year old schoolgirl from Hackney was being lured to ISIS in Syria […]
The Commissioner, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe and National Lead for Counter Terrorism, Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley announced the latest national counter terrorism (CT) arrest figures today. They outlined how the police service is […]
Five men from London and another from Luton have been charged with conspiracy to defraud by detectives working in the Met Police Counter Terrorism Command. SO15 have been investigating fraud and money […]
An Old Bailey jury has convicted an 18 year old man from Manor Park of grooming a vulnerable person to commit acts of terrorism. Kazi Islam’s jihadist plot was intercepted by the […]
The Met Police is reviewing security for ceremonial events and their own officers after the arrests of teenagers in Australia suspected of an ISIS-inspired plot. Counter-terrorism police in Melbourne believe the five […]
The family of the murdered Syrian born Imam Abdul Hadi Arwani say they are helping the police ‘to solve this heinous crime’ as detectives renew their appeal for information into his shooting in […]
The Liberal Democrats have announced plans to implement new laws to protect people’s online rights. The proposed move strengthens data protection laws, and includes the threat of prison sentences for companies which […]
Detectives from the Counter Terrorism Command (SO15) are now leading the investigation into the death of anti-President Bashar Assad activist Abdul-Hadi Arwani. The 48 year old former Imam and British national, born […]
London teenager Brusthom Ziamani has been jailed for 22 years at the Old Bailey for planning to behead a British soldier in the capital after being inspired by the killing of Fusilier […]
The father of the first Bethnal Green academy schoolgirl to travel to Syria to join the Islamic state says he warned the police and school to monitor his daughter’s three best friends […]
Video has been released to the Turkish media that purports to be the three missing Bethnal Green Academy schoolgirls being smuggled between Turkey and Syria. The footage appears to have been filmed […]
The father of a Norwegian student murdered in London seven years ago has appealed with detectives from the Met Police for the main suspect to speak to officers. Norwegian student Martine […]
London has been the centre of one of the biggest counter cybercrime operations with 35 out of the 57 arrests made across the UK. 100 police officers have been deployed this week […]
Additional reporting by Fernanda Berlinck The BBC has transmitted a recording of Mohammed Emwazi, known as ‘Jihadi John’, made by the advocacy group Cage before he left Britain for Syria. In the […]
The man known as ‘Jihadi John’, who appeared in Islamic state online execution videos of journalists and aid workers, has been identified by the BBC and Washington Post as Mohammed Emwazi. Excl: […]
The Metropolitan Police ‘have reason to believe’ the three missing schoolgirls from Bethnal Green Academy in Tower Hamlets are now in Syria. This assessment has been made by detectives in the Counter […]
Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has confirmed that a young British soldier who left his base to join Kurdish fighters battling Islamic State (ISIS) has been found and is being returned to his unit. […]
19-year-old Brusthom Ziamani has been convicted at the Old Bailey of hatching a plot to behead a British soldier inspired by the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby. Ziamani is unemployed and comes from Warner Road, […]
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