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Government & Politics
Tasers in prisons to be trialled after Abedi attack
(BBC) The use of tasers in prisons will be trialled after officers were injured by the brother of the Manchester Arena bomber, the justice secretary has said. The Prison Officers’ Association (POA) had called for staff to have access to electric stun […]
Health & Medicine
Leeds hospital bomb accused driven by anger at colleagues, jury told
(BBC) A hospital worker accused of planning terror attacks brought a bomb into work because of “anger” towards colleagues, his lawyer has told a jury. [Mohammad] Farooq, 28, has admitted being “ready and willing” to detonate the homemade explosive at St James’s […]
Clothing
Man charged over headband worn at rally
(BBC) A man has been charged over wearing a green headband with writing on it, said to give “reasonable suspicion” he supports Hamas. Khaled Hajsaad, 24, from Birmingham, was accused over the presence of the Islamic Shehada on the item of clothing […]