(BBC) More than 270 people crossed the English Channel in small boats on Sunday, the Home Office confirmed. It comes after more than 900 people crossed on Thursday and Friday. Border Force officials brought 274 people in 11 boats into the Port […]
(BBC) More than 900 people have crossed the Channel in small boats over two days, the Home Office has confirmed. On Thursday 559 people were picked up off the Kent coast after making the crossing in 19 boats, and on Friday 358 […]
(BBC) A woman convicted of travelling to Syria to join the Islamic State group says she “regrets everything” about it. Tareena Shakil, from Birmingham, was jailed in 2016 when she returned to the UK after three months with IS. The 32-year-old said […]
(BBC) Greater Manchester Police has admitted it made errors on the night of the Manchester Arena bombing and in its planning for a terrorist attack. But it said “catastrophic failures” by an incident commander in the early stages of the police response […]
(BBC) North West Ambulance Service’s response to the Manchester Arena attack was “inadequate,” an inquiry has been told. Only one paramedic was at the bomb scene for the first 45 minutes and many victims were helped by police officers, first aiders and […]
(BBC) Police “abjectly failed” to co-ordinate the emergency response on the night of the Manchester Arena bombing, an inquiry has heard. Families of those killed said Greater Manchester Police (GMP) had tried “to blame others” for its mistakes. The public inquiry into […]
(BBC) Salman Abedi punching a female student after a row about her wearing a short skirt could have been a red flag to his radicalisation, an inquiry has heard. Abedi, who killed 22 people in the Manchester Arena bombing, hit the girl […]
(BBC) A defendant in a terrorism trial has been taken to hospital and placed in an induced coma with Covid-19, a court has heard. The trial of Asad Bhatti started at the Old Bailey last week. The 48-year-old financial analyst from Redhill, […]
(BBC) Dangerous and unseaworthy boats are being used to smuggle people across the Channel to the UK from France, the National Crime Agency (NCA) has warned. The NCA said there had been a trend towards large inflatables of up to 10m (32ft) […]
(BBC) Hashem Abedi, who was jailed for his part in the Manchester Arena attack, was probably “more influential” than the bomber, an inquiry has heard. Abedi, who is serving a life sentence, helped organise the attack his brother Salman carried out in […]
(BBC) The Manchester Arena bomber was an “immature” student whose conduct raised concern but could not obviously be linked to extremism, an inquiry heard. Twenty-two people were killed when Salman Abedi detonated a bomb in the venue’s foyer on 22 May 2017. […]
(BBC) The Manchester Arena bomber attacked a female student while he was studying at a college, an inquiry has heard. Twenty-two people were killed when Salman Abedi detonated a bomb in the venue’s foyer on 22 May 2017. The inquiry into the […]
(BBC) The Manchester Arena bomber’s former head teacher has told an inquiry there was no sign of his extremism while he was at school. Twenty-two people were killed when Salman Abedi detonated a bomb in the venue’s foyer on 22 May 2017. […]
(BBC) A financial analyst stored chemicals and electric circuitry that could be used to build explosive devices, a jury at the Old Bailey was told. Asad Bhatti also worked on a computer handbook that included the subject “Jihad and Martyrdom,” the court […]
(BBC) An official appointed to prevent migrants crossing the English Channel says an offer to put UK officers on French beaches “remains on the table.” French Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Thursday it “cannot accept” the presence of UK police or […]
(BBC) UK plans to turn back people attempting to cross the Channel are dangerous and probably unlawful, MPs have warned. Home Secretary Priti Patel said last week the tactic would help deter smuggling gangs, following the deaths of 27 people in a […]
(BBC) Three members of a gang who wore burkas as disguises during an armed robbery at a Dundee jeweller’s shop have been jailed. Dean King, Anthony Wheeldon and Connor Willis were among the gang who targeted Walker the Jeweller in 2019. A […]
(BBC) The father of the youngest victim of the Manchester Arena attack has said that the response to the bombing was “shameful” and “inadequate.” Saffie-Rose Roussos, eight, was among 22 people killed in the 2017 bombing. Her dad Andrew Roussos told the […]
(BBC) Home Secretary Priti Patel has warned that failure by European politicians to co-operate on the continent’s migrant crisis will lead to “even worse scenes” in the English Channel this winter. France is hosting German, Belgian and Dutch ministers and European Commission […]
(BBC) The brother of the Manchester Arena bomber will be arrested and brought to give evidence to the attack inquiry if he returns to the UK, a judge has said. Ismail Abedi had been ordered to attend the Manchester Arena inquiry in […]
(BBC) A convicted terrorist has admitted he was in the same Libyan militia group as the Manchester Arena bomber’s father. Abdalraouf Abdallah, a friend of Salman Abedi, was brought from HMP Wakefield to give evidence at the Manchester Arena inquiry into the […]
(BBC) At least 27 people headed for the UK have drowned in the English Channel near Calais after their boat sank. The International Organization for Migration said it was the biggest single loss of life in the Channel since it began collecting […]
(BBC) The mosque which the Manchester Arena bomber attended failed to adequately “challenge extremist ideology” in the years before the attack, the families of his victims have said. A former Didsbury Mosque imam has told the Manchester Arena inquiry support for terror […]
(BBC) The Manchester Arena bomber’s elder brother had a “significant” amount of extremist material when he was teaching at a mosque, an inquiry has heard. Ismail Abedi helped with Quran reading in Arabic in classes at Didsbury Mosque between February 2014 and […]
(BBC) The number of migrants to have reached the UK by boat this year is now more than three times the 2020 total. The Home Office said 886 people arrived on Saturday, bringing the 2021 total to more than 25,700. The figure […]
(BBC) There was no indication the Manchester Arena bomber held extremist views and was planning a terrorist attack, his friend has told an inquiry. Alzoubare Mohammed said Salman Abedi “distanced himself” from friends and “would probably go to the mosque more often” […]
(BBC) Priti Patel’s “incompetence” in dealing with small boats crossing the Channel is “dangerous,” Labour has said. More than 24,700 people have made the crossing from France to the UK by boat so far this year to seek asylum or to immigrate […]
(BBC) Sir Keir Starmer has accused the government of failing to deliver on pledges to reduce migrant Channel crossings. The Labour leader said the UK had not secured “strong” agreements with France to prevent journeys from taking place. Crossings have hit record […]
(BBC) Belarus’s authoritarian leader has told the BBC it is “absolutely possible” his forces helped migrants cross into Poland but denies they were invited. Thousands of migrants, mainly from the Middle East, have been trying to get into the EU via Belarus […]
(BBC) Counter-terrorism officers have traced a relative of the Liverpool bomber and are due to speak to them, a police chief has said. Assistant Chief Constable Russ Jackson said Iraq-born Emad Al Swealmeen had been officially named as the taxi passenger killed […]
(BBC) The Church of England says it is not aware of any link between conversion and asylum system abuse after it emerged Liverpool bomb attacker Emad Al Swealmeen had become a Christian. Al Swealmeen, who died in the attack on Sunday, was […]
(BBC) The Liverpool bomb attacker was a failed asylum seeker who had been refused permission by judges to appeal to stay in the country. It had been reported — but unconfirmed — that Emad Al Swealmeen lost his asylum claim as long […]
(BBC) The man who died when a homemade bomb exploded outside Liverpool Women’s Hospital has been named by police as Emad Al Swealmeen. The 32-year-old was a passenger in a taxi when his device blew up shortly before 11:00 GMT on Remembrance […]
(BBC) The UK terror threat level has been raised to “severe” after an explosion outside Liverpool Women’s Hospital. Taxi driver David Perry survived the blast but his passenger was killed when a homemade bomb exploded shortly before 11:00 GMT on Remembrance Sunday. […]
(BBC) A further 1,185 people crossed the English Channel by boat to reach the UK on Thursday, a new record for migrant crossings in a single day — as mild weather made the journey less risky. Four Border Force vessels intercepted boats […]
(BBC) Almost 700 migrants crossed the English Channel in small boats on Wednesday, the Home Office has confirmed. The French authorities stopped 255 people in seven boats with UK authorities intercepting or rescuing 695 people in 22 small boats. Children were among […]
(BBC) More than 500 people crossed from France to the UK in 16 small boats on Tuesday, the Home Office has confirmed. French authorities also prevented 307 people in eight boats from making the crossing. So far this year 21,649 migrants have […]
(BBC) A survivor of the 2017 Westminster Bridge attack is using voice recordings of terror victims as a way of trying to prevent people from being radicalised. Travis Frain, of Darwen in Lancashire, set up the Resilience in Unity Project while working […]
(BBC) A man accused of fatally stabbing Southend West MP Sir David Amess is expected to enter pleas to the charges next month ahead of a trial in March. Ali Harbi Ali, 25, is charged with the murder of the Conservative politician […]
(BBC) Families of those killed in the Manchester Arena bombing have told MI5 “please don’t let us down” as inquiry evidence starts to be heard in private. Closed hearings, where only the inquiry chairman, legal team and Home Office lawyers will be […]
(BBC) The Manchester Arena bombing inquiry has been adjourned for three weeks of secret hearings. Closed hearings, where only the inquiry chairman, legal team and Home Office lawyers will be present, will start next week at an undisclosed location. Bereaved families, their […]
(BBC) An inquest into the death of MP Sir David Amess, who was stabbed to death while meeting constituents, has opened. The Conservative Southend West MP was attacked at Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, on 15 October. He was pronounced dead […]
(BBC) Messages between the Manchester Arena bomber and an Islamic State recruiter were held by police for years, but the killer was not identified until months after the attack, an inquiry has heard. The inquiry into the atrocity was told the texts […]
(BBC) The authorities would have been led to “the bomb” if they had followed the Manchester Arena attacker on his return from Libya, an inquiry has heard. Giving evidence, a senior MI5 officer agreed if Salman Abedi had been trailed when he […]
(BBC) The parents of Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi are still living in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, where they are under surveillance by Libyan authorities, the BBC has confirmed. A Libyan security source said there is no evidence against the parents. But […]
(BBC) The decision not to question the Manchester Arena bomber after he returned to the UK from Libya four days before the attack was a mistake, a senior MI5 officer has conceded. The officer, referred to as Witness J, told the Manchester […]
(BBC) A man whose British citizenship was removed due to alleged links to the Manchester Arena bombing has had it returned to him by Home Secretary Priti Patel, the BBC can reveal. The man’s citizenship was removed in the aftermath of the […]
(BBC) The man accused of killing the MP Sir David Amess will face trial next year. Ali Harbi Ali, 25, is charged with murder and the preparation of terrorist acts, following the attack a week ago. He appeared at the Old Bailey […]
(BBC) A 25-year-old man has been charged with murder and the preparation of terrorist acts after the fatal stabbing of MP Sir David Amess. Ali Harbi Ali was arrested following the attack at a constituency surgery in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, on Friday. Sir […]
(BBC) The government is facing a difficult dilemma over its controversial counter-extremism programme called Prevent. News that the suspect held in custody over the killing of MP Sir David Amess had earlier been referred to this scheme has reinforced calls for it […]
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