(BBC) The Home Office response to the migrants’ crisis in the Channel has been “ineffective and inefficient,” a much-delayed report has found. The approach exposes security weaknesses while “leaving vulnerable migrants at risk,” says David Neal, independent chief inspector of borders and […]
(BBC) The Border Force, which polices the UK’s borders, may have made the small boats crisis in the Channel worse, an independent report has found. The report, commissioned by Home Secretary Priti Patel, described the overall approach as “ineffective and possibly counterproductive.” […]
(BBC) A boy accused of plotting a so-called Islamic State-inspired terror attack, with the Isle of Wight Festival as a possible target, appeared in court. The 15-year-old, from the Isle of Wight, was arrested after the FBI said he was planning to […]
(BBC) A 15-year-old boy from the Isle of Wight has been charged with a terrorism offence. The teenager, from Cowes, was arrested by officers from Counter Terrorism Policing South East with help from Hampshire Constabulary last week. Following questioning, he was charged […]
(BBC) The elder brother of the Manchester Arena suicide bomber has been convicted of failing to appear at a public inquiry he was ordered to attend. Ismail Abedi, 29, refused to answer questions from the inquiry in case he incriminated himself. The […]
(BBC) A councillor has been suspended for allegedly sharing tweets claiming mosques were hiding “secret arsenals” and immigration was “cultural suicide.” The Conservative Party is investigating Alanna Vine, councillor for Bramhall North, in Stockport. Ms Vine declined to comment on her suspension […]
(BBC) A man has been convicted of disseminating Islamic State (IS) propaganda on social media after the bombing at a Liverpool hospital. Ahmiri Ahmedi Azizi, 24, from Sheffield, shared video footage the day after a device exploded in a taxi outside Liverpool […]
(BBC) A minute’s silence and a flower-laying ceremony has been held in the park where three friends were stabbed during a terror attack. James Furlong, 36, Joe Ritchie-Bennett, 39, and David Wails, 49, were killed in June 2020 in Reading’s Forbury Gardens. […]
(BBC) Introducing a new law requiring public venues to better protect people from terror attacks is seen as a “top priority” by the security minister. A year ago the public inquiry into the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing found a series of security […]
(BBC) The city of Grenoble has gone to France’s highest administrative court to challenge a ban imposed on a new city rule allowing full-body “burkini” swimsuits in public pools. Grenoble’s decision to authorise all swimwear, including burkinis, sparked a legal battle with […]
(BBC) An asylum seeker posted Islamic State (IS) propaganda on social media after the bombing at a Liverpool hospital, a jury has heard. Ahmiri Ahmedi Azizi, 24, from Sheffield, is said to have shared the footage the day after the attack. The […]
(BBC) The government’s flagship counter-extremism Prevent strategy is failing to engage with Muslim communities, a government adviser has said. Dame Sara Khan said a “vacuum” of information about its purpose had been left by the government, which was then being filled by […]
(BBC) About 20,000 participants in the Great Manchester Run held a minute’s applause for the victims of the Manchester Arena attack on its fifth anniversary. Twenty-two people died when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside an Ariana Grande concert on 22 […]
(BBC) Villagers have branded a planned asylum centre on an ex-RAF station site an “open prison in the middle of nowhere.” The Home Office wants to place up to 1,500 male asylum seekers at Linton-on-Ouse near York. Residents have flooded the prime […]
(BBC) At least 350 migrants have been brought ashore from the English Channel in the past two days, according to witnesses and official figures. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said it found seven boats carrying 254 migrants on Sunday — witnesses said […]
(BBC) The government does not record the number of people prosecuted for terror offences after returning to the UK from Syria, an official report says. The data is held neither “officially or unofficially,” an annual review by the independent reviewer of terrorism […]
(BBC) A former Islamic State group member turned cooperating witness has told a US court that an ex-jihadist on federal trial was clearly “more important” than other fighters. Omer Kuzu, 26, testified on Monday that he met El Shafee Elsheikh in Syria […]
(BBC) Ali Harbi Ali was born in Southwark, south London, growing up in Croydon. A British national of Somali heritage, he became radicalised by the war in Syria and ultimately decided to kill an MP. He booked an appointment for 15 October, […]
(BBC) Firefighters in Manchester and London have agreed to assist police in future marauding terrorist attacks (MTA). Crews usually wait for police to secure a site but they will be trained to respond to MTAs — where attackers move through a location […]
(BBC) A terror suspect accused of murdering Sir David Amess told jurors he decided to kill him over his vote for airstrikes on Syria. The Southend West MP was stabbed to death during a constituency surgery in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, on 15 October […]
(BBC) A mosque has denied accusations of promoting violence and radicalisation by a lawyer representing victims of the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing. Didsbury Mosque, where bomber Salman Abedi worshipped, claimed it had been “demonised” since the attack. John Cooper QC accused the […]
(BBC) A teacher has been suspended from a top state grammar school after allegedly using a mug with a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad on it. The teacher at Colchester Royal Grammar School (CRGS) in Essex is thought to have taken the […]
(BBC) Two teenagers have appeared in court charged with terrorist offences. Al-Arafat Hassan, 19, from Enfield, north London, and a 15-year-old boy from Leeds each face a charge of preparing terrorist acts. The two appeared at the Old Bailey via video link […]
(BBC) A total of 190 people crossed the English Channel to the UK on Thursday, the Home Office said. They arrived in Kent in six boats. The French authorities stopped a further 85 people from making the crossing in three boats. Crossings […]
(BBC) A murder trial jury has been played the desperate call for help made by a constituent after Sir David Amess was fatally stabbed. Sir David, MP for Southend West, died during a constituency surgery in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, on 15 October. Ali […]
(BBC) The man who carried out the terror attack outside Liverpool Women’s Hospital was probably acting alone, a senior anti-terror police chief said. Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Matt Jukes said no-one else was linked to the attack but there were still “questions […]
(BBC) Almost 280 people crossed the English Channel in small boats on Wednesday, the Home Office has confirmed. The nine boats with 279 people on board were brought to Dover, with French authorities stopping one boat with 25 people on board from […]
(BBC) Families of those killed in the Manchester Arena attack have called on the inquiry into the atrocity to be “clear-sighted and brave.” A public inquiry into the bombing by Salman Abedi in 2017 began in September 2020 and finished earlier. It […]
(BBC) A 15-year-old accused of sharing bomb-making instructions on social media has appeared in court charged with terrorism offences. He is alleged to have twice posted a propaganda video, made by the so-called Islamic State group, in chats on the Discord platform […]
(BBC) Families of the 22 people killed in the Manchester attack have told the inquiry into the atrocity there were “multiple opportunities” to prevent it. The inquiry also heard claims Salman and Hashem Abedi must have been knowingly helped by others to […]
(BBC) London is significantly better prepared for a terrorist attack than it was five years ago, a report has found. Security expert Lord Harris said a “huge amount of work” had been done by London’s emergency services and key agencies since 2016. […]
(BBC) A community radio station has been fined £2,000 for broadcasting an Islamic chant said to contain “jihadi lyrics” and “promote terrorism.” Sheffield-based Link FM was found to have committed two serious breaches of Ofcom’s broadcasting code by playing the “nasheed” chant […]
(BBC) Firefighters in Greater Manchester and London will be given bullet-proof vests, first aid equipment and training on how to deal with terrorist attacks. The move follows a successful ballot of Fire Brigades Union (FBU) members. Greater Manchester’s chief fire officer Dave […]
(BBC) A north London teenager has appeared in court accused of planning an Islamic State-inspired terror attack. Al-Arfat Hassan, 19, is charged with preparing terrorist acts and collecting information useful to a terrorist. Mr Hassan, of Enfield, is alleged to have downloaded […]
(BBC) NHS bosses are appealing to Isle of Wight businesses to stock halal meat in a bid to help retain health staff. Muslims make up less than 0.4% of the island’s population and no butcher sells halal meat, a cornerstone of the […]
(BBC) Last month, the inquiry into the bombing of an Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena heard its final scheduled evidence. The BBC’s Judith Moritz has followed the family of Saffie-Rose Roussos — the youngest of the 22 victims — as they […]
(BBC) A man from Bradford has appeared in court charged with terrorism offences. Mohammad Owais Sabir, of Mansfield Road, spoke only to confirm his name and address via videolink at Westminster Magistrates’ Court. He is accused of multiple crimes, including possessing articles […]
(BBC) Four small boats with 132 people on board crossed the English Channel on Saturday, the Home Office said. The Home Office has released figures showing that 28,526 people made the crossing from France in small boats [in] 2021, treble the number […]
(BBC) Three prisoners accused of attacking a Belmarsh officer have chosen not to give evidence in their trial. Paul Edwards, 57, said he feared for his life when he was allegedly hit with a chair and repeatedly punched and kicked in his […]
(BBC) A woman convicted of terrorism offences after sharing extreme videos has been jailed for five-and-a-half years. Aaminah Amatullah, 39, sent images of dead bodies, including children, to an online contact, who was in fact an undercover police officer. Sentencing at Birmingham […]
(BBC) The UK’s terror threat level has been lowered from severe to substantial, meaning a terror attack on British soil is considered “likely.” The level was raised to severe — where an attack is “highly likely” — after two terror attacks late […]
(BBC) The jury in the trial of a man alleged to have tried to kill two women in a department store has been discharged. The manager of Marks & Spencer in Burnley, Lancashire, was wounded in the neck and a customer was […]
(BBC) A Danish court has found three members of an Iranian opposition group guilty of spying for Saudi Arabia. The three men were detained by police in February 2020 and are members of the Saudi-backed Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of […]
(BBC) A man who attacked a shopper in a Marks & Spencer store would have continued to stab her if his weapon had not jammed in her handbag strap, a jury has heard. Munawar Hussain, 58, stabbed Janet Dell and the store […]
(BBC) The second of two men arrested in Manchester as part of the investigation into the Texas synagogue siege has been released without charge. Malik Faisal Akram, 44, from Blackburn in Lancashire, was shot dead after a standoff with police on 15 […]
(BBC) A British “hitman” has been found guilty of conspiring to kill a Pakistani dissident in the Netherlands. A court in London heard Muhammad Gohir Khan was offered £100,000 (about $134,000) to carry out the murder in Rotterdam last year. However, he […]
(BBC) One of two men arrested in Manchester as part of the investigation into the Texas synagogue siege has been released without charge, police have said. Malik Faisal Akram, 44, from Blackburn in Lancashire, was shot dead after a standoff with police […]
(BBC) Royal Navy vessels would be a “honeypot” for migrants crossing the English Channel as they would make the journey safer, MPs have been told. The Ministry of Defence is to begin working with the Home Office to address Channel crossings, which […]
(BBC) Two men have been arrested as part of an investigation into an attack on a Texas synagogue which saw a gunman take four people hostage. Malik Faisal Akram, 44, from Blackburn in Lancashire, was shot dead by the FBI after a […]
(BBC) New details have emerged about the Liverpool bomber Emad Al Swealmeen’s failed asylum attempts — and the false information he used to make his cases. A previously confidential 2015 asylum judgment, released to the BBC, reveals how his claim of being […]
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