(BBC) More than 150 people were intercepted or rescued attempting to cross the English Channel on Tuesday, the Home Office said. Six boats, carrying 168 people, were found by Border Force officials and brought to the Port of Dover. French authorities intercepted […]
(BBC) A police force which responded to the Manchester Arena bombing was not providing the recommended hours of first aid training at the time, the inquiry into the attack has heard. The Manchester Arena inquiry was told Greater Manchester Police (GMP) was […]
(BBC) A doctor has told the Manchester Arena inquiry how he treated casualties at the 2015 Bataclan theatre massacre despite the on-going threat around him. The inquiry into the 2017 bombing is looking into whether embedding doctors with armed police could speed […]
(BBC) A man arrested during the Manchester Arena bombing investigation is on the run in Libya and wanted by police for his role in a drugs conspiracy. Zuhir Nassrat, 23, was linked to two of the three chemicals used by the Abedi […]
(BBC) A man has gone on trial in London, accused of plotting to kill a Pakistani blogger living in the Netherlands. A court heard that 31-year-old Muhammad Gohir Khan was hired as a “hitman” by figures said to be based in Pakistan. […]
(BBC) There remain “unacceptable delays” in getting specialist paramedics to treat casualties in some major incidents, the Manchester Arena inquiry has heard. The inquiry has heard only three medics went into the scene of the 2017 bombing amid concerns about further attacks. […]
(BBC) Policy changes mean the delay in medics getting to the Manchester Arena attack casualties “would not happen now,” the inquiry into the bombing has been told. The Manchester Arena inquiry has heard help was held up after the 2017 bombing because […]
(BBC) A man who made “terrifying” threats of violence on a train carriage while carrying a knife has been jailed. Mohammed Khan caused “unacceptable panic” on the service, which he boarded in Manchester, during an outburst about 9/11 and the Taliban, police […]
(BBC) Almost 100 migrants crossed the English Channel in small boats on Monday, the Home Office has confirmed. Some 96 people crossed in three boats, with the French authorities preventing one boat with 56 people on board from making the journey. The […]
(BBC) The son of notorious hate cleric Abu Hamza has been jailed for his involvement in a money-laundering plot. Ti-to Ibn-Sheikh created false identities for HSBC bank account holders using information passed to him by an insider at the bank. Southwark Crown […]
(BBC) The inquiry into the Manchester Arena terror attack is looking into whether embedding doctors with armed police could speed up future response times. The inquiry has heard many casualties waited more than an hour for treatment after the 22 May 2017 […]
(BBC) The mother of a man killed in the Manchester Arena bombing has said government plans to compel venues to provide security are “a giant leap forward in the right direction.” The proposed Protect Duty will include a requirement for some public […]
(BBC) Security improvements have been made at Manchester Arena since the terror attack nearly five years ago and are “continually reviewed,” a public inquiry has heard. Arena operators SMG and security firm Showsec were criticised in the first report published by the […]
(BBC) A woman who supported terrorism has been banned from teaching for life. Miriam Sebbagh, who worked at Hunwick Primary School in Crook, County Durham, was found to have given money to people she knew were involved in terrorism. A teacher misconduct […]
(BBC) A convicted terror offender has been jailed for 16 months after threatening teenagers with a knife and telling them: “We cut people’s heads off.” Nathan Saunders, 28, shouted “Allahu akbar” and made Islamic State salutes at the youths on 15 September […]
(BBC) The Liverpool bomber died from an explosion and fire caused by a device he manufactured with “murderous intent,” a coroner has ruled. Emad Al Swealmeen was killed when his bomb went off while he was inside a taxi at Liverpool Women’s […]
(BBC) Over the past year, the public inquiry into the Manchester Arena bombing has heard heart-breaking accounts from the victims’ families and those who survived, while uncovering security failings and missed opportunities. It has also highlighted the heroic efforts of the people […]
(BBC) Four Iranian men who crossed the English Channel in small boats have had their convictions for immigration offences quashed. The Court of Appeal said it had not been proven they intended to enter the UK illegally. The men were intercepted by […]
(BBC) A convicted terrorist has been jailed for 16 months over his cryptocurrency trading on the dark web. Khuram Iqbal, 29, from Cardiff, was originally jailed in 2014 for three years and three months for disseminating terrorist publications and possessing terrorist information. […]
(BBC) A man has pleaded not guilty to the murder of MP Sir David Amess in an alleged terror attack. Ali Harbi Ali, 25, from Kentish Town, north London, appeared at the Old Bailey to deny murdering the Conservative politician on 15 […]
(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 […]
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