(BBC) A child was among five migrants found hiding on board a vessel destined for Dover, the Home Office has said. In a statement on Monday evening, it said Kent emergency services, supported by Border Force, were dealing with an “ongoing” incident. […]
(BBC) A school where a teacher showed pupils a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad is to be the subject of an independent probe, the trust which runs it has announced. Protests were held at Batley Grammar School in West Yorkshire after the […]
(BBC) More than 200 migrants have been intercepted while attempting to cross the English Channel over recent days. The Home Office said 148 people in six incidents had tried to enter the UK on Tuesday. A further 81 people had been intercepted […]
(BBC) A police fixation with getting armed units to the Manchester Arena after it was bombed impacted the wider emergency response, an inquiry has heard. The Manchester Arena inquiry was told the former police control room manager accepted his staff did not […]
(BBC) The on-duty fire service commander got lost en route to Manchester on the night the city’s arena was bombed, the inquiry into the attack has heard. John Cooper QC told the Manchester Arena inquiry station manager Andy Berry was “at times […]
(BBC) Sharing the identity of a teacher who showed pupils an “offensive” cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad could result in police action, a watchdog has warned. Protests were held outside Batley Grammar School, where the staff member was suspended after complaints. Baroness […]
(BBC) A petition defending a teacher who showed pupils a “deeply offensive” cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad has gathered more than 44,000 signatures. The staff member was suspended after protests were held outside Batley Grammar School. Some had demanded the teacher’s sacking […]
(BBC) Protests outside a school where pupils were shown a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad are “deeply unsettling,” a government minister has said. Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick said teachers should be able to “appropriately show images of the prophet” in class. Protests […]
(BBC) Three small boats with 77 people on board reached the UK after crossing the English Channel on Thursday, the Home Office said. At least one boat landed on the beach at Dungeness, Kent, but the Home Office has not divulged further […]
(BBC) A teenager has pleaded not guilty to 20 terror-related charges. Nuh Raheel denied 10 counts of possession of an article for terrorist purposes, relating to documents including one named 39 Ways to Serve and Participate in Jihad. Appearing via video-link at […]
(BBC) Only seven ambulances were free to treat people when the Manchester Arena explosion took place, the public inquiry into the attack has heard. Dr Edward Tunn, associate medical director for North West Ambulance Service (NWAS), said there was a delay in […]
(BBC) A judge ordered a Muslim woman to remove her veil while giving evidence at a virtual High Court hearing. The woman was embroiled in a dispute with her estranged husband over their children. She did not wish to be seen “unveiled” […]
(BBC) Six boats with 183 migrants on board reached the UK after crossing the English Channel on Tuesday. The figure is the highest daily number so far this year, and is just under the total in the whole of March 2020 when […]
(BBC) A paramedic has described the “chaos and confusion” at the scene of the Manchester Arena bombing and said initially there were not enough medics. Helen Mottram from North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) was triaging patients at Victoria railway station 46 minutes […]
(BBC) Critically ill casualties were “waiting for hours” to be taken to hospital in the aftermath of the Manchester Arena attack, an inquiry has heard. Senior paramedic Joanne Hedges was one of the triage officers overseeing patients who were being treated on […]
(BBC) A paramedic who helped those injured in the Manchester Arena bombing has told the inquiry into the attack about how she struggled to cope afterwards. Lea Vaughan was one of three paramedics who entered the City Room, where the bomb exploded, […]
(BBC) A sergeant who tended to the injured in the aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing has told of his desperation and frustration at the lack of paramedics. Greater Manchester Police Sgt Kam Hare was in charge of a team of officers […]
(BBC) A senior paramedic has told an inquiry he was wrong not to send three colleagues straight to the scene of the Manchester Arena bombing. Simon Beswick arrived at the arena 40 minutes after the blast, which killed 22 people and injured […]
(BBC) The only paramedic on scene in the first 40 minutes after the Manchester Arena bombing has told an inquiry he was not prepared for such a “large-scale and awful incident.” Patrick Ennis arrived at the arena ten minutes after the blast, […]
(BBC) A lone paramedic looked “completely overwhelmed” as he helped people who had been injured in the Manchester Arena attack, an inquiry has heard. Just one paramedic was in the foyer where the bomb went off for the first 40 minutes after […]
(BBC) A German man arrested as he was about to board a flight at Stansted Airport has admitted sharing propaganda videos by the Islamic State (IS) group. Florian Flegel, 23, was set to fly to Germany on 12 October when he was […]
(BBC) A police officer who was among the first on the scene of the Manchester Arena bombing said he was left feeling “frustrated” at the lack of paramedics. Sgt Matthew Martin, from British Transport Police, told the inquiry into the 2017 attack […]
(BBC) A senior police officer has described the “overwhelming chaos” he faced in the wake of the 2017 Manchester attack. Sgt Dave Cawley, of British Transport Police, told the inquiry into the bombing that his training did not prepare him for the […]
(BBC) It would be no surprise if fire service failures after the Manchester Arena attack were to happen again, the Fire Brigades Union has told an inquiry. Fire crews took two hours to get to the scene of the bomb on 22 […]
(BBC) A “chaotic” response to the Manchester Arena bombing was the result of fire crews being “starved of information,” a public inquiry has heard. Andy Dark, assistant general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union, said his members were ready to “muck in.” […]
(BBC) A senior firefighter said being unable to immediately help those injured in the Manchester Arena bomb represented “probably the worst time in my career.” Watch manager Jon Nolan told the public inquiry into the 2017 attack he was never deployed to […]
(BBC) Fire crews should have gone straight to the Manchester Arena bombing scene rather than a rendezvous point three miles away, a public inquiry has heard. In a debrief, crew manager Nicholas Mottram urged Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue Service (GMFRS) bosses […]
(BBC) Four small boats with 66 people on board have been intercepted by Border Force in the English Channel on Tuesday, the Home Office says. French authorities also stopped 22 migrants in two boats from making the crossing, a government spokesman said. […]
(BBC) A fire officer has told an inquiry he “felt ashamed to be a firefighter” after being held back from responding to the Manchester Arena bombing. The first fire engine did not arrive at the scene until two hours after the explosion […]
(BBC) A man is to face trial over an assault on a security guard at a former barracks where asylum seekers are held. Mohammed Ali, 22, pleaded not guilty at Canterbury Crown Court earlier to three charges over a disturbance at Napier […]
(BBC) Anas Sarwar has been announced as the new Scottish Labour leader. Glasgow MSP Mr Sarwar defeated Monica Lennon, the only other candidate in the race. The contest was triggered after Richard Leonard resigned as leader, saying it was in the best […]
(BBC) New anti-terrorism legislation in memory of a Manchester Arena bombing victim should “protect people and be proportionate,” the justice secretary has said as a consultation is launched. Building on “Martyn’s Law,” the new Protect Duty will require public places and venues […]
(BBC) Shamima Begum, who left the UK for Syria to join the Islamic State group as a teenager, will not be allowed to return and fight her citizenship case, the Supreme Court has ruled. The court said in a unanimous ruling that […]
(BBC) Four boats with 77 people on board have been intercepted as they crossed the English Channel. The Home Office said the incidents took place on Tuesday, with the French authorities not reporting any interceptions in their waters. According to Home Office […]
(BBC) The ambulance service warned a year before the Manchester Arena bombing that lives would be lost if specialist medical help was delayed during a terror attack, an inquiry heard. It took more than two hours to deploy triage teams in a […]
(BBC) A new counter-terrorism plan was issued 10 days before the Manchester Arena attack but it may not have been read by senior officers, an inquiry has heard. Insp Simon Lear from Greater Manchester Police (GMP) was charged with coming up with […]
(BBC) Greater Manchester Police “left after doing their bit” in terror training exercises held prior to the Manchester Arena bombing, an inquiry has heard. Former fire service group manager John Fletcher told the Manchester attack inquiry he had “strong words” with the […]
(BBC) Four small boats with 49 people on board have been intercepted as they crossed the English Channel, the Home Office has confirmed. French authorities, meanwhile, stopped 126 migrants in eight boats from crossing, a government spokesman said. Immigration minister Chris Philp […]
(BBC) Muslim minicab drivers working at Heathrow Airport have described feeling “humiliated” after being forced to pray in a bus stop car park. Drivers said they have prayed on the kerb of the road due to a lack of facilities for more […]
(BBC) A convicted terror offender who was the Manchester Arena bomber’s friend “is unfit to give evidence” to the inquiry into the attack, his lawyer has said. Abdalraouf Abdallah was visited by the bomber Salman Abedi in prison in the months before […]
(BBC) A terror suspect who cut off an electronic monitoring tag and fled his home has pleaded guilty to breaching counter-terror rules. The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is a senior member of the banned terrorist group al-Muhajiroun. He […]
(BBC) A senior MI5 officer will be allowed to give evidence anonymously from behind a screen at the public inquiry into the Manchester Arena attack. Families of the 22 people murdered in the 2017 bombing had argued against the move, feeling it […]
(BBC) The victims of the Manchester Arena bombing were denied “vital assistance” because of confusion over the nature of the attack, an inquiry has heard. The Manchester Arena inquiry was told specialist fire responders were not mobilised because police did not share […]
(BBC) A counter-terrorism training drill a year before the Manchester Arena bomb was “quite a disaster,” the head of the inquiry into the attack has suggested. The inquiry into the May 2017 bombing heard a mock terrorist attack highlighted major communication issues […]
(BBC) Five people have been detained on suspicion of making death threats to a French teenager who posted videos critical of Islam, prosecutors say. Mila, 17, had to change schools last year after an Instagram video for her friends in which she […]
(BBC) The UK’s terrorism threat level has been downgraded from “severe” to “substantial.” Home Secretary Priti Patel said the move followed a “significant reduction” in the momentum of attacks in Europe — since those seen in Austria and France between September and […]
(BBC) Police were told of shortcomings in a terror response plan months before the Manchester Arena attack, an inquiry has heard. The police inspectorate warned in November 2016 that “an over-reliance” on the officer in charge of the response could see them […]
(BBC) An Iranian man who steered a group of migrants across the English Channel in a “dangerously overcrowded” small boat has been jailed for two years. Sadrallah Bahador, 35, was picked up by a Border Force vessel from a rigid-hulled inflatable boat […]
(BBC) A man from north London who moved to Syria has appeared in court accused of sharing Islamic State group videos. Stefan Aristidou, 27 and originally from Enfield, is accused of texting videos of beheading and executions. He was arrested at Heathrow […]
(BBC) A counter-terror chief has expressed confusion over why police would declare a marauding terrorist firearms attack and not tell other emergency services, the Manchester Arena inquiry has heard. Operation Plato was declared by a duty officer from Greater Manchester Police some […]
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