(BBC) A police chief who broke policy on the night of the Manchester Arena bombing “to save lives” said he would do it again if a similar attack happened. Ch Insp Dale Sexton declared Operation Plato, a pre-arranged terrorist plan, within minutes […]
(BBC) The emergency services’ response to the Manchester Arena attack was “commendable” and “almost faultless,” a police chief has said. Ch Insp Dale Sexton, from Greater Manchester Police (GMP), was the force duty officer in the control room. He told the inquiry […]
(BBC) A police chief told the public inquiry into the Manchester Arena attack he deliberately broke policy on the night of the 2017 bombing “to save lives.” Ch Insp Dale Sexton from Greater Manchester Police (GMP) was the force duty officer in […]
(BBC) Four small boats with 92 migrants on board crossed the English Channel on Sunday, the Home Office has confirmed. A further 20 people were prevented from making the journey by the French authorities, a spokeswoman said. More than 2,047 people have […]
(BBC) Millions of Muslims around the world are currently observing Ramadan. But some mosques in the UK are not allowing women inside to pray. Some say it is time for change. Almas barely has time for her religion. She is a single […]
(BBC) One of the first police chiefs to arrive at the scene of the Manchester Arena attack has told a public inquiry she could have done more to bring emergency service commanders together. Former British Transport Police (BTP) Ch Insp Andrea Graham […]
(BBC) Nine small boats carrying 209 migrants have crossed the English Channel — the highest number in a single day this year. The Home Office said a further 166 people were prevented from crossing by French authorities. More than 1,850 people have […]
(BBC) A police chief has expressed regret and “professional embarrassment” after he arrived at the Manchester Arena in a taxi nearly three hours after the bombing which killed 22 people. British Transport Police (BTP) Supt Kyle Gordon was off-duty and not on-call […]
(BBC) A senior police chief has admitted his force failed to work effectively with other emergency services in the Manchester Arena attack’s aftermath. Robin Smith was the gold commander for British Transport Police (BTP) on the night of the 2017 bombing. The […]
(BBC) A senior officer has accepted he failed to make sure the emergency services were working together in the aftermath of the Manchester Arena attack. Ch Insp Tony Lodge was based in British Transport Police’s (BTP) control room in London on the […]
(BBC) A police commander who took control after the Manchester Arena attack has described his frustration at being unable to contact emergency services. British Transport Police (BTP) Insp Ben Dawson was based in a London control room on the night of the […]
(BBC) A former student paramedic has been praised for his “heroic” efforts treating victims of the Manchester Arena bombing. Ryan Billington, 20, helped causalities and took charge of transporting the injured to ambulances, a public inquiry into the 2017 attack heard. Mr […]
(BBC) Many of the first aiders working on the night of the Manchester Arena bombing did not have the appropriate qualifications, an inquiry has heard. Emergency Training UK (ETUK) had been contracted to provide medical services at the time for arena operator […]
(BBC) A woman has told the Manchester Arena inquiry that she used her handbag strap to stem the bleeding from her leg as she waited for help after the bombing. Josie Howarth was waiting with her sister Janet Senior in the arena […]
(BBC) A former military police officer who helped the victims of the Manchester Arena attack was a “hero,” the inquiry into the bombing has heard. The Manchester Arena inquiry was told Darron Coster, who was picking up his son, used his Royal […]
(BBC) The High Court has upheld the Ministry of Justice’s power to impose tighter curbs on the movements of convicted terrorists in the wake of the Fishmongers’ Hall attack. Two judges rejected challenges from an associate of the man who carried out […]
(BBC) The elder brother of the Manchester Arena bomber will be told he must appear in person to give evidence at the public inquiry into the attack. Ismail Abedi has so far refused to answer questions in case he incriminates himself. However, […]
(BBC) A father who tried to help victims of the Manchester Arena bombing was ordered to leave the area by armed police, the public inquiry into the 2017 attack has heard. Daren Buckley from Salford was leaving the arena with his son […]
(BBC) A mother who saw the Manchester Arena bomber minutes before he detonated his device has told the inquiry into the attack about “desperately” searching for her child in the resulting “chaos.” Sarah Nellist told the Manchester Arena inquiry she was near […]
(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 […]
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