(BBC) The Manchester Arena suicide bomber was missed by seconds by a police patrol, the inquiry into the bombing heard. Salman Abedi, dressed in black and bent over by the weight of the home-made bomb in a large rucksack, later made his […]
(BBC) Three boats have been intercepted in the English Channel as migrants continue to try to reach the UK. The Home Office said the vessels were carrying 48 people but has not given details of where they were from. Dan O’Mahoney, clandestine […]
(BBC) An “obsessional” Muslim convert who downloaded videos on how to make a suicide vest has been jailed. Liam Fenn, 21, repeatedly accessed an “enormous volume” of extremist material online, Manchester Crown Court heard. He admitted eight counts of possessing a document […]
(BBC) The brothers who carried out the Manchester Arena attack “did not act alone” and others who knew about it are still “at large,” an inquiry has heard. Twenty-two people were killed and hundreds more injured when Salman Abedi detonated a bomb […]
(BBC) Jurors have been shown CCTV footage said to show the moment two inmates attempted to kill a prison officer. Brusthom Ziamani, 25, and Baz Hockton, 26, deny trying to kill Neil Trundle in a “terror attack” at HMP Whitemoor, Cambridgeshire, on […]
(BBC) On 22 November this year it will be exactly eight years since the British photojournalist John Cantlie was kidnapped by the Islamic State group (IS) in Syria, along with the American journalist James Foley. Mr Foley was murdered by his captors. […]
(BBC) Almost 400 migrants were intercepted crossing the Channel to the UK in small boats on one day. The latest numbers mean at least 1,892 migrants have arrived so far in September, more than in all of 2019. The 393 people were […]
(BBC) Dozens more Afghan interpreters who worked with British forces in Afghanistan will be eligible to settle in the UK following a government decision to expand a relocation scheme. About 450 interpreters moved to the UK with their families under the original […]
(BBC) September has become the busiest month on record for migrant Channel crossings. On Wednesday, 26 people in two boats were picked up [by] Border Force officers, taking the total number of people to 1,487 for the month so far. August previously […]
(BBC) A total of 12 boats carrying 165 migrants attempting to cross the English Channel in one day have been intercepted by Border Force officials. The attempts took place on Monday, the Home Office said. French authorities also dealt with seven crossings […]
(BBC) Bereaved families whose loved ones were killed in the Manchester Arena attack have shared their heartache as the inquiry heads into its second week. The father of Martyn Hett was the first to present a “pen portrait” of his son, whose […]
(BBC) The coastguard says it is dealing with “multiple” small boats with migrants on board off the Kent coast. Dozens of people wrapped in blankets and wearing lifejackets have been seen being brought into the port of Dover as migrants take advantage […]
(BBC) The public inquiry into the Manchester Arena terror attack has begun. The hearing comes more than three years after Salman Abedi set off a bomb as people left a concert on 22 May 2017, killing himself and 22 others. It was […]
(BBC) Police and anti-immigration protesters have clashed outside the entrance to Dover harbour. At one point, several officers restrained a person on the ground and in total 10 people were arrested. It came as rival protests over migrants reaching the UK in […]
(BBC) A catalogue of failings have been found in the way people convicted of terror-related offences are monitored by the authorities in England and Wales. An independent review found “gaps” in the powers used to check up on such offenders. And it […]
(BBC) More than 400 migrants have crossed the English Channel in small boats — a record for a single day. Border Force has intercepted 416 people, including young children, on board 28 boats, the Home Office has confirmed. Some of the migrants […]
(BBC) A 15-year-old boy is to stand trial accused of preparing acts of terrorism. The child, who cannot be identified, is accused of trying to make bombs containing shrapnel in an Islamic terror plot. The teenager, from Eastleigh, Hampshire, was arrested on […]
(BBC) A plane due to remove asylum-seekers from the UK has been cancelled after legal challenges. The Home Office said the charter flight was “paused” to allow time for the applications to be considered. On Wednesday, 12 migrants were returned to France […]
(BBC) A former chicken shop worker has been cleared of planning a drone terrorism attack after a trial at the Old Bailey. Hisham Muhammad, 26, was accused of having a stash of weapons and devising a contraption with lollipop sticks to drop […]
(BBC) A Sudanese man has been jailed for smuggling himself and nine other migrants into the UK in a dinghy. Altaib Mobarak, 43, steered the boat across the English Channel on 7 July. He was given a two-year sentence at Canterbury Crown […]
(BBC) Families of those who died in the Manchester Arena attack have given emotional statements to a court where the bomber’s brother is awaiting sentencing. Over the course of a two-day sentencing hearing, relatives broke down in tears as they spoke about […]
(BBC) The sister of a jihadist convicted of planning a terror attack at London tourist hotspots acted out of “misguided loyalty,” a judge has said. Mohiussunnath Chowdhury, 29, from Luton, was jailed for life last month for a planned attack. On Tuesday, […]
(BBC) More than 1,200 migrants have made the crossing across the English Channel in small boats already in August, a record for a single month. Eight vessels carrying 112 people were intercepted by Border Force patrols on Sunday. On Saturday, 65 people […]
(BBC) A man accused of planning a terror attack has told a court he researched the Islamic State group because he believed it was “created by America.” Hisham Muhammad, of Victoria Avenue, Bury, is accused of planning both a “lone-wolf attack” and […]
(BBC) Six small boats carrying 71 migrants have been intercepted in the Channel. The Home Office said Border Force and partner agencies dealt with several incidents off the UK coast on Wednesday. Dan O’Mahoney, the newly appointed “clandestine channel threat commander,” said […]
(BBC) People in Bristol have been urged to host asylum seekers in their homes to prevent them living on the streets. During the coronavirus pandemic, the city council has housed a number of them in hotels across Bristol but the arrangement was […]
(BBC) Using Royal Navy ships to help stop migrants crossing the English Channel is “dangerous” and “won’t change anything,” a Calais politician says. On Saturday the Home Office asked defence chiefs for help to make crossings in small boats “unviable.” The Home […]
(BBC) A further four boats carrying 65 migrants have been picked up in the English Channel, the Home Office said. Border Force patrols found the boats travelling towards the UK on Sunday, a day after at least 151 migrants on 15 boats […]
(BBC) Defence chiefs are considering a request from the Home Office for help to deal with migrants attempting to cross the English Channel. The government is looking at using boats to “prevent people from leaving,” Schools Ministers Nick Gibb said. It comes […]
(BBC) An independent watchdog has launched an investigation into an education charity which has not filed accounts for five years. The Charity Commission has opened a statutory inquiry into the Birmingham Education Trust, which is based at the Al-Huda Girls’ School in […]
(BBC) Eight boats have been stopped in the Channel and 120 migrants brought to the UK, the Home Office has said. Border Force intercepted three boats in the early hours and later encountered a further five, a government spokesman said. One vessel […]
(BBC) “Multiple” migrant boats have been picked up by Border Force in the English Channel, the coastguard said. One vessel landed on a beach near to a nuclear power plant in Dungeness, Kent, police have confirmed. French authorities said they rescued 58 […]
(BBC) The case of runaway Shamima Begum, who is fighting to return to the UK from Syria, will go to the Supreme Court. The Court of Appeal decided that the case raised a point of law of public importance that only the […]
(BBC) A Tory MP has defended his claim that some Muslims in West Yorkshire are not taking the pandemic seriously. Craig Whittaker said the “vast majority” of those breaking the rules in his constituency were from black and minority ethnic (BAME) communities. […]
(BBC) More than 200 migrants have crossed the English Channel in 20 boats according to the Home Office — a record number for a single day. There were also reports that about 30 people made the crossing on small boats, landing on […]
(BBC) Two men have denied the attempted murder of a prison officer at a high-security jail. Brusthom Ziamani, 24, and Baz Hockton, 26, pleaded not guilty via video-link at the Old Bailey. They are accused of donning fake suicide vests and using […]
(BBC) An attempt by terrorism offender Mohammed Zahir Khan to overturn a ban on early release from prison has been thrown out by the High Court. Two judges said Parliament had been right to end automatic release halfway through a sentence. The […]
(BBC) Three men killed in a suspected terror attack in a park each died after being stabbed in the neck, an inquest heard. James Furlong, 36, David Wails, 49, and Joe Ritchie-Bennett, 39, were killed in Forbury Gardens, Reading, on 20 June. […]
(BBC) The families of 22 people killed in the Manchester Arena bombing have opposed moves to allow a senior MI5 officer to give evidence behind a screen at the public inquiry into the terror attack. Government lawyers want the security service member […]
(BBC) The latent danger posed by thousands of defeated and captured fighters who joined the Islamic State (IS) group is festering and growing in the squalid, overcrowded prison camps of north-east Syria, where riots and attempted breakouts are becoming commonplace. IS has […]
(BBC) Labour MP Jess Phillips says a faked newspaper headline in which she appears to claim Shamima Begum would make a “fine MP” has put her life in danger. The member for Birmingham Yardley said the Twitter post — made to look […]
(BBC) Thirteen boats carrying more than 150 migrants were intercepted while attempting to cross the Channel in a six-hour period. The Home Office said there were 159 people on board the small boats which were intercepted on Tuesday. Pictures show Border Force […]
(BBC) Young children are believed to have been on board boatloads of migrants picked up off the coast of Kent. Pictures show Border Force officers lifting children out of boats at the Port of Dover. The coastguard has been co-ordinating the response […]
(BBC) Officers will not investigate a breach of coronavirus rules after 250 people attended a funeral, police confirmed. It comes after the imam who led prayers at the Jamia Ghosia Mosque in Blackburn tested positive for Covid-19 following the funeral on 13 […]
(BBC) Five boats carrying 65 migrants have been intercepted while attempting to cross the English Channel. The Home Office said 58 males and seven females were picked up between 07:30 and 22:30 BST on Saturday. On Friday, 125 migrants in nine boats […]
(BBC) Leaders at a mosque in Blackburn say they are being investigated by police and health officials after “around 250 people” attended a funeral service. The chairman of Jamia Ghosia Mosque said they thought there were no restrictions on numbers if hygiene […]
(BBC) Nine boats carrying 125 migrants have been intercepted on their way to the UK as searches continue for more vessels. The Home Office said Border Force dealt with several incidents on Friday after being alerted to small boats in the Channel. […]
(BBC) Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi was seen acting suspiciously and was reported to a steward before he detonated his device, it has emerged. A member of the public raised concerns about Abedi before the bomb went off and killed 22 people […]
(BBC) Shamima Begum should be allowed to return to the UK to fight the decision to remove her British citizenship, the Court of Appeal has ruled. Ms Begum, now 20, was one of three schoolgirls who left London to join the Islamic […]
(BBC) The home secretary has been accused of creating “fake news” with her criticism of French efforts to stop migrants crossing the English Channel. Calais MP Pierre-Henri Dumont disputed Priti Patel’s claim that French authorities were not stopping boats. “It’s not true […]
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