(BBC) Terror suspect Daniel Khalife has been arrested in north-west London after a four-day search, police have said. Scotland Yard said the 21-year-old ex-soldier was detained at 10:41 BST after being pulled from a bicycle on a canal towpath in the Northolt […]
(BBC) A nationwide manhunt has been launched for a former soldier suspected of terror offences who escaped from prison on Wednesday morning. Daniel Abed Khalife, 21, was awaiting trial at HMP Wandsworth in London after being accused of leaving fake bombs at […]
(BBC) The EU’s top court has dismissed a case against European border agency Frontex, brought by a family of Syrian refugees who were sent out of Greece to Turkey in 2016. Lawyers for the family had argued the EU agency should be […]
(BBC) The payment of a £2m government grant to build youth facilities at a mosque in Birmingham has been suspended. It follows allegations of extremism and hate speech at the Green Lane Masjid and Community Centre, which are being investigated. The mosque […]
(BBC) The number of migrants that crossed the English Channel on Saturday was the highest seen so far this year. Government data showed 872 migrants and 15 boats arrived in the UK amid calm weather conditions. Official figures collated by the BBC […]
(BBC) A Bradford man has appeared at the Old Bailey charged with a series of terrorism and fraud offences. Muhammed Saeed Ahmed, 31, was arrested in June 2021 as part of a pre-planned operation by Counter Terrorism Policing North East, and was […]
(BBC) A PhD student accused of plotting to make a drone capable of delivering a bomb was “fascinated” by the Islamic State group because he wanted to argue against their views, a court has heard. At Birmingham Crown Court, prosecutors have alleged […]
(BBC) A PhD student was designing and building a drone capable of delivering a bomb for terror group Islamic State (IS), a court has heard. Mohamad Al-Bared was a supporter of the group and the device was found in a bedroom at […]
(BBC) Rochdale is “synonymous” with grooming — that was what one of the defence lawyers told a jury that has just convicted five people of committing 22 sexual offences against two girls as young as 12. They were worried the Greater Manchester […]
(BBC) Five men have been convicted of “sickening” historical child sexual offences as part of a grooming gang. Mohammed Ghani, 38, Insar Hussain, 38, Jahn Shahid Ghani, 50, Martin Rhodes, 39, and Ali Razza Hussain Kazmi, 35, sexually exploited two teenage girls […]
(BBC) More than 100,000 migrants have crossed the English Channel on small boats in the last five years. The milestone was reached on Thursday as 755 people crossed in 14 boats, according to the Home Office — the highest daily number so […]
(BBC) An asylum seeker who murdered a man in a row over an e-scooter was flagged as a potential terrorist a year earlier, an inquest has heard. Lawangeen Abdulrahimzai, from Afghanistan, stabbed 21-year-old Tom Roberts in Bournemouth in March 2022. Dorset Coroner’s […]
(BBC) The UK and Turkey have agreed a new deal to disrupt people-smuggling gangs and tackle illegal migration. The partnership includes a “centre of excellence” in Turkey to strengthen collaboration and increase intelligence-sharing between enforcement agencies. The government said it would help […]
(BBC) The number of people crossing the English Channel in small boats has passed 15,000 for the year so far. The figure was reached as the government announced a partnership with social media companies aimed at stopping smuggling gangs advertising. The voluntary […]
(BBC) A teenager has been charged with seven terrorism offences. Amir El-Harith,18, from Smethwick, West Midlands, was arrested on Wednesday and charged the next day. Among the accusations are sharing terrorist publications, encouraging terrorism, and having information likely to be useful for […]
(BBC) A woman has pleaded guilty to disseminating terrorist materials relating to conflict with the United States and the 9/11 attacks. Roma Iqbal, 23, admitted distributing two publications on 10 December 2021. Prosecutors accepted her plea of not guilty to providing terrorist […]
(BBC) A draft law drawn up after campaigning by the mother of a Manchester Arena bombing victim would be ineffective, a report has said. Known as Martyn’s Law, the legislation would mean UK venues and local authorities must draw up preventative plans […]
(BBC) Radical preacher Anjem Choudary has appeared in court accused of directing banned group Al-Muhajiroun. The 56-year-old Islamist from east London has also been charged with addressing meetings to encourage support for the organisation. Another man, Khaled Hussein, 28, was charged on […]
(BBC) Tony Blair was warned there could be a UK terrorist attack “even more appalling” than 9/11, declassified government documents have revealed. Days after the 2001 US attacks, the then-prime minister was told of the dangers of weapons of mass destruction. In […]
(BBC) The Illegal Migration Bill is set to become law after the government won a final series of votes in the Lords. The legislation is central to the prime minister’s pledge to stop small boats crossing the English Channel. Under the bill, […]
(BBC) Training AI to incite violence or radicalise the vulnerable would become an offence under a Labour government. Labour’s Yvette Cooper said current laws were not fit for purpose in the face of emerging cyber threats. The shadow home secretary pointed to […]
(BBC) Two men from the West Midlands have been charged with terrorism offences. Roshman Azad Wali Saeed, 28, from Birmingham, is charged with two counts of distributing terrorist publications. Tshko Ahmad Mohamad, 32, from West Bromwich, meanwhile is accused of fundraising for […]
(BBC) Two men from the West Midlands have been arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences. An 18-year-old from Birmingham and a 22-year-old from West Bromwich were detained on Wednesday during a pre-planned operation. They were held in connection with disseminating terrorism material […]
(BBC) A teenager accused of killing four migrants while crossing the Channel has told his trial he was beaten and threatened by people smugglers. Ibrahima Bah, 19, from Senegal, has pleaded not guilty to four counts of manslaughter. At least four people […]
(BBC) Emergency “grab bags” have been installed around York city centre for use in the event of a terrorist attack. York council said the bags contained “information and equipment that will aid the early response” before emergency services arrive at the scene. […]
(BBC) Sir Salman Rushdie says he is physically “more or less OK” nearly a year after he was stabbed as he prepared to give a lecture in New York. However, the 76-year-old told the BBC he was still processing the incident, which […]
(BBC) Emergency services have taken part in joint training exercises to test its response to a terror attack or mass-casualty incidents. It comes after a public inquiry found a catalogue of failings by the emergency response to the aftermath of the Manchester […]
(BBC) Two brothers have admitted planning a trip to Afghanistan to join a branch of Islamic State (IS). Muhammad Abdul Haleem Heyder Khan, 21, and Muhammad Hamzah Heyder Khan, 18, from Ward End in Birmingham appeared at the city’s crown court on […]
(BBC) A man accused of killing four migrants has claimed he had to pilot the boat they used to cross the Channel to Kent because he was threatened with death. Ibrahima Bah, 19, from Senegal, denies four counts of manslaughter at Canterbury […]
(BBC) A man accused of setting alight two elderly men as they left mosques has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder. Mohammed Abbkr, 28, is accused of injuring his alleged victims in Ealing, west London, in February and the second in Birmingham […]
(BBC) A file of evidence regarding a police officer’s comments in reviews of the Manchester Arena bomb is being passed to the Crown Prosecution Service. Ch Insp Dale Sexton was working in the control room for Greater Manchester Police on the night […]
(BBC) A primary school has apologised to parents and carers for serving non-halal meat that was labelled as halal. The principal of Outwood Primary Academy Greenhill in Wakefield said he discovered last week that not all the meat served to pupils in […]
(BBC) Two brothers filled in application forms to join the Islamic State group in Afghanistan, a trial has heard. Muhammad Abdul Haleem Heyder Khan, 21, and 18-year-old Muhammad Hamzah Heyder Khan both deny preparing for acts of terrorism. The prosecution at Birmingham […]
(BBC) A man has told a court the actions of a driver “saved us all” during a small boat crossing in the English Channel in which at least four people died. Ahmrullah Ahmadzi was travelling in a boat with more than 40 […]
(BBC) A man has been charged by Nottinghamshire Police with conspiring to commit female genital mutilation against a girl. The 46-year-old, who has not been named for legal reasons, is due to appear at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court on Thursday. The Crown Prosecution […]
(BBC) A teenager accused of killing four migrants carried on crossing the English Channel even after signs their boat was deflating, a court heard. Ibrahima Bah, 19, piloted the vessel with 43 migrants on board even though it was designed to carry […]
(BBC) A teenager has gone on trial accused of killing four migrants who died attempting to cross the English Channel in a small boat. The deaths happened when a dinghy ran into trouble off the Kent coast in December, with 39 people […]
(BBC) Seven people have pleaded not guilty to being part of an alleged conspiracy linked to the smuggling of Iraqi migrants across the English Channel. Three women and four men from the Midlands and West Yorkshire denied conspiring to facilitate a breach […]
(BBC) A drill rapper planned a terrorist attack after watching a video from the Islamic State (IS) group showing the killing of prisoners, a court heard. Al-Arfat Hassan used his music to “glorify” IS killings and gained an online following under the […]
(BBC) Some Manchester Arena bombing victims’ families have said it was “absolutely heartbreaking” that changes to make venues safer had still not been made. They spoke after a three-day hearing assessing levels of progress made on recommendations by the public inquiry into […]
(BBC) Manchester’s firefighters will not be “paralysed” by indecision in the event of a terror attack, an inquiry into the bombing of the city’s arena has heard. The Manchester Arena inquiry was told hesitancy after the bombing on 22 May 2017 led […]
(BBC) Efforts to deport a Libyan refugee were dropped shortly before he murdered three men in a terrorist attack in a park, a coroner has heard. Khairi Saadallah’s deportation was initially stalled because he faced charges, including eating a police station mattress, […]
(BBC) Police in Manchester will be “far better prepared” for a terror attack after the 2017 arena bombing, a deputy chief constable has said. Terry Woods, from Greater Manchester Police (GMP), made the comments at a hearing about recommendations made following the […]
(BBC) The victims of the London Bridge terror attack have been remembered with songs and prayers on its sixth anniversary. Eight people were killed and 48 injured on 3 June 2017 when terrorists ploughed into pedestrians in a hired van before launching […]
(BBC) A 19-year-old man has been given life with a minimum term of six years for planning to stab police and soldiers. Police believe Matthew King, who converted to extreme Islamism during lockdown, could have been hours away from carrying out an […]
(BBC) A victim of an alleged grooming gang has told a court how performing sex acts for a series of different men became “just like normal life.” The girl is one of two alleged victims of a group of eight men accused […]
(BBC) The Muslim Council of Britain has criticised the choice of a new chairman to lead an investigation into the disorder in Leicester last year. Dozens were arrested after days of vandalism, assaults, and attacks on property followed tensions involving mainly young […]
(BBC) A man has been jailed for nine months after extremist material was found on his mobile phone. Mohammed Adnan Saleem, 22, of Montrose Avenue, Luton, had saved several banned documents, including a bomb-making manual and a file on explosives. He was […]
(BBC) An independent review into unrest in East Leicester in August and September last year has been announced. Several days of vandalism, assaults, and attacks on property followed tensions involving mainly young men from Hindu and Muslim communities. City mayor Sir Peter […]
(BBC) A man has been jailed for at least nine and a half years for travelling to Syria to join the Islamic State group. Shabazz Suleman, from High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, was 19 when he disappeared while on a family holiday to […]
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