(ITV) The results of a survey into UK mosques [have] found worshippers want more inclusive spaces for women and children. Although many mosques already have separate spaces for their female worshippers, the Open My Mosque report found there are a significant number […]
(ITV) Prime Minister Keir Starmer has been accused of giving “an awful response” when asked about the Labour Party’s relationship with British Muslims. In a recent interview, Starmer was questioned about general election results showing the declining support of Labour by British […]
(ITV) A range of measures have been proposed to crackdown on what has been described as the UK’s “growing problem with extreme protest movements that use political violence, intimidation, incitement, law breaking, and disruption.” Lord Walney set out 41 recommendations for the […]
(ITV) Detectives investigating the stabbing [of] an Iranian journalist outside his south London home have said they are “making various international inquiries.” However, police looking into the attack on Iran International reporter Pouria Zeraati have not said which country they believe the […]
(ITV) On 15 October last year, Moroccan asylum seeker Ahmed Alid stabbed a pensioner six times in Hartlepool town centre. Minutes earlier and armed with two knives, at around 5am, he had broken into the bedroom of his housemate and hacked at […]
(ITV) Labour lost 33 percentage points of vote share in areas that are majority Muslim in the recent local elections, according to exclusive analysis for ITV News by Number Cruncher Politics. People across England and Wales went to the polls on May […]
(ITV) A man has been charged as part of an investigation into small boat crossings across the Channel. Amanj Hasan Zada, a 34-year-old Iranian national, was charged with two counts of facilitating illegal immigration, in relation to two crossings made from France […]
(ITV) A police officer has been charged with terrorism offences after allegedly sharing messages supporting Hamas. West Yorkshire PC Mohammed Adil, 26, faces two counts of publishing an image in support of a proscribed organisation. It comes after an investigation by Counter […]
(ITV) Morocco-born killer Ahmed Alid came to the UK to seek asylum having drifted around Europe for years. The former pastry chef and shop owner, convicted of randomly murdering a pensioner walking in Hartlepool town centre, told jurors during his trial he […]
(ITV) A self-employed businessman sent more than $600 to his nephew who considered becoming a suicide bomber after he was shot while fighting in Syria, a court has heard. Farhad Mohammad, 45, is on trial at the Old Bailey accused of making […]
(ITV) A teacher who was forced into hiding after he showed a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed during a lesson was “let down” by his school, council and police, a government adviser has said. The religious studies teacher received death threats and […]
(ITV) The mother of a Manchester Arena bombing victim has told the prime minister that an attack on a Moscow concert venue shows why a new law enhancing security in public places in the UK must be introduced without delay. Figen Murray’s […]
(ITV) Former Conservative deputy chair Lee Anderson has been criticised for claiming Sadiq Khan, the first Muslim mayor of London, is controlled by “Islamists.” Speaking on GB News, Mr Anderson said Mr Khan had “given our capital city away to his mates.” […]
(ITV) The families of three men killed in a terror attack in Reading’s Forbury Gardens have spoken of their shock and disappointment following the conclusion of the inquest into their deaths. James Furlong, Dr David Wails and Joseph Ritchie-Bennett were stabbed to […]
(ITV) Two men from South Wales have been charged in connection with a suspected people smuggling operation through Europe. Dilshad Shamo, 41, from Castell Morgraig, and Ali Khdir, 42, from Pontygwindy Road, Caerphilly, have been charged with assisting unlawful immigration. They appeared […]
(ITV) An 18-year-old has been charged as part of an ongoing terrorism investigation. Muhammad Zakir Arif from Bury, Greater Manchester, was charged with multiple offences following an operation by Counter-Terrorism Policing North West. On Wednesday, 14 February, Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard how […]
(ITV) An inquest into the deaths of three men stabbed to death in Reading has heard authorities were repeatedly warned about the terrorist’s mental health. Giving evidence today, the CEO of Reading Refugee Support Group said he wrote to health and probation officials […]
(ITV) The government has come under pressure to explain how a refugee suspected of launching a chemical substance attack on a mother and her children was granted asylum after being convicted of a sex offence. Police are hunting Abdul Ezedi, 35, after […]
(ITV) Plans to ban Islamist political group Hizb ut-Tahrir as a terrorist organisation have been approved by Parliament. Hizb ut-Tahrir has organised rallies which took place on the streets of London alongside pro-Palestinian marches in recent months, following the outbreak of the […]
(ITV) Iranian spies offered a people-smuggler $200,000 (around £158,290) to assassinate two news presenters codenamed “the bride and the groom” outside their London studio, to show critics of the regime they “could do harm to them at any time.” The organisers can […]
(ITV) Three members of an organised crime gang have been sentenced for their part in selling a firearm to a terrorist, following an investigation by the south-east’s Counter Terrorism Policing unit. All three pleaded guilty to conspiracy to transfer a prohibited firearm […]
(ITV) A woman who helped smuggle mobile phones to her extremist brother in prison has been jailed for six months. Rahimah De Silva, 24, had also plotted with her brother, Denny De Silva, to transport sim cards and chargers into HMP Woodhill […]
(ITV) A woman has been charged with supporting a proscribed organisation, after a speech in Brighton last month. Hanin Barghouti, of Eaton Grove, Hove, was charged today (13 November) with one count of supporting a proscribed organisation, namely Harakat al-Muqawamah al-Islamiyyah (Hamas), […]
(ITV) A staff member plotted a “lone wolf” terror attack against the hospital where he worked and an RAF base after becoming radicalised online, a court has heard. Clinical support worker Mohammad Farooq, 28, took a viable bomb made from a pressure […]
(ITV) Police are searching for three women who wore pictures of Hamas paragliders and a man who held a poster supporting the terrorist group at pro-Palestine events in London. Social media footage of a protest in Whitehall on October 14 shows two […]
(ITV) A teenager has been arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences and possessing indecent images of a child. Metropolitan Police officers arrested the 17-year-old in east London on suspicion of collecting material that is likely to be useful to a person committing […]
(ITV) The chief of the Metropolitan Police has suggested the law may need tightening after his force decided a video of a man chanting “jihad” at a pro-Palestine protest on Saturday did not show any offence being committed. Sir Mark Rowley, following […]
(ITV) A former drug dealer, alleged to be the fourth member of the so-called ISIS “Beatles” kidnap gang, has pleaded guilty to terrorism charges, after a failed bid by the home secretary to have him sent to the US. Aine Davis, 39, […]
(ITV) Police patrols in London have been increased amid reports of people celebrating the attack on Israel by Hamas. In a statement, Scotland Yard said: “We are aware of a number of incidents, including those that have been shared on social media, […]
(ITV) An inquest into the death of the Manchester Arena bomber is to be held, it has been confirmed. Salman Abedi died when he exploded a home-made device in the Manchester Arena foyer at the end of an Ariana Grande concert in […]
(ITV) A man who posed for selfies while piloting a small boat with 50 migrants on board has been jailed for three years and two months. Reda Hamoud Abdurabou, 25, was sentenced at Salisbury Crown Court today (1 September) after being found […]
(ITV) A teenager found with “viable bomb-making instructions” has been jailed for nearly four years. Mohammed Afzal, 18, posted extremist material that was deemed to “encourage terrorism,” Liverpool Crown Court heard. He also collected terrorist information, including directions on how to make […]
(ITV) The jury in the trial of a man charged with manslaughter after four people died whilst attempting to cross the English Channel in a small migrant boat has been discharged. Ibrahima Bah, of no fixed address, was charged with four counts […]
(ITV) A homegrown terrorist considered launching a mass gun attack on the late queen’s funeral after converting to Islam in prison, a court has heard. Edward Little, 22, rejected the plan as “too late” and instead decided to target a Christian preacher […]
(ITV) A prisoner has admitted distributing so-called Islamic State radicalisation magazines. Denny De Silva, 31, from Luton, Bedfordshire, pleaded guilty to disseminating two issues of Dabiq magazine in January 2021. The online magazine was used by the so-called Islamic State terrorist group […]
(ITV) Emergency workers and the mayor of London have paid tribute to the victims of the July 7 bombings on the 18th anniversary of the terror attacks. Coordinated attacks in 2005 on three London Underground trains and a double-decker bus killed 52 […]
(ITV) The Court of Appeal has ruled government plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda as unlawful, with judges reaching the verdict it is not a safe third country. Judges overruled a previous High Court decision that declared the Home Office’s controversial deportation scheme lawful, with […]
(ITV) A pre-inquest review hearing into the deaths of three men killed in a terror attack in Reading is to take place next week. James Furlong, 36, David Wails, 49, and Joseph Ritchie-Bennett, 39, were murdered by Khairi Saadallah in Forbury Gardens […]
(ITV) A new draft law to ensure stronger protections against terrorism in public places has been hailed as an “important step forward” after years of campaigning by the mother of a Manchester Arena bombing victim. The new rules, which Martyn Hett’s mother […]
(ITV) The imam of a Birmingham mosque has condemned violence against police over the weekend in the city. West Midlands Police officers were undertaking a joint operation with Birmingham City Council investigating illegal street trading when they faced backlash. A number of missiles […]
(ITV) Part of London’s West End was decked out for the first time tonight with lights to celebrate the start of Ramadan. The illuminating idea is run by the non-profit organisation Ramadan Lights UK who previously took the lights to Henlys Corner […]
(ITV) A long-awaited plan to “stop the boats” has finally been unveiled, with Home Secretary Suella Braverman announcing the Illegal Migration Bill in Parliament. The new law will force detention on virtually everyone who enters the UK illegally and make it impossible […]
(ITV) There was a “significant missed opportunity to take action” which could have prevented the Manchester Arena terror attack, a report has found. Failures to obtain “actionable intelligence” on bomber Salman Abedi meant he was able to build a “devastatingly destructive” device […]
(ITV) Rishi Sunak’s pledge to “stop the boats” means a “dramatic reduction” in the number of illegal Channel crossings, the home secretary has told ITV News, but she would not put a timescale on the commitment. The policy has become one of […]
(ITV) A student nurse accused of plotting a terrorist attack at an RAF base after he was allegedly found with a pressure cooker bomb outside a hospital in Leeds is to face a trial in the autumn. Mohammad Farooq, 27, was allegedly […]
(ITV) A teenage Islamic State fanatic has admitted a plot to attack police officers or soldiers on home soil. Matthew King, 19, expressed a desire to “torture, mutilate and kill military personnel” as he prepared to stake out a British Army barracks […]
(ITV) Public venues must ensure stronger protection against terrorism under a new law introduced following the campaign of the mother of a Manchester Arena bombing victim. Martyn Hett, 29, was one of 22 people killed during the attack at the end of […]
(ITV) Shamima Begum “in some respects … would have known what she was doing” when she travelled to Syria as a teenager to join a terror group, an MI5 officer has told a court. Ms Begum, now 23, was 15 when she […]
(ITV) Lives are at risk because ministers are dragging their feet with a law requiring venues to improve their security, counter-terror chiefs and victims’ families have warned. Britain’s former top counter-terror officer Neil Basu joined Figen Murray, whose son died in the […]
(ITV) A former Canadian intelligence officer has called for Shamima Begum to be returned to the UK because of what she claims were failures and a cover-up involving the spy agency she once worked for. Huda Mukbil, who used to be a […]
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