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Man caught with explosives jailed again after breaching court requirements

A man previously convicted of possessing an explosive substance has been sent back to prison for breaching court requirements, police say. Anwar Driouich, who was jailed in 2020 after admitting having 10kg of ammonium nitrate and seven terror ...

18 Aug 2022 at 21:22

Counter terror police have seen rise in ‘lone actors’ carrying out attacks

Police have seen a rise in lone actors carrying out attacks and more young people being drawn into terrorism over the last five years. Since the wave of terror attacks in the UK in 2017, Assistant Commissioner Matt Jukes, head of Counter ...

17 Mar 2022 at 16:25

Sir David’s killer known to authorities, police said

Islamic State lone wolf Ali Harbi Ali secretly plotted his murderous act of terrorism for many years despite being known to authorities, police said. The 26-year-old Londoner radicalised himself by consuming extremist material online ...

11 Apr 2022 at 13:55

Britain’s youngest Islamist terrorist back behind bars

Britain’s youngest Islamist terrorist is back behind bars for breaking his release conditions after being jailed for plotting a beheading and massacre aged just 14. The man, from Blackburn, Lancashire, identified only by the letters ...

29 Jan 2022 at 03:55

Man arrested over uranium found at Heathrow

A man has been arrested under terrorism laws after traces of uranium were found in a cargo package at Heathrow Airport, police said. Border Force officers found the radioactive material with a shipment of scrap metal on December 29 ...

15 Jan 2023 at 19:02

‘Fascist’ cell who used 3D printer to make gun parts jailed

Four members of a “fascist” cell who made pistol parts on a 3D printer, encouraged terrorism and celebrated extreme right-wing attacks around the world have been jailed. Using a Telegram channel called Oaken Hearth, members ...

23 Jun 2022 at 15:23

Tories took ‘swift action’ after MI5 warning about would-be MPs

The Conservative Party took “swift action” to drop two potential candidates to become MPs after MI5 warned they could be Chinese spies, a Government minister said. The security service advised the Tories in 2021 and 2022 ...

13 Sept 2023 at 08:37

MI5 warned Tories that MP candidates could be Chinese spies – report

The Conservative Party dropped two potential candidates to become MPs after MI5 warned they could be Chinese spies, it has been reported. It comes as ministers continue to face questions about allegations of espionage ...

12 Sept 2023 at 23:15

Teenagers ‘risking prison over extremist content without leaving their rooms’

Teenagers who share extremist content online are risking a prison sentence without leaving their bedrooms, the head of Counter Terrorism Policing has said. Matt Jukes also told the BBC officers were seeing more ...

03 Aug 2023 at 10:46

Counter-terror scheme failures are endangering public, warns ex-adviser

The public is being put at risk because recommendations made to the Government’s counter-terror scheme have been ignored, the man who reviewed it has warned. Sir William Shawcross said ministers had “ignored” ...

22 Feb 2024 at 10:04

Berlin spy case ‘comes amid rise in state threat probes’

The Berlin spy investigation comes as law enforcers are dealing with ever more “state threats” to British security, a top counter-terrorism officer has said. Commander Richard Smith, who is head of the ...

17 Feb 2023 at 11:15

Student nurse accused of planning terror attack with homemade bomb at RAF base

A student nurse has appeared in court accused of planning a terrorist attack at an RAF base after he was allegedly found with a pressure cooker bomb outside a hospital in Leeds. Mohammad Farooq, 27, ...

27 Jan 2023 at 11:23

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