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The discovery of a Second World War bomb sparked the lockdown of a street in Renfrew on Tuesday afternoon. The Royal Navy’s explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) unit was called to an industrial premises on Meadowside Street at around 12.25pm. A Read More …
A landmine clearance charity will be given £7 million to continue its “life-saving” work in Ukraine and Afghanistan. The UK Government cash for the Hazardous Area Life-support Organisation (Halo) Trust will enable the charity to make land safe for agriculture Read More …
A man will stand trial next year accused of having items to make explosive devices. Shazad Khan faced the allegation as he appeared in the dock at the High Court in Glasgow on Monday. The indictment claims the 51 year-old Read More …
A second man has been charged after a “suspicious item” was discovered in a flat and destroyed by the Royal Navy bomb squad.Police officers discovered the item while searching a flat in Clydebank’s Overtoun Court on Monday, October 28, in Read More …
An item believed to be a bomb exploding in Clydebank has been captured on video by a nearby resident. A “suspect item” was found in Overtoun Court – a high-rise block of flats – in Dalmuir on the afternoon of Read More …
A tattooed motorcycle gang member planted a pipe bomb under a rival’s father’s van amid an ongoing feud. Daniel Laponder, 43, targeted David Rollo senior’s work van outside his home in Lennoxtown, East Dunbartonshire, on June 8 2024. A hearing Read More …
A bomb squad has been called to Linwood after an old ‘ordnance device’ was discovered. The incident was reported at around 9.05am this morning (Tuesday, September 24) when the device was found in an industrial estate near the Malcolm factory Read More …
A multi-agency police inquiry has investigated what appear to have been preparations for a terrorist attack in Scotland. Brief details of the case have been revealed in a report from the National Crime Agency (NCA). The NCA said a counter Read More …
A man who built a homemade explosive forcing around 60 people to flee their homes has been jailed for 30 months. Christopher Scarr was caught with the device in a cupboard at the property in Glasgow’s Springburn on April 17, Read More …
Travelers at Aberdeen International Airport can now breeze through terminal security without the hassle of removing laptops or liquids. Thanks to the installation of state-of-the-art Next Generation Security Checkpoint (NGSC) Scanners, the largest transport hub in the North East has Read More …