Schools in Italy, U.K. and Ireland get hoax bomb threats

Thousands of schools across Europe received apparently hoax bomb threats Wednesday, prompting mass evacuations in Italy. The threatening messages were sent to at least 6,300 schools in Italy alone, as well as hundreds in Ireland and across the U.K. There Read More …

UK: Seven arrested as police and firefighters targeted with fireworks across Scotland

Seven people were arrested as police officers, firefighters and ambulance crews came under attack during Bonfire Night disorder across Scotland. Police received 1,024 fireworks-related calls between 31 October and 5 November, an increase from 833 last year, although the force Read More …

Seven planes across Europe searched or diverted after ‘malicious hoax’ bomb threats

Seven planes across Europe have been searched or diverted after a series of bomb threats were made to passenger flights, prompting questions as to whether there was any coordination behind the warnings. Two UK departures – one from Heathrow and Read More …

Northern Ireland: Police say explosive devices found in Belfast are linked to ‘rightwing terrorism’

An arsenal of explosive devices discovered in Northern Ireland is believed to be linked to far-right terrorism, police have said. The stash of 17 improvised explosive devices and other material was found during searches in the Shankill Road area of Read More …

UK: A controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance carried out near Tetbury

A cordon set up around a field near Tetbury after unexploded ordnance was uncovered has been removed after the devices were detonated. Emergency services rushed to the scene in Long Newnton following the discovery at around 9.50am on Monday, November Read More …

Northern Ireland: Controlled explosion carried out on ‘non-viable’ device in Co Antrim

Police were called to a report that a suspicious device had been left on the front windowsill of a house in the Greystone Crescent area just before 5pm on Friday. Inspector Hamilton said: “Attending officers noted that this was a Read More …

UK: Small homemade explosive devices found in Brentwood, man and a woman detained

Officers were called to Sawyers Grove in Brentwood at around 7.20am today, Friday 30 October, following reports of a disturbance. As part of their response, officers forced entry to an address and detained a man and a woman. A subsequent Read More …

Northern Ireland: ‘Reckless attack’ condemned after viable device delivered to hotel in Derry

Police have condemned as ‘reckless’ an attack in which a viable device was delivered to a hotel off Derry’s Ebrington Square on the same week tens of thousands are visiting the city for Europe’s largest Halloween festival. The security operation Read More …

Syrian envoy discusses chemical weapons legacy, cooperation with UK officials in London

Syria’s Permanent Representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Mohamad Katoub, participated in a Chemical Weapons Demilitarization Conference in London. Katoub outlined Syria’s experience in addressing the legacy of the ousted regime’s chemical weapons program, as Read More …

UK: Bomb squad called after ‘harmful chemicals’ discovered in Stockport

A quiet residential street in Stockport was the scene of a large police operation involving bomb disposal experts this weekend, after “harmful chemicals” were discovered at a property. Officers executed a warrant at an address on Brown Lane in Heald Read More …

Northern Ireland: Residents evacuated after reported explosion at north Belfast house

 A number of people have been evacuated in a security alert in north Belfast after reports of an explosion at a house. The incident is said to have occurred in the early hours of Friday morning at a property in Read More …

British Army chef who built ‘homemade cannon’ jailed for terror-linked offences

A British Army chef who built his own “homemade cannon” while promoting extreme right-wing views has been jailed. Mark Broadhurst pleaded guilty at Sheffield Crown Court to possessing explosives and a firearms offence after an investigation by Counter Terrorism Police. Read More …

UK: Discovery of hazardous chemicals in home shuts roads

Roads remain closed near a house in north Derbyshire where hazardous chemicals “related to photography” were found. The chemicals were discovered during a house clearance at the home of the owner who died in non-suspicious circumstances, Derbyshire Police said. Officers Read More …

UK: Member of terrorist group convicted of terrorism offences

Release issued on behalf of Counter Terrorism Policing South East An extreme Islamist who was a member of the proscribed terrorist organisation Daesh has been convicted of terrorism offences, following an investigation by Counter Terrorism Policing South East (CTPSE). bdullah Read More …

UK: Anti-Ulez activist jailed for 15 years after blowing up camera with homemade bomb

A man has been jailed after deliberately blowing up a Ulez camera in London, with a judge stating that it was done with a “terrorism connection”. Kevin Rees, 63, was identified as being responsible for blowing up an Ultra Low Read More …

UK: Two men charged with suspected terror plot targeting Jewish Community in Manchester

Two men have been charged with terrorism offences following a Counter Terrorism Policing investigation into an alleged plot to target the Jewish community in the Manchester area. Salam Ahmadyan 36 (05.03.1990) of Liverpool and Rahman Salehi 34 (28.10.1991) of Salford, Read More …

UK: Man arrested after police uncovered ‘suspicious substances and items’ at a property

Hundreds of families in Weston-super-Mare were forced to evacuate overnight after police uncovered “some suspicious substances and items” at a property. Some 153 households were ordered to leave the area around Becket Road on Wednesday evening as the Explosive Ordinance Read More …

UK: Heathrow’s £1 billion scanner upgrade failed to end the 100ml liquid rule nationwide

Your hand-luggage liquid limit began as an emergency response to the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot — a plan to detonate liquid explosives disguised as soft drinks on UK-to-North-America flights. Nearly two decades on, the rule remains the UK baseline because Read More …

UK air base ‘terrorism’ plot probe continues after suspects released on bail

Police roadblocks and a cordon remained in place in the southwestern British village of Whelford on Tuesday morning, as the investigation continued into a possible terrorist plot near a key U.S. air base, with five men suspected of involvement arrested Read More …

UK: Counter-terror police leading probe into explosive arrests near RAF Fairford

Counter-terrorism police are leading the investigation that saw several men arrested for explosive offences near RAF Fairford. The police operation near RAF Fairford saw residents evacuated in the village of Whelford in Gloucestershire. The operation was not intelligence-led, meaning investigators had Read More …