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The United States (US) has joined a multinational team of experts from Canada, Japan, Republic of Korea, New Zealand and the United Kingdom as part of “Operation Render Safe 2024.” The operation organized and led by the Australian Defense Force Read More …
A controlled explosion was carried out this morning (Saturday 31st August) on Saltburn beach after a report that a suspected unexploded device, possibly from war time, had been located by a member of the public. Officers attended along with colleagues Read More …
Firefighters were called to reports of explosions near The O2 in London – which was part of a “pre-planned filming event” but “spread out of control”. There is no risk to the public, police say, while the London Fire Brigade Read More …
Canines have been useful to military organizations since their domestication. Few, if any, instruments of war have the successful track record and longevity of MWDs. They remain effective in a variety of environments, including dense vegetation, subterranean complexes, and trench Read More …
A helicopter from RNAS Culdrose was called in to action on Tuesday, August 27, after the discovery of a possible Second World War grenade on the Isles of Scilly. Police and coastguards were called at around 7.15pm on Tuesday evening Read More …
A ‘highly explosive’ hand grenade found in Bedworth over the weekend has been ‘destroyed.’ It was discovered on Mavor Drive on Sunday (August 25). Experts from the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team carried out a ‘controlled explosion’ of the device, Read More …
A controlled explosion has taken place in a Warwickshire town after the discovery of what police described as a “historic device”. Police were called to Mavor Drive in Bedworth at around 13:30 BST on Sunday after several objects were found, Read More …
UK Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has ordered a review of the United Kingdom’s counterterrorism strategy on how to best tackle threats by “extremist ideologies” including misogyny. Other ideological trends to be investigated by the Home Office include “Islamism” and far-right Read More …
Police say more than 400 homes have been evacuated in Newtownards, County Down, following the discovery of a suspected World War Two bomb. It was found at a building site at the Rivenwood housing development in Movilla Road on Friday. Read More …
Three more people have been charged after an apparent ram-raid at a defence technology firm. Members of the campaign group, Palestine Action, allegedly used a vehicle to ram the entrance of the Bristol HQ of Elbit Systems on Bolingbroke Way Read More …
A man described in court as a “political activist” has appeared at the Old Bailey charged with encouraging terrorism over social media posts relating to the Charlie Hebdo attack. Majid Novsarka, otherwise known as Majid Freeman, attended the London court Read More …
Two men have been arrested on suspicion of making explosive substances for unlawful purpose. Officers received reports of “suspicious activity” at a property in Breedon Drive, Lincoln, on Friday evening. Military personnel and police remain were expected to remain at Read More …
British police charged an 18-year-old man and a 19-year-old woman with terrorism offences after an investigation into suspected extreme right-wing terrorism activity, they said in a statement on Friday. Rex William Henry Clark of Ilford, east London, was charged with Read More …
Gardeners discovered an unexploded Second World War bomb while they were digging in the garden of a home in Barbourne. Police officers were manning the cordon as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team made up of two army personnel arrived at Read More …
Public health bosses say they hope to start reducing restrictions “very quickly” on a 12-mile stretch of canals in the West Midlands following a toxic chemical spillage. Sodium cyanide, which can cause seizures, vomiting and loss of consciousness, was confirmed Read More …
Following a UK fundraising appeal in 2022, MAG has successfully completed a year-long project in Laos, as a direct result of donations received through the campaign. The ‘Unlock the Land’ appeal raised close to £450,000, including £211,336 of matched funding Read More …
Detectives are investigating arson to a Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) vehicle in Bushmills today, Tuesday 6th August. Just before 11am, it was reported that two men, both wearing balaclavas, approached the vehicle which was parked on Main Street Read More …
Belfast has experienced a second night of violent disorder as rioters threw petrol bombs and missiles at police. At least one police vehicle was burned and several blazes lit in the Sandy Row and Donegall Road areas of south Belfast. Read More …
Downing Street is expected to hold a Cobra emergency response meeting today after thugs tried to storm hotels housing asylum seekers on the sixth day of escalating disorder. Addressing the nation on Sunday, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer vowed rioters Read More …
Violent disorder swept across several British cities on Saturday, injuring police and damaging property in the most widespread rioting in the country for 13 years, following the murder of three young girls in northwest England. Riots involving hundreds of anti-immigration Read More …