British army to get extra £8bn of kit as part of radical shake-up

The defence secretary, Ben Wallace, has announced a radical reorganisation of the British army, with an additional £8.6bn to be spent on equipment and a new ranger regiment created to help counter extremist organisations and hostile state threats. The Future Read More …

UK: Man obsessed with coronavirus jailed for sending hoax bomb to vaccine factory in Wrexham

A man with an “obsessive” COVID-19 interest has been jailed after sparking a bomb scare at a vaccine factory. Anthony Collins, from Kent, halted manufacturing of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine at a factory in Wrexham, Wales, after sending a suspicious package Read More …

U.S. to donate 30 more mine detection dogs to Azerbaijan

The U.S. Marshall Legacy Institute (MLI) will donate 30 more mine detection dogs (MDDs) to Azerbaijan, the U.S. embassy in Azerbaijan has reported on its social media accounts. “To date, MLI is proud to have been able to provide 40 Read More …

UK: Liverpool attacker had been buying bomb parts ‘at least since April’

The Liverpool bomber had been buying bomb components since at least April, police have revealed. Assistant Chief Constable Russ Jackson said that Iraq-born Emad Al Swealmeen had rented a property in Liverpool seven months ago and had started making “relevant Read More …

UK terror threat level raised to ‘severe’ following hospital blast – attack now ‘highly likely’

The UK’s terror threat level has been raised from “substantial” to “severe”, meaning an attack is now judged to be “highly likely”. The move, confirmed by Home Secretary Priti Patel, follows an explosion outside a hospital in Liverpool on Sunday Read More …

UK: Liverpool Women’s Hospital explosion declared a terror incident

An explosion outside Liverpool Women’s Hospital on Remembrance Sunday has been declared a terror incident by police. A taxi exploded and was engulfed in flames just before 11:00 GMT at a drop-off zone near the entrance, killing the passenger and Read More …

UK: Church Laneham man jailed after homemade pipe bomb explodes

A man who made a pipe bomb that caused a residential street to be evacuated has been jailed for two years. Nottinghamshire Police said a man found the device in a ditch on Riverview in Church Laneham on 28 February. Read More …

Northern Ireland: Lurgan man admitted to making ‘blast-incendiary improvised’ bomb

A Co. Armagh man has admitted making a “blast-incendiary improvised” bomb. With Sean Fintan Burns standing in the dock of Craigavon Crown Court on Thursday, defence counsel Damien Halleron asked for him to be re-arraigned on three of the four Read More …

Northern Ireland: Police arrest four people after bus was hijacked and set on fire in County Down

Police in Northern Ireland have arrested four people nearly two weeks after a bus was hijacked and set on fire in County Down. The force has said it believes the arson was carried out by loyalists from a local faction Read More …

Cyprus: British Bases personnel and RoC bomb disposal experts conduct joint training

British Bases personnel, units from the UK and Cyprus recently undertook a three-day joint bomb disposal training in Akrotiri to “share best practices and foster working relationships for future collaboration”, a source from the British Bases said on Monday. Exercise Read More …

UK: Man admits stockpiling bomb-making materials after he burnt himself in an explosion

A man is facing a possible life sentence after admitting possessing explosive substances. Michael Pym-Nixson came to the attention of police after paramedics visited his flat in Kingston Upon Thames, south-west London, and treated his hand for burn injuries on Read More …

Catch the ChemBio SCENT! Help the MOD and DOD screen and analyse hazardous ChemBio materials with novel technologies

Up to £1 million available to help the MOD and DOD screen, collect and exploit hazardous ChemBio materials using novel technologies Detecting the production and use of hazardous chemical and biological (ChemBio) materials is an enduring challenge in the defence Read More …

Multinational Ardent Defender counter explosive threat exercise concludes in Canada

CANADIAN FORCES BASE BORDEN, Ontario, Canada – Explosive ordnance disposal technicians from 11 different nations improved their life-saving and mission-enabling skills during Exercise Ardent Defender in Canada, Sept. 18 – Oct. 22. The exercise brought together military and law enforcement Read More …

Northern Ireland: PSNI Officer thought under car device he discovered in 2019 was a ‘wind-up’

A police officer who discovered a bomb under his car initially thought the “crude” device put there was a “wind-up,” a court has heard. The viable device was discovered at Shandon Park Golf Club in east Belfast in June 2019. Read More …