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Armed police have stormed an east London property with a chainsaw – as four men were arrested for plotting a terror attack. Dramatic video shows a squad of gun-toting officers bursting into a house on Ilfracombe Gardens in Goodmayes, Redbridge, Read More …
Estonian Special Forces deploying to Mali will be loaned four Jackal armoured vehicles by the UK Ministry of Defence, it is today announced. Minister for the Armed Forces James Heappey confirmed the loan, plus a three-week training package, for elite Read More …
A bomb squad has been called to Boston after police found what is believed to be an explosive device. Officers from Lincolnshire Police have raided an address in Margaret Drive at 8am this morning, Tuesday, July 7 following a tip Read More …
The horrific 7/7 bombings were one of the worst terror attacks ever to hit London – with fifty-two innocent people killed in a series of coordinated explosions by four suicide bombers on July 7, 2005. A group of three suicide Read More …
The bomb squad were called to a village near Wisbech after grenades were found. Police were called yesterday (6 July) at 8.25pm to reports of two suspicious devices found in Church lane, Tydd St Giles. Read more… Source: Peterborough Telegraph Related Read More …
According to the PIN, the UK MoD Mine and Hydrographic Capability (MHC) Team’s requirement would be for the contractor to provide « three sets of several Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUV) » along with a Launch and Recovery System (LARS), a command and Read More …
Britain’s leading bomb disposal expert Major Chris Hunter is selling his prized SAS ring to help the needy. The war hero is auctioning the 9ct gold collectors’ item to help pay for a Royal British Legion foodbank operation. Maj Hunter, Read More …
The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) is launching the second phase of the Autonomy in Challenging Environments theme, seeking proposals for novel and innovative technologies to improve the capability of unmanned autonomous military systems in challenging environments. Unmanned autonomous and Read More …
A British Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team from Colchester was called to Mundesley beach on Sunday, June 28, after the object was discovered. A Coastguard team set up a cordon to make sure no-one else wandered onto the beach Read More …
Southend Airport is set to become the country’s first airport to stop making passengers remove liquids and laptops thanks to new X-Ray machine technology. The growing airport will next month abandon the practice of asking passengers to remove liquids and Read More …
Northumbria Police uncovered suspected explosives during a raid at a Sunderland home. The planned warrant took place at a property on Amy Street on Friday 25 June. While searching the house suspicious items were found prompting officers to call in Read More …
A man who incited a German terror cell to commit mass murder with a car, explosives and a meat cleaver has been given a life sentence. Fatah Abdullah tried to learn how to make a pressure cooker “bomb” to aid Read More …
People have been spotted having a barbecue on East Yorkshire beach closed because it is littered with explosives. The sandy stretch of coastline between Great Cowden and Aldbrough has been shut off after a large amount of unexploded ordnance was found exposed Read More …
A 13-year-old girl was injured after explosives detonated on a residential street – with police keeping an ‘open mind’ about whether the incident was terror related. Neighbours said they heard two blasts ring out just after midnight on the road Read More …
A Devon family’s doorstop had to be detonated by a bomb squad after it turned out to be an antique military shell. Police were called to an address in Teignmouth after one of the family members raised concerns about the Read More …
A Muslim convert and supporter of Islamic State who plotted to bomb St Paul’s Cathedral and a nearby hotel also encouraged others to launch similar attacks, a court has been told. Safiyya Amira Shaikh, 37, from Hayes, west London, has Read More …
A man has been charged after he was caught by police making a weapon and explosives in his home. Officers found Pascal Knorr-Gulde, 47, making the devices during a raid of his home in Southampton, Hampshire. Neighbouring homes on Bond Read More …
This Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) competition is seeking proposals that can develop the technology needed to counter Unmanned Air Systems (C-UAS) and demonstrate how these can be integrated together to form a capable system. Please note this is the Read More …
A 14-year-old boy has appeared in court accused of trying to make homemade bombs containing shrapnel. The teenager, from Eastleigh, was arrested on Friday after concerns were raised by social services. He appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court charged with one Read More …
Bombs from the Second World War were detonated in Great Hollands yesterday, after they were found in a resident’s garage. The bombs, technically British mortar tips from the Second World War, were discovered and taken home by the resident in Read More …