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A former Army employee charged with terrorism and explosive offences had the ingredients to make an improvised explosive device (IED), a court heard. Dean Morrice, 33, of Paulton, Somerset, was arrested under the Terrorism Act on 20 August and Read More …
The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) will be hosting an online Access to Mentoring and Finance (A2MF) Forum event on Wednesday 16 September 2020. DASA will be joined by the NATO Innovation Unit, KX Ventures and Foresight Williams to discuss Read More …
The United Kingdom (UK) and Kenya Counter-Improvised Explosive Device (C-IED) training programme has returned to the Humanitarian Peace Support School (HPSS) in Nairobi following a five-month disruption due to Covid-19. British High Commissioner to Kenya Jane Marriott visited the UK-supported Read More …
A man arrested at Heathrow Airport has become the 10th person detained as part of a major operation against dissident republicans in Northern Ireland. Detectives from the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) arrested the man on Saturday as part Read More …
Counter-terrorism police descended on a sleepy village to arrest a man on suspicion of possessing a bomb. The 33-year-old man was arrested in the tiny village of Paulton, Somerset, as part of an investigation by Counter Terrorism Policing South East Read More …
So how did Salman and Hashem Abedi come to attack the city they’d grown up in by bombing an Ariana Grande concert in 2017? The trial of Hashem Abedi has given us many of the details but still not the Read More …
Police units were joined by officers from the Royal Logistic Corps explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team at 12pm after reports of a device at a property near Cowdenbeath.UXO, ERW The ordnance device, thought to be an unexploded First World War Read More …
A bomb squad today swooped on a Norfolk beach after an ‘unexploded device’ was found in a car park. The device was found at the beach car park at Horsey Gap, near Horsey, north of Great Yarmouth, earlier today. An Read More …
A bomb squad was called to a quiet village near Ashby today after suspected explosive materials were discovered in a garage at a house. A man had been clearing out the property, in North Close, Blackfordby, and came across the Read More …
Bomb disposal experts have been in Gloucester this morning after a possible WW2 bomb was found in a field. A metal detector enthusiast made the unusual discovery in a field between Brookthorpe and Harescombe last night. An army bomb disposal Read More …
DASA launches competition to find and develop new technology to screen people, possessions, goods, vehicles, areas and buildings The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) is launching a £2.8 million competition to find state of the art and technological solutions for Read More …
Police are investigating a fire bomb attack at the home of a Kensington and Chelsea councillor. Ian Henderson was not at home when two bottles of hand sanitiser wrapped in cloth were set alight and pushed through his letterbox. The Read More …
Bomb squad experts are in a quiet Hull street after a “suspicious package” was found in a garden. Police and ambulance crews are also in Ramsgate Close, Hull, where residents have been evacuated for their safety. Those living from Whitstable Read More …
More than 100 unexploded Second World War items were found washed up on the coast of Cumbria. A member of the public stumbled upon the items and immediately alerted the coastguard. Members of Millom’s Coastguard Rescue Team were called to Read More …
People are being told to avoid “dangerous” magnet fishing in West Yorkshire. That’s the message from Canal & River Trust following several bomb scares, which have been caused by magnet fisherman hauling items out of the waterways. Businesses and drivers Read More …
Several huge thumps heard by residents in parts of Kent were unexploded army shells being detonated. The army bomb disposal team was called to Sandwich Bay after a total of 11 wartime munitions were found in the sand. The finds, Read More …
A World War Two bomb found on a beach in Somerset was detonated by explosives experts. The bomb was discovered by a man out metal detecting on Brean Beach on Tuesday afternoon (July 21) Police attended and put a cordon Read More …
Coastguards will return to Brean Beach today (Wednesday) to try and safely retrieve a suspected WW2 explosive device which was found in the sand by a metal detector user yesterday. Part of Brean beach was temporarily closed by Police on Read More …
This Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) Phase 2 competition is seeking proposals that can provide a step change in the capability of unmanned autonomous military systems to operate in challenging environments. Successful proposals will aim to deliver a greater level Read More …
Poppy was awarded the PDSA’s Order of Merit for her work. But the Spaniel is not fazed by glory and awards. She continues to work diligently sweeping the Palace of Westminster for the modern-day Guy Fawkes. Meeting and greeting It Read More …