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A British man who travelled to Ukraine to join anti-government fighters has been jailed. Benjamin Stimson, from Oldham, Greater Manchester, pleaded guilty to an offence under UK terrorism laws. The 41-year-old, who is the first Briton involved in the Ukrainian Read More …
Police have evacuated a number of homes in a Luton street after reports of a suspicious vehicle. Officers, including a bomb disposal unit, are still at the scene in Napier Road following a call from a member of the public at Read More …
Cobalt’s portfolio of solutions accelerates entry into high-growth Raman spectroscopy market and expands Agilent’s value proposition for pharmaceutical and biopharma customers. Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced it has acquired Oxfordshire, U.K.-based Cobalt Light Systems, a provider of highly Read More …
A 19-year-old man has been arrested at Liverpool John Lennon Airport in connection with the Manchester Arena bombing. He was held on suspicion of offences contrary to the Terrorism Act and remains in custody, said Greater Manchester Police. It is Read More …
Spalding’s police station was forced to close yesterday after a resident came in with a live World War Two mortar shell. The building on Westlode Street was closed to the public yesterday, July 5, from noon until the Explosive Ordnance Read More …
The bomb disposal team has carried out a series of controlled explosions at Manchester Airport following a security alert over a ‘suspicious package’. Police were called to the airport in south Manchester at 9am this morning after routine hold baggage Read More …
A MAN has been remanded after being charged with making an explosive substance for an unlawful purpose. Daryl Baynes, 20, of Berkeley Road, Bedford, was arrested on Sunday following reports of a suspected explosive device at a property in the Read More …
Carver Barracks played host to an enthusiastic team of students earlier this month, giving them a taste of what life is like on the front line. The 33 Engineers Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) put on a series of punishing challenges Read More …
June 12, 2017 A bomb disposal unit has carried out a controlled explosion after old shells were found on Hornsea Beach. The local coastguard said they were called out on Sunday to reports of possible ordnance, which was found by Read More …
June 9, 2017 Manchester suicide bomber Salman Abedi carried a rucksack packed with a “massive number” of small metal objects which “flew through the air at high velocity in all directions” when detonated, a court has heard. The inquests into Read More …
The UK and Saudi Arabia claimed they not have broken the law after the Saudi government, under pressure from the Guardian, finally confirmed that it has used British-supplied cluster munitions in Yemen. Technically that may be correct, but even if Read More …
Amnesty International has written to prime minister David Cameron and other senior ministers demanding a full Government inquiry into new evidence that Saudi Arabia-led coalition forces have used UK-manufactured cluster bombs – which may have killed and injured civilians, including Read More …