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Vehicles were set on fire and a police car was overturned as residents were warned to stay home following an outbreak of disorder in a Leeds suburb. The Home Secretary condemned the “shocking scenes and attacks” in Harehills, east Leeds, Read More …
Two people have been charged with explosives offences after homes were evacuated following a bomb scare. Residents were told to leave their homes and army bomb disposal officers were called after police found a suspicious object during a search at Read More …
A clinical support worker who is accused of planning terrorist attacks on a hospital and an RAF base has admitted possessing a pressure cooker bomb. Mohammed Farooq, 27, was arrested in the early hours of January 20 in the grounds Read More …
A couple have spoken of their ‘shock’ after they discovered a bag of explosives in a drain. The railway track explosives were found in a bag by Billy Heys and Beth Chadwick, who are members of the Britannia Mucky Dippers Read More …
A man suspected of terrorism had a pressure cooker bomb filled with gunpowder outside a hospital, a court heard. Mohammed Farooq, 27, was caught with a bomb containing 13kg of explosives outside a maternity ward in Leeds on January 20. Read More …
A man has been arrested after he was found with a suspicious device and a suspected firearm outside a Leeds hospital, leading to a partial evacuation. People were asked to avoid the entrance to the Gledhow Wing of St James’s Read More …
Officers from Counter Terrorism Policing North East have this morning (Saturday May 1) arrested two men and a woman from Keighley as part of intelligence led investigation into suspected right wing terrorism. The men aged 29 and 30 and the Read More …
A massive crater has been left on Newsome High School’s playing fields after the army carried out a controlled explosion there today (Thursday). YorkshireLive understands a ‘volatile chemical’, which needed disposing of, was found in a cupboard at the University Read More …
Officers from West Yorkshire Police along with a bomb squad are at a property in Leeds. Police were called to a house in Cross Gates, just on the Ring Road at 11am today, December 13, after reports of a safety 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 …
