Three UK terror attacks were foiled at 'late stage' in last year, counter terror chief reveals as she issues warning over 'smouldering' threat level
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Three UK terror attacks were foiled at 'late stage' in last year, counter terror chief reveals as she issues warning over 'smouldering' threat level

Daily Mail  

Police have foiled three late stag terror plots in the last year alone amid a 'smouldering' threat level, a senior officer warned yesterday. Vicki Evans, senior national co-ordinator for counter terrorism policing, said the two Islamist and one extreme right-wing plot they had prevented would have led to mass casualties. Vicki Evans, the senior national co-ordinator for counter terrorism policing, warned of a 'smouldering' terror threat The Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner warned that expressing support for HTS, the group that has taken control of the country, would be considered a crime because it has banned as a terrorist organisation in the UK. Ms Evans said: 'What is new and becoming far more common and more prevalent is this rapidly increasing fascination with extreme violence and extreme content that we're seeing throughout our case work.

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Anti-terror arrests reach highest level since 2019 as police chief warns of increase in 'state threats' against Britain
5 days, 16 hours ago

Anti-terror arrests reach highest level since 2019 as police chief warns of increase in 'state threats' against Britain

Daily Mail  

Police made the highest number of terrorism-related arrests since 2019 last year, an 11 per cent increase year-on-year. Counter-terrorism police said the latest increase reflected rising perils to the UK from ‘state threats’ posed by countries such as Russia, China and Iran. Senior national co-ordinator for counter-terrorism policing, Deputy Assistant Commissioner Vicki Evans, said: ‘The ripples of global uncertainty continue …

The Violent Rise of ‘No Lives Matter’
55 years, 2 months ago

The Violent Rise of ‘No Lives Matter’

Wired  

The kids are all grown up. Knifings, killings, firebombings, drive-by shootings, school shootings, and murder-for-hire plots in North America and Europe have all been connected to a splinter group called “No Lives Matter” that, per the group’s own manifesto, “idolizes death” and “seeks the purification of all mankind through endless attacks.” The group has released at least two “kill guides” …

Ex-UK counter terrorism chief brands government plan to extend terrorism definition a ‘mistake’
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Ex-UK counter terrorism chief brands government plan to extend terrorism definition a ‘mistake’

The Independent  

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Britain facing new terror threat from generation of ‘young men in their bedrooms’, Starmer warns
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Britain facing new terror threat from generation of ‘young men in their bedrooms’, Starmer warns

The Independent  

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Top Met counter-terror officer warns of children as young as 10 accessing extreme material online
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3 months ago

Top Met counter-terror officer warns of children as young as 10 accessing extreme material online

The Independent  

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Worst far-right violence should be treated as terrorism, former police chief says
7 months, 1 week ago

Worst far-right violence should be treated as terrorism, former police chief says

The Independent  

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Violence against women at ‘epidemic’ levels and is a threat on par with terrorism, UK police warn
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Violence against women at ‘epidemic’ levels and is a threat on par with terrorism, UK police warn

Associated Press  

LONDON — Violence against women and girls has reached epidemic levels and police are treating it as a threat on the same scale as terrorism, Britain’s police chiefs said Tuesday. “Violence against women and girls is a national emergency,” Deputy Chief Constable Maggie Blyth said in a statement. “We need to move forward as a society to make change and …

Terror threat rising in UK as attackers become ‘increasingly unpredictable’ and harder to detect
1 year, 8 months ago

Terror threat rising in UK as attackers become ‘increasingly unpredictable’ and harder to detect

The Independent  

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Teenager who became radicalised online during Covid pandemic jailed for planning terror attack
1 year, 9 months ago

Teenager who became radicalised online during Covid pandemic jailed for planning terror attack

The Independent  

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Terror suspects arrested in Britain mostly white and British, new figures show
2 years, 3 months ago

Terror suspects arrested in Britain mostly white and British, new figures show

The Independent  

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Boy, 16, arrested on terrorism charges as he tried to board flight in London
2 years, 8 months ago

Boy, 16, arrested on terrorism charges as he tried to board flight in London

The Independent  

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Terrorism arrests: Children with extreme right-wing views are getting younger, police warn
3 years ago

Terrorism arrests: Children with extreme right-wing views are getting younger, police warn

The Independent  

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Christmas shoppers warned to be ‘more vigilant’ as terrorists may be ‘emboldened’ by recent attacks
3 years, 4 months ago

Christmas shoppers warned to be ‘more vigilant’ as terrorists may be ‘emboldened’ by recent attacks

The Independent  

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Neo-Nazi who threatened to attack migrants in Dover admits terror offences
3 years, 8 months ago

Neo-Nazi who threatened to attack migrants in Dover admits terror offences

The Independent  

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More than one in 10 terror suspects arrested in Britain is a child, figures show
3 years, 9 months ago

More than one in 10 terror suspects arrested in Britain is a child, figures show

The Independent  

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UK terror threat level raised to ‘severe’ after attacks in France and Austria
4 years, 4 months ago

UK terror threat level raised to ‘severe’ after attacks in France and Austria

The Independent  

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Teenager charged with encouraging far-right terror attacks and making indecent images of children
5 years ago

Teenager charged with encouraging far-right terror attacks and making indecent images of children

The Independent  

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‘Neo-Nazi’ Metropolitan Police officer arrested on suspicion of terror offences
5 years ago

‘Neo-Nazi’ Metropolitan Police officer arrested on suspicion of terror offences

The Independent  

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The six months of terror that shook Britain in 2017
5 years, 2 months ago

The six months of terror that shook Britain in 2017

The Independent  

Until 2017, the UK had been relatively insulated from the wave of Isis-inspired terror attacks sweeping through Europe. Police would only initially confirm a “firearms incident” was ongoing, but within an hour investigators confirmed that the incident was being treated as a terror attack. “In the beginning it looked like an accident, I was hoping it was an accident.” The …

Far right poses fastest growing terror threat to UK, head of terror police says
5 years, 5 months ago

Far right poses fastest growing terror threat to UK, head of terror police says

The Independent  

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Growing threat from far right as white extremists form largest proportion of terror arrests seen in 15 years
5 years, 9 months ago

Growing threat from far right as white extremists form largest proportion of terror arrests seen in 15 years

The Independent  

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Children ‘whitening skin to avoid racism’ as hate crimes against minors rise
5 years, 9 months ago

Children ‘whitening skin to avoid racism’ as hate crimes against minors rise

CNN  

London CNN — Children as young as 10 are whitening their faces to avoid being subjected to racist abuse in Britain, a child protection group has warned, as police struggle to stem a rising tide of hate crimes against minors. A total of 10,571 racially-motivated hate crimes against children – an average of 29 a day – were recorded by …

Isis-inspired terror plot 'foiled' by armed police raid in Newcastle
6 years, 3 months ago

Isis-inspired terror plot 'foiled' by armed police raid in Newcastle

The Independent  

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British public to be given knife, bomb and shooting first aid training for terror attacks
6 years, 5 months ago

British public to be given knife, bomb and shooting first aid training for terror attacks

The Independent  

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UK suffered more terror attack deaths than any other EU country in 2017, report finds
6 years, 8 months ago

UK suffered more terror attack deaths than any other EU country in 2017, report finds

The Independent  

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UK police make record 412 terrorism-related arrests in 2017, Home Office figures show
7 years ago

UK police make record 412 terrorism-related arrests in 2017, Home Office figures show

The Independent  

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Autistic teenager who planned Isis-inspired terror attack in Cardiff jailed for life
7 years ago

Autistic teenager who planned Isis-inspired terror attack in Cardiff jailed for life

The Independent  

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Children exposed to terror radicalisation by Government's failure to tackle root causes of extremism, report finds
7 years, 3 months ago

Children exposed to terror radicalisation by Government's failure to tackle root causes of extremism, report finds

The Independent  

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Police questioning two 14-year-old boys arrested on suspicion of planning Yorkshire terror attack
7 years, 4 months ago

Police questioning two 14-year-old boys arrested on suspicion of planning Yorkshire terror attack

The Independent  

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Terrorism putting 'unsustainable' strain on British police, says Met Commissioner Cressida Dick
7 years, 5 months ago

Terrorism putting 'unsustainable' strain on British police, says Met Commissioner Cressida Dick

The Independent  

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UK terror arrests rise almost 70% in a year to reach record high, new figures show
7 years, 6 months ago

UK terror arrests rise almost 70% in a year to reach record high, new figures show

The Independent  

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Islamist attacks will threaten UK for decades, former head of MI5 warns as police say Isis is creating terror 'cult'
7 years, 7 months ago

Islamist attacks will threaten UK for decades, former head of MI5 warns as police say Isis is creating terror 'cult'

The Independent  

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12 arrested in connection with London terror attack
7 years, 9 months ago

12 arrested in connection with London terror attack

India TV News  

Twelve people have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in a terror attack in London which claimed seven lives before police shot dead three suspects, authorities said on Sunday. The Saturday horror took place when a white transit-style van speeding toward the London Bridge Tube station drove into a crowd of unsuspecting people including tourists enjoying the pleasant weather around …

London terror attack: MI5 and police investigating whether further attack is imminent
7 years, 9 months ago

London terror attack: MI5 and police investigating whether further attack is imminent

The Independent  

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UK security forces foiled five terror attacks since March, says report
7 years, 9 months ago

UK security forces foiled five terror attacks since March, says report

Firstpost  

UK security forces have foiled at least five terror plots since a knife-wielding man in a speeding car mowed down four pedestrians to death in March. London: British security forces have foiled at least five terror plots since a knife-wielding man in a speeding car mowed down four pedestrians to death and fatally stabbed a policeman near the UK Parliament …

Terrorism in the UK more than trebles in 5 years
8 years ago

Terrorism in the UK more than trebles in 5 years

Daily Mail  

One in ten of all Britain’s Islamist terrorists come from just five council wards in Birmingham, a report has revealed. They include Parviz Khan, of Washwood Heath, the ringleader of an Al Qaeda terror cell that plotted to behead a British Muslim soldier. British terrorists are getting younger, the report says, with 46 per cent of offences between 2011 and …

12 Yrs Since London Bombings: ISIS Terror a Clear & Present Danger
9 years, 8 months ago

12 Yrs Since London Bombings: ISIS Terror a Clear & Present Danger

The Quint  

It was exactly 12 years ago that London was attacked by four mindless youths – three from Leeds and one from Luton – not far from there. The four young men who committed this atrocity were indoctrinated and also possibly trained to destroy the West in the cause of jihad, and they executed their diabolical plan with reasonable efficiency. They …

Schools roll out terrorism rule book
16 years, 7 months ago

Schools roll out terrorism rule book

The Independent  

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