Tag: Priti Patel

Liverpool Bomb Made of Home-Made Explosives and Ball Bearings: UK Police

The bomb used in the terrorist attack in Liverpool on Remembrance Sunday was made with homemade explosives and ball bearings and could have caused “significant injury or death,” UK police said on Friday. Emad Al Swealmeen, 32, died in the blast in a taxi outside Liverpool Women’s Hospital shortly before 11 a.m. on Nov. 14….


UK to Ban Palestinian Terrorist Group Hamas

The UK government announced on Friday that it is seeking to proscribe Palestinian group Hamas as a terrorist organisation. Hamas calls for the establishment of an Islamic Palestinian state under Sharia law and has repeatedly called for the destruction of Israel. It has long been involved in significant terrorist violence. Hamas’ military wing is already…


Liverpool Bomber Exploited UK’s ‘Dysfunctional’ Asylum System: Home Secretary

The terror suspect who died in the Remembrance Sunday bomb blast in Liverpool had been able to stay in the UK by exploiting the country’s “dysfunctional” immigration system, Home Secretary Priti Patel has said. Emad Al Swealmeen, 32, died in the blast in a taxi outside Liverpool Women’s Hospital shortly before 11 a.m. on Remembrance…


UK Intelligence Agency Raises Threat Level to Lawmakers Following Killing of MP

The threat level to Members of Parliament (MP) is now deemed “substantial,” the UK’s Home Secretary Priti Patel said on Wednesday. Patel told MPs that the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre (JTAC), a branch of the MI5, raised the threat level following an independent review conducted after the killing of Sir David Amess. The 69-year-old MP for Southend…


UK to Ensure Lawmakers Remain Accessible to Public Despite MP’s Killing

The UK government will ensure lawmakers remain accessible to the public following the killing of Conservative MP Sir David Amess by a suspected terrorist, Home Secretary Priti Patel said on Sunday. Amess, 69-year-old MP for Southend West, was fatally stabbed on Friday at Belfairs Methodist Church in the English town of Leigh-on-Sea. He was holding…


UK Eyes ‘Walk Me Home’ Phone-Tracker to Protect Lone Women

LONDON—A top British government official is backing a phone company’s proposal for a new tracking service to help protect women walking alone, an idea pitched amid ongoing outrage over the slayings of two young women who were targeted near their homes in London. The chief executive of Britain’s biggest phone company, BT, proposed the “walk…


UK Lawmakers Say £10,000 COVID-19 Fines Should Be Scrapped

Police should not have been given the power to hand out COVID-19 fines up to £10,000 ($11,670), a British parliamentary committee has said. The UK government announced in August 2020 that those who organize or facilitate “illegal raves,” unlicensed music events, or other “unlawful gatherings” of over 30 people in England could face a “fixed…


UK Climate Protesters Face Jail for Further Attempts to Block Motorway

Climate protesters will face possible imprisonment if they make further attempts to block the UK’s busiest motorway after the government secured an injunction against such actions. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said on Wednesday that National Highways had been granted an injunction against the protests, which have shut down parts of the M25 five times in…


London Knife Crime Prevention Trial Sees No Results in First 6 Weeks

A police trial aimed at stopping people as young as 12 from carrying knives failed to result in a single court action during its first six weeks, it has emerged. Knife Crime Prevention Orders (KCPOs) are being piloted by the Metropolitan Police by using the courts to impose restrictions on people they believe are “on…


Protesters Block UK’s Busiest Motorway for Third Time in a Week

Protesters demanding government action on home insulation have blocked Britain’s busiest motorway for a third time this week. At least three junctions on the M25 were targeted on Friday morning. Surrey Police said officers had arrested 14 people at junction nine. Campaign group Insulate Britain claimed 79 people attempted to block the London orbital motorway…