
Islamist extremists are increasingly using British jails as fertile venues to recruit inmates as potential terrorists, the departing chief inspector of prisons has warned. Nick Hardwick spoke out after the former head of counter-terrorism at Scotland Yard was appointed to succeed
by Simon Kent28 Dec 2015, 1:55 AM PST0

LONDON (AP) — A man who allegedly screamed “this is for Syria” as he slashed a passenger’s neck in a London underground station had images associated with the Islamic State group on his mobile phone, prosecutors said Monday. Muhaydin Mire, who
by AP7 Dec 2015, 8:21 AM PST0

LONDON (Reuters) – London police could deal with an attack by heavily armed marauding terrorists, one of the capital’s most senior officers said on Wednesday, rejecting suggestions the mostly unarmed force would struggle to cope with a Paris-style assault. Following
by Reuters2 Dec 2015, 1:31 AM PST0

The mastermind behind the Paris attacks was radicalised by an extremist network inspired by a radical British cleric, it has emerged. The network, Sharia4Belgium, has links to at least six British extremists in total, including an ISIS bomb maker from
by Donna Rachel Edmunds22 Nov 2015, 8:43 AM PST0

Hungarian Police have detained two British Muslims just months after one of them stood trial, accused of attempting to join Islamic State. They are thought to have been on their way to Turkey and ultimately Syria, but will now be
by Donna Rachel Edmunds19 Nov 2015, 8:43 AM PST0

Britain has foiled seven terror attacks in the past year, Prime Minister David Cameron has said. Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme this morning, Mr Cameron said that seven attacks had been “stopped” by British security services and that
by Nick Hallett16 Nov 2015, 6:14 AM PST0

Murdered soldier Lee Rigby’s mother is determined to ensure his name is remembered in school’s across the country while at the same time warning children against the hate-filled ideology of Islamic extremism. Lyn Rigby says she wants to be allowed into schools
by Simon Kent8 Nov 2015, 6:12 AM PST0

Britain’s youngest convicted terrorist was recruited and radicalised online by a jihadist living in Syria, a court has heard. The youth from Blackburn, Lancashire, who at 15 is too young to be named, built up an extremist network via social
by Donna Rachel Edmunds2 Oct 2015, 4:37 AM PST0

More than 3,000 home-grown Islamic extremists are currently being monitored by MI5 and counter-terrorism police, a 50 per cent increase in just seven years. Many of those are British teenagers, both male and female, who are being radicalised within weeks
by Donna Rachel Edmunds18 Sep 2015, 7:10 AM PST0

Britain has killed two of its own nationals who had been fighting for Islamic State (IS) and plotting attacks on British soil, in its first air strike in Syria, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday. Despite not having a
by Reuters8 Sep 2015, 1:21 AM PST0

Extract from an interview with former Islamic radical Sohail Ahmed published by The Docklands and East London Advertiser: Over the last five years physics student Sohail Ahmed claims to have witnessed fiery speeches about jihad during Friday prayer at Queen Mary
by Breitbart London6 Aug 2015, 9:21 AM PST0

Terrorists trapped in the UK are a festering presence and the nation faces a greater threat from them now than it did 10 years ago today when London was bombed by Islamists. Scotland Yard’s former counter-terror boss and head of special operations
by Oliver Lane7 Jul 2015, 3:49 AM PST0

Ten years ago today, 52 British civilians were murdered in the first ever suicide bombings to occur in Western Europe and the biggest bomb attack seen in London since the Second World War. In all another 700 were injured in the
by Liam Deacon7 Jul 2015, 1:09 AM PST0

A Muslim cleric with links to the Islamic terror group behind the Tunisian beach terrorist attack is living on benefits in a £1 million home in a leafy London suburb. Hate preacher Hani al-Sibai shares the large home with his wife and five children.
by Donna Rachel Edmunds6 Jul 2015, 3:14 AM PST0

The British government’s tolerance of Islamist hate preachers exporting violence from London in the 1990s may have come back to haunt it. Court papers reveal the gunman who murdered 36 tourists – mostly Britons – on a Tunisian beach has been
by Liam Deacon1 Jul 2015, 4:41 AM PST0

UK Prime Minister David Cameron believes that Islamic terrorism has nothing to do with religion. We know that because he’s always banging on about it. Perhaps he should talk to his counterpart in Tunisia. The first thing Habib Essid did
by Simon Kent29 Jun 2015, 12:10 AM PST0

The public should support UK Armed Forces Day. That is the simple message delivered today by police after reports Islamic State had planned to target a London parade. IS had plotted to detonate a pressure cooker bomb at a parade
by Simon Kent27 Jun 2015, 2:17 AM PST0

Jihadist fanatics returning from foreign battlefields might use the chaos at Calais as a means of sneaking back to the UK undetected. Terror suspects and extremists have already used illegal immigrants as cover to enter Europe and hiding in lorries could
by Simon Kent24 Jun 2015, 7:26 AM PST0

British Muslims are not flocking to join IS because they feel it is a religious duty. Instead they embrace jihad because they want sex, according to a UK preacher. Former Islamist Alyas Karmani said that the young Muslims feel isolated in
by Simon Kent23 Jun 2015, 4:03 AM PST0

Muslims must take responsibility for the radicalisation of their community and stop blaming others, UK Prime Minister David Cameron is expected to say later today. He will tell an international security conference that the time for blame shifting about the
by Simon Kent19 Jun 2015, 4:16 AM PST0

Two more suspects have appeared in court in connection with the “bank of terror” plot to con vulnerable pensioners out of their money in order to fund Islamic State. Fahim Islam, 20, and Achmed Ahmed, 22, have been remanded in
by Nick Hallett5 Jun 2015, 7:12 AM PST0

Chlorine is now the chemical weapon of choice for IS terrorists in Syria and Iraq and there is a growing chance of a chlorine bomb attack on British soil, a chemical warfare expert has warned. Colonel Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, who
by Simon Kent25 May 2015, 2:23 AM PST0

British twins who fled to Syria to join Islamic State are now believed to be on the run from the terror group and may be trying to return home. The Sun reports that Somali-born Zahra and Salma Halane, both 17,
by Nick Hallett14 May 2015, 3:37 AM PST0

Waheed Ahmed, the son of a Labour councillor in Rochdale, has been arrested by anti-terror police in Birmingham. He was detained this morning after being returned from Turkey following a suspected attempt to join Islamic terrorist groups in Syria. Greater
by Liam Deacon14 Apr 2015, 3:18 AM PST0

Almost 40 percent of British Muslims think MI5 and the police are at least partly to blame for radicalising teenagers who flee the country to join Islamic State, a survey has revealed. The poll by Survation for Sky News also
by Nick Hallett10 Apr 2015, 3:42 AM PST0