Month: December 2017

Security services dismissed two pieces of intelligence as 'not terror-related' prior to May's atrocity at Ariana Grande concert Via: Manchester attack: MI5 may have been able to stop arena suicide bomber Salman Abedi, inquiry finds

Surfers Against Sewage charity lauds town after community beach cleans and businesses reduce single-use plasticsA Cornish town has become the first community in the UK to be awarded “plastic-free” status after dozens of residents and business people backed a grassroots scheme aimed at helping clean up oceans and beaches.As part Read more…

Report by David Anderson QC says intelligence about suicide bomber Salman Abedi before he struck was misinterpretedThe terror attack on Manchester that killed 22 people might have been prevented if different decisions had been made by MI5, an official report has found. The security agency had intelligence about the suicide Read more…

Court says sacked Catalan leader and four cabinet members who fled to Belgium had shown a willingness to return to SpainA Spanish judge has lifted the extradition order on the former Catalan president, Carles Puigdemont, and four former cabinet members who fled to Belgium to avoid charges of rebellion, sedition Read more…