British air steward made bomb threat to impress employer
August 22nd, 2012 - 1:10 am ICT by BNO News
LONDON, ENGLAND (BNO NEWS) -- A British air steward who wrote a threatening message on the back of a toilet door during a flight from London to the Japanese capital of Tokyo ... Read more...
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Seven held in Britain on terror funding charges
May 1st, 2012 - 7:23 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 1 (IANS) Seven people were arrested Tuesday in Britain on suspicion of being involved in the funding of a terrorist organisation, a media report said.Six men and one ... Read more...
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UK police arrest five terror suspects near London
April 24th, 2012 - 11:21 pm ICT by BNO News
LUTON, ENGLAND (BNO NEWS) -- Five men were arrested in a town near the British capital of London on early Tuesday morning on suspicion they were preparing acts of terrorism, police said. ... Read more...
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London holds pre-Olympics terror attack drill
February 23rd, 2012 - 5:14 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 23 (IANS) Emergency services in London joined forces to carry out the largest emergency practice drill ever seen in the British capital ahead of the 2012 Olympics.This ... Read more...
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British police launches anti-terror drive before Olympics
February 14th, 2012 - 4:38 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 14 (IANS) Ahead of the 2012 London Olympics and Paralympic Games, British police has launched an anti-terrorism campaign by calling on the public to help it find potential ... Read more...
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British police warned against relationship with journalists
January 5th, 2012 - 3:45 am ICT by IANS
London, Jan 5 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A new report on ethical standards of British police officers warns them against "flirting" and having "secret conversations" with journalists.The report titled "The ethical issues ... Read more...
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UK charges man for possessing al-Qaeda magazine
October 19th, 2011 - 8:29 pm ICT by BNO News
LONDON (BNO NEWS) -- A British man who was arrested earlier this year was charged on Wednesday for possessing al-Qaeda's English-language online magazine, Scotland Yard said.The 21-year-old man, who has been identified ... Read more...
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British police spent 82 mn pounds for talking to migrants (Lead)
August 20th, 2011 - 1:26 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 19 (IANS) Police in Britain spend an average 75,000 pounds (over $124,000) a day on translation services to communicate with migrant criminals, victims and witnesses, a media report ... Read more...
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British police spent £82mn; to talk to migrants
August 19th, 2011 - 11:17 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 19 (ANI) Police in Britain are spending an average 75,000 pounds (over $124,000) a day on translation services for migrant criminals, victims and witnesses, a media report Friday said.The ... Read more...
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Rebekah Brooks arrested over phone-hacking allegations (Lead)
July 17th, 2011 - 9:05 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 17 (IANS) Rebekah Brooks, the ex-chief executive of the News International (NI), was arrested Sunday by police probing the allegations of phone hacking by the News of ... Read more...
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England cricketers may be re-interviewed over Pak tainted trio case
February 14th, 2011 - 4:32 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 14(ANI): England's Test cricketers may be re-interviewed by London's Metropolitan Police Service as the Crown Prosecution Services prepares its case against former Pakistan captain Salman Butt, and fast bowlers Mohammad ... Read more...
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Tainted Pak trio face up to ‘nine years in jail’ if found guilty
February 5th, 2011 - 12:27 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 5(ANI): The three Pakistani players implicated in the spot-fixing scandal face up to nine years in jail after British prosecutors "authorised" the slapping of corruption charges against them as well ... Read more...
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UK Crown Prosecution slaps tainted Pak trio with “corruption and cheating charges”
February 4th, 2011 - 7:01 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 4(ANI): British prosecutors have "authorised charges of conspiracy to obtain and accept corrupt payments, and also conspiracy to cheat" against the three Pakistani players implicated in the spot-fixing scandal as ... Read more...
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Statement from Scotland Yard on Julian Assange
December 7th, 2010 - 5:42 pm ICT by BNO News
LONDON (BNO NEWS) -- Scotland Yard on Tuesday released the following statement regarding the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange."Officers from the Metropolitan Police Service's Extradition Unit have this morning, Tuesday ... Read more...
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British woman found guilty of stabbing MP Stephen Timms
November 2nd, 2010 - 7:39 pm ICT by BNO News
LONDON (BNO NEWS) -- A 21-year-old British woman who stabbed a Member of Parliament earlier this year for voting in favor of the Iraq war was found guilty of attempted murder on ... Read more...
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Many thieves simply walk through unlocked front doors, London police warn
September 27th, 2010 - 12:37 pm ICT by BNO News
LONDON (BNO NEWS) -- More than 5,000 homes in London were burgled last year simply because their owners did not lock their doors, according to statistics released by Scotland Yard on Monday.The ... Read more...
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Pakistan cricket ’spot-fixing’ file handed over to UK Crown Prosecution Service
September 18th, 2010 - 2:04 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept.18 (ANI): Scotland Yard has said that the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) will now consider evidence that there was a conspiracy to defraud bookmakers during the recently held England-Pakistan Test series. ... Read more...
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Six terror suspects arrested during Papal visit to London
September 18th, 2010 - 12:30 am ICT by BNO News
LONDON (BNO NEWS) -- Six men were arrested on Friday on suspicion of preparing a terrorist attack, Scotland Yard said, indicating the potential threat may have been related to the ... Read more...
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Five terror suspects arrested in London during Papal visit
September 17th, 2010 - 7:24 pm ICT by BNO News
LONDON (BNO NEWS) -- Five men were arrested on early Friday morning on suspicion of preparing a terrorist attack, Scotland Yard said, indicating the potential threat may have been related to the ... Read more...
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Three Pakistani cricketers return home
September 11th, 2010 - 8:48 pm ICT by IANS
Lahore, Sep 11 (IANS) Three Pakistani cricketer Salman Butt, Mohammad Aamer and Mohammad Asif, who have been suspended by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on charges of spot-fixing, returned here from London ... Read more...
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Pak ’spot-fixing’ trio leaving UK today on ‘return to assist’ undertaking
September 10th, 2010 - 4:37 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 10(ANI): Scotland Yard has said that Pakistan Test captain Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir, who are currently embroiled in a 'spot-fixing' scandal, will leave Britain today."We can confirm ... Read more...
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Suspended Pakistani trio to fly back home
September 10th, 2010 - 4:34 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 10 (IANS) Three Pakistani cricketers, who have been provisionally suspended by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on charges of alleged spot-fixing, have been granted permission by the Metropolitan Police to ... Read more...
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Singer George Michael arrested for possession of drugs & for reckless driving
August 13th, 2010 - 1:51 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Aug 12 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Singer George Michael has been arrested as he was in the possession of cannabis and was also indulging in reckless driving even though he was under the ... Read more...
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Chidambaram to visit Britain to discuss anti-terror cooperation
March 19th, 2010 - 7:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) Home Minister P. Chidambaram is visiting Britain on a three-day trip starting Saturday with cooperation in anti-terror and security measures topping his agenda.
Chidambaram "will discuss issues ... Read more...
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Swraj Paul drops non-domicile status, police drops probe
March 9th, 2010 - 6:43 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 9 (IANS) Indian-born industrialist and Labour Party supporter Lord Swraj Paul Tuesday said he is giving up his non-domicile tax status just as British police announced it was dropping ... Read more...
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Scotland Yard launches Hindu forum
February 10th, 2010 - 6:40 pm ICT by IANS
By Dipankar De Sarkar
London, Feb 10 (IANS) The Metropolitan Police Service, also known as Scotland Yard, has joined forces with London's Hindu community to "discuss the safety concerns of Hindus in the ... Read more...
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Britain satisfied with Commonwealth Games security
January 14th, 2010 - 10:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) A delegation of security experts from Britain Thursday expressed its satisfaction with the security arrangements for the Commonwealth Games to be held in the national capital in ... Read more...
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Mumbai Police response mechanism improved greatly: police chief
November 14th, 2009 - 12:03 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 13 (IANS) Maharashtra Director General of Police A.N. Roy said that although Mumbai remained on the terrorists' hit list, the security apparatus in the city was more alert and prepared ... Read more...
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Scotland Yard chief to discuss security for 2010 Games
November 13th, 2009 - 10:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Mumbai, Nov 13 (IANS) With less than a year to go for the Commonwealth Games, Scotland Yard chief Paul Stephenson will meet Indian officials here Saturday to discuss expanded cooperation between ... Read more...
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UK cop misuses Scotland Yard credit card to buy items from sex shop
July 21st, 2009 - 5:16 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 21 (ANI): A UK anti-terror cop has been revealed in court to have used his Scotland Yard credit card to buy items from a sex shop.Detective Constable Matthew Washington, 37, ... Read more...
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Brit Muslim catering manager claims discrimination in pork handling row
May 12th, 2009 - 2:09 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 12 (ANI): A Muslim catering manager, Hasanali Khoja, who refused to cook sausages and bacon because it was against his religion, has claimed that he was religiously discriminated against.Khoja, 60, ... Read more...
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UK police says internet phone calls crippling fight against terrorism
October 16th, 2008 - 3:36 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct.16 (ANI): A huge growth in internet telephone traffic is jeopardising the capability of police to investigate almost every type of crime, including terror-related ones.
Senior sources have told The Times ... Read more...
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London mayor orders police racism inquiry after charges
October 6th, 2008 - 5:31 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 6 (IANS) London mayor Boris Johnson Monday ordered an inquiry into alleged racism in the Metropolitan Police, the force responsible for policing the British capital and its suburbs.The announcement came ... Read more...
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Oz Police might make Haneef submissions public
August 6th, 2008 - 2:47 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Aug.6 (ANI): After refusing all along to make public its investigations into last years bungled case against Indian doctor Mohamed Haneef, the Australian Federal Police on Wednesday said that it ... Read more...
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Scotland Yard to probe Dis ex butler Paul Burrell over perjury
April 9th, 2008 - 2:51 pm ICT by admin
London, April 9 (ANI): Scotland Yard will investigate Princess Diana's former butler Paul Burrell over possible perjury at the inquest into her death.Scotland Yard has formally requested a copy of The ... Read more...
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