8 month agoSTN - DLM diverted amid Typhoon scramble
Confirmation: RAF scrambles Typhoon jets to intercept a Jet2 aircraft that had just taken off from Stansted and had an unruly passenger onboard. Aircraft escorted back to Stansted. Incident over.
8 month ago***TARTAN722 ZZ336 RAF KC3 out of Brize- Squawking 1321 QRA - in AARA8. 1935z***
Stortford police: Large number of 999 calls coming in about a loud explosion. We have liaised with @EssexPoliceUK who are confirming that this is a sonic boom from a passing aircraft.
8 month agoRAF Voyager out from Brize Norton. Likely related to the QRA ongoing.
8 month agoTyphoon over RAF Marham area
RAF Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) Typhoon fighters scrambled from RAF Coningsby, racing south
The Foreign Office has announced minister for the Middle East Andrew Murrison will travel to Iran for senior-level talks with the Iranian government tomorrow
Metropolitan Police says a murder investigation has been launched after a man was shot dead in Feltham in west London
8 month agoUK Chief of the General Staff, Gen. Sir Mark Carleton-Smith: "I'm in eastern Ukraine where I've come to see for myself how the Ukrainian Army has stabilized the Russian incursion. It's in its 5th year"
EU leaders warn next British PM: no Brexit renegotiation
#Britain is in regular contact with the US over the situation in #Iran and has continuously called for de-escalation on all sides, a spokeswoman for Prime Minister Theresa May said
Mark Field suspended as a Govt minister
8 month agoOil in London is headed for its biggest weekly increase since February as escalating tensions between the U.S. and Iran fanned fears of conflict
British Airways says it will avoid flying over Iranian airspace
Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt are the final 2 contenders in the British Conservative leadership contest. Johnson remains in the lead, with 160 votes in the 5th round. Hunt received 77 votes.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says "enormous hostility" to another A50 extension, although he has "infinite patience"
A school and community centre are among building 'on lockdown' after reports of a man wielding a knife in Didcot Sainsburys
Metropolitan Police says counter terrorism command officers have arrested a 17-year-old boy from southwest London on suspicion of dissemination of terrorist publications
Khan claims that Donald Trump is the man responsible for bolstering the far right and helping give them legitimacy. #MLD2019
Sadiq Khan talks about the rise of the far right and name checks Victor Orban, Matteo Salvini, Marine Le Pen, Nigel Farage as being responsible for the rise of the global far right at the Muslim Council of Britain leadership dinner.
Police officers attended the cemetery at Tarry Lane in Lurgan yesterday to conduct a search of the grounds as part of an ongoing operation into illegal drugs activity.
8 month agoB-52H 60-0009 squaking (engine no5 overheating ) and descending to Mildenhall
8 month agoRoyal Air Force Typhoon jets were scrambled twice over the weekend to intercept Russian military aircraft. It means that the RAF have made eight intercepts of Russian aircraft since taking over the Baltic Air Policing mission on May 3rd.
British government spokesman: London will consider all options if Iran violated its nuclear commitments
British Minister Harriett Baldwin: We are almost certain that Iran is behind of attack on tankers
London: Meeting of British security officials to discuss Iran
8 month agoLambeth Waterloo: The Met say enquires continue to establish the exact location as to where the man sustained his injury. The victims condition is non life threatening. Armed police could been seen searching the immediate area. A car was also recovered from the scene.
FARAGE: Brexit Party preparing to fight every seat at next General Election.
Eleven people have been arrested following three murders across London this weekend and detectives investigating a fatal stabbing in @MPSWandsworth have charged two people.
