4 month agoA large group of NATO warships converged in the North Atlantic 17 May as the HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH @HMSQNLZ carrier strike group, UK Royal Navy's Littoral Response Group North led by HMS ALBION L14 & US IWO JIMA ARG Amphibious Ready Group all joined up
4 month agoFirefighters rescued a woman from a house fire in Plaistow. Crews used a ladder to bring her down from the first floor window. She was suffering from smoke inhalation and taken to hospital by London Ambulance Service crews
4 month agoUK is closing in on two key G7 goals: getting the group to commit to ditching coal & ending fossil fuel subsidies. After some foot dragging, the aim is for climate and environment ministers to sign up to the commitments when they meet this month
4 month agoUSAF C-17A Globemaster III SLAM69 descending for Shannon, weird C17 in Europe using a Tactical C/S
Three men arrested after a 17-year-old male was injured following a firearms discharge in Bradford
A man has been charged with possession of a bladed article in a public place after allegations bomb threats were being made at Brighton Railway Station. Corey Moss, 27, of no fixed address, will appear in court in Brighton later
A security alert in west Belfast has ended. Police say a suspicious object was examined at Falcarragh Drive but it turned out to be an elaborate hoax. A number of homes were evacuated but residents were allowed to return home around 4am
Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she is "utterly disgusted" at the actions of Rangers fans who were involved in violent clashes with police on Saturday
Russian Black Sea Fleet: Forces of the Black Sea Fleet began to track the British patrol ship Trent, which entered the Black Sea
4 month agoRoyal Navy River-class Batch 2 offshore patrol vessel HMS TRENT P224 transited Istanbul strait this morning towards the Black Sea
4 month agoProtesters outside the BBC building Anti Lockdown Protest
4 month agoDemo now outside London Israeli embassy
4 month agoPolice have confirmed a nurse suffered a cut to her chin/neck area and a healthcare worker assistant sustained a puncture wound to his side following an incident at Daisy Hill hospital early this morning. A 57-year-old man has been arrested and remains in custody
Ireland health service shuts down all its IT systems after a "significant" ransomware attack crippled its diagnostic services, disrupting COVID19 testing and forcing hospital appointment cancellations
4 month agoUK Health Department says B.1.617.2, a coronavirus variant first found in India, "is beginning to spread increasingly rapidly in certain areas across the country"
4 month agoFans are now arriving at Old Trafford in numbers ahead of the protest
4 month agoAnti-deportation protest on Kenmure Street in Pollokshields. Immigration van is ringed by police and protesters. "These are our neighbours. Let them go"
4 month agoArmy technical officers have arrived on scene of the security alert at the Craigavon Bridge area of Derry
Downing Street says Prime Minister Boris Johnson has "apologised unreservedly on behalf of the UK Government for the events that took place in Ballymurphy" and the " anguish" caused to the families of those killed
Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic to serve genocide term in UK jail: govt
Ireland is at UN Security Council now having called for an emergency meeting on escalating violence in the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel. Thoughts are with Palestinians and Israelis who bear the brunt of this. Civilians on both sides deserve better
UK Foreign Minister @DominicRaab issued a warning to Russia over alleged sheltering of hacker groups involved in ransomware cyber attacks in Western countries
Johnson: Britain is extremely concerned about civilian casualties
British Prime Minister: I call on the Palestinians and the Israelis to calm down and to back off the brink
4 month agoProtest outside 10 Downing Street for the people of Palestine
British Health Minister: We are closely following the developments of the mutated Coronavirus strain in India
Britain condemns the firing of rockets into Israel from Gaza and calls for an end to the violence
Zero coronavirus deaths announced in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland on Monday
4 month agoScottish First Minister and SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon on the steps outside Bute House in Edinburgh after the SNP won a fourth victory in the Scottish Parliament election
4 month agoFirst Minister of Scotland @NicolaSturgeon says "if we end up in court it would be because we have a UK government that refuses to accept Scottish democracy."
