9 h. ago Man arrested after armed police evacuate Glasgow flats as residents finally return home

A disturbance broke out after police attended the area in connection with an ongoing investigation.

Events

9 h. ago Video of new person of interest in Brown University shooting released

Police says individual is likely to be armed and dangerous after shooter killed two students on campus SaturdayBrown University shooting – latest updatesThe authorities released video footage on Monday afternoon of a fresh person of interest wanted in the mass shooting at Brown University at the weekend, as a huge manhunt continued.A short video clip taken from a surveillance camera shows, from across a street, a person in dark clothing walking briskly on the sidewalk. Continue reading...

Events

10 h. ago Evacuated Glasgow residents return home after armed police lock down scene

Glasgow City Council issued an update to local residents on the incident.

Events

13 h. ago GMP issue statement to Manchester Jewish community after Bondi Beach attack

There will be extra officers and armed police patrolling the area

Events

14 h. ago Glasgow LIVE as armed police lock down streets and houses evacuated

Armed police are at the scene of an 'ongoing incident' on Drumlaken Street in the Summerston area of Glasgow, with residents of a block of flats evacuated

Events

15 h. ago Glasgow flats evacuated as armed police lock down streets amid ongoing incident

Armed police raced to Drumlaken Street in the Summerston area of the city at 9.50am on Monday.

Events

16 h. ago Scots flats EVACUATED after man ‘threatened to blow up’ homes as armed cops lock down scene

A BLOCK of flats has been evacuated after a man allegedly threatened to 'blow up' homes. Armed cops have locked down the scene on Drumlaken Avenue in Summerston, Glasgow, this afternoon amid the ongoing incident. Locals have told how a man - thought to be in his 40s - had barricaded himself in a flat...

Events

26 h. ago Bondi Beach alleged shooter Sajid Akram had hunting licence for six firearms

Sajid Akram held a category AB licence that entitled him to own the long arms he had. The NSW Police Commissioner said the 50-year-old met the eligibility for the licence for recreational hunting

Events

26 h. ago Bondi Beach alleged shooter Sajid Akram had hunting licence for six firearms as Islamic State flags found

Sajid Akram held a category AB licence that entitled him to own the long arms he had. The NSW Police Commissioner said the 50-year-old met the eligibility for the licence for recreational hunting

Events

34 h. ago Guatemala declares state of emergency after armed attacks kill at least 5

Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo has declared a state of emergency in two western municipalities after armed men attacked a military post and police station

Events

48 h. ago Gunman kills two students at Brown University as armed police hunt attacker

Shooter dressed all in black opened fire during exam prep session before fleeing campus

Events

3 d. ago Armed police fired 19 shots to kill XL bully dog that launched fatal attack on great

John McColl died from his wounds after being mauled by the animal on a residential street in Warrington, Cheshire, on February 24.Criminal charges have bought the inquest to standstill.

Events

4 d. ago Armed police swoop as UK school locked down after 'threats to kill'

Officers were standing at the gates of Ysgol Bro Myrddin secondary school in Carmarthen on Wednesday afternoon after armed cops swooped, placing students into lockdown

Events

5 d. ago Armed police lock down Welsh school over 'threat made against pupil'

Ysgol Bro Myrddin in Carmarthen was placed in lockdown at the end of the school day

Events

6 d. ago Manchester incident LIVE: Armed cops swoop as police helicopter overhead

Armed police, a police helicopter and other emergency services are at the scene of an incident in east Manchester - this is a breaking story

Events

6 d. ago Live: Large cordon in place with armed police and paramedics at scene following incident

Emergency services have descended swarmed a residential area of Clayton

Events

6 d. ago Large cordon in place with armed police and paramedics at scene following incident

Emergency services have swarmed a residential area of Clayton

Events

7 d. ago Walking into disaster: how narcotraffickers captured the BVI

When the new premier of the British Virgin Islands said he needed an armed security detail, his chief of police knew trouble was on its wayAugustus James Ulysses Jaspert, Gus for short, arrived in Tortola, the largest of the British Virgin Islands, on 21 August 2017, just two weeks away from catastrophe. Jaspert, who was in his late 30s, had recently been appointed governor by Queen Elizabeth II, on the recommendation of the Foreign Office in London. The BVI is an overseas territory of Britain, with only partial independence, and the governor effectively acts as a backstop to the locally elected legislature. For Jaspert, a career civil servant, it would be his first hands-on experience of governing – and his first time in the British Virgin Islands. Any trepidation was outweighed by the prospect of moving to the Caribbean. “If you’re sitting in an office in London and someone says, ‘Go to Tortola,’ you look it up on a screen and think, ‘OK, I can do that,’” Jaspert told me.While Jas...

Events

7 d. ago Walking into disaster: the narcotrafficking scandal that blew up the BVI

When the new premier of the British Virgin Islands said he needed an armed security detail, his chief of police knew trouble was on its wayAugustus James Ulysses Jaspert, Gus for short, arrived in Tortola, the largest of the British Virgin Islands, on 21 August 2017, just two weeks away from catastrophe. Jaspert, who was in his late 30s, had recently been appointed governor by Queen Elizabeth II, on the recommendation of the Foreign Office in London. The BVI is an overseas territory of Britain, with only partial independence, and the governor effectively acts as a backstop to the locally elected legislature. For Jaspert, a career civil servant, it would be his first hands-on experience of governing – and his first time in the British Virgin Islands. Any trepidation was outweighed by the prospect of moving to the Caribbean. “If you’re sitting in an office in London and someone says, ‘Go to Tortola,’ you look it up on a screen and think, ‘OK, I can do that,’” Jaspert told me.While Jas...

Events

7 d. ago Moment armed police stop and surround van to arrest killer grandfather for murdering his daughter's ex

Stephen Alderton, 67, murdered father and son Gary, 57, and Joshua Dunmore, 32, in an 'execution' two villages six miles apart in Cambridgeshire in March 2023.

Events