Anti-kidnap cell set up in London
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The government has set up an elite anti-kidnap special forces unit in London, in part to deal with scenarios like those allegedly threatened by men arrested in Birmingham this week, sources said.
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British anti-terror police question nine suspects over an alleged plot to kidnap a member of the armed forces.
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Britain was expected to call a new meeting of its so-called COBRA crisis cell Monday to assess the latest developments in the terrorism alert, a spokesman said.
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British officials are working &quot;around the clock&quot; to try to secure the safe release of a tour group abducted in the remote Ethiopian desert, the Foreign Office said Monday.
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Comments Four Britons detained in Somalia on terrorism charges have been been returned to the UK today, but could be back on the streets within hours.Comment
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A "potentially viable explosive device" is made safe after police were called to a suspicious vehicle in central London
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Foreign Secretary Jack Straw revealed today that messages were sent to Ken Bigleyâs captors urging them not to kill him. They were taken by a go-between who approached
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Ethiopian and UK officials are working to secure the safe return of five British people kidnapped four days ago.
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There have been calls for terror suspects being held without charge in British prisons to be brought to trial, following criticisms from a UN anti-torture body.
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Britain and Iraq are working closely on efforts to free a British hostage threatened with death within 24 hours if his kidnappers&#39; demands are not met, Tony Blair has said.
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LONDON, July 2 -- The suspected terrorist cell that allegedly attempted three car bomb attacks in London and Glasgow last weekend was dominated by foreign-born physicians working in British hospitals, according to British officials and news reports.
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British authorities suspect that a cell of Islamic terrorists where trying to harvest radioactive material from smoke detectors
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A dedicated police unit to tackle human trafficking to the UK is being launched.
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Police are currently trying to monitor &quot;thousands&quot; of potential security suspects, the head of the anti-terrorism unit at London's Metropolitan Police said in an interview to be broadcast on Sunday.
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British authorities suspect that a cell of Islamic terrorists were trying to harvest radioactive material from smoke detectors
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British police were continuing the hunt for jihadist recruiters and trainers that led to 14 arrests in London last week.
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Police said Saturday they had arrested 14 people in and around London suspected of trying to train and recruit others for terror attacks.