by admin.bang-on | Nov 18, 2020 | News, Prevent
The impact of Covid-19, social isolation and a rise in hateful extremism online is creating a ‘perfect storm’ which is making more young people vulnerable to radicalisation and other forms of grooming. But parents, friends and families can now get specialist support...
by admin.bang-on | Nov 3, 2020 | News
“Overnight, we heard the terrible news of another terrorist attack in Europe – this time in Vienna, where four people were killed. “Our thoughts are with all of the victims, their families and loved ones of the recent attacks both in Austria and France, as well as all...
by admin.bang-on | Nov 1, 2020 | News
The CT Vulnerability Support Hubs (VSHs) are partnership services between NHS Forensic mental health teams and Policing, commissioned by CTPHQ in 2016. The aim of the VSHs is to improve the health and criminal justice outcomes for individuals referred into PREVENT...
by admin.bang-on | Sep 17, 2020 | News, Pursue
Counter Terrorism Policing has warned that the threat from terrorism has not been diminished by the global pandemic, despite a decline in the number of terrorism-related arrests during lockdown. The Home Office’s quarterly release of statistics relating to the...
by admin.bang-on | Aug 20, 2020 | News
Convicted murderer Hashem Abedi has been sentenced to a minimum of 55 years in prison for his part in a terror attack at the Manchester Arena that killed 22 people. Abedi, 23, was today, Thursday 20 August 2020, at the Central Criminal Court (Old Bailey), London...
by admin.bang-on | Jul 17, 2020 | News
Feuerkrieg Division (FKD) have become the third Neo-Nazi organisation in just six months to be proscribed as a terrorist group by the UK government. As of Friday 17 July 2020, it is an offence to be a member or support FKD, with those found guilty facing up to 10...
by admin.bang-on | Jun 23, 2020 | News
A message from Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu, UK head of CT Policing The events in Reading were horrifying. Once again families are grieving and a community is in mourning. For this to have happened after all we have gone through with coronavirus is especially...
by admin.bang-on | Jun 21, 2020 | News
Updated: 18:15 (27/06/2020) Released on behalf of CTPSE – Man charged following incident in Reading Detectives from Counter Terrorism Policing South East (CTPSE) have charged a man following an incident where three men were killed and several others injured in...
by admin.bang-on | Jun 10, 2020 | News, Prepare, Protect
Tens of thousands of people across the UK have been undertaking counter terrorism training from their kitchen tables during the lockdown. And with lockdown measures set to ease in the coming weeks and more people returning to towns and cities, Counter Terrorism...
by admin.bang-on | May 20, 2020 | News
Counter Terrorism Policing has issued its support for a new Bill which enters Parliament today, Wednesday 20 May. The Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill proposes an overhaul of sentencing and monitoring of terrorist offenders and suspects, and would lead to...