by admin.bang-on | Apr 18, 2019 | News
Wednesday, 17 April, marked the 20th anniversary of the Brixton Market nail bombing. It was the first of three nail bomb attacks committed over a two-week period – a homemade device was detonated in Brick Lane in east London on 24 April 1999, and another device...
by admin.bang-on | Apr 8, 2019 | News
The Government today has unveiled consultation on tough new measures to ensure the UK is the safest place in the world to be online.In the first online safety regulations of their kind, social media companies and tech firms will be legally required to protect their...
by admin.bang-on | Mar 29, 2019 | News
Britain is one of the safest and most prosperous countries in the world. Nonetheless, the complex challenges we and other countries face from terrorism and malign acts by foreign states are all too real. As we saw in Christchurch, attacks can happen at any time and in...
by admin.bang-on | Mar 26, 2019 | News
Police Dogs who supported emergency services during the London terror attacks at Westminster Bridge, London Bridge and Borough Market are being honored for their heroic actions by leading vet charity PDSA.Seven Police Dogs from the Metropolitan Police (Met) and...
by admin.bang-on | Mar 20, 2019 | News
On 19 March 2019, Survivors Against Terror’s Brendan Cox wrote a powerful piece for the Evening Standard about the effect that the mass media can have in promoting terrorism, its perpetrators and whatever vile ideology inspires them. This followed a sobering and...
by admin.bang-on | Mar 15, 2019 | News
Released Friday 15 March – 5:00 pm Police have stepped up reassurance patrols in London and across the UK as they continue to engage with communities of all faiths following the horrific attacks in New Zealand. Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu, head of Counter...
by admin.bang-on | Mar 6, 2019 | News, Prepare, Protect
An interactive online platform to provide secure expert counter-terrorism advice and training to businesses and the public sector is going ahead. It’s been developed to assist organisations develop their own counter-terrorism approaches, and in the event of an...
by admin.bang-on | Mar 6, 2019 | News, Prepare, Protect
Counter Terrorism Policing’s National Coordinator for Prevent has called upon the private sector to play a more active role in delivering the government’s deradicalisation programme. Chief Superintendent Nik Adams used a speech at the Counter Terror Expo at...
by admin.bang-on | Feb 21, 2019 | News
Detective Zac Idun OBE is a Family Liaison Coordinator working in the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command. Zac has 26 years’ experience in policing and reflects on his police career and the importance of diversity. Joining the police changed my...
by admin.bang-on | Feb 21, 2019 | News
A national memorial has been publicly unveiled outside the Palace of Westminster as a permanent tribute to PC Keith Palmer GM, who was tragically killed as he protected Parliament from a terrorist attack on 22 March, 2017.The memorial stone, which was specially...
