The Metropolitan Police has released the call transcript of Morgan McSweeney's report of his phone being snatched in October It shows he gave his name and said it was a "government phone", but said the wrong location and gave no details of his role in No10 or the sensitive information on the device

This is a 16-year-old British boy who became obsessed with neo-Nazism from his remote Northumberland home When he was 14, he joined a group stoking a race war. But the American man running it lives in Russia, and his activities chime with sabotage efforts in Europe www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/w...

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life over the Golders Green fire, and a third suspect is still being sought Arrests have also been made in Belgium and the Netherlands for an attack, and foiled attack, claimed by the same group www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/w...

The group that claimed responsibility for the Golders Green arson first emerged on 9 March Since then, it has claimed responsibility for attacks in Belgium, the Netherlands and Greece But some of those claims don't add up, and multiple indicators point towards Iran www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/w...

I'm sure there are many more questions about Matt Goodwin's new book, but on the footnote issue I can provide some hopefully useful context My book "Plotters: The UK Terrorists Who Failed" isn't particularly long for popular non-fiction, and has 378 footnotes This apparently has...12

A snapshot of life in Golders Green this afternoon www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/w...

Counter-terrorism police are now leading the investigation into the arson attack on Jewish community ambulances outside a London synagogue A group claimed responsibility for the attack this morning, which follows recent explosions it has claimed across Europe www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/w...

An Iranian man and Romanian woman have been charged after trying to enter the Scottish naval base that houses Britain's nuclear-armed submarines They walked up to the front gate and asked to be let in on Thursday afternoon www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/w...

Breaking News: The Pentagon’s restrictions on news outlets violated the First Amendment, a federal judge ruled, in a victory for The New York Times.

If anyone has seen reports of a major police incident in Salford, it was a false alarm Greater Manchester Police said they "received a report of a suspicious male" at 11:52am today. He wasn't wearing a suicide vest as shrill X accounts have been reporting, he was exercising outside in a gym vest

A date has been set for the government's appeal against the High Court's ruling that the decision to ban Palestine Action as a terrorist group was unlawful There will be a two-day hearing at the Court of Appeal on 28 and 29 April

New details of the alleged conduct by two men accused of conducting hostile surveillance for Iran on Israeli and Jewish institutions have been given in court Prosecutors say their targets included the Israeli Embassy, synagogues, a Jewish community centre and the CST www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/w...

Two men have been charged with conducting surveillance for Iran on people and places linked to London’s Jewish community The men, one Iranian and one dual British/Iranian, are accused of “engaging in contact that is likely to assist a foreign intelligence service” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/w...

This sounds incredibly basic but is serious progress, and the result of years of hard campaigning by the Crime Reporters' Association and in particular our chair Rebecca Camber I hope the new guidelines can give officers the ability and confidence to answer common sense questions on the ground...

This morning, Rwanda has opened its case against the UK at the Permanent Court of Arbitration, claiming it is owed millions following a botched termination of the migration treaty, and that the UK deviated from its obligations to resettle vulnerable refugees from Rwanda It's messy stuff

RAF Fairford, a British base in southern England, was the site of repeated antiwar protests during the Iraq war in 2003. Now it is being used again as a base for U.S. bombing missions in the Middle East.

Monday is a great day for striking defendants' names at Westminster Magistrates' Court We have a Ms Bangs up for criminal damage and assault by beating, an alleged thief called Mr Looney and a Mr Sherlock who has fallen out with the police

We are looking to speak to relatives of people who have been arrested in the United Arab Emirates in relation to videos and photos taken/shared of missile strikes Please email [email protected] if you have been affected

Troubling advice issued by the Foreign Office today for Lebanon, as the conflict there escalates "You should consider departing now...If you decide to stay, we cannot guarantee we will be able to help you. You should have a personal emergency plan that does not rely on the UK government."

The British police interviewed Virginia Giuffre three times over her allegations about Jeffrey Epstein, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Ghislaine Maxwell but declined to investigate her claims of being trafficked. The question of why no action was taken has recently drawn greater scrutiny.

We are live blogging the release of the Mandelson files - I and my colleagues will be posting updates as we go through them See the latest here: www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03...

The Metropolitan Police resisted calls to apply for a government ban of several pro-Palestinian marches since the start of the Israel-Gaza war in 2023, saying the threshold of "serious disorder" that cannot be controlled was not met It says Al Quds Day is different www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/w...

Exclusive: The Metropolitan Police interviewed Virginia Giuffre 3 times after her lawyers handed them a dossier of evidence saying that she was trafficked to UK by Epstein and Maxwell, and made her have sex with Prince Andrew But they did not launch an investigation www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/w...

Government engagement on X latest

New Truth Social post by Donald Trump just now: "There will be no deal with Iran except UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER! After that, and the selection of a GREAT & ACCEPTABLE Leader(s), we ... will work tirelessly to bring Iran back from the brink of destruction"

4 men arrested on suspicion of conducting surveillance on Jewish people and linked locations in London are being questioned in custody They are a different group to those arrested last year on suspicion of a plot targeting the Israeli embassy, who were later released www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/w...

Official statements placing U.S. forces in the area – along w/ analysis of social posts, videos, sat. images – suggest U.S. forces bombed a school in Minab, Iran during strikes targeting an IRGC base. Over 150 were killed, Iranian officials say. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/w...

U.S. forces likely bombed an Iranian elementary school on Feb. 28 during an operation targeting a nearby military base, a New York Times analysis suggests. It is the deadliest known episode of civilian casualties since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran — and no side has yet taken responsibility.

A 17-year-old boy who said he wanted to commit a Southport-style attack like "Saint Axel", collected knives and bought a hoodie like Rudakubana's has been sentenced But only for possessing terrorist manuals, because his plans were deemed not to meet the ideological requirements for a terror plot

Keir Starmer says 4 more fighter are being sent to Qatar to “strengthen defensive operations," while military helicopters will arrive in Cyprus tomorrow Several EU countries that did not support initial attack on Iran have also announced military deployments today www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/w...

I'm not reporting on Home Office stuff today because of Iran but I'm confused about this messaging There is no visa for claiming asylum in the UK and successive govts have widened definition of, and punishments for, illegal entry. So what does "abusing legal routes" mean? What is the alternative?

Despite the strength of political criticism in the UK, Starmer's position on Iran mirrors several other European countries France, Greece, the Netherlands, Italy and Spain are deploying and/or allowing the use of military assets in a defensive capacity while not condoning the initial attack

A spate of AI-generated articles by a non-existent journalist 'Margaux Blanchard' fooled several major news publications last year. So how are journalists navigating a world where articles can be so easily AI generated? Read the article: reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/speed-h...

After many years of court reporting, I've just had a completely new (to me) reason for a hearing delay: “The lights have gone off downstairs” The courtroom is fine but the cells appear to be in darkness 😬

I've had the pleasure of appearing on the Secrets and Spies podcast to talk about my book, the current terrorism situation in the UK and what could be coming next Audio 🎧: pod.fo/e/3995a2 Youtube🎥: youtu.be/vyIA9EfStn0 @secretsandspies.bsky.social

As the analysis starts of the Gorton and Denton result, I wanted to flag some aspects that my experience yesterday suggests are being over or under-played (Caveats - I went to Longsight, Gorton and Denton town centres and spoke to as many people as I could, but it was mostly during the working day)

Hello from a very wet Manchester I've been wandering around different parts of Gorton and Denton today to speak to locals about their political views, and the election madness that's taken over in the past month My reporting will be running tomorrow after the result 🗳

I'm intrigued by the cross-government strategy to speak to "influencers" - the latest event is described by Politico in the London playbook today There's a boast of a 5.5 million combined follower count, but that's a tiny fraction of the figure you'd get if you added up national news outlets

Counter-terrorism police are now supporting the investigation into last night's incident at Manchester Central Mosque, although it has not been declared a terrorist incident at this stage Police said they were called about "a white man in a high-viz jacket carrying a bag with an axe inside"

Matt Goodwin and his election agent will not face any legal sanction over 81,000 leaflets that were sent to residents in Gorton and Denton without the required imprint declaring that they were campaign material & their origin The leaflets were designed to appear like a letter from a local pensioner

Peter Mandelson has been arrested as part of the Metropolitan Police's investigation into misconduct in public office, sparked by the Epstein files He has been taken to a London police station to be interviewed www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/w...

Thames Valley Police has said that the man in his 60s arrested for misconduct in public office has been “released under investigation” The designation that means that the probe into Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor will continue and charges can be brought at a later date if the threshold is reached

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's detention in police custody will be far from what he's used to Police wouldn't confirm where he's being held, but an inspection of Thames Valley Police cells warned of issues with cleanliness, worn mattresses and a lack of shower privacy www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/w...

The arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor this morning was a reversal of Thames Valley Police's normal duties towards the royal family - to act as their protectors Its officers guarded his Windsor home for decades, and the royals are a core part of the force's work www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...

The family of a British couple detained in Iran while riding motorbikes around the world have been told they were jailed for 10 years for "espionage" The government called the case "unjustifiable" and said it was working for the Craig and Lindsay Foreman's release www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/w...

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, but what is it? Here's brief explainer of the law, how criminal investigations and prosecutions work, and contempt of court www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/w...

Walid Saadaoui was once the well-liked owner of a seaside Italian restaurant in Norfolk His journey from apparent family man to would-be Isis-inspired terrorist shows the continued power of the group’s propaganda and the way it has leveraged the Gaza war www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/w...

The UK government's decision to ban Palestine Action as a terrorist group has been ruled unlawful by the High Court I'm still in Japan, but had a feeling this ruling would come while I was away and so a story will be coming shortly...

This account will be quiet for a bit because I'm lucky enough to be going on holiday to Japan 🇯🇵 I'll be back on here in a couple of weeks...unless some major news happens

More than 30 people trying to reach Britain in a small boat were left to drown over several harrowing hours because of failures by rescue authorities, an inquiry has found The incident in November 2021 is the deadliest known small boat disaster in the English Channel www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/w...