The Home Office has ordered a review into the treatment of people with autism who are referred to the government’s Prevent deradicalisation programme, in recognition that a high number of minors with neurodiversity diagnoses are appearing in counter-terrorism casework. The announcement follows a Financial Times investigation in October that highlighted...

A 55-year-old man has been sentenced for terrorism and firearms offences following an investigation by officers from Police Scotland’s Counter Terrorism Unit. Alan Edward, from Falkirk, was sentenced to 10 years in prison, at the High Court in Glasgow on Thursday, 19 December, 2024. Edward promoted a banned far-right Neo-Nazi...

The suspect in the German Christmas market attack “threatened to do something that would attract international attention” in 2013 and was flagged as a potential threat the following year, according to a state interior minister. Christian Pegel told a press conference the 50-year-old suspect had referred to the Boston Marathon...