Helen Burchell, BBC News Cambridgeshire  8 October 2026, 16:00 BST Two Latvian men have been arrested under the National Security Act after a fence was breached at an RAF base in Cambridgeshire.   The alert was raised when a Ministry of Defence Police (MDP) security patrol at RAF Molesworth identified...

By Cachella Smith. BBC News  8 October 2026, 08:18 BST A Royal Navy service member has been charged with spying for an unnamed foreign country, police have said.   Teddy Young, 24, from Bedfordshire, has been charged with offences under the National Security Act (NSA) including an allegation of obtaining...

Henry Moore, BBC News 6 October 2026, 13:23   A 22-year-old British national has been arrested on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts in connection with an incident close to RAF Fairford, counter-terror police said.   He was arrested in Westminster, London, on Tuesday as part of the investigation into...

BBC News 5 October Violent material was still available online two weeks after being reported in more than 80% of cases, a review for the Southport Inquiry has found.   The hearing was told a report examining the ‘real-world accessibility’ of violent content and weapons sales online found concerning material...

By Sean Seddon, BBC News Published 5 October, 14:00 BST A man who tried to break into the Israeli embassy in London to carry out a knife attack has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 20 years.   Abdullah Albadri was carrying two knives when he attempted...

By Olivia Ireland, BBC News 4 October, 12:59 The daughter of murdered MP Sir David Amess says politicians are still at risk and questioned if anything has changed five years after her father’s death.   Katie Amess told the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg what happened to her father “wasn’t...

Friday 2 October 2026 21:52, UK Two Iranian nationals have been charged over a suspected terror plot against Jewish people in Manchester.   Salam Ahmadyan, 36, of Liverpool, and Rahman Salehi, 34, from Salford, were arrested by counter terror police in Manchester on 20 September.   Both suspects have been...

By Henry Moore, BBC News Published 2 October 2026, 19:30 BST Updated 1 hour ago The man accused of murdering Ann Widdecombe has also been charged with preparing acts of terror including against Reform UK leader Nigel Farage.   Counter terror police said Joshua Kerry, 28, was charged on Friday...

Kevin Rees destroyed a camera using a rudimentary improvised explosive, in a “terrorism-linked” blast that caused damage to cars and homes more then 100 yards away.   Friday 2 October 2026 16:32, UK   An anti-ULEZ activist who deliberately blew up a street camera in southeast London using a homemade...

Counter Terrorism Policing Published 2 October 2026   Head of Counter Terrorism Policing, Assistant Commissioner Laurence Taylor, reflects as we mark the one year anniversary of the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue attack.   One year ago on Yom Kippur, a day of profound reflection and atonement for the Jewish...