Pacemaker By Julian O’Neill BBC News NI home affairs correspondent The police have warned of the potential of public disorder linked to dissident republicans over the Easter period. Chief Constable Simon Byrne has told a meeting of the Policing Board that the trouble could be an attempt to draw officers into gun or bomb attacks.
Month: April 2023
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Sean Seddon BBC News Met Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said it is “nonsensical” he does not have the power to sack staff. He warned the force has “hundreds of people who shouldn’t be here”, as
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Judith Burns and June Kelly BBC News Serving Met Police officers have been taken away from tackling serious crime and terrorism and instead told to investigate wrongdoing in the force. Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said about
PA Media The husband of former first minister Nicola Sturgeon has been arrested in connection with an investigation into Scottish National Party finances. Peter Murrell, 58, is being questioned after being taken into police custody on Wednesday morning. Police Scotland said officers were carrying out searches at a number of addresses as part of the
Getty Images By Hazel Shearing Education correspondent A head teachers’ union in England has voted overwhelmingly to reject the government’s pay offer for teachers. The National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT), mainly representing primary heads, is considering balloting members again over strike action. It is the third union to reject the offer – including the
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Robin Levinson-King & Madeline Halpert BBC News Former US President Donald Trump is due to appear in a New York City courthouse on Tuesday. This will be the moment when the criminal charges against him –
Family handout By Lynette Horsburgh & Rachael Lazaro BBC News The man who murdered nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel has been jailed for life and must serve a minimum of 42 years. Thomas Cashman, 34, refused to go into the dock for the sentencing and none of his family were present in court. He fatally shot Olivia
Vladlen Tatarsky/Telegram By Will Vernon in Moscow & Paul Kirby in London BBC News Russian investigators have detained a woman in the hunt for the killers of a pro-war blogger Vladlen Tatarsky in a blast at a St Petersburg cafe. Darya Trepova, 26, was earlier placed on the interior ministry’s wanted list and her arrest
Vladlen Tatarsky/Telegram An explosion in a St Petersburg cafe has killed prominent Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky, Russia’s Interior Ministry has confirmed. At least 25 people were injured in the bomb blast at Street Food Bar No 1. Videos posted on social media show an explosion and injured people on the street. It is not
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Becky Morton & Laura Kuenssberg BBC News Suella Braverman has insisted Rwanda is a safe country for migrants, despite evidence that 12 Congolese refugees were shot dead by police there in 2018. When presented with the
PA Media By Malu Cursino BBC News Additional sailings will be put on overnight by ferry operators at the Port of Dover, as it works through the Easter traffic backlog. Delays were first reported on Friday night, and some passengers waited 14 hours to board their ferry to France. Strong winds, a large volume of
Reuters By George Wright BBC News Russia has taken the presidency of the UN Security Council despite Ukraine urging members to block the move. Each of the council’s 15 members takes up the presidency for a month, on a rotating pattern. The last time Russia had the presidency, February 2022, it launched a full-scale invasion