Lockerbie bombing police to visit Libya for first time

December 21, 2013   Following talks in Tripoli with Libyan prime minister Ali Zeidan, David Cameron said officers from the Dumfries and Galloway force had been granted permission to travel to the country. “I am delighted that the Dumfries and Galloway Police team will be able to visit your country to look into the issues…

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Sixth British jihadist reportedly killed in Syria

November 25, 2013   A sixth British jihadist has reportedly been killed fighting in Syria. The death of the man was first reported on the jihadist Twitter account @Zhoof21 yesterday afternoon. He has been named as Abu Naseebah al-Britani by Shiraz Maher, head of outreach at Kings College London’s International Centre for the Study of…

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Islamic Gatehouse Bank to aid UK housing crisis

November 28, 2013   Britain’s mainstream banks may be reluctant to lend these days, but a Kuwait-backed Islamic bank is to become one of Britain’s biggest residential landlords with a plan to build 6,600 rental homes and gain from the shortage in decent housing stock. It promises to be one of the biggest privately run…

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Lee Rigby murder: Accused man Michael Adebolajo ‘tried to justify Woolwich attack in a scrawled note’ handed to witness

November 29, 2013   One of the alleged killers of Fusilier Lee Rigby handed a letter explaining his attack to the woman who stroked the body of the fallen soldier in a final gesture of humanity, the court heard. Michael Adebolajo’s letter, scribbled on two pieces of lined A4 paper, was addressed to “my beloved…

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Four British nationals killed fighting alongside al-Qa’ida in Syria

November 21, 2013   Four British nationals have died while fighting for a rebel extremist group against the forces of president Bashar al-Assad in Syria, reports say. Their deaths highlight the increasing international scale of the conflict, and come amid fears of the threat posed by extremists returning to the UK once their part in…

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