Lizzie Dearden

@lizziedearden.bsky.social

Security correspondent at @theipaper.com, author of 'Plotters: The UK Terrorists Who Failed'

There are many issues with Reform’s proposals for Royal Navy operations against small boats but chief among them is the fact it has already happened and didn't achieve the government's stated aims Operation Isotrope ran from 2022-23 as Channel crossings peaked inews.co.uk/news/world/n...

No, Farage, the Royal Navy can't stop small boats. This is why

Critics are already tearing apart Reform's plans to deploy British warships to intercept migrants in the Channel

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For days, Reform politicians claimed that significant numbers of migrants who surged into Ceuta would be heading to Calais and onwards to Britain Not only have most already returned to Morocco, but Moroccans have made up just 0.07% of small boat arrivals since 2021 inews.co.uk/news/no-thou...

No, thousands of migrants won't come to the UK from Ceuta - here's why

Fears of a new migration crisis impacting the UK are misplaced despite the chaotic scenes witnessed in Ceuta, an expert has said

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The number of terror-related arrests in Britain has risen 1,200% a year following the ban of Palestine Action The number of people arrested for holding signs - under a law originally designed for IRA uniforms - is higher than total terror arrests over the previous decade inews.co.uk/news/retired...

How retired teachers, nurses and vicars became Britain's newest terror suspects

Majority of suspects arrested for holding signs reading 'I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action' at protests against the ban

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Four people have died trying to reach the UK on small boats after the busiest day for crossings so far this year The number of arrivals has been falling steeply - but the question is why The government points to its policies, but there are other factors at work inews.co.uk/news/figures...

The real figures behind the headlines on Channel migrant crossings

Four people have died after the busiest day for small-boat launches this year – but crossings are down on 2025

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The Supreme Court is to decide on the lawfulness of the Palestine Action ban The court has granted the group's co-founder permission to appeal the Court of Appeal ruling, which was in the government's favour It says the hearing will take place sometime between 1 October and 21 December

Last March, a Norwegian 18-year-old arrived in Britain on a mission to commit an assassination for a brutal Iranian proxy Johannes Natland is one of several teenagers hired as contract killers by the Foxtrot network, and UK police were alerted just in time to stop him inews.co.uk/news/teenage...

How teenagers hired as killers by Iranian-linked gang pose a threat on UK streets

A 19-year-old Norwegian hitman - tracked to a Huddersfield hotel - accepted £21,000 from the Iran-linked Foxtrot network

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The Metropolitan Police have announced they're taking no further action against Zack Polanski over the Nigel Farage guillotine t-shirt Instagram post, although the man who wore it has been referred to Avon and Somerset Police Key points from their statement 🧵

Police in Ireland have seized a “very significant” bomb that was being driven towards the border with Northern Ireland Its target is not known but the investigation points to dissident republicans, officials say, following two recent attempted car bombings inews.co.uk/news/woman-d...

Everything we know as woman driving a bomb towards Northern Ireland is arrested

Police said the intercepted a bomb at the border which could have caused 'significant damage'

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The Home Office just responded to a freedom of information request I lodged on *26 November 2024* The document provided shows the data I requested was extracted on 6 January 2025, and it only covers the period until September 2024 "We apologise for the delay" letter says, but gives no explanation

Astonishing admission from Greater Manchester Police today that they failed to examine Jihad al-Shamie's phones after arresting him in February and September last year If they had looked, they would have found evidence of him planning a terror attack before he struck the Heaton Park synagogue

Back from holiday today, continuing a pretty impressive run of disappearing during moments of major British political upheaval Sharing this story which was published while I was away, on the previous cyber attacks by one of the British teenagers behind the TfL hack inews.co.uk/news/british...

The British teenager who hacked into Vegas casinos from an east London flat

Thalha Jubair, of the infamous Scattered Spider cyber crime group, has been jailed for causing chaos on the TfL network in September 2024

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I'm currently in a car being driven across Belgium because of Eurotunnel delays and I don't know if listening to the England Argentina match on French radio is a more or less stressful experience than watching it on TV

A 14-year-old boy has been charged with planning a far-right terror attack on two mosques in Sutton, south-west London, and racially aggravated vandalism of a car If convicted he would be one of the youngest ever terror plotters in Britain

Police are investigating whether the man accused of murdering Ann Widdecombe had previously plotted to attack other politicians from Reform UK The suspect is under two parallel investigations for both murder and planning acts of terrorism, but his motivation is unknown inews.co.uk/news/ann-wid...

Ann Widdecombe killed in 'targeted attack', counter-terror police say

The former minister was found dead at her home in Devon after sustaining serious injuries

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12 people have been arrested as part of an investigation into a suspected extreme right-wing terror plot against an Islamic gathering in Suffolk The UK Ijtima, which hosted 15,000 Muslims for a programme of talks and discussions, was closed and evacuated by police on Sunday

Iran was behind a series of arson attacks on Jewish institutions in Britain earlier this year, the government has announced while banning the groups held responsible under new laws It said a wing of the IRGC directed the group that claimed responsibility for the fires inews.co.uk/news/politic...

UK bans Iran's IRGC over 'threats to life and intimidation on UK soil'

Group which claimed antisemitic arson attack on ambulances in Golders Green will also be proscribed, minister confirms

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Following the arrest of a new suspect for the alleged murder of Ann Widdecombe, this position has changed Counter-terror police are now leading the investigation and the suspect has been rearrested on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism

Lizzie Dearden@lizziedearden.bsky.social · 4w ago

In light of the police announcement that the killing of Ann Widdecombe is not being treated as terrorism, an explanation of what that means 🧵 It means that at this stage, there is no evidence to show it meets the UK's legal definition of terrorism, which in the case of murder would require...

A rising number of children in Britain are becoming obsessed with US school shootings and other types of mass violence, with some planning to carry out their own attacks But a gap in the law means that planning a school massacre alone is not an offence inews.co.uk/news/pupils-...

The pupils planning attacks on UK schools - who aren't breaking the law

Despite a rise in school violence and students being flagged to authorities, teenagers feared to be plotting attacks are falling into a legal gap

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Russia is inflaming the debate on immigration in Britain as part of “increasing ambitions to disrupt our way of life”, counter-terror police and experts say It has directly and indirectly paid right-wing influencers to spread messages that align with its political goals inews.co.uk/news/putin-i...

How Putin is inflaming immigration tensions to spark disorder in Britain

Counter-terror leaders reveal the tactics Russia is using to sow division in the UK

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A rising number of children in Britain are becoming obsessed with US school shootings and other types of mass violence, with some planning to carry out their own attacks But a gap in the law means that planning a school massacre alone is not an offence inews.co.uk/news/pupils-...

The pupils planning attacks on UK schools - who aren't breaking the law

Despite a rise in school violence and students being flagged to authorities, teenagers feared to be plotting attacks are falling into a legal gap

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In light of the police announcement that the killing of Ann Widdecombe is not being treated as terrorism, an explanation of what that means 🧵 It means that at this stage, there is no evidence to show it meets the UK's legal definition of terrorism, which in the case of murder would require...

Russian shadow fleet vessels are sailing around the north of Scotland to avoid the English Channel, fearing it is a "choke point" for more seizures after the boarding of the Smyrtos last month Data obtained by The i Paper shows routes changed rapidly after 14 June inews.co.uk/news/russia-...

Putin's shadow tankers veer away from Channel to avoid UK seizure

The Smyrtos tanker seizure appears to have worried Moscow as vessels sail around Scotland instead

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