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Thursday 1 October 2020
Over 1,000 people have now been arrested during the climate change protests.
The charges are for various offences including breaching public order laws, obstructing a highway and obstructing police.
The climate change protests have now entered a seventh day.
428 people have now been arrested in the UK capital.
There are similarities between this month’s devices and ones used by the Provisional IRA.
Police said that a claim for responsibility had been received yesterday by a media outlet in Northern Ireland.
Jodie Chesney was killed after being stabbed in a park in East London on 1 March.
Strict new Covid-19 measures have been announced for the two counties – here’s what you need to know.
Gardaí confirmed yesterday evening that they were helping the Met Police with their investigations.
Three devices were posted to locations in London this morning.
CCTV footage prior to Alfie Lamb getting in the car showed him to be fit and healthy.
No arrests have been made to date.
The 23-year-old was arrested by Met Police on suspicion of actual bodily harm and criminal damage.
The pair were involved in the importation of cannabis and a drug used to treat insomnia.
Police condemned the “shocking level of violence” used by the perpetrators.
Departures from Heathrow Airport were suspended temporarily yesterday following a suspected drone sighting.
A total of 145 Irish people were arrested by Met Police for common assault.
The man was detained and arrested by police on suspicion of trespassing.
The Met Police said the priority is to avoid violence, disorder and disruption.
Detectives do not believe that the arrested man has linked to any terrorist organisations.
Sergei Skripal and his daughter were found poisoned in the English city of Salisbury in early March.
No arrests have been made.
The company has said it was a “violent altercation” between kitchen staff.
The company is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday 17 December.
Suzy Lamplugh, aged 25, was reported missing on 28 July 1986 in Fulham, London.
The Met Police said the man “posed no threat”.
The 38-year-old is being questioned at a London police station.
Fatima Khan was sentenced at the Old Bailey where she was previously found guilty of orchestrating the killing of Khalid Safi.
Joel Urhie died as a result of a deliberate arson attack on his home on 7 August.
Naa’imur Rahman pleaded guilty to engaging in conduct in assisting the preparation of terrorist acts.
The France international will appear before court next month.
The case is being treated as terrorism.
The Buddha is one of 14 statues stolen in 1961 from a museum in India.
The Met’s Counter Terrorism Command is now leading the investigation.
“The pain his family must be enduring at this time, is difficult to imagine,” police said.
Gérard Hoarau, an exiled opposition leader from Seychelles, was living in London when he was shot dead in 1985.
Colin Hudson (64) raped the girl in England four decades ago.
Naa’imur Rahman gave undercover officers a jacket to be converted into a bomb, and he was arrested moments after they returned it to him.
The arrests were made under the Met Police’s Operation Puglia.
The judge said that this was “a parasitic fraud in the wake of a human catastrophe”.
Since 2017, Hollywood actor Kevin Spacey has faced numerous claims of sexual assault and harassment.
TODAY IS THE first day of the government’s new Stay and Spend Scheme, aimed at encouraging people to spend in hospitality sectors in the coming months.
These sectors have been hit severely by Covid-19, and the scheme will see taxpayers able to avail of up to €125 back in tax credits from spending at pubs, restaurants, hotels, B&Bs and related businesses until the scheme ends on 30 April 2021.
However, to avail of the scheme you must have an income tax or USC liability against which the tax credit can be set. This means that the likes of some pensioners and the unemployed are not eligible.
And the scheme will only apply to businesses that have registered for the scheme (a full list is here).
So, today we’re asking you: Will you make use of the Stay and Spend Scheme?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
Professor Kathleen Lynch argues that a class divide is feeding injustice into our education system.
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