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4 hours ago
- BBC News
Yvette Cooper pledges new power to stop violent attackers after Southport
The home secretary says a powerful new crime to target suspects who are found to be preparing mass killings will ensure their plotting is taken as seriously as Cooper said the criminal justice system had to be given new tools to respond to violence-fixated individuals who are not motivated by a particular ideology, in the wake of the Southport attack last suspects who take steps towards an attack can be jailed for life, even if their plans are not fully told the BBC that the government will "close the gap" between such offenders and lone, violence-obsessed individuals by giving police the power to apprehend them long before they can act. Axel Rudakubana is serving a life sentence for murdering three girls when he attacked a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport almost a year others girls were seriously injured, along with two adults who tried to stop the police found he had been researching a target prior to the attack, they could not have arrested and charged him with a serious offence because he had no ideological motive linked to the definition of to BBC Radio 4's State of Terror series, which charts the response to violent extremism over the 20 years since the 7/7 bombings, Cooper said the police will get the power to prevent such individuals who do not have a clear ideology, in the same way they can with terror suspects. "There is a gap in the law around the planning of mass attacks that can be just as serious [as terrorism] in their implications for communities, their impact, the devastation that they can cause and the seriousness of the crime," she said."We will tighten legislation so that that is taken as seriously as terrorism."Cooper said the plan - which was briefly announced in March but not fleshed out until now - was for the new law to be similar to the exceptionally serious crime of preparing for acts of legislation, brought in after the 2005 London bombings, is a vital counter-extremism tool that has jailed dozens of allows the police to arrest a terror suspect for the steps they take to prepare for an attack - such as researching a it stipulates that there must also be evidence the preparation is linked to an ideological cause, such as support of a group banned under terrorism laws. The planned non-terror offence would apply to a far wider range of scenarios, including the activity of individuals like Nicholas Prosper. He had been planning a mass school shooting before he was apprehended for murdering his said: "We've seen cases of growing numbers of teenagers potentially radicalising themselves online and seeing all kinds of extremist material online in their bedrooms."They're seeing a really distorted and warped online world."We have to make sure that that the systems can respond while not taking our eye off the ball of the more long-standing ideological threats."State of Terror continues on Monday on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds.
The Sun
6 hours ago
- The Sun
BBC is on ‘final warning' after being rocked by a triple whammy of scandals
THE BBC is on its 'final warning' after being rocked by a triple whammy of scandals, government insiders say. The public-funded broadcaster faces tougher regulation by MPs unless it turns itself around, The Sun on Sunday understands. The Beeb is in crisis after Masterchef presenters Greg Wallace and John Torode were sacked over allegations of inappropriate and racist language. It is also facing massive questions over its Glastonbury coverage, which streamed crowds chanting 'Death of the IDF" led by punk duo Bob Vylan. And earlier this week, the BBC was found to have breached its own guidelines by airing a Gaza documentary narrated by the son of a Hamas official. Hamas is a banned terror group in Britain. But despite this, BBC head of news Deborah Turness sparked fresh fury by telling staff the Hamas government of Gaza is 'different' to its military wing - who slaughtered Jews in the October 7 terror attack. A government source said: 'This is the BBC's final warning. The public expects better - and so do we. 'When you are funded by taxpayers' hard-earned cash, there's no excuse for these kinds of failures. 'The BBC needs to get a grip or risk losing trust for good.' Bosses at the BBC are being hauled into parliament to be quizzed by MPs on the scandals after the summer. The government is currently undertaking a full warts and all review of the BBC's Charter - which sets out how it will be funded and how it answers to the government. BBC boss admits he KNEW Huw Edwards' arrest was over most serious level of child sex abuse pics It is considering giving ministers more powers to hold BBC execs to account. Ian Austin - a former Labour MP who now sits as a peer - today blasts the BBC over the shameful failures. Writing in The Sun on Sunday, he said: 'I spent decades defending the BBC. Not any more. 'It has gone from the world's best broadcaster to a national embarrassment. 'That is why even long-time supporters like me are beginning to ask why we should have to pay for it. 'You might as well replace BBC bosses with the cast of the Muppet Show.' 4 4 4
BBC News
8 hours ago
- BBC News
Newcastle-under-Lyme arrest after reports of gun threat
A man has been arrested after reports of a group of people being threatened with a Police said officers were called at 15:40 BST to Barracks Road in Newcastle-under-Lyme, where they seized a replica was injured in the incident, the force said, and a 50-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of remains in custody and officers are appealing for anyone with information to get in touch. Follow BBC Stoke & Staffordshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
