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Evening Standard
Mark Blunden

Fears of ‘Russia jet parcel bomb test run’ after depot fires ...Tech & Science Daily podcast

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Authorities in Poland claim four people arrested over incendiary devices that started fires in Birmingham and Leipzig were staging dress rehearsals for a Russian plot to attack a transatlantic flight.

It is alleged that parcels “containing camouflaged explosives” sent via courier companies were designed to “spontaneously” ignite or detonate during land and air transport.

Prosecutors said the group’s goal was allegedly “to test the transfer channel for such parcels, which were ultimately to be sent to the United States of America and Canada”.

Olympic cycling champion Sir Chris Hoy is urging men with a family history of prostate cancer to see their GP for a blood test even if they are under 50.

Sir Chris, who has terminal prostate cancer that’s spread to his bones, said more men needed to come forward for the prostate-specific antigen blood test to check for the disease.

A cloned endangered ferret has given birth in what scientists say is a pioneering achievement that could save the species from extinction.

Plus, body’s smoking recovery time, Tobacco and Vapes Bill being introduced to Parliament, Windows Server 2025 bug’s ‘blue screen of death’, hungriest planet and why crows hold grudges.

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