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Children as young as nine referred to deradicalisation programmes as extremist grooming rises online

Exit Hate UK reports the average age of those seeking help is 15

Evening Standard

Harm of social media for children ‘like cancer risk of smoking’

Head of counter-terrorism policing said ‘cancer’ of dangerous online content ‘driving violence in our communities and in the lives of young people’.

Evening Standard

Children’s use of social media compared to ‘risk of smoking’

Comes after it was revealed that Southport killer Axel Rudakubana watched violent and extremist videos online prior to killing three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class

The Independent UK

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Policing riots cost £31.7m and foreign bots ‘turbo-charged’ misinformation, says counter-terrorism chief

The police officer in charge of UK counter-terrorism warned it is ‘deeply unhelpful’ for commentators to suggest ‘conspiracy and cover up’ during ongoing court proceedings

The Independent UK

Southport misinformation ‘turbo charged’ by foreign bots online

The head of UK counter-terrorism policing also hit out at ‘unhelpful’ British commentators who have claimed there was a conspiracy.

Evening Standard

War in Gaza ‘fuelling more radicalisation than birth of Islamic State caliphate’

National Crime Agency warns of impact of ‘misinformation and disinformation’ over conflict

Evening Standard

UK Taking Election Interference Threats 'Very Seriously'

The UK is taking threats of foreign interference elections expected later this year "very seriously", the defence minister said Sunday, after a warning from a counter-terrorism official.

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'Unprecedented rise' in terrorism threat since Gaza conflict began, Metropolitan Police chief says

Matt Jukes tells reporters that his term coincided with conditions colliding for terrorism

Evening Standard

Israel-Gaza war behind surge in Islamist activity, says UK counter-terror head

Britain faces ‘dangerous climate’ as online propaganda and referrals to Prevent surge, says policing leader

The Guardian - UK

Police warn of rising threat of terror attack in UK due to radicalisation sparked by Israel-Gaza conflict

UK's counter terror chief warned that the main threat was from a 'low sophistication, lone actor'

Evening Standard

Terror police chief calls for new ways to tackle online hate material

Matt Jukes said the radicalising effect of hate propaganda had already been recognised in official reports as a trigger for the 2017 terrorist attacks in London

Evening Standard

London facing the 'biggest convergence of threats we have seen for a very long time', MPs warned

The Commons Home Affairs Select Committee was told that this is "an exceptional period where we have a sense of counter-terrorism risk which is immediate"

Evening Standard

Number of teenagers being radicalised for terror online rises five-fold in four years

The number of teenagers being radicalised online into terrorist activity has risen five-fold in the past four years in a “contagion” of “real concern”, the country’s head of counter-terror policing warned on Thursday.

Evening Standard

Teenagers ‘risking prison over extremist content without leaving their rooms’

The head of Counter Terrorism Policing said they were seeing more online hatred spill over into ‘real threats of violence on the streets’.

The Independent UK

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Asharq Al-Awsat

UK Police Foil 15 Iranian Terrorist Plots

Police and the security services have foiled 15 plots by Iran to either kidnap or kill British or UK-based individuals it considers "enemies of the regime," announced the head of the counter-terrorism policing at the Met, Matt Jukes. According to The Guardian, Jukes confirmed that Iran International TV has "reluctantly"…

The Guardian - UK

Met police and MI5 foil 15 plots by Iran against British or UK-based ‘enemies’

Attempted assassinations and abductions made public as Iranian broadcaster forced to quit London for US after safety concerns

The Guardian - UK

Counter-terror chief reveals ‘real threat’ of school terror plots

Police stopped ‘eight late-stage terror plots’ in the past year

Wales Online

Several terror plots foiled in Britain last year were 'close calls'

Would-be attackers had picked targets and were gathering weapons when officers intervened, the head of counter-terrorism policing has said

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The Independent UK

Police chief: ‘Several terror plots foiled in Britain last year were close calls’

Some foiled would-be attacks were described as close calls or goal-line saves.

The Independent UK

Counter-terror police probes into hostile state threats ‘quadrupled’ – chief

Matt Jukes, head of counter-terrorism policing, described the workload as ‘unprecedented’.

Evening Standard

Award for sister act pair who helped trap child rapist Kadian Nelson

“These girls were absolutely amazing and acted so quickly”

Evening Standard

Anti-terror police received 800 reports of suspicious activity after Queen’s death - double the normal level

Investigators are using one in eight of the reports as intelligence

The Independent UK

Terror police received 800 reports of suspicious activity after Queen’s death

Investigators are using one in eight of the reports as intelligence

The Guardian - UK

Met says its officers will not march in uniform at London Pride event

Move comes after concerns about homophobia raised by Peter Tatchell and other LGBTQ+ campaigners

The Guardian - UK

Terrorism in the UK: the rising threat of far-right extremists

Since 2017, counter-terrorism forces have foiled 32 plots: 18 were Islamist related, and 12 were from the extreme right wing

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