HE THOUGHT he was buying a gun from fellow right-wing extremists. In fact, he was buying a gun from two undercover detectives – who were part of a joint investigation by London Counter Terrorism Police (CTP) and MI5. The two ...

THE END of Birmingham’s long-running bin strike may be in sight – leaving the question: why on earth did the Labour Council take so long to settle the dispute? The problems began in September 2023 when Birmingham City Council effectively ...

IT’S ESCALATION. That is how US President Donald Trump is going to deal with the collapse of peace talks with Iran. We say “peace talks” – but as Trump gave them a single day, they were more a case of ...

THE USA has left Islamabad after 21 hours of talks with Iran – moaning that Iran had not agreed to its “final and best offer”. Iran has stated that the USA came in with “excessive demands”. Iran has also reported ...

PREPARING for the talks that are supposed to lead to peace in the Middle East has sounded like four boxers winding each other up as they prepare to enter the ring for the main and the warm-up fights. The Main ...

NO-ONE SAW that coming. Since the fragile Iran/USA ceasefire began, Israel has been claiming that the agreement didn’t apply to them. They announced their intention to continue bombing Lebanon. Iran responded calmly, saying that if the ceasefire didn’t apply to ...

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump has agreed to delay his unlawful attack on Iran. He had promised to devastate the country tonight, with missiles and bombs targeting civil infrastructure. Trump appeared quite cheerful as he announced that he would implement a ...

THE US crew member who ejected from his F-15 fighter jet when it was shot down by Iran has been found in Iran and rescued. The news came just after 5am UK time, when US President Donald Trump announced it ...

THE UN Security Council had been due to vote on a resolution on the Strait of Hormuz yesterday – Saturday, 3rd April. That vote was postponed to today – but now it has been postponed again. The motion has been ...

“DON’T BREATHE the air!” seems to be the latest safety warning in Teheran. It comes as the USA and Israel move from bombing military targets to destroying infrastructure. An Israeli strike on a depot in Tehran on Saturday ignited a ...