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Body scanners used to screen passengers for hidden explosives and weapons are being used for the first time at a London railway station.

A Home Office sponsored five-day trial has started at Stratford station, east London.

Portable scanners are being used to screen passengers from up to 30ft away without them having to pass through a security checkpoint. The Home Office said the scheme was part of a «battle against knife crime».

Policing Minister Kit Malthouse said: «No-one should feel they can walk the streets with a knife and expect to get away with it. «We are pulling out all the stops in a battle against knife crime in London and across the country.»

The scanners, built by British firm Thruvision, reveal objects hidden inside clothing that block body heat.

Sensitive cameras capable of screening 2,000 passengers an hour will enable officers to see the size, shape and location of any blade or gun. It does not show any intimate body parts, the Home Office said.

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The US Department of Justice has said it will reveal a key name sought by people suing Saudi Arabia for alleged involvement in the 9/11 attacks.

In 2004, the 9/11 commission set up by Congress found no evidence that the Saudi government funded al-Qaeda. However, a 2012 report by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said the agency was investigating Fahad al-Thumairy and Omar Ahmed al-Bayoumi, Saudi nationals who had allegedly helped the attackers.

Mr al-Thumairy is a former Saudi consulate official, and Mr al-Bayoumi was once investigated is suspected of being a Saudi intelligence officer, according to the Washington Post.

The FBI report, which was released in a redacted form, also referred to the third person. But the name was blacked out.

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The race to design and build a new generation of Royal Navy frigates has been won by engineering firm Babcock.

It has been named preferred bidder for the £1.25bn contract for five Type 31 warships. The deal secures hundreds of jobs at Rosyth in Fife, where the ships will be assembled, with construction work expected to be spread between yards across the UK.

Work is to begin by the end of 2019, with the first ships delivered in 2023.

The Type 31 is a smaller, cheaper frigate than the Type 26 warships currently being built at the Upper Clyde shipyards. With a price ceiling of £250m per ship, the aim is to maintain the size of the Navy’s surface fleet and generate export orders.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the modular construction method would support 2,500 jobs throughout the UK. He said the UK was «a great shipbuilding nation» and that there were «all sorts of ways» in which UK naval vessels were helping the modern world.

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A white supremacist who tried to kill a Bulgarian teenager in a Tesco car park has been jailed for more than 18 years.

Vincent Fuller, 50, stabbed Dimitar Mihaylov, 19, in Stanwell, Surrey, a day after a gunman attacked mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Kingston Crown Court heard Fuller, who admitted attempted murder, had set out to kill Muslims. He had denied a terrorist motive but judge Peter Lodder QC said: «This was a terrorist act.»

Before the attack, Fuller went on a «rampage» with a baseball bat, swinging at cars and shouting racist abuse, the court heard. After trying to force his way into a house, the bat eventually broke and he armed himself with a knife. He approached Mr Mihaylov, who was sitting in a car with his friend, and stabbed him through the open window.

In a Facebook post before the attack, Fuller wrote: «I agree with what that Man did in New Zealand» and «I am English, no matter what the government say kill all the non-English and get them all out of our of England.»

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A car thief has admitted seriously injuring a police officer who he ran over with his own police car.

PC Gareth Phillips suffered potentially life-changing injuries when he was punched to the ground and hit by his car in Moseley, Birmingham, last month. The traffic officer was attacked stopping Mubashar Hussain, 29, who had stolen a Range Rover Evoque.

Hussain admitted causing grievous bodily harm and was remanded in custody ahead of sentencing on 15 October. The accused, of no fixed address, faced a total of 12 charges when he appeared via videolink at Birmingham Crown Court earlier.

Mr Phillips, 42, had gone to reports of a stolen car in Moorcroft Road at about 16:45 BST on 10 August and found Hussain in the driver’s seat and his co-defendant Ahsan Ghafoor in the passenger seat.

Hussain fought back as the PC and other officers tried to arrest him. He was Tasered but managed to break free and got into Mr Phillips’ BMW police car which was parked behind the stolen car and drove at the officer. Hussain, who was already banned from driving, fled the scene, driving over the PC.

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