Security news and breaking events relevant to armoured chauffeur driven protection.https://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/https://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/police-officer-found-guilty-in-murder-of-george-floyd/https://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/police-officer-found-guilty-in-murder-of-george-floyd/US President Joe Biden has said the conviction of a former police officer in the killing of George Floyd "can be a giant step forward in the march toward…Wed, 21 Apr 2021 08:57:03 GMTsecurityhttps://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/mass-shooting-at-fedex-facility-leaves-eight-dead/https://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/mass-shooting-at-fedex-facility-leaves-eight-dead/Eight people have been killed and seven injured in a shooting in the US city of Indianapolis, police say. Witnesses heard several gunshots at a FedEx…Fri, 16 Apr 2021 15:10:52 GMTsecurityhttps://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/french-embassy-advises-citizens-to-leave-pakistan-due-to-serious-threats/https://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/french-embassy-advises-citizens-to-leave-pakistan-due-to-serious-threats/France has urged all its citizens in Pakistan to leave the country temporarily amid violent anti-French protests across the country. In an email obtained…Thu, 15 Apr 2021 13:56:32 GMTsecurityhttps://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/uk-and-germany-to-follow-us-troops-out-of-afghanistan-by-september/https://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/uk-and-germany-to-follow-us-troops-out-of-afghanistan-by-september/The final UK troops in Afghanistan are expected to leave at the same time as US forces, which have announced they are set to pull out by 11 September. The…Wed, 14 Apr 2021 12:32:08 GMTsecurityhttps://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/trial-opens-in-germany-of-far-right-terrorist-group/https://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/trial-opens-in-germany-of-far-right-terrorist-group/The trial of 11 suspected members of a far-right "terror" group has begun in the German city of Stuttgart. The suspects, aged between 32 and 61, were…Tue, 13 Apr 2021 14:53:16 GMTsecurityhttps://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/st-pauls-cathedral-bomb-plotter-charged/https://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/st-pauls-cathedral-bomb-plotter-charged/A man has been charged in Norway over his alleged role in a terror plot to bomb St Paul's Cathedral in London. The Norwegian man - who has not been named…Tue, 13 Apr 2021 14:49:11 GMTsecurityhttps://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/protesters-demand-justice-over-police-shooting-of-20-year-old-black-man-in-minneapolis/https://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/protesters-demand-justice-over-police-shooting-of-20-year-old-black-man-in-minneapolis/Tear gas has been fired and a curfew imposed amid angry protests after police fatally shot a black man in a traffic stop in the US city of Brooklyn…Mon, 12 Apr 2021 14:11:53 GMTsecurityhttps://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/tensions-rise-between-russia-and-ukraine/https://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/tensions-rise-between-russia-and-ukraine/A top Russian official has warned that Moscow could intervene to help Russian-speaking residents in eastern Ukraine if Ukraine launches an all-out assault…Fri, 09 Apr 2021 14:09:34 GMTsecurityhttps://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/police-say-disorder-in-belfast-on-a-scale-not-seen-in-years/https://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/police-say-disorder-in-belfast-on-a-scale-not-seen-in-years/Rioting in Belfast on Wednesday night was on a scale not seen in Northern Ireland for years, police have said. During several hours of violence, police…Thu, 08 Apr 2021 15:45:03 GMTsecurityhttps://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/turkey-sentences-22-former-soldiers-to-life-for-failed-coup/https://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/turkey-sentences-22-former-soldiers-to-life-for-failed-coup/Former top-ranking officers in the Turkish army have been jailed for life in a mass trial of 497 defendants accused over the failed July 2016 coup. Among…Wed, 07 Apr 2021 16:02:40 GMTsecurityhttps://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/further-violence-breaks-out-in-northern-ireland/https://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/further-violence-breaks-out-in-northern-ireland/Police have come under attack in a further night of violence in some loyalist areas across Northern Ireland. On Monday, petrol bombs were thrown at…Tue, 06 Apr 2021 11:43:05 GMTsecurityhttps://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/old-bailey-convicts-met-police-officer-for-being-a-member-of-a-neo-nazi-terrorist-organisation/https://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/old-bailey-convicts-met-police-officer-for-being-a-member-of-a-neo-nazi-terrorist-organisation/A Met Police officer has been convicted of being a member of a banned neo-Nazi terrorist organisation. Benjamin Hannam, of Enfield, north London, was…Thu, 01 Apr 2021 15:35:06 GMTsecurityhttps://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/hmic-clears-met-police-of-heavy-handed-tactics-at-vigil/https://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/hmic-clears-met-police-of-heavy-handed-tactics-at-vigil/The Metropolitan Police acted "appropriately" at a vigil for Sarah Everard in south London earlier this month, a police watchdog has found. The force came…Wed, 31 Mar 2021 08:23:23 GMTsecurityhttps://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/typhoon-jets-scramble-to-russian-bomber-over-north-sea/https://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/typhoon-jets-scramble-to-russian-bomber-over-north-sea/Typhoon jets were scrambled from RAF Lossiemouth to intercept two Russian Tu-142 Bear-F aircraft as they flew close to UK borders. The aircraft were first…Tue, 30 Mar 2021 08:52:09 GMTsecurityhttps://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/metropolitan-police-commissioner-admits-trust-in-met-is-low/https://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/metropolitan-police-commissioner-admits-trust-in-met-is-low/The commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Dame Cressida Dick, has admitted "there is much more to be done" to improve public trust in the force. Her…Fri, 26 Mar 2021 13:23:32 GMTsecurityhttps://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/two-pilots-eject-after-royal-navy-aircraft-goes-down-in-cornwall/https://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/two-pilots-eject-after-royal-navy-aircraft-goes-down-in-cornwall/A Royal Navy Hawk T1 jet has crashed in woodland in Cornwall. Two pilots ejected from the aircraft which is from the 736 Naval Air Squadron based at RNAS…Thu, 25 Mar 2021 17:24:15 GMTsecurityhttps://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/fourteen-arrests-in-bristol-after-second-night-of-protests/https://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/fourteen-arrests-in-bristol-after-second-night-of-protests/Fourteen people have been arrested at a second night of protests in Bristol, police have said. On Tuesday night about 130 people demonstrating against the…Wed, 24 Mar 2021 11:08:30 GMTsecurityhttps://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/police-officers-suffer-injuries-after-kill-the-bill-demonstration-turns-violent/https://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/police-officers-suffer-injuries-after-kill-the-bill-demonstration-turns-violent/Violent clashes at a demonstration that saw police attacked and vehicles set alight have been condemned as "shameful" and "unacceptable". Protesters…Mon, 22 Mar 2021 15:58:11 GMTsecurityhttps://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/bbc-raises-alarm-after-myanmar-journalist-taken-by-unidentified-men/https://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/bbc-raises-alarm-after-myanmar-journalist-taken-by-unidentified-men/A reporter with the BBC Burmese service has been detained in Myanmar as clashes continue between security forces and protesters. Aung Thura was taken away…Fri, 19 Mar 2021 14:02:16 GMTsecurityhttps://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/two-women-arrested-after-multiple-stabbings-in-belfast/https://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/two-women-arrested-after-multiple-stabbings-in-belfast/Four women have been treated for stab wounds after an incident in north Belfast early on Wednesday. Police received a report just after 02:00 GMT that a…Wed, 17 Mar 2021 14:50:10 GMTsecurityhttps://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/prime-minister-to-allow-increase-in-uks-nuclear-warheads/https://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/prime-minister-to-allow-increase-in-uks-nuclear-warheads/The UK is pledging to shift its focus towards countries such as India, Japan and Australia, after a year-long review of its foreign policy. The government…Tue, 16 Mar 2021 12:35:50 GMTsecurityhttps://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/prime-minister-deeply-concerned-by-footage-at-sarah-everade-vigil/https://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/prime-minister-deeply-concerned-by-footage-at-sarah-everade-vigil/Women must feel their complaints about violence are "properly heard", the PM has said, after concern about how a vigil for Sarah Everard was policed.…Mon, 15 Mar 2021 16:54:27 GMTsecurityhttps://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/iopc-investigating-metropolitan-police-over-handling-of-sarah-everard-case/https://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/iopc-investigating-metropolitan-police-over-handling-of-sarah-everard-case/Scotland Yard is to be investigated over its handling of an allegation of indecent exposure against the officer suspected of murdering Sarah Everard. The…Fri, 12 Mar 2021 10:20:46 GMTsecurityhttps://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/phe-issues-report-on-prisoners-with-covid-19/https://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/phe-issues-report-on-prisoners-with-covid-19/The number of prisoners believed to have been infected with coronavirus may be up to six times as many as the published figure, it has emerged. Public…Wed, 10 Mar 2021 13:43:03 GMTsecurityhttps://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/deadly-double-knife-attack-in-north-london/https://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/deadly-double-knife-attack-in-north-london/A 19-year-old man has died and another teenager is in hospital after a stabbing in Tottenham, north London. Three men were attacked shortly before 14:00…Tue, 09 Mar 2021 14:38:24 GMTsecurityhttps://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/pope-arrives-in-baghdad-calling-for-an-end-to-terrorism/https://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/pope-arrives-in-baghdad-calling-for-an-end-to-terrorism/Pope Francis has called for an end to violence and extremism, on his first ever visit to Iraq. The pontiff is making his first international trip since…Fri, 05 Mar 2021 14:53:28 GMTsecurityhttps://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/swedish-police-probe-terrorism-as-seven-stabbed-during-attack/https://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/swedish-police-probe-terrorism-as-seven-stabbed-during-attack/A man has injured seven people, three seriously, in a knife attack in a town in southern Sweden. The 22-year-old assailant struck in the centre of…Thu, 04 Mar 2021 15:23:23 GMTsecurityhttps://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/counter-terrorism-police-foil-three-attacks-during-covid-19/https://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/counter-terrorism-police-foil-three-attacks-during-covid-19/Three terror attacks have been prevented in the UK since the coronavirus pandemic began, according to security services. Arrests for terrorism-related…Thu, 04 Mar 2021 15:13:00 GMTsecurityhttps://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/rockets-hit-us-airbase-in-iraq-hosting-troops/https://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/rockets-hit-us-airbase-in-iraq-hosting-troops/Ten rockets have hit a base hosting US-led coalition forces in western Iraq. Iraq's military said the rockets caused no significant losses at Al Asad air…Wed, 03 Mar 2021 15:24:41 GMTsecurityhttps://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/home-office-could-be-liable-for-damage-caused-by-ww2-bomb/https://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/home-office-could-be-liable-for-damage-caused-by-ww2-bomb/The government could be liable for damage after the controlled explosion of a World War Two bomb, according to an MP. Some people spent a fourth night…Tue, 02 Mar 2021 16:58:10 GMTsecurityhttps://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/former-president-nicholas-sarkozy-guilty-of-corruption/https://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/former-president-nicholas-sarkozy-guilty-of-corruption/French ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to three years in jail, two of them suspended, for corruption. The 66-year-old was found guilty of…Mon, 01 Mar 2021 16:03:12 GMTsecurityhttps://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/president-biden-approves-air-strike-in-syria-targeting-militias/https://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/president-biden-approves-air-strike-in-syria-targeting-militias/The US military has carried out an air strike targeting Iran-backed militias in Syria, the Pentagon says. The attack destroyed "multiple facilities…Fri, 26 Feb 2021 10:45:39 GMTsecurityhttps://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/new-app-launched-to-report-terrorism-in-london/https://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/new-app-launched-to-report-terrorism-in-london/An app designed to help Londoners report terrorist content "easily and anonymously" has been launched. It follows recent research which showed four out of…Thu, 25 Feb 2021 16:43:00 GMTsecurityhttps://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/syrian-intelligence-officer-jailed-for-torture-by-german-court/https://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/syrian-intelligence-officer-jailed-for-torture-by-german-court/A German court has sentenced a former Syrian intelligence officer to four-and-a-half years in jail for complicity in crimes against humanity. Prosecutors…Wed, 24 Feb 2021 15:56:18 GMTsecurityhttps://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/wife-of-mexican-drug-lord-arrested-on-drug-charges/https://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/wife-of-mexican-drug-lord-arrested-on-drug-charges/The wife of jailed Mexican drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán has been arrested in the US on suspicion of drug trafficking, US authorities say. Emma…Tue, 23 Feb 2021 17:34:02 GMTsecurityhttps://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/al-muhajiroun-terror-suspect-jailed-for-breaking-rules/https://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/al-muhajiroun-terror-suspect-jailed-for-breaking-rules/A terror suspect who caused nine hours tailbacks at British ports after absconding has been jailed for breaking counter terrorism rules. The man, who…Mon, 22 Feb 2021 15:03:34 GMTsecurityhttps://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/met-police-seize-184m-worth-of-cocaine/https://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/met-police-seize-184m-worth-of-cocaine/Cocaine weighing 2,300kg and with an estimated value of £184m has been found inside a consignment of bananas that arrived in the UK from Colombia. The…Fri, 19 Feb 2021 16:26:32 GMTsecurityhttps://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/french-military-planes-damage-electrical-lines-cutting-power-to-village/https://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/french-military-planes-damage-electrical-lines-cutting-power-to-village/Two French military planes that flew very close to the ground have struck electrical lines and cut the power supply to a village in the south of France.…Thu, 18 Feb 2021 16:44:07 GMTsecurityhttps://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/gunmen-storm-nigerian-school-kidnapping-students/https://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/gunmen-storm-nigerian-school-kidnapping-students/Gunmen have killed a school pupil and abducted 27 other children in a night-time raid on their boarding school in north-central Nigeria, state governor…Wed, 17 Feb 2021 15:04:29 GMTsecurityhttps://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/missing-dubai-princess-re-emerges-in-footage-at-jail-villa/https://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/missing-dubai-princess-re-emerges-in-footage-at-jail-villa/The daughter of Dubai's ruler who tried to flee the country in 2018 later sent secret video messages to friends accusing her father of holding her…Tue, 16 Feb 2021 16:10:32 GMTsecurityhttps://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/myanmar-police-use-rubber-bullets-as-protesters-challenge-coup/https://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/myanmar-police-use-rubber-bullets-as-protesters-challenge-coup/Myanmar's military has warned anti-coup protesters across the country that they could face up to 20 years in prison if they obstruct the armed forces.…Mon, 15 Feb 2021 12:22:43 GMTsecurityhttps://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/trump-impeachment-trial-approved-by-us-senate/https://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/trump-impeachment-trial-approved-by-us-senate/The US Senate has found that the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump is constitutional, allowing full proceedings to begin. Mr Trump's…Wed, 10 Feb 2021 14:59:25 GMTsecurityhttps://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/death-of-man-after-police-restraint-to-be-investigated/https://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/death-of-man-after-police-restraint-to-be-investigated/A force is facing investigation after a man had a cardiac arrest and died after being restrained by police officers. The Independent Office for Police…Tue, 09 Feb 2021 15:48:20 GMTsecurityhttps://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/uk-teenager-sentenced-for-right-wing-terror-offences/https://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/uk-teenager-sentenced-for-right-wing-terror-offences/A teenager who is the youngest person in the UK to commit a terror offence has been given a two-year youth rehabilitation order. The 16-year-old boy from…Mon, 08 Feb 2021 13:47:36 GMTsecurityhttps://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/uk-terror-threat-dropped-from-severe-to-substantial/https://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/uk-terror-threat-dropped-from-severe-to-substantial/The UK's terrorism threat level has been downgraded from "severe" to "substantial". Home Secretary Priti Patel said the move followed a "significant…Mon, 08 Feb 2021 13:41:56 GMTsecurityhttps://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/mother-and-daughter-killed-in-hospital-attack/https://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/mother-and-daughter-killed-in-hospital-attack/Two women, believed to be mother and daughter, have been killed in linked attacks in Ayrshire before a man died in a road crash. NHS worker Emma Robertson…Fri, 05 Feb 2021 17:21:18 GMTsecurityhttps://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/putin-signs-law-extending-nuclear-arms-treaty-between-us-and-russia/https://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/putin-signs-law-extending-nuclear-arms-treaty-between-us-and-russia/The US has extended the New Start nuclear arms control treaty with Russia for five years. Announcing the move, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said it…Thu, 04 Feb 2021 12:13:05 GMTsecurityhttps://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/british-academic-sentenced-to-nine-years-in-iranian-prison-escapes/https://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/british-academic-sentenced-to-nine-years-in-iranian-prison-escapes/A British-Iranian academic facing nine years in jail in Iran has told how he escaped on foot over mountains to start a new life in the UK. Kameel Ahmady…Wed, 03 Feb 2021 16:03:33 GMTsecurityhttps://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/two-fbi-agents-killed-and-three-wounded-in-florida/https://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/two-fbi-agents-killed-and-three-wounded-in-florida/Two FBI agents have been killed and three others have been wounded during a shootout in Florida while serving an arrest warrant, according to the FBI. The…Tue, 02 Feb 2021 16:46:51 GMTsecurityhttps://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/police-find-four-grenades-and-three-guns-during-manchester-raids/https://www.armoured-cars.co.uk/police-find-four-grenades-and-three-guns-during-manchester-raids/Four men have been charged after police discovered four grenades and three guns during a series of raids in Manchester. Residents were evacuated from…Mon, 01 Feb 2021 14:52:11 GMTsecurity