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Royal Navy bomb disposal experts detonate 770lb WWII mine after it was caught by startled fishermen off the Clyde A fishing boat hauled the 770lb WWI German mine in their nets in Scotland Royal Navy divers described the 80-year-old mine as being in ‘pristine condition’ A demolition squad carefully placed the mine back on the … Read more
Five British MPs may have cheated death by a terrorist’s bomb at a Paris conference after an Iranian smuggled an explosive from Tehran to Vienna, intelligence sources have said. Assadollah Assadi, 48, allegedly carried the ‘Mother of Satan’ bomb onto an Austrian Airlines flight in his diplomatic bag, exempt from security checks, ahead of the … Read more
Bomb squad use robot to investigate suspicious package after police arrest man ‘with explosives and shotgun’ in Blackpool Troops set up robot outside the house in Blackpool as officers evacuated homes Lancashire Constabulary seized a shotgun and found the ‘suspicious package’ They also set up a cordon around the house and asked residents to steer … Read more
Moment Royal Navy detonates Second World War bomb near Guernsey’s QE2 Marina after divers discovered the 3ft anti-submarine weapon on the seabed Recreational divers found the large unexploded bomb during outing last week The Royal Navy established 200m exclusion zone off the east coast of Guernsey Explosive experts from the Navy moved in today to … Read more
ISIS has claimed responsibility for a remembrance service bomb attack at a non-Muslin cemetery in Saudi Arabia that left four people wounded on Wednesday, saying it was revenge for Charlie Hebdo cartoons. Initial reports said an explosive was hurled over the wall of the Christian cemetery during a French World War I remembrance service, injuring … Read more
Widow, 74, of British soldier killed by same IRA bomb that injured Extinction Rebellion activist says she’d like to give him a ‘mouthful of abuse’ for desecrating Cenotaph Dianne Rose, 74, said she would give veteran Donald Bell a ‘mouthful of abuse’ Added that she would give Extinction Rebellion protestors a ‘punch on the nose’ … Read more
Shots are fired at Saudi Arabia embassy in The Hague – a day after bomb attack at remembrance service in Jeddah Dutch officers were alerted at around 6am to shots being fired at the building Nobody was injured by the gunman who had fled before police arrived Building was hit by up to 20 bullets … Read more
Ex-IT technician, 58, admits planting fake ‘bomb’ in rucksack containing eight bottles of Corona lager on Downing Street Toby Champeney, 58, planted bottles of Corona lager outside Downing Street He called the police to warn them a bomb was about to explode The former IT technician pleaded guilty and will be sentenced in December By … Read more
When I saw the newsflash about the vaccine yesterday, I was immediately reminded of another – and admittedly very different – scientific achievement. The Manhattan Project in World War II led to the development of the atomic bomb. Now whatever your view of the destructive use of nuclear weapons – and tragically more than 200,000 … Read more
‘Up the marbles!’: How Barnes Wallis’s daughter congratulated Dambusters inventor after bouncing bomb he dreamed up by playing with children’s toy at family home smashed the heart of Hitler’s war machine in 1943 Barnes Wallis perfected infamous weapon’s design with marbles in back garden His daughter wrote to him three days after mission success to … Read more