Topic: Gordon Brown

Brown urges Pakistan action after terror swoop

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has urged Pakistan to do more to root out terror after police here arrested 12 mostly Pakistani suspects over a " major terrorist plot" linked to Al-Qaeda.Police said 11 of the men arrested during raids across north-west England ...

Britain swoops on 'major terrorist plot': PM

major terrorist plot" by arresting 12 mostly Pakistani suspects linked to Al-Qaeda across northwest England, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Thursday.They were seized in raids on Wednesday which were hastily brought forward after Britain's top anti-terror chief, Scotland Yard's Assistant Commissioner Bob ...

Police swoops on 'major terrorist plot': PM

Police moved to stop a " major terrorist plot" by arresting 12 mostly Pakistani suspects linked to Al-Qaeda across northwest England, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Thursday.He was speaking after the top anti-terror chief resigned following a security blunder that almost torpedoed ...

Police swoop on 'major terrorist plot': PM

Police moved to stop a " major terrorist plot" by arresting 12 mostly Pakistani suspects linked to Al-Qaeda across England, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Thursday.They were seized in raids on Wednesday which were hastily brought forward after top anti-terror chief, Scotland ...

Top cop quits over security blunder

Britain's top counter-terrorism officer has resigned after his security blunder threatened a major anti-terror operation.. Mr Quick's downfall came after he was pictured on Wednesday clutching sensitive documents as he arrived in Downing Street for a meeting with Prime Minister Gordon Brown ...

Police bring forward terror raid after breach

Police were forced to bring forward a major anti-terror operation Wednesday after a security breach in which a top officer was caught on camera displaying sensitive documents, reports said.Hundreds of officers arrested 12 people in evening raids across the north-west, police said, ...

60,000 trained over terror threat

Some 60,000 people, from shopping centre security guards to hotel workers, are being trained to respond to the threat of terrorism, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said.. PM Gordon Brown issued a warning that the public must remain "vigilant at all times" to ...

Marines killed by blasts mourned

Four Royal Marines killed in Afghanistan were mourned as Gordon Brown spoke of his " The deaths bring the number of British military fatalities in Afghanistan since the start of operations in 2001 to 132. The Prime Minister, on a surprise visit ...

PM won't confirm more troops rumour

Four Royal Marines killed in Afghanistan were mourned as Gordon Brown spoke of his " The deaths bring the number of British military fatalities in Afghanistan since the start of operations in 2001 to 132. The Prime Minister, on a surprise visit ...

Brown tribute to bomb death Marines

Prime Minister Gordon Brown paid tribute to four Royal Marines killed in Afghanistan as he visited their comrades on the frontline.. In a surprise visit to the main UK military base in southern Afghanistan, Mr Brown told troops that Britain was safer ...