A town centre was placed in an emergency lockdown after a live Second World War grenade was handed to volunteers at a heritage centre. A town centre in Darwen, Lincolnshire, was thrown into chaos following the alarming discovery which prompted an immediate
A school in South Wales is reportedly on lockdown due to a police incident. Children are believed to be locked in classrooms while officers rush to Ebbw Fawr school, in Ebbw Vale today. A message believed to have been sent by the
Paris has been put on lockdown after a man is reportedly threatening to blow himself up outside the Iranian embassy. Streets surrounding the 16th arrondissment have been cordoned off as a number of armed officers storm the scene. The man is believed
A UK hospital was put on lockdown after a woman “swallowed poison”. Police rushed to Croydon University Hospital in south London on Thursday morning and sealed off a section of the busy hospital. Two officers from the Met Police are also being
Suspected far-left terrorists are being hunted by heavily armed German police this morning plunging parts of the capital Berlin into lockdown after ‘gunfire’ was heard during early morning raids. Images from the last few hours show specialist anti-terror teams raiding properties linked
A school in France has been put under lockdown after an urgent “intruder alert” was triggered. Terrified students and teachers were confined to classrooms after a man armed with a knife reportedly entered the premises of Pierre Forest High School in Maubeuge
Esther McVey – the Government’s “minister for common sense” – appeared to blame lockdown supporters for the British economy dropping into recession. McVey claimed “everybody who voted for lockdown” is responsible for the lack of growth when she appeared on BBC Radio
A Los Angeles airport was placed on lockdown after a passenger ran onto the tarmac. Airport police quickly responded and tackled the man. Video footage shows the moment they swarmed one of the airport’s terminals. The person who shared the video said
The US Embassy in Haiti has issued an emergency shelter-in-place order after gunshots were heard on the streets outside. Workers were ordered not to approach the area, to avoid barricades, and to stay away from protests and large crowds of people. They
A group of parents could sue the Covid Inquiry after they claimed it did not put sufficient focus on the negative impacts of lockdown. The campaign group Us For Them wrote in a forceful legal letter that the inquiry had already decided