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Pol Allingham

STORY ANGLES - Crime-focused with a human element: The journalist often highlights unusual or emotionally resonant aspects of crimes (e.g., Grindr burglaries, elderly man’s death in collision).

Reporter · GB

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Sep 27, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 27, 2026 · Pol Allingham

    Police investigate whether Iran linked to suspected RAF base terror plot (opens the original)

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    Counter terror police are understood to be investigating whether Iran is linked to a suspected terror plot at a military airbase used by US bombers. Five men were arrested on suspicion of explosive and terrorism offences after armed police stopped three vans travelling towards RAF Fairford. The group, detained in the nearby village of Whelford, Gloucestershire, in the early hours of Sunday, were “looking to do big damage”, US President Donald Trump later said. The police operation was not intell

  2. Article · Sep 27, 2026 · Pol Allingham

    RAF Fairford terror plot ‘looking to do big damage’, Donald Trump says (opens the original)

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    A suspected terror plot against an RAF base used by the US Air Force (USAF) was “looking to do big damage”, US President Donald Trump has said. Five men have been arrested on suspicion of explosive and terrorism offences after armed police stopped three vans in the early hours of Sunday. Mr Trump praised the UK police response and suggested authorities already had the suspects under investigation. Using the American term for military sites – fort – to refer to RAF Fairford, which hosts U

  3. Article · Sep 27, 2026 · Pol Allingham

    Five held under anti-terror laws after three vans stopped near RAF base (opens the original)

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    Five men have been arrested on suspicion of explosive and terrorism offences after they were reported travelling towards an RAF base. Three “suspicious vehicles” travelling towards RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire were reported to police at about 12.45am on Sunday. The men were arrested by armed officers in the Whelford area under suspicion of committing offences under the Explosives Act. They were then further arrested under suspicion of preparation of a terrorist act. About 85 households have b

  4. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · Pol Allingham (PA)

    British man among those killed in Athens building collapse, say local reports (opens the original)

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    Greek media have reported that a British man and his Greek wife are among those killed after a building collapsed near the Acropolis in Athens on Friday (September 25). An explosion, believed to have been caused by a gas leak, rocked the Plaka tourist district of the city on Friday morning, with photos from the scene showing a building on a narrow street almost completely collapsed. Greek broadcaster ERT said that emergency crews had recovered six bodies from the scene, believed to include a Bri

  5. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · Pol Allingham

    Police re-examining CCTV footage in Jill Dando murder case (opens the original)

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    Police are reviewing old CCTV footage in the unsolved murder of BBC broadcaster Jill Dando. Advances in “CCTV enhancement technology” have allowed detectives to return to 27-year-old footage of Putney Bridge Underground station, Scotland Yard said. The former Crimewatch presenter was shot and killed aged 37 outside her home in Fulham, west London, on April 26 1999. An unidentified person dubbed “Man X” was captured on camera near Putney Bridge station, about a mile from Ms Dando’s home, shortly

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