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Daniel Sandford @bbcdaniels.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

We don’t post much on social media to be fair. Please use the BBC website/app and live page. Less toxic even than BlueSky. By the way that was in itself a slightly toxic post.

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Daniel Sandford @bbcdaniels.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

A Norwegian teenager accused of flying to the UK to carry out a "hit" has told a jury he thought he would be killed if refused. Giving evidence at the Old Bailey Johannes Natland said that rather than carry out the attack, he had planned to shoot himself in the foot. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Norwegian teen 'got into a pickle' over assassination plot

Johannes Natland, from Norway, denies coming to the UK to carry out a 'hit' on an unknown target.

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Daniel Sandford @bbcdaniels.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Legislation which would enable the home secretary to designate some state-linked organisations such as Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a threat to national security could come into force as early as next month. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Iranian group could be labelled national threat under proposed new law

The government is introducing the National Security (State Threats) Bill which could become law within weeks.

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Daniel Sandford @bbcdaniels.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

A talented Norwegian teenage footballer turned alleged hitman in Britain told a friend he was going to get a lot of money and "somebody is going to die", a court heard. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Norway 'hitman' teen told friend "somebody is going to die"

Johannes Natland was arrested at a hotel in Huddersfield and is now on trial at the Old Bailey.

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Daniel Sandford @bbcdaniels.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Norwegian teen Johannes Natland flew to UK to “undertake a hit” for Foxtrot - crime group linked to Iran. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Daniel Sandford @bbcdaniels.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

First people charged in England and Wales with supporting Palestine Action. Two 71-year-olds and a 53-year-old charged under the Terrorism Act www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Three people charged with supporting Palestine Action

The charges come before a planned protest in support of the group on Saturday in London.

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Daniel Sandford @bbcdaniels.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Mark Gordon assaulted police on maternity ward, court hears t.co/D9sbRtTgfU

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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2xp5l4r94o

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Daniel Sandford @bbcdaniels.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Kitten update: a 16-year-old boy and a 15-year-old girl have been arrested on suspicion of animal cruelty after two kittens were found dead in Ruislip in West London on 3 May.

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Daniel Sandford @bbcdaniels.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Police in London are appealing for information on two young people caught on CCTV before and after two kittens were allegedly tortured and killed. It happened on 3 May in Ickenham Road, Ruislip. In the CCTV the boy is seen carrying a duffel bag thought to contain the kittens.

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Daniel Sandford @bbcdaniels.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Sgt James Elliot said “We were able to identify Mangal by assessing his patterns of offending, which appeared to ramp up before, during and immediately after Christmas, then almost daily up until his arrest.” Mangal was given a 12 month prison sentence, suspended for 2 years.

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Daniel Sandford @bbcdaniels.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Then on 23 February he entered the shop again and made off with several items in a suitcase. He was arrested near his home and the next day pleaded guilty to 23 charges of theft.

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Daniel Sandford @bbcdaniels.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Mangal had repeatedly targeted a Waterstone’s shop in Crouch End since April 2023, before finally being caught in February this year. Metropolitan Police officers had worked with the store throughout January, collecting CCTV to identify Mangal.

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Daniel Sandford @bbcdaniels.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

The games he stole included Monopoly, Taskmaster, Jenga, Traitors, Trivial Pursuit, Scrabble, Pictionary, Articulate and Operation. He has also been banned from being in possession of a suitcase in two areas of North London - Crouch End and Hornsey.

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Daniel Sandford @bbcdaniels.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

A prolific shoplifter of board games has narrowly avoided going to jail without collecting £200. Paul Mangal, 58, of Haringey in North London was given a suspended prison sentence after stealing more than £3,000 pounds worth of board games.

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Daniel Sandford @bbcdaniels.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Constance Marten's newborn baby would have been exposed to "substantial climatic cold stress" in the first few days she spent camping on the South Downs in January 2023, a jury has heard. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Constance Marten's baby exposed to 'substantial' cold, jury hears

Marten and the baby's father, Mark Gordon, are in the middle of a retrial at the Old Bailey in London.

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Daniel Sandford @bbcdaniels.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

As the EU recommends all households having a 3-day emergency survival kit, a reminder that this is also the UK government recommendation (UK suggestion is "several days"). This is for floods/power blackouts etc prepare.campaign.gov.uk/get-prepared...

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Get prepared for emergencies - Prepare

How to get informed and put a plan in place to prepare if an emergency comes to you in your area.

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Daniel Sandford @bbcdaniels.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Former Putin-appointed Governor of Sevastopol Dmitrii Ovsiannikov (Дмитрий Овсянников) on trial for breaching UK sanctions. The case involves £76,000, a Mercedes Benz SUV, and private UK school fees. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Former Putin-appointed governor on trial for breaching UK sanctions

Dmitrii Ovsiannikov is accused of receiving more than £75,000 from his wife and a new Mercedes Benz SUV from his brother.

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Daniel Sandford @bbcdaniels.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

There are videos of the other alleged offences

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