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Glasgow Airport bombing police officers honoured
London :: United Kingdom | 10 months ago
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Glasgow Airport said the crime had left the force better equipped to combat terrorism. Strathclyde Police recognised 39 of its officers at a ceremony in Glasgow held following the conviction of Iraqi doctor, Bilal Abdulla, 29, at Woolwich Crown Court...
Tags: terrorism, doctor, Glasgow Airport, Strathclyde Police, police officers
BAA told to sell three airports
London :: United Kingdom | 11 months ago
Credibility The watchdog says the decision is subject to a final consultation but is necessary to improve levels of service at UK airports. In August, the watchdog had said BAA may have to sell three of its airports because of a lack of competition. Several firms...
Tags: Gatwick, BAA, Edinburgh Airport, Stansted, Competition Commissioner, The Competition Commission, Heathrow, Crawley, Glasgow Airport, sell gatwick
British-Iraqi doctor jailed over bomb plot
London :: United Kingdom | 11 months ago
Credibility A junior doctor who led failed car bomb attacks in Britain in revenge for U.S. -led military action in his family's native Iraq was jailed for at least 32 years on Wednesday. Bilal Abdulla , a 29-year-old physician with Britain's national health service,...
Tags: doctor, convicted, terrorism, Bilal Abdulla, British-Iraqi, Glasgow, car bombs, London, guilty, glasgow airport
Glasgow terror suspect told 'astonishing' lies to jury
Baghdad :: Iraq | about 1 year ago
Credibility Bilal Abdulla, 29, gave a "simply absurd" account of an attack on Glasgow Airport, prosecutor Jonathan Laidlaw QC told Woolwich Crown Court. Jeep packed with petrol and gas canisters into a terminal building at Glasgow Airport, the jury heard. But, in...
Tags: Glasgow Airportâ, doctor, Kafeel Ahmed
Terror trial medic tried to join Army
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago
Credibility An Iraqi doctor accused of attempting to blow up a nightclub in London's West End spoke yesterday of his love for Britain and claimed he had tried to join the Army ahead of the Iraq War. Bilal Abdulla, 29, told a jury at Woolwich Crown Court that he...
Tags: doctor, Bilal Abdulla, British Army, Iraqi, London, Glasgow Airport
Scots holiday jet skids of runway
Arrecife :: Spain | about 1 year ago
Credibility Glasgow skidded off a runway as it landed in the Canary Islands. The Air Europa plane, thought to be carrying 74 people, went off the end of the runway after it touched down at Lanzarote airport...The airport on the holiday island was reportedly closed...
Tags: Air Europa Boeing-737, Glasgow Airport, Canary Islands, Lanzarote, europa plane
Job cuts BA chief 'incompetent'
Glasgow :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago
Credibility A Scottish MP has accused British Airways' (BA) chief executive of "incompetence" over plans to axe its cabin crew base at Glasgow airport. Labour MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire North, Jim Sheridan, made the comments to Willie Walsh during a BA-hosted...
Tags: Willie Walsh, Glasgow Airport
Airport hero wakes from two-week coma
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago
Credibility Airport hero John Smeaton has woken from a two-week coma, his father said today. The 32-year-old has been in intensive care in hospital since suffering an asthma attack. He opened his eyes yesterday and was able to recognise his family and fiancee Christy...
Tags: John Smeaton, Glasgow Airport, asthma attack, week coma
News of the World, UK: Packet in, Smeato
Erskine :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago
Credibility Christy MacPhedran flew 3,500 miles to be at Smeato’s side yesterday after he was rushed into intensive care at Paisley’s Royal Alexandra Hospital...Ex-baggage handler Smeato — who helped foil last year’s terror attack at Glasgow Airport — claimed in...
Tags: Glasgow Airport, Mr Smeaton, John Smeaton
Airport bomb hero fights for life
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago
Credibility Glasgow Airport bomb hero John Smeaton is fighting for his life as two men accused of the attack stand trial. The 32-year-old was reportedly rushed from his home in Paisley, Renfrewshire, to hospital after suffering a serious asthma attack on Thursday...
Tags: doctor, John Smeaton, bombs hero, Glasgow Airport, Paisley, hero john, cars bombs, asthma attack
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