Police officers and firefighters deserve a fairer deal for the future. And a french celebrity magazine is ordered to pay one hundred thousand euros in damages for publishing topless photos of the duchess of cambridge. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Four serving members of the army have been arrested on suspicion of belonging to a banned far right group and planning terrorist offences. The men aged between 22 and 32 were arrested this morning in england and wales in an operation involving the police and the army. Earlier i spoke to our Home Affairs Correspondent Dominic Casciani and i asked him how the operations to arrest the men unfolded. It started with the West Midlands Counter Terrorism unit, one of the largest in the country, working with colleagues in wales and the east midlands. Theyve obviously been trying to investigate this group, National Action, which was banned last year. The four arrests, three are men in their 20s, so they were arrested in birmingham, ipswich an
As an extremely dangerous as it heads towards the caribbean and the southern United States. The duchess of cambridge is awarded thousands in damages after a french magazine published topless photos of her sunbathing. It is 5. 00pm. Our main story is that four serving members of the army have been arrested under the terrorism act on suspicion of being members of a banned Neo Nazi Group called National Action. The men were detained as part of a pre planned operation. West Midland Police say there was no threat to the publics safety. National action has been described by the home office as virulently racist, anti semitic and homophobic and it was the first extreme right wing group to be banned under terrorism laws last year. Our Home Affairs Correspondent Dominic Casciani is here with the latest. Eand e and what we know today. This morning we got a statement from the West Midlands Counter Terrorism unit saying that four men had been arrested, three of them in england, in birmingham, ipswi
And coming up in sportsday on bbc news, gareth bale says wales will face their world cup qualifier with moldova tonight with conviction after beating them 4 0 last year. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Four serving members of the british army have been arrested on suspicion of being members of National Action, a banned Neo Nazi Group. They are being held under terror laws, although police say the public was never in danger. Three were arrested in britain and a fourth in cyprus. A fifth person, a civilian is also being detained. Our Home Affairs Correspondent tom symonds is at West Midlands Police Headquarters in birmingham. These arrests are highly significant because they are the first in connection of suspected membership ofan connection of suspected membership of an extreme right wing organisation. These men are in their early 20s and 30s and they are being questioned at an unidentified West Midlands police station. The bbc has been told three of the men are members
Is ordered to pay damages. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Four serving members of the british army have been arrested on suspicion of being members of National Action a banned Neo Nazi Group. They are being held under terror laws, although police say the public was never in danger. Three were arrested here in britain and a fourth in cyprus. A fifth person, a civilian, is also being detained. Our Home Affairs Correspondent tom symonds reports. The bbcs been told three of the men are members of the royal anglian regiment which recruits in norfolk, suffolk, essex and cambridge. Four were arrested in the uk, one in cyprus. An Army Spokesman said that group is National Action, that group is National Action, which described itself last year in the language of hitlers fascism, as a National Socialist youth movement. Its members marched the streets. The focus was as much on spreading neo nazi ideas online, but experts say the far right is not well supported. I think extreme right groups
Tomorrow. Wales take on moldova in a world cup qualifier tonight, looking to move a step closer to mixtures tournament in russia. To mixtures tournament in russia. For serving members of the british army have been arrested on suspicion of being members of the National Action a band Neo Nazi Group. They are being held under trevor laws of the police say that the public was never ended. Three were arrested in britain and one in cyprus. Another man, nota britain and one in cyprus. Another man, not a soldier, is being detained. The bbcs been told three of the men are members of the royal anglian regiment, which recruits in norfolk, suffolk, essex and cambridgeshire. Four were arrested in the uk, one in cyprus. An Army Spokesman said. That group is National Action, which described itself last year in the language of hitlers fascism, as a National Socialist youth movement. Its members marched the streets. The focus was as much on spreading neo nazi ideas online. But experts say the far right