Statement from Councillor Matthew Brown, Leader at Preston City Council re: Humanitarian Situation, City of Hebron.

Chancellor John Healey will remove standing charges from household gas bills for tens of millions of people, with the government estimating that 60% of households will save an average of £45 per year. Economics editor Faisal Islam is in Downing Street for #BBCBreakfast bbc.co.uk/news/live/cq62y5xn…

🚨 PICTURED: Mohmed Abdulkarim, one of the two suspects charged over the RAF Fairford plot He allegedly loaded the three white vans with metal drums containing petrol, water butts and smart dashcams

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NEW: Staggering details emerging from Westminster Mags on the RAF Fairford plot today. One of the five men arrested near the US military base called the police after a "handler" warned there was a bomb in the van, a court heard. Mohmed Abdulkarim, 24, and Nouman Essghir, 24, both appeared in court on Tuesday charged under the National Security Act 2023. Abdulkarim, of London, is accused of assisting a foreign intelligence service, by acting as an “intermediary” for the handler Ali. While Essghir, also of London, has been charged with entering a prohibited place for a purpose prejudicial to the UK, relating to an alleged “reconnaissance” mission on August 22, around a month before the Fairford incident. The group were ordered to drive the van loaded with petrol to RAF Fairford by a handler known as ‘Ali’ who police believe was working on behalf of Iran. No explosives, or improvised explosives were found in the vans, the court heard. Police did find a metal oil drum in each, two of which had petrol in, along with hard plastic water butts and internet-enabled dashcams. Prosecuting, Louise Gray, said: “Shortly thereafter the message was received that there was a bomb in the vehicles and one of them called the police.” Abdulkarim is alleged to have aided the organiser, Ali, who is believed to be abroad and to be acting in the interests of the Iranian state. Ali is also potentially connected to an incident at the Israeli embassy earlier this year, where propaganda videos were posted online suggesting it had been attacked with a chemical weapon by a drone, the court heard. Prosecutors allege that Abdulkarim aided Ali, buying equipment for the mission and receiving multiple payments from him totalling around £70,000. Before the men, allegedly enlisted by Abdulkarim, travelled to RAF Fairford, £300 worth of petrol was filled into the drums in the back of the vans.

🚨NEW: Andy Burnham has announced that import tariffs will be removed on more than 100 products, including things like baked beans, chocolate and gherkins, to save households an estimated £21 on their food shop per year

Healey vows cheaper marmalade and gherkins in pre-Budget package of 'everyday fixes' bbc.in/4zTnQ4K