A teenager who wanted to join the Army is believed to have lost both hands in an explosion at his home.
Jordan Smith, 19, was airlifted to hospital with serious injuries after the blast at his parents’ luxury barn conversion. A bomb disposal squad was called in and four neighbouring homes were evacuated until the area could be checked.
The cause of the explosion was not known last night. Police say they are not looking for anyone else in relation to the blast.
Neighbours said they knew little of Mr Smith’s interests, but it later emerged that his Facebook page features slogans such as “No more mosques”, “We hate Muslim extremists” and “No surrender to Al Qaeda”, as well as references to the English Defence League.
Crowds gathered in the centre of Peterborough as over 300 members of the English Defence League (EDL) marched through the city.
The 
A soldier has been charged with terror offences after a nail bomb was found at a house in Eccles. Ryan McGee, 19, of Mellor Street, Eccles, has been charged with making explosives and possession of a document for terrorist purposes.
Last week BBC3 broadcast a documentary entitled “EDL Girls: Don’t Call Me Racist”, which followed a number of English Defence League “Angels” as they went about their lives whipping up hatred against the Muslim community. The subjects were treated sympathetically, and the violence and viciousness of the EDL were left unexamined, although it proved impossible to disguise their ignorance and bigotry. Over at the 
Assaults, insults, sly remarks and threats. All have been hurled at Kelly Ziane since she converted to Islam at the tender age of 18. She was not coerced, nor did she change her religion in order to marry – she did so because she believed it was the “right” faith for her.