Referrals to anti-terror scheme reach record high
Prevent referrals in England and Wales were up 39% in the year to September 2025.
Prevent referrals in England and Wales were up 39% in the year to September 2025. It’s the highest number in a single year since records began in 2015. Where the age is known, 393 referrals were for children under 10, the largest proportion concerned 11 to 15-year-olds at 36%, followed by 16 to 17 year-olds at 13% of referrals. So, are more young people being radicalised, or are more people reporting concerning behaviour?
Also in the programme: Policing powers were stepped up in Thetford on Thursday as the Norfolk market town braced itself for further disorder linked to anti-immigration protests. And despite being banned from football at home, the Afghan women's team reunite 8,000 miles away in New Zealand.
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