Mum Foils Plot To Blow Up Buckingham Palace

Two teenagers' plot to make bombs and blow up Buckingham Palace was foiled when they were rumbled by one of their mothers. The pair were sentenced at Newcastle Crown Court having previously admitted conspiracy to make an explosive substance for unlawful purposes, and both were sentenced to a 12-month detention and training order. John Dilworth, Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor for CPS North East, said afterwards: "It is alarming to note that, at the point when their scheme was discovered,