Anti-terrorist police were yesterday granted further time to question seven men in London and West Yorkshire in connection with dissident republican bombings in Britain over the past 18 months, writes Rachel Donnelly.
Magistrates granted custody extensions to enable police question six men in London.
A magistrate in West Yorkshire granted police an extra 48 hours to question a 25-year-old man who was arrested in South Yorkshire on Saturday.
Police in Leeds were still questioning an eighth man, aged 19, who was arrested at the weekend.