London, Sep 4 : Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s blundering bodyguard left a deadly loaded pistol in the toilet of a coffee shop, leaving customers and their children shocked.
The semi-automatic Glock 17 remained on the floor of the Starbucks café’s only toilet for nearly 20 minutes.
The bodyguard, a girl cop who is in the former PM’s close protection officer, left it there after spending a penny while on duty.
A horrified Starbucks employee eventually found it and called 999, The Sun reported.
London, Aug. 30 : Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is one of the targets of Al Qaeda.
A man accused of plotting to kill Blair’s successor Gordon Brown, is reported to have also urged extremists to eliminate Blair and other “non-believers”, a court was told yesterday.
According to The Sun, Ishaq Kanmi, 22, allegedly posted messages on an Islamic website, recruiting for al-Qaeda. He also claimed he was the organisation’s British leader, Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard.
Washington, Aug. 7 : The Government of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is said to have passed on intelligence to Washington that suggested that Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein had no weapons of mass destruction, but this information was conveniently buried by the White House, a new book claims.
Ron Suskind claims in his book -- In The Way of the World, that Blair sent Michael Shipster, a top British spy to the Middle East in 2003 — three months before the invasion — to dig up enough intelligence to avoid a war.
London - US presidential contender Barack Obama was holding talks with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Middle East Quartet representative Tony Blair in London Saturday on the final stage of a trip aimed at enhancing his foreign affairs image.
The Democratic Party Illinois Senator Friday had talks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris. The tour had earlier included visits to Iraq, Afghanistan, Israel and Berlin.
Brussels - Direct contacts with the Palestinian Islamic group Hamas would not take place until the group recognizes Israel's right to exist, Mideast Quartet representative and former British prime minister Tony Blair said on Tuesday in Brussels.
"It is important that it accepts the existence of Israel," said Blair on the sidelines of a EU foreign ministers' meeting in Brussels
London, July 21 : Police could spend more money protecting Tony Blair than his successor as Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
A Scotland Yard source said looking after Brown would cost about 1.5 million pounds a year, but the bill for guarding Blair is expected to be two million pounds or more this year.
A source told The Mirror: "He is still at the highest risk level because he is seen as the man who took Britain into Afghanistan and Iraq. His new job trying to reconcile Middle East problems has pushed up costs because we have to have more of everything."
Blair has made five trips to the Middle East, each time with a team of plain-clothes officers.
London, Sep 4 : Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s blundering bodyguard left a deadly loaded pistol in the toilet of a coffee shop, leaving customers and their children shocked.
London, Aug. 30 : Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is one of the targets of Al Qaeda.
Washington, Aug. 7 : The Government of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is said to have passed on intelligence to Washington that suggested that Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein had no weapons of mass destruction, but this information was conveniently buried by the White House, a new book claims.
US presidential contender Barack Obama was holding talks with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Middle East Quartet representative Tony Blair in London Saturday on the final stage of a trip aimed at enhancing his foreign affairs image.
Brussels - Direct contacts with the Palestinian Islamic group Hamas would not take place until the group recognizes Israel's right to exist, Mideast Quartet representative and former British prime minister Tony Blair said on Tuesday in Brussels.
