From The North

ITV News

A podcast from ITN News made in the North of England about issues that affect the North. Each episode we'll look to answer one big question that's getting people talking.

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From The North

Episodes (51)

Feb 13th The Manchester ISIS plot - and the undercover agent who foiled it
Jul 17, 2025 Chasing the Odds: A Journey of Hope
May 23, 2025 20 and Counting: How Arne Slot brought the Premier League title back to Liverpool

From The North

Feb 13, 2026
44 minutes
40 MB

This is the story of Farouk, an undercover operative who foiled what police said could have been "one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in UK history". Walid Saadaoui, 38, and Amar Hussein, 52, had a “visceral dislike” of Jewish people and wanted to kill as many as they could in their Islamic State-inspired gun attack in Greater Manchester. But the duo were brought down after an undercover operative posed as one of them to gain their trust, tracking their every move for six months before armed officers swooped in to arrest them. Elaine Willcox takes up t...

From The North

The Manchester ISIS plot - and the undercover agent who foiled it

ITV News

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