Shrimpton died on Thursday night after losing his battle with cancer. He is survived by wife Jude and two daughters. “There wouldn’t have been a Countdown without Michael Shrimpton,” Molly Meldrum ...

A barrister made a hoax call to the former Defence Secretary claiming to have intelligence about terrorist bomb attacks on the London Olympics and the assassination of the Queen, a court heard.

To commemorate the passing of Countdown co-creator Michael Shrimpton, Rage will be turning back the clock to bring you classic episodes of the show. The most popular show in Australian television ...

Michael Shrimpton warned a colleague of then-Defence Secretary Philip Hammond that a nuclear warhead had been stolen from a sunken Russian submarine and had now been hidden in a London hospital. The ...

Michael Shrimpton allegedly told a close colleague of former Defence Secretary Philip Hammond that a nuclear device was hidden in a hospital in east London Get UK politics insight with our free daily ...

A barrister who claimed Nazi spies were planning to attack the London Olympic opening ceremony with a stolen Russian nuclear bomb has been jailed for a year. Michael Shrimpton made the hoax phone call ...

A barrister who sparked a security scare when he claimed German spies were plotting to target the Queen with a nuclear warhead at the London Olympics is facing jail. Michael Shrimpton, author of ...

A barrister sparked a massive security scare by claiming Nazi spies wanted to blow up the Queen and the London Olympics with a nuclear bomb, a court heard Michael Shrimpton is accused of making a hoax ...

A barrister made a hoax call to the former Defence Secretary claiming to have intelligence about terrorist bomb attacks on the London Olympics and the assassination of the Queen, a court heard.

A barrister sparked a massive security scare by claiming Nazi spies wanted to blow up the Queen and the London Olympics with a nuclear bomb, a court heard Michael Shrimpton is accused of making a hoax ...