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Proof: Five men arrested for ‘preparing a terrorist act’ near UK base used by US Air Force

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{"first_seen":"2026-09-27T14:02:21Z","headline":"Five men arrested for ‘preparing a terrorist act’ near UK base used by US Air Force","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"independent","url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/raf-andy-burnham-press-association-gloucestershire-villagers-b3057087.html","v":1}

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af54688220f03cce6007ce730416e6df607669c4d6f0f4240bd1b1998c7f5b86

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-af54688220f0.json prints af54688220f03cce6007ce730416e6df607669c4d6f0f4240bd1b1998c7f5b86. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. There is no OpenTimestamps receipt for this record yet.
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

This headline has not been sealed. Headlines are sealed automatically within minutes of first being seen; older ones are sealed on request, and are then marked as a backfill.