Face of terror link surgeon
This is the Shropshire-trained surgeon suspected of being involved in the failed car bomb attacks on Glasgow Airport and London. This is the Shropshire-trained surgeon suspected of being involved in the failed car bomb attacks on Glasgow Airport and London. Dr Mohammed Asha, 26, worked as a junior doctor at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital for 12 months after graduating from the University of Jordan in 2004 with a degree in medicine. He was arrested on the M6 in Cheshire on Saturday. He is also believed to have spent time training at the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford during his year in Shropshire, which finished last August. Dr Asha, who was born in Saudi Arabia and brought up in Jordan, was arrested near Sandbach on Saturday night along with a woman, 27, thought to be his wife. Read the full story in today's Shropshire Star
He is also believed to have spent time training at the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford during his year in Shropshire, which finished last August.
Dr Asha, who was born in Saudi Arabia and brought up in Jordan, was arrested near Sandbach on Saturday night along with a woman, 27, thought to be his wife.
He is one of three people being held at Paddington high-security police station in central London. Detectives investigating the terror attacks have been given until Saturday to question them.
Dr Asha had been working at North Staffordshire Hospital in Stoke-on-Trent, specialising in neurology surgery. His registration with the General Medical Council shows he gained his medical degree in Jordan in 2004.
It is thought he lived in a rented property in Sunningdale Grove, Newcastle-under-Lyme, with his wife and young child.
It has been reported today that landlord Symon Plant, 34, recalled that when Asha and his wife inquired about renting a three-bedroom house last year, Asha "seemed very concerned about racism in the area".
Plant said that it soon became apparent to him that Asha's wife had experienced racism in Shrewsbury.
Dr Asha's father Jamil has told reporters in Jordan that his son was not a member of any extremist organisation and his arrest was "mistaken". He has appealed to the King of Jordan to intervene on his behalf.
* Security will be tightened at the British Grand Prix this weekend in the wake of the failed car bombings. There is no intelligence to suggest there is a threat but police will step up security as a "sensible precautionary measure".
By Steve Todd