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MI5 has raised the terrorism threat level in Northern Ireland from “substantial” to “severe” – meaning an attack is now considered highly likely.
The UK’s terror threat level has been raised to “severe” – meaning an attack on British soil is highly likely.
Far-right extremism is the fastest growing terrorist threat in the UK, according to the country’s most senior counter terrorism officer. Neil Basu, the Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner, said seven of the 22 plots foiled since March last year were linked to far right ideologies. And he warned that public speakers, including politicians, need to be…
The head of MI5 has described the scale and pace of the current terror threat as the highest he’s ever seen. In the first on-camera briefing to journalists in the agency’s history, Andrew Parker said attacks are now able to accelerate from plan to intent within days.
Former Home Office Minister Liam Byrne says Theresa May has taken 20,000 police officers off the streets, while her government has underestimated the scale of the terrorist threat.
Green Party co-leader Caroline Lucas says Jeremy Corbyn is right to say Britain can reduce the terror threat through its foreign policy and the country is “to some extent, paying the price now”.
Theresa May announced on Tuesday that the UK’s terror threat level has now risen to critical, following the attack on a Manchester music concert in which 22 people are now known to have died. Since then, nearly a thousand troops have been deployed to UK streets and high-profile public areas, including outside Buckingham Palace and…
UKIP leader Paul Nuttall says the veil should be banned, partly because of the ‘age of heightened terror’. But none of the surrounding evidence or expert opinion points towards it posing any significant security concerns.
A major counter-terrorism exercise is taking place in the UK capital today, as we approach the 10th anniversary of the London bombings in which 52 people died. What has changed since 2005?
There is heightened concern about the safety of the police and the Jewish community in the UK in wake of the French attacks, one of Britain’s leading counter-terrorism officers warns.
Wednesday’s attack in Paris is a “terrible reminder” of Islamist extremists’ agenda of harming the west, the head of MI5 warns, suggesting that the threat was “unlikely to abate significantly for some time”.
As the state launches a publicity drive to warn of the need for greater surveillance, this week is also about the lessons learned from Woolwich.
The UK head of counter-terrorism says British security services are now dealing with 100 potential terror offences each week, with more than half involving referrals into de-radicalisation programmes.
The UK terror threat is raised from substantial to severe – meaning a terrorist attack is highly likely – whilst David Cameron promises to make it harder for British jihadis to travel abroad.
The US government has warned its citizens in Uganda that an attack could take place at Entebbe International Airport.