Careful all us Brits! The terror level threat has been raised from "substantial" to "severe".
Why? well according to according to Home Secretary Theresa May ..for no particular reason...
...Another cheap shot from UK govenment to take the media attention off world affairs and defecting party members?
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Why? well according to according to Home Secretary Theresa May ..for no particular reason...
...Another cheap shot from UK govenment to take the media attention off world affairs and defecting party members?
The UK's terror threat level is being raised from "substantial" to "severe" in response to conflicts in Iraq and Syria, Home Secretary Theresa May says.
The new alert level means an attack on the UK is "highly likely", although Mrs May said there was no intelligence to suggest an attack was "imminent".
It is the second highest of five possible UK threat levels.
PM David Cameron said at least 500 people had travelled from the UK "to fight in Syria and potentially Iraq".
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He said Islamic State (IS) extremists - who are attempting to establish a "caliphate", or Islamic state, in the region - represented a "greater and deeper threat to our security than we have known before".
During a news conference at Downing Street, Mr Cameron announced new legislation to make it easier to take passports away from people travelling abroad to join the conflict.
Efforts are currently under way to identify a suspected British jihadist who appeared in IS footage of the killing of US journalist James Foley.
National Policing Lead for Counter-Terrorism Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley said security and protection measures were being increased from Friday.
Mr Cameron said there was a "growing" threat of British people going to fight in Iraq and Syria then returning and posing a threat to the UK.
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