The Independent By Sam Hancock,Tom Batchelor,Matt Mathers,Celine Wadhera
The national terror threat level has been raised from substantial to severe, meaning further attacks are considered “highly likely”.
Home secretary Priti Patel said the level had been raised because there had been two attacks in the span of a month.
Speaking to broadcasters, she said: “The Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre, Jtac, are now increasing the United Kingdom’s threat level from substantial to severe.
“And there’s a reason for that, and that reason is because what we saw yesterday is the second incident in a month.”…
