Security expert to lead fresh London terror review

(BBC) A security expert has been appointed to assess whether coronavirus has had any impact on how well the capital would cope with another major terror attack.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan said extremists had used the lockdowns to “spread disinformation” and “radicalise the vulnerable.”

Lord Toby Harris’ review will examine learning points from terror attacks in London in 2017 and recent attacks in Streatham and Fishmongers’ Hall.

His report is due later this year.

In 2016 Lord Harris made 127 recommendations in a review published in the wake of attacks across Europe.

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