(BBC) The UK’s terror threat level has been lowered from severe to substantial, meaning a terror attack on British soil is considered “likely.”
The level was raised to severe — where an attack is “highly likely” — after two terror attacks late last year.
In October, Conservative MP Sir David Amess was stabbed to death in Essex. A month later, a bomb was set off outside Liverpool Women’s Hospital.
The home secretary said a lower threat level must not make people complacent.
In a statement to Parliament, Priti Patel said: “The attacks in October and November 2021 reflect the complex, volatile and unpredictable nature of the terrorist threat in the UK.”
