Public security

Ex-spy chief 'alarmed' over people using headphones when terror attack risk is high

Baroness Neville-Jones, a former security minister, said people should be more alert to the danger of terror attacks and take personal responsibility to be aware of their surroundings. 

The former head of the Joint Intelligence Committee suggested that people would have to get used to disruption to their daily lives as a result of counter-terrorism operations and security scares.

Official guidance is for people to be "alert but not alarmed" at the threat from terrorism, but Lady Neville-Jones suggested citizens were not as vigilant as they could be.