UK - Christmas attack 'highly likely'

The BBC reports.

The chances of an attempted terror attack over the Christmas period are "highly likely", John Reid has said.

The home secretary told GMTV's Sunday programme the terrorist threat facing the UK was "very high indeed".

"We know that the number of conspiracies of a major type are in the tens - 30 or round about that," he said.

The UK threat assessment posted on the Home Office and MI5 websites is "severe" - the second highest level.