Terror threat still "severe"

Apr 21 2009 by Catherine Lillington

The guidance will help show what practical differences can be made to reduce the vulnerability of places like pubs, clubs, shopping centres, sports stadia and schools.

Advice will be given from police Counter Terrorism Security Advisers, who for the first time are carrying out a standardised risk assessment of crowded places across the country.

Lord West was joined by Secretary of State for communities Hazel Blears to present a revised version of the country’s strategy for tackling international terrorism, known as CONTEST.

Ms Blears said: “Tackling violent extremism really is one of the defining challenges of our age.

“The West Midlands is home to a huge range of great local projects showing how different people can play their part.

“We need every citizen in this country to take this issue seriously and for them to have ownership of some of the things they can do on this agenda.”