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Britain has lowered the threat level from international terrorism less than a year after the last attempted attack.
The level has been reduced from "severe," meaning an attack in highly likely, to "substantial" meaning an attack is a strong possibility, but the Home Secretary stressed that a terrorist attack might occur without further warning.
The threat, which is at the third level of a five point scale, is now at the same level as the threat from Irish terrorism on mainland Britain.
Theresa May, the Home Secretary, said: "This means that a terrorist attack is a strong possibility and might well occur without further warning.
"The change in the threat level to substantial does not mean the overall threat has gone away - there remains a real and serious threat against the United Kingdom and I would ask the public to remain vigilant."
The decision to change the threat level is taken by the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre, part of MI5, independently of ministers and is based on the latest intelligence.
Comment: At last the Eurocrats are beginning to get towards the root of the fiscal crisis. It is entirely manufactured and it is designed to maintain the US dollar's pre-eminence as the world's reserve currency for as long as such tactics can hold out.
Greece has debts measured in the billions, the US has debt measured in the TRILLIONS... which economy, if it were to default, do we really think would cause systemic rupture?