Spy chief says MI5 'absolutely alert' to risk of UK terror attack

The director general of MI5 has told Sky News his intelligence officers are "focused with particular intensity" on a growing risk of attacks within the UK following events in the Middle East, Report informs.

In a rare interview, Ken McCallum said: "Sadly, over the course of my career, it has often been the case that events in the Middle East can then echo in Europe, in the UK, and so my teams are absolutely alert to the possibility that events in the Middle East cause some people in the United Kingdom to attempt some form of attack of whatever sort."