Patel: UK terror threat level raised to severe

Home Secretary Priti Patel explains why the terror threat level has been heightened.

An explosion outside Liverpool Women's Hospital on Remembrance Sunday has been declared a terror incident by police - and has seen the UK terror threat be raised from substantial to severe.

A taxi exploded and was engulfed in flames just before 11:00 GMT at a drop-off zone near the entrance, killing the passenger and injuring the driver.

Home Secretary Priti Patel explained why the UK terror threat level has been heightened.


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