This article is from the source 'bbc' and was first published or seen on . It last changed over 40 days ago and won't be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22671619
The article has changed 7 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
| Version 0 | Version 1 |
|---|---|
| Woolwich murder probe: 'Thousands' at risk of radicalisation, says Theresa May | Woolwich murder probe: 'Thousands' at risk of radicalisation, says Theresa May |
| (35 minutes later) | |
| Thousands of people are potentially at risk of being radicalised in the UK, Home Secretary Theresa May has said. | |
| She also told BBC One's Andrew Marr Show that those at risk were at "different points on what could be a path to violent extremism". | She also told BBC One's Andrew Marr Show that those at risk were at "different points on what could be a path to violent extremism". |
| Mrs May said a new taskforce would look at whether new powers were needed to tackle radicalisation. | |
| Three more arrests have been made in connection with the killing of soldier Lee Rigby in Woolwich. | Three more arrests have been made in connection with the killing of soldier Lee Rigby in Woolwich. |
| Two men already arrested on suspicion of the murder of Drummer Rigby remain in custody in hospital in a stable condition. | Two men already arrested on suspicion of the murder of Drummer Rigby remain in custody in hospital in a stable condition. |
| Michael Adebolajo, 28, and Michael Adebowale, 22, were shot and wounded by police at the scene in Woolwich on Wednesday after the killing. | Michael Adebolajo, 28, and Michael Adebowale, 22, were shot and wounded by police at the scene in Woolwich on Wednesday after the killing. |
| The Met said counter terrorism officers arrested three men, aged 21, 24 and 28, on Saturday evening on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder - a Taser was used on two of them. | The Met said counter terrorism officers arrested three men, aged 21, 24 and 28, on Saturday evening on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder - a Taser was used on two of them. |
| A 29-year-old man, arrested on Thursday on suspicion of conspiracy to murder, has been bailed to return pending further inquiries. | |
| Communications 'access' | |
| Mrs May said "500 officers and others" were working on the case, including counter terrorism officers brought in from elsewhere in the country. | |
| When asked if she would push ahead with a Communications Data Bill, Mrs May said: "The law enforcement agencies, the intelligence agencies, need access to communications data and that is essential to them doing their job." | |
| The bill sent back for reassessment in December after criticism from a joint committee of MPs and peers, includes plans for internet service providers having to store for a year all details of online communication in the UK - such as the time, duration, originator and recipient of a communication and the location of the device from which it was made. | |
| "The law enforcement agencies, the intelligence agencies, need access to communications data and that is essential to them doing their job," she said. | |
| Former Home Secretary Alan Johnson also told the Andrew Marr programme a Communications Data Bill should be "on the statute book before the next election". | |
| He said he would go as far as saying that this was a resignation issue for the home secretary if she did not convince the cabinet to support this. | He said he would go as far as saying that this was a resignation issue for the home secretary if she did not convince the cabinet to support this. |
| Mrs May said the government taskforce announced this weekend would "be able to look across the whole of government" and look at institutions such as universities and prisons to see if more could be done in tackling the issue of countering extremism. | |
| The special committee, to be chaired by the prime minister, will include senior cabinet ministers and security chiefs. | |
| Downing Street sources have said the new taskforce will "build on" Labour's Prevent Strategy. | |
| The coalition reviewed this Prevent Strategy in 2011 reducing its annual budget from £63m to £36m saying at the time that some of the money was going to groups who should have been confronted. | |
| Meanwhile, Kenya has denied Mr Adebolajo has visited the country, following allegations made by his friend that he was abused by security forces during a visit to the African country last year. | |
| Despite this denial, the Independent on Sunday is one of a number of papers to feature a picture it says is of Mr Adebolajo appearing in court in Kenya in 2010 accused "of being at the centre of an al-Qaeda-inspired plot". |