12 UK terror plots foiled in year

THE security services have foiled 1 terror plots since the Westminster attack last March, Andrew Parker will reveal.

Emphasising the scale of the job facing counter-terrorism officials, the MI5 director-general will say Islamic State continues to plot devastating attacks.

He will tell EU spies in Berlin 5 attacks have been disrupted on UK soil since the murder of Lee Rigby in 013.

Pointing to 45 attacks across Europe since 016, Mr Parker will warn of an ‘intense and unrelenting international terrorist threat’. He will say he is ‘confident about our ability to tackle these threats, because of the strength and resilience of our democratic systems, the resilience of our societies and the values we share with our European partners’.

The thwarted attacks include alleged plans to carry out carnage at tourist attractions, pop concerts and government buildings.

Plots have also included knife and vehicle rampages across the country.

Mr Parker’s comments come ahead of the first anniversary of the bombing at Manchester Arena that killed .