Now cadets told: It’s not safe to wear uniforms in public

CHILDREN in school cadet forces have been warned not to wear their army uniform in public amid fears of a terror attack.

Pupils were also told to carry out searches of training areas and accommodation before setting up camp.

A notice published on a Facebook group told individual units to ensure with ‘immediate effect’ that ‘appropriate security measures’ were put into place in all detachments.

The warnings come days after serving soldiers were told not to wear uniforms outside barracks amid fears of a copycat attack after last year’s murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby in London. Earlier this week, police were also warned not to wear uniforms off-duty following a ‘credible’ telephone threat.

A Combined Cadet Force (CCF) source said: ‘It’s such a terrible shame children are being told not to wear their uniforms.’

The threat level for the armed forces was raised from ‘substantial’ to ‘severe’ last week, meaning that a terrorist attack on military personnel is highly likely.

An MoD spokesman said the same security measures that applied to serving personnel also applied to cadet forces.

In light of this, Middlesex and North West London Army Cadet Force and 235 Westminster Cadet Detachment i ssued precautions which included no uniforms when travelling to and from cadet activities.

But no such advice has been passed on north of the Border.

Officials at Glasgow Academy, Glasgow High School and Kelvinside Academy and Hutcheson’s Grammar School, said they were unaware of any issue.

The Scottish Council f or Independent Schools said: ‘We haven’t received any information of any CCF uniform ban.’