Daily Mail: Britain on lockdown: Army sends 1,000 soldiers to guard Buckingham Palace, Parliament is closed to the public and Changing of the Guard is cancelled
* Armed troops will guard key locations in London including Buckingham Palace, Scotland Yard says
* The Changing of the Guard ceremony has been cancelled in London and Parliament is on lockdown
* It comes after Theresa May warned a further terror attack may be 'imminent' following Manchester bombing
* Decision, taken at meeting of Government's emergency Cobra committee, will see 984 troops deployed
* It is the first time the military has been sent out to patrol British streets since a similar threat in 2003
* It follows a terror attack on Ariana Grande concert in Manchester which killed 22 people and injured 119 more
Britain took the unprecedented step of deploying hundreds of soldiers to patrol the streets of London today as the country woke up to a heightened terror threat following the Manchester suicide bombing.
Around 1,000 heavily-armed military personnel are guarding the Houses of Parliament, Buckingham Palace and other landmarks around the country after Theresa May warned that a fresh terror attack on the UK may be 'imminent'.
Officers in camouflage combat fatigues carrying the SA-80 rifles usually only fired in war zones walked beside Metropolitan Police officers through the streets of Whitehall this afternoon.
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