UK plans multi-million-pound anti-terror guard for villages

The UK is planning to set up a multi- million-pound counter-terrorism "local hub" in the southwest, popular with tourists, to protect isolated areas, amid an IS threat of mass shootings in far-lung villages of the country.
The plan is part of a 143-million-pound boost to improve Britain's armed policing capability over the next five years, which will see 1,500 firearms officers recruited.
Che Donald, firearms lead for the Police Federation of England and Wales, told 'Sunday Express' that the new counter-terror base in the southwest would provide better cover for a largely rural part of Britain.
"Hubs we have at present are in major urban areas, London, West Midlands and Greater Manchester. But I know that plans are afoot to incorporate the south-west region," he said.

"This is popular with tourists and home to many holiday parks, so it makes sense to have a local hub to draw cover from as the next nearest place would be the West Midlands, an awful long way," he added.
According to intelligence reports sited by the newspaper, Islamic State (IS) terrorists are planning a mass shooting in a remote village of the UK, including gunmen going from house to house.

A Tunisia-style attack on a holiday park is also feared.
Sensitive sites like nuclear power stations also tend to be in rural areas and police from such areas has already undergone training exercises on how to respond.

The new rural hub will have intelligence-gathering teams as well as a unit of specially-trained firearms officers.
It is to be located in southwest England and will cover vast tracts of Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and parts of Gloucestershire.