Security checks at U.K. ports tightened after Paris attack

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Security measures have been tightened at the U.K. ports and border controls on Thursday after the tragic incident of terrorist atrocity in Paris.

The British government have taken the decision to step up the security in response to the deadly attack on the office of weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris.

Home secretary Theresa May has told the extra security was not based on specific intelligence, but rather was “an appropriate” to the events on Wednesday that left 12 people dead after an attack on a French satirical magazine.

The Interior Minister has said: “Following the attacks we took the precautionary step yesterday of increasing security at the French-UK border.

Officers from border force, the police and other organisations operating at the U.K. border have intensified checks on passengers, on vehicles, and on goods coming from France and other parts of Europe.”

The Home Office have also confirmed the country’s threat alert, which is already at its second highest level, had not been changed. And the current threat level indicates a high probability of an attack on British soil.

A spokeswoman for Prime Minister David Cameron has cited a visible extra security presence expected to be in place both at British and French ports and stations which serve destinations in the U.K.

There is a general belief that passengers using stations serving Eurostar and Le Shuttle and ports that serve ferries to and from France will be affected from newly adopted measures.

The government also told Britain had sent a police counter-terrorism expert to France in an attempt to assist its counterpart.

Earlier, Ms May had chaired Britain’s emergency response committee Cobra meeting over the Paris attack, which heard briefings from intelligence agencies and national security advisers.

Meanwhile, London Mayor Boris Johnson has insisted that there was no intelligence to suggest an increased threat to London and attempted to convince tourists not be frightened away from Paris.

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