Police in UK Ask Public To Look Out For Terror Suspects During Christmas Period. WHAT DO THEY KNOW?

The public is being urged to turn detective and report terror suspects to police in the final days before Christmas.

Tip-offs have gone up by 50% in the past year but police say they still need help to spot potential terrorists who might threaten big festive crowds.

Christmas markets, shopping centres, concerts and pantos across the UK are all vulnerable to attack, said counter-terror police chief Jon Savell.

"The public are our eyes and ears," said Deputy Assistant Commissioner Savell. "Without public support and vigilance, it actually makes our job an awful lot more difficult.

"Our concern is public spaces, crowded places and the natural vulnerability of that for obvious reasons, places where you've got many, many people, tourists, shoppers, local residents and people coming to work.