Where later this evening we will announce who has won the man booker prize. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Britain faces the highest rate of terror attacks in the last 30 years, with some plots hatched in just days and 3,000 extremists currently being investigated. Thats according to the head of mi5, Andrew Parker, whos given a rare interview and defended the services record, after four terrorist attacks this year. 0ur security correspondent, Frank Gardner, reports. Four terrorist attacks in britain, inspired by so called Islamic State, in the space of six months. Most of the attackers were already known to mi5, the security service. Today, its director general addressed journalists on the extent of the current threat. Weve seen a dramatic up shift in threat this year. Its at the highest tempo ive seen in my 34 year career. I asked him why mi5 was unable to stop those attacks by known extremists. The likelihood is that sometimes attacks can happen, weve seen that. Ive also said
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