levels of security for people like me who report outside downing street to go there. over the years, there has been a significant ramping up of security, and at least after an attack a few years ago at the front gates of parliamentjust down the road from me at whitehall about 50 metres from where we are just now, that attack on someone drove there and made it into the front garden, new palace yard of the palace of westminster, so it s definitely right to say that over the last few years, there has been a significant ramping up of the security presence around parliament, which would mean that the police had thought about the possibility of a situation like this with a car driving towards downing street, as we have seen in those images that we brought you a few minutes ago. nevertheless, i can t remember seeing one get through that first security level before and into those front gates of downing street. downing street. nick, stay there, but for peeple downing street. nick,
political correspondent is very close to that scene they are on the left hand side close to the cordons, and that security operation continues, because, of course, the arrest has been made, but they will be looking and certainly saw it a while ago with the boot open, just trying to ensure that everything has been made safe, and in effect, the security alert is over. security alert is over. yes, that s ri . ht. it security alert is over. yes, that s right- it does security alert is over. yes, that s right. it does look security alert is over. yes, that s right. it does look to security alert is over. yes, that s right. it does look to me - security alert is over. yes, that s right. it does look to me like - security alert is over. yes, that s right. it does look to me like the security operation here is all but over. there are people starting to leave the cabinet office. he might be able to see them in the distance there at the next building up, so the people who are being told t