UK TERROR THREAT LEVEL RAISED TO 'CRITICAL' FOLLOWING MANCHESTER ARENA ATROCITY

Britain is on critical terror alert with military troops set to bolster police forces amid fears Manchester attacker Salman Abedi did not act alone.

Prime Minister Theresa May has raised the threat level to the highest possible rating, meaning another atrocity is expected imminently.

She said a "wider group of individuals" could have been involved in the Manchester Arena blast rather than just suicide bomber Abedi.

GENERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGNING REMAINS SUSPENDED AS TERROR THREAT LEVEL RAISED

The major party leaders' campaigns for the June 8 General Election will remain suspended after the terror threat level was raised to its highest level following the Manchester attack.

Prime Minister Theresa May will continue handling the response to the atrocity, chairing another meeting of the Cobra emergency committee on Wednesday morning.

The campaigns of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and Liberal Democrat counterpart Tim Farron will also remain paused.

COUNTER-TERROR POLICE ARREST MAN AT STANSTED AIRPORT

A man has been arrested by counter-terror police at Stansted Airport on suspicion he planned on travelling to Syria.

The 37-year-old man was stopped before boarding a flight to Turkey on Tuesday night.

He was arrested on suspicion of preparing for acts of terrorism, although the arrest was not connected to the Manchester Arena attack, Scotland Yard said.

DANIEL CRAIG'S TRIBUTE TO FELLOW BOND SIR ROGER MOORE: NOBODY DOES IT BETTER

Daniel Craig has joined Pierce Brosnan in paying tribute to their James Bond predecessor Sir Roger Moore after his death aged 89.

The longest reigning 007 died in Switzerland on Monday after a "short but brave battle with cancer", his family said.

An image of Sir Roger with his arm around Craig as they both wore tuxedos was posted to official Bond social media accounts on Tuesday night.

QUEEN TO ATTEND SERVICE MARKING 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE

The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh will attend a service to mark the 100th anniversary of the Order of the British Empire.

Almost two thousand holders of the Order's awards, from Knights and Dames to those who have received a CBE, OBE or MBE, will attend the service at St Paul's cathedral.

The congregation will be formed by people from all parts of the UK and Commonwealth, and will include a number of honorary award holders.

MORE PEOPLE 'MAY MISS OUT ON TAX BREAKS DUE TO RISE IN OLDER COHABITING COUPLES'

A "dramatic" increase in the number of older cohabiting couples could lead to more people missing out on valuable tax breaks and state pension rights, analysis by an insurer suggests.

Royal London found that despite a growing trend of over-65s living with a partner as an unmarried couple, perhaps after previously being widowed or divorced, many tax and benefits rules still treat cohabiting couples as "second class citizens".

While the rate of cohabitation generally has risen by around one third since the turn of the century, the rate among those over state pension age has trebled, according to Royal London.

RESEARCHERS MUST NOT BE SHORT-CHANGED BY BREXIT, WARNS ROYAL SOCIETY PRESIDENT

Funding from the European Union is "essential" for UK science and innovation and ministers must ensure that researchers are not "short-changed" by Brexit, the president of the Royal Society has warned.

Professor Sir Venki Ramakrishnan's comments came as analysis revealed the reliance researchers had on EU funding streams, with £120 million allocated to clinical medicine and £91 million for biosciences, according to the latest figures.

Individual universities also benefited from substantial sums of funding from Brussels, with Oxford receiving more than £60 million in 2014-15, according to the analysis commissioned by the UK's four national academies.

OVER-65S WITH CHRONIC CONDITIONS AND DISABILITY 'TO SURGE TO 2.8M BY 2025'

A care time bomb is ticking with the number of older people affected by chronic conditions and disability set to soar in the next eight years, experts have warned.

Scientists estimate that by 2025 there could be 2.8 million people over 65 years of age needing care in England and Wales - a 25% increase since 2015.

They are calling for urgent disease prevention policies aimed at improving diet, reducing alcohol consumption, helping smokers to quit, and targeting high blood pressure and physical inactivity.

HORMONE INJECTIONS CAN HELP SPREAD THE LOVE BETWEEN STRANGERS, SEAL STUDY SHOWS

Love hormone injections can spread a little of what the world needs now between strangers, scientists have shown.

The experiment was conducted among wild grey seals given shots of the hormone oxytocin - known to forge emotional bonds between mothers and babies, and romantic partners.

Scientists found that after the jabs, newly introduced seals instantly hit it off, seeking out each other's company and keeping physically close.

POLICE SHOULD HAVE STORMED SYDNEY SIEGE CAFE EARLIER, CORONER SAYS

Police responding to a deadly hostage crisis in a Sydney cafe underestimated the threat the gunman posed and should have stormed the building earlier, a coroner has said.

New South Wales state Coroner Michael Barnes issued his findings on Wednesday after a 2.5 year inquiry into the 2014 siege at the Lindt Cafe in central Sydney.

The conclusions follow intense criticism from several of the 18 hostages and families of the victims, who have long questioned why police waited nearly 17 hours to enter the cafe.

FOUR BODIES FOUND INSIDE TENT AT THE HIGHEST CAMP ON EVEREST

Sherpa rescuers have found the bodies of four climbers inside a tent on the highest camp on Mount Everest, raising the death toll this climbing season to 10.

The bodies were found by a team of rescuers who were there to recover the body of a Slovak mountaineer who died over the weekend, Tourism Department official Hemanta Dhakal said.

The identities of the dead climbers in the tent were still unknown and other rescuers were heading there to learn more details.