A woman who risked her life to confront an armed man suspected of slaughtering a British soldier in broad daylight has described how she tried to calm him moments after the barbaric attack.

Terrorism returned to the streets of London today as two suspected Muslim fanatics butchered a man in broad daylight in the name of “Allah”.

A major police operation was launched today after two suspected terrorists murdered a man in the street in broad daylight.

A man was killed and two others were taken to hospital with gunshot wounds today following a “serious incident” understood to involve a serving British soldier.

Media watchdogs should consider “very seriously” whether News Corporation remains a fit and proper organisation to run satellite TV company BSkyB, The UK's Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said today.