Ministers warn of more attacks

Peter Hain, UK Minister for Europe, warned that Osama bin Laden is planning fresh terrorist attacks over the coming weeks.

He was supported by Foreign Ministerr Jack Straw, who, speaking on BBC Radio's Today programme. also said he believed the bin Laden networrk cpould be plannning attacks in the UK.

Speaking on BBC Question Time last night, Mr Hain did not say where intelligence agencies believed the likely targets were.

He told the programme: "I understand he is preparing for high–impact terrorist attacks in the coming weeks, if he's able to. We've got to track him down. We've got to stop him."