NOW MAKE IT LAW

Mum is calling for swift changes

- BEN GRIFFITHS

THE mum of Manchester terror attack victim Martyn Hett says recommendations to make entertainment venues safer must become law without delay.

Figen Murray, a tireless campaigner for tougher security to guard against terrorists, said action is needed "now, before it is too late".

Days after the concert massacre in Moscow which left 137 dead, a landmark UK report is set to recommend new laws to protect venues from attacks.

The Home Office document expected to lay out measures such as venue staff needing counter-terror training, bosses carrying out stringent risk analysis inside and outside premises and, in some cases, beefing up electronic security such as metal detectors.

The proposals are set to form the basis of Martyn's Law, named after Figen's son, one of the 22 people killed in the Manchester Arena bombing in 2017.

Figen, 62, is backing the expected measures in the report.

She said: "ISIS has shown in Moscow they're still a huge threat. We have to move quickly to shore up our defences against terror.

"We are living in one of the most dangerous times for terror.

"It has not been this bad since 2017 and the wave of awful attacks we saw that year.

"Any day now we will get a response from the long consultation on Martyn's Law, which needs to be implemented immediately to safeguard this country against the wave of terror which I fear is sweeping Europe.

"The attack in Moscow knocked me sideways. It devastated me, brought everything back.