New ‘Home Guard’ to protect UK from attacks

A new Second World War-style “Home Guard” will protect Britain’s key infrastructure from foreign threats and terror attacks, under government plans. A major defence review is expected to recommend that power plants, airports and telecoms hubs are defended by thousands of volunteers. The new unit will be modelled on the Home Guard of the 1940s, which was formed of men too old or young to serve in the military. Their task was to defend Britain against the Nazis in case of a land invasion. The new