Late-night drive and a 999 call: chance encounter that led to terrorism arrests at RAF base

Local people say members of WhatsApp group noticed suspicious activity around vans in Whelford overnight

In the early hours of Sunday morning, a resident of the village of Whelford was driving home when she saw three white vans parked on a country road.

She was immediately suspicious, she said - all the more so when she spotted a large group of hooded and balaclava'd" men.