LONDON (Reuters) - Britain scaled down its security alert overnight and eased a ban on airline cabin baggage imposed last week after police said they had foiled a plot to blow up airliners using liquid explosives disguised as drinks.
Home Secretary John Reid said the downgrading of the threat of a terrorist attack from Critical, the highest level, to Severe, did not mean the danger of an attack had passed.
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