Magdeburg's Christmas market is a sad sight. This should have been the busiest weekend of the season, but the whole area has been cordoned off and all the stands are shut. Police are the only people walking around the boarded-up mulled wine and gingerbread stalls. On the pavement, red candles flicker, tributes laid for the victims.

Police bosses in the UK say information from the public has helped stop 'over 40 terrorist plots' as they warned of the threat this Christmas following the deadly Magdeburg attack