UK: Armed guards seen on the streets of Westminster as military boosts security in the wake of Canadian parliament attack

He seemed somewhat out of place amid the traditional, old-fashioned ceremony of Changing the Guard.

But this heavily armed soldier in combat fatigues proved every bit as much of an attraction to the camera-wielding tourists at Horse Guards Parade in London yesterday.

Troops with machine guns have been deployed alongside their red-clad sword-bearing comrades as a security measure following the shooting of a ceremonial guard outside the Canadian parliament .... http://www.dailymail.co.uk