Armed officers are on duty around a court building where the trial of a man accused of murdering two police officers is due to start.
Dale Cregan, 29, is accused of the murder of PCs Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes, and of father and son David and Mark Short, last year.
The trial, at Preston Crown Court, will get under way later although the jury will not be sworn in until Tuesday and the opening remarks are not expected until Thursday.
Cregan arrived at the courthouse this morning after being driven to Preston in a police convoy.
PC Hughes, 23, and PC Bone, 32, are alleged to have been murdered as they responded to a report of a burglary in Hattersley, Greater Manchester, on the morning of September 18 last year.
PCs Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes were murdered last year. Former amateur boxer Mark Short is alleged to have been killed at the Cotton Tree pub in Droylsden, Manchester, on the evening of May 25.
His 46-year-old father was found dead on August 10 after an explosion at a house in nearby Clayton.
Cregan has pleaded not guilty to the offences.
Up to 150 officers are in the precincts of the court and inside the building in preparation for the start of the trial, which is expected to last 12 weeks, with a week's break for Easter.
As part of the stepped-up security, a portable cabin has been built on the steps of the court entrance so all visitors can be searched.
Lawyers, media and other court users will have to pass through airport-style metal detectors, watched by police and security guards.
Further checks will take place inside the courthouse for those seeking access to Court One, where the trial will be held.
Once a jury has been selected, the trial, presided over by Mr Justice Holroyde QC, will begin with Nicholas Clarke QC putting the case for the prosecution.
Simon Csoka QC will defend Cregan.
Seats in the public gallery have been set aside for relatives of the police officers and the Short family, and also the detectives who worked on the murder inquiries.
A handful of seats have been reserved inside for the media, but most of the 50 members of the press and broadcasters who are expected to cover the trial will watch the case unfold via TV screens in an annexe inside the courthouse.
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