Malala Yousufzai, the Nobel Peace Prize winner and female education campaigner, has received 24-hour police protection from the UK government after an increase in threats to her life.

She will now be accompanied at all times by two armed guards, the same protection normally afforded to government ministers or visiting foreign politicians.

She was first targeted for assassination in Pakistan by the Talibanaged just 14, who shot her in the head for her work fighting for a girl’s right to attend school.

Last week Malala, now attending high school in the UK, received the results for her national high school exams, passing with flying colors. She received 6 A*s and 4 As in her GCSEs, exams taken by every 16 year old in education.