Next-generation games consoles have been banned from prisons amid fears the technologically advanced systems could be used to coordinate terror attacks.

News in from The Sun newspaper suggests that the consoles could be used to send and receive radio signals, therefore presenting too much of s risk, it emerges. The 460, the PlayStation 3 and the have all be culled amid these fears.

The was banned from UK prisons under guidance issued in late 2005, and it appears that the and the DS are similarly dangerous. "The technology in the new generation of computer games makes them a security risk," an insider told The Sun. "There is concern that top terror suspects have been using systems already in jails. Radio software is an integral part of the equipment."

In the future, the report hints, all games consoles could be banned from prisons - amid unspecified fears that go beyond radio capabilities. More on this as we get it.

By Luke Guttridge