A woman arrested in Kent accused of being part of Britain's first all-female terror gang is to face trial next year.

Mina Dich, 43, her daughter Rizlaine Boular, 21, and Khawla Barghouthi, 20, planned to murder innocent bystanders with knives, it is claimed.

A fourth suspect, a 17-year-old girl, is accused of trying to reach Syria, and later plotting an attack in the UK.

Dich, Boular and Barghouthi are charged with one count of conspiracy to murder and one count of preparation of terrorist acts.

The teenager is charged with two counts of preparation of terrorist acts.

A hearing took place at the Old Bailey today to discuss fixing a trial date.

The three older defendants appeared briefly in court via video link from Bronzefield Prison in Surrey.

Boular, Dich, and Barghouthi, are alleged to have conspired together to murder a person or persons unknown between April 11 and April 28 2017.

They are also said to have engaged in conduct in preparation of terrorist acts during the same period.

The charge alleges that Boular planned to carry out an attack using knives or other weapons in the UK, and Dich and Barghouthi planned to help her do so.

Boular was shot when armed police stormed a house in Willesden, north west London on April 27, and later arrested.

Barghouthi was arrested during the raid, while Dich was detained in Kent.

Boular, of Clerkenwell, central London, Dich of Vauxhall, south London, and Barghouthi, of Willesden, and the teenager were all remanded in custody.

No trial date has been fixed yet and a further hearing will take place next month.