growing from within it, and that is secular ideologies as well as religious beliefs. but nobody in their right mind can claim the name of god for violence of this sort. this is an abomination against the name of god. and as if to further emphasise the catholic church's commitment to interfaith relationships, we'vejust learned that cardinal vincent nichols will be taking a delegation of four british imams to meet with pope francis at the beginning of next month. back to you. martin, thank you. let's look at the latest weather, with helen willetts. it's chilly out and about. drier,

clearer skies are coming in from east. we'll see things starting to dry upa east. we'll see things starting to dry up a little in somerset. this is how it was looking about an hour ago. we have got more sunshine further north. this is lincolnshire. this will become more of the norm, as we had through friday and into the weekend. at the moment we have a keen north—easterly wind which is accentuated the chill. it starts to pick up quite significantly through this evening. across the south—west it looks as if we will state cloudy and dampfor it looks as if we will state cloudy and damp for much of the rest of daylight. it will feel colder, given the strengthening wind. they'll be more sunshine across eastern and southern counties of england compared to this morning. cloud gci’oss compared to this morning. cloud across south wales initially and a few showers but northern england, northern ireland and scotland and the borders into northern england, where we had the patchy rain and sleet this morning, is drying up. we have showers to contend with across scotland. it's pretty chilly, 6—7. across the northern isles, the showers continue on the breeze. in

the south, the wind strengthens and this evening and overnight it may touch gale or severe gale force across the south coast of devon and cornwall. it encourages more rain and cloud to come in here, perhaps east anglia. generally speaking skies will be clearer. these are towns and cities. it will be frosty in the countryside. given we've had a bit of rain and sleet there could be icy patches, even a little freezing fog first thing friday. the rain is more limited in the south tomorrow. the breeze does start to ease off and we'll see brighter skies materialising. eventually. we still have that keen breeze and the showers for the lawlor isles but for many parts friday as drier, brighter there will be more sunshine around. the winds start ease. it will not feel so chilly. temperatures are little higher. as i hinted earlier with the high withers for the weekend, we should see similar conditions through saturday and sunday. we keep a clean breeze near the south coast. it will make it feel a little chilly because it's still coming in from a relatively

cold source, the east. seeing more cloud on saturday and sunday, these are the capitals, representative of the whole country. it's a dry scenario as we get to the weekend with increasingly warm in the light sunshine but there will be fast and potentially freezing fog by night. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime. the prime minister says the man who carried out yesterday's attack was british—born and known to the security services. so—called islamic state has claimed responsibility for the attack, which has left three people dead. that's all from the bbc news that one. it's goodbye from me. i'm annita mcveigh outside new

scotla nd i'm annita mcveigh outside new scotland yard. the mayor of london sadiq khan is inside, having a meeting with police chiefs, and earlier today there was a minute's silence in front of the eternal flame, just on the other side of the building, in memory of the colleague who lost his life yesterday. pc keith palmer, the acting commissioner of the met, craig mackey, spoke after that minute's silence and said the words, the police are the public and the public are the police, as he said that as well as the huge investigation that is going on in the wake of yesterday's attack, the police wa nted yesterday's attack, the police wanted to reassure the public and be highly visible. he was urging members of the public to come forward and speak to an officer if they had any concerns. just to bring you a piece of breaking news, we are hearing that westminster bridge has now been reopened, that is really

quite amazing when you think of the very complex forensic operation that has had to take place there since yesterday's attack when the car driven by the attacker ploughed into people on the bridge and police really making sure that scene has been fully examined for any possible clues and evidence. westminster bridge now reopened, and that is a remarkably fast operation, given the events. i understand i can talk to a farmer hassan from the quilliam foundation, the anti—extremist think tank. i hope you can hear me. just your thoughts on what has happened, the events of the last 2a hours, an attack that was remarkably low tech,

using a carand attack that was remarkably low tech, using a car and knives. firstly i'd like to pay tribute to pc keith palmer and the other victims who are the masters in this case, and of course the terrorist will be condemned rightly by all civilised people. this is what we are seeing from al-qaeda and isis in the last three orfour mike weir from al-qaeda and isis in the last three or four mike weir years, encouraging people to use low—tech, high impact attacks like this, to turn cars and trucks into murder weapons. we saw this in nice in france, in bergen last year in germany —— in germany, and that was encouraged by isis propaganda videos in the last few years, so we are shocked but not surprised as they explicitly wanted followers to do this. it is an easy way to turn thousands of potential terrorist into real attackers, they don't need to learn to make a bomb or hijack an airline, anything like that, it is

quite simple, grab some knives or other weapons and turn your car or van or truck into a lethal weapon. so we have to be really alert to this now. not surprisingly either, usama that the news agency for the so—called islamic state is claiming this attack, polini elite —— clearly police here saying they believe the individual responsible for this may have been acting alone, although we know a number of arrests have been made in relation to this, they believe he may have been acting alone but was inspired by the likes of so—called islamic state. alone but was inspired by the likes of so-called islamic state. yes, we have seen this pattern over the last two or three years now, isis do put out these general encouragement incitements to their supporters worldwide to attack nonbelievers and even muslims in their neighbourhood,

they put out these general incitements and when somebody does actually act on that, even alone or perhaps directed from syria or iraq, oi’ perhaps directed from syria or iraq, or with local networks or cells, then they claim responsibility and put out these press releases, isis do, saying soldiers of isis, they did it with the tunisian who murdered 30 british holiday—makers, for example, they did it with the knees and berlin attackers and others, so we don't know whether the direct link with isis yet, whether this person is a completely lone attacker or part of a network or sell, but sadly this is a pattern we will often see, that isis is probably at least indirectly responsible given the nature of the very strong incitement that we have seenin very strong incitement that we have seen in propaganda videos over the last few years. given that tactics have changed, what can the police

andindeed have changed, what can the police and indeed public, community response be to try to prevent attacks of this type? well, of course, to prevent an attack like this is almost impossible. we can have extra security, extra checking vehicles, especially around major targets and landmarks, we can have more bombards or fences targets and landmarks, we can have more bombards orfences on targets and landmarks, we can have more bombards or fences on the roads to stop vehicles coming off, but of course people still cross the road so it is almost impossible to stop this. the real battle is that of hearts and minds and ideology, because the fundamental ideology which underpins this is a divisive one which says muslims and non—muslims are at war everywhere all over the world, it is war everywhere and that muslims cannot live in peace and coexist with non—muslim people, you can't be citizens of the nation state together because for them it goes against religious tribalism or religious division of people. and it

is that idea which sadly has infected thousands of young muslims worldwide tojoin infected thousands of young muslims worldwide to join groups like al-qaeda and isis, and we really have to stamp that out, there must be zero tolerance for that of thinking, for sympathising with that kind of thinking. that is something that especially muslim communities worldwide, especially in the west, have to do more, and have been doing more, actually, since 9/11 and 7/7 commie if you look at the overall trajectory of muslim discourse it is positive, going in the right direction, a strong sense of coming together and shared values, there has been a positive response from wider society as well, apart from a few fringe neo—nazis who make things worse with their anti—muslim rhetoric. what brings us together as citizens in nation states, that will help to win the battle of hearts and minds and even turned some of these

terrorists away from that path, that has been done in the uk and worldwide, many people who wanted to be terrorist and carry out actions like the westminster attacked yesterday have actually been successfully deradicalisation prisons and communities and that work needs more resources and to be supported better. usama hasan, thank you for your time this afternoon. yesterday we saw so many images that people had captured on their phones, images outside the commons and indeed inside the commons and indeed inside the commons of the immediate aftermath of this attack here in westminster. inside the commons the conservative mp david davis was one of those who ca ptu red mp david davis was one of those who captured what was happening. stay back, stay back! is he coming? shouting. back, back, back, back!

get back! let's get back! get back! somebody‘s underfire. came under fire down there. inaudible. come this way, guys. let's get over to the other building. stay where you are, ok? i'll come this way. don't try to get down there at the moment. can you get a view

of what's going on? what's happened 7 stabbing. i'm trying to find out. scenes from inside parliament yesterday captured by the mp david davis. we are not afraid were the words that theresa may began her statement to the commons with earlier this morning. she spoke at some length about her thoughts and feelings, the government's response to this attack at the very heart of democracy here, and she also spoke about the individual behind the attack and what is known so far, although his identity hasn't been released yet, and she said that he was british born and bred and was known to m15. the man was british—born and that, some years ago, he was once investigated by m15 in relation to concerns about violent extremism. he was a peripheral figure.

the case is historic. he was not part of the current intelligence picture. there was no prior intelligence of his intent, or of the plot. intensive investigations continue. and, as acting deputy commissioner rowley confirmed last night, our working assumption is that the attacker was inspired by islamist ideology. mr speaker, we know the threat from islamist terrorism is very real, but while the public should remain utterly vigilant, they should not and will not be cowed by this threat. as acting deputy commissioner rowley has made clear, we are stepping up policing to protect communities across the country and to reassure the public, and as a precautionary measure this will mean increasing the number of patrols in cities across the country with more police and more armed police on the streets. sincejune 2013, our police, security and intelligence agencies have successfully disrupted 13

separate terrorist plots in britain. following the 2015 strategic defence and security review, we protected the police budgets for counterterrorism and committed to increase cross—government spending on counterterrorism by 30% in real terms over the course of this parliament. and over the next five years we will invest an extra 2.5 billion in building our global security and intelligence network, employing over 1900 additional staff at m15, m16, and gchq, and more than doubling our global network of counterterrorism experts working with priority countries across europe, the middle east, africa and asia. mr speaker, in terms of security here in westminster, we should be clear first of all that an attacker attempted to break into parliament and was shot dead within 20 yards of the gate. if his intention was to gain access

to this building, we should be clear that he did not succeed. the police heroically did theirjob. the prime minister. labour leader jeremy corbyn has also been giving his reaction. what happened yesterday, within metres of where we sit now, was an appalling atrocity. the police are still piecing together what took place, and what lay behind it. it behoves us all not to rush to judgment, but to wait for the police to establish the facts, to stay united in our communities, and not allow fear or the voices of hatred to divide or cower us. today we're united by our humanity, and by our democratic values,

and by that human impulse of solidarity. to stand together in times of darkness and adversity. mr speaker, i express my condolences to the family and friends of police officer keith palmer. who gave his life yesterday in defence of the public and of our democracy. we thank the police and security personnel who keep us safe everyday on this estate. we especially pay tribute to the bravery of those who took action to stop the perpetrator of yesterday's assault. the police and security staff lost a colleague yesterday, and continue to fulfil their duties despite their shock and their grief for their fallen colleagues. jeremy corbyn. a little later in the commons, as more and more mps began

to speak about their thoughts and feelings about yesterday, it was ha rd feelings about yesterday, it was hard for many of them to hide their emotion among those james cleverly, the mp for braintree, who was a friend of keith palmer, the police co nsta ble friend of keith palmer, the police constable who died yesterday. they had known each other for 25 years and had served in the royal artillery together before james cleverly became an mp, of course, and before keith palmer became a member of the metropolitan police. this is what james cleverly had to say. i would like to turn forjust a moment to pc keith palmer, who i first met 25 years ago as gunner keith palmer at headquarters battery 100 regiment royal artillery. he was a strong, professional public servant. and it was a delight to meet him here again only a few months after being elected. would my right honourable friend the prime minister, in recognition of the work that he did and the other police

officers and public servants here in the house do, consider recognising his gallantry and sacrifice formally with a posthumous recognition? thank you, mr speaker. many other mps echoing james cleverly‘s call for a posthumous honourfor pc cleverly‘s call for a posthumous honour for pc keith palmer. keith palmer was a fan of charlton athletic football club, he was a season—ticket holder, and we will just show you some pictures now as the club pays tribute to him also. a scarf has been placed by charlton athletic on seat 166 in the east stand at the valley, and that was

the seat of pc keith palmer. marking his passing as well, dying in the line of duty as he helped to protect parliament and those who work there. we have been hearing more about some of the other victims of yesterday's attacks, one of them was aysha frade, who worked at a college, taught spanish, and was on her way to collect her children when she was struck by the car on westminster bridge. a friend of hers has been speaking about her. she was a lovely girl, lovely mother, lovely wife. she was just a lovely person with two lovely children, two lovely, lovely girls. how are these children, they've lost their mother? you leave your kids, you took them to school, to go and pick them up, and now this has happened to you. i'm just in shock, i'm in too much

shock, i can't believe it. i think i'll have to go in. with me now is my colleaguejo coburn. in your career you have never experienced 211 hours like the 24 never experienced 211 hours like the 211 hours we have just seen? no, i have never experienced it, i have worked in westminster, in this community, because it is a community, because it is a community, the nearly 20 years and we have been warned about this sort of thing happening, and of course i was here during 7/7 in 2005, i was in downing street on that day, but since then i have neverfelt in downing street on that day, but since then i have never felt as close to what we would call this type of incident occurring right in the palace of westminster, and i was there yesterday with a friend, pmqs day, prime minister's questions is a busy day, the houses were packed, parliament was packed, tourists, visitors, parliamentarians walking

along new palace yard where the attacker breached security and, tragically, pc keith palmer lost his life protecting us, keeping us out of harms way, but in the line of duty he was stabbed and fell and died there, despite the attempts of the mp tobias ellwood to try and revive him. at that point i didn't know, we had heard the gunshots ring out that shocked the attacker dead, we didn't know two people had been killed, you just mentioned them, as they were walking across the bridge, mown down by the car, but there was a sense of panic at that point because 110 one sense of panic at that point because no one knew what was happening. 0n the police rushed past us, we were told to run away from the danger but at that stage they didn't know if

there was another assailant, if there was another assailant, if there was an explosion inside the house of commons, and these are people, the police officers, security guards, the people on the gates that i have seen most days of my life coming in at ad of westminster, we say hello to them, they are very familiar to us, and yesterday was a tragedy. today, despite that attack at the very heart of our democracy, the house of commons is sitting, the house of commons is sitting, the house of commons is sitting, the house of lords is sitting, theresa may began her statement to the commons with the words, we are not afraid. perhaps you could reflect on that, the fact that everything is back today, in defiance of what happened. i think it is a very deliberate statement and moved to say we won't be cowled, life will go on as usual and, yes, mps were determined to come back to the chamber, a mark of respect to both the police officer and two of who lost their lives yesterday, to show that democracy will continue. this is the heart of oui’ will continue. this is the heart of our democracy, the heart of westminster, and there will be discussions about security and weather conditions should be reviewed, whether more police officers should be armed, but today was about

saying, we will carry on, we will go about our business, even though today isn't a normal day, and it is much quieter in the streets around westminster, but parliamentarians are there and they wanted to show as are there and they wanted to show as a mark of respect that they were not going to stay away. jo, going to stay away. jo, thank you very much for your thoughts, jo coburn. the duchess of cambridge has been speaking about yesterday's attack, she was at a charity event in london and said this. before i begin, i know that you would all want to join before i begin, i know that you would all want tojoin me in sending oui’ would all want tojoin me in sending our thoughts and prayers to all those sadly affected by yesterday's terrible attack in westminster. we will be thinking of all the families as we discuss the important issues we're here to talk about. the duchess of cambridge, speaking in london today. the queen had been due to be here at new scotland yard today, but that was cancelled in the light of yesterday's events, and of course as a mark of respect to pc

keith palmer. and, of course, as this huge operation goes on around london and in other parts of the uk, where arrests have been made and houses have been searched, the members of the force here are very much trying to come to terms with the loss of their colleague in the line of duty. but the message from the metropolitan police is that it's men and women are out on the streets, working hard to try to find out what they can about this attack, to try to make sure something like this doesn't happen again, to be highly visible for the public,

and to reassure the public as well. and let mejust remind and to reassure the public as well. and let me just remind you the news that we've been hearing that westminster bridge has now reopened, the scene of part of that attack yesterday has reopened, the forensics work has been completed remarkably quickly, given the complexity of the scene there, and that has reopened, another sign, if you like, of the show of defiance that london, the parliament, will not be prevented from running, from working, by an attack of this nature. we will have continuing coverage of all the developments on this story for you throughout the afternoon here on the bbc news channel, but let's just take a look at the weather forecast now. hello, it has been a fairly chilly start of the day, the wind really adding to the chill across southern areas, as is the rain that we have here at the moment, quite grey and damp. we had a smattering of snow from this line of cloud across northern england, southern scotland, but this is how it is looking recently in the cloud and rain across somerset, gradually easing westwards, this is how we lived in lincolnshire recently as well. i think there will be more sunshine on

offer as we head towards friday and the weekend but through the rest of the weekend but through the rest of the afternoon, with the rain into devon, cornwall, dorset, part of somerset still even by mid—afternoon, you can see it is taking its toll on temperatures, eight or nine celsius, add on the strengthening breeze and it will feel even chillier, more like winter than mid—march. further north, increasing amounts of sunshine through the midlands, wales, northern england and scotland as well, though a cross northern scotla nd well, though a cross northern scotland we will have a fair peppering of showers on a keen breeze. i will follow the progress of the rain as we had through the afternoon and evening, it gradually pulls away temporarily, the wind strengthens, though, severe gales near the devon and cornwall coastline but the rain returned here so all in all largely frost free across southern areas through the night, but noted elsewhere clearer skies and it will be a colder night on the nightjust gone, temperatures in the countryside low enough for prost, quite a sharp frost in the

glens of scotland. it could be icy in places, but friday looks as if it will be drier across southern counties, brighter as well as the cloud fins, though there will be quite a bit to start with across east anglia, the midlands and wales, still would showers across the northern isles as well, but in between the wind will be lighter on the whole and easing in the south so it won't feel quite as cold as it does today, 12 and 13, around average for the time of year, and those temperatures through the weekend, high—pressure across the uk keep things dry for most of us, though the isobars are tightly packed in

the isobars are tightly packed in the south which shows it will be breezy in the southern half of the country, that coming in from the east at this time of year still a little on the chilly side. but it looks as if many of us will have a dry weekend, it will feel warm in the sunshine with the light wind but the sunshine with the light wind but the payoff is some cold nights with some frost and indeed some fog. that is it for now. you're watching bbc news. i'm ben brown live at westminster — where the prime minister reveals that the man who carried out yesterday's terror attack was british—born and known to m15 — as so—called islamic state says it was behind it. a minute's silence was held this morning — at 09:33 — 933 was the shoulder number of the murdered officer. pc keith palmer was 118, a husband and father and described by one mp, who once served with him in the army, as a strong, professional public servant.

theresa may was asked to recognise his gallantry and sacrifice. he was a strong, professional, public servant. and it was a delight to meet him here again