you're watching bbc news. i'm annita mcveigh live outside scotland yard, where police have named the man believed to be behind yesterday's terror attack as 52—year—old khalid masood. he was born in kent but lived in the west midlands, and he was known to mi5. the so—called islamic state group has claimed responsibility. the third victim of the attack is named as kurt cochran, a us tourist in london to celebrate his anniversary. ayesha frade and pc keith palmer were also killed. all three of them were parents. donald trump tweets to offer his prayers and condolences to kurt cochrane, calling him a "great american." outside the palace of westminster, forensic officers carry out a fingertip search of the scene, as eight people are arrested

in overnight police raids. good afternoon from new scotland ya rd good afternoon from new scotland yard in westminster. in the next few minutes we are expecting flowers to be laid in memory of pc keith palmer, the police officer killed here yesterday while he was doing hisjob of here yesterday while he was doing his job of protecting parliament and the people in it. the flowers will be laid by members of the territorial support group based at catford, part of the parliamentary and diplomatic protection command, of which keith palmer was a member. in the last short while we have heard from the metropolitan police, who have named the attacker who killed keith palmer and two other people here at westminster yesterday as khalid masood, a 52—year—old man,

born in kent but police believe he was living most recently in the west midlands where he was known by a number of aliases, police say. they also say he was known to police and had the range of convictions from gbh to possession of offensive weapons, although he had never been convicted of any terrorist offences. with me is our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford. tell us correspondent daniel sandford. tell us what more we know about this individual? khalid masood is 52 yea rs individual? khalid masood is 52 years old, british born and bred, as the prime minister put it in the house of commons this morning. he was born in kent but most recently has been living in the west midlands. he has a string of convictions for violent offences. most recently in 2000 for possession ofa most recently in 2000 for possession of a knife, which is relevant to this crime. —— most recently in 2003. he has no convictions for

terrorism or terrorism related offences. the prime minister said in the house of commons this morning that he had been investigated by mi5 and the police or links to possible violent extremism. he had appeared on the periphery of an investigation which i understand was some years ago. he had therefore, onto the terrorism radar but was not part of the current intelligence picture. so we are seeing a the current intelligence picture. so we are seeing a man the current intelligence picture. so we are seeing a man with a violent past, but nobody knew he was actually a jihadist. and the interest that had been picked up by the police, as you say, some years ago, was on the periphery of an investigation. police simply don't have the resources to keep track of every individual who may have come up every individual who may have come up on their radar. is essentially they prioritise at any one time. there will be some suspect they watched literally 2a hours per day,

a massive amount of effort and resources going into that. you need to have six people watching anyone at any one time, and that needs to be in shifts. it's an enormous amount of resources. there are others they watch less carefully and with fewer resources. somebody like this, who has essentially drifted out of the intelligence picture, will not really be being watched at all. that's the reality of the huge amount of intelligence work in the police and mi5 have to do doing the uk at this moment. given the low—tech nature of the attack yesterday, using a car and nice. we saw in nice last year when people used a lorry. how will the metropolitan police decide how there will deal with this sort of threat and how they might revise security measures around westminster and parliament. there are two parts to that. partly they will check from

his electronic devices, telephone calls, recent history of communications, whether there was anything they could have picked up on. if there was something they could have picked up on, was there something they would have been able to monitor and learn lessons from. the truth is, anybody can hire a car and drive into a crowd of people. u nless and drive into a crowd of people. unless there is prior warning, their world be a serious review of security at westminster because of the fact he could breach the outer cordon. that will be the big concern in terms of the parliamentary estate security. that will be looked at again. although the man was killed is not long after he broke into the parliamentary estate, he nonetheless managed to kill a police officer and get through the outer cordon. daniel, thank you very much. daniel sandford, home affairs correspondent. we will keep an eye on what's happening behind us at new scotla nd on what's happening behind us at new scotland yard. if we clear the

camera for you, and as i mentioned we are expecting flowers to be laid by members of the parliamentary and diplomatic protection command. part of which pc keith palmer was part. we have had a statement from the family of pc keith palmer today saying he will be remembered as a wonderful dad and husband, a loving son, brother and uncle, wonderful dad and husband, a loving son, brotherand uncle, dedicated wonderful dad and husband, a loving son, brother and uncle, dedicated to hisjob and son, brother and uncle, dedicated to his job and proud son, brother and uncle, dedicated to hisjob and proud to be a police officer. brave and courageous. we can see now members of the

territorial support group, the tsg, based at catford, the parliamentary and diplomatic protection command, of which keith palmer was a member. asimple a simple but poignant gesture, as members of the territorial support group based at catford lay flowers in memory of their former colleague, pc keith palmer, who then went on to join the parliamentary and diplomatic protection command. the job that he was doing yesterday when he was killed by khalid massoud. pc

palmer was 48. hejoined he was killed by khalid massoud. pc palmer was 48. he joined the met in november 2001, and was married with a five—year—old daughter. to bring you more of the statement that has just been released to us by his family, they say keith will be remembered as wonderful dad and husband, loving son, brotherand uncle. a long—time supporter of charlton athletic football club, who placed a scarf on the seat that was his as a season ticket holder. he said he was proud to be a police officer, brave and courageous. his family and friends ask they be left alone to grieve in peace. we also haveit alone to grieve in peace. we also have it here that as a mark of

respect, his shoulder number, 4157u, will be retired and not three issued to any other officer. we can cross now to vicki young. here in westminster, things returning to normal, but mps determined to come here to show they are all on the same side, of freedom and democracy. not everything is back to normal, not as many members of the public here as normal. it's definitely a more quiet and reflective place than it normally is. that was certainly the case in the chamber, the house of commons, when theresa may addressed mps earlier. to discuss that more i'm joined by shadow home secretary diane abbott. 0ften joined by shadow home secretary diane abbott. often at times like this politicians come together and say they want to be united, but it felt from what people said on the labour benches and the opposition benches, that theresa may was

speaking for everybody. benches, that theresa may was speaking for everybodylj benches, that theresa may was speaking for everybody. i think it did. we are all very sad because parliament is a village. particularly the policeman who died is someone we all knew by sight. we are saddened by all the deaths and injuries, but today westminster as a village feels like it has lost one of its own. when this kind of thing happens, this kind of terror attack, it does stop things happening and changes lives for people in london. can we say this wasn't a successful attack? we can say it wasn't successful. mps came in greater numbers than we would normally today because we were determined to show parliament was going on as usual. i came in this morning on the underground and it was as full as usual. londoners are very resilient and they don't scare. londoners have got back to a normal routine because thatis got back to a normal routine because that is londoners' way of saying terrorists will not win. many people have reflected and say we all know about the plots that have been

stopped by security services, and in some ways it was almost inevitable one would get through. do you think questions need to be asked of the security services at this time? we need to review what happened, but it's a sad fact that we have to be lucky all the time and terrorists only have to get lucky once. we will review what happened, but it's very difficult to have a building built on the pattern of a medieval palace, where the public expects to come in and out and make it absolutely hermetically concealed from a determined suicide terrorist. are you via full that we are going down the road where you snmp get cut off more and more from the public? —— are you fearful that you as an mp. there has been talk today about getting more armed officers in here. i would be concerned if we became

increasingly cut off from constituents. parliament is often called the people's palace. public should be able to come in to see and lobby their mps. we have to have a balance. a parliament cut off from the public would be a parliament is not fulfilling its job. what about the perpetrator? there has been some talk from other politicians, including the ukip a leader who talked about a cancer in some muslim communities, saying those communities, saying those communities need to do more to get rid of it. what do you say to that? that sort of talk of cancers is deeply problematic. we all have to come together and support each other. one of the reasons why londoners are quite resilient is we have dealt with waves of terrorism before. what that has taught us is that it's no good demonising whole communities. you need the right strategy, the right surveillance, and in the end the right social contacts

and in the end the right social co nta cts to and in the end the right social contacts to isolate the men of violence. it has also been said there is too much political correctness. people need to say it as it is and people need to talk to the muslim community is more, said paul nuttall. people within the muslim community know there is a lwa ys muslim community know there is always more to do. like i say, to demonise and to marginalise the muslim community will not solve anything, because in the end we need to work with the muslim community. diane abbott, thank you very much indeed. a sombre day at westminster reflecting on the lives that have been lost within this palace of westminster and just outside. back to annita mcveigh. thank you to vicki young at westminster. we have been hearing from downing street in the last few minutes. theresa may has visited and talked to members of the public who

we re talked to members of the public who were hurt in yesterday's attack at westminster. the prime minister personally taking the time to talk to victims of that attack yesterday. we have also heard in another developing line that according to bbc sources, khalid massoud, the man the metropolitan police say carried out the attack, personally hired the car he used from a branch of enterprise car rental in birmingham, and according to bbc sources he gave his profession as a teacher when renting the hyundai suv. that'sjust coming into us. with us to discuss the attack further and the response to it is professor michael clarke, a government security adviser. what do you think, as police now investigate

the background of khalid massoud, what do you think the response will be? the investigation will move on quite quickly. i think it will move relatively nationwide. we have seen it in birmingham and they —— i would be surprised if it didn't move further afield. these people are often connected by friends and families in networks who all know what they are doing, or have some idea of their radicalisation. i think we will see the operation moving to a higher gear over the next couple of days. there will be a big issue over what is known about khalid massoud and to what extent he was on the radar of the security services and police. the police have said today they don't believe there is any suggestion or intelligence that there is any additional threat to the public, yet this attack was carried out in a hugely symbolic location. the police and government

will want the response to be proportionate. exactly, and they will not worry about it is necessarily being part of a bigger plot, and mark crowley was pretty clear that it wasn't. i guess they had the identity of the man more quickly, because they were clear about it within a couple of hours. but i'm sure they will worry about imitation attacks. there is all the publicity and we are standing here talking about it, so they will want to make sure the response is proportionate so as not to encourage imitation attacks. it was interesting talking to faith leaders who met the metropolitan police earlierfrom who met the metropolitan police earlier from the muslim community, who said to me that they believed the voices of condemnation from within the muslim community for this sort of attack, those voices need to be louder and they need to go on the offensive particularly against the influences of social media that are radicalising young people.

absolutely. when we first realised there was such a problem in 2004 and 2005 in that respect, there was a sense that the muslim communities and the leaders were the wrong people to talk to. the government was talking to the wrong people, you have to get inside those communities. since then the radicalisation has moved from the mosque and gyms and taxi firms into public parks and more social areas. it's not a question of talking to the seniorfaith leaders it's not a question of talking to the senior faith leaders who are in their 50s and not taken so seriously by younger people. it's getting into the younger people and the groups those younger people are involved with and get them to get on social media. you are right, the muslim communities in britain have to address more clearly than fact there isa address more clearly than fact there is a problem. we all have a problem, but they share it and we have to do more about it. do you think the government's prevent strategy, as it

operates currently is enough?m isn't enough. the government knows that. of all the areas of strategy, it's the most difficult. we know the government is looking at it, but they are open to ideas. this shouldn't be a top—down process. the government telling everyone else what to do isn't the way. you have to do encourage people to decide at community level what to do. the trick for prevent is to create the atmosphere for people to implement it themselves. professor michael clarke, thank you for your thoughts. a day of fast—moving developments as this massive investigation continues. i can get more on this from my colleague ben brown. we are on westminster bridge, the scene of the attack yesterday afternoon. it reopened at lunchtime,

about 24 hours after the attack happened. the assailant has now been named as 52—year—old khalid masood. we can show you the scene now the bridge has reopened. it's suddenly very busy with people who have come to see where it happened. it happened along this pavement, where masood drove his hired car, what police believe was his hired car, at very high speed along this pavement where pedestrians were walking. people from 12 different nationalities were injured. two people were killed, we now know, and people were killed, we now know, and people from many nationalities were injured. 40 people injured in all as he drove the car at very high speed. some witnesses say that it seemed as though he was driving his car at 70 mph along this pavement. people thrown in all directions and he kept on driving towards the palace of

westminster and round the car into the railings before running around to sta b the railings before running around to stab the police officer, pc keith palmer. we can talk to our political correspondent who has been here all afternoon. eleanor, quite surreal, the bridge where so much carnage happened, right here, is reopened to the public. as the hours have gone on since bridge reopened, it was about the exact same time, but 24 hours later, that the bridge reopened and the traffic and buses started moving through and tourists are here as well takings selfies, standing in front of the houses of parliament. there has been reflection, too, with people laying flowers. looking at some of the m essa 9 es flowers. looking at some of the messages left, one simply says, why western marked as you get nasty, we will become nicer. —— why? at labour leaderjeremy corbyn also came out of the houses of parliament. he laid

flowers at a spot close to where all the commotion, where everything happened yesterday. people talking about everything going back to normal. yes they are because we are seeing london busy again, but there is also the feeling that there is a lot of reflection around. the tourists i have spoken to, from south africa, brazil, all say they wa nt to south africa, brazil, all say they want to see for themselves the place where this attack happened, and also pay their respects to those injured. 0ver pay their respects to those injured. over the bridge, saint thomas's hospital, some of the doctors ran out of there when they heard what happened and gave immediate first aid to victims on the bridge. this is such a busy place on an ordinary day and ordinary week, the traffic is bustling and there are loads of tourists. we see police around as well. there are helicopters overhead, not because of a terrorist incident. 0bviously overhead, not because of a terrorist incident. obviously we see lots of

police around, the cordon is up on the other side of the bridge, 20 or 30 metres from where we are. i think things are gradually getting back to normal, but it will be sometime before parliament square is open and we can freely around again. eleanor, thank you for the moment, eleanor garnier, political correspondent here on westminster bridge. we can talk to councillor nikki aitken, leader of westminster council. you we re leader of westminster council. you were here yesterday when the attack happened. i came out of the tube station at westminster and i thought it was a traffic accident because i saw the car crashed. i was amazed how quickly the police and ambulance services were on the scene. incredibly quickly, doing theirjob. we pay tribute to them today, as well as those who have lost their lives and the dozens in hospital, many of whom will have life changing conditions. 24 hours ago, this was a

scene of carnage. today, we are going back to normal, and that's what we have to do. we have to show these terrorists that hatred and murder won't win. we will go back to our daily lives, and we have to do that for our victims. as leader of the council that incorporates westminster, do you think security around the palace of westminster needs to be increased or improved or tightened? westminster is in co nsta nt tightened? westminster is in constant conversations working with the met police and security services. i met with mark rowley last week to have those conversations. i will meet with the deputy speaker again next week. 0bviously deputy speaker again next week. obviously we have to make sure every angle is covered. for us, security of the palace of westminster and across westminster, it's of the palace of westminster and across westminster, its business as usualfor us. across westminster, its business as usual for us. as i was saying to eleanor, its extraordinary seeing all these people here on the bridge where it happened only 24 hours ago. 24 hours ago people were here from

all corners of the world, taking photographs of democracy in action. the oldest parliament in the world. today again they are here, and i think that sends a very clear message to anybody who wants to change our world. they can't. we believe in freedom, democracy and human rights. we did yesterday, we do today and it will be the same tomorrow. we know plots have been foiled in recent years by security services. in a sense people are saying it's not a huge surprise that there would be an attack. sadly there would be an attack. sadly there people in our society who want to do this. i don't believe it has anything to do with religion. it's to do with and people feeling dispossessed within society. we have to make sure people feel at home with our society. westminster is home to people from all walks of life. we are a city for all and we will continue to do so. islamic

state claiming responsibility for the attack. what's your message to them? they can shower us with their hate but we will stand up against them. we will believe in democracy and freedom and human rights. they will not change our way of life. thank you for talking to us the leader of westminster city council. thank you for being with us. westminster bridge is now reopened. westminster bridge is now reopened. we have been hearing in the last few minutes from foreign secretary boris johnson, who is in new york. this is what he had to say about the attack at westminster. yesterday, the people of london were attacked in a cowardly and despicable way. our thoughts today are with the victims and their families. 0n thoughts today are with the victims and theirfamilies. on behalf of thoughts today are with the victims and their families. on behalf of the united kingdom, iam and their families. on behalf of the united kingdom, i am gratefulfor all the condolences that have been expressed here at the un and for the

minute silence that was held in the security council. you may know that today there are victims in london from 11 nations, which goes to show that an attack on london is an attack on the world. i can tell you from my talks here in the united states with the us government and with partners from around the world, that the world is united to defeat the people who launched this attack. and to defeat their bankrupt and odious ideology. i say that with confidence, because our values are superior. 0ur confidence, because our values are superior. our view of the world is better and more generous, and our will is stronger. 0ur houses of parliament in london have been attacked for centuries by all sorts

of people. but the ideas embodied in those buildings and that palace of westminster, freedom, democracy, equality of human beings under the law, they are stronger than any adversarial and they will prevail. and it is in that confidence that today londoners are going about their business as usual in the greatest city on earth. borisjohnson, former mayor of london, now of course foreign secretary. here at westminster bridge, people have been laying flowers, including jeremy corbyn, the leader of the labour party, after the attack by the man who has now been named as 52—year—old khalid masood. some details about his previous convictions, no convictions for any terrorist offences, but several others for gbh, possession of offensive weapons, public order

offences. his first conviction in 1983, and his last in 2003, so quite some time ago, for possession of a knife. it is understood that he was born in kent, but believed to have been living in the west midlands. let's go to the midlands now the my colleague seem to pitcher, who was in birmingham, where —— sima, what is the latest from where you are?|j am standing outside that flat where am standing outside that flat where a raid was carried out last night. eyewitnesses told us yesterday around midnight that three men were taken away. we know that eight arrests have ta ken taken away. we know that eight arrests have taken place across london, birmingham and elsewhere, and at least four of those arrests took place here in birmingham. we have more of an idea of who this attacker might be. pallid masood,

born in kent, 52 years old, we think that he lived in birmingham, and we are hoping —— khalid masood. we are hoping to get more ideas about how the carried out this attack, and why he carried out this attack. as we try to put more pictures together about his personality, and what drove him to carry out such an attack. 0k, sima, thank you very much, cima to catch reporting for us live from birmingham. the police are warning the public to be vigilant. they have put more patrols right around the capital, not only westminster, although theresa may the prime minister was saying in parliament that the terrorist threat level is not being raised. it is

currently at severe but it is not critical, the highest state of alert, which means an attack is imminent, because she says there is no reason to believe that another attack is imminent. you can see here as we have been saying on westminster bridge life seems to be returning to normal. people, many of them tourists, are back on westminster bridge, as they are and have been everyday. slightly surreal really to think that 24 hours ago we saw what was the worst terror attack in london, in britain, since the 2000 -- in london, in britain, since the 2000 —— since the 2000 577 bombings. -- 2005 7-7 2000 —— since the 2000 577 bombings. —— 2005 7—7 bombings. the police are very keen for any information from anyone who saw, may be filmed or photographed anything. it is on the screen for you there. if you have any information about

what happened here, the deadly events that left four people including the perpetrator dead. and 40 injured, many of them still in hospital here in london, in various hospitals, including saint thomas's just over westminster bridge, and some of them critically ill and fighting for their life. it is just after half past four, you are watching bbc news, let's bring you up—to—date with where we are on yesterday's terror attack in westminster. police have named the attack as 52—year—old khalid masood, he was born in kent, he had recently been living in the west midlands. police say there was no intelligence about his intent to mount a terrorist attack but he had a range of convictions for assaults, including gbh and possession of offensive weapons. this afternoon another victim has been named as cu rt another victim has been named as curt cochrane, from utah in the united states, his wife, melissa,

was left seriously injured and remains in hospital. a spanish teacher aysha frade was also killed on the bridge. he got out of the car and clydach rep let's bring you up—to—date. laura davies has this report. the house of commons was in sombre, reflective mood this morning. 0rder. colleagues in respectful memory of those who lost their lives in yesterday's attack, and of all of the casualties of that attack, we shall now observe a minute's silence. mr speaker, yesterday an act of terrorism tried to silence our democracy.

but today we meet as normal... as generations have done before us, and as future generations will continue to do. to deliver a simple message: we are not afraid and our resolve will never waiver in the face of terrorism. as the queen said her thoughts and sympathy were with all of those affected by yesterday's awful violence, at new scotland yard, the metropolitan police paid their tributes to a fallen colleague, after an attack on the capital that everyone had dreaded and trained for but is now determined to overcome. with the union flag at half mast above the palace of westminster, the immediate area around parliament remains closed to the public, that includes westminster bridge, where shortly before 3.00pm yesterday afternoon a lone attacker drove a four wheel drive vehicle at high—speed, through an unsuspecting crowd of tourists, police

officers, and londoners going about their business. 0ne victim was catapulted into the thames as the car mounted the kerb. the unnamed woman was pulled from the river injured but alive. the vehicle continued at speed, past big ben and crashed into the railings surrounding the palace of westminster. but the attacker got out, and, armed with two large knives, ran around to the main gates where he stabbed a police officer, 48—year—old keith palmer. as he continued further into the grounds, the assailant was then shot as he tried to attack other officers. stand back! back! is he coming? the panic and the fear that the attack caused inside parliament, clearly apparent in this dramatic mobile phone footage, taken inside the palace of westminster, as staff and mps fled. get back! amid the chaos of yesterday's

attack, many have commented on the extraordinary bravery and compassion of passers—by, mps and emergency services in giving first aid and tending to the victims. but three people were killed by the attacker, including pc palmer, a father and husband. also aysha frade, a 43—year—old from spain, teaching spanish in london. and american tourist, kurt cochran, in london celebrating his 25th wedding anniversary. the attacker, who also received first aid but died from his injuries has been named as 52—year—old khalid masood from kent, with past convictions for minor offences, he was also once investigated for links to extremist organisations. police from several forces launched simultaneous operations overnight in the midlands and in london, making eight arrests in connection with the westminster attack.

the enquiries in birmingham, london and other parts of the country are continuing. it is still our belief, and continues to be borne out by this investigation, that this attacker acted alone and was inspired by international terrorism. investigators are still pain—stakingly piecing together the exact circumstances of what happened in and around parliament. but in london, and westminster, generally, security has been visibly and significantly increased, around what was already one of the most heavily protected areas of the capital. the importance of providing a blanket of security, while maintaining the freedoms britons cherish so deeply, never more challenging. yesterday afternoon, westminster bridge was packed, as it always is with tourist taking photos, schoolchildren on tours, people on their way to work. minutes later, three people were killed by the

attacker. a police officer and two pedestrians on the bridge. around 40 others were injured from 12 different countries. pc keith palmer, a husband, a father, a police officer for 15 years, he died protecting parliament, the prime minister said he was every inch a hero. he was remembered today by colleagues in a police service that has been left numb by the loss of one of their own. today, across the service, we have police officers in mourning for their fallen colleague, pc keith palmer. words can't express the grief that everyone in the police service feels at losing a colleague, but of course that pales into insignificance when one thinks of pc palmer's family, friends and colleagues at this extremely troubling time. also killed in this attack was aysha frade, who was in her 40s and worked at a college close to westminster bridge. it's reported she was on her way to pick up her children. the principle of the college said she was highly regarded and loved by students and colleagues.

a former neighbour spoke of her devastation. 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 to pick them up and now this has happened to you. i'm just in shock. this is too much shock. and the family of kurt cochran from utah in the united states have confirmed that he also died in the attack. he was in london with his wife melissa celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary. they had been due to fly home today, she is seriously injured in hospital. those caught up in this attack came from many different countries, romanian officials say a woman when fell into the river thames when the car ploughed into pedestrians, is a tourist who was in london to celebrate her boyfriend's birthday, it was reported she was seriously injured. and there was a group of students from this school in brittany. they were in london on an educational trip, three were injured two are reported

to have suffered serious fractures. the french foreign minister travelled to london to visit them. it's a new tragedy. and i want, i made a way to return to paris but i wanted to stop to london first to say a message, to the british people. a message of solidarity. of those injured in the attack, 29 were treated in hospital and some of those remain in a critical condition. daniel boettcher, bbc news. as we heard, kurt cochran, he was in london, a us tourist from utah, he was celebrating his wedding anniversary with his wife melissa. the president of the united states has tweeted about him. yes, he has, donald trump has tweeted around an

hour ago to say a great american, kurt cochran, who was killed in the london terror attack. he continues to say my prayers and condolences are with him, his family and friends. we are hearing more details about kurt cochran and why he was there on the bridge with his wife, melissa, yesterday. melissa we are hearing was injured, she is being treated in hospital, she had a broken leg, a broken rib and a cut to her head. herfamily have spoken out, to say that "our family is heartbroken. kurt was a good man and a loving husband. we express our gratitude to the emergency and medical personnel who have cared for them and ask for your prayers on behalf of melissa and our family". melissa's sister on facebook wrote "while we are glad she survived, our hearts are broken and will never be the same again". that statement coming in the last couple of hours.

that's it. there is also a fundraising page that has been set up fundraising page that has been set upfor fundraising page that has been set up for curt‘s family that has raised more than £3000 in just up for curt‘s family that has raised more than £3000 injust —— kurt's family, how the couple had their own recording studio and they did lots of work for the local community, raising money for the family now, saying melissa needs funds to help cover that after the loss of her husband. but we are hearing a tweet from donald trump, lots of reaction coming, as more and more details of the victims of this awful attack are coming out. frankie, thank you very much. earlier, ben spoke of the former home secretary alan johnson, earlier, ben spoke of the former home secretary alanjohnson, who gave him his thoughts, 24 hours after the terror attack. this morning i think the reason they adopted absolutely the right tone, her statement was pitch perfect, and we are nothing special, we are ordinarily citizens, but we are projected as representatives in parliament into a special position.

ina sense, parliament into a special position. in a sense, we represent that place and all that it stands for, democracy, tolerance, freedom, rule of law, and we were determined to give that message today, and i theresa may set the tone and others followed it. defiance seems to be the message on all sides of the house. yes, but very sad about keith palmer. he was our work colleague, and the tragedy of the other people who died. we walked pass keith every morning for 15 years and smiled and said hello, and now suddenly alarmed he tried to stop a guy with two knives and paid the price, so we are all very cognisa nt of knives and paid the price, so we are all very cognisant of that and the tragedy around his family and the other people we have lost. but i think we will move on to kind of looking at what lessons can be learned from this when we have got more information. this morning wasn't the time for that. do you think there are lessons in terms of security here? there always is. there is always a lesson to learn. we talk often, when i was home

secretary, we thwarted lots of plots, but the ones that actually get through, you always learn from them. it is very rarely a lone wolf by the way, i would be very surprised if there wasn't someone else involved in this. but what is clear now and has been clear for some time we are facing a man with a carand a carving some time we are facing a man with a car and a carving knife, it is very different to trying to disrupt more sophisticated plots, where there is the use of lots of technology, explosives etc. in a sense, it shows what these awful people are reduce to, but it presents a whole new set of problems that we have to learn from on every case. let's find out more about the alleged attacker, khalid masood, 52 yea rs alleged attacker, khalid masood, 52 years old, what more do we know? we know that he had a long criminal history, but not in terms of terrorism, the 20 years it seems he had a range of convictions for gbh,

possessing offensive weapons, that sort of thing, assault, and then we have this sort of gap from 2003 when clearly he must have been moving down a more radical path, and he is not the first person to do this. you see this pattern with people who have gone out to syria, in the court cases we report on in this country, where people have been very much involved in the criminal world, and they seem to then move across and go down this extremist route. born in this country, integrated, as far as we know, an english teacher. well, yes, this though is a familiar pattern. his age is interesting because he is substantially older than people who have committed similar atrocities in other parts of the world, so that is interesting for a start. what police will be looking at now are his contacts. they will be interrogating his mobile phone, his computer, they will be looking at internet sites he was looking at, who was he speaking to. also his associates, his background, all that sort of thing

now, counterterrorism detectives will be examining. this phrase" lone wolf", is the hope is presumably at scotla nd wolf", is the hope is presumably at scotland yard, but anybody can hire a carand drive scotland yard, but anybody can hire a car and drive into london. the phrase "lone wolf" would often be used because yesterday it was noticeable that the threat level wasn't raised in the 24 hours that followed, because if police had thought he had associates and another attack was likely, the threat level would have been raised to the highest that it can be. but it was capped at one below the highest level. now, yes, as you say, anybody can hire a car and do that sort of thing, but it still begs the question, who was he mixing with prior to what he did yesterday? we have seen eight arrests so far, the car rented in birmingham, addresses in birmingham also raided. we are getting a sense of the police investigation underway. of course,

and it is a national counterterrorism investigation, clearly led by scotland yard, but the focus switched to birmingham late last night. today that has been the centre of activity, a lot of arrests there and a lot of places raided and clearly this is still very much an ongoing operation. the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, has responded to the westminster terror attack. the archbishop said he received messages of sympathy and support from faith leaders around the world and across the uk. i think as one moves on from the events there are two reactions. 0ne is shock and immense distress for those for whom yesterday change their whole lives. the family of pc keith palmer obviously, those who just went out as tourists, and i

think the french children is really on my mind. they have come from a place where there has been such terror over the last two years, and they come here, and this happens. so that's one thing. the other thing, though, is a growing sense... pride is the wrong word, i don't like using that word, but of confidence is perhaps the word, i'm trying to find the right word. confidence in seeing so many responses, the emergency services, obviously, they arejust emergency services, obviously, they are just unbelievable. the emergency services, obviously, they arejust unbelievable. the people in parliament, the staff in parliament we re parliament, the staff in parliament were extraordinary. westminster abbey being just open to the people coming across as they were evacuated, and making them so welcome. members of the public open those who had been injured, and not running away. and then those moving

photos that something deep within our practices in this country, deep within the way we understand what's right. i said this in the house of lords earlier, that the man who had tried to kill people a few minutes later was being treated for his injuries by those people who have tried to kill. —— he had tried to kill. we look at that and go, yes, of course, that is obvious, that is what you do. what an amazing thing. the archbishop of canterbury speaking earlier. let's move on to some other new stories. large crowds have gathered at the funeral of the former deputy first minister martin mcguinness of ireland. let's go to dairy. chris page joined

me. it was a pip guest list as well. absolutely. extraordinary political gathering happening in saint columba ‘s church here in the city of derry. us president bill clinton was among those who spoke at the service, he received lots of applause, he said that martin mcguinness, the former ira commander who became the deputy first minister of northern ireland sharing power with the unionists had expanded the definition of gas and shrank the definition of them. the irish president and prime minister in attendance, the dup leader arlene foster and her predecessor peter robinson, both of whom served along martin mcguinness as the joint head of the power—sharing executive at storm on. james brokenshire representing the government. martin mcguinness's treasure has just made

its way through the streets near his home. it moved from his hometown to the church, there was a crowd of many thousands, certainly more than 10,000 people following the cortege. now we can see the cortege moving through. being born pastor ‘s family home not farfrom through. being born pastor ‘s family home not far from here. through. being born pastor ‘s family home not farfrom here. and on towards the city cemetery, the major symmetry here in derry. they are just arriving at the cemetery. there martin mcguinness will be buried but before that there will be some graveside alterations by senior members of sinn fein, including gerry adams. in the republican tradition, graveside alterations are quite a big part of the republican tradition and i —— graveside ten one. “—

tradition and i —— graveside ten one. —— graveside orations. let's here from the previous us president will clinton said in the service. so that's what he did come he persevered and he prevailed. he risked the raft of his comrades and the rejection of his adverse areas. he made honourable compromises and was strong enough to keep them and came to be trusted, because his word was good. and he never stopped being who he was, a good husband, a good father, a faithful follower of the faith of his fathers and mothers, and a passionate believer in a free, secure, self—governing ireland. that was the former us president bill clinton speaking at the end of martin mcguinness's funeral service today, and the fact that mr clinton

chose to speak at that service shows the extraordinaryjourney martin mcguinness had taken. he grew up in the streets in the catholic area, became second—in—command of the ira hear it in derry, then several decades later led the republican movement out of violence. his life isa movement out of violence. his life is a story of conflict and copper mines, he was the paramilitary leader who became a political one, and that has been the theme of the reflections here today as he has been laid to rest. chris page in londonderry, thank you ray much. new calculations made for the government have raised the possibility that millions of people now in their 20s could have to wait until the age of 70 for a state pension. another official review has called for an end to the guarantee that annual pension increases will be at least 2.5%. the bank of england has placed the co—op bank under intensive supervision as the deadline approaches for potential buyers to submit their bids. the

150—year—old bid has been looking for buyers since february and says it is pleased with the interest shown so far. a man accused of murdering a one—year—old boy and trying to kill his twin sister in the london at the weekend has appeared at the old bailey. the 33—year—old man has been remanded in custody. he is expected to go on trial in the autumn. retail sales rose last month but were not enough to offset declines injanuary and december, according to the office for national statistics. sales volumes over the three months to february were down by 1.4%, largely due to a rise in petrol prices, which ate into disposable income. now, let's have a look at the weather with the latest forecast. the weather is starting to behave itself, more and more sunshine and over the next 24 hours even the

southern areas that have been a little on the damp side even today will get some dry weather. the low pressure that has been sticking around for the last couple of days still making its presence felt in the south—west of the country. this is the cloud linked to the low. what needs to happen, all of this rain bearing cloud needs to rotate out of the way. that will take a few more hours but as it does come summer that rain may come back again on itself and affect the south coast. still somewhat weather around through the night. from cornwall, dorset, down into the isle of wight but for most of us a dry night and some frost around across scotland. let's see the forecast for tomorrow morning. maybe some drips and radz of rainfor morning. maybe some drips and radz of rain for cornwall, devon in the somerset. wales looks mostly dry in the morning and then the further north you go the best of the weather will be, though quite nippy. eight o'clock in the morning, temperatures of5 o'clock in the morning, temperatures of 5 degrees, but you have the light

winds and the sunshine so it doesn't feel too bad. for our friends winds and the sunshine so it doesn't feel too bad. for ourfriends in lerwick, it looks like it will be a rainy start the day. friday afternoon, all of those wins that had been playing for a while from the east, north east, will push away the east, north east, will push away the last bits and pieces of rain out towards the south—west so it tends towards the south—west so it tends to dry out. friday night, that is when this high pressure that we are forecasting establishes itself across the uk. quite a nippy night for some of us, friday night into saturday. this is saturday, sitting on top of us right now. fine weather, so a really close and saturday on the way. let's look at it, anchored right across the uk. clearly it is not going to be 88 degrees, this is a computer error. it will be more like 13 degrees, we have been having problems all day with that. here is monday, sunday into monday, temperatures around the teens and variable amounts of cloud.

here is the summary for the weekend and beyond. settled weather, someone sunshine and maybe a touch of frost. clear skies and the high—pressure developing. whatever you are up to this weekend, hopefully you will be able to make the most of some of that sunshine. that is it from me, thank you for choosing in. today at five from westminster, scotland yard name man behind yesterday's terror attack as 52—year—old khalid massod. he was born in kent, but lived in the west midlands and was known to security services. so—called islamic state has claimed responsibility. i'm here at scotland yard as the police investigation continues, eight people been arrested in overnight police raids. police say he has a range of

previous convictions.