out on streets around westminster and to attend that trafalgar square vigil showed that they will not be cowed by terror. you are watching bbc news. you're watching bbc news. thanks to ben brown down in westminster. we will be back there at 7pm with my colleague christian fraser for at 7pm with my colleague christian fraserfor more reaction at 7pm with my colleague christian fraser for more reaction to the london terror attack. in other news, the funeral of the former ira commander and northern ireland deputy first minister, martin mcguinness, has taken place in londonderry this afternoon. his coffin was carried through the streets and thousands attended the funeral. the former us president bill clinton was there. so, too, was arlene foster, the democratic unionist party leader. mr mcguinness died on tuesday. he'd been suffering from a rare heart condition. our ireland correspondent chris buckler reports. this is a place that makes a point of remembering.

through the large crowds, martin mcguinness‘ body was carried, past the paintings that detailed the divisive history that he lived through, through the bogside. a past which shaped him. it was also a time of violence for which some will hold him partly responsible. the attendance of presidents, irish prime ministers, was testament to the years he spent building peace. and the applause for the unionist leader arlene foster, a sign of how, despite all the many disagreements that still exist, northern ireland really has changed. i, in the course of years, have had many

conversations with martin, and he knew only too well how many people struggled with his ira past. he was very aware of it. republicans, we know, not blameless, and many people right across this community found it difficult to forgive, and impossible to forget. that is true on all sides, and in the streets surrounding the church, people gathered to reflect notjust on one life, but what life here was once like. our friend earned this vast crowd today. even more, he earned the right to ask us to honour his legacy by our living. to finish the work that is there to be done. the speedo was a moment for people

to come together but there are still no deal to restore power—sharing in the executive. —— this funeral was. as part of the ira, martin mcguinness did play a role in causing many other families to grieve. the thousands who gathered in the bauxite today know that he will be missed in the ongoing work. —— in the bogside. police in belgium are questioning a man after a car was allegedly driven along a shopping street at pedestrians. no one was seriously hurt — but officials say they discovered several firearms in the boot of the vehicle. the incident took place in antwerp, from where dan johnson sent this report. and this is when this possible

attack started with a red citroen car that was racing down here, a p pa re ntly car that was racing down here, apparently travelling very fast and a p pa re ntly apparently travelling very fast and apparently people had to jump out of the way to escape being hit by the car. we have spoken to some people who work along here, who told us what they saw. a few minutes before 11 o'clock, a car came through the streets at a very high speed and thatis streets at a very high speed and that is all that i saw. yes, that's all. it was unusual, it was awed? that is all that i saw. yes, that's all. it was unusual, it was awed7m was quite fast, so it was unusual, yes. we closed the door because there were people who came here and who were crying and calling their parents and, yes, we closed the door, so we were worried. the security services quickly spotted

the car and try to stop it but the driver sped away, and there was a chase through the streets of antwerp toa car chase through the streets of antwerp to a car park ten minutes away where the car stopped and the man try to make a the car stopped and the man try to makea run the car stopped and the man try to make a run for it, but he was quickly arrested by police. they say that he was a 39—year—old man of north african origin but a french citizen. and when they searched the car, they found knives and an assault rifle and an aunt unidentified substance in the boot. bomb disposal teams at the be brought in to deal with that. we spoke to a woman who worked on the other car park, and she saw that operation underway. they took a robot out of the car, and they went to the red car, the open the trunk and they took out some weapons. there were some big guns and a knife as well but it was difficult to see. you can see the military on the streets of antwerp tonight and extra police officers, also. the operation is over, the car has been taken for investigation but the investigation is still going on as security

services here try to understand exactly what this potential attacker might have been capable of, if he had succeeded. let's take a look at some of the other stories today. new calculations by the government have raised the possibility that millions of people in their 20s could have to wait until the age of 70 to start a pension. an official review has called for an end to the guarantee that annual pension increases will be at least 2.5%. natwest bank will close more than 100 branches. and royal bank of scotland, 30 branches, because more of us are banking online. rbs, which owns natwest, said a70 jobs could be lost. transactions at high—street branches have fallen by more than a0% since 2010. a paralympic swimming coach is at the centre of a bullying investigation by the governing body of the sport. it follows claims about the unnamed coach's behaviour by several swimmers. the high—street

giant next has reported its first fall in annual profits for eight yea rs fall in annual profits for eight years and warns of another tough years and warns of another tough year ahead. pre—tax profits dropped by 5% to figure of £790 million. the company remains cautious about trading. the bank of england has placed the co—operative bank under intensive supervision as the deadline approaches for potential buyers to submit bids. the bank has been looking for a buyer since february and says that it is pleased with the address shown. a man accused of murdering a one—year—old boy and trying to kill his twin sister in london at the weekend has appeared at the old bailey. the 33—year—old has been remanded in custody. he is expected to go on trial in the autumn. retail sales low —— rose last month but not enough to offset declines injanuary and december according to the office for national pfister sticks, sales

over the three most of every were down1.a%, over the three most of every were down 1.a%, largely due to rising petrol prices, which ate into disposable income. let's return now to our main story this evening, and the vigil that has been taking place in trafalgar square, central london. thousands of people have gathered and even though the official ceremony and even though the official ceremony and commemoration has finished, people have chosen to stay as the sun goes down and a very peaceful place it is this evening with the traffic diverted. it is usually a very busy part of the capital, of course. people were there to hear tributes being paid by there to hear tributes being paid by the police, the home secretary amber rudd and the mayor of london, sadiq khan, who said that london would not be cowed by what had happened yesterday. let's hear now from daniel boettcher who reports on those who were caught up in the

terror attack, those who died and those who were injured. pc keith palmer, a husband and the father of a five—year—old daughter, a police officerfor more a five—year—old daughter, a police officer for more than 15 years. he died protecting parliament. the prime minister said he was every inch a hero. this afternoon officers from the territorial support group, where he served until last year, laid flowers outside new scotland yard. his family have released a statement in which they described him as dedicated to hisjob, proud to bea him as dedicated to hisjob, proud to be a police officer, brave and courageous, a to be a police officer, brave and courageous, a friend to everyone who knew him. his death has left a police service mourning one of its own. as a mark of respect his shoulder number will be retired and not issued to any other officer. today, across the service, we have police officers in mourning for a former colleague, pc keith palmer. words cannot express the grief that eve ryo ne words cannot express the grief that everyone in the police service peels and losing a colleague. that pales

into insignificance when one thinks of the family pc palmer, his friends and colleagues, at this extremely troubling time. also killed in this attack was aysha frade, he was in her a0s and worked at a college near westminster bridge. she was on her way to pick up children. the principle of the college said she was highly regarded and loved by stu d e nts was highly regarded and loved by students and colleagues. a former neighbour spoke of devastation. she was a lovely person with two lovely children, two lovely girls. how are these children? they have lost their mother. you leave your kids to drop them to school, then you go pick them to school, then you go pick them up and this has happened to you. iamjust them up and this has happened to you. i am just in shock. them up and this has happened to you. iamjust in shock. iam in total shock. and the family of kurt cochran from utah any united states have confirmed 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. president trump paid tribute on social media, saying... those caught up social media, saying... those caught up in this attack came from many different countries. romanian officials say that a woman who fell into the river thames when the car piled into pedestrians was a tourist who was in london to celebrate her boyfriend's birthday. it is reported that she was seriously injured. and there was a group of students from this school in concarneau in brittany. they were in london on an educational trip. two of them are reported to have suffered serious fractures. the french foreign minister travelled to london to visit them. it is a new tragedy. i wa nted visit them. it is a new tragedy. i wanted to stop to london first, to say a message to the british people, some of the people injured remain in

a critical condition in hospital. the mp, louise ellman witnessed the shooting of khalid masood yesterday. she joins us live from pier head in liverpool. just recall, if you would, the events of yesterday as you saw them. i was events of yesterday as you saw them. iwas in events of yesterday as you saw them. i was in the parliamentary grounds on my way to vote. doing my walk that i regularly do from my office to the house of commons. i realised there was something wrong. i thought maybe there was a demonstration outside. then there was silence, then shouting and suddenly the man who was the terrorist ran into the parliamentary grounds and started running towards westminster hall, and where the mps were. and he was shot dead by a police officer. it was really truly shocking. itjust

came out of the blue. at that stage ididn't came out of the blue. at that stage i didn't know about pc palmer being murdered. i didn't know about the car ramming pedestrians on london bridge. i wasjust car ramming pedestrians on london bridge. i was just walking to vote. it was a truly shocking event and it has really shaken everybody. immensely confusing, as you say, but the response from the police presence must have been quite extraordinary to see. the response from the police was remarkable. they saved many more lives. if the terrorist had not been stopped at that point he would run into westminster hall, two were the mps we re westminster hall, two were the mps were and many more people could have been murdered. the police acted in a remarkable way and they should have our gratitude, the police and security services, doing a remarkablejob, protecting security services, doing a remarkable job, protecting the public. and it is heartening to see so many people at the vigil this evening. louise ellman mp, thank you very much. let's return to trafalgar

square. thousands of people have been attending a candlelit vigil. there are thousands of people here in trafalgar square. many of them we re in trafalgar square. many of them were going home from work. 0thers have travelled for 20, 30 miles to be here, to show solidarity and remember the people who died in the attack yesterday and those who were so terribly injured. across the capital, the home secretary has been here, and the police, and the mayor of london, sadiq khan, who made an open invitation to people this morning to come and join in this vigil. hejoins me now. what have you made of the turnout? this shows that we, as a city, will not allow evil, twisted individuals to divide the city and to destroy our shared values and way of life. many londoners and visitors want to do something today, horrified by the

attack yesterday. and the vigil today where you have thousands of londoners and visitors demonstrates the best of our city. and as much as evil, twisted individuals may seek to destroy our way of life and attack our shared values, they are not going to succeed. attack our shared values, they are not going to succeedlj attack our shared values, they are not going to succeed. i was talking to some of the police here this evening. a police officer lost his life yesterday. people have been hugging the police, giving them cards and flowers and saying thank you. one of the most remarkable things about yesterday was how the police and the emergency services ran towards danger to help, encouraging others to run to safety. and that exemplifies our police services and emergency services. pc keith palmer died, protecting our city, died protecting londoners. and it's important to recognise that every day, police officers leave

home to go to work, knowing that they could well be injured, seriously injured, and ultimately pay the price of their life. and our hearts are with the family of keith palmer but also aysha frade and kurt cochran, who lost their lives, but also those who have been injured. and, by the way, those who have been injured, the victims, they are from all corners of the world. the mayor of london, sadiq khan, speaking to my colleague sophie raworth. more coming up at 7pm on that but now look at the weather forecast. the weekend is fast approaching. there is some good news on the weather front. the weather is going to become more settled. it is starting to behave itself across the country. but some of us are stuck underneath the cloud and there are bits and pieces of rain. but the vast majority of the uk is enjoying fine weather. this low pressure will hang

around, and the cloud associated with it will sort of roll out and roll act down south out of the way, but in the short term, the south—west berlin, central and southern england is still under the influence of that whether one. it will be dying away eventually but there will be cloud, rain and quite strong winds. north and central scotland, the northwest, will see clearer skies and a touch of frost. the further south you are, cloudy it will be, boasting friday morning, and wins really are quite strong, so it will feel on the chilly side. temperatures around seven celsius with a strong breeze to the north east. a different story across northern england, northern ireland and scotland. lower temperatures, but the winds are lighter, there is more sunshine but it will fuel more pleasa nt more sunshine but it will fuel more pleasant than in the south. through the morning and into the afternoon, that strong wind will push the

clouds away and they will break up. the last place to see them breaking up the last place to see them breaking up will be the south west, but overall, friday is looking good. 0n friday evening a big area of high pressure anchors itself across the uk. it is here to stay for the weekend. here is the forecast for saturday. you can see that high—pressure stretching from central europe out into the atlantic. the load is to the south of it and we are in that window of fine weather. saturday, a nice day but with a strong breeze blowing around the periphery of the high pressure, sometimes it turns out chilly around eastern coasts. in norwich, only 10 celsius. chilly around eastern coasts. in norwich, only10 celsius. clouds will come and go through the course of saturday, through to monday, but overall, it is looking like a settled spell of weather, notjust through this weekend but into early next week and towards the end of next week and towards the end of next week, things will tend to go downhilljust a bit. buy buy. ——

bye— bye. hello and welcome to a special edition of one hundred days. i'm christian fraser live in westminster. 0ur headlines: police name the suspect behind wednesday's terror attack here as 52—year—old khalid masood. what i can confirm is that the man was british—born and that some years ago, he was once investigated by m15 in relation to concerns about violent extremism. tributes in parliament, a moment's silence is held for the victims, an american tourist, a mother, and a policeman killed in the line of duty. eight people are arrested in raids across london and birmingham, so—called islamic state says one of its soldiers carried out the attack.