hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: scotla nd scotland yard has confirmed that the attack in westminster to just 82 seconds. his motive may never be known. the family of the police officer keith palmer who was killed have paid tribute to his selfless bravery and loving nature. in a statement they expressed their gratitude to the people who helped him after the attack saying "there was nothing more you could have done." more than 30 people have been hurt, two of them seriously, after a suspected gas explosion in merseyside. a dance centre for children was destroyed and customers at a chinese restaurant were caught in the blast in bebington, in wirral. several homes were also evacuated. there is growing concern about the fate of civilians in mosul, where

government forces are trying to drive out so—called islamic state. thousands have fled the violence, and the un has warned of a terrible loss of life. carrie lam, the favoured candidate of an electoral committee dominated by beijing elites, has been selected as the new leader of hong kong. pro democracy groups denounced the election in protests against the lack of a public vote by millions of the territory's registered voters. coming up in a few minutes, our sunday morning edition of the papers. this morning's reviewers are ian birrell, assistant editor at the mail on sunday, and journalist and broadcaster shyama perera. before the papers, a full round up of sport from the bbc sport centre. ferrari's sebastien vettel won the first race of the formula one season, as lewis hamilton and his mercedes team were left to rue a badly timed pit stop which cost them victory in melbourne, australia. signs then perhaps that this season may not be the procession for mercedes that it has been in recent years. as nick parrott reports.

the sebastian vettel victory finger had not been seen for 18 months, until today. that's because mercedes have dominated formula i for the last three years, starting from pole in melbourne, lewis hamilton was the favourite to wind the race, and when he emerged from the first corner in the lead, many might have thought all bets were off. new rules have been brought in to make the cars faster and the sport more exciting, but this race was won, thanks to a tactical error, with sebastian vettel pressuring hamilton, mercedes and first, bringing him infor vettel pressuring hamilton, mercedes and first, bringing him in forfresh tyres. he came out in fifth and got stuck in traffic. we need to get past the statin. sebastian vettel timed his stop to perfection. he came out in front of hamilton and mercedes knew there challenge was over. he cruised to the chequered flag on winning by more than nine

seconds. the last time he won the opening race was in 2011 when he went on to become champion. hamilton has been warned. england, scotland and northern ireland are all in action this evening, in their latest qualifiers for next year's world cup. there'll be a minute's silence at wembley, ahead of england's match against lithuania, for victims of the westminster attack, and manager gareth southgate understands the power of sport in such difficult circumstances. we area we are a hungry young team with a lot of potential. we want to go out and play an exciting brand of football. we work hard for each other and the scoreline takes care of itself if you do all those things correctly. we are always focusing on performance and the result will follow. there's arguably most at stake for scotland tonight — they're in the same group as england, but are fifth and if they don't beat slovenia, their hopes of qualifying would look very slim indeed.

sometimes it's easy for a manager to say this is what we're going to do. sometimes you're in a position, well, if we draw, win, or we lose, we can still be... it depends... we have to win. what we don't have to do is win it in the first five, six, seven, ten minutes. you never know in big games when your opportunity comes along. northern ireland are well placed heading into their match with norway. they're second in the group, five points behind germany, and on course to clinch a play—off place. we have the opportunity to put seven points between ourselves and norway, with the opportunity to get to ten points. once you get to that stage of any campaign, you start to believe that it really is possible, and to put in a position to qualify. certainly with the experience of qualifying for france, we have been through that and those experiences, we know what is required to get there now. the netherlands are struggling — they lost to bulgaria. cristiano ronaldo though scored twice as the european champions portugal beat hungary 3—0. this was the pick of his goals. there was a great goal too

from the everton striker romelu lukaku and a late one at that, his equaliser coming in the 89th minute as belgium salvaged a draw against greece to remain top of their group. and if we're talking good goals, this morning. this one is going to take some topping as dundee united lifted the scottish challenge cup for the first time. tony andreu's strike, and what a strike, helping them to a 2—1win over st mirren. this competition for the under—20 teams from the scottish premiership, as well as the lower divisions and sides from northern ireland and wales. anthony crolla was outclassed in his bid to regain the wba lightweight title in manchester last night. he lost his rematch withjorge linares on points. in front of a home crowd, crolla

went down in the seventh round, after a quick uppercut. and though he responded well, linares retained the belt on a unanimous decision. leicester took a big stride towards the play—offs in rugby union's premiership, beating local rivals northampton by 36 points to 31. 0wen williams' huge penalty in the last minute of the game sealed the win for leicester and took them into that all—importa nt fourth place. elsewhere there were wins for harlequins and exeter. and leinster strengthened their position at the top of the pro—12 after beating cardiff blues 22—21 — ross moloneyjust managing to touch down in the corner for what proved to be the winning score. there were all around gold medals for ellie downie and joe fraser at the british gymnastics championships in liverpool. downie was part of the hugely successful gb team at last year's olympics in rio and took the title for the first time with a string of confident performances.

and 18—year—old fraser was a surprise winner in the men's competition — this is his first senior year. to be honest, it is unbelievable. it is my first year as a senior, and i was using this competition to try my new elements and see how they were in competition, and for to come away with two golds, a silver and a bronze is something i would never have expected before the competition. chris froome's hopes of victory at the volta a catalunya were ruined yesterday as he lost 26 minutes on his rivals in the penultimate stage. froome was in second place but he and team sky failed to latch on to an early breakaway and he was well beaten as alejandro valverde extended his overall lead. daryl impey won the stage in this sprint to the line. britain's adam yates is fourth overall. froome is now down in 31st. that's all the sport. now on bbc news, here's

rita with the papers. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are ian birrell, assistant editor at the mail on sunday and shyama perera, journalist and broadcaster. today's front pages: the sunday times claims eu migrants living in britain will continue to get child benefits after britain leaves the eu. the observer leads with the coalition air strikes in mosul, which it says have killed at least 150 civilians and caused international outrage. the sunday express's front page features the conservative mp tobias ellwood and says he's spoken for the first time after trying to save pc keith palmer in wednesday's terror attacks. the mail reports that the air ambulance prince william co—pilots had a near miss with a drone last summer.

the sunday telegraph leads with douglas carswell‘s resignation from ukip, reporting that it's led to a civil war within the party. so, let's start where we ended, with the sunday telegraph. ukip civil war after douglas carswell quits the party and leaving it without an mp. there is a certain inevitability to this because we have known for some time that ukip is very divided between the different factions, and it is quite entertaining on one level to see here is douglas ca rswell level to see here is douglas carswell who, when hejoined the party, held a by—election and said how nice it was to have a leader with whom he agreed, but now he says he is quitting and it is amicable from his point of view. instantly, people like nigel farage and paul nuttall are putting the boot into him. iquite

nuttall are putting the boot into him. i quite enjoy the amicable to wear paul nuttall writes in the sunday telegraph he managed to beat of this competition to get an exclusive piece of him right he would have hoped for a more bone up approach to politics. it is a sign of extremely infighting going on in this party, which is rather pointless these days given that it has achieved its prime motive, brexit. which was douglas carswell's reason for leaving. it is interesting that you spoke about ukip as an extremist party, but we know that as part of the tension within the party. nigel farage says they must be radical, not mainstream. i'm not sure i saw them as an extremist party, more a one trick pony and the trick has been one so trick pony and the trick has been one so far. if we do leave, and we are expecting that, i can see why douglas carswell is leaving, he is

the lone wolf. he has always written his own agenda, and he has been able to do so because ukip has no purchase within parliament. sir douglas carswell has always been able to say i am ukip, i am this and lam that, able to say i am ukip, i am this and i am that, and he able to say i am ukip, i am this and lam that, and he has able to say i am ukip, i am this and i am that, and he has got away with it. i i am that, and he has got away with it. lam i am that, and he has got away with it. i am not sure what he ever did to help ukip's cause, it has only ever helped douglas carswell's cause because it got him on the front pages when open ever noticed him before. but there is this tension when people like nuttall and nigel farage want to reinvent the party as a force against the labour party, to make it a populist and left—wing, and suddenly they are now pushing for the nhs is a very sacred cause. they are hoping to undermine labour. douglas carswell is more philosophical, a more liberal approach to immigration, and there has been this tension between the two wings which have muddled together through the referendum, and

110w together through the referendum, and now it is coming open. the trouble is, the two wings don't marry up, between douglas carswell who is fundamentally a liberal conservative, and people like nuttall who are trying to remake the party as this sort of working—class attracting rival to the labour party. fascinating. that, in a sense,is party. fascinating. that, in a sense, is the party. if we have a think about the man himself the sunday times on page three, mp ca rswell sunday times on page three, mp carswell don't leave by walking out on ukip. this is in a sense a more personal take on what has happened. they are considering what douglas ca rswell they are considering what douglas carswell might do now. he says he will sit as an independent, but some in the conservative party might say come back, all is forgiven. yes, walking back to happiness, i suspect thatis walking back to happiness, i suspect that is what he will try to do. although he says not. perhaps he will, patsy will put on a white suit and become a more permanent

independent mp. i don't really care what happens to douglas carswell, but what is interesting about ukip, a bit like trump it is made up of people who are not naturally politicians, and one understands now why politics has become so sophisticated because people turn it into a sophisticated because people turn it intoa career sophisticated because people turn it into a career from day one. if you come from somewhere else, you can't manage the competitions and different strands that have to be played simultaneously. that is what is happening in ukip. it is not necessarily a lack of commitment or knowledge, it is a lack of political know— how. knowledge, it is a lack of political know-how. also, a lot of conservatives really don't want douglas carswell to come back, perhaps because he betrayed them. equally for carswell it is difficult because he made a firm stance, he has written a book about rebellion in politics, he is very much about direct democracy and about a new way of doing politics, as he calls it. 0ne of doing politics, as he calls it. one of those things was to hold a by—election when he switched parties. he has not held a

by—election becoming an independent, and it would be difficult to become and it would be difficult to become a conservative without holding a by—election. a conservative without holding a by-election. and his majority is about 3500, considerably down from what it was before. it is interesting because it is one of the firmest basis for ukip in the country, in terms of support for brexit, so it would be an interesting test if there were a by—election. interesting test if there were a by-election. let's move on to the sunday times's frontpage. it is about eu migrants keeping benefits after brexit. this is the week in which article 50 is to be triggered, so which article 50 is to be triggered, $03 which article 50 is to be triggered, so a lot of eu stories in the sunday papers today. i suppose i am not surprised, but basically it means that all the rights that had been enjoyed by all eu citizens, not only those here, but as in other countries, will continue for those

who were here before article 50 is called. i don't think anybody can be surprised by it. a lot of people will be angry yet again because this was one of the problems that was going to be dealt with, and there is a certain oddness about somebody working here but having benefits for families that are not declared here, in the sense they are not visible to us. in the sense they are not visible to us. i also have a slight problem with this, which is that i have never quite understood it. but it seems to me in terms of parity, of course this has to continue. this comes from a draft paper submitted to the department for exiting the eu, so we don't actually know this is government policy, but it is intriguing. it shows that even as we are about to trigger article 50, politicians don't have a clue what is ahead of us. we are jumping off politicians don't have a clue what is ahead of us. we arejumping off a cliff and we have no idea of the end result. it also shows how utterly pointless brexit is because we will

end up basically, all this talk of taking back control, but a lot of the things which were claimed would be achieved by taking back control and brexit are not achievable, we will still have to pay into the eu to get rights for things like some of the service sector, for finance, we're not of the service sector, for finance, we' re not really of the service sector, for finance, we're not really going to be able to cut migration much because no one has actually answered if we get rid of care workers, the agricultural workers, the city workers, the entrepreneurs in the city, who are we talking about me talk about cutting back immigration? we will be paying money, we will still beginning benefits, we will still have high immigration, and it is just a farce. it shows, going back to the previous story, the utter nonsense talked about by those he brexit campaigners. 0ver nonsense talked about by those he brexit campaigners. over the next five years, britain will be dominated by an utterly pointless debate while more important issues such as nhs, social care,

productivity, getting the economy right going to be ignored. you speak strongly. there will be many viewers who disagree with you. we will leave that that because it is a conversation we all have for the next two years and longer. this is not meant to the front page of the observer. mosul assault halted as theory grows over civilian deaths. this is about the us coalition carrying out air strikes. if you think these strikes are lily a week ago and they are still pulling out survivors, this story is horrific. in the week we had a terror attack in london, it does bring into clear relief difference between what we are worrying about and what is happening somewhere else, where we are getting our hands dirty, maybe for the right reasons, but does that mean it is all right to get your hands dirty? i am not sure. this is an interesting story to look at this week when we have been getting so anxious over a lone wolf acting criminally. it is

interesting the impact this will have in the area because it does appear that there is some twiddling of support for the actions being taken by the west. dash—macro dwindling. it undermines what happens with russia, they can argue they were fighting terrorism and so we re they were fighting terrorism and so were you , they were fighting terrorism and so were you, but actually is not quite true because russia will not targeting isis, they were purely backing assad, who has killed far more people than isis. but also, this does undermine support for the iraqi government, and for the western approach. that is a significant factor, and this is not the first. there have been other incidents, not as bad as this one, but that is a problem, when people are fleeing their homes, we have two remake this country at the end of this process, whatever happens. remake this country at the end of

this process, whatever happensm is significant politically and on a humanitarian level as well. absolutely. let's go on to the other main story on the front page of the observer, the story that has dominated the news this week, the westminster keller acting alone in less than 1.5 minutes. yes, 82 seconds they have broken it down into. i am not quite sure what one takes from this. i suppose what we can say is no wonder it took a little while for the killer to be shot because it all happened so quickly. even when you are reacting instantly there will be are reacting instantly there will be a level of delay. if you think how far he moved in that 82 seconds, one minute he is in a car, then he is out of the car, then he is running to the gates of parliament. an awful lot happened in that 82 seconds. it is surprising and shocking, and you

suddenly clearly understand that sequence of events and why it happened that way. but it also just reminds you that all violence is shocking and sudden, and it is very ha rd shocking and sudden, and it is very hard to have a response ready for it. that is the key point. it is incredible that so many lives are transformed so quickly, in such a horrifically short period of time. it shows how difficult it is to guard against this. equally, it does remind us that this man was basically a rather tragic, inadequate loser with a criminal record, just like the man in the east who performed a much worse atrocity in the same sort of manner. that man also had a history of drugs and drink me he had no connection with islamist. we are saying the same thing here, key has grievances against society and is using this cause in an explosion of horrific

angen cause in an explosion of horrific anger. it means we do have to be wa ry anger. it means we do have to be wary of some of the backlash that you get and how we approach the muslim community, which often gets wrongly blamed on and just accept that what we are really fighting is a rallying call for people who are basically loses. you have worked in westminster for a long time, security is already pretty tight. clearly there are loopholes. security is tight, but we are in a democracy and you have to have freedom, you have to have access to parliament. there are people going in in huge numbers, there are meetings taking place, you want to see their mps, we want schoolchildren to go in and see democracy in action. democracy is also under attack, not just democracy in action. democracy is also under attack, notjust here but ina also under attack, notjust here but in a wider sense, and it is a symbolic value of having westminster open to the public. you can never have perfect security, we have to recognise that. in many ways, it is incredible that this is the first kind of attack in a decade. that is

a credit to the security services. i grew up in the age when ira bomb attacks were going of the whole time, and we have seen the death of martin mcguinness this week, and actually irish terrorism killed many more people than this new form of terrorism today. the tragic reality is that society do have people who wa nt to is that society do have people who want to explode their anger against other people. indeed. there was allegedly an attack in islington la st allegedly an attack in islington last night, where somebody drove a car onto the pavement and pulled out nice, but because it is not terrorism, we can't have an armed policeman on every corner, and we certainly didn't after the killing ofjo cox, which actually involves a firearm. we have to get everything into perspective. we have a superb security force and the police are doing a brilliant job. security force and the police are doing a brilliantjob. and as you say, it is what you don't see that tells you that security is working, not seeing with people with guns on

the street, that tells you that security is not working. the front page of the times, borisjohnson, disgusting google. this is a joint approach by boris johnson disgusting google. this is a joint approach by borisjohnson and amber rudd, both targeting social media websites. the times has led the way this week with some strong stories showing how social media websites are allowing people to have all this nonsense on it, and how advertising are inadvertently funding extremist, and this has led to a bandwagon, leading to some companies withdrawing from it. this is typical of politicians, jumping on it and saying they have got to do something, and they are right, it is important. google and facebook and the like do need to do their utmost to eliminate this sort of material on there, and they do need to take

action. it is great to see this attention at this time. don't you feel like borisjohnson is like king canute, trying to hold back the sea? we are all out there putting forward out we are all out there putting forward our opinions, and to be releasing all of that simultaneously, websites, social media, it is a huge job. do you think it is not possible? it is not possible, if you ta ke possible? it is not possible, if you take down one website, another will p0p take down one website, another will p013 ”p take down one website, another will pop up. if you are taking them down more quickly, they would just manufacture websites that go up every ten minutes. ijust don't know, we have a president of the united states who takes to social media to put out his bile. it is very hard, i think, for these companies to distinguish. i do agree they should take out websites that are explicitly espouse terrorist activity, but i think it is very difficult to be able to do that.

moving on finally to the mail on sunday, page 15, taking issue with comic relief. foul language, unfunny skits... ban comic relief, fair enough. there has been a general opinion this year, heard elsewhere, that tend to macro is not funny, —— comic relief. i think the more fundamental issue is why is the bbc hosting comic relief because it does put out one particular viewpoint which is that aid is a good thing and eight works, and all these heroic medians are saving africa, but there is a fundamental issue, why is the bbc promoting aid in this way? i am not sure what aid us at all, really. if you are running

malaria projects, or hiv projects, all of those are fantastic because they are about changing outcomes for generations, and they are about changing behaviours and creating a healthy constant, but not this. 0k. there we to leave it. thank you both very much indeed. many thanks to my guests and just a reminder that we will take a look at tomorrow's front pages every evening at10:40pm tomorrow's front pages every evening at 10:a0pm here on bbc news. good morning. it has been a glorious start to the day, most of us seeing sunshine from the word go. some fantastic sunrise pictures have been sent in. the old adage red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning, the shepherds don't need to worry today because it will be another glorious morning. yesterday was the warmest

day of the year so far, reaching over19 day of the year so far, reaching over 19 celsius. temptress could reach slightly higher than that this morning. but starting on a cold note with a widespread frost in parts of northern england and scotland. still quite loudly for shetland today with some drizzle possible. 0therwise quite loudly for shetland today with some drizzle possible. otherwise it is dry weather for the majority of us. the top ten to four northern scotla nd us. the top ten to four northern scotland will reach over 19 celsius so it could yet be the warmest day of the year so far. northern ireland will reach 18 or so, and parts of north—west england. the further east you come, chilly easterly winds are feeding in which will keep the temperature is pegged back around the coastline of east anglia and kent. no problems for the valve three macro football matches. blair

spells at kick—off. it will stay dry overnight with clear skies. the exception is perhaps across parts of eastern england, where we could see some areas of cloud drifting in from the north sea. temperatures staying above freezing in towns and cities, but there will be pockets of frost further north. the week ahead is a dry, warm start to the week, but some changes towards the middle of the week across the north and west. 0n the week across the north and west. on monday, another dry day for most of us. any early morning cloud and missed will break up, with spring sunshine coming through, and it will be another glorious day. lighter winds, so it will get warmer across south—east england. the warmest weather is still across western areas. looking at the middle of the week, it will turn wetter and windier across the west, but warmer across eastern england. that is your weather. this is bbc news. the headlines at 10am: scotland yard says the westminster

attacker khalid masood acted alone and his motive may never be known. detectives confirmed the attack lasted just 82 seconds. the family of murdered pc keith palmer has thanked those who fought to save his life and said they were grateful he was not alone. more than 30 people have been injured — two seriously — after a suspected gas explosion on merseyside. the pentagon admits us—led coalition aircraft did strike an area of the iraqi city of mosul, where dozens of civilians were reportedly killed. also in the next hour, a thrilling start to the formula one season. the beginning of the end to mercedes' dominance. ferrari's sebastian vettel pips mercedes' lewis hamilton