‘significant progress' in investigating terror networks in the uk. the daily mail also leads on the investigation into the manchester attack. the newspaper reports there will be a security lockdown this weekend, with police and security forces expected to be present at more than 1,300 events. more than 23,000 potentialjihadist extremists have been identified by intelligence services, according to the times, there is a similar splash in the express, which reports that a ‘big blow‘ has been dealt to the extremists as police begin to close in on extremists. meanwhile the sun focuses on a separate terror plot as it says three men have appeared in court accused of planning to detonate a car bomb in central london. after a week like this we will inevitably end the week looking back on what has happened in manchester and the investigation and where he has got to. making great progress see the police. the times, uk home to 23,000 jihadist. manchester bomb escape surveillance. an extraordinary number of potential suspects here. who are of greater or lesser threat to the country. that's right. this is a figure given out by the security minister. of these 23,000, it said that 3000 people present a risk. there are 500 open

operations. really interesting detail is that salman abedi, the manchester attacker, and also khalid masood, who committed the westminster attacks several weeks ago, were both former subjects of these enquiries. they will not live suspects at the time of their attacks. it's quite a jittery sort of fa ct attacks. it's quite a jittery sort of fact to learn, that they had been under suspicion that they had been deemed safe enough to move on enquiries from. you wonder how the security services are meant to cope with that number of potential suspects. extraordinary. 20,000 who featured in that previous risk category, which is pretty scary. i heard an interesting debate on radio 2 today about, if we did not renew trident, we would release 400, sorry, £40 billion. somebody was suggesting, we could put that straight into security services, because it takes 30 officers to monitor one suspect. it's incredibly

labour—intensive. they are just overwhelmed with work at the moment. there isjust too much, i think generally they are brilliant at theirjob, but there is too much for too few people to do. it doesn't say in this article the backgrounds of these people. have they come from abroad or are they british—born? are they british citizens, have they been abroad to places like libya and syria? have they been radicalised that way? there was a great deal of detail missing. but it shows the scale of the problem that they are facing. that's right. one of the difficult things is that many of the studies conducted in places particularly with more intensive suicide bombing trends, such as iraq and afghanistan, there does not seem to be an obvious psychological background profile. some people are poon background profile. some people are poor, some middle—class, some highly intelligent, some quite thick and easily brainwashed. if there were an easy fit of background it would make

these people, the security officers who have to watch them, a lot easier. the telegraph them. corbyn is making excuses for terror attacks, says may. certainly the conservatives piled intojeremy corbyn for what he said about british foreign policy being one of the sources for potential radicalisation. i know corbyn fan, but i do think borisjohnson in particular misrepresented what corbyn said. he was not necessarily offering, as they have used this very eye—catching and perhaps hyperbolic phrase, he was not offering an excuse for terrorism. he was trying to explain why it might be happening. there was a poll saying 52% of people do believe that foreign wars have influenced terrorists in this country. it is slightly playing into my feeling that theresa may is struggling in the selection. this is certainly something that has surprised us. she started with a 25 point lead, the latest poll has her down only to a

5—point lead. latest poll has her down only to a 5— point lead. that's latest poll has her down only to a 5—point lead. that's a cataclysmic fall off. an insider from the tories saying that they are slightly disappointed with her performance, that it has not taken off. they thought she would be like angela merkel, seen as the mother of the nation. but thatjust has not happen with theresa may. tories were expecting more. the golf poll you talk about. there are likely to be more polls over the weekend. —— the ugov poll. some say the timing of these comments was distasteful. ugov poll. some say the timing of these comments was distastefullj think these comments was distasteful.” think that's right. particularly with corbyn this morning making an example of britain's support for intervention in libya, libya obviously being the country salman abedi the attacker is a second—generation immigrant from. had visited recently. so i think, the timing is odd. i would also say

tactically from a campaign point of view, we think that before this terrible bombing happened, theresa may was on the back foot, having to make this huge u—turn on social care policy. it strikes me as surprising and interesting that labour got stuck in today on foreign policy, which is not traditionally their strong suit, particularly under jeremy corbyn who was not seem to have this orthodox or sort of mainstream views. they choose to go big on that as the topic with which to resume their campaign. labour's traditional strengths are health and education. education is a massive issue. we got a letter from our children state school this weekend, pleading for money, saying, we are going to be in real terms 20% down from where we were five years ago. that is catastrophic for a school that wants to provide a good service or its peoples. i really think that if corbyn hammers that home, he has got an advantage because may looks,

some people are calling her the may bot. she looks like somebody who has tunnel vision. when she is challenged, as andrew neil did brilliantly the other day, she struggles. like the alien in those ridley scott films, who just repeat the same phrase over and over again. they are all guilty about. they all have their slogans. i know they are programmed to say stuff but she looks particularly so. corbyn was interviewed by andrew neill and was on the back foot a bit, talking about trident. he has been on the back foot. well gas, andrew neil is an excellent journalist. corbyn back foot. well gas, andrew neil is an excellentjournalist. corbyn has been on the back foot. he was asked six times about the ira and would not give a definitive answer. he has more achilles heels than he has heels, corbyn. he has so many weak spots. i think there will be more stuff about how mass and hezbollah, that the tories are just waiting to reveal about corbyn. i feel they have some stuff. dirty tricks, sadly

sometimes when elections. let's stay with the telegraph. suicide bomber may have used benefits to fund plots. what's the suggestion here? the suggestion is that the manchester attacker used student loa ns manchester attacker used student loans funding to travel back to libya. where he is believed, the telegraph says, to have learned bomb—making skills. there is a lot of interest around where his funding was coming from. that is a key element of the police and security services enquiries. the times today was talking about how he had opened up was talking about how he had opened up the good of bank accounts through which to go to diy stores to buy the nails, the shrapnel to include in the bombs. it says his finances are a major theme of the police enquiry. having never held down a job? he allegedly claimed at least two student loans which were £7,000 each, with no intention of going to those colleges. that's £14,000.

apparently one, he went to libya to learn bomb—making. we were paying for that. learn bomb—making. we were paying forthat. extraordinary, certainly some loopholes the need to be investigated. i am some loopholes the need to be investigated. lam not some loopholes the need to be investigated. i am not really criticising the government on this because they are overwhelmed with threats and information, and also committee characters who pop up and claimed to be a threat but they are not really. it's identifying, and this is incredibly difficult, who is a real threat on who is a hoax, if you like. back to that point but ultimately the terrorist is responsible for the actions they carry out. of course. to the i, and the mail. this week where they have made incredible progress and several arrests, another one tonight of course in connection with the suicide bombing in manchester. the i. suicide bombing in manchester. the i, police say, go out and enjoy yourselves. it is of course a bank holiday. so many public events

taking place. absolutely, not least people going off to the beach, resorts, theme parks. james i know you off to the fa cup final. i work in the palace of westminster day today and it has really struck me as quite an unusual change to seize troops with their purple berries, parading around the estate. seeing this picture here armed police with those huge machine guns. this is scarborough. worried about the donkeys there, i think. scarborough. worried about the donkeys there, ithink. it scarborough. worried about the donkeys there, i think. it feels very un—british army. —— it feels very un—british army. —— it feels very un—british army. —— it feels very un—british to me. absolutely right to keep the country safe. seems to be a cross—party consensus on it. andy burnham has said, theresa may is right, he supports the move of raising the level to good god. it's about stopping people panicking. getting into this building tonight there was an extra barrier had not seen before. i was at first denied because i did not

have a pass, then thought that a good thing, it's reassuring to see that people are really taking it seriously and they are worried about oui’ seriously and they are worried about our safety. that is very reassuring. i think the security services and the police in the terrible days following this appalling incident have really stepped up. they are reassuring people by their presence. i know there are sometimes sinister overtones about having armed police oi'i overtones about having armed police on the streets but this is the moment and the levels are critical, you really want that. daily mail talking about a bank holiday ring of steel, saying they are mine people being held in connection with the bomber network. security services saying, bear with us. you are going to have to be subject to extra security checks. but you can absolutely understand why. even the hay literary festival is mentioned! they will be furious their handkerchiefs and combatants will be searched. that is the level of

security they are going for. —— their handkerchiefs and their cravats. i'm delighted there will be armoured cars. i think that's a strong message. ithink armoured cars. i think that's a strong message. i think the security service at the moment have to say to people, we are in control, and we are going to win this, because the alternative is unthinkable. we cannot give in to them. i know that is what people always say, but making the show of strength is important. to show our determination and resilience. let's end with the financial times. cloudless skies, bust — don't like that word, but a nyway bust — don't like that word, but anyway — bust nuclear record. it has been fabulously hot. and there is an energy benefit. i put on some suncream iborra .my daughter today and it was sparkly. i looked like anton did back from strip may come dancing. it's not all positive. i

always have that mahogany spray tan, which apparently the fans love! it's got its own twitter account, my spray tan. anyway, there is a real benefit here, for the first time solar output has gone up to 24.3, outstripping the amount from nuclear power. that has to be good. also bringing down the price of wholesale electricity which would be, which is much cheaper than they are expecting than that generated by hinkley point. it's interesting, government subsidies and the price of solar panels falling by about 80% since 2009 has allowed solar industries to have this huge rise. it's amazing to think a quarter of our electricity at lunchtime today was generated by the sun. being a rather more rainy nation, i'm not sure we can count on such a record every day of the week.

it's interesting that only 1.4% is still generated from coal. perhaps for president trump, who wants to create clean coal, and open all the coal mines in america again. it looks like he's been left behind by technology here. that's all we have time for. we never have enough time! if only there was a second paper review. don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you, seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers — and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you to my guests, james rampton and lucy fisher. goodbye. good evening. it's been a hot day, the hottest of the year so far. that will culminate in some big thunderstorms over the next 24 to 36 hours. 29 was the peak. we will have a warm evening as well, some showers

to pick up and the moisture there are increasing. so to the humidity. though showers will become very occasionally in southern and western areas towards saturday. some sea fog as well. by no means will be a cold night. in fact it will be quite uncomfortable. through saturday, the showers runner northwards and eastwards. we will see potentially some wetter weather across northern ireland in the afternoon, and into southern western scotland. some big storms are likely across northern areas. some flash flooding and large hail. lots of thunder and lightning. that heat, 28 probably the high. sunday will see that diminishing in the north but the south starts to pick up some heavy downpours, even more widespread rain towards the night—time. this is bbc news.

i'm martine croxall. the headlines at 11:00 — police make another arrest and say they've "got hold of a large part" of the terror network surrounding the manchester bomber. these arrests are very significant. we are very happy we have got our hands around some of the key players we are concerned about. there is still a little bit more to do. with the security level at critical, armed police are in force at the start of the bank holiday weekend — with more than 1,000 public events taking place. also this hour, an election row asjeremy corbyn links british military intervention abroad to terrorist atrocities at home. the conservatives call his comments crass and ill timed — but the labour leader insists there must be a new approach to foreign policy. we must be brave enough to admit that the war on terror