clear this is bbc news. the headlines at 2:00. more cancellations and delays for british airways passengers, following the global computer system failure yesterday. it's been an absolute disaster. i'm trying to give you shots behind of people in the first queue, which then goes to a second queue, and then a third before they can even get to the registration desk. lam i am alive at heathrow airport where british airways has cancelled around about one third of its outgoing flights. the company says it is pulling out all the stops, but it is not there yet. the conservatives and labour promise more action to minimise the threat of terror attacks in the wake of the manchester bombing. the 22 victims have been remembered in church services held across the city this morning. tributes to two passengers killed on an american train, trying to defend two women from anti—muslim abuse. also: the american rock musician

gregg allman has died. music the 69—year—old became a star in the late 60s as part of the allman brothers band. he'd had struggled with several health issues. and we're visting hull as britain's city of culture for 2017. that's in half an hour, here on bbc news. british airways is still having to cancel and delay flights at heathrow this afternoon following yesterday's computer collapse which saw thousands of travellers and hundreds of flights stranded around the world. ba is telling people who's flights were affected yesterday only to turn up at airports if they know

they are booked on another flight. joe lynam reports. for some ba customers, it's been a long, uncomfortable night. bleary passengers, still hoping to catch their plane. refreshment was being handed out by the airline in a heavily congested terminal five, but some customers were not in the holiday mood. it's just a lot of moving around, standing in lines and lack of information. i think it's just too big that they don't know what to do about it and it just seems like there's not enough people. we've been in the line for about five hours now. we've no idea how much longer we'll be here and we're getting no communication from the staff. as thousands of people wait in packed terminals, many will not get to fly today at all. dozens of flights have already been cancelled and many more will not

depart as the airline struggles to reset its global network after a major power failure. for aviation insiders though, this would be a lot more than just an operational headache for ba. the passengers don't fly, the airline loses revenue from those passengers and maybe even has to refund and book another airline. but at the same time, they are incurring additional costs because there's compensation in some cases, that may need to be paid, not least from a regulatory point of view. a lot of hidden costs, repatriating peoples‘ bags for example. some customers have been told their flight is cancelled online, then to get the exact opposite message when they call the airline to confirm. this issue for ba looks as if it's set to persist for far more than just a few hours. live to heathrow — and the latest from our correspondent andy moore. we have a fresh statement from british airways in the last few minutes. that is right. british

airways are still not doing broadcast interviews, not subjecting themselves to any questioning, but have given this statement on video to their customers from the chief executive. he says they are hoping to get most of their long haul flights away from heathrow today, but that means cancellation of short—haulflights. but that means cancellation of short—haul flights. the bbc understands that something like a third, approaching a third of flights have been cancelled from heathrow today. he says they are pulling out all of the stops, but they have not got there yet. with me isa ba they have not got there yet. with me is a ba passenger who was flying with two families to budapest today. what was your experience ? with two families to budapest today. what was your experience? our experience was quite sad. we arrived at the airport at 10am fray 1250 departure. as we arrived, we were sent a text telling is our flight would stomach was cancelled. we are travelling with four children aged 13 to ten. we had to tell them immediately that their flight was cancelled. we tried to contact ba by phone, by e—mail, and on the

website. try to find ground staff, website. try to find ground staff, we have not seen anybody on the ground at all. what do you think about the way ba have handled this? it is very disappointing. we travel with ba because it is a reputable airline. it is a month we trust. they have made no effort to communicate to us unfortunately. what will you do now? we will keep the children together for another three days. we have looked at flying out to budapest, we can't find any flights at all. bia are not allowing us flights at all. bia are not allowing us to book anything. it is half term, so we are limited for time. we're going to stay in the uk and try and find somewhere to be together. we heard from the chief executive, if he was here now and you are able to ask questions, what would you ask? i would ask where his staff are. i think it is that

simple. wherel staff are. i think it is that simple. where i go staff in the airport. we cannot find any. we were put ina airport. we cannot find any. we were put in a holding pen, essentially, told to stand somewhere and wait for rebutting by the ground staff from the airport. nobody with a ba logo. you are in terminal three. what was the atmosphere like? confused. not too bad when we left. we left an hour and too bad when we left. we left an hourand a too bad when we left. we left an hour and a half ago, maybe two hours ago. it was becoming more and more rioters as we left. lots of chanting over the other side of the chance terminal. we weren't part of it, thatis terminal. we weren't part of it, that is all be heard. thank you. that is the story of one disgruntled ba passenger that is repeated by many people. no communication from to share ways they wish there was more staff to hope them with their problems. thank you very much. andy is there by choice, unlike many of the people there for a rotten bank

holiday. you got a pretty clear idea of how people were feeling at the moment. the victims of the terror attack in manchester have been remembered in church services held across the city this morning. the city is still on alert, with armed police guarding proceedings at the great manchester run, which is taking place this afternoon. in the centre of manchester, people are making a point of being seen to come together. some might call this defiance, but staging the great manchester run less than a week after the bomb attack that left so many families grieving, is about something more simple. it's an attempt to return to normality. however, for the moment, this is the new normal. armed officers and extra security a very visible presence on the streets, to try to offer reassurance. but inevitably, they are a reminder of the attack on the city. i was a bit nervous.

i am here with my husband, if anything else could have happened, i've got children at home. i did think twice, i'm not going to lie, but i'm here. originally it was to run for us, but not now, it's to run for manchester. the yellow, the ribbon is for that. we just got to do it. we just can't let them win. and on shirt, after shirt, people are showing support for the families of the 22 people who were killed at the manchester arena. bells toll along the race route they stood silent to show their respect. and inside manchester cathedral, they joined that spirit of remembrance. the names of each of the 22 people

who died were read out at the services. we as a city need to hold together and stand together and live out all those values of compassion, of caring, of togetherness. manchester is on the way back to not living in fear. the terror threat has been reduced, but it remains severe and this is a city still in need of reassurance and support. frankie mccamley is in st anne's square. these flowers have been building up all week and it is extremely striking when you come down to the city centre, to saint and's square

to see these flowers. the picture here doesn't do itjustice. looking from above, you can really see the amount of flowers, balloons, teddy bears stretching around 50 metres. it takes your breath away. when you come and walk down here, thousands of people are coming and going, leaving flowers from all ages, all backgrounds. i've been speaking to some people who can't physically speak because they are so upset and are shocked by what took place and others who say they just want to come and pay their respects. this was a young children's lives that we re was a young children's lives that were taken away. many children are here visibly upset. leaving messages behind me, a lot of people came from the great manchester run to leave flowers, a medal has been leftjust behind me. elsewhere, people are getting tattooed baby to show solidarity. the city coming together. —— tattooed as of a b.

when you come here, it really does ta ke when you come here, it really does take your breath away to show solidarity. who knows, perhaps the bee will be a hashtag across social media like there was after the charlie had a attack. numbers of people injured who are still receiving treatment. some people finally being discharged. a large number of people, the nhs saying, 116 people received patient care and 54 116 people received patient care and 5a still being treated. 116 people received patient care and 54 still being treated. yes. figures are still coming out. the scale of this attack still coming out. the police investigation is still going on. that emergency response that took place on the night of the

attack, people stepping in, paramedics, its huge stories of heroes that stepped in. people coming to where the attack happened at helping people. that is really the sense that you get here on the ground, people coming together, standing together, no matter where they come from, what age, what race, they come from, what age, what race, they have all come here to pay their respects and stand together and say that the city of manchester remains open. spectacular image behind you of all the tributes. thank you for that. james pearce watched the great manchester run and had the opportunity to speed to the mayor of manchester andy burnham and the comedianjohn manchester andy burnham and the comedian john bishop. a number of different runs taking place in the city. first of all, half marathon, kids runs. then we will have a ten kilometre run. you can probably sleep behind me a number of people getting into position and ready for the fat, start. —— for the start.

0ne the fat, start. —— for the start. one of those is going to be starting fairly soon. here isjohn bishop the comedian. how you? how hard decision was it for to come here?|j comedian. how you? how hard decision was it for to come here? i wasn't. i decided after the events to be part of something that was in the city, in the middle of the city of scale like this. it wasn't a difficult decision to do it. i have not done any running and i onlyjust had stitches out of my leg, so i don't know how far i will get, but i am looking forward to it. what about the atmosphere? absolutely. i lived in manchester for over 20 years and i went to college year, met my wife here, got married here. as andy will know, . .. here, got married here. as andy will know,... andy is moving into the city. it is a wonderful city to be pa rt city. it is a wonderful city to be part of. people welcome un. that kind of warmth of personality is

what makes days like this so special. andy, thanks forjoining us. special. andy, thanks forjoining us. were you involved in the decision to have the run taking place? was as a hard decision? we did think very carefully about it. always, we wanted to do it. we wanted to send the message out that you are not going to betis. you are not going to change us. you will not stop as doing what we want to do and live the life we want to live. that is what we were trying to do all week. that is the message we have got all week. how much tighter is the security today? obviously it is. people can see the extra. that was john bishop talking to james pearce. along with the mayor of manchester andy burnham. there is return you to oui’ andy burnham. there is return you to our top story. the problems of british airways. we've had a statement now as andy moore was

saying from british airways. they are not doing interviews of any kind at the moment, but they are putting out video statements on their twitter feed every so often. this one is from alex cruise the chief executive who is now saying that passengers are not being admitted to terminal five at heathrow. that is the big purpose built state—of—the—art turn, terminal. they are not being allowed into the terminal before 90 minutes before their schedule is due to depart. is a very short statement. it is not sure whether that is overcrowding, safety, we heard that there were some chanting in terminal three. maybe people have become a bit bolshie about the difficulties that. it could be that they have taken a decision for another reason, but people are stuck outside terminal five until 90 minutes before the flight five until 90 minutes before the flight is scheduled to depart. presumably waiting in the areas in front of the terminal building. no

indication of any facility is being laid on there. that is all part of the general message that if you don't have a confirmed flight today, stay away. let's take a look at the headlines. british airways passengers face further disruption as the company warns of delays and cancellations, following a global computer failure that saw all flights cancelled yesterday. the conservatives and labour promise more action to minimise the threat of terror attacks in the wake of the manchester bombing. tributes have been paid to two passengers killed on an american train, trying to defend two women from anti—muslim abuse. a man has been arrested. the home secretary amber rudd says the conservatives would set up a commission to tackle terrorism and hate crime and promote british values if they win the general election. labour say they would put 10,000 police on the streets

and match a conservative pledge of an extra thousand security experts. but following the release of new cctv pictures of the manchester bomber salman abedi. salman abedi, the man who massacred children in manchester, pictured on the night of the attack. but where had he been, who knew his plans and what happened when his friends alerted the security services about his extremism? questions for the home secretary. was salman abedi on a surveillance list? i don't know those details because the intelligence services are still collecting information about him and about the people around him. i wouldn't rush to conclusions, but you seem to be, that they missed something. people had phoned the terror hotline. as they should do. we will look to see what else we can do, the prime minister announced in our manifesto before this, there would be a commission for activism. ——extremism.

that commission will include promoting british values to promote a narrative. there will be a specific focus in attitudes affecting women, such as female genital mutilation. but there are unanswered questions, how is the commission to identify extremism, how will it be funded and how will they fit in with existing counterterror work such as the prevent strategy. labour security pledges 10,000 new police officers to replace half of the 20,000 lost on the recent government cuts and today, they have promised 1000 actor security officers. but they admit it is only committing to the numbers promised under david cameron's government. we are saying that we want to recruit 10,000 extra police officers, community police officers because we think community policing is key. we want to recruit 3000

extra firefighters, 3000 extra prison officers, 1000 people in the security field. diane abbott said she regrets sounding previously supportive of the ira once claiming the freedom of the british state is freedom for all of us. it was 34 years ago, i had a splendid afro at the time. i don't have the same hairstyle and i don't have the same views. protecting the public is considered the first duty of the government. there is just ten days left to see if this remains a key strad of the election campain. it is been the subject of the week, dominating the political agenda in the wake of the manchester bombing. now the campaigning has begun again, we have got reaction from what other

leaders would do. the plaid cymru leader leanne wood was asked on the andrew marr show, whether her party would back stronger surveillance measures to combat extremism. we are against mass surveillance, we are in favour of more targeted surveillance. if people are under suspicion then the police need to keep a close eye on them. we support resources for that. the idea of watching everyone and being able to access watching everyone and being able to a ccess eve ryo ne's watching everyone and being able to access everyone's e—mail and communications, that is where we have a problem and that is where our mps have voted. consistently come against the slippers charter for example. —— snoopers charter. the co—leader of the green party criticised the government's prevent programme — its strategy for combating extremism — saying it was alienating the muslim community. many in the muslim community believe there has been an attack on their group in particular. we want there to bea

group in particular. we want there to be a mechanism by which people can come to the state with concerns. when it is perceived by the muslim community itself by being a toxic, big brother brand, then we need to look at it again. that is what the mayor of manchester is saying, we need to make sure it is seen as something that is broad, inclusive and absolutely bottom—up, not top down through big brother. ukip leader paul nuttall defended his party's pledge to ban face—covering veils, saying it was essential for effective surveillance. what we are talking about is banning face covering. whether that is the niqab or the burger, or people turning up at an edl protest or an edl march, you have got to be prepared to show your face. whether you like it or not, we are the most watched people in the world. there is more cctv per head than anywhere else on the planet. for cctv to be effective, you need to be able to see people's faces. the snp leader nicola sturgeon said she thought it was right to have an open debate

about the implications of foreign policy on extremism in the uk it is not an excuse, not a justification. i remember when the former head of m15 herself said that the war in iraq had led to radicalisation in the uk and had raised different issues about different threats and other issues with keeping the country say. terrorists are trying to undermine our democracy, we have got to protect our ability in a healthy democracy do have these debates. and first minister nicola sturgeon will be the latest leader in the hot seat talking to andrew neil. you can see that at six o'clock this evening on bbc one — and it'll be repeated here on bbc news at 12.30 the men say they have abandoned

their... is part of a government audit enquiry. a vigil has been held in the us city of portland for two men who were killed when they tried to stop a man from racially abusing two teenage girls. it's thought the girls were muslim. jeremyjoseph christian, a convicted criminal, will appear in court on tusday. caroline davies reports. panic and fear on a normal commuter train. i was so scared. they were stabbing inside the train. there were people running around and crying. this was the scene in portland. two men were stabbed to death here. other passengers said they were trying to stop a man abusing two teenage girls who appeared to be muslim. this is the suspect, jeremyjoseph christian. while travelling on a train on friday afternoon, police say

that he became aggressive. he was yelling, ranting, raving a lot of things which would be characterised as hate speech. some people approached him, appeared to try to intervene with his behaviour, and some of the people he was yelling at, they were attacked viciously by the suspect. he left the station but was arrested by police. this phone footage shows the moment he was cornered. two men lost their lives. in portland, the deaths were met with upset and anger. there is too much hatred in the world right now. and far too much violence. our current political climate allows far too much room for those whose spread bigotry. violent words can lead to violent acts. 0n social media there were strong feelings, with many pointing to the suspect‘s apparent extreme right wing views.

former presidential candidate hillary clinton tweeted that no one should have to endure this racist abuse. and no one should have to give their lives to stop it. after the attack, the council on american—islamic relations urged president trump to speak out against increasing islamophobia in the us. chants: not in our town! the groupjoined a vigil to remember the two men who lost their lives. rickyjohn best and this man, taliesin myrddin namkai meche. his mother posted this picture calling her son a hero. both men will be remembered for standing up to hatred. one of the founding members of the rock group, the allman brothers band , gregg allman , has died. he was 69. a statement on his website says he had struggled with many health issues. gregg allman and his older brother duane started the band in the southern american state of georgia in the 1960s. gregg allman doing what he did best.

long—haired psychedelia, mixed with the blues, country and jazz. what came to be known as southern rock. as part of the allman brothers band, one of the biggest acts of the 1970s. which made what happened next all the more unusual. his marriage to cher, a romantic and professional relationship that caused a little controversy. she had the big idea to go on stage together. then we got to europe, and half the audience over here was in tuxedos and the other half in backpacks. they were yelling, "boo!" "get the bleep off the stage!" she led the morning on social media, saying... songwriter melissa

etheridge posted... and john mayer tweeted... gregg allman was born in nashville, tennessee, in 1947. together with his brother, duane, he formed the allman brothers band in 1969. they enjoyed huge success, but duane would die in a motorbike accident at the age of 24. gregg continued performing, but would suffer from health problems and an addiction to drugs and alcohol. he passed away peacefully at his home in savannah, georgia. described as a kind and gentle soul, a brilliant pioneer in music. time for the weather.

it is not looking too bad a across much of the country. this picture across the midlands to picture what is going along this skies in central midlands. high cloud and some sunny spells. it is all change, heavy rain and thunder pushing their way in north. it is not until we reach the middle part of the night when we could see some significant pushing in towards the south—east corner. torrential downpours. a dry and chilly night in the northern half of scotland. bank holiday monday, that rain will slowly push north across northern parts of the uk. the odd

heavy burst of rain. in the south, sunshine could break through the clouds and if it does so with warm and humid conditions, we could see some showers or thunderstorms being sparked off. temperatures 24 degrees. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines at 2.30pm: british airways is still having to cancel and delay flights at heathrow. it has just announced terminal five will only be open for departures for passengers 90 minutes before the flight. we've tried desperately to contact ba by email, by phone, on their website and also trying to find ground staff and we haven't seen anybody on the ground, at all. the conservatives and labour make election promises to tackle terrorism. theresa may plans a new commission to counter extremism. jeremy corbyn is pledging 10,000 more police and security staff. the 22 victims have been remembered

in church services held across the city this morning. tributes have been paid to two passengers killed on an american train, trying to defend two women from anti—muslim abuse. a man has been arrested. the american rock musician greg allman has died. he was a star in the late ‘60s group, the allman brothers band. the 69—year—old had struggled with a number of health issues. now on bbc news, hull is nearly half way through being the uk's 2017 city of culture. anne—marie tasker and kofi smiles have the latest instalment of what's happening in the year—long celebration.