this is bbc news. the headlines: a 25 year—old man is arrested in manchester by police investigating last monday's suicide bombing. a search is also being carried out at a house in the moss side area of manchester. 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 at church services held across the city this morning. british airways is still having to cancel and delay flights at heathrow, to the fury of passengers, who are not now being admitted to terminal 5 until 90 minutes before departure. alex cruz, who is the ceo of british airways, i understand he's not doing any media interviews. but i think he should come out of his box and apologise to his customers and resign, ithink. also in the next hour, at least 150 people have been killed and 2000 homes destroyed in

sri lanka's worst flooding in years. all the homes, shops, worship places, schools, everything is under flood. over 50 people died in this district. thousands of people have been cut off from basic services. sebastian vettel wins the monaco grand prix for ferrari, extending his formula one championship lead over lewis hamilton to 25 points. lewis hamilton finishes in seventh place. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. police investigating the manchester arena terror attack have arrested another man on suspicion of terror offences. the man, who's 25 years old, was detained in old trafford, and officers are searching a property in the moss side area.

there's also a report of a controlled explosion. this is the 14th arrest by police investigating the concert attack which left 22 dead. 0ur correspondent dan johnson is in moss side in manchester. what is the latest on the operation which has been taking place? what is the latest on the operation which has been taking place7m looks like the police operation is starting to scale down, the number of police officers has reduced and some vehicles have been taken away in the last half an hour but still detectives and forensic experts working in the house around the corner, although we can't see it from this position. it is on the left further up this road, and it was around two o'clock when there was around two o'clock when there was around two o'clock when there was a lot of police activity here, heavily armoured officers raiding one of the houses, something that surprised local people. some sort of explosion, we think that is the kit that the police use to blow the door

in to get into the house as quickly as possible, and there are reports that some people saw a man forced to the ground and then put into a police van, but greater manchester police have not confirmed if there has been a arrest at this scene. the 25—year—old man who was arrested was a few streets away where officers have been searching a blue car which was stopped in the middle—of—the—road. that was searched by officers and in the last half an hour that car has been put ona half an hour that car has been put on a loader and driven away. after what had been a quiet morning here in greater manchester with no significant police activity, suddenly at the start of this afternoon we had a frenzy of police activity with two searches and raids and one more arrest and that means over the course of the week since the attack on monday there have been 14 the attack on monday there have been 1a people in total arrested, two released, and so 12 are still talking to the police, telling them

what they know about salman abedi and the network that might have been behind this bomb. can you give us an idea of the geography and how it all fits together? indeed. apart from one search in nuneaton, the main focus has been in greater manchester, taking in places like gold and also wigan, and a lot of different sites in the suburbs —— like 0ldham. this is moss side, to the south of the city centre, the first search was not far from here. that is where salman abedi was believed to have lived, that was the main focus of police activity in the hours after the attack, but we have seen searches to the north of the city, two men arrested on a street close to cheetham hill yesterday and we have had searches in a tower block to the east, on the further

edge of manchester towards the ringrose, and this has caused nervousness for people across the city —— ring roads. police activity has sprung up in different places and taken the focus to different parts of the city at different times and these are very intense police raids. some people thought it was the sas storming the building is because the counterterrorism officers are such heavily armed and well protected units. they are counterterrorism specialist fire i’u ns counterterrorism specialist fire runs officers who carried the most serious level of kit and that shows how seriously they are taking up these operations —— firearms officers. we have seen two people arrested without charge and others might follow, they might be released without having anything to do with this network but the police are keen to move as quickly to follow up these leads and track down anyone they think might have a connection

would salman abedi or the others who we re would salman abedi or the others who were involved in plotting this attack. —— with salman abedi. were involved in plotting this attack. -- with salman abedi. thanks for joining attack. -- with salman abedi. thanks forjoining us. the latest police activity comes after after the victims of the terror attack in manchester were remembered in church services held across the city. the nhs has confirmed that 5a people are still being treated as a result of the attack — 19 are said to be in critical care. the city is still on alert, with armed police guarding competitors at the great manchester run. this report from chris buckler. 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'm 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've 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, theyjoined that spirit of remembrance. the names of each of the 22 people

who died were read out during today's 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 now been reduced, but it remains severe and this is a city still in need of reassurance and support. the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham was among the runners taking part in the race. he explained why organisers were so determined that it should take place. we did think very carefully about it. but always, we wanted to do it. we wanted to send the message out that you are not going to beat us. you're not going to change us.

you will not stop us 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. we have some news coming in. this is a hero gram to the people of manchester. this is from the police in manchester and they wanted to express their appreciation for the friendship and support and goodwill they have received in the last six days. this is from the inspector and he says it is great to see so mini people coming into the city centre to support events like this weekend —— many people. we still have an

increased police presence, he says, as people would expect, this is expected to continue to the bank holiday and beyond, and he says his officers have been working long hours and not everyone they have been greatly affected by what happened. what has helped them through has been the over winning support and kindness from the people of manchester and he wants to thank each and every person who has added to this. he says support has come in many forms, to hugs and boxes of pizza. 21100 tea bags were delivered to the police to be able to make a warm brew after patrols. i wonder if she had done a bit of maths to work out how many cups of tea they needed. he says they are looking at ways of getting some of the generous donations to volunteers who have been working for free since monday night raw stop they have also paid

—— working for free since monday night. they have also paid tribute to the families, of course. we can 110w to the families, of course. we can now move on. the other big story of the weekend. british airways is continuing to suffer delays caused by yesterday's power breakdown which had a catastrophic affect on its it services. heathrow continues to be the worst hit. some shops at the airport have run out of food and many people reportedly slept on the floor overnight. there are long queues at terminal 5, where passengers are complaining about a lack of information. the airline says it is "pulling out all the stops" to deal with the situation. 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 or 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. british airways have not given any broadcast interviews. but in a statement in the past hour, the company's chief executive alex cruz told passengers: live to heathrow — and the latest from our correspondent andy moore.

we have been talking and it's been pretty clear from what you have said that although the initial phase of the problem is over, the knock on effect is considerable. yes, it is considerable, and we still don't know the initial it problem has been resolved, but ba says many of their systems a re resolved, but ba says many of their systems are up and running but we don't believe they have a complete reset of their systems yet. as for the knock on effect, ba said they will be running the majority of their flights from heathrow and they are planning to get away their long haulflights, but are planning to get away their long haul flights, but that is at the expense of the short—haul flights. ba have not been able to say how

many cancellations there will be, but the bbc has been running to the departure boards and we believe until lunchtime about a0 flights we re until lunchtime about a0 flights were cancelled and that is about a quarter of all the flights leaving here from heathrow today. ba flights, of course. for every flight outbound that is cancelled, that means a return flight that is cancelled. so there are ba passengers around europe who are stranded and can't get back to heathrow. we have heard from passengers in rome who have been told they may not get back to london until tuesday. continuing problems at heathrow and reflected at other airports around europe. are we any clearer about the details of what happened? clearer about the details of what happened ? the clearer about the details of what happened? the company rejected the union suggestion it was down to outsourcing of their it activity to india and they said it is purely a power supply problem. one of the

passengers said what major company with exposed infrastructure has only one power supply, and why wasn't there a back up? these questions are ones that aren't going to go away evenif ones that aren't going to go away even if this particular crisis is resolved. that is right. there are continuing problems about the source of the problem and the company said ina of the problem and the company said in a brief statement yesterday it was down to a power supply problem. they were busy yesterday saying there was no evidence of a cyber attack, but the details of precisely what went wrong, we still don't know. you have to remember, the american airline delta had a similar problem last year when they lost their computer system for about six hours and that was because of a power supply problem, as well. the company power supply problem, as well. the co m pa ny lost power supply problem, as well. the company lost about a00 flights and

they had to pay out something like £70 million in compensation. british airways will have a very large bill in compensation also after this event. six hours, and this has been the second day, it could be up to a8 hours. andy, thanks forjoining us. one passenger was trying to get a plane from rome to london. he described what he saw at the airport there earlier. it was chaotic, it was mad, four rose which went from the point where i'm standing back to the point where i'm standing back to the entryway to the airport. it was very chaotic. a lot of people, and potentially it has been put back to tuesday. absolutely, well over 200 people, in four lines, tuesday. absolutely, well over 200 people, infour lines, so, yeah. people were told to go home? eventually they were told to go

home, but the majority of people did get rebooked onto later flights and some people could now go out, like me, tomorrow, so, yes. earlier this afternoon i spoke to eddie leviten and his daughter esther about their experiences at heathrow yesterday. they should have been spending the afternoon in marseille. it's like the worst nightmare, like some kind of kafkaesque situation, you can't contact anybody to find out anything and nobody is able to give you any information even on their twitter feed. alex cruz, give you any information even on their twitterfeed. alex cruz, the ceo of british airways, i understand he's not doing any media interviews, but he should come out and apologised to his customers and resign, thing, because this is epic failure of his systems —— resign, i think. he has not been accountable

to his customers and if you are failing your customers you are failing your customers you are failing your customers you are failing your business and i think british airways is a company in terminal decline. and you can hear more from the leviton family about their ordeal, here on the news channel after a30. the headlines on bbc news: a 25—year—old man has been arrested, as armed police stage a further raid as part of inquiries into the manchester arena bomb attack. the conservatives and labour promise more action to minimise the threat of terror attacks in the wake of the manchester bombing. 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 home secretary, amber rudd, says the conservatives will set up a commission to tackle terrorism and hate crime, and promote british values, if they win

the general election. labour say they will put 10,000 police on the streets and match a conservative pledge of an extra thousand security experts. new cctv pictures of the manchester bomber, salman abedi, have been released. here's our political correspondent matt cole. 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, his mosque, 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, as 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, which is why

the prime minister announced in our manifesto before this, there would be a commission for extremism. that commission will include promoting british values to promote a counter narrative. there will be a specific focus on attitudes affecting women, such as female genital mutilation. but there are unanswered questions, how is the commission to identify extremism? where and in what way? how will it be funded and how will they fit in with existing counterterror work such as the prevent strategy? labour's 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 extra security officers. but they admit it is only committing to the numbers promised under david cameron's government. but that 10,000 hasn't been recruited. they haven't done it yet?

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. but setting out her plans, diane abbott refused to say she regretted previously supporting the ira, one stating that defeat for the british state was a victory for all of us. what i'm saying, i had a rather splendid afro at the same time, but i don't have the same views. just over ten days left to see if this remains a key strand of the election campaign. security has been the dominant issue for all the parties

since the terrorist attack in manchester on monday. 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. it makes sense, 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 everyone's e—mail and communications, that is where we have a problem and that is where our mps have voted. consistently against the snoopers charter for example. 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 it has been an attack on their group in particular. we want there to be a mechanism by which people can come to the state with concerns. but when it is perceived by the muslim community

itself as 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 prevent 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 burka, or people turning up at an edl protest or an edl march, you have got to be prepared to show your face. for security reasons. 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 mi5 herself said that the war in iraq had led to greater radicalisation in the uk and had raised different issues about different threats and other issues in terms of keeping the country safe. terrorists are trying to undermine our democracy, and we have got to protect our ability in a healthy democracy and 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 6pm this evening on bbc one — and it'll be repeated here on bbc news at 1230. donald trump has tweeted about the lea ks into donald trump has tweeted about the leaks into the manchester bombing to the us media, which led to a minor

diplomatic dispute between washington and london. when pictures we re washington and london. when pictures were released apparently showing pa rt were released apparently showing part of the bomb. theresa may was very angry about the release of the photographs, as well as the identity of salman abedi before it had been published here. president trump has been critical of leaks from his administration in the recent past. a man has been shot in the car park of a supermarket in northern ireland. the incident occurred at about 3pm at the sainsbury‘s superstore in bangor, county down. a man is being treated at the scene after he was reportedly hit several times. the police have sealed off the area, meaning hundreds of shoppers are unable to leave. more than 150 people are now known to have died in sri lanka in flooding and landslides caused by heavy monsoon rains. officials say aid is now reaching remote areas in the worst affected areas in the south and west of the island.

95 people are in hospital and more than a hundred are still missing. at least 2,000 houses have been destroyed, and almost half a million people have been forced from their homes and are sheltering in government buildings or with friends and relatives. some families are sitting on rooftops waiting for supplies. indian naval ships are helping with the relief effort. our reporter azzam ameen sent this update. we're now in a village in the western district and the village is inundated with floods since friday. all the homes, shops, worship places, everything is underflood. the roads are completely underwater and residents rely on boat services for food and other essential supplies. we see families and children seated on the terrace waiting for supplies. more than 50 people died in this whole district, one of the worst affected areas. thousands here have been displaced and are cut off from basic services and in addition to severe flooding, this village witnessed an unexpected mudslide which killed at least seven people.

we spoke to a man who lost four of his grandchildren in the mudslide. translation: it was raining here and started to flood. i brought my four children to my sister's house, thinking it would be safe. i went back to take our belongings. suddenly, i heard a big noise. when i came and saw, children were under the rubble. water levels are gradually receding, but with more rain predicted in the next couple of days. residents are scared that there will be more flooding. many people have been enjoying the warm weather here, well, until recently, but this is what has been happening in belarus. the tractors are celebrating the arrival of summer with a dance display. this is the annual festival held by the minsk tractor works — which makes one in ten

of all the tractors in the world. thousands of people attended to watch the tractors perform to traditional belarus music — and even swan lake. it is very hard to follow that. we can have a look at the weather prospects. many places have enjoyed a fine afternoon sunshine but the rain has been pushing into southern areas and will trundle north in the evening. maybe the odd thundery burst. in the night more significant pushing into the south—east, moving towards east midlands and torrential downpours may be in places. there will be a warm and muggy feared in the south but cool and fresh in the northern half. bank holiday monday, cloudy

start, damp, outbreaks of rain, central and northern areas, pushing north, the odd thundery burst, and we might see the clouds break up to offer sunny spells, and with the air being warm and humid there might be the chance of a heavy shower or thunderstorm developing in the midlands and the south—east, but cool and fresher further west and north. a band of rain spreading across the uk on tuesday, but high pressure will build after that and it will be turning dry and warm sunshine. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines at 5.30pm: a 25—year—old man is arrested as armed police stage a further raid as part of inquiries into the manchester arena bomb attack. 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. british airways is still having to cancel and delay

flights at heathrow. it follows yesterday's computer collapse which saw thousands of travellers stranded around the world. ba says customers are not being admitted to terminal five until 90 before their scheduled departure. 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 number of people known to have died in severe flooding in sri lanka has risen, to just over 150. it's thought nearly half a million people have been forced out of their homes. in a moment, jim naughtie talks to ann patchett about her new novel commonwealth in meet the author. first, a look at the sport. james pearce has come in from his

early one. hello. plenty of football and french open action to come but we're going to start with motor racing and ferrari's16 year wait to win the monaco grand prix again is over. sebastian vettel took the chequered flag and has extended his world championship lead over lewis hamilton to 25 points. hamilton finished in seventh, whilejenson button's one off return to formula one ended in a collision. nick parrot has the details. ferrari have lewis hamilton and mercedes on the run. qualifying 13 made winning monaco ‘s twisty streets almost impossible for hamilton. upfront starting from pole for the first time in nine years, ahead of team—mate sebastian vettel. as ferrari ‘s number one driver it was no surprise that all ended up in the lead after the first round of pit stops. hamilton just to stay out longer, moving up the order as

others change their tyres. at one point he was the fastest man on the track, but could only finish seventh. it was a stark contrast to jenson button, covering for fernando alonso who was racing indy 500. he is one of return to action ended prematurely. the line will have a scan and he helps to race again. but in my not. ferrari led every lap with ferrari winning their first race in the principality since 2001. with the germans champing chimney down 25 points, hamilton has plenty of catching up to do. hamilton have retained their place in the scottish premiership after beating dundee united 1—0 in the second leg of the play—off final. greg docherty scored the only goal of the game, as ben croucher reports. a season that started over ten months ago came down to one final game. ali crawford was almost single—handedly pushing hamilton

towards that win, but time and time again, dundee ‘s campbell kept him from the jackpot. murphy ‘s reflexes did not help. they continued to be saved by bell at the other end as squandered chances were beginning to ta ke squandered chances were beginning to take their toll. after 153 minutes of stalemate, it needed something special to end its. enter greg doherty. only his second goal of the season, he has seldom scored one more valuable. simon murray had the chance to salvage, but it would prove a costly mess. for hamilton, spoils and riches and another priceless season in the premiership awaits. in england, blackpool have been promoted to league one after beating exeter 2—1 in the play off final at wembley. blackpool had only sold around 5,000 tickets for the match, with many of their fans deciding to stay away in protest about the running of their club. but the lack of support in the stadium made no difference to the outcome.

here's adam wild. forfans, there for fans, there is forfans, there is no more exciting way to get promoted. a fact black pawn are only too well. no club has played in all one more play—off finals than they have. for exeter, this was a first and it could barely have started worse. brad pops with the first goal after little more than two minutes. black bull had their goalkeeper to thank for keeping them ahead, just moments later a brilliant instinctive save. there were not many tangerine fans to see it. a boycott over the club's ownership for some extended even to the special occasion. exeter fans we re the special occasion. exeter fans were rewarded before half—time. david whelan is welljudged finish ensuring the sides were level at the break. from there, it was blackpool who dominated. the ball eventually finding its way to mark allen to pokein finding its way to mark allen to poke in this final goal. for exeter, there was to be no answer. some

troubled years, is finally something for blackpool fans to celebrate. there was an extraordinary result in the wls spring series, where leaders liverpool were thrashed 7—0 by chelsea, with all the goals scored by a different player. chelsea went ahead afterjust four minutes through gilly flaherty and by half—time the blues were 3—0 up... chelsea's domination continued after the break with four more goals, drew spence completing the seven nil humbling of the reds. liverpool have one match left and lead the table, but they have played a game more than second—placed chelsea who have a vastly superior goal difference. manchester city lost a league game for the first time in over two years. they lost 1—0 to arsenal, jordan nobbs with one of the goals of the season. a big upset on the first day of the french open — with the world number one and top seed angelique kerber going out in the first round to ekatarina makarova. kerber struggled throughout — losing the first set 6—2 at roland garros.

and it didn't get any better for the german in the second set. losing that 6—2 too. a straight sets defeat — and kerber is the first top seeded woman to go out in the first round of the french open since the sport went professional in 1968. petra kvitova has made a winning return to tennis, five months after she was stabbed in an attack at her home. the czech player suffered a career—threatening hand injury, but made her comeback in the first round this morning. she was up against world number 85julia bose—rup. kvitova broke the american's serve early on, and showed little signs of letting up, taking the first set 6—3. a short rain delay didn't interrupt her rhythm, as she went on to take the second set 6—2, cheered on by her parents and brothers in the crowd. britain's dan evans is struggling in his french open first round match against tommy robredo clay is far from evans' favourite

surface but he looked at home taking the first set 7—5 before the 35—year—old spaniard levelled the match.. the british numberfour remained on the back foot and robredo won the third set 6—3 to move into a two set to one lead. evans is 3—1 down in the fourth set. evans is a—i down in the fourth set. england have beaten the barbarians 28—1a at twickenham in their last match before next month's tour to argentina. with much of eddiejones‘ side elsewhere on lions duty, the starting line up featured seven debutants including nathan earle who was first across over the line... england scored three tries in all, the second from another new face, that of nick isiekwe. danny care claimed the third as they won 28—1a. sweden's alexander noren won golf‘s pga championship at wentworth, after shooting a 10—under par 62 on the final day. the world number 13 had what he described as the best round of his life, starting seven shots off the pace and ending up

with a convincing clubhouse lead. and those who followed him on the course couldn't match it. overnight leader andrew dote of australia had a round to forget, ending up in joint fourth. noren the winner in the end by two shots from italy's francesco molinari. the 100th giro d'italia went right down to the last kilometre — and it was tom dumoulin, who started the day in fourth place, who claimed the winner's pinkjersey. the final stage was a time trial from the monza grand prix circuit to milan, which played to the dutch rider's strengths — he set the fastest time of all the main contenders. nairo quintana, who'd taken took the race lead on friday, needed to finish within 53 seconds of dumoulin's time... but couldn't manage it. dumoulin becomes the first dutchman to win the giro. kell brook's trainer says the boxer will need an operation to fix the broken left eye socket he sustained in his ibf welterweight loss to errol spence junior last night. dominic ingle, says he will discuss brook's boxing future,

including any changes in weight division. brook was knocked down by spence in the tenth round and the fight was stopped in the 11th with his eye heavily swollen. it's the same injury that brook suffered in his fight against golovkin eight months ago, but in the opposite eye. great britain have won four medals at the european rowing championships in the czech republic. vicky thornley at the top of the screen added gold in the women's single sculls to the olympic silver she won with katherine grainger in the double sculls in rio last year. thornley held off a determined late burst from aa—year—old bela russian ekaterina karsten, a two—time olympic champion. ben ainslie's great britain team have been working through the night to repair damage to the boat's hull that had threatened their participation in two big races today. they had a high speed collision in their race againstjapan yesterday which left a large dent in their hull. ainslie, though, has tweeted this afternoon that he's looking forward to today's racing and it appears that the repair work has been successful.

gb won their first race yesterday, which was against sweden, but lost to japan after the collision. no one was looking for a collision there. sometimes it happens. again i thought we did a greatjob to get round the course considering the damage we had. we were hanging in there, most of the race despite that. yeah. today bodes well for the team and we have got to go and fix the damage. our shore team are the best in the game, and they'll do everything they can to get us out there racing tomorrow. that's all sport for now. you can keep up to date with all those stories on the bbc sport website. we'll have much more in sportsday at 6.30pm. let's go back to the bank holiday weekend british airways chaos. in rome, ba passengers have been told by staff that it may be tuesday before they can be booked onto flights home. of course hundreds of passengers

who were supposed to fly out of heathrow or gatwick have had their travel disrupted — earlier i spoke to eddie leviten and his daughter esther about their experiences at heathrow yesterday. we would you to fly to marseille to spend a week in the south of france. it was clear there was some kind of problem you got to the airport, but they took our bags and said it was ok. we spent the whole day in the terminal or trying to get our bags packed with no information from ba staff at all. the best information i found was via twitter. there were no announcements in the airport, no information on staff, nobody going around telling us anything. there was complete chaos in the baggage hall. we still do not have our bags, we can't phone them contact them to find out where they are. we do not know when there's bags will get here and we can't rebut anywhere because we can't get our bags. it's like the worst nightmare, like some kind of kafkaesque situation, you can't contact anybody

to find out anything and nobody is able to give you any information even on their twitter feed. alex cruz, the ceo of british airways, i understand he's not doing any media interviews, but he should come out and apologise to his customers and resign, i think, because this is an epic failure of his systems. he has not been accountable to his customers and if you are failing your customers you are failing your business, and i think british airways is a company in terminal decline. you have obviously had a pretty rotten experience over the last 2a hours. it is unfortunately not over yet as you say, with not having your bags. do you understand that this was quite possibly something com pletely was quite possibly something completely out of their hands in terms of the failure itself? no, i don't get that it was a power failure, any business that only has one server set up.

failure, any business that only has one server set up. if somebody pulls the plug and they don't have back—up in the cloud or any kind of resilience, there are businesses around the world are managed as i've much worse situations than merely the power going. i think something they are not telling us. if they have not got the systems in place at that are able to cope with this, then they should just give up and go home because they are not competent to runa home because they are not competent to run a business and they should not even allow people on their planes. esther, what were you looking forward to doing this week that you will not be able to do now? i was looking forward to spending time with friends and going swimming in the lake nearby and playing. you're hoping you might do some of those things may be at home this week instead? yeah. can i ask you to tell me a secret? how angry was daddy yesterday? really, really angry! so today he has kind of calm

down a bit. yes, a lot. do you think he has good reason to be angry? yes. what would you like to happen?” would like to happen... that's... we get our bags back. what was in your bag that you want back most of all? can you remember? my clock! your clock! i hope you had set the alarm on your battery will be flat. you need your clock, quite right too. eddie, you were looking forward to this. you don't know what's happening and i can appreciate that's probably the biggest of all. what do you think the lesson is? i suppose the other thing about this is british airways is a private company. they will have to answer to their shareholders and all the rest. but heathrow airport is one of the

biggest parts of our transport, gatwick to. is there anything you think could usefully be done by government to help in these situations. or is it not fair to expect the public authorities to do anything when something like this happens? i think it is symptomatically businesses that have given up caring about their customers and purely care about profit. i understand businesses have to make a profit, but actually, you should not forget where those profits come from and it's from the customers. heathrow i have heard nothing from, by the way, they were also incompetent yesterday because they had no information. there we go. that was eddie and esther levitt and speaking to me earlier on today. tired and frustrated and still without their bags after a difficult day at heathrow and the disruption of their plans to go to marseille for the bank holiday weekend. the headlines on bbc news: a 25—year—old man is arrested as armed police stage a further raid

as part of inquiries into the manchester arena bomb attack. the conservatives and labour promise more action to minimise the threat of terror attacks in the wake of the manchester bombing. british airways is still having to cancel and delay flights at heathrow. it follows yesterday's computer collapse which saw thousands of travellers stranded around the world. now it's time for meet the author. ann patchett is a novelist who spends her stories without letting the effort show. they race along with the complexities and their rich subtleties subsumed into a narrative that never seems to flag. commonwealth is a story of american life told over nearly five decades from the early 60s and a gate—crasher at a christening sets in train a series of chance events that change two families forever. welcome. why do you think it is that so many

readers want to come back so often to family stories? it is the universal, after all. it is the one thing that we all have. we were all a baby, we will all die, we all had parents, and it is irresistible, it is what we know. and this begins, as i was saying, at a christening, with a gate—crasher. it is quite a thing to gate—crash a christening. and then chance events unfold over quite a long period which determine the fate really of a couple of families and all sorts of people. you are fascinated by the business of chance, aren't you? iam. i think that chance propels plot. a chance is the nature of story. of course it is something that i am always going to come back to.

it is hard to write a really compelling novel when everything is nailed down, when there are no loose bits. to look at it from the other angle, readers are willing to forgive quite a lot of chance and coincidence, aren't they, in the interests of a good story? i think they are but also it has to be plausible chance and coincidence or it has to be reckless. i remember a paul auster novel called moon palace years and years ago where everything was crazy coincidence but it was so crazy and so consistent that the novel was really brilliant. yes. people always talk about thomas hardy who was the master of coincidence and who drove his plot by some of the most unlikely devices. the letter going under the carpet. angel clare's carpet. yeah, that is fabulous. are you a hardy person? i am a hardy person. i like the way that sounds. are you a hardy person? yes, iam. who else do you read for pleasure among the great novelists? where does your taste take you?

it is an interesting thing. i was a big henryjames person and somebody who would reread james over and over again, loved dickens, loved austen, but i own a book shop and i have for going on six years and those days are over for me. now ijust read not only things that are just out, the things i read are the things that will be coming out in six months. this is a confession. henryjames, once you get stuck into henryjames he is impossible to abandon, isn't he? no, i will never abandon henry james. i will always those go back every few years and reread the awkward age. that is the thing. it is not that i want to read more james. i want to just keep rereading the ones that i love. it is interesting to look at that in respect of your own narrative because as i said narrative has the feeling of it has a pulse that just seems to keep going. you are a great one for concealing the inevitable artifice of writing. good.

whereas james was a great one for putting the inevitable artifice of writing... absolutely. i wasn't influenced by him, ijust love him. i suspectjust reading your prose that you're one of these people once you start a story, although you work at it very hard, and i have no doubt you are very meticulous, it seems to just rattle along. the reason is that i make it all up in my head for a year or two in advance and really work out all of the pieces. in your head rather than on a piece of paper? in my head. don't take notes. then i sit down and i actually start to write and it's miserable and it's hard but i get it all fixed as i go along, so i write a chapter and then work on that chapter for two months. then i go onto the next chapter. the book takes place just over 50 years. a lot of people, there are 11 main characters in this book. a lot of different locations. so i had to know what all of the moving parts were and where i was going.

quite a balancing act. yes. and that's something that i love. when i read a novel or when i write a novel. it is juggling and if you throw those balls up in the air i want to see you catch them. when you talk about in the past having read a lot of dickens, and of course in those great books of his, that is what it's all about. yes. this extraordinary balancing of different plotlines, different characters. yes. but all somehow being kept in balance in some almost magical way. and that's very important because you have to have a balance and an equality in the tension of the narrative or what happens is the reader is interested in one plot line more than the other. so they'll read the part they don't like very quickly so they can get back to the character they are interested in. you have to make sure that all of the characters are in a way equally compelling so that the reader is reading at the same rate. you've made an added difficulty for yourself in this book because it covers about half a century. it begins in 196a.

actually a difficult time in your country. it was the transition to a new presidency, you had just had a president assassinated, which most people had never known before. it was a very sharp time in american history. was it easy to get yourself back to that period? it was because it is not about that per se. no. certainly these people are living in that time and in 196a it's probably the end of this world that you see at the opening of the novel, the family, strong catholicism, strong neighbour relations. the end of innocence. then one character breaking off and kind of spinning out into the unknown world. in a way it's a sort of harbinger of what's to come because the process that americans went through in let's say the 20 years after the opening date of this novel was a tumultuous time in terms

of social change, attitudes, all sorts of things were unrecognisable from the america of the 50s by the time it was over. it is interesting to me that you say 20 years. because i think of it almost like ten years. basically to the end of the vietnam war. yes. to the middle of the 70s. by the time we had carter and then reagan in office we were heading back to the 50s. we were really tamping down. what really fascinates me, we could talk about this all day, what fascinates me about this is the way that you have found it possible, and very elegantly, to take us from that period right forward to a much more contemporary age without it ever intruding. characters have different attitudes to the world because they grow up in different times but the fundamentals of family do not change. correct. and our responsibilities to family. even as we get tired of them,

even as we want them to go away, our responsibility, or pull backwards, is always going to be there. i don't want to ask you an embarrassing question... what could you possibly ask me? why do you think that so many readers have found you irresistible and continue to do so? what is it do you think about the way that you cast a story on the potters‘ wheel that makes it readable? i had no idea that so many readers did find me irresistible. i am glad to hear it. who knows? the way i look at it is everybody has their own little chip of colour in the larger picture. their voice. and their voice and what their interest is personally, so no matter how much i try to get away from it i'm always going to be writing books about class, about family, poverty and wealth. things that i keep coming back to even if i don't want to. that's my voice.

it's a calm and kind sort of voice. if readers know it is authentic they will listen to it. i hope so. ann patchett, author of commonwealth, thank you very much. many places have enjoyed a fine afternoon. variable clouds, some hazy sunshine. it's been quite warm. it will stay dry across northern areas as we head into this evening but rain already across southern areas and continuing to move north. some could be quite heavy. you can save as them plenty of sunshine around, cloud has been thickening up across the south, rain pushing out of france. there were some bright colours on the radar indicating the odd heavy burst, too. it will be quite wet this evening are essential parts of england towards wales in

the south—west. slowly moving northwards and turning into fizzle. across the north it will be a dry end of the day am pretty pleasant conditions through the central belt. temperatures dropping to around 16 or 17 for example in glasgow. clouds thickening up across northern england through the midlands, some bursts of brain moving north, some quite heavy particularly in central southern wales. winds will remain like no across—the—board. more rain pushing into the southland central england, quite a muggy field things across the south and south—east. this rain continues to move northwards. the first part of the night and the second part of the night and the second part of the night we could see something more significant moving across the south—east quadrant of england, some torrential in places with thunder and lightning mixed in. all that spreading its way northwards with something a little bit drier moving in over the south later. temperature wise quite warm and muggy tonight in the south. cool and fresh for the northern half of scotland. bank

holiday monday a rather cloudy start, outbreaks of rain, damp. moving northwards into central southern scotland. some could be one very places. to the south the skies will brighten with some sunshine, but that warm humid air particularly in the south—east, could spark off one or two showers or thunderstorms as temperatures reach the mid—20s. a cooler, fresher feel to things as temperatures reach the mid—20s. a cooler, fresherfeel to things nor the and west. —— north and west. this feature moves in for tuesday to bring fairly brisk winds in the north and west with bands of cloud and rain. what's that moves through, from the middle part of the week onwards high—pressure build so it should turn drier, warmer, with some pitch bells of sunshine. this is bbc news. the headlines: a 25 year—old man is arrested in manchester by police investigating last monday's suicide bombing. police have been searching an address in the moss side area of the city.

a total of 1a men have been arrested in connection with the attack. 12 are still in custody. 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 at church services held across the city. thousands of british airways passengers have been facing a second day of delays and disruption following the massive computer failure which grounded all ba planes at heathrow and gatwick yesterday. alex cruz, who is the ceo of british airways, i understand