three days of mourning are declared in spain as police say they believe a network of at least eight people were behind the terror attacks that have left 1a people dead. during the early hours five suspects were shot dead in the coastal town of cambrils after they drove a car into people, injuring seven of them . in barcelona police are hunting the suspected driver of the van attack on las ramblas. the sheer panic on everyone‘s faces, you know you've just got to run and got to get to safety and got to hide. the first victim is named as italian father—of—two, bruno gulotta, who was 35. the two vehicle attacks are being connected to a huge explosion which destroyed a house further along the coast on wednesday night.

we'll have more from spain throughout the programme. also in other news this lunchtime... a personal apology for the mother whose son was killed in iraq — the defence secretary admits better protected vehicles "could have saved lives". tackling childhood obesity — food manufacturers will be told to reduce calories in products such as pizzas, burgers and ready meals. and in sport on bbc news, england opener alastair cook will resume on 153 not out, hoping to bat into a second night in the first test against west indies at edgbaston. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. police in barcelona say that they

believed a terror network of at least eight people is behind two terror attacks that have left 14 people dead, and 130 injured. a van was driven into crowds on las ramblas in the centre of barcelona, a popular tourist site. during the night, five suspected terrorists were shot dead in the coastal town of cambrils 65 miles away, after they drove a car into people, injuring seven of them. five suspected terrorists were shot dead and they were wearing and what we re dead and they were wearing and what were thought to be explosive belts, but they have turned out to be fake. the total injured from both attacks are 3a different nationalities. the foreign office in london has said a

small number of british people have been caught up in the attacks. they are among the victims. ganguly, my colleague is in barcelona and has filed this report. an early tribute on las ramblas, on the street named after its flower market, in the biggest terrorist attack in spain in over a decade. the boulevard is packed today with people picking up the pieces from the night before. the first attack happened yesterday evening. a white van driven at 50 miles an hour through the crowd. 13 people were killed. more than 80, injured. the suspect fled on foot. an italian father of two, bruno gulotta, has been confirmed as the first victim. people were told to hide inside as police searched for the attacker. two men were arrested in a nearby bar. police believe this is the image of one of the suspects, a

moroccan national living in spain whose passport was used to hire the van. 100 million people pass through this boulevard each year. it is the most crowded, famous street in spain, attracting people from worldwide. amongst the victims, they are 15 different nationalities including britain, those killed or injured in the attacks. there was a large gentleman on the floor who was in serious trouble and in fact had been killed, two people lying on the floor that had been killed. a further person, to the left of the store, here. then, one person directly behind where you are, at the blue kiosk who, again, was killed. you could see lots of people running around, helping each other. it was an horrendous sight. then a second attack. five men in another car, 70 miles to the south, in the village of cambrils. five people we re village of cambrils. five people were injured, two critically. the suspects believed to have been wearing fake suicide belts were shot

dead by police. within 30 seconds the police turned up and they had drawn the guns and they were shouting something to the guy. and in the next thing i know, shots were fired. i suddenly heard bang, bang, bang, even the port. and after that, people were screaming. then the police, screaming. then, more swimming. translation: this is a quiet place to come with your family to enjoy it. you think it is more likely to happen there, where the party is. investigators link with attacks to an explosion in a house in the town of al-qaeda on monday where one man died and 20 canisters of propane gas we re died and 20 canisters of propane gas were found. the manhunt is still underway for the driver of the las ramblas attack. authorities believe there could be another band, used by another cell in catalonia. on the streets of barcelona, a moment of silence and signs, too. i am not

scared, they shout. this is a city with many national coming together. in defiance of yet another terror attack. —— many nationalities. let's get more on that attack in cambrils. it is 100 kilometres down the coast from barcelona were those five terror suspects were shot dead by police. they were wearing, it appears, fake explosive belts. our correspondent wyre davies is in cambrils. what more do we know about this? this is the town of cambrils, about 90 minutes drive 5. of barcelona. it was there that bat second, coordinated fatal attack took place. a saloon car mounted the curb, crashed into five people and flipped onto its roof. the five occupants, some of whom were wearing vests, those were viable suicide belts according to police, they had no

reason to believe these will not viable, those five occupants were challenged by police. they kept on coming forward. they were shot dead by police on the spot. there was a huge, heavily armed and army peasa nts huge, heavily armed and army peasants up and down the catalonian coast after what happened in barcelona. sadly we have heard civilians were injured in that attack. a women has also died, taking the total number of dead killed in these attacks to at least 14. killed in these attacks to at least 1a. most things are back to normal here but there was a heavily armed police presence on the streets. we know little about the attack is apart from they were said to be a group of at least eight very young men, 17, 18 years old, perhaps in recent —— recently radicalised. there is a heavily armed police presence. there are maybe a third vehicle police tracked down that may have been involved in the attack planning. this was clearly a coordinated, fatal attack. thank you

very much indeed. in barcelona people are trying to come to terms with the horror that unfolded on las ramblas. among those running for their lives yesterday was stefanie worden, who is from lincoln, who was on holiday with her boyfriend. can you say what happened? —— stephanie walton. we arrived yesterday morning. we went out to enjoy the sunshine but everybody. 90 minute before the attack happened we walked across the road and there was a cafe on the corner. the atmosphere was amazing. it was buzzing. everybody having a lot of fun. i had my back turned towards well the road was. i remember this really loud bang and screaming from shoppers, and i turned around and i saw a wall of people just rushing towards us and

ta bles people just rushing towards us and tables everywhere, glasses and bottles flying everywhere. fli p—flo ps bottles flying everywhere. flip—flops everywhere. there was a second loud bang which scared everybody even more. we ran inside the cafe. they shot all the shutters down. i was thinking, is it like london, paris, iwas in down. i was thinking, is it like london, paris, i was in the corner, you could not even get to the stairs. there was a mass panic of everybody. then the owners opened the back door and we could all run up the back door and we could all run up the street then the police said to stay against the walls. then we had a better chance at it. i remember turning around. there were so many people across the road, bodies, it was absolutely horrific. you must have been terrified, not knowing what was happening next. absolutely. with the second one, you think, my god, it is happening. it

was only when the police ushered us out, there must have been an unmarked vehicle which then set a third panic. they werejust unmarked vehicle which then set a third panic. they were just coming. absolutely terrifying. you can never comprehend what those people are feeling until you experience it yourself. it was heartbreaking. stephanie walton there from lincoln, who witnessed the las ramblas attack. we know that rented vehicles have become a weapon of choice for terrorists across europe. we have seen terrorists across europe. we have seen it in east but in asthma in berlin, spain and london. spain has not seen a terrorist attack since 2004. using vehicles as weapons against pedestrians is not new. al-qaeda in yemen has urged its followers in the

west to attack civilians by driving into them. al-qaeda in yemen urged its followers to attack civilians by driving into them. that is what this tunisian trucker —— truck driver deadin tunisian trucker —— truck driver dead in nice last summer killing 86 people before being shot dead. and three out of the four terrorist attacks in britain have involved driving into crowds at speed. one was a far right extremist, others the party inspired by this man, the chief propagandist for so—called islamic state. in 2014, he urged jihadists to adopt low—tech, high impact ways of attacking western civilians including using vehicles. today, is is on the back foot, with its self—styled caliphate in the middle east is shrinking by the day. the more it is squeezed there, the more it tries to lash out at soft

targets in the west. events in spain this week can be seen in that contest this week can be seen in that co ntest — — this week can be seen in that contest —— context, even if is only inspired, not directed them. how should european governments respond and how far should european governments respond and howfarcan should european governments respond and how far can they go to predict populations? city centres are particularly difficult. london predominantly, we cannot just particularly difficult. london predominantly, we cannotjust put bollards on the side of pavements. you have to dig down to make sure that it you have to dig down to make sure thatitis you have to dig down to make sure that it is anchored into the ground ina that it is anchored into the ground in a correct way. there was a standard for that. you have the underground system, as well. the could be put in all the players but sometimes logistically and from a protective point of view, you cannot do that. crash barriers and pollard are increasingly becoming the norm in london and other cities. these, outside parliament, went up 14 years ago to stop truck bombs. today the threat comes from attackers deliberately driving into crowds. the government can put some measures

in place to prevent this but it cannot shield everyone from every attack. ultimately, the challenge remains an intellectual one, to persuade violent extremists of whatever type, not to do it. we have heard that the injured and casualties are of some 30 different nationalities. in london the foreign office said a small number of british citizens are among the casualties. eleanor garnier is in westminsterfor us. a small number of british people we re a small number of british people were injured in the attacks. the foreign office is working out which further british people out here —— out there, need further help and assistance. it has deployed extra staff in spain. it is warning that the number of british people injured could rise. it is advising people to

follow the direction and advice of the spanish local authorities. there isa the spanish local authorities. there is a special helpline number that has been set up to help those affected. you can find that number on the bbc website. in downing street, the spanish and union flags are flying at half—mast as well as at other buildings in whitehall and westminster. in the last few minutes the prime minister has said that the uk stands shoulder to shoulder with spain. we must work together if we are to confront this evil of terrorism. and to confront a deal with the perverted, extremist ideology which drives it. ridding the internet of poisonous material, and ensuring that the police and security services have the powers that they need. terrorism is the great threat that we all face. together, we will defeat it. great threat that we all face. together, we will defeat itm great threat that we all face. together, we will defeat it. it was just a few months ago, london faced

several attacks in westminster, london bridge, finsbury park and that attack in manchester also. the mayor of london, sadiq khan, has expressed his condolences, saying that london stands with barcelona against the evil of terrorism. thank you, eleanor. a couple of hours ago in this square, thousands of people came to observe a minute's silence to pay respects to the dead and injured from the attacks last night, in which 14 people lost their lives and around 130 were injured. a minute's silence in front of the king of spain and the spanish prime minister. then, long applause, and chance from the crowd of, we're not scared, we are not afraid, so a gesture of defiance from the people of barcelona and the tourists who flock here, that they will not be cowed by terrorism. our top story this lunchtime... crowds gathered in barcelona to pay

respects to those who lost their lives in the terror attacks. a massive manhunt is under way in spain for the man meant by spanish media as a suspect responsible for mowing down 13 people in barcelona. and in sport, europe captain annika sorenstam is hoping careful planning will help them regain the solheim cup from the united states when the 15th edition of the event begins in ireland later on. —— in iowa. it's emerged that the defence secretary sir michael fallon has personally apologised to the mother of a soldier killed in a lightly armoured snatch land rover in iraq. the bbc has seen the letter sent to sue smith, whose son, private philip hewett, died in a bombing in 2005. now other families who lost sons in a similar way say that they too should receive a similar apology — as our legal affairs correspondent clive coleman reports. sue smith's son, private philip hewett, was killed by an improvised

explosive device while travelling in a lightly armoured snatch land rover in iraq injuly 2005. sue hoped an inquest due to last five days would provide answers about the snatch, and how philip died, but it lasted just three hours. she found the inability to get answers from the ministry of defence maddening. sometimes i felt like theyjust wanted me to either go away or die. or be ill. you know, so i would give up. i couldn't give up. in 2013, sue and two other families of soldiers killed in snatch land rovers won a landmark ruling at the supreme court, enabling them to sue the mod because the human rights act was deemed to apply to soldiers on the battlefield. it was the publication here injuly last year of the report into the inquiry into the iraq war by sirjohn chilcot that changed everything. it gave a damning assessment of how for years the ministry of defence failed to replace the inadequate

and lightly armoured snatch land rovers. almost a year after the chilcot report, sue's case along with those of two other bereaved families has been settled. she received a letter of apology from the defence secretary, sir michael fallon, in which he wrote... i felt it was bittersweet. because, again, it was for philip. iraq is almost forgotten now, it's almost britain's vietnam. people don't want to remember iraq. but at least, at the end of it, it was worth it. not his death, but for him to be remembered for what i've done in his name. major matthew bacon was killed in a snatch in iraq in 2005. his father roger, who didn't bring a legal case, also

now wants an apology. why didn't they think about all those other families that had suffered in the same way? the secretaries of state should now write to all of us and apologise for what happened. sue's 12 year legal battle with the army that sent her son to iraq is finally over, but her grief will endure. clive coleman, bbc news. britain has pledged £5 million to help the victims of the mudslide in the west african state of sierra leone. red cross officials say more than 400 people are known to have died, and 600 people are still missing. torrential rain caused the side of a mountain to collapse, engulfing a suburb of the capital freetown. there was a multi—faith memorial service at the burial site, in the nearby city of waterloo, from where our correspondent martin patience sent this report. a simple wooden coffin for a victim with no name.

more than 200 graves were freshly dug for a mass burial of those who died in the landslide. the bodies are being brought from the main mortuary in freetown to the cemetery site. this cemetery was last used during the ebola outbreak, and it gives you some sense of the scale of this problem and how the authorities have been overwhelmed. the country's president is calling for national unity. this is another painful episode in our nation's history. hundreds of our unsuspecting compatriots were swept away in their sleep. at a distribution centre, tempers are fraying. not enough aid is getting through.

people are going hungry. getting your hands on clean water is a struggle. families are now sheltering in half built houses. there is no comfort here, just grief. this woman lost both parents and now she doesn't know how she'll provide for her children. "we need help, the government needs to support us," she said. "we need housing, we need help to start up our businesses again." this young girl flicks through pictures of family. but she may be too young to ever remember them. martin patience, bbc news, freetown.

the entertainer michael barrymore has won what are described as more than nominal damages against essex police for his wrongful arrest in connection with the death of a man at his home. mr barrymore was held on suspicion of the rape and murder of stuart lubbock who was found in his swimming pool after a party more than ten years ago. the entertainer told the high court the arrest had destroyed his career. our correspondent keith doyle is outside the high court in central london for us. keith, what's happened in court and what do we know in terms of the amount of damages mr barrymore might be awarded? what do we understand about this nominal amount of money? michael barrymore was seeking damages for what he says was an unlawful west when he was arrested for the suspicion of the rate and murder of stuart lubbock in 20 dellacqua 2017. stuart lubbock in 20 dellacqua 2017. stuart lubbock in 20 dellacqua 2017. stuart lubbock died six years earlier. no charges were ever

brought. essex police admitted the arrest was unlawful. the arresting officer was not fully briefed. but they said any other officer in place at the time could have made that arrest. the designated officer who we know, the only one qualified to make the arrest, was stuck in traffic. mrjustice stuart smith said ina traffic. mrjustice stuart smith said in a court that since nobody present could have made that arrest lawfully, mr barrymore was entitled to what he called more than nominal damages. you asked what that means, mr barrymore was looking for £2.5 million in compensation. essex police says he should get £1. exactly how much he will get will be decided at a later date. mr barrymore says he is relieved that thejudge has barrymore says he is relieved that the judge has found barrymore says he is relieved that thejudge has found he could not and would not have been lawfully arrested, but in a statement essex police said that the judgment today should not overshadow the unanswered questions about stuart lubbock‘s death. health officials are calling forfood manufacturers to reduce the calorie content ofjunk food in an attempt to tackle childhood obesity.

public health england says it wants to address the obesity crisis by cutting fat in the same way as its tackling sugar but health campaigners say ministers need to do more — as our health editor hugh pym explains. food manufacturers and retailers have already been told to cut sugar content by a fifth by 2020. it's not compulsory but when the childhood obesity strategy was unveiled last year there were hints that if the industry didn't comply there would be legislation. now the same approach is to be adopted for calorie content in manufactured products including ready meals, pizzas, curries, savoury snacks and sandwiches. this could mean smaller portions or reducing high calorie ingredients. no figures have yet been announced. an average man is said to need around 2,500 calories a day to maintain a healthy body weight. for an average woman, the figure is around 2,000. for school aged children it's anything between 1,600 and 2,500. health officials say people on average consume between 200

and 300 calories more than they should, so action has to be taken. the most important thing is to look after people who are spread throughout barcelona catalu nya after people who are spread throughout barcelona catalunya and families, as you know, there are people who are dead, who have been hurt, who are not spanish who are foreigners, from the police point of view, it purpose to clarify what has happened. to detain those criminals as quickly as possible and to try to avoid that some events may take place in the future which are too saddened to dramatic. i have transmitted my opinion, what is very important is that we must be able to work together. we must be able to exchange all that needs to be exchanged and we must be able to act asa team. exchanged and we must be able to act as a team. one of the great problems we have at the moment in the

european union, i think it is a first european problem, as a study showed us, is fight against terrorism is what concerns us most throughout europe. and this is justified after what we have seen in cities such as paris, nice, london, berlin, and even in sweden not long ago. that is a most important subject and it is what worries the people most, we are talking about fundamental rights and the most important, the first one is a right to life. so what we have said today isa to life. so what we have said today is a will which i consider fundamental at the moment, to work together to generate trust because thatis together to generate trust because that is what we take as to greater efficiency, which is what we are looking for. from there, the

investigation will be led by the national in charge of fighting terrorism, and i have mentioned international solidarity, the support we have had this morning inverse conversations that i have had with heads of government —— in various conversation the mac with heads of government in different countries and i will continue talking to them this afternoon, tomorrow, in madrid, we are going to meet with the commission that has to decide the level of alertness as a result of what has happened in barcelona and on monday, the anti—terrorist pact which all be at anti—terrorist pact which all be at a party of spain —— all the political parties of spain are party to, and what we are dealing with is the need to show unity. what makes

us more the need to show unity. what makes us more efficient against terrorism, the first point to reach our objectives, to liquidate terrorism, is that all political parties be joint. i have been able to talk to some of the political leaders and they are ready and some have even asked that we help this meeting in which i help we will inform the spanish nations that all put parties, independently of how they think, we are together in this, we are going tojoin our efforts and we are going tojoin our efforts and we are going to have the same attitude of victory towards vanquishing terrorism. we have had enough attacks on people, then the bodies, the rights, the people, which is most important asset. we had won that battle and you're going to win

this battle to, this is a global battle and it is not only against us, it is against all the countries that defend cressey, freedom, human rights and democracy, freedom, human rights, those values and those principles which we have always felt very proud of. i learned here, my brief declaration, i want to —— i will end here. iwant brief declaration, i want to —— i will end here. i want to thank the generalfor this meeting, will end here. i want to thank the general for this meeting, and will end here. i want to thank the generalfor this meeting, and i believe it has been very faceted and i think it has been very important not only that weak ornate —— we co—ordinated security and safety bodies, but coordination between politicians, between administrations, because this is what people want. and what is very important, what makes us more efficient facing the future. and i also want to thank all the public officers who have gone through this

difficult situation, as you know, at the present time. all my encouragement, my thanks and my, and to tell you that the government will a lwa ys to tell you that the government will always help you. we are not here for political... for police work, but we are here to support the police. and it is very important that they find out who the criminals are and put them away and that they are efficient to prevent this from happening again. so once more, i want, in the name of the spanish government and all spanish people who might feel represented by mike works, —— by my words, to the condolences to all those families