today at 5pm, at least 30 are dead after a motorway bridge collapse near genoa in northern italy. the bridge partially gave way in a powerful thunderstorm, sending vehicles crashing to the ground. emergency workers are trying to free people caught in crushed vehicles and under rubble. italy's transport minister says it's an "immense tragedy", and now it's been revealed the bridge was refurbished just two years ago. the other main stories on bbc news at 5pm: a man in his 20s is arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences after a car crashes deliberately outside parliament. the ford fiesta hit cyclists and pedestrians, then smashed into a security barrier. given that this appears to be a deliberate act, the method and this being an iconic site, we are treating it as a terrorist incident. i will be reporting live from the scene of what appears to have been another terror attack in london. and

just behind this screen off area, forensic experts are still examining the car that was involved. the england cricketer ben stokes is cleared of a charge of affray at bristol crown court. and should straight actors play gay characters? jack whitehall‘s casting in a new disney film has angered some. it's 5pm. our top story is that at least 30 people are dead after a motorway bridge partially collapsed in the italian city of genoa. this is the scene there live as rescuers continue their search for possible survivors, with many trapped in vehicles that were crushed by the debris. there are now fears that other sections of the bridge might come down.

the italian transport minister says what happened is "an immense tragedy", but it's now been revealed the bridge had been refurbuished just two years ago. matt cole has he latest. you can still see some bodies pulled out from the wreckage. it happened around 11:30am local time. the fear of those watching can clearly be heard as they watch the bridge structure crumble. police haven't spoken of a violent cloudburst of ramp at the time of the collapse. —— police have spoken. views from the above, the size of the mission section is clear, some 200 metres of the motorway now gone.

down below, crumpled cars and lorries. witnesses say the eagles had tumbled from the following roadway. in the immediate aftermath, firefighters contended with poor weather as they attempted it rescues. this is how the viaduct had looked. it was built in the 1960s but refurbished two years ago. now collapsed, much of the following section landed 100 metres pull—up on rail tracks. and yet, amidst the mangled mess, a miracle. this person pulled alive from the structure, so large that the rescuers look minuscule in size beside it. translation: what we are carrying out in the moment is a search and rescue operation for the victims and the injured to get the victims al and recover the injured. then we are obviously also try to work out how to set up a viable route that is alternative to the motorway. the vastly improved weather has served

to help the sizeable emergency operation, but throughout the day, the numbers of those confirmed dead steadily rose. the italian transport minister said they collapse is an immense tragedy. our global affairs correspondent naomi grimley is here with me. dreadful weather apparently when the bridge collapse. we know the rescu e rs bridge collapse. we know the rescuers are worried there might be more sections of this thing coming down. what is the latest? as we saw in that piece, the head of the civil protection agency has been briefing journalists. he said there were 30-35 journalists. he said there were 30—35 vehicles on that central section of the bridge when he came down. he says 13 people had been hospitalized, including five in critical condition. 200 firefighters are on the scene, and as we saw again, there have been that survivors pulled from the wreckage, remarkable considering it came down over a river and a railway as well. just to give you an update as well

all of the central authorities in italy are saying, the deputy prime minister has made his remarks saying that public works should come before spending cuts. so this is a terrible disaster but also turning into a political row about italy's crumbling infrastructure. ok, thank you, naomi. massimo calandri is a journalist for italian newspaper la repubblica, he's in genoa. thank you forjoining us. bernie us up—to—date with what you know. the news, unfortunately, the number of dead has now increased to 35. that is what the firefighters said a few minutes ago. we also have, at least five very seriously injured. those

important thing for the town and for the country to is to pray for the number that it will not increase again. the numberof number that it will not increase again. the number of dead. sure. 30-35 again. the number of dead. sure. 30—35 vehicles were apparently on the bridge at the time. this structure was only refurbished what two years ago? it is refurbished every day, better, every night. during the day, because it is too busy with traffic, so there are workers every night they are trying to refurbish but it is clearly too old. it was built in 1967, so 51 years old. the problem is the only motorway is the only way to go to

genoa from northern italy. 51 years ago was another country, another period, the numbers of vehicles now, there are at least 5000 trucks and more or less 100,000 vehicles each day. you can imagine. sure, but obviously, any structure like this has got to be able to withstand the traffic that is allowed to use it every single day. the problem is that in 1967, it was a great structure, but it seems that for 35 years, we try to find another solution. there was a project for

another motorway, for big vehicles. but because of the opposition of some part of the town and other political problems, we are still waiting. maybe at the end of 2011... sorry, 2018, we will start on the other motorway. it will be too late, of course, for all the people who are dead today. indeed, sadly. thank you very much. a man's being held on suspicion of terror offences after a car collided with cyclists in westminster. the vehicle crashed into a security barrier near 0ld palace yard in front of the houses of parliament. two people were taken to hospital, one is still being treated for serious but not life—threatening injuries. the man in custody is in his late 20s and believed to be from the birmingham area. he's also refusing

to answer questions. my colleague ben brown is in westminster. good afternoon. yes, this whole area was in lockdown after what appears to have been a terror attack at 7:37am this morning, the height of rush hour. all roads around here blocked off since then. parliament square has been reopened since then. you may be able to see behind this white screen where the road right behind the palace of westminster has been sealed off. we have pictures 110w been sealed off. we have pictures now of the car that is still there, still the ford fiesta, the car used in this attack and it is still being examined by forensic experts. that car veered onto the other side of the road this morning, number of cyclists, three were injured. 0ne the road this morning, number of cyclists, three were injured. one is still in hospital, a woman who was seriously hurt but it does not have life—threatening injuries. and then

very shortly after that, the car accelerated, drove around a0 mph according to eyewitnesses, and rammed into security barriers around the palace of westminster. very quickly, but police on the scene and as the prime minister has the camera showing great courage in immediately arresting the driver. there were weapons “— arresting the driver. there were weapons —— no weapons found on the board and no explosives either. the suspect being held on suspicion of terror offences is still being held ina terror offences is still being held in a south london police station. the prime minister has been talking about what happened here, lets just tell you what she said. she said that... she went on to praise the emergency services, saying that... she concluded by saying... a little earlier on, the cobra

government emergency committee met at whitehall. ministers were not an ball, a meeting of officials only. let's get this report from our correspondent on the latest developments. sirens in westminster as police converge on the car within seconds. immediately after the crash, a moment of confusion as the car sits smoking at the barriers outside the house of lords. police start pushing people back. armed officers, weapons drawn, swarm over to the car. at this stage, they still don't know if this is an accident or an attack. the driver is pulled out. he's filmed standing quietly at the scene in handcuffs. police later confirm he has been arrested

on suspicion of terror offences. a bbc camera caught the progress of the silver ford fiesta making its way slowly around parliament square. but then the driver darts back onto the wrong side of the road, ploughing through several cyclists waiting for the lights to change. he appears to accelerate and then pulls into the parliamentary access lane, crashing into the barriers. he was driving about at least 50mph. the guy seemed very focused. he wasn't panicked or anything. but this what is he left in his wake — one cyclist lies seriously injured and is treated by paramedics. two people were taken to hospital. a man retrieves the car's licence plate. another sits on the pavement in a state of shock. this man was with them when the car struck. my initial reaction was to run after him, because i thought he was an errant car driver. then it became apparent

it was something more serious. with the area cleared, police began their investigation. sniffer dogs were brought in to check the car for explosives. police say no weapons were found, but they're treating this as a terror attack. given this appears to be a deliberate act, the method and this being an iconic site, we are treating it as a terrorist incident. there is no intelligence at this time of further danger to londoners, or the rest of the uk connected to this incident. as one of busiest parts of london remained on lockdown, the prime minister praised the courage of the emergency responders. the government, like everyone else, is waiting for a clearer picture to emerge of what happened here. our thoughts are with everyone who has been involved with this incident. i want to thank the emergency services for their response. this is being led by the police,

the counter terrorism police are leading the investigation for the metropolitan police, but they're keeping open—minded around this incident. londoners will see and tourists will sigh more armed police officers, more unarmed police officers. they shouldn't be scared by that. they should remain calm and vigilant. the police have still not formally identified the arrested man, thought to be in his 20s. they have said he is not co—operating with their investigations. let's get the latest from our home affairs correspondent. we know the police had been talking to the man they arrested here earlier on today. the last we heard, he was not cooperating or answering their questions. that is right. that was the official statement from the this

commissioner, the man in charge of counterterrorism policing. as i understood, that has not really improved in terms of the man cooperating, but quite a lot of work has been done on trying to identify him. he is a black man in his late 205, believed to come from the birmingham area. i understand at lea5t birmingham area. i understand at least one property in birmingham ha5 been entered, so some work is already going on in trying to work out why he may have done this. of cour5e, out why he may have done this. of course, all the police believe this wa5 course, all the police believe this was a deliberate attack, try to prove what the motivation was really very important to them, try to understand why somebody may have done this, if it was indeed a deliberate act. that would involve certain the paperwork at the home addre55, certain the paperwork at the home address, any work addre55e5, certain the paperwork at the home address, any work addresses, or going through any electronic devices, smart pose5 —— phones and tablet5 devices, smart pose5 —— phones and tablets and 32 a550ciate5 devices, smart pose5 —— phones and tablets and 32 associates and try to work out if there was any degree of planning to what happened to date and whether there was any degree of cooperation with others or

conspiracy to carry out what appears to have been an attempt to at least very seriously injured people out5ide parliament. very seriously injured people outside parliament. dana, thank you very much. we go straight to our political correspondent who i think has with her the security minister with the latest on the government's reaction to what happened here this morning. there has been a cobra meeting this afternoon, an emergency meeting this afternoon, an emergency meeting of the cobra committee. that wa5 meeting of the cobra committee. that was at official level only, so no mini5ter5 were involved with that. the decision whether to hold another cobra meeting is being kept under review and we know the prime mini5ter review and we know the prime minister has made other statements, colin i5 minister has made other statements, colin is a shocking incident and an appalling incident here in westminster. my enjoyment of security minister ben wallace, thank you very much. how concerning is it to you that this is the second terrorist incidentjust

to you that this is the second terrorist incident just on the doorsteps of westminster?” terrorist incident just on the doorsteps of westminster? i think the palace of westminster, what stands for, our values, the palace of westminster, what stands for, ourvalues, our tolerance, our liberal society will always be a target for those people whose belize we directly challenge. i'm afraid that is what we have seen a taxi or against us, either previous plies or certainly actual attacks carried out. that is what it is well protected. but i wanted a protection measures were, the car we nt protection measures were, the car went into a barrier, did not get into the precinct, but also the police were in there in force very quickly in the incident was dealt with. i think that is something we should always realise, an iconic symbols are often what terrorists go for. they cannot often go for the police or armed forces to rid them of that was used to go where our values are civilized. in the grey building a work in is what it is all about. so you are satisfied with the security measures at westminster, you are satisfied with the measures that are currently in place? we

always review measures and even in this event today, we will review and see what could have been done. the security we have in place now is built up over experience over years, going back to the ira in the early 19705. all is that is why we struggle to have this database on out struggle to have this database on our experience, not saying i cannot give you a guarantee, i know that terrorists are very good at exploiting our weaknesses and they will look to exploit the back door while we work on the front door. they will go further up whitehall and seekto they will go further up whitehall and seek to attack that. that is the nature of why terrorists does. what ican nature of why terrorists does. what i can say is the best that we have put in an problem has put in over the years has certainly started to make it harder for them. the years has certainly started to make it harderforthem. parliament has asked me, if the home office will could you be to another skipping exercise, we will contribute to that and make sure all the expertise is brought to bear in

see what we can do. we also had to river that we do not want to ruin out river that we do not want to ruin our lives. we go about our business in london and the rest of the uk, we are a free and open society and we do not want to live in a bunker. we wa nt do not want to live in a bunker. we want to live in a place that reflects our values, and so we have to find a balance. we want people to go to football matches and concerts and enjoy themselves, even though there has been a threat of attacks there has been a threat of attacks there in the past. that is why our strategy that we had refreshed only re ce ntly strategy that we had refreshed only recently is all about the lessons from manchester last year and the lessons from westminster bridge attack last year, making sure we are as best as we can be seeing all this threat. what are you able to tell us what the man who was arrested? he is in his late 205, a british citizen, came from another country originally but the monkey that is all. he is obviously helping police with the investigation. —— but that is all.

we have to give the police space to follow—up and if by what they need to do to make sure that hopefully we can be as sure it's possible that this is a one—off individual and not pa rt of this is a one—off individual and not part of a broader attack. there is no indication to say there is, and in fact, it is only being treated as a momentary incident but we have not yet fully confirm that either. thank you very much forjoining us. the size of the prime minister confirmed earlier there were about 13 islamist plots and four far rob leth foiled in recent months. there were 676 live investigations by the counterterror police and security services into potential terror threats, so it gives you a night of the scale of the threat the police and security services are dealing with here. thank you very much indeed. just hearing there from the security minister, some new information than about the suspect,

that he is a british citizen, he did originally arrived from another country. the security minister also just saying there up that this is being treated as a terrorist incident at the moment. also can tell you that he had of him as paul the police counterterror command, the police counterterror command, the assistant commissioner, walked in through here a few minutes ago while on airand in through here a few minutes ago while on air and he is in being briefed on some of his officers just behind just behind me, briefed on some of his officers just behindjust behind me, behind briefed on some of his officers just behind just behind me, behind that why scramble they are still examining forensic officers are still examining the vehicle used in this apparent attack, a silver ford. we were on air and he is in been briefed on some of his officers just behind me, behind that whites, they are still examining forensic officers are still examining the vehicle used in this apparent attack, a silver ford. but no one person is still in hospital. a woman who is being treated at saint mary's hospital in paddington. serious and not life—threatening injuries. there is an overwhelming sense of relief here in westminster that this attack could have been an awful lot worse. back to you. indeed, many thanks. my colleague ben brown live at westminster. the england cricketer ben stokes has

been found not guilty of affray by a jury at bristol crown court. the 27—year—old all—rounder was arrested after a brawl hours after england played the west indies in a one—day international in the city in september last year. andy moore is in bristol. hello there. it was day seven of the trial. the jury had hello there. it was day seven of the trial. thejury had been hello there. it was day seven of the trial. the jury had been out for two and a half hours when they came back with their decision. ben stokes briefly closed his eyes and then looked up in relief as they declared him not guilty. he actually went over and shook hands with the man he was seen on over and shook hands with the man he was seen on video punching and knocking unconscious, the two men actually shook hands at the end of this case, both found not guilty of afraid. ben stokes's wife clare, who had been to the drop sitting in the courtroom with him, she started crying. let's look background of the case now would the sports editor. he is one of world

cricket's biggest stars — with both bat and ball, ben stokes is arguably one of england's most important and high profile players. but 11 months ago, the all—rounder‘s career and reputation was plunged into uncertainty after he was arrested following a late—night brawl. stokes found himself forced to swap cricket field for courtroom — accompanied throughout his trial each day by his wife and agent. the 27—year—old along with two other men, ryan hale and ryan ali, all denied the charge of affray. the three had been involved in this late—night brawl outside the city's mbargo nightclub in the early hours of september 25th last year. the court was taken through the events leading up to the incident, as some of england's players visited the venue after winning a one—day international. cctv footage showed stokes and team mate alex hales trying to re—enter the club. the court heard from doorman, andrew cunningham, who said stokes had been abusive to him and then mocked two gay men — throwing a cigarette butt at one of them.

the defence had insisted it was just playful banter. mobile phone footage of the fight that followed was played in court. the jury heard both ali and hale had bottles on them initially — ali appearing to threaten hales with his. an off duty community police officer who saw the violence, described stokes as the main aggressor. he knocked both hale and ali unconscious. the latter left with significant injuries, including a fractured eye socket. these are the two gay men seen chatting to stokes outside the club earlier that evening. neither were called as witnesses in the trial. i didn't get involved, i was more on the sidelines, but, yeah, it turned into a massive brawl and obviously i got a bit scared, so i carried on walking. you didn't witness the entire fight to the end? i witnessed most of it, yeah, when the guy was on the floor, that is when i thought it was a bit too much for me. with the prosecution case over, thejudge directed the jury to acquit hale. and the defence began. the court hearing from stokes

for the first time. he said he had stepped in when the two gay men had been subject to homophobic comments — something he suggested to police back when he was arrested. ali denied that, however, insisting there had just been banter between him, hale and the two gay men. stokes may have since returned to cricket, but in the wake of incident he was suspended, meaning that he missed the ashes series to australia last year. here at lord's, the ecb will now conduct its own internal inquiry into a saga that has been damaging for both the player and those who run the game. obviously, when you're trying to attract new people — families, kids, even women — to cricket, you want to show it as a sport which respects people generally and attracts good people, good people who are respectful of each other and have good behaviour. so it wasn't a particularly good episode. today's not guilty verdict

will come as a huge relief to stokes and england. but having been cleared by the courts he must now wait to see if cricket's governing body takes any action. now a ben stokes did not make any comment himself at the end of the case but his legal representative said that cricket would not be the sole focus of his intention. and he will get back to his cricketing career than many —— sooner than many of us expected. he has been flooded for the third test against india on saturday, as part of the squad and unnecessarily applying. and then dan pol for the discipline or a committee, that will be happening in due course. we do not know when exactly. andy, thank you for that, live from bristol. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has declined to apologise

for appearing at a wreath—laying ceremony apparently to honour those behind the munich terror attack in 1972. mr corbyn admitted he was there, but denied paying tribute to the black september terrorist group. mr corbyn said he'd attended to honour the victims of an israeli air strike on the headquarters of the palestinian liberation organisation in 1985. joining me now from westminster is our political correspondent tom barton. all this controversy surrounding his past associations with members of the plo and so on, all that seems to be coming back to haunt him. this is on the first time thatjeremy corbyn has faced questions over his association with people who have fought, some would call them terrorists, for the palestinian cause. and it is also the first time he has faced questions over these particular events. it was brought up during last year's general election campaign as well. it boils down

really to whetherjeremy corbyn in 201a attended a ceremony at a cemetery in which remembers those who have fought for the palestinian cause, whether during those ceremonies he took part in an active remembrance for the perpetrators of the 1972 munich massacre where a 11 israeli athletes were killed by pro palestinian fighters, allegedly members of the black september group. but whether he was simply honouring those killed in a 1985 air strike carried out by the israeli air force on the headquarters of the palestinian liberation organisation, which at the time was based in tunisia and which around 50 people we re tunisia and which around 50 people were killed. he has always maintained the latter, there have been claims this week that he was also involved in a memorial of the

perpetrators of the munich attack, there are claims also taken up by there are claims also taken up by the prime minister of israel benjamin netanyahu, who is been called on —— corbyn has been called on to apologise for an event in which a wreath was laid honouring the alleged terrorist. he today, said there was nothing to apologise for. i was there when they laid the wreaths. that is pretty obvious. there were many others there who were witness to that. i witnessed many other people laying wreaths. did you lay a wreath? i laid one wreath along with many other people in memory as i've said of all those who died in the awful attack in 1985 which, as i keep repeating, you seem not to understand, was condemned by the whole world. i'm not apologising for being there at all. i went to a conference to try and promote peace in the middle east. i remembered those that had died in an attack on tunis by the israeli air force which was condemned

by the whole world. now today, jeremy corbyn once again reiterated his condemnation for the munich attack back in 1972, saying it was an act of terrorism and one that nobody would support. tom, thank you, live from westminster. much more coming up. time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett with the forecast. we have had atlantic winds today and we keep those to the rest of the week. earlier on, we had some rain around moving its way eastwards across the northern half of the uk. most is moved into the north sea, with just drips left in his way. most drive this evening and a bit more sunshine and further south, but also late sunshine in northeast scotland. overnight, a good deal of cloud at spending our way, with very

brisk wind the southwest and more rain and drizzle in northern ireland and western scotland and perhaps the far west of england. pretty mild night. the brochures about 13 or 1a degrees. the mark, much of a win in wells dry with a bit of sunshine at times. the main zone of rain for the north and what wide across scotland through the afternoon. still a bit of sunshine here and there was not much rain for northern ireland but it will had his way over the addressee into some western parts of england and wales. further east, remaining dry and some sunshine and it should feel quite one for one more day with temperatures into the mid—20s. this is bbc news. the headlines... at least 35 people have died after a major motorway bridge collapses in northern italy. rescuers are searching the rubble and wrecked vehicles for survivors. anti—terror police are questioning a man who was arrested after a car

was driven into barriers at the houses of parliament this morning. a number of people were injured after being hit by the vehicle. england cricketer ben stokes is cleared of a charge of affray at bristol crown court. his lawyer says he's looking forward to playing cricket again. we're going to get it update on that terror incident at westminster this morning. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford is at new scotland yard for us. just bring us new scotland yard for us. just bring us up to date, daniel? yes, the metropolitan police have just put out some fresh information to us saying that they are searching three addresses in the midlands area, the suspect that they are holding on suspicion of carrying out what appears to have been a deliberate attack is 29 years old. they have also put out some details about the movements of the vehicle. the fiesta

is privately owned and travelled from birmingham to london late on monday night arriving in the london area just after midnight. that was in the very early hours of this morning. the vehicle was in the totte n ha m morning. the vehicle was in the tottenham court road area from approximately 25 minutes past one untiljust approximately 25 minutes past one until just before approximately 25 minutes past one untiljust before six o'clock in the morning. it was then driven around the westminster and whitehall area from approximately six o'clock in the morning and stayed in the area until the time of the incident. officers are appealing to anyone who may have seen the vehicle or the driver either in the tottenham court road area in the early hours of this morning or in the westminster area from six o'clock this morning, contact them if that is obviously a very important part of this investigation now. what was that car doing in the tottenham court road area overnight? what was it doing in the westminster and whitehall area after six o'clock this morning? and after six o'clock this morning? and a little bit more detail on the

searches. detectives are carrying out searches at two addresses in birmingham and an addressing in nottingham. the car was initially first registered in nottingham but we think the suspect is actually from the birmingham area. these searches remain ongoing and they are going to be carried out by officers from the met‘s counter—terrorism command supported by colleagues from local police forces. at this stage there have been no other arrests in connection with this investigation. it is also worth adding that at the end of their update, they talked about a project in which officers who have specialist skills to recognise when a person has shown minute signs of anxiety have been deployed in westminster today to identify anyone else who might be in the area for terrorist purposes. so thatis the area for terrorist purposes. so that is specialist officers watching out for people who might be looking particularly nervous or anxious because they might be about to commita because they might be about to commit a terrorist attack. quite a

detailed update branson from the counter—terrorism command this afternoon. time now for the sport with olly foster. ben stokes has been recalled to the england squad for the third test against india at trent bridge on saturday. that came just hours after he was found not guilty of affray at bristol crown court. dcp yes, minna rhee commission will now need to decide if they should take any action against stokes and his teammate alex hales, who was also present at the fight outside the nightclub in bristol in 11 months ago. two—time world champion fernando alonso is going to retire from formula 1 at the end of the season. his mclaren tea m the end of the season. his mclaren team has again failed to give him a competitive car. he has been with them five years. he won the title in 2005 and 2006 with renault and he says it is time for change after 17 yea rs says it is time for change after 17 years in f1. a move to in the united

states could be in the offing. it has long been his ambition to win the monaco grand prix, the le monde 2a—hour and the indy500, the last of which is the only one he has not yet won. he would become only the second driver to achieve that feat after graham hill. celtic have to score tonight in the second leg of their champions league qualifier in athens. it is 1—1 from the first leg against day two athens, the greeks with an all—important away goal. striker mousa dembele returns from injury. that despite the team needed a goal, he is not going to start. former world champion tyson fury has again been calling out his heavyweight rival deontay wilder as his comeback continues with a fight this weekend against francesco pierrej it is just tyson fury‘s second fight back after a troubled some two years which saw him battle depression and an anti—doping case.

deontay wilder is going to be ringside and negotiations for the two to meet in december are at an advanced stage. should tyson fury win, then one of the division's superfights win, then one of the division's super fights will move one step close. you can get much much more on the bbc sport website. more sport for you at half past six. as we've been hearing, a large section of a motorway bridge has collapsed in northern italy, killing around 35 people. dozens of vehicles were on the crossing at the time, in the city of genoa. vehicles and debris fell around 100 metres on to rail tracks and a warehouse below. rescuers are trying to free people caught in crushed vehicles or rubble. some 200 firefighters and rescue workers still looking through the debris to see if there are any survivors. the bridge collapsed

local time about half past 11 and some people work pulled out badly injured but thankfully a alive. with me is ian firth, a structural engineer who specialises in bridge design and construction. thanks for coming in. what do you know about this bridge? well, not much before today, frankly. it has a sister structure which i've known about for years in venezuela as it happens begin its a very unusual structure, there are not very many of them around. i have to start by saying this is an absolute tragedy, it's the kind of stuff that nightmares are made of four people like me who design, which is. these things don't happen very often but when they do we all look very closely to try to work out what on earth could have gone wrong. of course it is too soon to say in this case. the suggestion is that this thing partially collapsed in the middle of a violent thunderstorm, now, that shouldn't happen...”

don't think there is any connection, ido don't think there is any connection, i do not read anything into that other than coincidence. it is much more likely, of this bridge has been there for 50 years it was built in there for 50 years it was built in the mid 60s, finish in 68 and it is much more likely to be some mixture of long—term degradation perhaps which hadn't been identified and some kind of intervention, there has been a lot of maintenance work on the structure, who knows? really wa nt the structure, who knows? really want is not want to speculate, because there is no evidence of any sort yet other than what we can see in these extraordinary pictures. sort yet other than what we can see in these extraordinary picturesm was refurbished two years ago and when a bridge is refurbished, what does that mean? it could mean all sorts of things. it is clear from evidence i've been looking at online and you can see there has been some fairly substantial structural intervention, it is notjust painting and resurfacing, which is the more common. so yes, some fairly significant structural intervention but who knows? i don't know the details. somebody in italy was

saying that there was work going on at the time, i don't know. we will see. more than 100,000 vehicles a day. yeah, it is a busy bridge. a major thoroughfare. and heavy vehicles, too. there was an image on your programme earlier of a queue of very heavy lloris. , which is are designed for these kind of things and that intervention may well have been a strengthening. i have been involved in many of those, where a major arterial route is strengthened to cope with modern traffic demands. obviously, designed back in the ‘60s there was nothing like the traffic we see today. and so yes, it is certainly a route with a lot of traffic and it will see a lot of punishment from those vehicles. you say there is a sister bridge in venezuela, the same design? same design, just a few years earlier. is a much bigger bridge, it has also had a certain amount of trouble over the years, unfortunately it collapsed because of a collision from a ship. it has had a number of

things, it is an unusual structure, certainly not one that we today would design. why not? i think it is because of the nature of the complexity of the structural system, it's very clever and unusual but it's very clever and unusual but it's also not particularly economic, there's a lot of material to look at and inspect and there's a lot of material to look at and inspectand maintain. pre—stressed concrete has all sorts of issues to do with it which we need to be careful about, we do not wa nt need to be careful about, we do not want water to get into it anywhere because that can lead to corrosion. those kind of context details are difficult in that sense. so, i'm sure structural engineers will be pa rt sure structural engineers will be part of the investigation to work out exactly what happened but what would you be looking for? well, i would you be looking for? well, i would be starting to look at the critical components, those things that hold the bridge up, the cables, the little bit of film that i was able to see it seems to suggest that the tower structure itself in some

way collapsed. hard to see, really. but i would be looking at those critical structural elements, looking for evidence of what failed first. but at the moment it is too early to say. ian firth, structural engineer, joining me in the studio, thank you very much. the government is considering giving tenants in england more support to hold landlords to account by speeding up the complaints procedure and publishing league tables. the measures are part of what ministers call "a landmark opportunity for major reform" on social housing. but campaign groups say what's needed is more homes for people on low incomes. frankie mccamley has more. in the wake of the grenfell tower tragedy the government promised to gear its social housing policy towards making tenants lives better. today it released a green paper on the issue, among the ideas are measures to speed up the complaints process, a drive to help get rid of the stigma often attached to social housing and a scheme giving tenants the right to buy 1% of their home each year.

this is an important next step, we want to consult on it further but it sets out these significant principles that are about delivering that step change in social housing. the government paper says a priority is building the social homes we need. but it gives no details on how that will be done. which leaves hundreds of thousands of people on social housing lists. freddie has been waiting for a house for more than 18 years because he cannot afford to rent or buy. i've got a very big family and it's basically to make sure my family is being supported. the situation is where we have lost money. i did not have that money to basically buy my own place. this is one of the sites in england where you can see new social housing being built. we are around a mile and a half from manchester city centre

where 500 new units are going up. 200 of those will be social housing. but campaigners say it's not enough, they want more concrete plans from the government. this green paper was an opportunity for the government to right that wrong and set out an ambitious target to deliver the low—cost rented homes england needs. unfortunately what we see in the green paper is a restatement of announcements which have already been made and not a single additional house will be built as a result of this green paper. a consultation will run until november but the questions remain. will this lead to new homes being built, and will the government deliver on the promises it made in the wake of a fire that killed so many? let's get more on the arrest of a 29 year old man on suspicion of terror offences after a car crashed into security barriers outside the houses of parliament.

it happened just outside the palace of westminster at about 7.30 this morning, as people were heading to work in central london. the car was travelling westbound past the houses of parliament when it swerved into eastbound traffic, hitting security barriers. several cyclists were hit, two people were taken to hospital, one was discharged and a woman is being treated for serious injuries. the car was driven from birmingham to london late last night — it's believed the man is from birmingham, where two addresses are being searched, according to police. a third address is being investigated in nottingham where the car was originally registered. prime minister theresa may said her thoughts were with those injured in the westminster car crash and thanked the emergency services for their "immediate and courageous" response. kirsty moseley is with me, she was in parliament square waiting at traffic lights at the moment the ford fiesta struck the cyclists. thank you for coming in. tell us

exactly what useful because you were ina carthat exactly what useful because you were in a car that was waiting at the lights and in front of you were a number of cyclists all waiting for the green signal? yeah, so we were all held at a red and then i looked up all held at a red and then i looked up andi all held at a red and then i looked up and i saw the car was driving at high speed through the cyclists the wrong way down the road. and the cyclists, there was lots of shouting, cyclists spread everywhere and then the car drove through the cyclists and then veered off to my right, to the left of the cyclists, on the other side of the road and drove at high speed away from parliament square. at that point i looked kind at the cyclists to see if everyone was ok and then we heard a bang and looked over to see the car had driven into bollards. so at that moment when you saw this vehicle coming on the wrong side of the road, what did you think?” vehicle coming on the wrong side of the road, what did you think? i was just concerned for the cyclists, i wasn't thinking about myself, i was just worried about them because

there was a wall of cyclists, there was, there was no intention other than to go over the cyclists. so it was more confusion and surprise, it was more confusion and surprise, it was a tuesday morning, before eight o'clock, it was quiet, there weren't that many people around and suddenly, you've got a man driving the wrong way down the road at high speed. and now, ponies are treating it as speed. and now, ponies are treating itasa speed. and now, ponies are treating it as a terror attack, your thoughts on that? i mean, at the time you're not really thinking about what the cause is, you're just not really thinking about what the cause is, you'rejust worried not really thinking about what the cause is, you're just worried about everyone's safety. if that's what they're saying it is, then it's very sad, the houses of parliament, we've been here before. but more than anything it was a sense of relief at how quickly the armed police officers were around, before we even had a chance to think, can we get out of the car and help, we were told to stay in our car by another police officer who was on patrol in the area and the ambulance was on site, paramedics were seen to those

who had been injured. the speed with which the emergency services responded, many people are remarking on. how quickly was it?” responded, many people are remarking on. how quickly was it? i think the ambulance was even at the scene before the incident happened. and then a matter of moments before the police were there and then with every second, police were there and then with every second , more police were there and then with every second, more police officers arrived. it was quite reassuring to see how quickly they can be on the scene and dealing with it. and sadly you saw this vehicle actually hit a cyclist? yeah, it's quite distressing to see. my thoughts are with the lady that is still in hospital but it is quite amazing to think you can drive through a bag of cyclists and not endure more people than have actually been injured. and of course this vehicle ended up crashing into the barrier as we saw, you heard that? yeah, we heard that. i think those barriers are designed to keep tanks out of the houses of parliament so, a ford fiesta was not going to do very well. well,

thankfully, no more were injured and everyone's thoughts are with that woman who is still recovering in hospital, serious injuries but a p pa re ntly hospital, serious injuries but apparently not life threatening. thanks for coming in to tell us your story today. the headlines on bbc news. at least 35 people are killed as a major motorway bridge collapses near the northern italian city of genoa. anti—terror police are questioning a 29—year—old man who was arrested after a car was driven into barriers at the houses of parliament this morning, injuring a number of people. officers are also carrying out searches at three addresses in the midlands as part of their investigation. england cricketer ben stokes is found not guilty of affray at bristol crown court. an update on the market numbers for you — here's how london and frankfurt ended the day. and in the the united states, this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. city regulators are urging people

to "be on their guard" against pension fraud after new figures showed victims lost a total of £23 million in scams last year. the financial conduct authority and the pensions regulator say people are being tricked out of an average of £91,000 each and it's thought the problem could be far wider, with just a minority of scams ever reported. kevin peachey has more. first, jennifer's trust was won, then her savings were lost, stolen by the fraudsters who were too good to be true. who offered a return that proved too good to be true. at first i didn't think anything was amiss, it was just he knew everything. i asked questions and he had answers to everything. the scam had begun with a cold call at a time when her finances were strecthed. the promises of a cash sum with a regular return pushed jennifer and her husband

into investing and losing well over £50,000. it was the last they saw of the money. life is just it was the last they saw of the money. life isjust going to be very difficult from now on trying to think about what reagan do when we get older because we have nothing to fall back on. in cases like this fraudsters call, text or e—mail out of the blue, offering a free pension review and exploiting the greater access to the pension pots that save rs access to the pension pots that savers now have from the age of 55. i convince victims to transfer their savings to highrolling investments in hotels or green energy schemes but the fraudsters pocket money. more than 250 cases were reported and investigated by police backed action fraud last year. losses in those cases totalled £23 million, an eye—watering average loss of £91,000. but the cases are massively underreported, the regulator says more than 100,000 people approaching retirement could have been victims ina year. retirement could have been victims in a year. 40 years pension. they

took all of it. now, the city regulator the financial conduct authority and the pensions regulator have unveiled a campaign featuring this tv advert urging people to watch out for the warning signs. prevention is better than cure so we wa nt prevention is better than cure so we want to give people some really handy tips to be aware of, particularly if they're being confronted by fraudsters. top of that this is looking on the fco website to check that a pensions or investment firm is authorised. but campaigners say the government not just the public, should act. the government is issuing a ban on cold calling, it has been prevaricating over that the two years, the big question is the extent to which that is really going to help people and protect people. and what more they are going to do to ensure that people don't get conned out of their retirement savings. ahead of the band, expect more calls but don't give the fraudsters your time all

your money. jack whitehall‘s casting in a new disney film has sparked an outcry, following reports he will play a character who's gay. the comedian wrote that he was "honoured" to be part ofjungle cruise, which is due out next year, and it was later reported that he would be playing a gay man. the news has led some people to ask why a gay actor wasn't cast for the role. lizo mzimba has more. world, get ready for the adventure of a lifetime. welcome tojungle cruise! based on a theme park ride, jungle cruise starring dwayne "the rock" johnson and filmed on huge sets in hawaii, is set to be one of 2019's biggest movies. it comes from disney. the studio has been praised for the way it's dealt with issues like diversity in films like black panther. hi everybody, welcome to the set ofjungle cruise. but the movie, which also stars emily blunt, is facing controversy over how her character's brother has reportedly been cast. class, i've got good news and bad news, what do you want? the bad news.

it's not really that jack whitehall, best known for his stand—up act and the tv comedy bad education, has been cast. it is that according to a newspaper report his character is a gay man, with many people saying they are upset that a gay actor wasn't picked for the role. it's great that disney has got a gay role like this in one of their big films. but there are so many gay actors who could have played the role that it seems a missed opportunity. lgbt people are underrepresented in the media and in films, so disney had an opportunity here to improve that representation by having a talented gay actor that can embrace the role and play something like this in the film. neitherjack whitehall nor disney have confirmed the character's sexuality, but unsurprisingly the issue is still being vigorously debated on social media. omar shariffjunior is an actor and campaigner on issues like gay representation, he said: "really, disney? your first significant gay role will be played by a straight white man perpetuating stereotypes? fail!

this ship should sink." however stephen fry, who has also campaigned on issues affecting gay people, tweeted: "i share your shame jack whitehall — i played a straight man more than once. a father even. i should have been sent fortraining, correction and adjustment years ago." disney are no doubt already carefully assessing whetherjungle cruise still looks likely to sail to box office success, or whether they think it's already heading for difficult waters. lizo mzimba, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett with the forecast. a prolonged spell of dry, hot and sunny weather is not normal, really, for this time of the year. what we are seeing is more normal, everything coming in from the atlantic, of course. over the next day or two these two areas of cloud will combine and take yeah. from the north—west south—eastwards across all areas. we haven't got a great

deal of rain left. we had some earlier on in scotland but it has been brightening up, even across eastern areas of scotland. still some showers coming in behind that. here in essex it has been a lovely afternoon, quite warm in the sunshine. most of us will see some sunshine. most of us will see some sunshine to end the day. but overnight there is still this zone of thick cloud coming back into northern ireland and western scotla nd northern ireland and western scotland and the north—west of england. may be bringing a bit of yam. generally speaking away from here, probably dry with some breaks in the cloud. temperatures no lower than 13 or 1a. tomorrow, most of england and wales will start dry with some sunshine. some wetter weather probably coming down from the north—west to. but even here there will be some sunshine at times. probably not much yeah. across northern ireland for most of the day. there will be some drizzle

across western parts of england and wales. the real heat is just across the channel, where it is about 30 degrees or so in paris. but these weather fronts will take the cloud and rain south—eastwards overnight and rain south—eastwards overnight and usher in more of a north—westerly airflow, meaning cooler and fresher conditions later in the week. we get some sunshine and showers, quite a few showers for northern ireland and western scotland. moving into friday we are almost back to square one, the next weather system coming in from the atla ntic weather system coming in from the atlantic and bringing more rain. further south and east, a better chance of staying dry. this is where we will see more sunshine. temperatures in the south—east getting back up to 23 or 2a. further

north, with the atlantic winds, it will be a little bit cooler. a man from the birmingham area is under arrest for terrorism offences after a car crashes into cyclists and pedestrians outside parliament. a camera captures the moment the car — travelling at high speed — crashes into a security barrier protecting the palace of westminster. police vehicles raced to the scene, as passersby were quickly moved away from the smoking vehicle. i seen him crashed into the bollard at high speed. i would say he was driving at least 50 miles per hour. the guy — he seemed very much focused — he wasn't panicked or anything. the suspect — a 29—year—old man — was alone in the car and police said he had no weapons.

as police continue to question the man,