tonight at ten, the head of mi5 apologises to the victims of the manchester arena bombing for failing to stop the attack. 22 people died in the attack in 2017. the inquiry finds m15 missed a significant chance to take action. i'm profoundly _ chance to take action. i'm profoundly sorry - chance to take action. i'm profoundly sorry that - chance to take action. in profoundly sorry that mi5 did not profoundly sorry that m15 did not prevent the attack. profoundly sorry that mis did not prevent the attack.— profoundly sorry that m15 did not prevent the attack.— prevent the attack. those that -la ed prevent the attack. those that played any _ prevent the attack. those that played any part _ prevent the attack. those that played any part in _ prevent the attack. those that played any part in the - prevent the attack. those that played any part in the murder| prevent the attack. those that l played any part in the murder of prevent the attack. those that - played any part in the murder of our children— played any part in the murder of our children will— played any part in the murder of our children will never, ever get forgiveness. from top to bottom, mi5 to the _ forgiveness. from top to bottom, mi5 to the associates of the attacker. what _ to the associates of the attacker. what we — to the associates of the attacker. what we will be looking at what went wrong and what lessons have been learned. also on the programme, constance marten and mark gordon are charged with gross negligence manslaughter after a baby was found

deadin manslaughter after a baby was found dead in woodland in sussex yesterday. yet more revelations emerge from the former health secretary's leaked whatsapp messages, as matt hancock accuses the journalist behind it of a massive betrayal and breach of trust. and as children are encouraged to read on world book day, the bbc is encouraging them to write as well. the 500 word story and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel. we'll give you the latest on the hearing into cricket's racism scandal, while in the tennis, djokovic delivers in dubai, the world number one cruises into the semi finals in straight sets good evening and welcome to the bbc news at ten. the inquiry into the manchester arena bombing has found that the security service, m15, missed a significant opportunity in the months running up to the bombing at an ariana grande concert that might have prevented the attack. the head of m15 has said

he is profoundly sorry. the families of the 22 people who died in the bombing say the final report into what happened that night in may 2017 is a "devastating conclusion". the final part of the inquiry has been looking at what the intelligence services knew about the bomber, salman abedi. tonight, we'll hear from the families of the victims. we'll look at what went wrong and ask what m15 could have done to prevent the attack. and we'll look at the lessons learned during the inquiry, that's lasted two and a half years. first to our north of england correspondentjudith moritz, who is in manchester and has been reporting on this story since the night of the attack. yes, this is the third of three reports which this inquiry has published and made public, but there is a fourth document that you and i and crucially the bereaved families will never get to see and it covers evidence which was heard here in private on the grounds of national security. today, the inquiry

chairman acknowledged that that is likely to have raised more unanswered questions in the family is�* mines and those families have said it's frustrating. they said this feels like the closing of a chapter but they won't be able to move on. they tell me they've lost too much. sirens. it was nearly six years ago, but for those caught up in it, the memories are still vivid. start making your way to the city centre, please. the manchester arena attack shattered this city. 22 lives taken, hundreds more broken. 0nly salman abedi detonated the bomb, but others bear responsibility. those who radicalised him, helped him make the device and the agencies who failed to stop him. the manchester arena inquiry report spells it out starkly. m15 let abedi slip through the net. i have found a significant missed opportunity to take action that might have prevented the attack.

there was a realistic possibility that actionable intelligence could have been obtained which might have let to action preventing the attack. the reason for this missed opportunity included a failure by the security service, in my view, to act swiftly enough. abedi set off his suicide bomb in the foyer at the end of an ariana grande concert. parents were waiting for their children. the youngest to die we just eight years old. liam curry and his girlfriend chloe rutherford were teenage sweethearts. for their parents, and all the families still reeling from loss, the report's findings are hard to take. all we, as families, have asked for from day one is the truth. acknowledgement of failures. hopefully next time there won't be as many families going through the utter heartbreak we have had to endure for the last

five years, nine months, one week and one day. forgiveness will never be an option for such evil intentions, and those that played any part in the murder of our children will never ever get forgiveness, from top to bottom. m15 to the associates of the attacker. we will always believe that you all played a part in the murder of our children. tonight, the director general of m15 apologised, but would not take questions from journalists. m15 exists to stop atrocities. to all those whose lives were forever changed on that awful night, i am so sorry that m15 did not prevent the attack at the manchester arena. this is didsbury mosque, where the abedis worshipped. the report found that leaders here were wilfully blind to extremist activity

on the premises. its chairman described as an unreliable witness, who downplayed the links between the abedi family and the mosque. he was keeping a low profile outside court, but i put the criticism to him. i don't mean to be disrespectful, we can't see you today. you say you are not turning a blind eye, i can't see. i'm not hiding. i can tell you here and now there is no place for radicalisation, or politics or any evil acts. no—one can be radicalised with a ten minute sermon. but this is about political meetings, about other activities in the mosque. i repeat it again, and i hope you will have it on. there are no political meetings, i do not care what people say. but the inquiry said there were political meetings. of course they would say. have they been in the mosque? have they been in 2016, 2017? they heard what they were told. they heard evidence from one of your imams, who was said to be reliable. that imam, and i stood in the court and i said that imam is a liar. many things he did were not correct. and you did not turn a blind eye, you say.

and we did not turn a blind eye. the report found that salman abedi's father holds significant responsibility for radicalising his sons. ismail, bbc news, can i ask you a few questions please? and there was heavy criticism of the eldest abedi brother, ismail. i tracked him down in manchester in 2020, but then he fled the country, in defiance of a court order to appear at the inquiry. the report found that m15 and counter—terrorism police each failed to share intelligence. that is something that both organisations say has improved since, allowing our cameras inside theirjoint operation centre, to illustrate the way they work together. this is the first time that journalists have been allowed inside this building, and the obviously tight security prevents us from filming much of what goes on here, but this place is being held up as an example of positive change. it was built in direct response to the manchester arena bombing and the other terror attacks which happened that year.

there's been an internal inquiry by m15 and 104 recommendations were made. 102 have already been put in place, the last two are being put in place as we speak. the arena bombing was manchester's darkest day. tonight, its mayor said the country was simply not prepared for a terror attack like it to happen, and that the inquiry�*s findings must used to protect and respond better in future. judith moritz, bbc news, manchester. this final report found that the suicide bomber, salman abedi, probably received assistance from someone in libya and that an m15 officer failed to act swiftly enough on a key piece of information. much of the evidence for this part of the inquiry was heard in secret. frank gardner is our security correspondent. well, this is not the first time in my career that m15 has been accused of intelligence failings ahead of an attack. there was the bali bombing in 2002 and the london

bombings three years later. set against that, m15 have thwarted 37 terrorist attacks from 2017 until this year. so let's drill down into what went wrong with manchester. libya was a country that m15 underestimated in terms of terrorist risk. their attentions were focussed on syria, where isis had its so—called caliphate. but isis also had a growing presence in libya. m15 knew that salman abedi, the bomber, had left the country. yet there was no "port stop" put in place at airports and ports to question him on his return from libya, just four days before he blew himself up. and another crucial failing was that once abedi came back to this country, he wasn't followed, despite his well—known contacts with an extremist. if he had been followed, perhaps to where he'd hidden the bomb, then it's possible — but not certain — that the attack

may have been prevented. well, m15 say they've since put in place over 100 improvements to the way they work. but that, i'm afraid, is little comfort to those who've lost loved ones in this hideous attack. frank, thank you. the inquiry has lasted two and a half years and called hundreds of witnesses. previous reports found failings in both the security at the venue and the response from the emergency services. our home editor mark eastonjoins me. now, it's been a long and gruelling process for the families. at the start of each of these three thick volumes of the arena inquiry report is a list of names, of the 22 who died. the inquiry chairman sir john saunders describes them as irreplaceable, unique people, who lit up the lives of those around them, through the words of those who love them he said through pictures of them, some of their happiest

moments, and through song, he said, i heard about their personalities, their strengths and their aspirations and that i think has been really important, a statutory public inquiry lasting two and a half years can easily become a legal and technical exercise, squeezing out the humanity if you like, but this inquiry has consistently put those who died and those who must live with the consequences of that terrible night right at the centre of everything it has done. sirjohn, the chairman, repeatedly stressed that responsibility for the bombing rested with brothers salman and hashem abedi. his intention was to uncover what went wrong so no one has to suffer in his word such terrible pain and loss again. he identified the failings of the venue, of the emergency services and of the security services and the families have described the possibility that the attack could have been thwarted as a devastating conclusion, but they've also paid tribute both to sirjohn and his

team for their unwavering determination to uncover the truth and also to those who looked after them through the process, the support unit and what was called the resilience hope and interestingly the government has announced its setting up a permanent expert panel to help people after major tragedies in england and wales. this was an inquiry about learning lessons and perhaps one of the lessons is that the inquiry itself found a good balance between the need for dispassionate legal detachment and just as much needed, humanity is like mark easton, thank you. police have tonight charged constance marten and mark gordon with gross negligence manslaughter after the remains of a baby were found in a wooded area in sussex. the body of a newborn was found after a major two—day search. the couple will appear in court in brighton tomorrow. duncan kennedy has been following the story. news of the charges came as local people gathered tonight near where the baby's remains were found. a community brought

together in sorrow over the loss of a young life. it was amid the garden sheds and plants of this nearby allotment that police made their discovery after a two day search. this afternoon, senior officers brought their own tributes in memory of the child, who they say may have died some time ago. we are truly devastated by the outcome and we know this emotion is being felt here in brighton and across the country today. based on our inquiries we've carried out so far, we believe, sadly, the baby may have been dead for some time before they were found. tonight, constance martin and mark gordon were charged with gross negligence manslaughter. they were also charged with concealing the birth of a child and perverting the course ofjustice. the two had been missing since early january and were sighted in various locations around the country.

they were arrested on monday and have been in custody since. the police say they're incredibly grateful for all the support they are getting during their investigation, and say there's been an outpouring of public sympathy for the baby. the organisers of tonight's vigil say they wanted to give people the chance to show their love and pay their respects amid a police investigation that will continue here for several more days. the area around where the baby's remains were found is still sealed off as the police investigation continues. the met police say a postmortem examination to determine the cause of death will take place tomorrow and also tomorrow constance marten and mark gordon will both appear at crawley magistrates�* court. duncan, thank you. at least 57 people are now known to have died in greece's deadliest ever train crash.

more than 350 passengers, mainly students returning from a public holiday, were onboard the intercity service heading from athens to thessaloniki when it ploughed head on into a freight train travelling on the same line. rescuers are still searching the wreckage and more than 50 people are being treated in hospital. ministers and senior government officials joked about british travellers being "locked up" in quarantine hotels at the start of the pandemic. the revelations come in the latest leak of whatsapp messages sent to and from the former health secretary matt hancock. more than 100,000 were handed to the daily telegraph by the journalist isabel 0akeshott, who'd been working on a book with him. mr hancock has accused her of a "massive betrayal and breach of trust". she insists it was overwhelmingly in the public interest. here's our political editor, chris mason. this was the reality two years ago for some people returning from abroad. they had to spend time in a

hotel in quarantine. listen now to the flippant tone of some senior ministers an officials talking about this, published tonight by the telegraph. the country's most senior civil servant simon case writes, ijust want to see some of the fife people coming out of first class, and into a premier inn shoe box. later he asks matt hancock how many people we lock up in hotels. mr hancock said none, adding 149 chose to enter the country and are in quarantine hotels due to their own free will. simon case replied hilarious. we know by this time loads of parties had happened in westminster which would be investigated for breaking the government's own covid rules including the event borisjohnson and the current one rishi sue man

were fined. matt hancock shared a link they said a man and woman had been failing to quarantine so,000 each after a trip to dubai. the reply. superb. now from a windowless bunker ale these messages and more to come are merging, generating headlines, and anger. in a statement, the matt hancock shared a link they said a man and woman had been failing to quarantine so,000 each after a trip to dubai. the reply. superb. now from a windowless bunker ale these messages and more to come are merging, generating headlines, and anger. in a statement, the former health secretary said "i am hugely disappoint and sad at the massive betrayal and breach of truss, there is absolutely no public interest case for this, releasing them this this way, gives a partial biased account, to suit an anti—lockdown agenda. account, to suit an anti-lockdown aaenda. ~ ., account, to suit an anti-lockdown a.enda_ . ., ., account, to suit an anti-lockdown auenda.~ ., ., , ., ., agenda. who has a pro-lockdown aaenda. agenda. who has a pro-lockdown agenda- ls _ agenda. who has a pro-lockdown agenda. is that _ agenda. who has a pro-lockdown agenda. is that a _ agenda. who has a pro-lockdown agenda. is that a thing? - agenda. who has a pro-lockdown agenda. is that a thing? what - agenda. who has a pro-lockdown agenda. is that a thing? what is. agenda. who has a pro-lockdown| agenda. is that a thing? what is a pro lockdown agenda, i think absolutely, i want to get to the

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at what i do, i do stories in public interest, and i makejudgments. same interest, and i make “udgments. some find the contents — interest, and i make “udgments. some find the contents of— interest, and i makejudgments. some find the contents of her— interest, and i makejudgments. some find the contents of her expose outrageous, others her decision to publish outrageous. chris mason, bbc news. the former prime minister boris johnson says he will find it very hard to vote for the new deal between the uk and eu over northern ireland's post—brexit trading arrangements. in his first public comments on the windsor framework, he criticised the deal, saying northern ireland would remain under eu law. i'm going to find it very difficult to vote for something like this myself, because i believed we should have done something different. no matter how much plaster came off the ceiling in brussels. i hope it works, but i also hope that if it doesn't work, i hope we have the guts to deploy that bill again i hope we have the guts

to deploy that bill again. damian is in westminsterfor us, how important is that intervention? if you are rishi sunak that is not helpful at all. having a predecessor saying he doesn't like the deal you have done, but i think rishi sunak won't be feeling too threatened. he has to come here and get it through a vote in parliament. we are waiting for the unionist, the democratic unionist from northern ireland and the core tory brexit supporting mps, the core tory brexit supporting mp5, i think that are waiting for lawyers who are going through the text, but in the meantime, senior tories who campaign for brexit, who supported borisjohnson as prime minister, have been saying they like mr sunak�*s deal and mrjohnson said he could see the way the political momentum was going, towards mr sunak. so what is borisjohnson up to? well maybe what he is doing is positions here so he can say if this deal hits problems in future, look, i told you so, we should have done

something different. but for now, i have to say there is no sign of a swell of opposition in tory rank, to mr sunak�*s approach. swell of opposition in tory rank, to mr sunak's approach.— swell of opposition in tory rank, to mr sunak's approach. damian, thank ou. damian, thank you. the senior civil servant sue gray, who led investigations into government lockdown parties, has been offered a job as the chief of staff for labour leader sir keir starmer. allies of former prime minister borisjohnson have reacted with anger to the news. ms gray herself has yet to comment. junior doctors say their 72—hour strike in england is set to go ahead on march the 13th after a "disappointing" meeting with the government. the british medical association said talks with the health secretary steve barclay were a facade. health unions have been invited to join talks by the government. an inquest in surrey has heard that the head teacher of epsom college and her daughter, who were found dead at a property

on school grounds last month, both died of gunshot wounds. the bodies of emma pattison and her seven—year—old daughter lettie, were discovered on the 5th february. her husband, george pattison, is believed to have shot them at their home, before killing himself. scotland's deputy first minister john swinney has announced he will leave the scottish government later this month after almost 16 years. the 58—year—old has been nicola sturgeon's deputy since she became first minister in 2014. he will stand down once a new first minister is appointed, but remain an msp on the backbenches. the lawyer representing former england cricket captain michael vaughan has said allegations of racism made against the cricketer are �*word against word'. the comments were made on the second day of the public hearing into the allegations made by former yorkshire player azeem rafiq. michael vaughan and five other yorkshire players are accused of using racially discriminatory language. 0ur sports editor dan roan has the details and a warning that some viewers may find some of the language in his report upsetting.

he's the cricketer who led england to one of its most famous victories. michael vaughan captained the team to ashes glory in 2005, but for the last two years, his reputation and his career as a bbc broadcaster have been injeopardy, after he was alleged to have used racist language by a former yorkshire teammate, azeem rafiq. vaughan was charged by the ecb, but denies the claim, and today the two men came face to face as they appeared at the second day of a disciplinary hearing. the panel was shown this tv coverage of the yorkshire team in a huddle before a match against nottinghamshire in june 2009. just moments before rafiq claims vaughan made the alleged comment to him and three other asian players. one of those, current england star adeel rashid, has corroborated rafiq's claim, and today he gave evidence via live video link from bangladesh, where the team is currently on tour.

asked by vaughan's lawyer christopher stoner kc, of his memory of what vaughan had allegedly said, rashid replied, "there's too many of you lot. "we need to do something about it." stoner then added that the wording in rashid's statement differed slightly. "just so you're aware, that's not what's alleged against michael vaughan", he said. it is, "there are too many of you lot. "we need to have a word about it." this is the reality. you don't have a clear recollection of events. rashid replied, "i have a very clear recollection, sir." rashid rejected feeling pressured to back up rafiq's claims because of a shared business interest in a fish and chip restaurant. he also rejected the suggestion by another former teammate that he may have supported rafiq's allegations because of the threat that personal details about him may be revealed. two years ago, yorkshire sparked outrage by not disciplining anyone, despite rafiq being found to have suffered racial harassment. the ecb issuing a catalogue of disrepute charges last year. today, rafiq was cross—examined for the first time, accepting there had been mistakes in the details he had

given between statements, but insisting that what vaughan was alleged to have said was pretty clear and consistent. "it made me angry at the time", he said. "it has throughout the years, and it does today. "he was a hero of mine. "it did cause me upset and anger, from my point of view as a young "cricketer wanting to make my way. "as we've seen, when you do speak up, your life "and career can be destroyed. "fear of that never allowed me to speak up." rafiq said he'd been told that vaughan had made attempts to discredit him, after issuing what he called a non—apology. vaughan himself is set to give evidence on the third day of this hearing, the latest episode in a saga that continues to cast a long shadow over the game. dan rowan, bbc news. thousands of children have gone to school dressed up today as their favourite character to mark world book day. it's all about celebrating and promoting books and reading. these are just some of the photos sent to bbc breakfast this morning. and to mark the day this year, the bbc is encouraging writing as well — we have brought back the uk's biggest story writing

competition for children, the 500 words contest. the queen consort, camilla, who's hosted past grand finals, described its return as a "joy". jon kay reports. good morning everybody! good morning! a new chapter. so we took bbc breakfast to conway high school to celebrate the return of 500 words. you have got an apple, snow white! yes. is it poisonous? yes. when they get to create their own stories, they won't be judged on spelling or grammar, because 500 words is about ideas. what are you going to put in this competition? i think about fairies. fairies! and i will add a little bit of my secret garden. are you excited about this? yes! why? because i really badly want to win.

we're live at hampton court for the 500 words final! - the queen consort has hosted the final in the past, and she supports the return of 500 words to the bbc. the joy that it is about to be relaunched, you had this wonderful moment where you took them to venues, the sort of surprise venue for the finals. the pride in these children's faces and families, schools. the gold winning i story, eve molloy... i couldn't believe it. i thought they were joking. four years on, eve is still in shock. she won hundreds of books for herself and for her school. my confidence just went through the roof. being in 500 words was the best thing that i've ever done. over the years, more than a million kids have submitted stories. frank cottrell—boyce will be among the bestselling children's authors returning asjudges,

along with a new face. if you think something's funny, write it down. if you see something weird, write it down. if you have a lovely moment that's moving, write it down, and then make a story. it's fun. but first, an army of volunteerjudges is needed. teachers, teaching assistants and librarians can now apply online. byw! network daily news programme of the year is... ..bbc news at ten. 0ur editor paul royall picked up the presitgious award from the royal television society at a ceremony in london last night, beating off stiff competition from sky news, channel 4 and itv. i would show you the award, but paul, our editor, has already taken it home. one for the mantelpiece! time for a look at the weather.

yes, this was across southern england sophie and the main difference we had from weather place to place we was how much cloud and how much sunshine we saw, it was in the south, the midland, wales and east anglia we had the best of breaks in the cloud, the best of the day's sunshinings you see the clear skies here, further north, a lot cloud, the thickest coming in across eastern scotland where it was a different story, grey, with outbreaks of rank on and off through the day so it turned out to be damp we are still picking up the area of light patchy rain, on into parts of northern ireland as well, and indeed overnight i suspect it will get drier across scotland, north east england with the light rain working into northern ireland, a lot of cloud elsewhere overnight so for most of us it is frost—free, where we see the cloud break, we are looking at temperatures just dipping below freezing. tomorrow, quite a cloudy started to the day, the clouds come back in from the north sea but i think it is going to be flaky cloud across the south—east

but a it is only thin and so it will be prone to thinning and breaking a lot of cloud for northern england. 0therwise, some sunshine for western scotland, wales and south—west england are not looking too bad. becoming drier in gnarled through the day. day. on into the weekend, we have weak weather fronts that will make inroads in as high pressure finally loosens its grip. 0n pressure finally loosens its grip. on saturday a lot of dry weather, the best of any sunshine across the west, sunday, thicker cloud, with quite widespread patches of light rain, so a damp day i think. beyond that, into next week we see a massive change in the weather patterns as o cold northerly winds come down from win the arctic circle. they will be dropping temperatures, so we are looking at a frost across the uk, really for much of next week but as well as that, we have some of this white stuff, yes, the first place it is likely to see some disruption from snow is across northern scotland, where the snow combined with strong winds will

bring blizzards so