a 30—year—old man from birmingham is being questioned. have been appealing for more information from people who knew him or came across him. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. it took little more than a minute — a crude assault on the heart of westminster which left its victims in its wake. khalid masood mounted the pavement on westminster bridge atjust after 2:40, according to new information from the police. he drove fast, sending people running for cover, and 30 seconds later crashed into railings. someone managed to make the first 999 call within 21 seconds. but masood was out of the car and, after attacking a police officer, was shot dead half a minute later in the grounds of parliament. from start to finish, it had taken 82 seconds. so those are the facts, but why did it happen? tellingly, police now say they may never know the answer to that question, but they are looking closely at khalid masood's life in an attempt to discover what motivated him. in an attempt to discover today, yet another home was being searche

do you think birmingham has a problem?hat is proven statistically, to see the number of arrests that have been made, the number of plots that have been planned shows that there is an issue, a significant in birmingham in relation to the rest of the country. people have got to stand up to this and say, look, this is just not acceptable. you are not treading on people's toes, it is not about sensitivities, it is about making sure that what is conformed to, the society that we're part of, and were and young people particularly are being groomed towards radicalisation, we have to call that out and call it out properly. at birmingham central mosque, friday prayers begin with an unequivocal condemnation of the london attack. as evil, the congregation were told, as it was un—islamic. however, when you ask the birmingham mp, khaled mahmud, who needs to do more to challenge the processes that lead to radicalisation, top of his list are the city's religious leaders. you can only challenge them if you happen to know where they are. a

good afternoon birmingham.s muslim community gathered to show their condemnation of the attack. a muslim prayerfor our nation, oh lord, unite our nation round the principles ofjustice, peace, love and faith. you don't want to go to work in the morning when these things happen, because it is happening again, we will be associated with it. it is that dread when you hear of an atrocity, let it be anybody but a muslim. there is that feeling of you will have to to explain, you will have to distance yourself, because whether you like it or not you are associated with it. in birmingham, they're is confused as everyone else as to why masood did it. he wasn't one of them. his profile as an offender fits some of the patterns be see, he is travelling round, he doesn't want his one location to be fixated and therefore lots of people who supposedly know him don't know him, because they say he seemed a nice friendly guy but they weren't able to talk to him. that is a typical offender profile in how terrorists move round. tha

birmingham isa morning took place in birmingham.mingham is a strong focus of this investigation were the hire car is believed to have been hired from that was driven across the bridge. it is where the suspect, khalid masood, is believed to have been living in recent years, although he was born in kent, british born and bred. the latest update on injuries, the police say five people remain in a critical condition, two of them with wife threatening injuries. daniel, just stay with us. we're just looking at pictures from trafalgar square, —— life—threatening injuries. we had that poignant vigil for the three people killed by the attacker, khalid masood, yesterday. and others injured in that attack who are still in hospital, still critically injured. and defiant messages from the home secretary and the mayor of london at that vigil. khalid masood, the prime minister was saying earlier on in the commons that he had been a peripheralfigure, although he had been on the radar of mi5, he was not part of any current intelligence picture. and

birmingham isa morning took place in birmingham.of this investigation were the hire car is believed to have been hired from that was driven across the bridge. it is where the suspect, khalid masood, is believed to have been living in recent years, although he was born in kent, british born and bred. the latest update on injuries, the police say five people remain in a critical condition, two of them with wife threatening injuries.

lucy manning, bbc news, birmingham.round parliament square. the cordon has been lifted and things are back to normal. we can show you the top shot and we will give you an idea of the traffic moving across the bridge as well. traffic has been moving across westminster bridge since early afternoon. that gives you a good view of london tonight. you can see the tower and big ben. to the left hand corner is trafalgar square where thousands of people have been this evening. candlelit vigil, and also many flowers on the bridge. flowers have been left here, as well, where the cordon finished. people were coming out of their offices, many government departments, of course, they have been laying bo kays on the wall with m essa 9 es been laying bo kays on the wall with messages you would expect, heartfelt condolences —— laying bouquets. many people have been talking about pc keith palmer who lost his life, a father and husband, who had been in the police 15 years. today the prime minister paid tribute to him — saying "he was every

birmingham has been a key focus. a car from outside the house of a man arrested by armed officers yesterday. a neighbour at saw it happened. —— happen. police banged the door down and took him out. he had a smirk on his face and he was in handcuffs. police were in stratford in london gathering evidence from a flat linked to masood. hundreds of officers are now involved in this investigation and they've made more arrests. in our continuing investigation and ongoing covert activity we have made two further significant arrests overnight, one in the west midlands, and one in the north—west. we now have nine people remaining in custody and one woman has been released on bail. the investigation in westminster and the search of more than 20 addresses around the country has led to 2700 items being seized. the identification of 3500 witnesses. and the processing of hundreds of video images uploaded to the police. we are appealing today is to the public to say, if, even in hindsight now you realise something about khalid masoo

there has been intense police activity all day in birmingham.d, the focus is on his friends and family, whether they knew about his motivations, his intentions, whether he had only help with the attack on parliament. it is still oui’ attack on parliament. it is still our belief, which is point out about oui’ our belief, which is point out about our investigation, that the attacker acted alone and was inspired by international terrorism. to be explicit, at this stage, we have no significant information about further threat to the public. so—called islamic state, without providing any evidence, and the attacker was, as they described him, one of their soldiers. the police are now attracting masood's movements. the man who put into a carand movements. the man who put into a car and drove terror into the heart of westminster. there is a lot of discussion about the investigation. each of these stories about the victims seems heartbreaking. a lot of people have spoken about how london must pick itself up and get on with it. we will do that, because we

ago birmingham city ladies make this -- made this stage?ngham city ladies made it through to the semifinals, they were the last british team to do it. arsenal ladies teams are the only british tea m ladies teams are the only british team to win this, that was a decade ago. if city make it through it will not only be a huge result but massive for women's fall in this country in general. that game kicks off at 7 o'clock. now the bust of cristiano ronaldo. the sculpture has said he is perfectly happy with his work and claims the winger agrees with him and gave the go—ahead. joe wilson reports on bust gate. for the local hero, everything was arranged. politicians, well—wishers, all there for the very famous footballer. well, they were naming madeira's airport after him. just one thing, why had they unveiled a new bust of the former irish international niall quinn? ah, that's cristiano ronaldo! 0k. the man himself was full of gratitude. "to see my name given to this airport is very special," he said. "everyone knows i'm very proud of my roots."

dan, it is in birmingham that this man was detained?we don't know exactly where. this is another property in the winston green area of birmingham that police have been searching today. they arrived yesterday and have carried on taking bits of evidence out of this property today. and just in the last half an hour police have announced that they have arrested another man, a 30—year—old, arrested on suspicion of operation of terrorist acts. we don't know if thatis terrorist acts. we don't know if that is the man who lives here and we don't know exactly where that arrest was made. certainly there have been police activity here throughout the weekend and at different properties throughout birmingham. the police say that one search is carrying on at a property in birmingham this evening. a fresh arrest today, one man still being questioned out of those that were arrested through wednesday night and thursday in the immediate aftermath of the attack on westminster, and police searches carry on gone as well. although we are in birmingham, west m

so they have arrested overnight eight people, many in birmingham, at least four in birmingham, also someewhere.ment there has been police activity in surrey, sussex, wales and birmingham and london and they are trying to build up a picture of those that knew this man and whether oi’ those that knew this man and whether or not they could have had an idea of what he was going to do beforehand what he did do. and the met officer earlier, saying that the police were the public, the public were the police, that he urged people with concerns to just approach an officer to speak with them. he said, even from the perspective of the police, and although they rehearsed responses to various scenarios in the event of an attack, that the reality of dealing with an attack like this is something all together different, something all together different, something that even they as professional police officers are never fully prepared for, let alone, of course, the members of the public. but urging solidarity between the public and the police as they progress with the investigation and as they look ahead

shabana mahmood, the mp for birmingham ladywood, joins us now from our birmingham studio.ty in birmingham as well. to that end there are a number of unity vigils taking place across the city today. just to bring people together and provide reassurance and solidarity, to keep our minds on the victims at this time. we‘ve been hearing about the other gentleman who has lost his life as mr rowley has just who has lost his life as mr rowley hasjust said. who has lost his life as mr rowley has just said. thoughts and prayer is very much with the victims of this horrific attack. does birmingham specifically have a problem with radicalisation?” think, i wouldn‘t say we have a specific problem, but i do think there is a wider issue around radicalisation. obviously we need to understand the pathways to radicalisation better. we‘ve heard reports of the recent academic research into the number of terrorist related arrests and convictions. we know 39 of those we re convictions. we know 39 of those were from the birmingham area. obviously that is a number that causes concern to everybody

three properties were surged in birmingham with seven people arrested.ted in east london. there have also been arrests in these areas. the eight have been arrested on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts. his neighbours described him as a house proud family man. as far as i am aware, he had two children at the time he was they appeared to be primary schoolchildren. he had a people—carrier and loaded them in to a people—carrier with child seats. but today, so—called islamic state described him very differently. without providing evidence, they said he was one of their soldiers. the police are now attracting khalid masood's movements, the man who got into a car and drove terror into the heart of westminster. lucy manning, bbc news, birmingham. two other victims of wednesday's attack have been named. aysha frade lived in london with her husband and two young daughters. and kurt cochrane, an american citizen, was in london with his wife to celebrate their 25th anniversary. some a0 people from 11 different countries were injured, some of them very serio

a flat in the winson green area of birmingham was raided.tly. also in birmingham, in the ladywood area, filmed by neighbours, heavily armed officers searched another flat. locals said it was like a scene from a film. like a war, yeah. down the streets. it's something you see only in movies and i saw it behind my windows on the street. it was very frightening. it was like, what the hell is happening here? as well as the searches in birmingham, police also raided homes and made arrests in the forest gate area of east london. in wales, surrey and sussex, a total of eight people have been arrested in six separate locations. it's now known the car he had turned into a weapon was a rental car he had hired in birmingham at the spring hill branch of enterprise cars. there's been intense police activity here all day in birmingham. with the attacker dead, the focus is on his friends and family. whether they knew about his motivations, his intentions, whether he had any help with the attack on parliament. it is still our belief that this attacker acted

lucy manning, bbc news, birmingham.tood in silence today to remember those who died yesterday, including pc keith palmer, who lost his life defending parliament and those who work there. he'd been a police officerfor 15 years. the prime minister said he was "every inch a hero," and his actions would never be forgotten. our home editor, mark easton, reports on the loss of pc keith palmer. honouring a fallen comrade. at 9:33am this morning, a minute's silence for pc keith palmer. we give thanks for keith palmer. 48 years old, a husband and a father, who went to work but never came home. boxing instructor and former soldier, tony davies, saw the knife attack as he left a function at the houses of parliament yesterday afternoon, and immediately ran to keith palmer's aid. he brandished two knives, i had seen, attacking one of the policemen. that's the decision i took to then leap the fence and try and give assistance in any way i could. you ran towards the violence? most people were running away. yes, but it was a split—seco

there are hundreds of taxis in birmingham.rough as to where the key areas of pollution are, we will take the action that is needed to address the need for clean air in the city. well, i'm afraid the government's been hopeless. critics like client earth say what we need today is a new clean air act, and a scrappage scheme for diesel cars. you have to phase diesel vehicles off our roads. but it would cost a fortune, wouldn‘t it? well, yeah, it's going to take time to do it, but we've got to protect people's health. that's the main thing. hello, girls! back in lewisham, in london, anne is meeting nine—year—old eloise, and amy, who‘s six. we called it ‘smog‘, and you couldn‘t see, only this far in front of your eyes. on days when pollution is bad, amy and eloise are kept indoors at playtime, just as anne was in 1952. sometimes, we have to stay inside because the air is bad. 0h, because the air is bad now? more than 60 years on, air pollution is still damaging children‘s health, shortening people‘s lives. graham satchell, bbc news.

we have seen eight arrests so far, the car rented in birmingham, addresses in birmingham also raided.sm investigation, clearly led by scotland yard, but the focus switched to birmingham late last night. today that has been the centre of activity, a lot of arrests there and a lot of places raided and clearly this is still very much an ongoing operation. the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, has responded to the westminster terror attack. the archbishop said he received messages of sympathy and support from faith leaders around the world and across the uk. i think as one moves on from the events there are two reactions. 0ne is shock and immense distress for those for whom yesterday change their whole lives. the family of pc keith palmer obviously, those who just went out as tourists, and i think the french children is really on my mind. they have come from a place where there has been such terror over the last two years, and they come here, and this happens. so that's one thing. the other thing, though, is a growing sense... pride is the wrong word, i don't like using that word, b

. 0ne most recent address in birmingham.an who lives around the corner is still in custody. we know khalid masood had a violent past but there we re masood had a violent past but there were times in his life where he may have adopted extreme political views, possibly while serving a prison sentence in 2003, or during two periods living in saudi arabia. 0r after moving to luton, around 2010, at a time of confrontation between young muslims and right—wing activists. the kind of people who commit terror... the answer to that question why could be complexed. they can be anything to between 15 and 28 different reasons, different tell—tale signs and my argument has consistently been that the government has successfully focused oi'i government has successfully focused on one, which we referred to as islamist ideology. ideology is important but it isjust one factor. this tragedy has again led to questions about the government's strategy to fight radicalisation. those who have to spot tomorrow's potential terrorists say the challenge

might they be in birmingham or liverpool instead?am or liverpool instead ? protests might they be in birmingham or liverpool instead? protests in france after two of the biggest clu bs france after two of the biggest clubs stunned supporters by announcing they are to merge. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with the news that seven time winners chelsea have beaten holders manchester united 1—0 to progress to the fa cup semi finals. watching at stamford bridge was olly foster. manchester united fans have been coming here forfour years manchester united fans have been coming here for four years without anyjoy. as they were coming here for four years without any joy. as they were frisked for expensive items at the shed end, the united team at bus were underjust as much scrutiny. a striker, just one would do. marcus rushford, answering his manager's call. jose mourinho used to have that hold over chelsea's players, of course. the new chelsea's players, of course. the new man chelsea's players, of course. the new man isn't

the flat was raided in birmingham., this road was cordoned off. there was large police presence. eyewitnesses say around three people who were living inside and were inside were taken away top it is not clear whether they were arrested but what we do know when we called police to find out exactly what happened here, they redirected our call to scotland yard. of course, scotland yard is investigating the attack on westminster bridge. that is not to say these two incidents are related stop this could have been a com pletely stop this could have been a completely independent operation but what we know and believe is that the car that was used in the attack in london yesterday was high—end from here, in birmingham. thank you. we note some of the people who survived the attack are now said to have catastrophic injuries. eight are at the trauma centre in kings college hospital. what is the latest information you have in terms of casualties conditions? nothing further from the details we were given last night. eight people we

lucy manning, bbc news, birmingham.o all the victims, including the police officer, keith palmer, who was stabbed to death within the grounds of the palace of westminster. at scotland yard, the headquarters of london's metropolitan police, a minute's silence was held. members of parliament praised the bravery of the officer. among those paying tribute was a conservative member of parliament who had known him since they had served together in the military. he was a strong, professional public servant, and it was a delight to meet him here again only a few months after being elected. would my right honourable friend, the prime minister, in recognition of the work that he did, and the other police officers and public servants in the house do, consider recognising his gallantry and sacrifice formally with a posthumous recognition. james cleverly. 0ur correspondent, sarah campbell, reports on the victims. a mother on the school run, mown down in broad daylight. aysha frade was 43 years old and leaves behind a husband and two

there has been intense police activity all day here in birmingham. the focus is on his friends and family. whether they knew about his motivations, his intentions, whether he had any help with the attack on parliament. police have made arrests in a number of different locations. three properties were searched in birmingham and one woman was arrested. one woman was arrested in east london. they have also been searches in brighton and south—east london. the eight have been arrested on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts. at a house in luton where it is believed masood lived a few years ago, neighbours described him asa few years ago, neighbours described him as a houseproud family man. as far as him as a houseproud family man. as faras i'm aware him as a houseproud family man. as far as i'm aware he had to make children at the time he was here, that appeared to be primary school children. he had peopled carrier, and he was loading his children into and he was loading his children into a people carrier with child seats. today, so—called islamic s

there has been intense police activity all day here in birmingham. the focus is on his friends and family, whether they knew about his motivations, his intentions, whether he had any help with the attack on parliament. police have made arrests in a number of different locations. three properties were searched in birmingham, and one one woman was arrested in east london. they have also been searches in brighton and south—east london. the eight have been arrested on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts. at a house in luton, where it is believed masood lived a few years ago, neighbours described him as a houseproud family man. as far as i'm aware, he had two children at the time he was here. they appeared to be primary school children. he had a people—carrier, and he was loading his children into a people—carrier with child seats. but today, so—called islamic state described him very differently. without providing evidence, it said he was one of their soldiers. the police are now tracking masood's movements. the man who got into a car and drove te

did he give his address as birmingham? yes.gistration numbers when people check in. the car looked the same as the one he... my colleagues saw the carand she the one he... my colleagues saw the car and she confirmed it was the same car. we need to confirm the registration number. that's the manager of a hotel in brighton where it has emerged khalid masood stayed the night before the attack in london. to bring the right up—to—date with all the latest developments, police have said they‘ve made two more significant arrests in connection with the attack in westminster. the suspects we re attack in westminster. the suspects were held overnight in the west midlands and the north—west. weevils are learned this morning that the birth name of khalid masood was adrian russell ajao. earlier i spoke to dani singer who witnessed the attack on the bridge. people on the other side of the bus saw what happened. some on uncharted, if anyone has first aid training they should get off the bus and help. i went to the first person i saw who looked

arrests have been made, most of them made here in birmingham.d a knife he brought terror to parliament. he is khalid masood, a british—born attacker, known to the police with a 20—year criminal record, although not for terrorism. the 52—year—old, responsible for the murder of a policeman, a mother on her way to collect her children, a tourist, and a pensioner. today, on their knees, the police, slowly, met i can clarence housely, searching for evidence. on the same ground where one of their own lay, just a day ago. as they searched outside parliament, just metres away inside, the prime minister spoke. what i can confirm, is that the man was british—born and that some years ago he was once investigated by mi5 in relation to concerns about violent extremism. he was a peripheral figure. violent extremism. he was a peripheralfigure. the case is historic. he was not part of the current intelligence picture. there was no prior intelligence of his intent or of the plot. intensive investigations continue. so what more is known about khalid masood? he wa

as the investigation continues, there's been another arrest — a 30—year old man from birmingham is being also tonight — after reports that an air strike against islamic state caused scores of civilian deaths in iraq, we'll have the latest from mosul. in iraq, we'll have among the casualties of the battle for the city — two young boys in this field hospital. most of those we've seen being brought in are children, they've been injured by air strikes, and also by shelling but the staff here tell us they also receive a lot of patients who've been shot by is snipers. of patients who've been shot in moscow, hundreds of people are arrested after the biggest opposition rallies in russia for years. and england beat lithuania at wembley in their world cup qualifier. at wembley in their good evening. the home secretary, amber rudd, has increased pressure on internet companies in the wake of the westminster attack, warning them not to provide a secret place for terrorists to communicate. it's understood that khalid masood, who killed four people on wednesday, was using the secure whatsapp messaging

phil mackie, bbc news, birmingham.s can change overnight. but sport can have a unique healing power and for many former servicemen and women, it can give them a focus for the future. as part of the bbc‘s state of sport week, the former paralympian kate grey has been to meet two ex—military sportsmen to hear their inspirational stories. the simplest of tasks can seem challenging when life as you know it changes with the smallest of breaths. i must have breathed in at the wrong time, this spore thatjust lies under the ground is kicked up by the ieds, literally inhaled and when i returned to the uk i got diagnosed with q fever. although everything on the outside looks sort of normal, i can move my limbs, i don't have any strength. i wasn't able to lift my child when he was born. q fever is a deteriorating muscle condition. as time passed by, phil reached breaking point. people couldn't do the things they wa nted people couldn't do the things they wanted to do because i was there, i felt like a burden on my family so i con

there has been intense police activity all day in birmingham.ocus is on his friends and family. whether they knew about his motivations, his intentions, whether he had any help for the attack on parliament. >> we have a belief that this attacker acted alone and was inspired by international turns. -- international terrorism. we have no information about further threats to the public. correspondent: the so-called islamic state cleaned -- claimed the attacker was, as they described him, one of their soldiers. solice are tracking masood' movements, the man who got into a car in westminster and caused terror. host: hundreds came together tonight in trafalgar square to light candles and pay tribute to the victims. indeed, people laying flowers here. this is a busy government area. people have been locating flowers throughout the day. utmost in people's mines was the placement, pc keith palmer, running toward the attacker as those were running away. he gave his life to service in the u.k. before being in the metropolitan police, he was in the royal mi

one recent study found at least 50 men from birmingham had left ha fight in syria.uslim leaders like mohammad , zal, from birmingham central mosque, fear the entire community could now face a backlash over masood's action. >> we condemn these terrorists. we are law-abiding citizens, and we should not be marginalized perely because some stupid person, some evil person has done this thing. i> reporter: a saudi embassy statement says masood taught english in saudi arabia under a work visa on at least two occasions. police believe he acted alone in the attack, but it's unclear if as had help with planning. reena, at least two people are being questioned. g> ninan: jonathan vigliotti in london. thank you, jonathan. pope francis visited the northern italian city of milan today. he met with families in a housing project and stopped by a local prison. the pope also made a brief, unscheduled stop at a port-a-potty, delighting the crowd and proving once again, he truly is a man of the people. cities around the world are going dark saturday for earth hour. it's an annual event

his neighbors in this quiet birmingham neighborhood were shocked. he lived in this home with his wife and three children and loved to garden. does he ever show any signs he may have been radicalized. >> i don't think so. but he look like aid normal guy. >> reporter: british police are now trying to figure out what triggered his deadly parliament rampage that killed four people and injured dozens more. masood started life as adrian russel ajao, a british-born kid who went to a christian school in kent where he played soccer. it's believed he converted to islam during doourg his several stints in jail. he was once investigated for extremism. but by 2017, at the age of 52, he had fallen off the radar. richard walton is the former london police head of counter-trump. >> a 52-year-old male, that is quite exceptional, and, obviously, there will be concern about how he was radicalized, was it through face-to-face contact with groups in the u.k., or was it contact via social media? >> reporter: birmingham is home to one of the largest muslim communities in

lucy manning, bbc news, birmingham.r the attack at the british parliament, new footage has emerged showing the panic inside parliament. is he coming? this was the moment when police ran through parliament, ushering people to safety. the video by conservative mp david t—c davies clearly shows the panic that was unfolding. the scene before the attacker reached parliament was just as chaotic. the first victims were on westminster bridge, where the attacker drove his car onto the pavement, hitting many people as they walked across the bridge. our correspondent, matthew price, has walked the length of the bridge today to retrace the deadly route taken by the attacker. inside the white circle, difficult to spot is the dark car driven by khalid masood. it took him about 20 seconds to drive the 252 metres across westminster bridge. at this point, it was just an ordinary cardriving round a roundabout in waterloo, but he was about to enter the bridge, westminster, bridge, drive on to it and start killing people. this is where he

there is a realfeeling of anger here in birmingham at the moment.opolitan police officers here in london, they said that part of the solution lies in muslim leaders, the muslim community actually voicing their opposition to this sort of activity in a much stronger way. do you get any sense of that there and do you think that members of the muslim community in the west midlands would be willing to go forward and speak to the police about concerns? well, from those i have spoken to, and i have spoken to around a dozen muslims who live in birmingham over the last 2a hours or so, yes, they have said on the record that they are angry about it and they do condemn violence. what is key among the community is that many people do not want to voice their opinions about this. it is something they feel they do not have to go and speak about and they feel that if they do that, for them, it is as if they are voicing concerns to shut up people who are talking about islamic radicalisation in a negative way, if you like. there are some people who are more timid, who

raids were carried out in birmingham. seven people have been arrested.arliament and at new scotland yard to reflect on yesterday's events. two people died when the attacker drove a car at pedestrians on westminster bridge. one of the victims has been named this morning as aysha frade. she's been described by her college principal as "highly regarded and loved". pc keith palmer was stabbed to death as he tried to stop the attacker entering the palace of westminster. the suspect was then shot dead by plain—clothes police officers. 29 people are being treated in hospital, seven of them are in critical condition. sarah corker has this report. the moment of the attack on westminster bridge. on the right—hand side we see a car moving at speed along the pavement in front of a slow—moving line of traffic. a figure, we now know it is a woman, falls into the water. and then panic as members of the public realise something is wrong. three shots ring out. a photograph shows the immediate aftermath. an armed police officer stands poised over the attacker. under his f

there are hundreds of taxis in birmingham.s through as to where the key areas of pollution are, we will take the action that is needed to address the need for clean air in the city. well, i'm afraid the government's been hopeless. critics like client earth say what we need today is a new clean air act, and a scrappage scheme for diesel cars. you have to phase diesel vehicles off our roads. but it would cost a fortune, wouldn't it? well, yeah, it's going to take time to do it, but we've got to protect people's health. that's the main thing. if the water we were drinking was as dirty as the air we're breathing in now, we'd be doing something about it. hello, girls! hello, anne. back in lewisham, in london, anne is meeting nine—year—old eloise, and amy, who's six. we called it 'smog', and you couldn't see, only this far in front of your eyes. on days when pollution is bad, amy and eloise are kept indoors at playtime, just as anne was in 1952. sometimes, we have to stay inside because the air is bad. 0h, because the air is bad now

the enquiries in birmingham, london and other parts of the country are continuing.tinues to be borne out by our investigation, that this attacker acted alone and was inspired by international terrorism. investigators are still painstakingly piecing together the exact circumstances of what happened in and around parliament. but in london and westminster generally, security has been visibly and significantly increased, around what was already one of the most heavily protected areas of the capital. the importance of providing a blanket of security, while maintaining the freedoms britons cherish so deeply, never more challenging. wyre davies, bbc news. well, with me is the policing minister brandon lewis. good afternoon. it must be of great concern to you that someone who was known to the security services, albeit some time ago, and to the police, was able to carry out an attack of this scale? we don't comment on an ongoing investigation. the prime minister and acting deputy commissioner have said what we can say and there's nothing more we can say and there's nothing m

seema reporting from birmingham.aying was british—born is not p being named. the police are saying that their investigations into him and his background are at a sensitive stage. they do not wish to put out his name and police are urging anyone with knowledge of events here are urged to get in touch with them. members of the public are asked to call the anti—terrorist hotline on 0800 789 321. that is the same number if people want to report anything else suspicious they may have spotted. the police are asking people to be extra vigilant. that there are extra police patrols, not just extra vigilant. that there are extra police patrols, notjust in westminster but right around the capital in the wake of the attack. 24 2a hours ago, westminster bridge was packed, as it always is. people on their way to and from work, walking through the heart of london. within minutes, a police officer and two people were dead, and up to a0 people were dead, and up to a0 people were dead, and up to a0 people were injured from 12 differen

birmingham is thought of as being the favourite.to use a speech at salford tomorrow where she is talking at a nations and regions media conference, to say what the bbc didn't salford has worked. the government is happy and they want to use a moral to apply it to other places. birmingham is the favourite but it will be a long time before we work out what channel 4 is moving, and where. thanks for joining us. 100 days is coming up. time for a wool at the weather. a lot of variety in the next few days. we will enjoy summer the next few days. we will enjoy summer like temperatures. others will be wet and dreary. overnight tonight, it will be fairly damp from the west. quite murky, fog around, especially around the coast and hill. that temperatures won't be as cold as the last few nights. double figures as we start on southern areas. not much brightness, a rather dreary start. sunshine in scotland won't last because rain will surge up won't last because rain will surge up the irish sea, some wet weather heading to scotland as we go throu

one member of staff here is from birmingham, he said he was from birmingham and they chatted about thatsonally welcomed him and he seemed a nice, polite man. he even parked his car in this car park. it was the same car of the carried out those london attacks. this is what the manager told us earlier. the police came on wednesday night to start their investigation. i was called at home quite late at night at about midnight, one o'clock in the morning to be told the police we re the morning to be told the police were here. they asked for my advice andi were here. they asked for my advice and i said i would cooperate. they asked the staff questions and we are open to this. it is normal for us. it was a bit of inconvenience because we try to run a business at the same time. yesterday we had police in the hotel. they were interviewing all the staff in the middle of server so it was a bit of an inconvenience, but we had to cooperate with them and tried to give them all the information. we have all the back—up for this. we have all the back—up for this. we have all the contacts, the address, t

lived in birmingham.ne in ten attackers in birmingham, one in ten attackers from across the u.k., purchased five wards in the city of birmingham. if that's what multiculturalism has produced, i'm sorry, something has gone wrong in regard to address it. >> martha: what do you think? >> i agree, we've got to look at the root of this. you can take guns away, take explosives away, but this violent attitude will find whatever weapon is available. it is a cultural issue. that may be clear on this, we have faced here before. my first operations in europe, chasing a group called the red army group, the ref, which was a terror group funded by the russians as part of the effort against us. we need to look at how we defeated that sort of thing back during the cold war. we talked about, as part of brexit, asked nader to start working on this, then we have to work with people like the presis said, islam must give up violence as part of its faith. it is counterproductive. i think we have to work both at the tactical le

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, birmingham.ell, we can speak now to eleanor garnier who's at westminster. a big day tomorrow. take us through it. what will happen? theresa may said it is an historic moment. on the front page of most newspapers, theresa may sitting in number 10 downing st signing that letter that is then going to be delivered to brussels. what will happen is that letter, not many people will know what is in it. it is a closely guarded secret. theresa may will discuss it at the cabinet meeting tomorrow. she will then go to the house of commons tomorrow where she will give a statement to mps. article 50 will not be triggered, that formal start of negotiations, will not be triggered, until our man in brussels, the ambassador to the un marches down the corridor and physically hands the letter to the president of the eu council, donald to ask. it is only when donald tusk has the letter in his own hand that the clock will start ticking and the two—year deadline will start to get and closer. theresa may has two yea rs

a flat in the winson green area of birmingham was raided. there recently. also in birmingham, in the ladywood area, filmed by neighbours, heavily armed officers searched another flat. locals said it was like a scene from the film. like a war. down the streets. it's something you see only in movies and i saw it behind my windows on the street. it was very frightening. it was like, what the hell is happening here? as well as the searches in birmingham, police also raided homes and made arrests in the forest gate area of east london. in wales, surrey and sussex, a total of eight people have been arrested in six separate locations. it's now known the car he had turned into a weapon was a rental car he had hired in birmingham at the spring hill branch of enterprise cars. there's been intense police activity here all day in birmingham. with the attacker dead, the focus is on his friends and family. whether they knew about his motivations, his intentions, whether he had any help with the attack on parliament. it is still our belief that this attack

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, birmingham.eil the snp politician and member of the scottish parliament who was pro brexit. it's good to see. you voted for brexit and you are a member of the snp, did other members do the same thing? they said 400,000 people in scotla nd thing? they said 400,000 people in scotland out of the millions who voted for brexit who were pro—independence like myself so i'm pro—independence like myself so i'm pro—independence but i voted in favour because the eu is not the progressive organisation used to be. does that mean you are no longer in favour of independence now if once the process goes through? far from it. one of the reasons i voted is that i didn't want to replace london with rule from brussels. i believe scotla nd with rule from brussels. i believe scotland should be an independent country trading freely with the rest of europe and indeed with the rest of europe and indeed with the rest of the world. if we have control of the macroeconomic policy in scotland then we would be a far richer nat

theresa may says there isa birmingham.says there is a great opportunity ahead for britain. how do you see? i am cautiously optimistic. post brexit we had a few months of uncertainty and that is the most damaging short—term thing. we are currently recovering from the uncertainty. we are winning new business in america and we are driving on with investment. what you want her to make the main priority as she enters these negotiations? free trade and movement of trade is important. i have product that moves from here to the eu. we don't need red tape and we are selling offshore. secondly, free movement of skilled people. 10% of my workforce are employed from the eu and we still need to get to do that. many people who voted for brexit don't want free movement to continue. what are your concerns in the short—term? the government will trigger article 50 tomorrow, the start of divorce proceedings from the european union. talks on the uk's departure from the eu are expected to begin later this year and ministers will soon have to f

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, birmingham.ple of scotland have the right to choose between brexit or becoming an independent country. that was the first minister's message, as the scottish parliament formally requested a second referendum on independence. nicola sturgeon warned that it would be "democratically indefensible" for westminster to stand in the way. our scotland editor sarah smith is in edinburgh tonight. the stage is now set for a constitutional stand off between the first minister here in edinburgh and the prime minister in london. what's already a tense and rather confrontational relationship will only get worse when theresa may tells nicola sturgeon there can't be another referendum possibly for several years to come. cheering jubilant excitement as supporters heard the scottish parliament had just voted for a referendum. tears of joy today, but disappointment will follow. they're shouting, yes, the prime minister will soon tell them, no, there will not be a vote. i call on nicola sturgeon. earlier, the debate —

one man, arrested in birmingham, remains in custody.tes after the terrorist attack in the precincts of the palace of westminster. on the ground is constable keith palmer, who was stabbed to death. his killer, khaled massoud, has been shot to death by police. meanwhile, armed officers here have left the scene to investigate the gates, where masood's car has mounted the pavement and crashed. meanwhile, the gates were left wide open, anyone could have got through. an understandable error according to a former head of scotland yard, who nevertheless leaves that in the future security will have to be more stringent. i'm absolutely certain that they will have to be a review now of the outer soft ring. always behind it is the inner core of armed officers, but pc keith palmer has paid for his life for that soft outer ring and i think his family at least, and everyone else, need reassurance. the bbc has obtained new footage of the police response. a fleet of cars carrying teams of marksmen racing down the embankment. this was shortly after khali

at this hour. >> police making seven arrests in birmingham.ee chairman defensive nunez says communications were monitored by the previous administration. >> what i have read bothers me. and i think it should bother the president himself. >> i somewhat do. i must tell you i somewhat do. >> there are not enough votes in the house to pass the republican plan of

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, birmingham.led for shooting dead a wounded taliban fighter in afghanistan will be freed in a fortnight. alexander blackman had been convicted of murder but that was quashed and today his sentence was reduced to seven years. he's already served more than three years in jail. he is eligible for release. his wife said she was overjoyed at the decision — as duncan kennedy reports. hip, hip — hooray! it was the news fellow marines had been waiting four years to hear. moments later, the euphoria was shared in the dignified reaction of alexander blackman's wife. we are overjoyed at the judge's decision to significantly reduce the sentence, such that he can be released imminently. this is the moment we've all been fighting hard for. it's hard to believe that this day is finally here. asa as a marine sergeant, alexander blackman had been a decisive, accomplished leader of troops. someone who had killed 30 times for his country. on this tour in afghanistan in 2011, he and his friends went through what was