daniel sandford, bbc news.d, that some at the top of the labour party, are already accepting defeat in the general election. it follows comments from his deputy tom watson that the conservatives could be heading for a landslide victory. mr corbyn said both he and mr watson were ‘working flat out‘ to get labour elected onjune the eighth. meanwhile, the former labour prime minister, gordon brown, urged voters not to give theresa may "a blank cheque," to run the country. 0ur political correspondent ian watson reports. two big beasts, a former prime minister and a former deputy of prime minister entered the frame to claim the conservatives are waging a war on the you might expect him to say that the next labour government will stop this. but his emphasis is on holding theresa may to account. her britain will have more inequality and poverty than what we saw in the thatcher years. no conservative prime minister should ever be given a free hand. the deputy leader tom watson insisted he was determined to turn round la

that is a suggestion from the home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford.ess, and he spoke about 20— 30 people lying on the ground, and he believes many were dead. we have heard from local ambulance services, pleading with people, really, not to bother them with anything less than an absolute emergency, given how overstretched this is making all the services in the area? that is right. the north—west ambulance service said please do not contact them u nless said please do not contact them unless in a life—threatening emergency. they've sent out service m essa g es to emergency. they've sent out service messages to their personnel telling them how to get in contact. that suggest this is being treated as a very serious incident with many casualties. —— that suggests that there is. these images were somewhat later. a lot calmer. we just saw enormous loads of people try to get as far away as quick as they could from the venue? yes. a lot of panic. confusion inside. people were rushing for the actors. some of the eyewitnesses said there was no order in that. ——

daniel sandford, bbc news, manchester.as placed tackling terror at the centre of an election campaign speech, his first since monday's bomb attack. he declared that the war on terror is not working — and pledged to change british foreign policy if labour were to win the election, to reduce the threat to the country. political opponents have criticised the timing of his speech, as well as his message. 0ur political correspondent vicki young's report contains flash photography from the start. jeremy corbyn knows that this is a sensitive time. after a terrorist atrocity, the labour leader restarted his election campaign today, joining a silent tribute to manchester's victims. but the labour leader didn't backtrack from long—held views on foreign policy, making his case that it's time to do things differently. many experts, including professionals in our intelligence and security services, have pointed out the connections between wars that we have been involved in, or supported and fought in, in other countries, such as libya,

first, let's get the latest on the investigation with our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, daniel. explain what is significant as far as you are concerned? well, i think the most important thing is that sense that you got from chief constable ian hopkinsjust before we came an air of some confidence about this investigation now for a couple of days, it felt like they were not sure whether they had started making progress. i think they now do feel they are making progress. it is quite something for a chief constable to come out and say the arrests are significant that items that were very important to the investigation had been found. of course, it has been by this row with the americans, the withdrawal of cooperation of this investigation with the americans. amber rudd, the home secretary, says she hopes that will soon resume. of course the questions for the intelligence services about whether they missed the opportunity to stop salman abedi. he was reported many, many times by members of the public who we re times by members of the public who were worried about his extremi

our correspondent daniel sandford reports.e than six weeks after the westminster attack, the last of the funerals of the five people killed by khalid masood, family and friends saying goodbye to les rhodes. the 75—year—old had been a window cleaner and decorator all his life, but was struck as masood sped across westminster bridge on his way to murdering pc keith palmer, and died the next day of his injuries. on the lawn in front of les rhodes‘ south london flat, family and friends had laid flowers, including a wreath symbolising his love of cricket. among them his sister—in—law, carol, who he had helped out when his brother, her husband, had died young, of cancer. she told me les had just been to hospital opposite parliament on the day he was killed. he was walking along towards big ben, and that's when he was struck down and killed, just going about his everyday business. a normal man, doing a normal thing. that's all he was doing, and that's how his life ended. his niece amanda still has raw anger towards the man who murder

our correspondent daniel sandford reports.e than six weeks after the westminster attack, the last of the funerals of the five people killed by khalid masood. family and friends saying goodbye to les rhodes. the 75—year—old had been a window cleaner and decorator all his life but was struck as masood sped across westminster bridge on his way to murdering pc keith palmer, and died the next day of his injury. on the lawn in front of les rhodes' south london flat, family and friends had laid flowers, including a wreath symbolising his love of cricket. among them his sister—in—law, carol, who he had helped out when his brother, her husband, had died young of cancer. she told me les had just been to hospital opposite parliament on the day he was killed. he was walking along towards big ben, and that's when he was struck down and killed, just going about his everyday business. a normal man, doing a normal thing. that's all he was doing, and that's how his life ended. his niece amanda still has raw anger towards the man who murdered h

we can talk to vicki young in downing street and daniel sandford he is at greater manchester police headquartersng responsibility, what more do we know about the attack and whether it was the work of one man or perhaps unorganised group, and organise sell? first of all we have to set aside the claim of responsibility by islamic state. they have had a tendency to do that regardless of whether or not they have been involved in recent years. at this point there appears to have been one attacker who was carrying and explosive device and he was killed. police now need to find out where it was made because once they have found back, they can work out whether he made the device by himself or whether he was assisted by others in making the device. but then opens up a wider network. we know there are expected to be a number of arrests. at 23—year—old was arrested in south manchester not that long ago and that is part of arresting known associates of the man. police have identified who they believe who the bomb was because he was carrying a form of id on him, so it didn't make it too difficult for them. i

daniel sandford has the latest.ich wreaked such chaos in britain's health service was a global assault, affecting russia worst of all but also countries as far apart as the us, australia, and japan. this evening, the two british agencies tackling it said a complex international investigation would be needed to catch the culprits. we haven't identified the offenders at this moment in time, but we are deploying all covert and overt means available to us, and we have a number of lines of enquiry. it is important that we pursue those quickly so we can reassure the public we are taking this very seriously. at the heart of this global cyber attack was a software worm which spreads itself from computer to computer using code originally designed by us government spy agencies. it is called wannacrypt, and simply encrypts all the files on the infected computer and demands a ransom. by last night at least, 75,000 computers had been infected in at least 74 countries. at that point, a cyber security expert managed almost by chan

daniel sandford, bbc news.ompted finance ministers meeting at the g7 summit to call on banks around the world to test their systems and ensure they're safe. there's much more on our website, including advice on how to protect your own computer. go to bbc.com/news let's turn to some of the other stories making the news. north korea is reported to have launched a ballistic missile. the south korean military said an ‘unidentified projectile‘ had been launched from the north—western city of kusong and had flown about 700 kilometres. the japanese government said it had come down in the sea ofjapan. in greece, at least four people have been killed after a train derailed near thessaloniki. the train, said to be carrying around 100 people, was travelling from athens. at least five other people were injured. the cause is still unknown and rescuers are at the site. officials in turkey say twenty people have been killed in a bus crash near the southern resort of marmaris. 11 others were injured. a provincial governor said

daniel sandford, bbc news, manchester. been emerging about the bomber salman abedi. the bbc has spoken to a former friend who said abedi's behaviour had changed in the last six months. our special correspondent ed thomas reports. the manchester home, the family, and the need to know why. ramadan abedi, a father who allowed his children to fight on the front line in libya. his son hashim, suspected of supporting so—called islamic state. and then, salman abedi, the suicide bomber who murdered in his own city. i met him at a mosque, and we just prayed, and that was it. he stayed after for a bit, extra 5—10 minutes. this is his friend. they played football together, supported manchester united. now, he is too scared to show his face and says, over the past six months, salman abedi changed. there was something up. you could tell that there was something up with him, like, something was bugging him. then it came to a point where he didn't really listen to music anymore, didn't think about girls. if there was a nice track on, i'd

daniel sandford with that report.ast week's cyber attack, attention has turned to the people behind the devastating malware. it uses a vulnerability originally identified and stored by the us national security agency — but several security firms are pointing the finger at a possible north korean connection. david campa nale reports. the wannacry ransomware cyber attack has struck around the world. its impact has been the most far reaching of cyber crimes ever committed. as government organisations and businesses world wide clean up after being caught out, attention has now turned to the people responsible. the military regime in pyongyang is assessed to have over a thousand computer experts working on cyber activities backed by thousands of support staff. california—based software expert symantec are looking into clues that may connect the attacks with programs previously attributed to north korea, including code in an earlier version of the wannacry ransomware. last month, us secretary of home and securityjohn kelly

daniel sandford, bbc news.aded guilty to sending sexually explicit messages to a teenage girl in 2016. it's likely, he'll now face a prison sentence. his wife, huma abedin, was a top aide to hillary clinton. she has now filed for divorce. our north america reporter neda tawfik has more. anthony weiner hung his head as he exited federal court, trying to ignore the throngs of press gathered to cover the fall of a once rising star of the democratic party, now soon to be sex offender. in court, the ex—congressman broke into tears as he admitted sexting and sending lewd images to a teenager who he knew was a minor. he apologised, saying he had a sickness, but not an excuse. mr weiner became infamous and a regular tabloid spread after similar scandals in the past. in 2011, after posting a graphic image publicly to his twitter account in error, he resigned from congress after serving for 12 years as new york was a representative. i make some big mistakes and i know i let a lot of people down. but i have also learnt so

daniel sandford, bbc news.ack has prompted finance ministers, meeting at the g7 summit, to call on banks around the world to test their systems and ensure they're safe. there's much more on our website, including advice on how to protect your own computer. go to bbc.com/news five nhs trusts are still experiencing serious problems, after friday's international cyber attack. 43 of the trusts, affected in england and scotland, are now returning to normal. the attack on friday caused ambulances to be diverted, and many cancellations and delays in treatment. but, a&e departments were not affected. the government's emergency committee cobra has been meeting, chaired by the home secretary. here's our health editor, hugh pym. the news shocked staff and patients alike. the cyber attack shut down key systems. ron grimshaw won't forget it in a hurry. he was in the middle of having an mri scan but it was abruptly halted and he will have to go back another day. i was stunned, obviously stunned, and the nurse said this is th

daniel sandford, bbc news, manchester. air force has carried out airstrikes in libya, targeting jihadists in the east of the country. egypt's president, abdel fattah el—sisi, said the strikes were in retaliation for a militant attack on a bus carrying coptic christians. at least 28 people were killed in the attack, south of cairo, while travelling to a monastery in beni suef province. president sisi said those behind the shootings had been trained at camps near the eastern libyan port of derna. from cairo, orla guerin reports. the bus in which so many were robbed of life, on their way to an ancient monastery, the broken windows and scattered belongings testament to an attack that was merciless and highly coordinated. there were multiple gunmen, who escaped across the sands in three off—road vehicles. relatives of the dead told the bbc the authorities should be doing more to protect christians, who are obviously at risk. this was the scene just last month, after church bombings in northern egypt. a nationwide state of emerg

daniel sandford, bbc news.onservative party over its manifesto commitment to means—test winter fuel payments for pensioners. the scottish conservative leader, ruth davidson, said she was in favour of retaining the payment for all pensioners in scotland. but, the prime minister argued it was unfair that wealthy pensioners received the money, while some families were struggling. here's our deputy political editorjohn pienaar. would you trust her to keep things running or to run your economy? but has theresa may dropped a spanner in the works by keeping people guessing about her tax and spending plans, and then keeping pensioners guessing about who'd keep and who'd lose the winter fuel allowa nce. she wasn't giving much away. we will continue to ensure that the least well—off pensioners are protected. but if you look at the situation at the moment, we see well—off pensioners able to be supported with theirfuel bills, when struggling ordinary working families are not. i think there's a principle of fairness that un

here's daniel sandford. barking that was stephen port‘s dumping ground for three of the bodies of the four men he killed with the date rape drug ghb. his first victim was 23—year—old anthony walgate. the last, 25—year—old jack taylor. theirfamilies have been waiting for an investigation by the independent police complaints commission into why detectives failed to spot that there was a serial killer at work for so long. but this week they told me their patience has run out. i don't feel that the ipcc are in control of the investigation at all. i think it's the police dictating to what stage it goes, what pace it goes, which is disgusting. stephen port used dating apps to lure the men to his home. he then gave them lethal doses of ghb. his first victim, anthony walgate, was found at the door of his flat. the others, in nor near the local churchyard over the next 15 months. the police were asked on numerous occasions if the deaths could be linked. the ipcc investigation is designed to work out why detectives we

daniel sandford, bbc news, istanbul.s journey by sea from libya to europe, as we reported yesterday. the numbers attempting the crossing are already 50% higher than last year. reeta chakrabarti was with some of the migrants being brought ashore in italy to face an uncertain future. a new day and perhaps a new life. after days on the deck of this rescue ship, it's the first glimpse of europe for people who left the shores of libya unsure they'd survive to see this. trying to cross continents in these dinghies felt like their only hope, said several. like this young nigerian man, who said he'd been working in libya as a welder until his foot was blown off by an explosive. he preferred not to give his name. everybody don't have a choice, nobody have a choice. even me i think this water, i'm going to cross, if i am dead, it's gotten away. he said he couldn't return home because of boko haram. now, first off the ship, he's helped to safety. on shore, there's chocolate and panettone for breakfast and, as people are checked and

thank you, daniel sandford.laced tackling terror at the centre of an election campaign speech, his first since monday's bomb attack. he declared that the war on terror is not working, and he pledged to change british foreign policy if labour were to win the election, to reduce the threat to the country. political opponents have criticised the timing of his speech, as well as his message. vicki young's report contains flash photography from the start. jeremy corbyn knows that this is a sensitive time. after a terrorist atrocity, the labour leader restarted his election campaign today, joining a silent tribute to manchester's victims. but he did not backtrack from long held views on foreign policy, making his case that it is time to do things differently. many experts, including professionals in our intelligence and security services, have pointed out the connections between wars that we have been involved in all supported and fought in the in other countries, such as libya, and terrorism here at home. that assess

daniel sandford, bbc news, istanbul.d with terror offences. khalid mohammed 0mar ali, who's 27 and from north london, is accused of preparing acts of terrorism. he's also been charged with two counts of possessing explosives related to activity in afghanistan back in 2012. scores of convictions, including rapes and murders, could be called into question after allegations that thousands of blood samples may have been manipulated. the national police chief's council says that forensic experts are identifying any cases which may require retesting. an 11—year—old girl, thought to be from leicester, has died after an incident at the drayton manor theme park in the west midlands. it's thought she was on a school visit and fell into the water from one of the rides. 0ur correspondent, phil mackie, reports from the scene. it was just after 2.20pm this afternoon, the air ambulance arrived to treat a seriously injured girl. staff and paramedics tried to save her, but she was pronounced dead after being airlifted to hospital. the 11

that was daniel sandford reporting. richard lister is with me now.st few minutes. yes, i've just got off the phone with mersey care nhs foundation trust, who are responsible for the care of ian brady and a spokesman said, "we can confirm a 79—year—old patient in long—term care at ashworth high secure hospital has died after becoming physically unwell." now the bbc understands that patient is in fa ct bbc understands that patient is in fact ian brady. that is confirmed. he has been very ill for some time. ata he has been very ill for some time. at a court hearing in february, lawyers said that he had been bedridden for the last couple of yea rs bedridden for the last couple of years and it was fair to say then that he was terminally ill. richard, again, thanks very much. let's pick up then again on some of tess' election news. labour is promising an extra £37 billion for the nhs in england over the next five years — if it wins power. the investment would be funded by tax increases and extra borrowing. jeremy corbyn claimed the conservatives had driven

daniel sandford, bbc news, istanbul. a mental health trust over the death of a teenager in oxford. connor sparrowhawk, who was 18, drowned in a bath at a residential unit run by southern health in 2013. tonight, the trust has apologised again to his family. scores of convictions, including rapes and murders, could be called into question after allegations that thousands of blood samples may have been manipulated. the national police chief's council says forensic experts are identifying any live cases which require retesting. the three—time tour de france winner, chris froome, says he was deliberately knocked off his bike by a car while training in southern france. the 31—year—old posted a photograph online of his damaged bike, but said he wasn't hurt. team sky, with whom he rides, say they've reported the matter to the police. it's the announcement fans of the bbc show strictly come dancing have been waiting for — who will replace the former head judge, len goodman, who's retired after 12 years in the role? well, the gue

our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports.ast investigation, still expanding. each day, counter—terrorism detectives raid more properties in manchester, cutting through the shutters at this moss side barbershop. the shop owner, abs forjani, is a cousin of the manchester bomber who was arrested earlier in the week, with two of his brothers. police also raided another house in the middle of the night, bringing the number of people in custody to nine, all men, mostly libyan, and aged between 18 and 38. they're very significant, these arrests. we are very happy we have our hands around some of the key players we are concerned about. there is still a little bit more to do. the bomber, salman abedi, came back to manchester from libya last week. renting a flat in this block, he had already bought many of the ingredients for his lethal device. it was here that salman abedi spent his last weekend, putting his bomb together, making the final preparations to attack a concert full of teenage girls. about three months earlier, before he we

daniel sandford, bbc news, south london.o wins away from securing the premier league title after nearest rival stores and suffered surprise defeat at west ham tonight. the second half west ham goal was enough to condemn spurs to only their fourth league loss of the season. sports correspondent david 0rnstein reports. at west ham they sing about bubbles, like dreams they fade and die. in totte n ha m like dreams they fade and die. in tottenham came opponent streaming of the premier league title. was this the premier league title. was this the night their bubble would burst or continue to fly? certainly they flew out of the blocks. harry kane, dele alli, harry kane again denied by some desperate defending. from dangerous in attack to absent at the back, spurs gave manuel landini the freedom of east london. hugo

here's our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford.n port‘s dumping ground for three of the bodies of the four men he killed with the date—rape drug ghb. his first victim was 23—year—old anthony walgate, the last 25—year—old jack taylor. theirfamilies have been waiting for an investigation by the independent police complaints commission into why detectives failed to spot that there was a serial killer at work for so long. but this week, they told me their patience has run out. i don't feel that the ipcc are in control of the investigation at all. i think it's the police dictating to what stage it goes, what pace it goes, which is disgusting. i think we had to fight the police to listen, and now we're having to do the same for the ipcc to move onto the next stage. stephen port used dating apps to lure the men to his home. he then gave them lethal doses of ghb. his first victim, anthony walgate, was found outside the door of port‘s flat, the others in or near the local churchyard over the next 15 months. the police were asked on numerous

daniel sandford has this report. what more do we know about the circumstances?knew he was very ill for some time. he had been bedridden for several years with a heart and lung condition. that emphysema. he was terminally ill. it does not come as a surprise, a fair amount of speculation in the papers. he had been receiving palliative ca re he had been receiving palliative care at ashworth psychiatric hospital and it has been confirmed by the nhs that he has died. it rings to close an appalling chat in british history. myra hindley died earlier and now ian brady is also dead. the parents of the children who he killed did not wear that bodies are buried? for there is were buried at subtle worth more, but one body was never found. buried at subtle worth more, but one body was neverfound. the buried at subtle worth more, but one body was never found. the family appealing to him but he never did. before his death he still had not given any sort of clue as to the whereabouts of that body.. what more do we know about the circumstances? few would as before or since have

daniel sandford has been keeping across the investigation.hey identified salman abedi quickly. he had a form of id on him so it was a question of checking out whether theism d he was carrying was in fact his, that seems to have worked and early this morning, police were at a couple of addresses by linked to salman abedi, and starting to use that as the kind of way out, into their investigation, he is is a 22—year—old man, born in manchester, the son of parents who originally refugees from libya, who have been here for many year, he has got an elder brother, a younger brother, and a younger sister, and we belief that we haven't had this completely confirmed his parents and sister are actually now back living in libya, so, we don't think they are in the country at the moment. his father, and brother were involved in one of the local mosque, so they are very much part of the community. and of course, a lot of today has been about trying to work out whether salman abedi had himself built this bomb, and then taken it into the manchester arena and

daniel sandford, bbc news, south london. football, and chelsea arejust football, and chelsea are just two wins away from securing the premier league title after nearest rival stores and suffered surprise defeat at west ham tonight. the second half west ham goal was enough to condemn spurs to only their fourth league loss of the season. sports correspondent david ornstein reports. at west ham they sing about bubbles, like dreams they fade and die. in totte n ha m like dreams they fade and die. in tottenham came opponent streaming of the premier league title. was this the premier league title. was this the night their bubble would burst oi’ the night their bubble would burst or continue to fly? certainly they flew out of the blocks. harry kane, dele alli, harry kane again denied by some desperate defending. from dangerous in attack to absent at the back, spurs gave manuel landini the freedom of east london. hugo lloris to the rescue. west ham now had belief and after half time there was no stopping landini. in theirfirst seaso

headquarters of greater manchester police because daniel sa ndford manchester police because daniel sandford what did you take from that press conference, daniel? well, i think perhaps the most telling part of it was in the questions at the end when he perhaps with a slip of the tongue he said, "yes, this is a network that we are investigating." i think that suggests very clearly that they do believe this was not a man acting alone. self he have departmentally that's the way the police investigation has been going for the last 2a hours and i think we can assume at this point that there is not, there has been no success in finding a bomb factory and that's because we haven't seen the kind of cordon that gets put up around a place where bombs have been made. we just haven't seen that in any of these locations the police have been into. after the 7thjuly bombings, a construction was built around the house and an enormous cordon and we haven't seen that at any of the recent addresses. they are investigating a bomb—making network and they haven't found the bomb factory. when we are talking about

daniel sandford, bbc news, istanbul.ng freed last month. alexander blackman — who was also known as marine a — said he still doesn't know why he opened fire and called it a ‘moment of madness.'. he's been speaking to our correspondent clinton rogers. i don't know why exactly i did it. it's still a moment of madness, i think is the best description i can give. yes, it's not exactly the proudest moment of my life. in the last three years, much has been has been said about alexander blackman. today, his wife alongside him, he was having his say on a decision, in the heat of battle, that led to a murder charge. his actions captured on helmet camera. there you are, shuffle off this mortal coil, you (bleep). nothing he wouldn't do to us. i know. if you look at that video, it would seem plain to everyone that you knew what you were doing. it's a five—minute section of an incident that took well over an hour and, to be fair, you can put quite a few different spins on what's said, and unless you were actually there, you don't kno

daniel sandford, bbc news. he virus was halted partly by accident by a british researcher. he registered an internet domain to track the system, and by surprise, it he managed to stop it. it was partly accidental. the domain was registered with the intention of tracking it. it was built to check it was running in an antivirus environment. by registering the domain, we managed to stop it. it is very important that people patched their systems now, because we have stopped this one, but there will be another one coming, and it will not be supple in the same way. there is a lot of money there. there is no reason for this stop. it is not much effort for them to change the code style over. so there is a good chance that they will do it. not likely this weekend, but possibly on monday morning. we are joined from somebody from the harvard servers due to project. this has been described as a significant attack. why do you think it was so significant. this was free significant. this was free significant in that it was abl

daniel sandford, thank you very much. of course, those leaks sparked a diplomatic row, and about that i spoke earlier with ambassador john negroponte, who served as the first director of u.s. national intelligence. there is an investigation under way or investigation about to start. how easy will it be to find the source of these leaks? mr. negroponte: well, looking for a leak, as we know, can be like looking for a needle in a haystack. but i think through leadership from the top, we can get the message across to the workers and the members of the intelligence and law enforcement communities that they had just got to keep their mouths shut, and there are ways of enforcing that discipline. jane: how do you punish the person who leaked these photographs, the name of the suspect bomber? has a crime actually been committed? mr. negroponte: you would have to ask a lawyer, but it is not my impression that this is necessarily a criminal act. it is more an act of indiscipline. it is also an act of disrespect, it would seem to me,

our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, is outside greater manchester police headquarters. rly feel they are making progress in this investigation? i thought the police sounded confident, or am i overstating it. for the first 36 hours it felt as if the police were still stuck in the long grass and didn't have much idea what happened. in the last 48—hours i think that landscape has changed and they feel they have got a better idea of what happened. 0ne and they feel they have got a better idea of what happened. one source said they had made significant head way and know when he came into the country and where he spent the weekend. they have got an idea about his network and who night have done what he was going to do. that is all quite important. they found significant items at some of the flats that they have searched. that is all very positive on the investigation of this particular attack. i think the negative is that there is a fear they don't really have any idea of the bigger picture. there is no sign of the threat level being reduced from critical. some talked about a

daniel sandford, bbc news, manchester.e details have been emerging about the bomber, salman abedi. the bbc has been speaking to his friend who said his behaviour had changed. salman abedi, the suicide bomber who murdered in his own city. we went at the mosque and we just prayed and that was it. he stayed an extra 5— ten minutes. this is his friend. they supported manchester united and played football together. now he is too scared to show his face and says over the past six months, salman abedi changed. there was something up. you could tell something was bugging him. he didn't want to listen to music any more. he didn't think about girls. if there was a nice track on, now he turns it off. he used to do bad stuff. as long as you're praying. you can still get forgiven. i don't know why he did it, knowing him, he would think he went to hell. he wasn't alone. alongside him, his brother hashim. his father ramadan. his father was a good fighter. he was fighting to die. this man met all the three of them in libya and fought on t

daniel sandford, bbc news.ision star rolf harris has been released from prison, after serving nearly three years of his sentence. the 87—year—old is currently on trial on four counts of alleged indecent assault against three teenagers between 1971 and 1983, all of which he denies. he will attend the trial at southwark crown court in person from monday. tameside council has asked all its funeral directors to reject any request to cremate the body of the moors murderer, ian brady. brady, who killed five children with myra hindley, died on monday. a former youth team coach at newcastle united football club has been charged with 29 sexual offences. george 0rmond, who is 61, will appear in court next month following an investigation by northumbria police into historical child sexual abuse. back to the election now, and the bbc understands the release of figures for the budget deficits of nhs trusts in england, may be delayed until afterjune the 8th. the health service regulator apparently wants to publish the figure

our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford joins me. what more have they been saying? agency was standing shoulder to shoulder with the leader of the national cyber security centre and said they did not believe the nhs had been specifically targeted but it was the main organisation affected. she said their absolute focus was to catch their absolute focus was to catch the criminals who did this but at this stage they don't know if it was a sophisticated criminal gang or a collection of hackers. we haven't identified the offenders at this moment in time but we are deploying all means available to us and we have a number of lines of enquiry. it is really important we pursue those quickly so we can reassure the public we are taking this very seriously. she had one specific message to anyone affected, don't pay the ransom. contact the national reporting centre for cyber crime. jeremy corbyn has denied senior labourfigures are already accepting defeat in the general election. it follows comments from his deputy tom watson that the conservatives could be heading for a landsli

daniel sandford there in manchester outside the police headquarters.k. that is all from us. time now for sports today and the latest news. hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme. on the eve of the europa league final manchester united players hold a minute's silence to remember the victims of monday's bomb attack. united's opponents ajax express their sympathy, saying the final has lost its glow. and tom doumolin retains the overall race leaders pinkjersey as defending champion vincenzo nibali wins stage 16 of the giro d'italia. hello and welcome to the programme and there's only one place to start and that's in manchester. the tragic events which have unfolded over the past 2a hours or so have resonated all around the world, but in the city it's also been felt in a sporting context. manchester united, a worldwide brand, notjust a football club, face ajax of amsterdam in the europa league final in stockholm on wednesday, and the hierarchy at old trafford have been reacting along with many others to the n

let's get more from our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford, who is outside the headquarters ofter police. we saw a series of raids and searches, what is the latest you are hearing? it is worth saying that the raid in wigan, where the bomb disposal officers were called, appears to be over, people have been allowed to return home, and nothing dangerous seems to have been found, so that seems to have been resolved safely. on the wider investigation, i got the sense in the first 36 hours that detectives were struggling to make progress, but that has changed in the last 2a hours, i get the sense they know who the bomber is, when he arrived in the bomber is, when he arrived in the country, where he spent the weekend before the attack, they have an idea about his associates and even maybe who knew what he was planning, and that is looking quite good. the shadow hanging over the whole thing is the threat level, which remains critical, which means an attack is possibly imminent. there is a reason for that, one source said there is a high threat. when i asked, he said we have got what he

daniel sandford reports. few murders before or since have caused such revulsion.s on saddleworth moor left the public wondering who could commit such dreadful crimes and why. ian brady was a petty criminal who grew up in glasgow, where he is remembered for his cruelty to other children and animals. he later took a job in manchester and when his company hired a new typist called myra hindley, the couple became lovers. and brady led her a into a world of sadism. 0utwardly a normal couple, they became serial killers, abducting, sexually assaulting and murdering children. when brady and hindley were arrested, they said nothing. challenging detectives to prove their guilt. they remained silent even when police had found three children's body in shallow graves on saddleworth moor. years later, brady told the bbc his remorse for the crimes was painfully deep but he could never explain his motive. until her death, in 2002, his accomplice blamed him but if anything she became the greater hate figure. he, in many ways, escaped some of the disgust the public should feel for

daniel sandford, bbc news, south london.ning, charged with the murder of a dorset businessman. guy hedger was attacked in his home last weekend during what's alleged to have been a botched robbery. a cordon remains at the house, while police investigators continue to examine the scene. a racing driver who lost both of his legs after a crash has vowed he'll race again. billy monger, who turned 18 yesterday, was racing in the british formula 4 championship last month when he collided with a stationary car. he's received support from past formula one world champions lewis hamilton and jenson button and motor racing fans have raised over £800,000 for him. the government has finally published its plan to reduce air pollution in the uk, having lost a legal battle to delay the report until after the general election. but it's already been criticised by environmentalists and motoring groups for being too vague. among a range of possible measure are new council clean air zones, and a possible diesel scrappage programme. 0ur science e

daniel sandford, bbc news, south london. local elections in england, scotland and wales. we can talk once more to laura kuenssberg in westminster. tremendous set of results for the conservatives, less for the others. how will today's results affect how the parties will prepare for next month's election? i think it'll have a big impact on the psychology of the parties, fiona, it is a real barometer, real votes around the country, not just polls, barometer, real votes around the country, notjust polls, about how the public feels about the political choices they have and the tories have plenty of reasons to feel chipper. there is even a scare in some tory quarters that today's results might lead their supporters to feel complacent because it is all going to be easy but it seems the tories hope that ukip's vote would colla pse tories hope that ukip's vote would collapse on the right would be put back together given their support and that looks like a strategy that could pay off and come true for them. labour, on the other hand,

we can speak to daniel sandford now.d, up to a point? well, the point is that at some point, salman abedi had come across the radar of the security services. he had been reported to them on at least two occasions, as far as we know. but that happens a lot, and it does not necessarily mean that any investigation into that turns into a long—term investigation. so, although he was known, what they really need to know now is what his movements were in recent weeks and months. we know that at some point he was in libya, and there have now been suggestions from the french interior ministry that he has gone to syria, and suggestions that at some point he might have travelled to germany. that is absolutely vital in terms of piecing together what happened in the days building up to the attack itself. the other absolutely central part of this operation is trying to find the place where the bomb was made. because until you find the place where the bomb was made, you don't know if there are other bombs and other bombers. that is at