daniel sandford, bbc news.y cobra committee is meeting now. 0ur political correspondent leila nathoo is there. and, leila, clearly a fast moving situtation for them to consider? do we know who is taking part in this lunchtime's meeting? and what they will be discussing? we know the home secretary amber rudd will be chairing today's meeting of cobra which has just started chairing today's meeting of cobra which hasjust started in chairing today's meeting of cobra which has just started in the building behind me, the second cobra meeting that has taken place since yesterday's explosion. the prime minister is in her constituency but she is being kept updated on the situation. 0bviously with the significant developments in the investigation the committee which brings together intelligence, police, civil servants, security officials, they will be discussing those latest leeds and the progress of the investigation and i am sure there will be some consideration of there will be some consideration of the threat level w

daniel sandford reports from sunbury.ndon tube bomber led this afternoon to this surrey council estate, and a mauve terrace house. fearing an explosion during their search, counterterrorism officers evacuated residents from several streets around the property. there could be a bomb down there, and they were telling me i could go into my house, even though there could be a bomb. i'm really scared. the couple living in the house ron and pennyjones, are well—known for fostering teenagers, including refugees. they were even given mbes by the queen. she has fostered generations and generations of children. i've never known anyone more dedicated to the community and helping people. itjust shows you, doesn't it, maybe after all these years she's a bit too trusting. even the best people can be made a fool of. the house was raided after police arrested an 18—year—old man in the departure area of the port of dover just before 8am this morning. the port also had to be partially evacuated. it was an arrest senior detectives described

our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford has the story.ed house in sunbury—on—thames, where an 18—year—old man had lived with his foster parents. a young man who the bbc has confirmed had been referred to a counter—extremism programme. a young man neighbours rarely saw. i've never seen him enter or exit. even when the police were there, i never saw him. last friday, a man was seen in the street at the rear of the house at around 7:00am in the morning, and was recorded on multiple cctv cameras heading towards the nearest railway station. in his right hand, what seems to be the bomb which, if it had been correctly made, could have killed many passengers. he seems to have taken the 7:15am train from sunbury station, travelling with the morning commuters from surrey into central london, arriving at wimbledon station at 7:a6am. there, still apparently carrying the highly unstable explosive, it is thought he used the disabled lifts to change onto the london underground system, apparently spending 20 minutes in the station toilet before, sometime

daniel sandford is at scotland ya rd are. daniel sandford is at scotland yard for us.we think it possibly had a timer. from the people that i have spoken to this morning on that tube, they are feeling like they have had a lucky escape. it is starting to look as if it was a very, very lucky escape. let's pick it apart with the details. this was a large bucket of some kind of kennel call subject, the top section appears to have detonated or exploded in some way. it looks like a device where the initiator has detonated it in some way but the main charge of the device has not. it has been described by the police as an improvised explosive device, a home—made bomb and we understand it was detonated by a timer. so unusually, the bomber, himself or herself was not present. i can think of only one attack in enrecent yea rs, of only one attack in enrecent years, 01’ of only one attack in enrecent years, or attempted attack in recent yea rs, years, or attempted attack in recent years, the attack in north greenwich, where a timer was used. normally in recent years it has been a s

daniel sandford reports.ning by counterterrorism police, the home in warrington of a former activist of the extreme right group national action, a scene repeated at ten other addresses today across england and wales. this is the house of christopher lythgoe, who, along with five other men in north—west england, is suspected of making what police call significant threats to individuals. in garforth in leeds, a bomb—disposal van was outside the address of another activist who was involved in national action before it was listed as a terrorist group. ashley bell, who lives there, is suspected of being a member of a banned organisation, as are four men from west yorkshire, wiltshire and swansea. although the arrests were the result of two separate investigations, they are all part of an operation against suspected national action supporters coordinated by the counterterrorism policing network. it became illegal to be a member of national action last december, when the home secretary, amber rudd, listed it as a te

daniel sandford reports. a london underground train at parsons green last friday, injuring 30 people. that bags on fire. the cause — a home—made bomb that failed to detonate properly, made from hundreds of grams of the unstable explosive tatp, it was packed with what was intended to be shrapnel, knives and screws. today, an 18—year—old, ahmed hassan, appeared in court charged with attempted murder and causing an explosion likely to endanger life. he's an orphaned asylum seeker from iraq, who arrived in britain in 2015. he was arrested in the departure area of dover port last saturday and there's been an extensive week—long police search at the house in sunbury—on—thames, on the outskirts of london, where he had lived with elderly foster pa rents. just before ahmed hassan was taken away to prison, the prosecutor, lee ingham, told the court that it was the crown's case that he intended to kill innocent people because of his warped political view. he will now remain in custody until he appears at the old bailey

daniel sandford reports.rism police, the home in warrington of a former activist of the extreme right group national action, a scene repeated at ten other addresses today across england and wales. this is the house of christopher lythgoe, who, along with five other men in north—west england, is suspected of making what police call significant threats to individuals. in garforth in leeds, a bomb—disposal van was outside the address of another activist who was involved in national action before it was listed as a terrorist group. ashley bell, who lives there, is suspected of being a member of a banned organisation, as are four men from west yorkshire, wiltshire and swansea. although the arrests were the result of two separate investigations, they are all part of an operation against suspected national action supporters coordinated by the counterterrorism policing network. it became illegal to be a member of national action last december, when the home secretary, amber rudd, listed it as a terrorist organisation

daniel sandford, bbc news.ound in the north sea. the u—boat is said to be in good condition, lying at a depth of 30 metres off the belgian coast. sarah corker reports. coming out of the darkness deep in the north sea, this german submarine has lain undiscovered since world war i. the now 100—year—old u—boat is lying on its starboard side and is almost completely intact. footage filmed by divers show the periscope still sticking out. what became of its crew is something of a mystery. translation: until now we are not sure yet which u—boat it is. there are three options. the crew is still onboard. the shutters are still closed, so we presume the crew of 23 are still onboard. damage to the bow suggests the submarine was hit by a mine. 93 german u—boats were stationed in belgium in world war i and disrupting the trade route was part of german tactics. translation: the germans sank 2,55a ships during world war i. they almost brought the british to their knees with a u—boats. but the u—boats themselves were also targ

daniel sandford has this exclusive report.rating her or sexually assaulting her over a period of just three years. the court heard she did it to make her partner jealous and for the £ia,000 compensation she received. it had a devastating effect on the men she accused. one of them, mahad kassim, who asked us not to show his face, has now given his first television interview. he spent almost three years in prison convicted of rape before being completely cleared. my heart was burning for three years with anger. believe me, i'm angry. i'm very angry. this alleyway is wherejemma beale accused him of raping her, but in fact, she'd asked him to have sex. what do you think of her? evil. i mean, she can't be a normal person. i mean, if you're going around trying to destroy an innocent person's life, i don't see that person is normal. the day mahad was sentenced to seven years in prison, after being wrongly found guilty by a jury, is etched on his memory. i felt being let down from the justice system, not being believed, the way i was

daniel sandford in surrey.nd two children are critically ill in hospital, after an accident on the m5 motorway in gloucestershire. a lorry crashed through the central reservation, colliding with at least two cars. the motorway between almondsbury and falfield remains closed in both directions. jon kay has sent this report. horrific and harrowing — the words from police tonight to describe the m5 crash. the motorway was busy when the lorry smashed through the central reservation into three lanes of oncoming traffic, hitting at least two other vehicles before ending up in a ditch. as well as the four people who died this afternoon, a woman and two children have life—threatening injuries. the lorry driver was taken to hospital as a precaution. eyewitnesses have told us that as soon as the accident had happened, people abandoned their cars on the carriageway and ran to the scene to help out, with those who were medically trained offering first aid to the injured. there was a senior gp, myself as a cardiologist. we

daniel sandford, bbc news.ent's emergency cobra committee has been meeting to be brought up to date with developments, to be given a feel for it, and also to reach a decision on whether or not to maintain the current critical state of alert, thatis current critical state of alert, that is an imminent threat remaining a possibility. that meeting lasted 45 minutes. our political correspondent was there when it broke up and this is what she told me earlier. we know that the meeting of the cobra emergency committee has now ended. it was taking place here at the cabinet office in whitehall. it's the second meeting since the explosion and today, it was chaired by the home secretary, amber rudd. theresa may, who chaired the meeting yesterday, in the immediate aftermath of the explosion is now backin aftermath of the explosion is now back in her constituency. though she is being kept updated on developments. because of the significant movement in the investigation this morning, there will have been some discussion abou

in a moment, we will speak to daniel sandford at new scotla nd speak to daniel sandford at new scotlandn carreras, what can you tell us? it has been roughly two hours since this happened, what do we know so far? the signs are this isa we know so far? the signs are this is a terrorist incident. from the pictures we saw initially, that looked very likely. the container, but also the wires coming out of the container we have seen in some images, posted on social media very quickly, which i think are consistent with the idea that this was some sort of explosive device that perhaps did not properly fully decimate what was in it, and led to a small fire and small explosion, perhaps, but not what was intended. that would be the working assumption and white, it has now been confirmed, the police are treating it as confirmed, the police are treating itasa confirmed, the police are treating it as a terrorist incident. a priority for police, as well as establishing what the device was, are there any others? who planted it? were there any others? what was the purpose's's? they will be starting to l

our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford is at new scotland yard. are getting some more information about the police operation, the investigation that is going on in the tube station behind me at the moment. that's right. you will find that some of the people moving around behind you will be residents who have actually been evacuated from their homes because the police have now set up a 15 metre wide evacuation zone around parsons green tube station which is to allow them to secure the remains that improvised explosive device, and to make sure it is stable clearly, while they move that bucket full of home—made explosive, there are concerns that it could go off. what they are trying to do is make sure that they can recover that and make sure that it is safe for them to recover that, and while they are doing that there will be a total evacuation of people for 50 metres around parsons green tube station. not a wide radius, but some residents have had to be removed from their homes while the work goes on, and what is in that bucket is incredibly importan

daniel sandford reports.underground train at parsons green last friday, injuring 30 people. that bags on fire. the cause — a home—made bomb that failed to detonate properly, made from hundreds of grams of the unstable explosive tatp, it was packed with what was intended to be shrapnel, knives and screws. today, an 18—year—old, ahmed hassan, appeared in court charged with attempted murder and causing an explosion likely to endanger life. he's an orphaned asylum seeker from iraq, who arrived in britain in 2015. he was arrested in the departure area of dover port last saturday and there's been an extensive week—long police search at the house in sunbury—on—thames, on the outskirts of london, where he had lived with elderly foster pa rents. just before ahmed hassan was taken away to prison, the prosecutor, lee ingham, told the court that it was the crown's case that he intended to kill innocent people because of his warped political view. he will now remain in custody until he appears at the old bailey in three w

daniel sandford, bbc news at the old bailey.will be referred to the competition watchdog. the competition and markets authority will consider the implications for broadcasting standards, and for media plurality. 0ur media editor amol rajan is in cambridge at the royal television society convention. what are the implications of this? this is the second time the murdoch family have bid the full control of sky. they started out in 2011 bidding for what was then known as bskyb, the 61% they didn‘t control, then the phone hacking scandal happened forcing them to abort the bit and they split their company in two and have bid again. in every stage of this, the second attempt to ta ke full stage of this, the second attempt to take full control, they‘ve been told they cannot do it. karen bradley said she wanted to refer this to the next age of regulatory intervention, so next age of regulatory intervention, so 0fcom, the broadcasting regulator who has already had a look and now she wants the competition and markets authority to have a lo

daniel sandford, bbc news, at the home office.es. merseyside police are looking for a man who walked into a nursery school this morning carrying what looked like a gun. he is believed to have entered the childsplay nursery in the wavertree area of liverpool before leaving with a second man on a motorbike. measles has been eliminated in the uk, according to the world health organisation. a disease is defined as having been eliminated if it hasn't spread freely for at least three years. but health officials have also warned against complacency, saying that large outbreaks are still evident elsewhere in europe. lady lucan, the widow of lord lucan, has been found dead at her home in london. she was one of the last people to see her husband alive before he disappeared shortly after their nanny was murdered in 197a. police say that they're not treating lady lucan‘s death as suspicious. ryanair has announced more cancellations over the winter months which will more than double the number of passengers affected. last week the airline grou

daniel sandford, bbc news.h us, we expect to hear from just to reiterate, stay with us, we expect to hearfrom cobra just to reiterate, stay with us, we expect to hear from cobra and that level of alert in a moment or two. because we have a correspondent who's been just outside and hearing about that meeting. but the metropolitan police commissioner has also been out and about this morning. she made a statement, dan, what's she been up to? she's trying to give reassurance. she's been patrolling with armed officers, just over the river from where we are here. her message is clear that londoners shouldn't change the way they behave in light of this increased terror threat. in a statement she said, "yesterday we saw a cowardly and indiscriminate attack, which could have resulted in many lives being lost. we saw a quick response from the emergency services and transport staff. since then we've had teams of detectives and specialists working through the night on the investigation. 0fficers throughout london mobilisin

daniel sandford, bbc news.with the army in myanmar because of the humanitarian crisis affecting rohingya muslims. but the country's leader, aung san suu kyi, said today that her government did not fear international scrutiny of its handling of the crisis. it was her first public address since violence in rakhine province has sent 400,000 rohingya muslims fleeing into neighbouring bangladesh in what the un has called ethnic cleansing. in a moment, we'll have a report from jonathan head, who's been talking to rohingya refugees in bangladesh, but first, jonah fisher was in naypidaw, the capital of myanmar, to listen to aung san suu kyi's speech. myanmar‘s nobel laureate arrived for her speech, a once unthinkable question hanging in the air. ms suu kyi, have you become an apologist for ethnic cleansing? there was no reply. that's aung san suu kyi's style these days. in the last three weeks, 400,000 rohingya muslims have fled her country, and she's said very little. ms suu kyi, do human rights still matter to you? t

daniel sandford, bbc news at the old bailey.t the reaction of the men to the killing? thejury reaction of the men to the killing? the jury have been told in the prosecution opening what evidence they are likely to hear about the moment of the killing and the reaction afterwards. they've been told the way jamal mahmud was most likely killed according to witnesses was the killer pulled him onto a hunting knife which effectively drove down into his heart. the prosecution said it was, effectively, and execution. according to one of the other prisoners, who will be called to give evidence in this case. there was other evidence the jury were told they were going to hear as this case developed. from one of the inmates in a cell at the moment. when told that jamal had died he said he didn't really care. a prison officer is likely to come before the jury officer is likely to come before the jury and describe how robert butler reacted to the fight that had taken place in the prison. the prison officer will apparently say, we've got him, w

our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford is at new scotland yard. cus is on cctv images, trying to work out who put this on the train. yes, matthew. in a funny sort of way they have almost had a dry run for this. there was an attempt to blow up a tube train that failed and was detected at north greenwich station last year, and that was also a timer device. what police did on that occasion was to work back through cctv images but also oyster cards and contactless cards. i'm sorry, we seem to have lost daniel there, unfortunately. but he was explaining where the police are in their investigation at this moment, talking about other incidents which have helped them develop and hone their detective skills for moments like this. and there is an extensive cctv network, closed—circuit security cameras across the capital. and especially on the underground network. so there will be a lot of material for them to go through. just on a bit of the geography here, that tube line, which essentially runs right behind my back, behind the trees behind me, it comes from

daniel sandford, bbc news.a mixed reaction to the leaked draft document on immigration. in the commons this afternoon, the prime minister told mps that overall immigration has been good for the economy. but migration needs to be controlled to ease the impact on infrastructure and to protect those at the lowest end of the income scale. but businesses have been warning of the impact heavy restrictions on immigration could have. here's our political correspondent ian watson. when britain leaves the european union, the government wants to reassure businesses that the economy won't, as they put it, fall off a cliff edge. so there won't be massive changes to eu migration for at least a couple of years. but the lea ked at least a couple of years. but the leaked document points to a sea change in attitudes after that, with far more restrictions on unskilled workers. in the commons today, the snp asked the prime minister to restate the benefits, rather than the burdens, of immigration. overall immigration has been good

our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford has more details.olice, the warrington home of a former activist from the extreme right group, national action, one of 11 addresses across england and wales search today. it is the home of chrysalis 90, today. it is the home of chrysalis go, who with five other men from england is suspected of being a national action member and making significant threats to individuals. in garforth in leeds, a bond of ozil van arrived at the address of another suspect, who had been involved in national action before it was listed as a terrorist group. he is ashley bell, who along with four men is being held on suspicion of being a member of a banned organisation. although the arrests we re organisation. although the arrests were the product of two separate investigations, they are all part of a national operation against suspected national action supporters, by counterterrorism police. it became illegal to be a member of national action last december, when the home secretary, amber rudd, listed it as a terrorist organi

we can to daniel sandford, he is at new scotland yard.politan police have been speaking. what have they been saying? first of all, they have been dealing with this issue of the threat level being realistic critical, the highest level that exists in the uk. it means the experts have assessed that an attack is likely to be imminent. it is an incredibly high threat level. in this case that is because the person oi’ this case that is because the person or people who made this bomb are still at large, therefore it is quite likely they will be trying to carry out some other kind of attack. either because they have the opportunity or have made preparations to do so. what that means is that all kinds of the infrastructure in the uk will be moved to a higher level to that which they normally are. for example, the prime minister explained that 0peration temperer has been put into force, meaning soldiers can be used to do some of thejobs soldiers can be used to do some of the jobs that armed police officers would normally do. we could see soldiers o

let me bring in our home affairs correspondence, daniel sandford, yea rs correspondence, daniel sandford been privy to all of the intelligence behind that decision to raise the threat level to critical. it is fairly obvious one of the reasons why, and that is that the bomb was set off on the tube at parsons green today. it didn't work properly but it means that a bomb maker is still at large and the decision has been taken that they are not in the position to capture that person quickly, so the risk posed by the fact there is someone at large it has the capability of creating some kind of improvised explosive device, and any other plans that they have, means that this belief that an attack may be imminent has been reached, that level has been reached, so i think it was inevitable that ever going to have to raise the threat level to critical if they did not catch this bomber quickly. that is what they have had to do. going back to what you said about what the public are likely to see. the first thing, apart from much more security this weekend, it is that there will be some military perso

our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford is there. daniel.sh road today, where residents were suddenly evacuated from their homes. the fear is that the property linked to the man arrested today could pose a risk and the police didn't want to take any chances. sealed off and evacuated this afternoon in case of an explosion. streets on an estate in sunbury on thames just to the south—west of london. street surrounding a house linked to the man arrested today. police said the evacuation was a precaution while they searched the property. there could be a bomb down there, they we re could be a bomb down there, they were telling me i could go into my house even though there could be a bomb. i'm really scared. the 18—year—old man was arrested in dover this morning, police said it was a significant arrest linked to yesterday's tube bombing, which they believe was an act of islamist terrorism. we are making some very considerable progress, you will have seen considerable progress, you will have seen the announcement of an arrest earlier on in relation

daniel sandford, bbc news at the old bailey.gambling industry's advertising and the use of fixed odds machines. a recent report by the industry regulator estimated that up to 2 million people in england, scotland and wales have a gambling problem. 0ur correspondent chris buckler has been speaking to one couple whose son took his own life as a result of his addiction. sport was one of the loves of lewis keogh‘s life. but hidden from family and friends it was gambling which was an obsession and an addiction. four years ago, lewis killed himself after running up gambling debts well in excess of £50,000. he left a note. itjust said — addiction is cruel. and that just. .. he hid it from everybody and he must have been absolutely going through torture and that's the thing that hurts the most. much of lewis's debts were from gambling online. a long delayed government review of the law surrounding the industry throughout great britain is due to be published soon. it's looking at advertising and also what are known as fixed odds betting

daniel sandford reports.group national action, a scene repeated at ten other addresses today across england and wales. this is the house of christopher lythgoe, who, along with five other men in north—west england, is suspected of making what police call significant threats to individuals. in garforth in leeds, a bomb—disposal van was outside the address of another activist who was involved in national action before it was listed as a terrorist group. ashley bell, who lives there, is suspected of being a member of a banned organisation, as are four men from west yorkshire, wiltshire and swansea. although the arrests were the result of two separate investigations, they are all part of an operation against suspected national action supporters coordinated by the counterterrorism policing network. it became illegal to be a member of national action last december, when the home secretary, amber rudd, listed it as a terrorist organisation. the home office says it is virulently racist, anti—semitic and homophobic, t

daniel sandford, bbc news at the old bailey.hester has been jailed for a minimum of 30 years. mark buckley killed 18—year—old ellen higginbottom, in what the judge described as a "chilling" and "sexually motivated pre—meditated" attack at 0rrell water park in wigan injune. becky barr is in our salford newsroom. really shocking case. the words from thejudgejust really shocking case. the words from the judge just underlining how it has been. absolutely. ellen higginbottom was only 18 years old when she was killed. she was an a—level student in wigan near greater manchester. she had gone for a walk in a nearby park on heroin when some of her friends had gone a walk in a nearby park on heroin when some of herfriends had gone in to sitan when some of herfriends had gone in to sit an exam. it was the middle of the day. unbeknownst to her, mark buckley had been in that park for several hours approaching lone women with the intent of attacking them. he approached ellen. she was only five tall as thejudge he approached ellen. she was onl

daniel sandford, bbc news.ve warned of the "catastrophic" impact of proposals to cut unskilled migration on the day britain leaves the eu. under the leaked proposals, firms would have to recruit locally, unless they could prove an "economic need" to employ eu citizens. 0ur correspondent iain watson has some more of the day's political reaction. when britain leaves the european union, the government wants to reassure businesses that the economy won't, as they put it, fall off a cliff edge. so there won't be massive changes to eu migration for at least a couple of years. but the leaked document points to a sea—change in attitudes after that, with far more restrictions on unskilled workers. in the commons today, the snp asked the prime minister to restate the benefits, rather than the burdens, of immigration. does the prime minister agree that immigration is essential to the strength of the uk economy as well as enhancing our diversity and culturalfabric? 0verall, immigration has been good for the uk. but what peo

our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford gave us this update from outside scotland yard.an hourand just an hour and a half ago the assista nt just an hour and a half ago the assistant commissioner in charge of fighting terrorism across the uk talked about hunting the suspects down and i think this is the most significant terrorism manhunt that london has seen since those failed bombings of the 21st ofjuly, 2005. counter—terrorism detectives are keeping their cards pretty close to their chest tonight. for example, haven't taken the option of going public with an image of their suspect and asking for help in tracking them down from the public. they haven't said how much progress that made in working out when the bomb got on the train. 0r that made in working out when the bomb got on the train. or how much progress they have in getting the name of the suspect. from conversations i've had tonight, i get the impression that they are making good progress on all of those, they just don't making good progress on all of those, theyjust don't want making good progress on all of tho

daniel sandford is outside scotland yard now with the latest.ke earlier they we re when the police spoke earlier they were careful about not using the word "manhunt" but that is what they will be pouring their energies into now. absolutely, and in many ways the most intense manhunt seen in london since the failed terrorist bombings of the 21st ofjuly 2000 and five. once again, there is a bomb maker on the loose, and somewhere there is a bomb—making factory, possibly containing dangerous ingredients, to be found. at the moment, detectives are trying to do that without releasing an image of their suspect, either because they do not have a good enough cctv picture, or because they hope to be able to catch them without resorting to a public appeal. there is, of course, relief here that nobody has been killed, but also a great concern that the bomber, or bombers, must be caught before they can strike again. in the midst of all this, the counterterrorism command are being distracted by mark —— above all people, the president of the united states of am

daniel sandford, bbc news.at deal to be discussed at the cobra committee, meeting at lunchtime. it was cheered by the home secretary amber rudd, and she merged to make this statement. i have just chaired a meeting of officials at cobra. i was given an update and i've spoken to the prime minister who i was able to give an update to. police have made good progress, today they arrested an 18—year—old man in dover, he's been kept in custody and later today will be moved to london. the threat level remains at critical and there will be further investigations as part of the operation today. we urge the public to remain vigilant although not alarmed and we hope to bring more news in due course. has significant could this arrest be, could this be the person who planted the device? this is significant, the police have made good progress but the operation is ongoing and we will have to wait to hear from the police about more information. there have been reports that people behind this may have been known to the authoriti

our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports.

home affairs correspondent daniel sandford is outside scotland yard. investigation and manhunt? an hour and a half ago mark rowley, assistant commissioner in charge of fighting terrorism across the uk, talked about hunting the suspects down. i think this is the suspects down. i think this is the most significant terrorism manhunt london has seen since those failed bombings of the 21st ofjuly 2005. counterterrorism detectives are keeping the card is pretty close to their chest tonight, for example they haven't taken the option of going public with an image of their suspect, asking the public for help trying to track them down. they haven't even really gone so far as to say how much progress they have made working out where the bomb got the train, how much progress they have got in getting an image of the suspect or a name of the suspect. from conversations i've had to night i get the impression they are making good progress on all of those, they just don't want to tell the public at this stage how much progress they are making. one thing they haven't ma

daniel sandford reports.round train at parsons green last friday, injuring 30 people. that bags on fire. the cause, a home—made bomb that failed to detonate properly, made from hundreds of rounds of the unstable explosive tatp. it was packed with what was intended to be shrapnel, knives and screws. today, an 18—year—old, ahmed hassan, appeared in court charged with attempted murder and causing an explosion likely to endanger life. he's an orphaned asylum seeker from iraq, who arrived in britain in 2015. he was arrested in the departure area of dover port last saturday and there has been an extensive week—long police search at the house in sunbury—on—thames on the outskirts of london where he had lived with elderly foster pa rents. just before ahmed hassan was taken away to prison, the prosecutor told the court that it was the crown's case that he intended to kill innocent people because of his warped political view. he will now remain in custody until he appears at the old bailey in three weeks' time. five ot

daniel sandford, bbc news, at the home office. coming up now, it's time for newsnight.oming up now, it's time for once a month the survivors come together to remember the dead and demand justice. tonight, with their help, we reconstruct exactly what happened to the families on floor 21 of g re nfell tower. it was tragedy on a massive scale, but tonight we take you inside the tower as it was. the lives and the flats of those who made grenfell their home. i did everything in the house. everything. the floor, the painting, new furniture. and see how choices made in a spilt second determined who on that one floor died and who escaped. he said to me, helen, we need to go now, we need to go now, or we are going to die. we need to make a move, no turning back, we need to get out. before we left, i got tea towels and wrapped them around everybody's face and tied them around the back and they got the big sheets and the big towels and put them over everybody. also tonight, we're in brighton at the labour conference. jeremy corby says he is now the centre ground of british politic

let's speak to our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford at new scotland yard.k that will be going on in that building behind you tonight. the priority is absolutely the manhunt. there is a bomb maker on the loose, and of course possibly a bomb factory with more dangerous chemicals somewhere to be found, and that will be the absolutely priority bit of work the counterterrorism command. they do have a start, they have a device with a timer on it that has gone into parsons green tube station, and it has not come many stops at the line from when it started, so they need to go back through cctv on the train, to the station is going down the line, to identify the moment when that device was brought onto the train. that is almost certain to have been done by now and they will have some imagery already of their suspected bomber. it's notable they have not released that image to make a public appeal for people to assist, and that probably means they have got some further work they can do without public appeal, because then using other cctv imagery, they might be able to

our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports.as the key issue on which they made their choice in the brexit referendum. what should britain's immigration policy be for eu citizens? today, a government document leaked to journalists from the guardian newspaper gave some answers. the key philosophy being that immigration should benefit notjust the migrants themselves but also make existing residents better off. those who have campaigned for years for lower immigration are delighted. it's broadly on the right lines. it's to be welcomed. if implemented, as proposed, then we see a considerable, significant reduction in the sort of numbers coming from the eu, which is what people broadly voted for a year and a bit ago. the document is clearly a recent draft of the home office's long—awaited white paper on immigration after brexit. officials here insist it is not the latest draft, it's very much a work in progress and the cabinet is still arguing over it. that said, it's not back of the envelope stuff either. it is more than 80 pages of

let's go to the police headquarters where our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford is.asonably have a manhunt on. —— presumably have. yes, mark rowley said it is being treated as a terrorist incident. he described an explosion on a london underground train at parsons green, believed to because by an improvised explosive device. there is a military helicopter overhead at the moment. they say it was an improvised explosive device. he said the passengers on the train appear to have been injured by what he called flash burns. we believe 18 people have been taken to hospital to be treated. i can also tell you that at the moment police believe this device was triggered by some kind of time. they don't believe the person who set off the device was present on that london underground tube carriage but it was a time device, something quite new in recent yea rs. device, something quite new in recent years. the ira used timers a lot but it is not something we have seen a great deal of in recent terrorist attacks in the uk. the fa ct‘ terrorist attacks in the uk. the fact‘ and a tim