daniel sandford, bbc news, wetherby.tructuring plan. it comes a day after house of fraser was bought out of administration, and as more and more high street stores face pressure from rising costs and online retailers. our business correspondent joe lynam has more. this store in northampton will close its doors for the last time today. it's been trading for almost a century. yet another victim of intense condition from web retailers. in 2006, m&s announced a restructuring plan to cut costs to include the closure, shrinking or relocation of more than 100 stores by 2022. by the end of today, they will have closed down 28 stores. today, it shops in these areas will trade for the last time. today, its shops in these areas will trade for the last time. these closures join an ever growing list of retailers facing existential threats from the internet, including mothercare, toys ‘r' us, and most recently, house of fraser. 2018 has been a tough year for retailers. we've seen quite a few retailers go into administration or announc

daniel sandford, thank you.dustrial estate in east sussex. components for around 30 guns were found in a warehouse in hailsham. three men have been charged with firearms offences. 0ur correspondent matt cole sent this report. it doesn't look like much, but the national crime agency says this was a highly sophisticated illegal gun—making factory. officers say they found machines, ammunition and enough components to make at least 30 handguns. it also appeared the weapons were being made from blueprints — something said to be unusual in operations like this. the national crime agency said it was carrying out an ongoing operation when loud bangs were heard inside the unit — what sounded like gunfire. armed officers were sent in and encountered three men who were all arrested — though not before one was targeted with a taser. it's claimed the three men had between them two handguns and some ammunition. all three have now been charged with firearms offences. three days of forensic examinations have now taken place her

our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford was in court., at 7:37 in the morning, that a ford fiesta ploughed through a group of cyclists on the edge of parliament square. without stopping, it drove up the access road to the house of lords car park and smashed into the security barrier. because of the location and the use of a vehicle, counter—terrorism officers led the investigation. salih khater, the driver of the car, has now been charged with attempting to murder cyclists at the junction of parliament square and with attempting to murder the police officers who leapt out of the vehicle's path. this morning, he was brought to court for his first appearance in the dock. salih khater wore a grey t—shirt and white trousers and confirmed his name and his address, in birmingham. asked what nationality he was, he said sudanese and then quickly corrected that to british. a refugee from sudan, he only got his british citizenship six weeks ago. born in darfur, in sudan, he came to britain in 2010, after travelling for two years through africa and

our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, is outside scotland yard. been a very unusual case. lewis ludlow is an awkward looking, white convert from rochester in kent or converted to islam at the age of 16, was quickly drawn into the world of the well—known radical extremist, anjem choudary. used to appear on demonstrations with anjem choudary‘s supporters, looking slightly out of place, and he recorded the you tube video, saying he'd once been a nazi who converted to islam after muslims had been friendly to him online after a bereavement. by april when he was arrested, he was under extensive surveillance. it been stopped at heathrow a couple of months ago tried to travel to an area of the philippines with well—known links to islamic state. after being stopped at heathrow, before his arrest, he recorded a video pledging allegiance to the leader of so—called islamic state, which was found on a discarded phone. he made a list of potential attack targets in london, including 0xford attack targets in london, including oxford street and madame which he sai

our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford is here.s — what do they tell us? well, the headline still is that fall in eu migration into britain. it's still the case that more people are coming to britain then leaving but the overall figure, where you take one from the other, is 87,000 at the moment, and that is the lowest figure since december 2012. and it's less tha n figure since december 2012. and it's less than half what it was only two yea rs less than half what it was only two years ago. the factors behind that are things like the fall in the pound, which makes britain a less attractive place to work and also that continuing uncertainty about the place of eu citizens in britain after brexit. but what about net migration from the whole world? well, that is still an important figure for the government, they have a lwa ys figure for the government, they have always said they wanted to get that below 100,000. well, net migration overall, still 271,000, almost three times their target. the contribution of eu citizens to that, however,

our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford was in court.ay at 7:37 in the morning that a ford fiesta ploughed through a group of cyclists on the edge of parliament square. without stopping, it drove up the access road to the house of lords car park and smashed into the security barrier. because of the location and the use of a vehicle, counterterrorism officers salih khater, the driver of the car, has now been charged with attempting to murder cyclists at the junction of parliament square and with attempting to murder the police officers who leapt out of the vehicle's path. this morning, he was brought to court for his first appearance in the dock. salih khater wore a grey t—shirt and white trousers and confirmed his name and his address in birmingham. asked what nationality he was, he said sudanese and then quickly corrected that to british. a refugee from sudan, he only got his british citizenship six weeks ago. born in darfur in sudan, he came to britain in 2010, after travelling for two years through africa and europe. he continued his

daniel sandford, bbc news, wetherby. to the sun than ever before. the parker solar probe was due to have launched from cape canaveral in florida this morning but the lift—off was postponed when an alarm went off. it has been rescheduled for tomorrow. a care home for people living with dementia has been inundated with holiday postcards following an appeal. staff at cedar court in derbyshire asked for holiday stories from the public last month. they've now received about 1,000 to share with residents. caroline moses reports. more holiday reading for cedar court. hello. but these aren't books. 0h, postcards, thank you. in an age of online posts, these are the old way of recording travel memories. it followed an internet appeal from the care home last month for people to send in traditional postcards from their holidays in the hope that among other things, it would help residents here recall their own family breaks. what they didn't expect was that around 1000 would arrive in the post. # sending a postcard, i don't care who

our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports.st tuesday at 7:37am when a ford fiesta ploughed through a group of cyclists on the edge of parliament square before driving up the access road to the house of lords car park and smashing into the security barrier. counter—terrorism detectives led the investigation. this morning, the suspected driver of the car was brought to court to face two charges of attempted murder. in the dock, 29—year—old salih khater wore a grey t—shirt and white trousers. he confirmed his name and address. asked what nationality he was, he said sudanese and then corrected that to british. a refugee from sudan, he only got british citizenship six weeks ago. he is charged with attempting to murder cyclists at the junction of parliament square and with attempting to murder police officers on abingdon street outside the house of lords. the case is being treated as terrorism by the crown prosecution service. salih khater came to britain in 2010 after travelling for two years through africa and europe from sudan. h

thank you daniel, daniel sandford live at the home office.hquake has struck the coast of venezuela, with tremors felt across the country, including the capital, caracas. the quake, with a magnitude of seven, is one of the strongest ever experienced by the country, but there were few reports of serious damage or casualties. there are major concerns that venezuala, currently experiencing a crippling economic crisis, would struggle to cope with the effects of a natural disaster. there are growing delays for patients across the uk waiting to see radiologists due to a shortfall of staff in the profession. the royal college of radiologists says the lack of imaging doctors for x—rays, ct and mri scans could lead to late hospital diagnoses and delayed scan results for some patients. it says the situation is becoming increasingly desperate. our health editor hugh pym has the details. it's a vital part of the work of the nhs. scans to diagnose and check for a range of different conditions. but now there are warnings there are not enough experts to anal

daniel sandford, bbc news, at westminster magistrates' court.als and ambulance services in england has warned there needs to be better contingency planning within the nhs for a no—deal brexit. in a letter seen by the bbc, nhs providers say the risk to services is "real" and they have received "mixed messages" on where responsibility for brexit planning lies. 0ur political correspondent, ben wright, is in westminster. why is it such a concern for the nhs? well, in the last couple months, nhs bosses have been candid in public about the preparations they are making in case the uk and the eu failed to reach a final brexit steel. the health secretary matt hancock has talked about the need to stockpile vaccines and medicines, and equipment. they had of nhs england has said the preparation going on now is extensive. what is interesting is this private letter from the body that represents nhs providers, including hospital trusts, to manage us, suggests there is real anxiety within the health ca re system is real anxiety within the health care system abo

daniel sandford is a new scotla nd daniel.as there is more to report. barry williams saw the incident and he has been speaking to our home editor mark easton. incident and he has been speaking to our home editor mark eastonlj incident and he has been speaking to our home editor mark easton. i heard a commotion and turned round to see a commotion and turned round to see a silver car on the wrong side of the road. they were apart, waiting for the lights to change. he hit the cyclists and swerved over towards where the safety barrier is and accelerate it and hit it at high speed. was it a deliberate act? i was not sure whether he meant to hit the cyclists, they may have just beenin the cyclists, they may have just been in the way, but he accelerated ha rd into been in the way, but he accelerated hard into the barrier. what was the reaction of the police? they were very fast, they vaulted over the safety barrier and headed towards the car, followed by lots of armed police. the police started a cordon. the police also headed a way

our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford is at new scotland ya rd daniel sandford is at new scotlandd this afternoon. what is your sense? does it look like this was a lone wolf operating by himself or pa rt lone wolf operating by himself or part of a wider conspiracy? it's very early to say. there is a sense here it was a slightly low—level attack, although of course an attack on one of the most iconic sites in the country, and to a degree, an u nsuccessful the country, and to a degree, an unsuccessful attack back to give the man was trying to kill anybody he did not see —— succeed in doing that and it is just the female cyclist injured in hospital but not in a life—threatening condition. police are trying to work out exactly who the man is. he's not cooperating at the man is. he's not cooperating at the moment, they say. i understand there is a belief that he is from there is a belief that he is from the birmingham area and a lot of effort has been put into that. we have a suspect possibly from birmingham, in his late 20s, not cooperating with police and detectives are wanting to wo

our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, reports., at 7:37am, when a ford fiesta ploughed through a group of cyclists on the edge of parliament square before driving up the access road to the house of lords car park and smashing into the security barrier. counter—terrorism detectives led the investigation. this morning, the suspected driver of the car was brought to court to face two charges of attempted murder. in the dock, 29—year—old salih khater wore a grey t—shirt and white trousers. he confirmed his name and address. asked what nationality he was, he said sudanese, and then corrected that to british. a refugee from sudan, he only got british citizenship six weeks ago. he's charged with attempting to murder cyclists at the junction of parliament square and with attempting to murder police officers on abingdon street, outside the house of lords. the case is being treated as terrorism by the crown prosecution service. salih khater came to britain in 2010, after travelling for two years through africa and europe from sudan. he cont

our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. of cyclists on the edge of parliament square before driving up the access road to the house of lords car park and smashing into the security barrier. counter—terrorism detectives led the investigation. this morning, the suspected driver of the car was brought to court to face two charges of attempted murder. in the dock, 29—year—old salih khater wore a grey t—shirt and white trousers. he confirmed his name and address. asked what nationality he was, he said sudanese and then corrected that to british. a refugee from sudan, he only got british citizenship six weeks ago. he is charged with attempting to murder cyclists at the junction of parliament square and with attempting to murder police officers on abingdon street outside the house of lords. the case is being treated as terrorism by the crown prosecution service. salih khater came to britain in 2010 after travelling for two years through africa and europe from sudan. he continued his education in britain while also working as a sec

daniel sandford, bbc news, wetherby.fter an employee carried out an unauthorised take off from the seattle tacoma international airport. the turbo—prop aircraft was operated by horizon air — a sister company to alaska air. the airline said an employee had taken the plane, no passengers were on board at the time. the local sheriff said two military jets followed the aircraft but weren't involved in the crash. the plane crashed into a small island with a population ofjust 20, causing the fire. police confirmed it was not a terrorist incident will stop they said it involved just one man, 25—year—old local resident who wa nted man, 25—year—old local resident who wanted commit suicide. alaska airlines said a small commuter plane owned by sister carrier horizon it had been stolen from seattle—tacoma international airport. while he was india, the pilot was talking to air traffic control and it's been reported that two militaryjets were sent up to intercept him. apparently the plane was taken from seattle—tacoma airport. 0ur inf

daniel sandford is here. wejust terrorism offences. daniel sandford is here.suspicion of? yeah. as i understand it, quite soon yesterday after his initial arrest on suspicion of terrorism offences, he was then rearrested on suspicion of attempted murder. the police failed to tell us that yesterday. they are clarifying that this morning. he is currently being held on suspicion of two things. terrorism offences, preparing a terrorist act, and also on suspicion of attempted murder. they were searching three properties, two in birmingham and one in nottingham. now they only surge in one property in birmingham, which is the property they have decided if the one more releva nt to they have decided if the one more relevant to the investigation. —— now they are only searching one property. the investigation is pressing at a reasonable speed. the key thing still from what i understand is about motivation, trying to work out what the motivation was. they still believe it's likely this was a deliberate act. the question is why due is this somebody motivated byjihadists,

our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford was in court.road to the house of lords car park and smashed into the security barrier. because of the location and the use of a vehicle, counterterrorism officers led the investigation. salih khater, the driver of the car, has now been charged with attempting to murder cyclists at the junction of parliament square and with attempting to murder the police officers who leapt out of the vehicle's path. this morning, he was brought to court for his first appearance in the dock. salih khater wore a grey t—shirt and white trousers and confirmed his name and his address in birmingham. asked what nationality he was, he said sudanese and then quickly corrected that to british. a refugee from sudan, he only got his british citizenship six weeks ago. born in darfur in sudan, he came to britain in 2010, after travelling for two years through africa and europe. he continued his education here while also working as a security guard. this morning's hearing lasted less than six minutes. the chief magistrate, emma

that daniel sandford reporting. "dangerous" and "sophisticated illegal gun factory" in sussex. neighbouring businesses on an industrial estate in hailsham have told of their shock and surprise at the revelation. the nca says components for around 30 handguns, which were in various stages of construction, and a large quantity of ammunition were discovered at the site in which officers had to taser one of the suspects. jon hunt has sent this report from the scene. officers say that within this engineering workshop, guns and ammunition were being made from blueprints. the national crime agency raided the scene on saturday after officers heard loud bangs that they thought were consistent with gunshots. we have found what we believe to be a sophisticated gun factory. we have found a range of machinery and components, used in the criminal manufacture of firearms and ammunition. we have found what we suspect are a number of handguns in various stages of production, as well as templates and metal for use in their manufactur

daniel sandford, bbc news, wetherby.ried out an "unauthorised take off" from the seattle tacoma international airport. the turbo—prop aircraft was operated by horizon air — a sister company to alaska air. the airline said an employee had taken the plane — no passengers were on board at the time. andy moore reports. the plane crashed into a small island with a population ofjust 20, causing this fire. police confirmed it was not a terrorist incident. they said it involved just one man, a 29—year—old local resident who wanted to take his own life. alaska airlines said a small commuter plane owned by sister carrier horizon had been stolen from seattle?tacoma international airport. while he was in the air, the pilot was talking to air traffic control. it's been reported that two f—15 military jets were sent up to intercept him. apparently the plane was taken from seattle?tacoma airport. 0ur information now is that there was only one person on the plane, and that was the person flying the plane. i understand the person may hav

our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, is outside new scotland yard for us. e suspect and his final movements before the incident? well, here's a 29—year—old man. he isa well, here's a 29—year—old man. he is a black man from the birmingham area, we believe. two addresses in birmingham being searched, along with an address in nottingham. he was at the wheel of the car police believe when it ploughed into the barrier very nearly hitting two police officers. the key thing is, what is his motivation? while he was not known to counterterrorism police 01’ not known to counterterrorism police ormis not known to counterterrorism police or m15 there was some foreknowledge by the police of him and the key thing will be, what was that? also trying to work out whether this deliberate act as counterterrorism police believe it was was motivated for political reasons. that is what would make a terrorist act. it is quite interesting to look at what his vehicle did in those last minutes and hours in fact before the attack he is believed to have driven down from birmingham to l

let's go now to our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford, who's outside new scotland yard for usdeliberate act, are there any clues why? well, extraordinarily almost 36 hours after this car smashed into the barriers outside parliament, the motivation still remains a very open question. the normal procedure if there is a politically motivated attack is for one of three seen your counter terrorism detectives to declare what is called a terrorist incident, and in this case no terrorist incident has been declared. the only explanation is that detectives in their searches have not found anything that suggests a political motivation behind what is called mind set material. yes, royal institution salih khater is being held on suspicion of terrorist offences and attempted murder. but we have found no sign of extremism and detectives appear also not to have found any sign of political motivation. that does raise the possibility there may have been some other motivation if it was a deliberate atact. he had failed his exams at university. was that the motivation? thank you very much. the bb

daniel sandford, bbc news, at westminster magistrates' court.rom a cruise ship, off the croatian coast has left hospital. kay longstaff was pulled from the sea on sunday fter apparently falling from the cruise liner on saturday night. she said she was very lucky to be alive. from croatia, guy delaunay reports. kay longstaff returning safely to dry land on a different sort of ship. the croatian coastguard rescued her from the adriatic after she spent a whole night treading water. i fell off the back of the norwegian star, and i was in the water for ten hours, so these wonderful guys rescued me. this is the moment she was pulled from the sea on sunday morning. her rescuers said she was tired and a bit sunburnt, but remarkably well, considering her ordeal. translation: the person was exhausted and in shock. but soon after she was pulled on deck, and after liquids were offered to her, she was herself and we could see she had sustained no physical injuries and no scratches. kay spent the night here at pula general hospital. she was discharged this af

our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford has more. this has always been a very unusual case.d looking white convert from rochester who converted to islam at the age of 16 and was quick we'd drawn into the world of a well—known radical extremist. he used to appear on demonstrations with chowdhury supporters, always looking slightly out of place. he recorded a youtube video saying he had once been a nazi but converted to islam after muslims had been friendly to him online after a bereavement. by the time he was arrested in april, he was under extensive surveillance. he had been stopped a couple of months earlier at heathrow trying to travel to an area of the philippines with well—known links to so—called islamic state. after being stopped at heathrow, before his ultimate arrest he recorded a video pledging allegiance to the leader of so—called islamic state, which was found on a discarded phone. he then made a list of potential attack targets in london, including oxford street and madame tussauds, which he sent to an is contact. he suggested a possible van attack in which 100 p

our homes affairs correspondent daniel sandford is at scotland yard.now that this was a terrorist attack? the end of the second day of this investigation, any motivation behind what happened is very much an open question. what normally happens when there was any politically motivated oi’ there was any politically motivated or terrorist attack is one of three senior counterterrorism detective is formally declares a terrorist incident, it is a bureaucratic procedure but it is what normally happens. in this case, no terrorist incident has been officially declared amber likely explanation is that during searches and investigation so far, police have not found any significant amount of material suggesting a motivation, what is sometimes called mindset material. yes, the suspect is being held on suspicion of terrorism and on suspicion of attempted murder, but police do not so far see any extremism behind that, which starts to raise the possibility that might have been another motivation, if there was any, for what happened, some sort of personal crisis, perh

our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford has this exclusive report. 0livier was born in britaine had a british passport. but when his father applied to renew that passport injanuary, he was told there was a problem. and for seven months, he's been waiting. the passport still hasn't been renewed. for now at least, he appears to have lost his british citizenship. in letters sent to his father, the problem seems to be that the passport 0ffice made an error and didn't ask for the right paperwork the first time round. for 0livier to qualify for a passport, his father needed to have been on something called the worker registration scheme, which was set up in 2004 for people from eastern european countries joining the eu. in fact, his father was on the scheme and says he has sent in the paperwork. but still, 0livier is waiting for his passport. they want to make us not welcome here anymore. and a very sad thing is i do not feel that from english people, the neighbours and the community where we live — i feel that message from the government. and that is very sad. since 1983, children b

our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford says detectives still haven't established a motive fore end of the second day of this investigation, any motivation behind what happened is still very much an open question. what normally happens when there is any kind of politically motivated attack or terrorist attack is that one of three senior counterterrorism detectives formally declares a terrorist incident. it is a bureaucratic receipt, but that's what normally happens. and in this case, no terrorist incident has been officially declared. and the likely explanation for that is that, during searches and investigations so far, police haven't found any significant amount of material that suggests a motivation, what is sometimes called mindset materiel. so yes, the suspect is being held on suspicion of terrorism, and also on suspicion of terrorism, and also on suspicion of attempted murder, but so far police don't see any extremism behind that. and that does start to raise the possibility there might be some other motivation, if there was any, for what happened, some kind of personal c

our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford is here. we learning about the man who is being questioned? we've pieced together a lot of detail now for the was born in sudan and grew up in sudan. his family had told us that he was originally from the da four region of sudan. we got through to his brother, abdullah, and he seems to have at some point between finishing his second degree, spent some time in libya in 2008—10 but he first arrived in britain as a refugee in 2010 and pops up studying the english language in birmingham in 2010 and then it looks as though he was probably working in the security industry for a bit but certainly started studies again in 2014-17, certainly started studies again in 2014—17, when he studied a diploma in science and then in the last year, a course at coventry university, accountancy, all of which looks like an ambitious young immigrant trying to better himself. no sign of him being drawn towards extremism, certainly his brother abdullah said they'd had never seen any sign of that, he seemed to be a norm

our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford said the metropolitan police has yet to establish a motivetablish a motive extraordinarily almost 36 hours after this car smashes into security barriers outside parliament, the motivation still remains a very a very open question. the normal procedure of this politically of a politically motivated attack in britain is of three senior counters terrorism detectives to declare what is called a terrorist incident. it is a bureaucratic procedure, but that is what normally happens and in this case no terrorist incident has been declared. and the only explanation for that is that detectives in their searches have not so far found anything to suggest a political motivation behind what is called mindset material. yes, salih khater is being held on suspicion of terrorism offences, also on suspicion of attempted murder, but in the such as we have made we have found no sign of extremism and detectives in their extensive investigation also appears not to have found any signs of political motivation, said that does raise the possibility, besides it seems,

here's daniel sandford with the latest from outside scotland yard. well, he is a 29—year—old man to coulde believe he's from the birmingham area. certainly to addresses in birmingham are being searched along with an address in nottingham, and he was at the wheel of the car police believe what about is that barrier very nearly heading two police officers. the key thing of course is what is his motivation? he was not widely known to counterterrorism police or to my five, there was some foreknowledge by the police of him and the key thing will be what was that. and also trying to work out whether this deliberate act as counterterrorism police believe it was was motivated for some political reasons because that's what would make it a terrorist act. it's quite adjusting to look at what his vehicle did in those last minutes and hours in fact before the attack. he is believed to have driven down from birmingham to london overnight. he was in the totte n ha m london overnight. he was in the tottenham court area of london for about six hours or so between midnightand about six hours or so between

our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford is at new scotland yard for us. put out some fresh information to us saying that they are searching three addresses in the midlands area, the suspect that they are holding on suspicion of carrying out what appears to have been a deliberate attack is 29 years old. they have also put out some details about the movements of the vehicle. the fiesta is privately owned and travelled from birmingham to london late on monday night arriving in the london area just after midnight. that was in the very early hours of this morning. the vehicle was in the totte n ha m morning. the vehicle was in the tottenham court road area from approximately 25 minutes past one untiljust approximately 25 minutes past one until just before approximately 25 minutes past one untiljust before six o'clock in the morning. it was then driven around the westminster and whitehall area from approximately six o'clock in the morning and stayed in the area until the time of the incident. officers are appealing to anyone who may have seen the vehicle or the

but ministers have rejected the recommendation, as our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford explainsheld in wetherby, working out their aggression in a rugby league session organised by leeds rhinos. taking exercise while behind bars helps with fitness, mental health and also with fitness, mental health and also with learning lessons for life on the outside. it gives you good discipline and that, like, you have got to be told what to do and take it on and stuff like that. it can turn into a real—life situation. today's report into sport in prison found some good examples like here in wetherby but that the provision in england and wales is inconsistent and underdeveloped and it says women's prisons must do more. she went to sleep boxing or martial arts being taught in prisons or young offenders institutions. it is not allowed. today's report suggests that the prison service at least considers changing vat but that recommendation has not been accepted. boxing is taking place in oui’ accepted. boxing is taking place in our prisons anyway, innocently. press that —— professor rosie meek w

our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford has been giving us more details about the suspect andincident. well, he is a 29—year—old man. you can see clearly in the pictures that he is a black man and we believe he is from the birmingham area. certainly two addresses in birmingham are being searched along with an address in nottingham. and he was at the wheel of the car, police believe, when it ploughed into that barrier, very, very nearly hitting two police officers. the key thing, of course, is what is his motivation? my understanding is that while he was not known to counterterrorism police or to mi—5, there was some foreknowledge by the police of him and the key thing will be what was that. and also trying to work out whether this deliberate act, as counterterrorism police believe it was, was motivated by some political reasons. of course, then that is what would make it a terrorist act. and it's quite interesting to look at what his vehicle did in those last minutes and hours, in fact, before the attack. he's believed to have driven down from birmingham to london overnight, t

our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford has been giving us more details about the suspect, andthe incident. well, he is a 29—year—old man to me can see clearly in the pictures that he's a black man, we'll believe he's from the birmingham area. certainly to addresses in birmingham are being searched along with an address in nottingham. he was at the wheel of the car police believe in a plowed into that barrier very nearly hitting two police officers. the key thing of course is what is his motivation? my understanding is what he was not known to the counterterrorism police or am 15 there was some foreknowledge by the police and what was that, and trying to work out whether this deliberate act as the police believe it was was motivated for some political reasons because of course that is what would make it a terrorist act. it's quite interesting to look at what his vehicle did in those last minutes and hours before the attack. he has been believed to have driven down from birmingham to london overnight. just to the east of here they were about six hours or so between midnightand a

let's speak to our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford. he can tell us more.ttack. the guardian newspaper is saying that the crown prosecution service are imminently about to serve an extradition request the two suspects from russia in connection with the initial poisoning of this man and the death and illness of the woman and her partner. i think it goes too far. in the absence of any real official confirmation from any sources, it has got to a point where it is apparent that two people have been identified from cctv footage using facial recognition software, looking passenger lists as being the likely people responsible for the poisoning. it is not clear to me that the uk have actually worked out there are definite identities. at this stage. but clearly, if we have orare this stage. but clearly, if we have or are worthy to get to that stage, then the question would happen. would you go through an extradition process ? would you go through an extradition process? we know from the case that the russians were saying that it wasn't going to happen. they cannot e

the met police headquarters at new scotland yard and speak to our home affairs correspondent daniel sandfordthink we may be getting a statement from the police fairly shortly, what more can you tell us? assista nt shortly, what more can you tell us? assistant commissioner is in charge of cou nters assistant commissioner is in charge of counters terrorism policing in the uk is expected to come down and given on camera update in about 20 minutes or so, sometime around 11:30am. these things tend to be variable. as you say, a man in his 20s is thought to be the person driving the car has now been arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences. i understand this is somebody who has come across the radar a couple of times before so it is not somebody that is completely unknown to police in the world of counterterrorism and extremism. he is currently being questioned at a police station in south london will stop no charges are being talked about at this stage, but it is clearly early days. it is worth reminding people that in the early hour of this incident, police were talking about having an open mi

daniel sandford is our home affairs correspondent.te, whether that is to do with changes in economics or a sense of feeling less welcome or a sense of feeling less welcome or a sense that britain is going to be a different sort of place. to give you an idea, 189,000 eu citizens came to britain in the year to march of this year but in the same time 87,000 left. so, when you split it up, you get this reduction in this positive figure but it is still a positive figure. and overall we have still got this net migration of 271,000 coming into the uk so you have still got more people moving to the uk then leaving. so, a population increase partly driven by that. another interesting set of figures coming out this month gina labour force survey, a different way of estimating how many people are in work in the uk and the eu citizens heart of that has had its most significant drop since records began in 1997. it has gone down by 87,000 in the year to june. in 1997. it has gone down by 87,000 in the year tojune. that‘s really quite interesting. b