danny savage reporting there.ster, andy burnham, has been giving his reaction to reporters at a news conference. last night's incident at victoria station was a vile attack i've spoken today to the security minister, minister ben wallace, who is obviously in touch with the home secretary. we will be working closely with the government over the coming hours and ensuring that there is full corporation from a greater manchester level with everything that's being done at a national level. of course, as i said before, the ongoing investigation means that there is a limit to what can be said at this time, though, from what i do know, it has all the hallmarks and appears to be an isolated incident. while i would stress that people do need to remain vigilant, they should nevertheless not be unduly alarmed and should continue to go about their daily business. of course, the location of last night's attack will have been difficult for many people, given last yea r‘s difficult for many people, given last year's terror attack

danny savage, bbc news, manchester. on what had been taking place today. what has happened this morning is that there has been a search of an address in cheetham hill in manchester. officers say they believe they have identified the man involved, they know who he is and his name and background to a certain extent. he‘s 25 years old and lives locally, and lives in manchester, but they won‘t give away any further public details about the identity of the attacker last night. but what is clear is that they are treating this as a terrorist attack. they say there is nothing to suggest that others are involved. they have good quality cctv of what happened and are, obviously, seeking witnesses as well. i think one other key factor is location of the attack, though. this was the manchester victoria station, which is adjacent to the manchester arena where the bomb attack, the suicide bomb attack happened back in 2017 at the end of that ariana grande concert in which 22 people were killed. police believe that location is a factor

danny savage reporting.e were celebrations from scientists at mission control when confirmation came through that the new horizons probe had achieved the historic fly—by of the mysterious, icy world known as ultima thule. the probe has taken pictures of it that will be sent back to earth over the coming months. our science correspondent palab ghosh reports. ten, nine, eight, seven, six... it's not the new year they're counting in, but the arrival of nasa's new horizons spacecraft. one! go, new horizons! it's just arrived at the most distant object that humanity has ever explored. this simulation shows the mission's target. it's called ultima thule. 4 billion miles away, it's one of the building blocks that planets are made from. we're here to tell you that last night, overnight, the united states spacecraft new horizons conducted the farthest exploration in the history of humankind and did so spectacularly. thousands of operations on board the spacecraft had to work correctly in order for us to be able to te

our correspondent danny savage reports. nny: a railway station in central manchester just beforet 9:00 lasnight.es police rain the man on the ground who moments earlier had been wielding a knife, attacking passersby. a bbc journalist was on the platform at the time and saw what happened. >> new year's eve. people have had a drink, and it is just a bit loud, and the next few seconds, but then just heard shout, as part of the sentence, "allah." hmm, doesn't sound good. at the point i was just edging on to jump onto the truck. he was pepper sprayed, he was tasered.d they k swarmed on him and brought him down. danny: three people were stabbed. one was a policeman, the other two were a couple, and woman in their 50's.ri all the es were serious but non-life-threatening. a short time later, the man was taken away from manchester's victoria station by police,go shoutingis greatest" in arabic. the chief constable of greater manchester police said it is being treated as a terrorist-related incident. >> we are treating this as a terro

danny savage reporting.i prime minister that president trump's decision to pull troops out of syria will not change cooperation between the two countries. he was meeting mr netanyahu in brasilia at the inauguration of jair bolsonaro. to the lead in syria in no way changes anything that this administration is working on alongside israel. —— the decision to leave syria. ahmed in the middle east stability and the protection of israel continues in the same way it did before that decision was made. now to tokyo, where japan's emperor akihito has given his final public new year address after a reign of three decades. emperor akihito is due to hand his essentially ceremonial role to his elder son in april. he's the first japanese emperor to abdicate in 200 years. a short time ago, the bbc‘s mariko oi watched this moment of history. he made a short speech wishing everyone who gathered there a very happy new year. he is going to appear at that balcony, at the imperial palace, a few more times throughout the day, as t

by the end of the day, the severe weather was the top story in the uk. 0ur reporter danny savage is intonight. the infrastructure of the uk has taken a real battering in the last 24 hours, this is the east coast main line, there are trains coming through here tonight which are more than four hours late... right across the country there was chaos, with lorries unable to gain traction and move. some places were gridlocked, with shortjourneys taking hours. the poor night guards, they're still on shift, they've been there since 7:30pm last night and no—one can get in. we should have stayed home, really, but someone has got to keep the world running. the following day, the weather front, which had been named the ‘beast from the east', had vast swathes of britain in its grip. what's different today is the wind and the immense windchill, which comes with it. it's whipping the falling snow and the stuff that's lying around into these huge drifts. behind the front door of this icicle covered home in county durham was a snapshot of life across the country. schools were closed and it was too cold

our correspondent danny savage is in manchester for us tonight. danny.bit about the investigation and how it has unfolded through the day. christian, there is little doubt that anyone passing through manchester victoria railway station at about ten to nine last night would have been terrified to witness the events that happened here on the platform. a knife attack carried out at random, it appears, on people passing through the station. police have said because of what the attacker alleged to have said during the attack and after the attack as he was led out of the doors here into a police van, they are now treating this as a terrorism investigation. a railway station in central manchester, just before 9pm last night. move away now. move! police restrain a man on the ground who moments earlier had been wielding a knife, attacking passers—by. a bbcjournalist was on the platform at the time and saw what happened. it's new year's eve, people have had a drink. they've probably — "it's just, it's just a fight." "it will fizzle out in the next few seconds." bu

our correspondent danny savage reports.n central manchester, just before 9pm last night. move away now. move! police restrained a man on the ground who moments earlier had been wielding a knife, attacking passers—by. a bbcjournalist was on the platform at the time and saw what happened. it's new year's eve, people have had a drink. they've probably — "it's just, it's just a fight." "it'll fizzle out in the next few seconds." but then ijust heard the guy shout, as part of a sentence, he shouted "allah", and i thought, hmm, that doesn't sound good. at the point i was just edging towards the tracks to jump onto the tracks, he was pepper sprayed, he was tasered. theyjust kind of swarmed on him, brought him down. three people were stabbed, one of them was a policeman, the other two were a couple, a man and woman in their 50s. all the injuries were serious, but not life—threatening. allahu akbar! a short time later, the man was taken away from manchester victoria station by police, shouting "god is greatest" in arabic. the chief

our correspondent danny savage has been giving us the latest from greater manchester police headquartersearing from the officers involved in the investigation. one thing is clear from what they are saying, they are treating this as a terrorist attack. it‘s new year‘s eve, people have had a drink, they probably, it‘s just, it‘s just a fight, it will fizzle out in the next few seconds. but then ijust heard a guy shout as part of a sentence, allah, and i thought, that doesn‘t sound good. the point i was just edging towards the tracks to jump onto the tracks he was pepper sprayed, he was tasered, they kind of swarmed on him, brought him down. three people were stabbed, one of them was a police officer, the other two were a man and woman in their 50s. the injuries are serious but not life—threatening. a short time later the man was taken away from manchester victoria station by police, shouting god is greatest in arabic. this morning the chief constable of greater manchester police said it is being treated as a terrorist incident. we are treating this as a terrorist investigation. which is be

the victims' injuries are serious, but not life—threatening. 0ur correspondent danny savage reports.ust before nine a railway station in central manchesterjust before nine o'clock last night. move away now. move! police restrain a man on the ground who moments earlier had been wielding a knife, attacking passers—by. a bbcjournalist was on the platform at the time and saw what happened. it's new year's eve, people have had a drink. they've probably — "it's just, it's just a fight. "it'll fizzle out in the next few seconds." but then ijust heard the guy shout, as part of a sentence, he shouted "allah", and i thought, hmm, that doesn't sound good. but at the point, i was just edging towards the tracks to jump onto the tracks he was pepper sprayed, he was tasered. theyjust kind of swarmed on him, brought him down. three people were stabbed. one of them was a policeman, the other two were a couple, a man and woman in their 50s. all the injuries were serious, but not life—threatening. shouting: allahu akbar! a short time later, the man was taken away from manchester victoria station by pol

our correspondent danny savage reports.n central manchester, just before 9pm last night. move away now. move! police restrain a man on the ground who moments earlier had been wielding a knife, attacking passers—by. a bbcjournalist was on the platform at the time and saw what happened. it's new year's eve, people have had a drink. they've probably — "it's just, it's just a fight." "it will fizzle out in the next few seconds." but then ijust heard the guy shout as part of a sentence, "allah", and i thought, that doesn't sound good. at the point i was just edging towards the tracks to jump onto the tracks, he was pepper sprayed, he was tasered, theyjust kind of swarmed on him, brought him down. three people were stabbed, one of them was a police officer, the other two were a man and woman in their 50s. the injuries are serious, but not life—threatening. allahu akbar! a short time later, the man was taken away from manchester victoria station by police, shouting "god is greatest" in arabic. this morning, the chief constable of

our correspondent danny savage reports.lock last night. this time last night the area behind me was sealed off after three people were stabbed by a man. a bbc journalist a bbcjournalist was on the platform at the time and saw what happened to. it is new year's eve, people have had a drink and it isjust a fight that will fizzle out shortly. but then i heard the guys shout allah and thought they did not sound good. at that point he was pepper sprayed and tasted they came and swarmed on him and brought him down. three people were stabbed, one of them was a policeman, the other two were a couple, a man and woman in their 50s. all the injuries were serious, but not life—threatening. allahu akbar! a short time later the man was taken away from manchester victoria station by police, shouting "god is greatest" in arabic. the chief constable says it is being treated as a terrorist incident. we are treating this as a terrorist investigation, which is being led by counterterrorism officers with support from greater manchester police.

our correspondent danny savage is in manchester for us tonight.t the area behind me was sealed off after three people we re me was sealed off after three people were stabbed by a man. this morning, police said they were treating this asa police said they were treating this as a terror related incident, but within the last hour they issued an update, saying the 25—year—old suspect has been assessed by specialist medical staff and detained under the mental health act. however, they say the counterterrorism investigation does continue. they also add that there is nothing to suggest the involvement of other people in this attack, but of course confirming thatis attack, but of course confirming that is a priority. a railway station in central manchester, just before 9 o'clock last night. move away now. move! police restrain a man on the ground who, moments earlier, had been wielding a knife, attacking passers—by. a bbcjournalist was on the platform at the time and saw what happened. it's new year's eve, people have had a drink. they've probably — "it's

the victims‘ injuries have been described as serious but not life threatening. 0ur correspondent danny savage last hour we have heard from the chief constable and the senior counter—terrorism officerfor and the senior counter—terrorism officer for the and the senior counter—terrorism officerfor the area. and the senior counter—terrorism officer for the area. they have been talking through details of what has been happening last night and throughout the night and this morning, the sequence of events, who was involved and thoughts on motivation. 0ne was involved and thoughts on motivation. one thing is clear, they are treating this as a attack. a railway station in central manchesterjust before 9pm last night. move away now. move. police restrain a man on the ground who moments earlier had been wielding a knife, attacking passers—by. a bbcjournalist was on the platform at the time and saw what happened. it's new year's eve, people have had a drink, they probably, it's just, it's just a fight, it will fizzle out in the next few seconds. but then ijust heard a guy shout as part of a sentence, all

our correspondent danny savage has been following the trial at sheffield magistrates‘ court.f ansari, who gave evidence from the witness box. he told the court he considered rickin majithia, the journalist involved in that report, where the victim of the rape in the sheffield court case was mentioned. he was considered to be an excellent colleague who was very driven. they also said he regarded rickin majithia as a loose cannon at times but he put that into context by saying only because of a lack of coordination about what he was doing sometimes and a lack of communication between jobs that he was doing. 44—year—old arif ansari checked and approved the script on the day of the broadcast on the 6th of february last year. he was asked more about that. as you have already mentioned he believed the name being used in the broadcast was a pseudonym and was not the victim‘s real name. he said, i trusted rickin majithia‘s journalism, real name. he said, i trusted rickin majithia‘sjournalism, he was real name. he said, i trusted rickin majithia‘s journalism, he was a good journalist,

let's get more on this from our correspondent danny savage, who's in leeds for us.on through until the new year but they are now in a position to make that investigation public. they say the allegations are that the mac os x ted on allegations made by seven women of sexual abuse, allegations of sexual abuse against them when they were children which happened between 2002 and 2009. all 55 men have been questioned and released while investigations continue, but what west yorkshire police are saying is that safeguarding and protecting children remains its top priority and that this demonstrates a commitment to the investigation of the sort of offences against young people. they are also appealing for anyone who may have suffered from the sort of abuse to come forward, but this is a new investigation, if you like, focusing on a seven year period on the allegations of seven women of sexual abuse when they were children in the dewsbury and that the areas of west yorkshire between 2002 and 2009, simon. thank you for that update. ben is here to bring us the business news in