mark easton, bbc news, the west midlands.hess of cambridge has released a new photograph of princess charlotte to mark her second birthday. the picture was taken by the duchess at their home in norfolk. the couple released a similar photograph of charlotte last year to celebrate her turning one. with all the sport, here's will perry at the bbc sport centre. it has been a tense and dramatic world golf title so far. mark selby injohn higgins are still battling it out at the crucible. there was a likejohn higgins was going to victory—mac, yesterday he had a big lead but today he reappeared rejuvenated. john higgins was now finding themselves in traps he was struggling to get out. he needed to hit the red here to escape the snooker, but he tried again and again. have you ever seen anything like that before. after some encouragement, finally a different outcome. before long mark selby had clawed his way back and turned the match around. john higgins looked like he needed a break. the evening saw no letup from the defending champio

mark easton, bbc news, manchester.rities are resuming intelligence—sharing with law enforcement agencies in the united states. co—operation came to a halt this morning after the publication of leaked evidence photographs from the scene of the manchester terror attack by the us media. president trump described the leaks as deeply troubling and promised to root out the source. the new york times had said the publication of leaked evidence from the scene of the suicide bombing was neither graphic nor disrespectful of victims. all 22 people who lost their lives in the suicide bombing have now been identified. ten teenagers and children were among those who were killed, the youngest was just eight. judith moritz reports now on the victims and the loss felt by their families and friends. they were loved and they are mourned. taken by the bomb, their names keep coming. eilidh macleod, 14 years old, from the outer hebrides, a vivacious teenager, who played bagpipes and was full of fun. 19—year—old courtney boyle, from gateshea

the bbc‘s mark easton has the latest developments.er: i'm going to have to move you back, please. move back. this evening, the police hunt for salman abedi's bomb factory took a new turn, the search of a house in wigan suddenly escalated with the discovery of suspicious items and the bomb squad were called to the scene. local families were evacuated as a robot, often used to defuse roadside bombs in war zones, was deployed on a residential home in greater manchester. i share a wall with the guy who was arrested. if there's something inside and my things get destroyed... you're literally in the neighbouring room? yeah. i didn't expect that something of this sort could happen so close to us. it is really shocking. sirens police have described their investigation as fast—moving. this morning, as the country stood in silence, armed police officers were shouting at residents in central manchester to take cover after reports of a suspect package in a block of flats. there was loads of armed police officers in the middle of the grass just sq

mark easton, bbc news. now, what's a president to do whilst waiting for a summit?le practice on the piano. the russian president played passages from soviet—era songs as he waited to see chinese president xi jinping in beijing. to be fair to mr putin, his skills on the piano weren't that bad. the piano itself was badly out of tune. hidden talents. don't forget you can get in touch with me or the team on twitter. i'm @tomdonkinbbc. but from me and the team that's it for now — see you soon. well, there's some wet weather on the way. monday's certainly not looking as bright as the weekend was. at the very least, you'll have thick cloud and some heavy rain at times, as well, particularly out west. and this is the satellite picture. this is the cloud that's streaming into the uk right now. rain—bearing cloud, linked to this low pressure that originated from quite far south, so this is where our air is coming from. so it'll be raining but warm across the uk. monday, early hours of the morning, the rain gets into the south part of england, wales, certainly into south—west

mark easton, bbc news, manchester.some of the other stories making the news: the us military says more than 100 civilians in the iraqi city of mosul were killed during a us airstrike in march. an investigation has confirmed that the attack triggered a secondary blast of is explosives by mistake. that led to the collapse of the building. greg gianforte, a high—profile republican candidate for the us congress, has been charged with assault. it is after he allegedly knocked a guardian journalist to the ground on the eve of an important by—election. mr gianforte's spokesman said benjacobs entered an office without permission and was aggressive. the guardian newspaper has published audio of what happened. china has issued a stern warning to the united states after one of its warships sailed within 12 nautical miles of an island in the south china sea. the uss dewey passed close to mischief reef, an artificial island built by the chinese in the disputed waters. a spokesman for china's foreign ministry said the move was a mis

mark easton, bbc news, the west midlands.her second birthday tomorrow. the picture of the toddler was taken earlier this month by her mother at their home on the sandringham estate in norfolk. the royal couple said they're ‘delighted' to share the photo to mark their daughter's special day. time to hear about the weather prospects. for many of us not looking too bad, heading out and about on this bank on a monday. some sunshine, in one or two places in the north west turning warm indeed. parts of south—west scotland seeing temperatures of 21 degrees. further south, a swirl of cloud cover hefty showers breaking out. even the odd rumble of thunder. this will continue across central and southern england. maybe south wales, as the gate to the rest of the afternoon. elsewhere, not too many showers. ending the day with temperatures around the mid teens. this evening and tonight, showers tending to fade away, and tonight, showers tending to fade any and tonight, showers tending to fade away, many areas dry with clear spells. might b

our home editor mark easton reports.by in woolwich, 2013, prompted david cameron to reshape his counterterrorism strategy. ..will be absolutely resolute in its stand against violent extremism... the focus was on home—grown extremism, with public sector workers becoming legally obliged to inform police if they thought someone was displaying extremist behaviour. the government set up an extremism taskforce, and proposed a counter—extremism bill, with tough powers against anyone deemed to be an extremist. but the legislation now looks unlikely ever to happen, because ministers struggled to define extremism, and concerns the approach fosters suspicion and distrust in largely law—abiding muslim communities. the terror attacks in paris in 2015 sent a shockwave across europe. in the uk, ministers responded by announcing an extra 1,900 spies and 1,000 more police firearms officers. we have been building the capability of police here in the uk to respond. but the number of firearms officers is actually 1,300 lower than 2010. the

our home editor mark easton reports. officer: i'm going to have to move you back, please.is evening, the police hunt for salman abedi's bomb factory took a new turn, the search of a house in wigan suddenly escalated with the discovery of suspicious items and the bomb squad were called to the scene. local families were evacuated as a robot, often used to defuse roadside bombs in war zones, was deployed on a residential home in greater manchester. i share a wall with the guy who was arrested. if there's something inside and my things get destroyed... you're literally in the neighbouring room? yeah. i didn't expect that something of this sort could happen so close to us. it is really shocking. sirens police have described their investigation as fast—moving. this morning, as the country stood in silence, armed police officers were shouting at residents in central manchester to take cover after reports of a suspect package in a block of flats. there was loads of armed police officers in the middle of the grass just squatting down and they were just shouting at everyone telling

mark easton, bbc news, the west midlands.me for reporting scotland. in iraq, the battle for control of mosul grinds on, with iraqi forces gradually encircling the old city to try to remove fighters loyal to so—called islamic state. but seven months after nearby christian towns were liberated from the grip of is, their inhabitants still haven't returned. the area east of mosul known as the nineveh plains was once home to around 200,000 iraqi christians, but they fled when is arrived in 2014. many live in camps in kurdish controlled erbil. some have gone abroad. 0ur correspondent paul adams has been to the largest christian town, qaraqosh, once home to 50,000 people but which remains almost entirely empty. waiting to go home, the christians of qaraqosh came to erbil more than two and a half years ago. their lives are still on hold. we meet this couple at the door to the cramped two—room cabin, they have agreed to take us back to qaraqosh to see why it is so hard to return. the area was liberated in october, isis have gone. but

mark easton, bbc news, manchester.ence onshore. all political campaigning has been postponed and might be so for several days to come but theresa may has been to manchester to meet greater manchester police and hear first hand how the investigation is going. tonight she went back to downing street for a cobra meeting. let's bring in alex forsyth, we saw pictures of the foreign secretary leaving a short while ago, any update on what was discussed? not so far, we know this was the second meeting today of the government ‘s emergency cobra committee, the first took place early this morning when the magnitude of what had happened in manchester became clear. again the prime minister came back to downing street and around 8pm chaired another meeting of the government ‘s emergency committee. what would have been discussed what would have been discussed was the progress of the investigation taking place in manchester. theresa may and amber rudd meeting with greater manchester police earlier on today but also a big part of those

mark easton reporting on the views of young people in cambridge.ethnal green, where the lib dems have launched their party manifesto for the general election. tim farron, the leader, on the stage, very much emphasise that hard brexit, he said, would be a time bomb underneath the economy and he said the opponents of a hard brexit and of leaving the single market, like the liberal democrats, should not roll over. that was his message. plenty more coverage of today's election campaign in the campaign wrap at 8:30pm. but, for me, back to the studio. campaign wrap coming up in about 16 minutes. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:a0pm in the papers. we will be having all the analysis. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are the political commentatorjane merrick, and ben riley—smith, assistant political editor at the daily telegraph. stay with us for all that. in america, president trump has been accused of trying to shut down an fbi investigation into the links between his former national security a

mark easton, bbc news, cambridge. in living standards. the latest figures indicate that wages are not keeping pace with the cost of living. however, another set of figures show that a record number of people are now in work. a business fair in leeds and good news onjobs — firms hiring plenty of people as economic growth remains positive. we are continually recruiting staff, we have grown really quickly in the last two years from four to 32 people. we've just employed our new park manager and we've also employed in the last couple of months a new ground staff. at this moment on our company website, ithink, we have 15 vacancies posted. the last time we saw unemployment this low was 1975, when the price of a pint of milk was a princely seven pence. it was also an era of high inflation and rapidly increasing incomes. today, inflation is creeping back and incomes growth is falling. let's look at the more recent history of pay and rising prices in britain. if we go right back to the year 2000, you can see that earnings were

mark easton, bbc news, the west midlands.shop, work and study, yet bus services outside of london are in crisis, according to campaigners. councils across england and wales have cut their bus budgets by a third since 2010, affecting thousands of routes. and it's the young, the less well off and those living in small villages, towns and the countryside who are suffering the most. our transport correspondent richard westcott reports. time's running out for many of our buses. they carry three times more people than the trains but thousands of council—subsidised routes have gone in recent years. this is the 267 late—night service from bath to frome. it's one of the services that is facing cuts across the country, and in fact come september the funding for this service is going to run out completely. most of the passengers on this bus are young, like holly, who works lates in a restaurant. and josh, who goes to college in bath. they can't afford to drive, catch the more expensive train or move house. it's a really, really big deal

our home editor mark easton reports.3, prompted david cameron to reshape his counterterrorism strategy. will be absolutely resolute in its stand against violent extremism... the focus was on home grown extremism, with public sector workers becoming legally obliged to inform police if they thought someone was displaying extremist behaviour. the government set up an extremism task force and proposed a counter—extremism bill, with tough powers against anyone deemed to be an extremist. but the legislation now looks unlikely ever to happen because ministers struggled to define extremism, and concerns the approach fosters suspicion and distrust in largely law—abiding muslim communities. the terror attacks in paris in 2015 sent a shockwave across europe. in the uk, ministers responded by announcing an extra 1,900 spies and 1,000 more police firearms officers. we have been building the capability of police here in the uk to respond. but the number of firearms officers is actually 1,300 lower than 2010. the attack in westminster

mark easton has more. sunderland used to be shipbuilder to the world.e every nine days at one time. but the globalisation that created this proud city is now seen by many locals as a threat. across the western world party allegiances are breaking down. it is about globalism versus nationalism. many people in this city feel that sunderland is losing its foothold in the world. its destiny decided beyond reach in westminster, brussels or a boardroom in yokohama. i feel as if everything brussels or a boardroom in yokohama. ifeel as if everything is much much further. the world is a bigger place. because of the internet and modern technology. liverpool is a defined resilient city and a new probe globalisation movement has just started to bubble up. we are global people. we are daughters and sons of the city ‘s but daughters and sons of immigrants.” sons of the city ‘s but daughters and sons of immigrants. i immensely proud, i served my country in uniform but yes i think this is a new world. the political undercurrent of shifting as a new politics starts to e

mark easton, bbc news, the west midlands. hotograph of princess charlotte has been released by the duke and duchess of cambridge to mark her second birthday tomorrow. the picture of the toddler was taken earlier this month by her mother at their home on the sandringham estate in norfolk. the royal couple said they're "delighted" to share the photo to mark their daughter's special day. i'm back with the late news at 10.30 now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. goodbye. hello, i'm will perry, with the latest from the bbc sport centre. only one place to start this bank holiday monday, and mark selby has shown real character to not only get back into his world snooker championship final againstjohn higgins, but now lead by 13—11. it has been a magnificent afternoon. at one point, john higgins yesterday was 10—4 up. he is now 13—11 down, so was 10—4 up. he is now 13—11 down, so be winning six of the seven sessions available on offer this afternoon. in the final ten years ago,john afternoon. in the final ten years ago

mark easton, bbc news, manchester. more from manchester injust a minute.is a live page following all the important information from police and officials. it has regular updates of the casualties, as well as eyewitness accounts. visit bbc.com/news. this morning, an indian air force plane carrying mr gandhi's body landed in delhi. the president of india walked to the plane to solemnly witness mr gandhi's final return from the political battlefield. the polling stations are all prepared for what will be the first truly free elections in romania's history. it was a remarkable climax to what was surely the most extraordinary funeral ever given to a pop singer. it's been a peacefulfuneral demonstration so far, but suddenly these police are teargassing the crowd, we don't yet know why. the pre—launch ritual is well established here, helen was said to be in good spirits butjust a little apprehensive. in the last hour, east timor has become the world's newest nation. it was a bloody birth for a poor country, and the challenges ahead are daunting. but for now, at le

tonight, our home editor mark easton examines the growing issue, of political alienation.ters who don't think too much power will reside in this place, whitehall. for too long, power will reside in this place, whitehall. fortoo long, power power will reside in this place, whitehall. for too long, power in britain has been centred in london. so says the tory manifesto, and labour agreed, just as people felt power was centralised and unaccountable in brussels, so many feel that about london, they say. labour and the liberal democrats wa nt labour and the liberal democrats want a concert usual convention to look at a federal uk, to break london's grip on power, and the tories would like to set up a fund to disburse returning eu money around the country and they also wa nt around the country and they also want more metro mayors in england. millions of people feel disconnected, they don't think elections change anything, and it is a fair assumption that for the vast majority of voters, the allegiance of the mp who represents them in this place will not change, in many seatsit t

that work continued today, as our home editor mark easton reports. mark: this evening, the hunt for salman abedi's bomb factory took a new turn. the search of a house in wigan suddenly escalated with the discovery of suspicious items, and the bomb squad were called to the scene. local families were evacuated as a robot, often used to defuse roadside bombs in war zones come was deployed in manchester. >> if there is something inside, and my valuables get destroyed -- >> literally in the neighboring room. >> how this could happen so close to us is really shocking. mark: police have described their investigation as fast-moving. this morning, as the country stood in silence, armed police officers were shouting at residents in central manchester to take cover after reports of a suspect package in a flat. >> just shouting from everyone saying don't go here. , with my daughter. your first instinct is i need my child. mark: the city is jittery as counterterrorism chiefs tried to track the movements of salman abedi. this is what the search for a bomb factory l

mark easton, bbc news, manchester. the pause to respect the victims of the manchester bombing. our political correspondent, iain watson, is at westminster. i say to be resumed, of course that's not true across the board? no, that's right, huw, the usual elements of a political campaign, the rallies and street stalls the slagging matches have been set aside these past few days. but the prime minister and jeremy corbyn spoke this afternoon and they agreed on a phased relaunch of politics as we know it. first of all, tomorrow, huw, an act of remembrance. at 11.00am a minute's silence will be observed across all government buildings and more widely to remember the manchester victims. after that local campaigning by the main parties will resume. it won't be until friday that the conservatives and labour relaunch their national campaigns. i think their national campaigns. i think the tone of those campaigns, it's often been robust, sometimes shrill, the tone of the campaign will change. for example, jeremy corbyn on friday i

mark easton, bbc news, manchester.t daniel sandford is at the greater manchester police headquarters. there was a statement from the police, just before we came on air, what is the latest on the investigation? well, when the bomb went off last night, police obviously had a suspect almost immediately. very quickly, they had a name. he had some form of id on him, very quickly they had a name, salman abedi. really, the work since then has been to use that one bit of information to open out their investigation. so from that name they raided a number of addresses linked to him, using a controlled explosion to go into one of those addresses. they've established that he isa addresses. they've established that he is a british man of libyan origin whose parents escaped here from colonel go daddy, came here as refugees. he has two brothers and a sister, all of whom also lived in manchester. he went to primary school here, he's a supporter of manchester united, but last night, aged 22, he chose to go to a pop concert and blow him

mark easton has the latest on the investigation., his report contains some flashing images. who was behind this attack on innocence? as the concert ended and the lights came up, as children left for home, music in their ears, smiles on their young faces, who chose that moment to indulge their hateful ideology? there's no need to bunch up and run! take yourtime and exit the building. police are convinced the suicide bomber was salman abedi, but working with the security services, counterterrorism officers are desperate to try to work out if he had a commerce is bought is still at large. —— if he had accomplices still at large. our priority is to continue to establish whether he was acting alone or working as part of a wider network. the man named as the suicide bomber is salman abedi, aged 22, and born in manchester. he is the son of libyan refugees who fled from libya and colonel gaddafi. an apparently normal boy, he attended local schools, supported manchester united and later worked in a bakery. today, officers launched raids on p

mark easton, bbc news, manchester. stay with us here on bbc news.llowing monday's deadly attack. this morning, an indian air force plane carrying mr gandhi's body landed in delhi. the president of india walked to the plane to solemnly witness mr gandhi's final return from the political battlefield. the polling stations are all prepared for what will be the first truly free elections in romania's history. it was a remarkable climax to what was surely the most extraordinary funeral ever given to a pop singer. it's been a peacefulfuneral demonstration so far, but suddenly these police are teargassing the crowd, we don't yet know why. the pre—launch ritual is well established here, helen was said to be in good spirits butjust a little apprehensive. in the last hour, east timor has become the world's newest nation. it was a bloody birth for a poor country, and the challenges ahead are daunting. but for now, at least, it is time to celebrate. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: britain's prime minister has raised the terror threat level to critical af

mark easton takes a closer look at the british government's counter—terrorism strategy and how it hashe streets of south manchester, condemnation of monday's attack is total. but from this area more than a dozen men have been identified as having been radicalised and then followed the path of extremism. salman abedi is just the latest. the question which screams at you at times like this is "how can we stop young people from being radicalised in the first place?" the government's answer is prevent. a controversial strategy which requires public workers and others in the community to report any possible signs of extremism to police. in the market, i met a stallholder who told me he was acquitted of terrorism charges four years ago. from his perspective, the prevent strategy confuses extremism with religious devotion. it's mainly spying on the community. that's what my opinion is. but it's there to try to stop people from becoming extremists? what is extremist? what is a sign of extremism? from my case, when i was accused of being a terrorist, they said extremism is practising your fait

our home editor, mark easton, reports now, on the investigation. where is the bomb factory?inked to monday's attack poised to strike again? this morning as the country stood in silence, armed police were shouting at residents in manchester to take cover after reports of a suspect package in a block of flats. there was armed police and they were squatting down, shouting at everyone. when the bomb disposal arrived we got told to take cover. it felt there was a a potential explosion. i saw my daughter and your first instance is i need my child. the city isjittering as police try to track the movements of salman abedi. they arrested him and the army became. this what is the search for a bomb factory looks like, a tip off, a raid and an arrest, but the search goes on. this raid did not produce the lead they hoped for, but the investigation is understood to be taking progress. there were two raids and two arrests in manchester and a linked swoop on a proot 75 mimes south in nuneaton where another man was arrested. there are now eight men in custody. i want to reassure people that

our home editor, mark easton, looks at whether the threat of a future attack could be reduced.al. from this area more than a dozen men have been identified as having been radicalised and then followed the path of extremism. salman obeid ee isjust the most recent. what screams at you at times like this is how we stop young people from being radicalised in the first place. the government's answer is prevent. it requires public workers and others in the community to report any possible signs of extremism to police. in the market, i met extremism to police. in the market, imeta extremism to police. in the market, i met a stallholder who told me he was acquitted of terrorism charges four years ago. his opinion of the prevent strategy is not unusual. from my case, when i was accused of being a terrorist, they said extremism is practising yourface. you are accused of being a terrorist. i went on trial for four months. i was told if you are praying five times a day, that is the first step in extremism. prevent, to you, is quite personal and has had a big impact in your life. when it is

our home editor, mark easton, has been to cambridge to see what issues are concerning young voters thereo you about the election today. let us know your thoughts and tweet us. the voice of the young. so often ignored by the politician, it is loud and clear, at cambridge regional college. politician, it is loud and clear, at cambridge regional collegem politician, it is loud and clear, at cambridge regional college. it could be about anything, brexit, student tuition. it broadcasts to thousand of potential young voters in the number one target seat for the liberal democrats. so what is on their mind? politicians have to start appealing to young people, because these young people will grow old. the liberal democrat manifesto promises young people cheaper bus fare, higher welfare payment, promises young people cheaper bus fare, higherwelfare payment, help with housing an votes for 16—year—olds. is lowering the sleeting age the kind of policy that cuts it with these student hairdressers. a lot of people my age don't know enough about it and they kind of like, they go with what their parents

mark easton reports.lwich, 2013, prompted david cameron to reshape his strategy. the focus was on home grown extremism with public sector workers to inform police if they thought someone was displaying extremist behaviour. the government set up an extremism target, counter extremism bill, tough powers against anyone deemed to be an extremist. but the legislation now looks unlikely ever to happen because ministers struggled to define extremism, and concerns the approach fosters suspicion and distrust in largely law abiding muslim communities. the terror attacks in paris in 2015 sent a shockwave across europe. in the uk, ministers responded by announcing an extra 1,900 spies and 1,000 more police firearms officers. we have been building the capability of police here in the uk to respond. but the number of firearms officers is actually 1,300 lower than 2010. the attack in westminster last march once again focused concerns on keeping track of individuals known to have radical views. there were questions as to

today our home editor mark easton examines the topic of political alienation.ower resides in this place, whitehall. for too long, power in britain's been centred in london, so says the tory manifesto and labour agree. just as people felt the power was centralised and unaccountable in brussels, so many feel that about london, they say. now labour and the liberal democrats want a constitutional convention to look at a federal uk to break london's grip on power. the tories would like to set up a fund to disperse returning eu money around the country and they also want more metro mayors in england. millions of people feel disconnected, they don't think elections change anything. it is a fair assumption that for the vast majority of voters, the allegiance of the mps who represent them in this place won't change and in many seats it won't have changed for decades. so perhaps an extestential challenge for the next uk government is to convince people that power and control is really being returned to them. another issue that's key for many is immigration. our home affa

mark easton has the latest on the investigation. his report contains some flashing images.for home, music in their ears, smiles on their young faces, who chose that moment to indulge their hateful ideology? there's no need to bunch up and run! take yourtime and exit the building. police are convinced the suicide bomber was salman abedi, but working with the security services, counterterrorism officers are desperate to try to work out if he had a commerce is bought is still at large. our parretti is to continue to establish whether he was acting alone or working as part of a wider network. —— priority. alone or working as part of a wider network. -- priority. the man named as the suicide bomber is salman abedi, aged 22, and born in manchester. he is the son of libyan refugees who fled from libya and colonel gaddafi. he supported manchester united and later worked ina manchester united and later worked in a bakery. today, officers launched raids on people thought to be his associates. a 23—year—old man was arrested in a manchester district. a short distance away, at another h

are six areas electing a metro—mayor — including the west midlands, from where our home editor mark eastonmpaigns, though. they're coming to scrutinise candidates for something entirely new, a mayor for the west midlands. thank you to our candidates, who must be all husting—ed out by now. whoever gets the job will oversee the lives of 3 million people and an economy worth £120 billion, inheriting powers currently held in westminster. oversight of the region's transport, housing and economic development. a good idea? we gave each candidate ten seconds to explain why the west midlands needs a mayor. we need to take back control of the west midlands from london. we've been run directly by london politicians for a0 years, and they have let us down. people here voted against having a mayor, it's really clear from the campaign so far, they don't want an mayor at all still. the reason we're having one is the government says to have more money, we have to have one. we need a west midlands mayor as a champion and advocate, as a social entrepreneur, to deliver the self—made place. and as a consensus

our home editor mark easton reports now, on the investigation. where is the bomb factory?ell linked to monday's attack poised to strike again? this morning as the country stood in silence, armed police were shouting at residents in manchester to take cover after reports of a suspect package in a block of flats. there was armed police and they were squatting down, shouting at everyone. saying, don't go near the road. when the bomb disposal arrived we got told to take cover. what was going through your mind? it felt there was a a potential explosion. i saw my daughter and your first instance is i need my child. the city is jittering as police try to track the movements of salman abedi. i saw them take out someone. they arrested him and the army came, the bomb disposals. this what is the search for a bomb factory looks like, a tip off, a raid and an arrest, but the search goes on. this raid did not produce the lead they hoped for, but the investigation is understood to be taking progress. 0vernight, there were two raids and two arrests in manchester and a linked swoop on a pr

our home editor, mark easton, is at the greater manchester police headquarters in the city centre tonightts? as the concert ended and the lights came up, as children left for home, music in their ears, smiles on their young faces, who chose that moment to indulge their hateful ideology? there's no need to bunch up and run. take yourtime and exit the building. police are convinced the suicide bomber was salman abedi and they are desperate to find out if they have accomplices still at large. our priority along with the police counterterrorist network and our security partners is to continue to establish whether he was acting alone or working as part of a wider network. a man named as the suicide bomber is salman abedi, 22, born in manchester. the son of libyan refugees who fled from colonel gaddafi, an apparently normal boy who went to a local school and supported manchester united and worked late in a bakery. today, officers launched raids on people thought to have been associates of abedi. a 23—year—old man was arrested in the manchester district of whalley range. at another house in fall

joining me in the studio is the bbc‘s home editor, mark easton. good morning. good morning.mes where the terrorists have used knives or cars, easily obtainable weapons, if you like. this was a bomb. bombs are hard to make. and i think, we know that this was clearly a viable on, a home—made device, but of course it is a home—made device. we understand that it was packed with shards of metal, nuts, bolts, reports of nails and ballbearings, in order to create as much loss of life as possible. now, i think when we understand that that warm was there, we have to ask ourselves, was this person operating alone? —— vat vat bomb was there. could an individual find alone? —— vat vat bomb was there. could an individualfind an information to make a device like that and conduct the operation up to the point where he arrived at manchester arena late on monday night, and i think that most people are now thinking that is really quite hard. there is more information about him. salman abedi, 22, and from salford. a local man in many ways. he comes across as a very normal boy, a young man, who

easton. that's a live view. 53 right now. 62 degrees at 10:00. upper 60s at noontime. and getting close to the 70-degree markthe clouds will be back in this afternoon. winds will be light, easterly. that will help keep clouds over new jersey. some breaks of sunshine this morning. we might see a few breaks this afternoon, too, into the 70s. dry in new jersey. at the shore, a different story. showers will dwevelop after a dy morning. 60s through the day at the shore. delaware, 58 now. warming into the 60s. then low 70s this afternoon. your best chance of seeing sunshine will be later this morning, and we might see a break or two this afternoon. showers, they're due to come back into the area tonight. they'll be with us into tomorrow, as well. that's not the only chance of showers. look at the weekend forecast, the holiday weekend, when i come back in ten minutes. >> all right. thank you. >>> here's a look at some of the stories we're working on for "nbc10 news today" at 5:00 -- >> targeting tires. security concerns at the jersey shore after dozens of cars are damaged. now police are asking for help in solving