i can't emphasise how important this is for new scotland yard. 0ver important this is for new scotlandlly lower yard. over the death toll is thankfully lower than it has been in previous attacks on london, the key thing is for them to try and work out who might have been involved behind—the—scenes in this attack on the palace of westminster. daniel, thanks for now and thank you to sophie. either way, daniel, thanks for now and thank you to sophie. eitherway, daniel, if there major developments from the police at new scotland yard tonight we will come back to you right away. in the meantime. the prime minister was in parliament when the attack happened, and was immediately taken to safety by her police protection team. earlier this evening, theresa may did chair a meeting of cobra, the cabinet committee that deals with emergencies, as the attacker‘s identity was being examined, as daniel was telling us, and questions were asked about how someone managed to penetrate pa rliament‘s enhanced security system carrying a weapon. 0ur security correspondent gordon corera has this assessment of

that bridge just 100 metres from new scotland ya rd just 100 metres from new scotland yard is a crimeat the time of the attack are still there, it has been frozen in time, closed off, forensic officers already starting their report on that scene and just behind scotland yard, behind portcullis house, the most important crime scene of all in many ways, the place where the assailant broke into the outer perimeter of the palace of westminsterjust broke into the outer perimeter of the palace of westminster just a few yards from the house of commons chamber, killed a police officer before being killed himself. at the moment police still believe he was the only assailant, at one point we heard from eyewitnesses stories about possibly a white assailants carrying knives, police do not seem to be able to confirm that as being true slap the moment there is one assailant, a black man who can be seen assailant, a black man who can be seen taken away on the stretcher after being shot by the police in some of the photographs and videos taken from inside the palace of westminster. thank you very muc

. conference from new scotland yard around eight a.m.. tt. in a review published today, he says more funding and better training are needed to tackle the issue. marc ashdown reports. pupils demonstrating the sort of low—level disruptive behaviour many teachers will be all too familiar with, using a mobile phone in class, messing about on their chair, or making silly noises. it is the kind of thing the government's behaviour czar, tom bennett, wants to stamp out. an ex—nightclub bouncer, two years ago he was drafted in to assess how schools cope with disruptive pupils. since then, tom bennett has visited schools across england. his report recommends offering better training to teachers, to help them identify bad behaviour. more funding from government for special units within schools with particularly challenging behaviour, to help them tackle it. and he calls on 0fsted to reassess how it grades behaviour. it is too often glossed over, he says, if a school is doing well in other areas, like exam results. 0fsted says it isn't planning any ch

we are going to take you to new scotland ya rd going to take you to new scotland yard because the actingy, is laying a wreath there alongside members of the london ambulance service, a reef to remember those who lost their lives in this deadly attack. three people killed as well as the perpetrator. mark rowley, whosejob is to help lead the police investigation into exactly what happened here has been laying a wreath there in memory of those who have lost their lives. let's talk now about what happened in the house of commons this morning. the day began with a packed house of commons. they wanted to make it business as usual, to show that the work of parliament would not be stopped in any way by this attack yesterday on the heart of democracy. the prime minister, theresa may, told mps we are not afraid, she said, our resolve will never waver in the face of terrorism. what has happened here yesterday, she said, was an attack on free people everywhere. ian watson reports. business as usual, that's the message parliament wanted to send. but around westminster it felt like anything but. secur

home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, jointly from new scotland yard. what is the latest? five addresses still being searched by police. one in wales, three in birmingham and one in east london. that east london address, i understand, is worth 39—year—old woman arrested overnight and she, i think, is the partner all seven of the other arrests made overnight and one of them this morning took place in birmingham. birmingham isa morning took place in birmingham. birmingham is a strong focus of this investigation were the hire car is believed to have been hired from that was driven across the bridge. it is where the suspect, khalid masood, is believed to have been living in recent years, although he was born in kent, british born and bred. the latest update on injuries, the police say five people remain in a critical condition, two of them with wife threatening injuries.

good afternoon from new scotland ya rd good afternoon from new scotland yard in westminster.e next few minutes we are expecting flowers to be laid in memory of pc keith palmer, the police officer killed here yesterday while he was doing hisjob of here yesterday while he was doing his job of protecting parliament and the people in it. the flowers will be laid by members of the territorial support group based at catford, part of the parliamentary and diplomatic protection command, of which keith palmer was a member. in the last short while we have heard from the metropolitan police, who have named the attacker who killed keith palmer and two other people here at westminster yesterday as khalid masood, a 52—year—old man, born in kent but police believe he was living most recently in the west midlands where he was known by a number of aliases, police say. they also say he was known to police and had the range of convictions from gbh to possession of offensive weapons, although he had never been convicted of any terrorist offences. with me is our home affairs correspondent daniel

let's go now live to new scotland ya rd let's go now live to new scotland yard where our reporter evethe fact that the threat level is staying at the level leaders act it suggests that the police do not think there are other potential attackers, there is not a continuous level of threat. what do police say about whether the areas will remain sealed off? in the last hour were also there have been some movement on that. behind me as westminster bridge where the attack happened and several bosses have been parked throughout the day. they we re been parked throughout the day. they were not allowed to finish their journey and they effectively were left where they are. in that last half—hour the buses have been driven off, an indication that they want to try and return things to normal. the bridge is not yet open yet however in other parts of this sealed off pa rt in other parts of this sealed off part of westminster they have begun to lift the gordons. at the moment there are still several roads closed and it remains in a really quiet, even for this time in the morning, an indication that

late into the london evening he spoke to reporters outside new scotland yard. westminster we saw tragic events unfold and our thoughts are with those who lost loved ones, who were injured, and all those affected by this attack. one of those who died today was a police officer — pc keith palmer — a member of our parliamentary and diplomatic protection command. keith — aged 48 — had 15 years‘ service and was a husband and a father. he was someone who left for work today expecting to return home at the end of his shift and he had every right to expect that would happen. i can also now confirm three members of the public also lost their lives in this attack. specially trained family liaison officers will be deployed to support them. and i confirmed earlier, the suspected attacker was shot dead by an armed officer — therefore meaning we now have five people in total who have died. i will not comment at this stage on the identity of the attacker, but our working assumption that he was inspired by international terrorism. also, at this stage, but it may change — we be

latest, let's cross live to our news reporter, greg dawson, at metropolitan police headquarters, new scotlandis a live shot, there's big ben. let's speak to greg. tell us what you're being told there now. a new day dawning in london. people will come to the city to go to work etc. what is the situation? that is right. we are an hour away from when the train stations surrounding westminster open up. the tube will open soon. police are trying to provide a visible and reassuring presence. there will be armed and unarmed police officers in those stations. what i have learned is they have eased the cordons somewhat and some parts of westminster have reopened. for around 12 hours, some of the buses remained on the bridge. it was sealed off. effectively a crime seems to be in the last few hours, those buses were driven away and some to trucks took them away and some to trucks took them away and winched up the remaining cars. while you are talking, we are looking at the scene on westminster bridge. i know that overnight you have been at new scotland yard as well. what do we know more about the attack

of course, the press conference i believe you just saw from scotland yard provided precious new details. police and authorities are reluctant to give anything more than the bare minimum out of caution they don't want to panic people and besides other than the fact the police are saying they're treating this as a terrorist incident until they have further information there's nothing to necessarily indicate this is a terror incident. it's simply just that they seem to be doing this out of an abundance of caution. seemsz the only person seen by one of the people talking to nbc was this "heavyset man" who tried to break into the houses of parliament and attack one of the police officers, whether or not he was the man in the 4x4 who rammed into several people on westminster bridge, i can see in front of me, is yet to be determined. >> to recap what we know, london ambulance service said they treated at least when patients on the westminster bridge where a car ran into a bunch of pedestrians. the westminster bridge leads to parliament and seems if that car was driving towards parliament at th

we've had a police press conference from new scotland ya rd press conference from new scotland yard ine paying tribute to those who have lost their lives. including a police officer. he lost his life protecting those at the house. a police officer. he lost his life protecting those at the housem the last few moments, some have arrived here near us just the last few moments, some have arrived here near usjust to the last few moments, some have arrived here near us just to lay flowers a nd arrived here near us just to lay flowers and that is something we may see more of. some people arriving, wanting to pay their respects and remember what happened here yesterday to that police officer who was killed tragically simply doing hisjob was killed tragically simply doing his job protecting parliament. we'll be back shortly. type in the news and where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm sonja jessup. seven people have been arrested and six addresses raided in connection with the yesterday 's westminster carand with the yesterday 's westminster car and knife attack. scotland yard say

i'm annita mcveigh outside new scotla nd i'm annita mcveigh outside new scotland yard.f london sadiq khan is inside, having a meeting with police chiefs, and earlier today there was a minute's silence in front of the eternal flame, just on the other side of the building, in memory of the colleague who lost his life yesterday. pc keith palmer, the acting commissioner of the met, craig mackey, spoke after that minute's silence and said the words, the police are the public and the public are the police, as he said that as well as the huge investigation that is going on in the wake of yesterday's attack, the police wa nted yesterday's attack, the police wanted to reassure the public and be highly visible. he was urging members of the public to come forward and speak to an officer if they had any concerns. just to bring you a piece of breaking news, we are hearing that westminster bridge has now been reopened, that is really quite amazing when you think of the very complex forensic operation that has had to take place there since yesterday's attack when the car driven by the

in new scotland yard the talked about his sacrifice.week's event. our thoughts and prayers go out to eve ryo ne thoughts and prayers go out to everyone who was affected by the events last week. it was a moment of calm after the chaos here of exactly one week ago. it was also a united front against the horror and the violence of the attack. today, inquests opened into the deaths of four of those killed. this afternoon, though, was about an act of remembrance, a chance for londoners to stand together. daniela relph, bbc news, westminster bridge. a look at the front pages in a moment with our two reviewers, but first, a look at the weather forecast. some warm weather on the way for some of us some warm weather on the way for some of us tomorrow. some warm weather on the way for some of us tomorrow. in order to get high temperatures, we need some sunshine. warm and clear air is moving north. it eventually should head into some of england and wales. cloud around and further rain. heavier rain going north across scotland. patchy rain moving t

said her thoughts and sympathy were with all of those affected by yesterday's awful violence, at new scotlandetropolitan police paid their tributes to a fallen colleague, after an attack on the capital that everyone had dreaded and trained for but is now determined to overcome. with the union flag at half mast above the palace of westminster, the immediate area around parliament remains closed to the public, that includes westminster bridge, where shortly before 3.00pm yesterday afternoon a lone attacker drove a four wheel drive vehicle at high—speed, through an unsuspecting crowd of tourists, police officers, and londoners going about their business. 0ne victim was catapulted into the thames as the car mounted the kerb. the unnamed woman was pulled from the river injured but alive. the vehicle continued at speed, past big ben and crashed into the railings surrounding the palace of westminster. but the attacker got out and armed with two large knives, ran around to the main gates where he stabbed a police officer, 48—year—old keith palmer. as he continued further into the ground, the assailan

annita mcveigh is at the met police headquarters, new scotland yard close to where the attack took placendon is inside new scotland yard meeting with senior officers to discuss the response to what happened yesterday. sadiq khan said that londoners will not be cowed by terrorism or the city be cowed by terrorism or the city be cowed to terrorism and appealed to people to show their solidarity this evening. the immediate response is a huge police presence on the streets. we have heard from the active commissioner of the met, saying leave had been cancelled to get more police officers on the streets, a visible presence to reassure the public in addition to the officers who are directly engaged in this investigation. but how will that response develop in the days, weeks and the months ahead? in the days, weeks and the months ahead ? with in the days, weeks and the months ahead? with me is daniel sandford. daniel, your thoughts on that point? you are going to see reassurance policing in the short—term. increased numbers of officers, of armed officers in the capital. also in other parts of br

annita mcveigh is at new scotland yard for us. then, thank you.f those in birmingham, the metropolitan police also saying there has been activity at locations in forest gate in east london, we also know there was activity in wales, surrey and sussex, in addition to that activity that we mentioned in birmingham. the assista nt mentioned in birmingham. the assistant commissioner of the met, craig mackey, spoke outside new scotla nd craig mackey, spoke outside new scotland yard earlier today, following a one—minute silence in memory of pc keith palmer, the officer who of course was murdered here yesterday at westminster. in the commons there have been many tributes to pc palmer and mps have been talking about their thoughts and feelings about the events of yesterday. theresa may told mps that the authorities knew the identity of the authorities knew the identity of the attacker but hadn't yet released this information. the man was british—born and had, some years ago, he was once investigated by m15 in relation to concerns about violent extremism. he

we can get the latest from new scotland ya rd can get the latest from new scotland yard where annitapublic and the public the pliskova those were the public the pliskova those were the words a few minutes ago of craig mackey, acting commissioner of the metropolitan and, as he stood alongside colleagues in front of the eternalflame, alongside colleagues in front of the eternal flame, the flame that commemorates those who have lost their lives in the service of the metropolitan police, and of course uppermost in their thoughts, the loss of their colleague, pc keith palmer, yesterday in the westminster attack. of course 2a hours a day, every day of the year, the men and women of the met collect —— protect people in london. that protection continues today amidst the huge investigation of yesterday's attack and the loss of their colleague, one of their own, and the loss of their colleague, one of theirown, in and the loss of their colleague, one of their own, in the line of duty. craig mackey, acting commissioner, went on to say that investigation continues. it is also about reassurance f

news. i'm reeta chakrabarti. the headlines at 9am: scotland yard says the westminster attacker khalid masood acted alone and his motive may never be known. detectives confirmed the attack lasted just 82 seconds the family of murdered pc keith palmer have thanked those who fought to save his life and said they were grateful he was not alone. two people have been seriously injured and 32 others hurt following the collapse of several buildings after a suspected gas the pentagon admits us—led coalition aircraft did strike area of the iraqi city of mosul, where dozens of civilians were reportedly killed. also in the next hour, a thrilling start to the formula one season. sebastian vettel beats mercedes lewis hamilton in the first race of the formula one season in australia and our sunday morning edition of the papers is at 9.35am — this mornings reviewers are journalist and broadcaster shyama perera and ian birrell, assistant editor at the mail on sunday. good morning and welcome to bbc news. police say they might never find out why khalid masood k

that's the latest from new scotland yard. henry jackson society who recently carried out research analysing every terror conviction on british shores since 1998. you have carried out a lot of research into terrorism in the last few years, research into terrorism in the last few yea rs, how research into terrorism in the last few years, how likely was it that this man, masood, was acting com pletely this man, masood, was acting completely alone? we would find that very unlikely, even in most cases where an individual carries out an attack single—handedly or has carried out a plot, and is convicted single—handedly, usually he would have been part of a wider network or would have communicated with another extremist online. in all, only 10% of cases that we looked at were com plete of cases that we looked at were complete lone wolves acting alone. we know that theresa may described him as having been on the radar of mi5 him as having been on the radar of m15 yet seen as a peripheral figure. in some ways he doesn't fit the stereot

. >> reporter: 1 relatives traveled to london speaking at new scotland yard thanking thecl personnel those who have helped. e deeply touched byhave been so their kindness and generosity. huand were visiting her parents who were serving as mission ears in london. >> this was a humblingnd difficult experience but we felt the love of so many people in the last couple of days. >> reporter: this was kurt's first trip overseas and was loving, couldn't wait to get home to upload all the abc news. >>> a woman in new york went to extreme lengths to get her wedding ring back. she accidentsly -- accidently bd engagement ring in the trash. they have ended up going to the dump in new jersey. they found the missing rings in there's than an hour with of thn workers. >>> the statue of a young girl facing wall street charg to stae until february of next year. the has inspired many people. it reappeared earlier this month. after an permit she was expected to stay until april 2. the online petition called for the statue to have a more permanent spot. >>> 12:30 another check of the forecast as we look l

just to recap the news this hour, metropolitan police, scotland yard, have released a new photograph picture than the one we saw earlier, him as a teenage boy in his school football tea m him as a teenage boy in his school football team when he was at school in kent. this is a much more recent picture of the 52—year—old khalid masood, who had a string of aliases. born adrian elms, later became known as adrian russell ajao and converted to islam. had a string of convictions for assault, grievous bodily harm, possession of a knife. his last conviction was in 2003. but never convicted of any terrorist offences. the prime minister said yesterday that he had been on the radar of m15 yesterday that he had been on the radarof m15 and yesterday that he had been on the radar of m15 and security services, but was seen as a peripheral figure. that's the latest news from westminster. we can go back to the studio. british scientists say they have made a major breakthrough in the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis. using genome sequencing they are able to isolate different strains of tb much

let's go live to new scotland yard and bring in nina dos santos. ting new information about who did this. what can you tell us? >> reporter: indeed. his name as well. original birth name is adrian russell ajao. he was born in the southeast, but born in midlands in the city of birmingham. this is where the raids were taking place. christine, two significant arrests made overnight. that brings the total number of people currently held to nine in total. the metro police said it would be crucial to the investigation is to find out how the muslim convert became radicalized. who was part of the journey along the way? who did he interact with? those are the questions they will ask. they conducted 16 searches across various addresses. there are still five raids ongoing. they uncovered huge amounts of information. 2,700 items uncovered in the raids. a large portion is computer related data material. that goes to show cyber investigations are so much part of terrorist investigations these days. in the meantime, i want to point out that the number of victims h

at new scotland yard they reflected on his sacrifice and the impact of the attack. thoughts, our prayers go out to everyone who was affected by the events last week. it was a moment of calm after the chaos of exactly a week ago. it was also a united front against the horror and the violence of the attack. today, inquests opened into the deaths of four of those killed. this afternoon though was about an act of remembrance, a chance for london is to stand together. daniella relph, bbc news, westminster bridge. let's take a brief look at some of the day's other other news stories. a man and a woman have been arrested in birmingham this afternoon by counter—terrorism detectives. six properties have also been searched. police are not linking today's arrests to last week's attack at westminster. eu competition regulators have blocked the merger of the london stock exchange with the owner of the frankfurt exchange — deutsche boerse. they say the deal would have given the new business too much market power and would have created a virtual monopoly. an american man who was p

ya rd sheffield, and also new scotland yard today. in memory of pc keith palmer, who died a week ago. tributes will be played everywhere. i got messages from kingston, communities are coming together in their own local neighbourhoods to pay respects, to remember what has taken place. but also to celebrate that we have not been divided as a society. the centre of our democracy has been attacked. people have rallied around. i am very proud. it isa rallied around. i am very proud. it is a great experience. this is the seen live on westminster bridge as hundreds gathered to remember the four people who lost their lives here exactly one week ago. i have spoken to many londoners who have come here today, many bearing flowers, many saying they arejust coming here bearing flowers, many saying they are just coming here to show unity and solidarity and to say they are against the violence that results in the tragic scenes that were seen here exactly one week ago. let's have one more thought from the faiths forum for london, who organised today'

news. the headlines at 2pm. scotland's first minister takes westminster by surprise as she announces plans to trigger another independence referendum. nicola sturgeon says a second referendum should be held between autumn 2018 and spring 2019, once the terms of the uk's exit from the eu are clear. i believe that it would be wrong for scotland to be taken down a path that it has no control over, regardless of the consequences for our economy, for our society, for our place in the world, for our very sense of who we are as a country. it comes as mps at westminster prepare to vote again on whether to the give the prime minister the power to start the brexit process. the afternoon. hundreds of thousands of commuters are hit by a 24—hour rail strike as union members from three train companies walk out. and the queen launches the baton relay for the 2018 event in australia as it starts its journey around the world. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. scotland's first minister has announced that she plans to trigger another r

officers from the territorial support group, where he served until last year, laid flowers outside new scotlandwhich they described him as dedicated to hisjob, proud to bea him as dedicated to hisjob, proud to be a police officer, brave and courageous, a to be a police officer, brave and courageous, a friend to everyone who knew him. his death has left a police service mourning one of its own. as a mark of respect his shoulder number will be retired and not issued to any other officer. today, across the service, we have police officers in mourning for a former colleague, pc keith palmer. words cannot express the grief that eve ryo ne words cannot express the grief that everyone in the police service peels and losing a colleague. that pales into insignificance when one thinks of the family pc palmer, his friends and colleagues, at this extremely troubling time. also killed in this attack was aysha frade, he was in her a0s and worked at a college near westminster bridge. she was on her way to pick up children. the principle of the college said she was highly regarded and loved by stu d e nts was

a moment of silence was also held outside of new scotland yard in honor of officer keith palmer who died in the attack. >>> now to an historic moment. great britain starts its exit from the european union today with the delivery of the official letter to brussels. british prime minister teresa may formally presented the brexit letter this morning saying there's no turning back. the u.k. has two years to unwind four-and-a-half decades of e.u. membership and work out its future relationship to the continent. we are learning now how much work there is for lawmakers, things like drafting a new immigration system and how to handle trade, but smaller issues as well like regulating toy safety and what new passports will look like. >>> well, fox news host billow riley is apologizing for comments he made against california congresswoman maxine waters. >> didn't hear a word she said. i was looking at the james brown wig. if we have a picture -- it is the same -- >> it is the same one. >> no, okay. i got to defend her on that. >> fox host those. saying that criticism was from a love of country. hou

latest, let's cross live to our news reporter greg dawson at metropolitan police headquarters, new scotlandthe threat level is kept the same, at severe, there is the suggestion authorities don't think there are more specific attack is out there, so what are the police saying about which areas might remain closed and which cordons might be lifted? those buses behind me, they have been moved off but there were several vehicles lined up on the pavement. the flashing orange light of tow trucks and our winching those vehicles onto the trucks and taking them away. a sign that they are trying at least to start a clear what was a crime scene. we are seeing in our screens that picture right now. it is worth repeating that relatively speaking, the threat to individuals from terror is absolutely tiny but the idea of these attacks, not just absolutely tiny but the idea of these attacks, notjust to kill but to cause terror. to cause fear. they chose an absolutely iconic place to make this attack. it couldn't be more iconic. the most iconic landmark in central london. journalists surrounded by tourists.

news. scotland yard has named the man police are looking for in connection with the death of a one—year—old. he's bidhya sagar das, who is 33 years old. the huntffor hlmiollows in the finsbury park area of the city. the boy and his twin sister were found last night suffering w..- ,, serious injuries last night. the girl is in a critical condition in hospital. our correspondent jane—frances kelly, is in finsbury park in north london. bring this up to date with the latest details. the police have been around the area all day, doing house—to—house enquiries. they have asked residents if they can search to their accommodation. as you say, in the last two hours, police have released a statement in which they say they wish to trace a suspect and they have named him as bidhya sagar das, he is 33. they say he lived at this address behind me. they say he was at the address before the injured children were discovered, and left before the emergency services arrived. the police are saying to the public if they see him or know where he is, to urgently contact them. they say they are treating this as a d

outside new scotland yard. you can see that knife there now just behind the man there with their white shirt and a blue trousers and in front of the armed officers there, so from the looks of it, it looks like one of those large kitchen knives that you can find in any kitchen up and down the country, and that is what makes these attacks very difficult to guard against because they are devastating in nature. they actually are very low-tech in terms of the planning that is required. you only have to get yourself a vehicle as clearly this attacker got the hyundai 4x4 vehicle and get yourself a knife, and that is all that was required because the absolute devastation we saw on westminster bridge from fairly early on at the start of westminster bridge until right down toward the houses of parliament, that vehicle was up on the pavement, careering into pedestrians who were on that bridge and anyone that knows that particular bridge, even at this time of year, it is very busy with tourists who flock to central london

at new scotland yard, headquarters of london's metropolitan police, a minute's silence.ed his bravery, among them a conservative mp who had known him since they served together in the military. he was a strong, professional public servant, and it was a delight to meet him here again, only a few months after being elected. would my right honourable friend, the prime minister, in recognition of the work that he did, and the other police officers and public servants here in the house do, consider recognising his gallantry and sacrifice formally, with a posthumous recognition? the dead and injured came from across the globe. our correspondent sarah campbell reports on the victims, the dead, and those still lying injured in hospital. a mother on the school run, mown down in broad daylight, aysha frade was 43 years old, and leaves behind a husband and two young daughters. friends and neighbours have been paying tribute to her. she was just a lovely person, with two lovely children. two lovely, lovely girls. how are these children? they've lost their mother. you leave your kids

earlier i spoke to our reporter simonjones who was at new scotland yard for more details.from police today but they haveissued briefings from police today but they have issued two statements, one concerning pc keith palmer, at the time of the attack, that tells us that he was wearing a protective vest. that has been examined by a pathologist as part of the postmortem examination, the pathologist said they could see no signs that the vest had been penetrated or damage, other than the fa ct penetrated or damage, other than the fact it had been cut off by the first aiders, who tried in vain to keep him alive will stop we've also had another statement from scotland yard, concerning the people who have been arrested, we are told that a man from been arrested, we are told that a manfrom birmingham has been arrested, we are told that a man from birmingham has been released with no further action going to be taken, and also, a woman who was released on bail has now been told that no further action is going to be taken against her. she was from east london. that means that currentl

daniel sandford at new scotland yard.y of an american tourist who was killed in the westminster attack said they bore no ill will. kurt and melissa cochran, from utah, were on the final day of a trip to london to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary when they were hit by the car on westminster bridge, killing mr cochran. the family said they wanted to focus on mr cochran‘s legacy of generosity. 0ur correspondent daniela relph reports. it had been their first visit out of the usa — a tour of europe to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary. but on the final day of their trip, kurt cochran was killed on westminster bridge. his wife, melissa cochran—payne, seriously injured. today, 13 members of theirfamily spoke publicly for the first time. from utah, they are a mormon family, who have found strength in their faith. i think it's hard for most of us to imagine here what it must be like to lose somebody in this way. can you give us some sense of the impact on the family? i think it's brought us really close together. 0u

and nick is at new scotland yard for us now. what's the latest with the investigation?for the metropolitan police service and you can see today more people are leaving flowers, taking time to think quietly and remember pc keith palmer who was killed in the line of duty. but also from an investigative point of view, for the police, it was a nightmare scenario because they quickly realised the attacker was someone they quickly realised the attacker was someone who they quickly realised the attacker was someone who was not on they quickly realised the attacker was someone who was not on the intelligence radar, the prime minister later confirmed that he had been investigated by mi5 sometime ago but not certainly for a while. so, in the here and now we know that two people are still in police custody, a 58—year—old man from birmingham and a 27—year—old man from birmingham. both those men were arrested under terrorism legislation which means in theory they can be held for two weeks. the police acted relatively fast i would suggest after the attack, they arrested 11 people in

news. and scotland have won a bronze medal at the world women‘s curling championship in beijing after beating now on bbc one, it‘s time for the news where you are. goodbye. for the news where you are. hello. this is bbc news. more now on what the home secretary, amber rudd said today about the intelligence services‘ access to encrypted messaging services. shortly before khalid masood killed four people in westminster on wednesday, it‘s understood that his phone had connected to the messaging app whatsapp. the home secretary set out her concerns on the andrew marr programme this morning. there should be no place for terrorists to hate. we need to make sure that organisations —— we need to organisations make sure that organisations like whatsapp, —— we need to organisations make sure that organisations like whatsapp, and there are plenty of others like that, don‘t provide a secret place for terrorists to communicate with each other. we need to make sure that our intelligence services have this facility. this is what is going on between apple and the fbi in washington, and they have so far said

ben wright, bbc news, scotland's first minister has told the bbc she wants to find a referendum date at the party's spring conference in aberdeen, nicola sturgeon said she was "up for continued discussion" with theresa may on the matter. the prime minister, who's been speaking at the conservative spring conference in cardiff — reiterated that independence would be ‘bad for scotland, bad for the uk and bad for us all‘. our political correspondent iain watson has the latest. at the snp conference it is hardly surprising that the focus is on a second referendum on scottish independence. we don't know when it will take place. legally it is westminster, not scotland's first minister, that takes the decision. but here it feels like the campaign is already under way. the members are delighted at the call for another vote within two years but pro—union campaigners do not want it to happen at all. the snp's deputy leader had a message for them and for the prime minister. people of this country will have their choice. they will not be denied their say. and no uk prime minister, no uk prime min

daniel sandford, bbc news at new scotland yard.ntial candidate francois fillon. mr fillon is being investigated after allegations that he paid his family out of public funds, for little or no work. 0ur correspondent hugh schofield is in paris. the latest twist is his rolling out of alainjuppe, he delivered the declaration this morning in quite a betterfashion. declaration this morning in quite a better fashion. clearly declaration this morning in quite a betterfashion. clearly he is declaration this morning in quite a better fashion. clearly he is very embittered and angry and he held francois fillon responsible for the mess the centre—right is in now in france. he said there was no way that he would stand as this alternative candidate and would not be the plan b. so now does that mean it is inevitable but francois fillon is the candidate and the party more or less has got to rally around him. well, maybe or maybe not because things are still going on, there are still negotiations behind closed doors. and the key figure is emerging

daniel sandford, bbc news, at new scotland yard.00 for food safety breaches. inspectors found dead mice and flies at its north london home delivery depot which distributes food to online customers across london and essex. mouse droppings were also found on the shelves. cereal and sugar packets had been gnawed by rodents. a zoo in cumbria where a keeper was mauled to death by a tiger — and nearly 500 animals have died over a three year period — has been ordered to close, pending appeal. south lakes zoo had been sharply criticised by inspectors for overcrowding and poor animal welfare. 0ur correspondent danny savage is there. danny. conditions here for some of the animals were very poor, the exotic animals were very poor, the exotic animals were very poor, the exotic animals were kept in on heated rat infested conditions, falling over on icy surfaces, as well. if you read the report, by inspectors who, you would be large white has been granted a licence and has been told to close down. —— you would soon see. thin this afternoon, visit

said her thoughts and sympathy were with all of those affected by yesterday's awful violence, at new scotlandan police paid their tributes to a fallen colleague, after an attack on the capital that everyone had dreaded and trained for, but is now determined to overcome. with the union flag at half—mast above the palace of westminster, the immediate area around parliament remains closed to the public. that includes westminster bridge, where shortly before 3pm yesterday afternoon, a lone attacker drove a four—wheel drive vehicle at high speed through an unsuspecting crowd of tourists, police officers and londoners going about their business. one victim was catapulted into the thames, as the car mounted the curb. the unnamed woman was pulled from the river injured, but alive. the vehicle continued at speed, past big ben, and crashed into the railings surrounding the palace of westminster. but the attacker got out, and armed with two large knives, ran around to the main gates, where he stabbed a police officer, 48—year—old keith palmer. as he continued further into the grounds, the assailant was

it would confront scotland with a new national question. do you want to be part of, the british one or the european one? that is an argument we haven't started to have. it is not hypothetical now, it is real and urgent. the uk appears to have voted out, scotland has voted in. we voted to protect our place in the world's biggest single market and the jobs that depend on it. what i am proposing cannot mean membership of the single market. we voted to safeguard freedom to travel, live, work and study in other european countries. brexit must mean control the number of people who come to britain from europe and that is what we will deliver. i want to take the opportunity this morning to speak directly to citizens of other european countries living here in scotland. you remain welcome here, scotland is your home and your contribution is valued. last summer's eu referendum bill left the uk looking like two different countries articulated into mutually hostile visions of the future. a second independence referendum, if and when it comes, will be fo

they are live from central london with news about the london terror attacks, bringing all the news from scotlandured were. the top stories this hour. police in london say wednesday‘s attack outside the houses of parliament — which killed four people and injured a0 others —

monday, the scottish first minister said she wants to have a new independence referendum to keep scotland from being dragged out of the eu without it's well. scotland voted against independence in 2014 but a majority also voted to stay in the eu in last year's brexit referendum. for more on the story, let's go to london. benedict, tell us more about this brexit bill and what happens next. well, last night, and in fact, yesterday, was an historic day for the united kingdom. theresa may finally got that much wanted and the necessary says fromt that parliament, the upper house and the lower house, the house of lords, they did not add any amendments to this eu withdrawal bill, as it is known. now what is needed, and believe will come in the next few hours, the head of state, the queen will give her royal assent. then effectively that brexit bill becomes law, that bill that authorizes the prime minister of the united kingdom to trigger that article 50 of the lisbon treaty. before 50, never invoked , and that is the will of the british people, as expressed on the 23rd of june, 2016, wanting the

now on bbc news: europe — scotland's dilemma.llan little travels to moray, the part of the nation which came closest to voting leave, to find out what the decision could mean for workers and business owners. scotland's streets are full of tributes to those who have helped shape the country and wider europe. thinkers, poets, warriors. but now scotland is torn between two identities, its british self and its european one. scotland can now no longer belong to both. this dilemma is brewing into an acute constitutional crisis. what effect will leaving the eu have on those whose livelihoods have been shaped by european membership for decades? what we do need to know and know fast is where our future workforce is going to come from. and how will scotland cope as britain leaves the single market? 80% of all the food we sell out of scotland goes to europe. europe is the ball game for our export right now. scotland did not choose this. it rejected brexit, but brexit is being thrust upon it. what would that do for the 300—year—old union bet

we have seen the news from scotland, we know how difficult the situation will be in highland, there are tricky issues coming up to anybody who thinks that it will be plain sailing is going to be disappointed. thank you very much indeed. they are some of the issues that theresa may will wrestle with. we will be triggering article 50 towards the end of this month. vicky young thank you very much. more of course in scotland, before all of that, let us check on the weather forecast. mild start to the week and a really pleasa nt mild start to the week and a really pleasant one, the best of the sunshine has been in east anglia and that east england, but also, in northern ireland, where the temperatures reached 16. 6 northern ireland, where the temperatures reached 16.6 celsius, the warmest day in the year so far in northern ireland. there have been some areas of cloud drifting south—eastwards, that continues to night and into tomorrow, it could well be, where you had been cleared today, you get cloud increasing overnight, mild air mass, across the uk with temperatures not going down too far.

still to come for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news — scotland could get another independence and a leaked recording of us house speaker paul ryan reveals some scathing comments about donald trump — what's interesting though is the timing of the leak, and its source. that's still to come on 100 days, from bbc news. fine and mild weather for the fine and mild weatherfor the uk, not making news headlines. what is going on in north america is. that north—eastern storm dumping snow inland, away from the immediate east coast in the north east of the usa. the jet stream becoming coast in the north east of the usa. thejet stream becoming more powerful as the cold air comes out of north america this week, that means that the jet stream becomes much more active and will affect our weather towards the end of next week. high pressure going into wednesday. we have scenes like this today, near york, plenty wednesday. we have scenes like this today, nearyork, plenty of wednesday. we have scenes like this today, near york, plenty of sunshine with blossoms doing well. in northern ireland, ano

our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford is outside new scotland yard. but first the latest on the moment, but first the latest on the investigation as you understand it. quite interesting new lines are coming out of scotland yard tonight, one of them is going back to the messaging that richard was preparing to the end of that report, to say that there has been much speculation about who he was in contact with immediately prior to the attack, or we can say at this point was that his communications are a main line of enquiry. and if you had from him on the 22nd of march please come forward now, the information you have made prove important to establishing his state of mind. you can get the sense that people want to hear from those who had from khalid masood in the last few hours as an aid to building up a picture of his state of mind. going on, the police say there was no evidence that he was in bad glasgow prison in 2003, as has been suggested, —— that he was radicalised. and there is no evidence that he was associated with so—called islamic state and al-

as you say, the news coming from scotland, that it is looking for a new referendum on its position inhe united kingdom, it throws in a brand—new curveball, which makes things that much more complicated, given the fact that europe as well has an extremely interesting year ahead with the various general elections i have mentioned. it means these negotiations will be extremely critical, doesn't it? yes, and again i think what we are going to see in 2017 is a pretty high—level conversation about a couple of points. 0ne conversation about a couple of points. one that we have been frankly reading about in the media quite a bit over the last weeks and months, is the £60 billion brexit bill, the question of residents writes for eu citizens and vice—versa. i think the really thorny issue for the uk and the eu relationship, free trade agreements, the future of freedom of movement, these kinds of issues, they will not be discussed until 2018 because only european side the question is, you know, who is going to lead france, who is going to leave the netherlands, what about the next german governm

. >> reporter: 12 relatives traveled to london, speaking here at new scotland yard, th k thanking the, medical personnel and those who helped. >> so many people have been so kind and we are deeply 20utouch by their goodness and generosity. >> reporter: the couple were visiting melissa's parents serving as missionaries in the london church of ladder day saints and say they will travel back to the u.s. with their daughter when she has recovered. >> this has been a humbling and difficult experience. we felt the love of so many people during these past several days. >> reporter: this was curt's first trip overseas and his family says he was absolutely loving it and couldn't wait to get home to upload all those pho photos. "abc news," london. >> a 22-year-old oklahoma police officer injured in an overnight shootout has died. police say justin turny pulled over a vehicle last night, about 35 miles southeast of oklahoma city. officials say the suspect ran, turned and used his stun gun but the suspect shot turny several times, and he shot back hitting the suspect several times and he underwen

representatives of mosques and muslim schools have been meeting with police at new scotland yard todayh to extremism. it is really important that the community gets together and does not allow terrorists to divide us. these extremists, who are a minority, are trying to sow the seeds of division, and they are not going to win. we are getting very wa ry going to win. we are getting very wary of having to justify our faith and conned them every time such attacks happen. —— condemn every time. i think we need to deal with the root causes, and we have all agreed that we will be more frank in our discussions to try to deal with some of the thoughts and ideology that encourage this kind of extremist views, which has nothing to do with islam, as the doctor said. when you said be more frank in your discussions, what does that mean in practice? that means we want to say to all of these preachers, imam 's, leaders, they must speak aloud against that, and must use all the possibilities, mosques, islamic centres, everywhere, really, from the muslim side at least, which we are representing. to show

there's a new complication. scotland may want to secede from the uk before the uk exits the eu.obertson tracking the twists and turns live for us from london. scotland trying to protect its own financial future with the eu here because of britain's intent to exit. >> reporter: 62% of people in scotland voted to remain part of the european union, the first minister of scotland tweeted this morning that prime minister theresa may is taking the country off a cliff with no safe place to land. she says people of scotland didn't vote for this, they don't want it, she's calling for an independence referendum. 69 votes for, 59 against in the scottish parliament. yesterday theresa may said and will say in parliament when she reads out the details of that letter that will be delivered in a few hours time to the european counsel president donald tusk in brussels as he gets that letter that she signed last night she will go through it in a couple of hours from now. she will say her negotiations for brexit will be inclusive for everybody in britain, wales, scotland, the country side, the vil