richard galpin reports. dressed in yellow jumpsuit, 15,000 feet. richard galpin reports.s determined to become the world's oldest skydiver and is doing it with his son, grandson and great—grandson. as the plane it gradually climbs to the correct altitude, they need to be at 15,000 feet, verdun hayes is moved into position to make what is only his second ever jump. and the former soldier who fought and was wounded in the second world war has nerves of steel. he is particularly fond of the brief freefall when they are descending at more than 120 mph. then it is back down to earth. well done! congratulations! herraiz! and with all four generations of the family back down safely, it is time for eve ryo ne back down safely, it is time for everyone to celebrate the new record he has just everyone to celebrate the new record he hasjust said. beautiful. iwould do it again tomorrow. it is lovely. absolutely lovely. perfect. and how was the landing? better than last time! and all this for a man who backin time! and all this for a man who back in the second world war, as a vetera n

richard galpin has the story.come the world's oldest skydiver. and he is doing it with with his son, grandson, and great—grandson. as the plane gradually climbs to the correct altitude — they need to be at 15,000 feet — verdun hayes prepares to make his second ever jump. and the former soldier, who fought and was wounded in the second world war, has nerves of steel. he's particularly fond of the brief free—fall, when they're descending at more than 120 miles an hour. then it's back down to earth. you've done it verdun! congratulations! hooray! and with all four generations of the family back down safely, it's time for everyone to celebrate the record that he's just set. beautiful! i — really, iwould do it again tomorrow. i would, truthfully. it's lovely. absolutely lovely. perfect. and how was the landing? better than last time. and all this for a man who, back in the second world war, as a veteran of the d—day landings, assumed he would never return alive. but even at the age of 101, he is still more than alive,

richard galpin, bbc news.e government had identified in its security review that cyber threats were one of the greatest threats to the country. in our security reviewjust over a year and a few months ago, we identified cyber threats as one of the three principal threats and we set aside £1.9 billion to protect us better against cyber and a large chunk of that went to the nhs. but you didn't pay for the upgrade in 2015. hang on, we are spending around £50 million on the nhs cyber systems to improve their security. we have encouraged the nhs trusts to reduce their exposure to the weakest system, the windows xp. only 5%, less than 5% of the trusts, actually use that system any more and there is money available to strengthen these systems. but you did not pay for them to strengthen that system at a crucial moment in 2015, did you? that was an old system, we didn't want them to use that. we wanted them to use modern systems that are better protected. we warned them and they were warned again in the spring. they wer

richard galpin, bbc news.tugal to hundreds of cheering fans. the 27—year—old singer has become an overnight celebrity. taking the eurovision trophy singing a love song — in his native tongue. the slightly overwhelmed winner had earlier admitted to not understanding this years complex voting system, but says he was very happy with the result, none the less. don't forget you can get in touch with me to discuss any of the stories we're covering via twitter — i'm @tomdonkinbbc. but from me and the team that's it for now — see you soon. businesses around the world are anxiously waiting to see if they will receive a new way of cyber attacks. 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's originated from quite fa

richard galpin reports. to become the world's oldest skydiver. he is doing it with his son, grandson and great—grandson. as the plane gradually climbs to the correct altitude, they need to be at 15,000 feet, mr hayes is moved into position to make what is only his second everjump. the former soldier, who fought and was wounded in the second world war, has nerves of steel. he is particularly fond of the brief freefall when they are descending at more than 120 mph. then it is back down to earth. congratulations! well done! hurray! with all four generations of the family back down safely, it is time for everyone to celebrate the new record that he has just set. beautiful. i would do it again tomorrow. it is lovely. absolutely lovely. perfect! how was the landing? better than last time! and all of this for a man who, back in the second world war as a veteran of the d—day landings, had assumed he would never return home alive. but even at the age of 101, he still is more than alive, doing things that many half hi

richard galpin reports.er attack hit the nhs hardest, leading to cancellations and delays at hospitals and gp surgeries across england and scotland. but ministers attending a meeting of the crisis response team cobra yesterday concluded that the situation was back under control and the nhs was working as normal again, for the most part. and nhs officials insisted that the disruption was not because they were using old microsoft computer operating systems vulnerable to attack. the nhs has some of the most up—to—date technology in the world. if you look back to december 2015, about one in five devices were using xp but now it is less than one in 20. although the worse may be over for now, several hospitals like this one here in york are warning that the disruption will continue beyond the weekend. in the wake of such a virulent cyber attack, security experts are calling on everyone to take simple measures to protect their computers from hackers demanding ransoms to unlock their computer files. the first one is

richard galpin reports.s, the trauma of civil war continues. this apparently the aftermath of an air strike, near the capital damascus. leaving yet more children caught up in the fighting between the government and rebels. but thousands of miles away in kazakhstan, where peace talks are taking place, there's now a glimmer of hope. russia's one of the main sponsors of the talks here, and speaking in sochi yesterday, president putin pushed the idea for the creation of safe zones in syria. translation: our common sense is the establishment of the safe zone should lead to further pacification of the situation, and to the strengthening of the ceasefire regime, to curb bloody conflicts. this is the most important condition for allowing the parties to start political dialogue. the aim would be to damp down the fighting, including stopping regime air strikes in the major rebel held areas. refugees could then return home and aid could reach those in need. if we see that a monitoring mechanism, a serious monitoring me

richard galpin, bbc news. terrifying accounts of what went on last night.s, not knowing where they were. people talking about the explosion, saying nuts and bolts flying through the air, and seeing casualties as well. danny savage has a report and you may find some parts distressing. this is my daughter, olivia. i have not seen her since 5.00 last night. she was at the ariana grande concert with her friend. i'm worried sick. if anybody has seen her, contact the police, contact somebody, let her know that you've seen her. even if you think you have seen her, just let the police know, please. an appealfrom a desperate mum. charlotte campbell hasn't heard from her daughter, olivia, who was at the concert last night. her family has been out searching for the teenager for hours. i need my daughter home. i need to know where she is. on the wards of numerous hospitals across manchester, the casualties have been treated and the bereaved are being comforted. we saw families crying and shaking. we weren't sure what happened. we thought it was a balloon that had poppe

richard galpin reports. propaganda videos from extremists. hate speech.d be removed much more rapidly from social media sites, according to today's report. the home affairs committee took evidence from the tech giants facebook, twitter, and google, which owns youtube. they have billions of users around the world, and mps have lost patience. i think the richest, biggest companies in the world have both the ability and a responsibility to make sure that this kind of illegal and dangerous material is removed. i don't think they are taking this seriously enough, and i think they need to. and it's notjust angry words being fired off at the tech firms. the report also suggests some tough sanctions, imposing multi—million—pound fines on companies failing to remove unacceptable posts fast enough, and forcing them to pay for police investigations into suspect online material. but some charities want mps to go further.

richard galpin, bbc news.s thursday, millions of voters in england will elect a new kind of politician — the first—ever metro mayors — as power is devolved from westminster to some english regions. there are six areas electing a metro mayor, including the west midlands, from where our home editor mark easton now reports. in a baptist church on the edge of birmingham, the pews are filling for an election hustings. nothing to do with the national or the local campaigns, 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

richard galpin reports.f tell mama, a group that supports victims of anti—muslim hate and monitors anti—muslim incidents. he gave evidence to the home affairs select committee: well we made a number of things clear, for example agencies like google, twitter and youtube are not removing far right material even when they were notified that there we re when they were notified that there were extremist material. they were not delinking from the material not moving it from twitter platforms and if they did that bennett accused to get material. we also made very clear to the home affairs select commitee that if you looked at platforms like twitter which were used by young people and a vast number of individuals in our country, the fact is even if an account was closed, twitter could not stop somebody opening up another account and continuing with their harassment so there were no safeguards of the systems that entrepreneurs in san francisco.... we also made clear and it was accepted, that the fact there was a soci

richard galpin, bbc news.ee hit men to kill his wealthy partner. the old bailey heard david harris, who's 68 and from west sussex, wanted hazel allinson dead in order to inherit her fortune. here's duncan kennedy. for nearly 30 years, david harris and hazel allinson shared a life together, but harris had a secret and a problem. the secret was ugne cekaviciute, a woman he met in a brothel. the problem was he was broke and couldn't indulge her. so harris decided to try to hire not one, not two, but three hitmen to kill his partner, hazel, and set up life with ugne. hire three separate hitmen to kill your partner, it all sounds ludicrous, but that's exactly what david harris did. his aim was to get rid of hazel, and get his hands on the £800,000 house here in west sussex. all the hitmen, including number two, duke dean, were innocent. did you get the impression he was serious about getting rid of hazel? he was quite serious about that. that's what he wanted? that's what he wanted. harris told police he was resear

richard galpin has the details.tic tenure at the white house is steadily being engulfed by allegations of inappropriate links with russia. direct if you would rise. so much so a former fbi director, robert mueller, has been called in to lead the growing investigation into the allegations. he seen as an independent outsider and has been welcomed by democrat and has been welcomed by democrat and republican politicians. and has been welcomed by democrat and republican politiciansm and has been welcomed by democrat and republican politicians. it is evidence the administration is taking it seriously, good news.” don't believe it was necessary, i don't believe it was necessary, i don't believe it was necessary, i don't believe in special counsels, they can go off on their own. having said that, i've got a lot of confidence. there has to be confidence. there—hazttrhe—h ccnfidence. there—heeh‘rhe—h gag-72:2! ccnfidence. there—heeh‘rhe—h excellent choice. at the root of this, the alleged collusion between trump's campaign te

richard galpin, bbc news. what an achievement. most of us caught a bit of sunshine today, it was not too bad, a couple of showers, but a pretty good day. a different story for monday, the cloud is rolling of the atlantic. the weather system will spoil the weather for most of us tomorrow. the clear weather across the uk now. the evening is looking clear across most of the uk, but by the time we get to midnight, we see the cloud approach. clear skies across the extreme east, and in the early hours of monday it turns wet across south—western parts, wales, the irish sea, northern ireland and south—western scotland. the rain will be heavy across the hills. a wet morning. the rain pushes through in northern ireland as well. it is wet across the lake district, into north—western england and wales. plenty of rain in the south west and central and southern england. it is not quite raining in kent and sussex, through east anglia, but eventually, the second half of the morning, most of the uk is involved with the cloud, and it will be damp.

richard galpin reports. brief, chaotic tenure at the white house is steadily being engulfed by allegations of inappropriate links with russia. director, if you would rise. so much so, a former fbi director, robert mueller, has been called in as special prosecutor to lead the growing investigation into the allegations. he's seen as an independent outsider and has been welcomed by democrat and republican politicians. it is a very positive development. it is evidence the administration is taking it seriously, good news. i don't believe it was necessary, i don't believe in special counsels, that they can go off on their own. having said that, i've got a lot of confidence in bob mueller. if there has to be a special counsel, they made an excellent choice. at the root of this, the alleged collusion between trump's campaign team and russian officials during and after last year's us election. in february trump's national security adviser michael flynn had to resign because he'd lied about his contacts with russia. t

richard galpin, bbc news. ago. the company has come under sustained pressure in recent weeks over its handling of hate speech, child abuse and self—harm on the social network. yesterday, its chief executive mark zuckerberg announced it was hiring 3,000 extra people to moderate content on the site. a short time ago i spoke to our technology correspondent, rory cellan—jones, and asked him why people were flocking to facebook in such numbers. we've mark duffy years ago, well, facebook mark, when it got to a billion people, and people wondered what an extraordinary business it is, almost frighteningly strong, bigger than some nations, but now is a third of the world's population, getting on for. most of the new users outside north america and europe, in developing nations. as more people come online, often it seems the first thing they do is join facebook. in some parts of the developing world they say facebook is the word that is synonymous with the internet, that is how they associate the internet. the other sid

richard galpin, bbc news.ack here at the manchester arena have been taken to eight hospitals in and around manchester where they have been treated now. anita mcvey is at one of them. the manchester royal infirmary. anita, what‘s the latest? manchester royal infirmary. anita, what's the latest? thank you, here at the manchester royal infirmary, where nine of those injured in last night‘s attack are being treated. this is one of the area‘s major trauma centres, along with the trauma centres, along with the trauma centres, along with the trauma centre at salford royal where another six of the victims are being treated for their injuries. we heard a little earlier, in a news conference, that some people are requiring intensive care, that some people will be in hospitalfor requiring intensive care, that some people will be in hospital for what was described as "a long time." and that others will have life—changing injuries. but beyond that, no further detail or specific detail on how many of those injured are child

richard galpin, bbc news.respondent there. bring us up to date on what people are now saying, given that the special investigator has been appointed, how do you sense the pressure building. in many ways, people are here on capitol hill breathing a sigh of relief, because robert muller is is a very respected person to leave this investigation, and people from both sides of the political aisle believe he will do a fairand political aisle believe he will do a fair and thorough job. —— political aisle believe he will do a fairand thoroughjob. —— robert mueller. that does not take away from the fact that there are still many people wanting questions answered, james comey‘s firing, and the other news, about what president trump did and did not reveal to the russians. the senate, later today, will receive a closed—door briefing from the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein and it is likely that a lot of those questions will come up, it is not clear what answer senators will get on that, the house later this week wi

richard galpin, bbc news.ou ijust want to bring you the news we we re ijust want to bring you the news we were breaking a few minutes ago about the police operation in fallowfield in the south of manchester. you can see pictures there from the air and we are hearing police carried out a controlled explosion in the fallowfield district, to the south of the city centre, part of the investigation into the bomb attack here at the manchester arena which has claimed 22 lives. a statement from the police, they have executed warrants, one in whalley range and one in an four were they say a controlled explosion took place. —— one in fallowfield. terrifying accou nts one in fallowfield. terrifying accounts have been emerging throughout the day in manchester. the people have been talking about the distress as they were separated from loved ones. they sought nuts and bolts from the blast flying through the air. danny savage reports on those caught up in the attack. again, you may find some of the images in this report dis

richard galpin reports. propaganda videos from extremists. hate speech.ould be removed much more rapidly from social media sites, according to today's report. the home affairs committee took evidence from the tech giants facebook, twitter and google, which owns youtube. they have billions of users around the world, and mps have lost patience. well, i think the richest and biggest companies in the world have both the ability and a responsibility to make sure that this kind of illegal and dangerous material is removed. i don't think they are taking this seriously enough, and they need to. and it is notjust angry words being fired off at the tech firms. the report also suggests some tough sanctions, imposing multimillion—pound fines on companies failing to remove unacceptable posts fast enough, and forcing them to pay for police investigations into suspect online material. but some charities want mps to go further. the nspcc thinks there should be an independent regulator to hold social media companies to account, and that that regulator should have teeth, i

a warning that this report, from richard galpin, contains scenes you might find distressing. 0h oh my is going on? something has happened. what had been a night of online elation for thousands of teenagers. 0h, been a night of online elation for thousands of teenagers. oh, my god. turned to absolute panic. everyone's heard what they think is a bomb going off. and the only thing now is to get out of this arena, as fast as possible. it was shocking. like, just heard this massive bang. then eve ryo ne just heard this massive bang. then everyone started running towards us, screaming and crying. everyonejust jumping over us to get out. screaming and crying. everyonejust jumping over us to get outlj screaming and crying. everyonejust jumping over us to get out. i saw parents with kids running out with blood all over them. i picked this lady up who said she was looking for hergrand kids, lady up who said she was looking for her grand kids, who couldn't find her grand kids, who couldn't find hergrand kids, her grand kids, who couldn't find her grand kids, she picked up a young girl on the flo

richard galpin reports. dressed in a yellowjumpsuit, burdon hayes, prepares to make history.reat—grandson. as the playing close to the great altitude, they need to be at 15,000 feet, verdun hayes prepares to make his second ever jump. and the former soldier, who fought and who was wounded in the second world war, has no is a skill. he is clearly fond of the free—fall, when they are descending at 120 miles an hour. —— has nerves of steel. that it is back to earth. miles an hour. —— has nerves of steel. that it is back to earthlj have done at! congratulations! are! —— done it. have done at! congratulations! are! -- done it. and with all four generations of the family backed out safely, it is time to celebrate the record here is just safely, it is time to celebrate the record here isjust that. beautiful i would do it again tomorrow. . —— done —— back down. i would do it again. and all this for a man who backin again. and all this for a man who back in the second world war, as a vetera n back in the second world war, as a veteran of the d—day landings assumed he would never retur

richard galpin reports.llegal content, including sexualised images of children, had not been removed quickly enough from the website of social media companies. despite repeated requests for this to be done. the home affairs committee had taken evidence from facebook, twitter and google, which owns youtube. the companies have billions of users around the world. mps have now lost patience. i think the richest and biggest companies in the world have both the ability and the responsibility to make sure that this kind of illegal and dangerous material is removed. i do not think they are taking this seriously enough, and i think they need to. the mps suggest fines, potentially millions of pounds, the companies which do not remove posts enough. they are also proposing that companies pay for police to investigate online material suspected of being illegal. but is it really possible to quickly spot extremist material, like thisjihadist recruitment video, amid the millions of posts being put up on social media sites e

richard galpin reports.olfers. he's just been arrested and charged with driving under the influence of either alcohol or drugs. he had been stopped by police here, near his home in florida, and was held for several hours before being released. he soon put out a statement saying, i want the public to know alcohol was not involved. what happened was an unexpected reaction to prescribed medications. i'd like to apologise with all my heart to my family, friends and the fans. i will do everything in my power to ensure this never happens again. but this sports publicist believes the arrest and tiger woods recurrent injuries could now spell the end to his career. i think there area the end to his career. i think there are a lot of reasons why tiger woods should have retired sometime ago, given his back injuries and he has carried on, thinking he can transform his career and get back to the level at which he is at. perhaps that obstinacy is why he was so successful in the first place. he's not getting any younger. h

our first report is by our correspondent, richard galpin. in the attack on monday night, seven have now been named, including olivia campbell, who was 15 years old. her family have been desperately searching for her, hoping she was still alive. another of the victims was kelly brewster from sheffield. her partner said he and their daughter, like everyone, were absolutely devastated will stop and martyn hett, a pr manager, whose friends described him as wonderful, iconic and beautiful. much more is also now known of the person who detonated the powerful bomb, filled with metal nuts and bolts at the manchester arena, killing and maiming so many people. he was 22—year—old salman abedi, brought up in manchester of libyan parents. he was known to the security services. a former classmate has described him as gullible and short tempered and that he'd become increasingly religious at school. there are now reports he had travelled to countries where it is it extremists are based. the french interior minister said he had been told by investigators he

richard galpin has the details.rief, chaotic tenure at the white house is being engulfed by allegations of inappropriate links with russia. if you would please rise? so much so that a former fbi director robert mueller has been called in to read the growing investigation into the allegations. is seen as an independent outsider and has been welcomed by both democrats and republicans. it is a very positive development and evidence the administration is taking this seriously, good news.” administration is taking this seriously, good news. i don't believe it was necessary. having said that, if there has to be a special counsel, they made an excellent choice. at the root of all this is the alleged collusion between trump's campaign team and russian officials during and after last yea r‘s russian officials during and after last year's us election. in february, trump's national—security adviser michael flynn had to resign because he lied about his contacts with russia. the next day, it has emerged the president allegedly a

our correspondent richard galpin reports. what will happen when medical staff, especially at gps‘ surgeries, return to work and switch on their computers for the first time since friday. organisations that were hit on friday and over the weekend might find that some of the problems have spread. that‘s not to say that the attacks are new. it‘s a repercussion of what happened on friday. this map shows how the malicious software has spread across the world. there are now 200,000 victims, including large businesses and organisations in more than 150 countries. and microsoft, whose popular computer operating systems were the target of the attack, has warned governments what happened is a wake—up call, particularly for those governments deliberately keeping quiet about software vulnerabilities so they can exploit these themselves. we will try and keep you updated throughout the morning on breakfast. there are fears that more medical staff may discover their computers have been infected when they switch on this morning. let‘s get th

warning workers to protect their devices, in case of a new wave of attacks, as our correspondent richard galpinorts. this unprecedented global cyber attack hit the nhs hardest, leading to cancellations and delays at hospitals and gp surgeries across england and scotland. but ministers attending a meeting of the crisis response team cobra yesterday concluded that the situation was back under control and the nhs was working as normal again, for the most part. and nhs officials insisetd that the disruption was not because they were using old microsoft computer operating systems vulnerable to attack. the nhs has some of the most up—to—date technology in the world. if you look back to december 2015, about one in five devices were using xp but now it is less than one in 20. although the worse may be over for now, several hospitals like this one here in york are warning that the disruption will continue beyond the weekend. in the wake of such a virulent cyber attack, security experts are calling on everyone to take simple measures to protect their computers from hackers demanding ransoms to unlock the

our correspondent richard galpin has the latest.n the attack on monday night, more have been named including olivia campbell, who was 15 years old. herfamily including olivia campbell, who was 15 years old. her family have been desperately searching for her, hoping she was still alive. amongst the other victims was kelly brewster from sheffield whose partner said he and their daughter, like everyone, were absolutely devastated. and martin hett a pr manager whose friends described him as wonderful, iconic and beautiful. much more is also now known of the person who detonated the powerful bomb filled with metal nuts and bolts at the manchester arena, killing and maiming so many people. he was 22—year—old salman abedi, born and brought up in manchester, of libyan parents. he was known to the security services. a former classmate has described him as gullible and short tempered and that he had become increasingly religious at school. there are now reports he travelled to countries where islamist extremists are based. the french interior

our correspondent richard galpin reports.t hit the health service on friday is still causing serious problems at seven hospitals and other nhs organisations in england. particularly the ability to diagnose medical conditions. the images from mri and ct scanning machines, as well as x—rays, can no longer be sent via computer to operating theatres. but the other big worry this morning is what'll happen when medical staff, especially at gp surgeries, return to work and switch on their computers for the first time since friday. organisations that were affected on friday and over the weekend might find that some of the problems have spread. that's not to say that the attacks are new. it's a repercussion of what happened on friday. this map shows how the malicious software has spread across the world. there are now 200,000 victims, including large businesses and organisations, in more than 150 countries. microsoft, whose popular computer operating systems were the target of the attack, has warned governments, what's happened is a w

joining us from just outside our newsroom where i'm sitting, our correspondent richard galpin. was being told by political sources, the aim of it was for a different audience, provided by de one show, to get in the minister's husband, and to get to know her a bit better. to get to know them as a couple. did it work? i'mjoined bya couple. did it work? i'mjoined bya couple of guests. we have caroline frost, from the huffington post. and joanne nadler, author, written books on the conservative party. you were a spin doctor underjohn major's conservative government. can i start with you, what is your reaction to what has happened today? do you think, it seems like there was clear goals, did they achieve them? what we did see was a very authentic version of mrs may and her husband. who i have known for very many years. not particularly well, that i have met them on several occasions. have they come across on the television is how they come across when you meet them face to face. if the intention was to introduce people to the real mr and mrs may, it was a successful project. do you

our first report this evening comes from richard galpin.ishop of manchester in the coming 30 minutes. this report contains scenes you might find distressing. 0h, oh, my god. what's going on? what had been a night ofjoy and elation for thousands of teenagers... had been a night ofjoy and elation for thousands of teenagers. .. 0h, had been a night ofjoy and elation for thousands of teenagers. .. oh, my god! turns absolute panic. everyone's heard what they think is a bomb going off. and the only thing now is to get out of this arena as fast as possible. it was shocking. just heard this massive bang and then everyone started running towards us screaming and crying. everyone trampled all over us to get out. i have seen parents with kids running out with blood all over them. i picked this lady who said she was looking for the grandkids. she couldn't find them. we picked up a young girl of the floor was cove red a young girl of the floor was covered in blood with her parents next to them. it was bizarre. there is glass and there are nuts, metal nu

our correspondent richard galpin is on the bbc piazza overlooking "the one show" backdrop.ay is the first time he‘s ever done a tv interview let alone sitting down with his wife is a prime minister talking during an election campaign. he is very much been in the limelight ever since she became prime minister, he has a big job in the city he is a relationship manager at a big investment firm in london, but of course the one show is more of a relaxed kind of show. and a bit more chatty and what political sources have been saying to me is that this is a chance for philip may two be better known, to something a audience which this show has and also sources saying it is a chance for the audience to get to get to know the prime minister better. it is obviously a key moment in the run—up to this snap election. thank you. the sun columnist, and former editor, kelvin mackenzie is leaving the paper — because of controversial remarks he made about the everton footballer, ross barkley. kelvin mackenzie was suspended last month after comparing the player to a gorilla. 0ur media editor,

richard galpin has this report. in the city announced they were still treating more than 60 people, 20 of them are in a critical condition and amongst them are some children. they are highly complex injuries and they require extra intensive ca re complex injuries and they require extra intensive care and stabilisation and surgery in many cases as well. major traumatic injuries so major wounds, damage to organs, embedded objects etc. and this is the man who detonated the bomb packed with metal, nuts and bolts at the manchester arena. 22—year—old salman abedi, born and brought up in manchester of libyan pa rents. brought up in manchester of libyan parents. a man united football fan who worked in the local bakery, it is now emerged that he recently travelled to libya. last night the authorities raised the terrorist threat level to critical, the highest possible. it means armed police will now be backed up by thousands of troops across the country. there are fears that salman abedi was part of a network of extremists. t