ronald blake helped john despite having no first—aid training.. ronald blake held onto the tourniquet for nearly an hour, during which time no paramedics came to help. those injured by the bomb were being carried out of the room to medics, who were waiting downstairs at the train station next door. there were no stretchers, sojohn atkinson was moved onto a merchandise display board, but it broke as he was being dragged out of the room. he was then put onto a metal barrier. john atkinson's family thanked ronald blake for his heroism but it was an extremely difficult day for them in court, hearing harrowing details about the wayjohn gripped onto the metal barrier as he was being carried, to stop himself sliding off — and, heartbreakingly, that he several times asked those with him if he was going to die. the public enquiry will consider whetherjohn atkinson could have survived. the court has been told that experts believe that quicker medical intervention could have made a real difference to him. judith moritz, bbc news, manchester. the high court

a member of the public, ronald blake, went to his side and called 999. police emergency.ally injured. his leg is pumping. you need to put pressure on it. 0k? have you got anything on you? in court today, it emerged that ronald blake helped john despite being injured himself and with his own daughter missing. he had had no first aid training. had you ever seen a tourniquet used by anybody? just like everybody else, on telly. ronald blake held onto the tourniquet for nearly an hour during which time no paramedics came to help. others were coming and going and trying to do their bit but the real substantive help tojohn was being given by you and you alone, is that right? at the time, yeah. those injured by the bomb were being carried out of the room to medics who were waiting downstairs at the train station next door. there were no stretchers, sojohn atkinson was moved on to a merchandise display board, but it broke as he was being dragged out of the room. he was then put onto a metal barrier. john atkinson's family thanked ronald blake for his heroism but it was an extremel

that is despite the fact that ronald blake was injured himself and he did not know where his daughteronald blake left him, thinking that he was going to be ok and that he was somebody who could survive. john atkinson was carried out on an advertising hoarding and a metal barrier and the court has heard he was gripping onto it, try to stop himself falling off and he was alert and speaking to people, but it was something which is now the court will have to look at, whether he could have survived, and thatis whether he could have survived, and that is a key thing experts will discuss over the next few days. thank you. a court's heard that a group including at least four teenagers launched a "short and brutal" attack during which 15—year—old keon lincoln was killed outside his home in birmingham injanuary. the prosecution say the fatal shot was fired by a 11r—year old who's one of five defendants who deny murder. phil mackie reports from birmingham crown court. tell us more about what was. cctv footaae tell us more about what was. cctv footage which _ tell us more about what was. cctv foo

that is despite the fact that ronald blake was injured himself and he did not know where his daughterch is now the court will have to look at, whether he could have survived, and that is a key thing experts will discuss over the next few days. the scottish government has lost a supreme court challenge over two bills passed in the holyrood parliament. the court ruled parts of the bills were beyond the scottish parliaments powers. today's ruling will be seen as an indication that the supreme court could rule that holyrood does not have the power to authorise another referendum on its own. taiwan has warned that relations with china, who claims the islands, are at there worst for a0 years. scores of chinese aircraft have crossed into taiwanese airspace in recent days. the defence minister told parliament that beijing would be capable of mounting a full invasion by 2025. the time is coming up to a quarter to three. these are these afternoon's headlines. the prime minister has warned there will be difficulties, as the uk transitions towards what he calls a high wage, high skilled economy.

that is despite the fact that ronald blake was injured himself and he did not know where his daughter thinking that he was going to be ok and that he was somebody who could survive. john atkinson was carried out on an advertising hoarding and a metal barrier and the court has heard he was gripping onto it, try to stop himself falling off, and he was alert and speaking to people, but it was something which now the court will have to look at, whether he could have survived, and that is a key thing experts will discuss over the next few days. thank you. judith moretz reporting. t—rex is one of the world's best known dinosaurs. now scientists have found one of the fearsome predator's ancestors and it's about the size of a chicken. the new species called pendrygmilnereye, lived more than 200 millions years ago, in the south wales and the bristol channel area. but the discovery nearly didn't happen, as laura foster reports. it's a killer roughly the size of a chicken, and it existed tens of millions of years before more well—known dinosaurs such as the t—rex and velociraptor came along. eve

ronald blake in particular is a hero.ver 1000 degrees still destroyed the last few outstanding buildings. members of the spanish navy are starting to help with the clean—up of volcanic ash that covers large parts of the island. now time for a look at the weather with thomas. the weather here is very calm and settled. mother nature has been very kind. we have clouds and the cloud has been thick enough across scotland to produce some rain and that will be the case overnight and into tomorrow but south of that it is dry with clear spells this evening and overnight. the lowest temperatures will be in the south of the country where the winds will be lightest and sky is clear. in scotland we have got this weather front brushing us in the breeze off the atlantic sought feeling milder. this weak weather front straddling eastern the uk, further west and south the weather will be brighter. 17th celsius in cardiff with some sunny spells. wednesday, broadly speaking, bright date for much of the country, fairly uniform with temperatur