cctv footage of salman abedi salman abedi heralded asa salman abedi salman abedi heralded as a featureoung man ina as a feature. contact a mac a young man in a hooded top, on his own on a sunday morning shop. in this footage obtained by the bbc, he looks relaxed as he is captured on cctv browsing the shelves. he spent a pounds 7a and bought armaments, tuna, scouring pads and air freshener. staff in the shop believe this was salman abedi salman abedi. some viewers said they found this for you we stick and lacking in the news value. one recorded her thoughts on camera.|j news value. one recorded her thoughts on camera. i simply could not understand why that was considered to be major news and to warrant the main spot. of course, such a great event needed extensive coverage but the coverage it should have been in use and not sensationalism. so many other things happened that week which were not mentioned or received a very scant coverage, mentioned or received a very scant coverage, to mentioned or received a very scant coverage, to name mentioned or received a very scant coverage, to nam

salman abedi salman abedi heralded as a bbc exclusive. a young man in a hooded top, jogging pants and trainers, on his own on a sunday morning shop. in this footage obtained by the bbc, he looks relaxed as he is captured on cctv browsing the shelves. he spent £8.74 and bought almonds, tuna, scouring pads and air freshener. staff in the shop believe this was salmanaid they found the prominent use of the picture to be voyeuristic and lacking in any significant news value. one recorded her thoughts on camera. i simply could not understand why that was considered to be major news and to warrant the main spot. of course, such a grave event needed extensive coverage but the coverage should have been news and not sensationalism. so many other things happened that week which were not mentioned or received a very scant coverage. to name one, 26 people were killed on a bus in egypt and yet it was hardly mentioned. i felt really sad that taxpayers‘ money is used to fund public broadcasting that sometimes sinks to the level of tabloid journalism. thank you for all your comments this week. if you want to send us your opinion or appear in person in the programme, call 0370 010 6676. you can also e—mail us. post your comments on twitter and do have a look at our website. we are off air next week in the aftermath of the general election but in a fortnight we w

serious questions about cuts when the muslim community was the one reporting salman abedi a multiple numberof reporting salman abedi of times. we need a real discussion about what is happening here and what is happening with intelligence, and the idea that went something like this is perpetuated by someone specifically in a community that the entire community is to blame but when jo cox was murdered, there was no blame on the community, it was "just some guy". but we know that there are dangers and to what happened in preston the other day, with white supremacist ideology. it is murderous. we need to talk about what we all do rather than saying some of us are guilty by association, which we are not. baroness sheehan? let me express my deepest sympathy for the families and loved ones of the 22 people who we re and loved ones of the 22 people who were brutally murdered. can i pay tribute to the emergency services who came forward so fantastically for us, and the nhs which was exemplary and illustrates, if it needed illustrating, how important thatis needed illustrating, how important that is to us. mancunians themsel

salman abedi stored his bomb—making materials before leaving for libya. salman abedi flew out of the country on 15th of april and arrive back on the 18th of may. he was then recorded on cctv cameras with a blue suitcase going backwards and forwards to the road in rush home, collecting preprepared bomb parts for the final assembly in central manchester flat. chief superintendent rush jackson said they understand how the chemicals and equipment were obtained, where it the bomb was assembled. we understand where he was in the days before the closing hour by hour. detectives are still searching a landfill site in the hopes of finding the blue suitcase which could contain crucial evidence will stop salmanas been detained in libya by the ministry of the interior‘s special deterrent force. police said it wants to talk to him about the attack. this operation shows the difficulty that police forces have, cooperating with foreign forces. today, the last of them was released, some materials used to make explosives, and some were in contact with salman abedi in the last few days. this time they are satisfied with their explanations. police have released pictures of the fake suicide belts the three attackers were wearing when they struck in the london bridge terror attack. a month after electing emmanuel macron as their youngest ever president, the people of france are now voting again, in the first round of parliamentary elections. the president is hoping his new centrist party, can win an outright majority, even though half of the candidates, are new to politics. we can talk now to our paris correspondent hugh schofield. .. this is a relatively newly formed party, hugh. he had to get his ska

salman abedi, the suicide bomber who of course killed 22 people at the manchester arena. many children were attending the ariana grande concept. the libya spokesman for the libyan counter terrorism unit is saying the brother of salman abedi says he was radicalised in britain in 2050 through the internet and friend. —— 2015. he is saying salmanuld be carried out. his brother is also saying salman abedi called his family to ask for forgiveness on the day of the attack. these lines coming from the brother of salman abedi, according to this libya counter terrorism spokesman, including his brother's thoughts that he was radicalised in britain. in 2015, via the internet and friends. iranian intelligence officials say the militants who attacked the country's parliament had been recruited by the so—called islamic state group, inside the country. the iranian revolutionary guards also accused saudi arabia and the united states of involvement in the violence. the saudi foreign minister says there is no evidence to support that claim. 13 people were killed by the attacks in tehran. with me is rana rahimpour from bbc persian. tell us more about what the iranian intelligence services are saying about is‘s involvement. intelligence services are saying about 15's involvement. a statement has just been released about these attackers. confir

community and law enforcement leaking salman abedi's name and leaking details about the bomb and the detonator before they had a chance to put the net around salman abedi'seople. it's very important. harris: okay, so may 25th, right after the manchester attacks, we saw british police and through their prime minister saying you know what, the leaks hurt our ability to share information. theresa may, the prime minister said she had a word for our president. what changed after that? because i'm thinking now from our reports they're sharing information, something must have changed? >> they got reassurances from secretary keldy of department of homeland secretary. reassurances from mcmaster and mattis and also from the president. it's very important. like you said, the chatter from the terrorist organizations has been at a decade high level and we need to be able to share that information with our allies as they face this terrorist scurge in europe. harris: i want to be careful how i word it. these are not my words, the president called certain members of the media enemies because of the information that flows through them to the public. how difficult is it?

salman abedi was here in february for a haircut. the brothers say they had not seen him since that time. early this week a bomb squad was at a house in the area now owned. they say salman abediis a long way to go. when it comes to warnings about abedi, police say they can find no record of calls to the anti—terrorist hotline. prince william has been meeting officers from greater manchester police who were among the first to respond to the may 22nd attack at the arena. he spoke to an off—duty constable who was at the arena waiting for his daughter when the bomber struck. arriving at greater manchester police headquarters. the force at the centre of the investigation into the centre of the investigation into the terror attack. prince william beating officers who were some of the first on the scene to hear about the first on the scene to hear about the incredible work they carried out. in 11 of us got into a carrier that seated nine to get as many officers down there. even on the way down, driving down stockport road, we had a feeling it would be a hoax and we would turn around and go back. as more and more calls came m, back. as more and more calls came in, you realised it is

salman abedi was here in february for a haircut. the brothers say they hadn't seen him since that time. earlier this week, a bomb squad was at a house in the area now cordoned off. they say salman abedithe days before the attack. a lot of arrests have been made and more are anticipated. we haven't finished yet. there is a long way to go. when it comes to warnings about abedi, police say they can find no record of calls to the anti—terrorist hotline. june kelly, bbc news, manchester. prince william has been meeting officers from greater manchester police who were among the first to respond to the may 22 attack at the arena. he spoke to one police constable who was off duty at the time and at the concert waiting for his daughter when the bomber struck. this report from our correspondent frankie mccamley. arriving at greater manchester police headquarters. the force at the centre of the investigation into the terror attack. prince william meeting officers who were some of the first on the scene to hear about the incredible work they carried out. a bit of, it can't be happening. ii of us got into a carrier that seated nine to get as many officers down there. even on the way down, driving

salman abedi's behaviour. it comes as greater manchester police have released cctv footage showing salman abedi in the city in the four days leading up to the attack. detectives say they are concentrating their investigation into the rusholme area and are appealing for this is who may have seen him there. at least 36 people have died at a casino in the philippines, where gunmen opened fire before killing himself. police in manila say most of the victims died of suffocation after the man set fire to casino tables. officers had feared the attack was terrorist related, but now believe the motive was robbery. police have released a video showing former world number one golfer tiger woods taking a breathalyser test after being found asleep at the wheel of his car. the athlete was arrested on a charge of driving under the influence. the video shows woods slurring as he provides his personal information to a police officer before taking a blood test. the athlete says that an unexpected reaction to legal drugs led to his arrest. the number of patients waiting more than six months for routine operations and treatment has nearly tripled overfour years in england. the royal college of surgeons analysed data from march 2013 — a time when targets were being met. nhs england declined to respond directly to the six—month figures. but a spokesperson has said "the nhs has cut the number of patients waiting more than a year for treatment by nearly 13,000 over the past five years". the bulgarian linesman who failed to spot diego maradona's infamous "hand of god" goal in the 1986 world cup, has died. the argentinan lea pt to punch the ball past peter shilton into the net, during the side's win over england. bogdan dochev, who died at the age of 80, said the incident stayed with him his whole life. he described maradona as "a great footballer, but a small man". that's a summary of the latest bbc news. more at 10 o'clock. here's some sort now with hugh. good morning. after victory over bangladesh in their opening match of the champions trophy, england's cricketers have been hit with bad news this morning. all—rounder chris woa kes could only news this morning. all—rounder chris woakes could only manage two overs in their eight wicket win and has now been ruled out for the rest of the tournament after he suffered a side strain. his replacement has not yet been named. gerard payne will miss out on his first british and irish lions appearance tomorrow. he was on the bench for the first warm up was on the bench for the first warm up match in new zealand but has now been ruled out with a calf problem. elliot daly will take his place. there was a tense finish the women's champions league final last night. the final went to penalties with lyon beating paris st germain seven iphone six and both goalkeepers taking a spot kick. sir ben ainslie's team are a step closer to racing in the america's cup. they beat france to secure a play—off place yesterday. that's all the sport for now. we will have more just after 10am. thank you. just expecting the labour leaderjeremy corbyn to be making a speech in york in the next few minutes. as soon as he starts to speak, we will cross over to that. "we don't want other leaders and other countries laughing at us anymore" — the words of president trump, as he announced that the united states is to pull out of the paris climate change agreement. he's faced a chorus of condemnation internationally and at home. the un has called it a "major disappointment", while the european union said it was a "sad day for the world". china said that the world should cherish the outcome of the paris agreement. it means the us now sits with syria and nicaragua, as the only three countries in the world not part of the deal. mr trump has said the agreement imposes huge economic burdens and threatens american jobs. let's have a listen to some of what the president said last night. in order to fulfil my solemn duty to protect america and its citizens, the united states will withdraw from the united states will withdraw from the paris climate accord. it is people, it is taxpayers, so we're getting out but we will start to negotiate and we will see if we can make a deal that's fare and if we can, that's great. and if we can't, that's fine. the newly elected french president, emmanuel macron, became the first president to to make a statement in english from the elysee palace, attacking the us president. i can assure you, france will not give up the fight. i reaffirm clearly that the paris agreement remains irreversible and will be implemented. not just by france, but by all the other nations. because whereever we live, whoever we are, we all share the same responsibility. make our planet great again. jeremy corbyn has started speaking in york. let's have a listen. rachel has done a greatjob in york. i look forward to working within the next parliament and good luck. lots of surprises in store onjune nine! thank you all for coming this morning and before going any further, i would like to say a few words about leadership. donald trump's decision to pull the united states out of the paris climate change deal is reckless and dangerous. the commitments made in paris — and i was there — are vital to stop the world reaching the point of no return on climate change. there can be no question of watering those commitments down. the paris deal should not ever be up for renegotiation, only for strengthening of it in the future. applause the other three members of the g7, european members of the g7, france, germany and italy, have written to donald trump this morning to make this very clear. so, why does theresa may not have her name on thisjoint theresa may not have her name on this joint statement? given theresa may not have her name on thisjoint statement? given the chance to present a united front from international partners, she has instead opted for silence and, once again, subservience to donald trump. that is a dereliction of both her duty to this country and our duty to our planet. this is not the type of leadership britain needs to negotiate brexit all stand up to defend our planet in an era of climate change. a labour government would do it very differently. applause i'm delighted to be here in york today at this wonderful york science park. this is the kind of organisation and institution that we wa nt organisation and institution that we want to work within the future. we're here this morning, and i'm very grateful to the york science park for giving us the facilities to launch labour's industrial with our strategy industrial secretary chi on warand strategy industrial secretary chi on war and shadow business secretary rebecca long— bailey. they war and shadow business secretary rebecca long—bailey. they have done an outstanding job in setting up a serious comprehensive and radical strategies, a blueprint for a britain in which no one is held back and in which every region animation thrice. she and rebecca are building on the achievements of the last labour government whose intervention in 2009 not only saved our automotive sector but laid the groundwork for it to become one of the crown jewels of britain's economy with hi—tech economy and efficient cars. we will embrace that to upgrade our economy, create new good jobs and tackle climate change. high—technology is at the heart of defending our environment and preserving our climate. at the heart of our industrial strategy is our plan to modernise our energy systems, to be 60% renewables by 2030. a big ask that we are determined to achieve it. i'm proud of the work chi, rebecca and my party have done and i'm particularly proud of all those who have been involved in our industrial strategy, most centrally involved have been two women and that is the nature of the modern labour party. thank you for your work. applause in the cause of this campaign, i've travelled the length and breadth of this country, almost always by train, setting out the many ways in which a labour government would change this country for the better. on these travels, i see an economy thatis on these travels, i see an economy that is grossly imbalanced. talk to people and you understand the consequences of this problem. london overheats and the cost of living there rises, while communities into much of the rest of the country have seen their local economies hollowed out, industries decline and stable jobs gone. right across our country, too many people are trapped in precarious, low—paid too many people are trapped in precarious, low— paid work, too many people are trapped in precarious, low—paid work, while a few at the top get much richer. despite britain's many strengths, we are not realising our full potential. failing to harness the talents of every region and nation. that is why the policies we're setting out today are among the most important in all of our programme to transform britain in our manifesto for the many, not the few. if today is not just about giving people a fairer share of our country's wealth, today is about tackling injustices in society at their root cause and rewriting the rules of our economy for the many rather than the few. no more can britain try to sustain its economy on the back of growth of the financial sector in one corner of england. today we set out a bold vision for a different written, in which work not only pays but gives people a sense of pride and purpose, in which every individual shares in the creation of wealth, as well as sharing in its rewards, a briton in which every community in every corner of the country is built on the firm foundation of a vibrant vocal economy. only labour will deliver policies that match the scale of ambition, investing to create 1 million good jobs, investing in the skills of the workforce and working with industry to create the winners of the future. now, it is my pleasure to hand over the rostrum to our shadow business secretary, rebecca long— bailey, the rostrum to our shadow business secretary, rebecca long—bailey, who will tell you more of the details of our policy. thank you very much indeed. that was the labour leaderjeremy corbyn addressing voters in york, talking about how he wants to address the injustices of society, about creating 1 million good jobs as he describes it and saying too many people are trapped in low—paid work and not reaching their full potential. he also talked about president trump's decision to pull out of the paris climate change agreement, which he called reckless and dangerous and said it showed theresa may was being subservient to donald trump because she was not signing along with other european countries and address to donald trump condemning what he has done. i have people to talk about this. joanna haigh, co—director of the grantham institute, which researches climate change and its impact. and oxfam's head of global policy and campaigns, sally copley, who has oversight for oxfam's campaigns around climate change. reckless and dangerous? would you agree? yes, it is very reckless and foolish, as well. the world came together at the paris meeting in 2015 and agreed we would do something together against climate change to get the temperature of the world increase less than 2 degrees over the century and for the americans to pull is a serious blow. what effect do you think it will have for people in the uk, but also around the world ? have for people in the uk, but also around the world? we think it is immoral and untenable and absurd making this decision to pull—out. already millions of people in the world feel the effects of climate change. it is beyond dispute. the real impact is in people'slives. we know climate change means more erratic, extreme weather, drought, flooding, which means for the poorest people in the world, who have done nothing to cause this, they are feeling the effects already and it means damaged crops, lost homes, and collapsed livelihoods. we feel that in the uk where we have seen flooding that has happened that would not have happened before. in a developed nation we can see the damage it does to lives. the impact is real and being felt now. what effect will the us pulling out have matt? china and the european union, only three countries around the are not part of the paris agreement. one is the effect of america are not doing so much to reduce emissions. they have peaked emissions but their reduction will be slower than planned. preliminary calculations suggest it might mean one or two tenths of a degree above the target we hoped for by the end of the century, which does not sound much but in terms of impact, it is serious. nevertheless, it seems other countries will carry on regardless of the united states and have more energy in doing things to address the issue. maybe it is not as bad as thought. we spoke to our correspondent in beijing who said the chinese have almost found themselves as climate change leaders. that is why we think it is untenable because across the states, from companies, mayors and state governors and companies are saying, we will still do that and the reason is there is momentum behind it and it is urgent. in east africa there are 13 million people facing hunger. in one country we have people facing famine and we say by 2030, if we do not take urgent action, climate change will lead 100 million people into extreme poverty. there is an urgency. do you want to pick up on that? i also think donald trump's state m e nts that? i also think donald trump's statements are foolish because he cannot get out of the agreement for least two or three years formerly. they can do nothing the next few yea rs. they can do nothing the next few years. getting out of the agreement, what does it mean? countries have offered their reductions in the first place, it is voluntary. the idea is it is a model and a token to the right wing in the united states that he can say this. donald trump says america first, i want to bring back cole, create morejobs. is there a market for selling coal? this is the observe —— the absurdity. people in the states think we need to take action around climate change. nicaragua, there are two other countries that have not signed up and that is syria and nicaragua. nicaragua did not sign up because they said it did not go far enough. they - they will be :_— 722 e— is 7 behind investin ” 777737 7" they will be left behind investing in dirty energy and the bad effects it has while the rest of the world invest in clean energy and gets the benefits. the alternatives we can do in adaptation are important, actually helping families and households to cope now and we help families in bangladesh where we help people build homes and toilets above flood water and help families to develop floating gardens and in south africa with farmers to help them build crops that mature more quickly so they are less susceptible to unpredictable rainfall. there are exciting and innovative things happening and that is where the smart move would be to go. that is where the growth will be. donald trump is talking about renegotiating the deal and if you can do that so he is happy with it, he is willing to sign up. what are the chances? it is not clear what he means. he cannot renegotiate insofar as saying he will produce less emissions as previously said. there is an interesting parallel with the kyoto accord in 2005 where george w bush was being difficult. the other countries were getting annoyed. the representative from papua new guinea said if you will not lead us, get out of the way. i want to bring in tom bateman. he has been listening to the comments by the labour leader jeremy corbyn. he said president trump was reckless and dangerous, something we have been talking about, for pulling out of the climate change deal and laid out labour's industrial strategy. tom, thank you, i realise it is busy. reckless and dangerous he said about president trump's decision. strong words. i think we are seeing this big international decision being used for political capital on the election campaign among the parties. last night, downing street expressed disappointment that president trump had withdrawn from the paris climate agreement. jeremy corbyn giving the speech aboutjobs agreement. jeremy corbyn giving the speech about jobs and the economy, it was the first thing he addressed and he was passionate on the podium, deeply critical of the withdrawal, saying it would be damaging for the climate and global warming and saying he felt the conservative leadership, government ministers had not reacted in the way he thought they would, saying theresa may had been silent and subservient to donald trump, and saying this was the kind of leadership that would not be good enough to get a tough brexit negotiation for britain. we know senior conservatives are saying every country has their own way of responding but they have not signed up responding but they have not signed up to the denunciation of this by three other european countries and again that the something jeremy corbyn criticised. expect to see more political reaction in the uk about the way this is responded to is debated. tom, our political correspondent at the speech made by labour leaderjeremy corbyn. what do you think is the way forward now? we know president trump said he is pulling out. the chinese and europeans are reaffirming their commitment to it. what should people be doing? forcing donald trump to change his mind will go ahead without him? we can carry on doing all the things we are doing in terms of developing renewable energy and implementing efficiency measures and the politicians can be talking to donald trump and persuade him it is in america's interest to be doing something. we expect a strong statement from the eu china summit today and we expect it by lunchtime. the only thing to do is carry on and show how absurd it is. president trump and his administration seem to behave as if they can lift america out of the world and isolate it from climate change which is not possible. it is not over. it is too late for already for it to be over. thanks for coming in. that will rumble on and we will speak to you again. we have several comments on social media. let me tell you about this. coming up, the parents of charlie gard, the sick baby who doctors say should have his life support switched off have told the programme why they feel their rights as parents have been taken away and why they cannot give up fighting. helen says on facebook, saying my friend's baby was born with his organs in the wrong place. doctors told them to walk away and they refused. it was their sixth child and the other five were born perfect. they fought for his life and he had 32 operations and he lived. the doctors said the strong bond from mother, father and other children were immense and they came close over the ba by‘s children were immense and they came close over the baby's young years. isn't every life worth it? you can add your thoughts. now the weather. we have got a hot day across the south east of england with storms developing later. for many of us, it will turn changeable. a fresh breeze for most. plenty of dry weather and sunshine but also heavy showers. we have this band of rain moving through eastwards through the night and at the moment a narrow band of rain from northern england to the south—west of england. associated with this cold front. behind it, we have fresher conditions. ahead of it, warm, hotand humid have fresher conditions. ahead of it, warm, hot and humid conditions and perhaps storms developing here later. behind the front, try —— dry weather. showers moving in on time to time. butchers, 111, 17 degrees. feeling fresh. northern england. a cloudy in the afternoon, particularly in the north—east where will be showers. cloudy in east wales and the midlands. south—east england will have sunshine. it will turn hot. temperatures up to 27 degrees. there is the risk of heavy and thundery showers. cloud into the west country. cornwall, sunshine here, and west wales, but further east across wales, cloud. overnight, storms that form in the south—east will clear. fresher air will come to all of us by early saturday with temperatures down to 10—12. perhaps warmer in the south—east at 16 degrees. saturday, starting dry and bright. cloud in eastern areas and showers here which will clear. showers them focus towards scotland, northern ireland. there could be a rumble of thunder, as well. elsewhere in the south—east, temperatures 20—22. the changeable weather is because of low pressure. the airstream will bring in showers as we go through sunday. the showers focused mainly in scotland, northern ireland, into wales and south—west england. on sunday for most, dry. more details available on the website. it is friday at 10am and i am chloe tilley. parents it is friday at 10am and i am chloe tilley. pa rents of it is friday at 10am and i am chloe tilley. parents of charlie gard who doctors say should have as life support switched off tell us why they will keep fighting for him to go to the us for experimental treatment. it is the legendary life or death, isn't it, so if we don't get this opportunity he is going to die. what is the alternative? yeah, sony hasn't got anything to lose. evenif sony hasn't got anything to lose. even if it doesn't work, which i think it will, we know we have done everything we can for him. there's a new song out at the moment criticising theresa may and the conservatives — it's already number two on the itunes chart, but no radio station seems to want to play it — we find out why. loads of you are getting in touch about today's election blind date with jess phillips and john whittingdale talking about rubbish, heavy metal and their colleagues. are you saying every man got there on merit? there are some who you think, yeah, how did you get here... but that is one of the strengths of parliament ina but that is one of the strengths of parliament in a way, that it is so diverse. good morning. here is annita mcveigh in the newsroom with a summary of the news. the president of the european commission and the chinese premier have said there will be no backsliding on international commitments to the paris climate accord — despite president's trump's decision to withdraw from the treaty. mr trump said the deal disadvantaged the us and threatened american jobs. here, theresa may expressed her disappointment over the president's decision but says britain remains committed to the agreement. bodyin body in brussels, leaders from the eu and china have been reaffirming their commitment. in europe, china and the world, this provides the certainty they need to build a global low carbon economy. it makes a statement to the world that there is no reverse gear to the energy change issue. there is no backsliding on the paris agreement. police have released a video showing former world number one golfer tiger woods taking a breathalyser test after being found asleep at the wheel of his car. the athlete was arrested on a charge of driving under the influence. the video shows woods slurring as he provides his personal information to a police officer before taking a blood test. the athlete says that an unexpected reaction to legal drugs led to his arrest. at least 36 people have died at a casino in the philippines, where a gunman opened fire before killing himself. police in manila say most of the victims died of suffocation after the man set fire to casino tables. officers had feared the attack was terrorist related, but now believe the motive was robbery. that's a summary of the latest bbc news — more at 10.30. thank you, anita mcveigh. thank you, anita remember you can contact us throughout the day to talk if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. here's some sport now, with hugh. england all rounder chris woakes has been ruled out of the rest of the champions trophy, due to a side strain sustained in yesterday's win over bangladesh in the opening match of the tournament. woakes could only manage two overs before the injury. his replacement has not yet been named. centre jared payne is the british and irish lions first injury concern of their tour of new zealand — he will miss the first match tomorrow against the provincial barbarians with a calf strain. payne, a former member of the new zealand under—20s side, had been picked on the bench for the first match on his first lions tour but has now been replaced by england winger elliott daly. there's no indication as yet as to how serious payne's injury is. french side lyon secured a slice of footballing history with back to back trebles. they won the women's champions league in dramatic fashion, winning 7—6 on pemalties against paris st—germain. both goalkeepers ended up taking spotkicks — with lyon's sarah bouhaddi scoring the decisive penalty in front of 22,000 fans at the cardiff city stadium. sir ben ainslie's land rover bar team have secured a play—off place in the americas cup after winning a thrilling race with team france. the british team had earlier retired in their first race of the day but bounced back to edge out france in their second. their victory means they now have an unassailable lead over sweden and france in the qualifying table. the winners of the series go forward to challenge team oracle usa for the trophy proper. we had an amazing race against the french team. felt amazing. we struggled a bit on the downward likes but we hung in there. the guys did a great sailing the boat and we just got out with a little bit of pressure and we closed in and took a win by the narrowest of margins. that is all the sport for now. we will be back with more later on. on this programme we've been following the case of the nine month old charlie gard. charlie is incredibly sick and is being cared for 211 hours a day at great ormond street. the doctors there say there is nothing they can do to save him and want to turn off his life support — but his parents are fighting to stop that from happening. this week the supreme court granted them another week, beforejudges decide what should happen. connie and chris are trying to keep charlie alive long enough to take him to america for an experimental treatment. victoria spoke to them yesterday. hello, thank you very much for talking to us again. tell us first of all how charlie is? yeah, he is ok. he is still stable, still fighting, he is cracking on. and how are you guys? exhausted. are you? angry. tired, yeah. it hasn't changed, really. well, it's probably got worse from the last time we were here. how are you, connie? the same. it's overwhelming. it's really hard. but we keep our strength up for charlie. tell us a little bit about charlie? don't do this again. don't worry. he is putting on weight. his hair is growing. as i say, he is still stable. he is still fighting away. he has not done what they said he would do. so, he is still there, he is still good. has that surprised you or not, connie? no. it did in the early days, but not any more. we tend not to worry about how he is. he is usually quite stable. when we first brought him into intensive care, we worried we would get the phone call in the middle of the night. but we know that he is stable. he just needs his medicine. yeah. how does he respond when you are around him? are you able to pick him up? yeah, we can still pick him up for cuddles, but he is on a big bed now. so we can get in and we can put our arms around him and comfort him. lie next to him. and how does he respond? well, he's pretty weak now, isn't he? but he will still flicker his eyes at us, and move his mouth when we stroke his cheeks and stuff. so, he is still there. you said you are angry, chris. why? just the fact that we have been fighting for these medicines since january. they could have done the trial at great ormond. and we are now injune. and rather than give charlie the medicines and see if they work, they have just left him for five months, just lying there. so i don't see how that is fair. but that is why we are where we are now. and the trial you referred to, you mean what's happening in america, where you would like to take him, that you said they could provide those medicines here? yeah. they could. i think it's important to repeat that it is an oral medication, it is a powder that goes into his milk. it's not an invasive treatment. you know, if it's an invasive treatment for a three—month period that is going to seriously harm him and cause him pain, i don't think we'd be sitting here now. but it's the fact that it's widely accepted that there is no side effects, so it's not going to do him any harm. we just want to have that chance and we don't see why we're not allowed to take our boy to a hospital that wants to save his life. what have you learned about this trial, and what do you believe it could do for your son? it is literally life or death, isn't it? if we don't get this opportunity he is going to die. what's the alternative? yeah. so he hasn't got anything to lose. we know that we've done, even if it doesn't work, which i think it well, we know that we've done everything that we can for him. we don't want to live with that, what if? what is, in terms of the case that you are pursuing, what is happening over the next few days? we have got a court hearing next thursday, onjune the 8th, where they will decide if we can appeal to the supreme court. so it's just another week where we've got to wait, where he could be on the medications. another week which has turned into months, and more months of him just lying there when they tried the treatment here. and you know, we've had to stomach the fact that they don't want to do the treatment here. ok, we don't agree with that, but we have to accept that. but the fact they are blocking us from taking him to another hospital in the world with one of the leading experts in this area, i can't, still to this day, can't get my head around it. we took him into that hospital. they don't want to do the treatment. but there is somewhere out there that does. and they basically just kept him a prisoner there. and you know, our parental rights have been completely stripped. the minute we took there, in hindsight, we lost him. they have got complete responsibility for him. when we got the appeal papers it says connie yates and chris gard versus great ormond street hospital and charlie gard. and yet he is our son. and that broke my heart when we saw that. how can that be right? you know. we are the ones that sit there with him day in, day out. we are staying 211 hours at the moment. we love him with all our hearts. and we can't take to somewhere that may save and improve his life. is that how you feel now, connie, that actually your responsibility for your son has been taken away? yeah. definitely. because we've had the money for over two months now. and we asked for was two months. so i don't see how it is in his best interests to lie there without medication when in all that time he could have had a chance. there are no side effects, no major side—effects. it's not going to cause him any harm. it's not like we are bad parents. there is nothing to suggest that we are. i don't think anyone can question that. but, you know... my friend said to me yesterday, his name is charlie gard, not charlie gosh. as in great ormond street hospital. yeah. the way you have talked about it, chris, it is as though you believe your son is being kept prisoner. is trapped, in a way, in the hospital. is that accurate? yeah, of course. as i say, we have got one of the world's leading expert in this area and this condition saying he is willing to treat him and try to save his life. and is he well enough to go? yeah. he is fit to fly. he just needs an air ambulance. if we got the go—ahead we'd be there tomorrow. and yet we are just stuck there, waiting weeks and months, just with him in the same condition, not getting any better because he is lacking the medicines he needs. what quality of life could he potentially have if this medicine worked? no one knows. we hear a lot of negative things about what it could achieve or what it couldn't achieve, but no one knows. everyone says this hasn't been tested before ona human. but it has had fantastic results with a similar condition. so no one knows how it could work for his condition. it may not work, or it could work better than it does for the other condition. no one knows. but even though it's never been tested on humans, as you say, in court the judge said the type of treatment you want charlie to have in america hasn't even reached the experimental stage on mice, and that it would be "futile for charlie". they have tried it on mice but not with charlie's condition. it was a mouse with a similar condition. they then went on to try it with humans. there is no reason why it wouldn't work for charlie the same as it has worked for other people. and he is here now. and we feeljust because he has got a rare disease, like he's number 16 that we know of, reported, i think if it was something more common there would be mouse trials. it doesn't mean it's not going to workjust because it costs hundreds of thousands of pounds to do these animal trials. you have been unsuccessful in your appeals so far. you have managed to delay the deadline for your son's life support being switched off. you will find out if you can appeal to the supreme court next thursday, as you say. i mean, what you are experiencing is unimaginable for most parents. how do you deal with this deadline hanging over you? well, i don't know, is the answer to that question. if you'd said to me seven and a half months ago that all this would happen, then i would have said there is no way in a million years that i could handle that. but what other option do we have? charlie is our son, we love him and we will fight to the bitter end for him. whatever we have to go through to get him the chance that he needs, we are more than willing to do. because he is our son and we love him. but if you don't get permission to appeal to the supreme court? well, that... i don't know. we'll fight all the way to the european court of human rights. we won't give up. while he's still fighting, we're still fighting. we have said that from the very beginning. and he has fought so hard to still be here and he is still fighting, so while he is still fighting, we are still fighting. how have you two coped together? well, i mean, you know, we've had a very brutal court case. we have to sit there and be quiet while they're kind of talking about our son like he is a piece of meat, at some stages. and he's not a piece of meat, he is our son and we love him. and, you know, i... if and when i criticise great ormond st and, i want to make it clear that i'm not talking about the nurses that looked after him. because they are truly amazing people. they have cared for him and the care he has received has been second to none. but obviously it is difficult at the hospital, because everybody recognises us now. we are trying to deal with all this stuff while our son is lying there, you know, not deteriorating butjust not getting any better because he needs these medications. it is as simple as that. yeah, it is tough. it is tough on the pair of us. we don't really sleep much. we eat to survive. we haven't enjoyed life for a long time. but it is not about us, it is about our little boy. and we will keep fighting for him, no matter what. have you been able to contemplate the life—support being switched off? no. no, i've tried to go there in my head, because obviously it is a strong possibility, but no, i can't. not when there is something out there that can help them. if all options had been exhausted and there was nothing left and this was how it was going to be for the rest of his life, then i think we would have to hold our hands up and say, enough is enough. but the fact there is something out there that can help him, i don't understand why they can't try it. what is your message then to the judges? the same as it has been all along, give him a chance. it is a medication that will not harm him in any away. it's widely accepted it has no side effects. he is fit to fly. let us take our son to a hospital that wants to save his life. trust us with it. trust us. we have been there 21; hours a day. it's clear we are dedicated to our son. we would do anything for our son. let us take him to a hospital that is going to try to save his life. that is just my message. i don't see why we are not allowed to. he is ourflesh and blood. we brought him into this world, we have looked after him from day one, we have not left his side. let us take him to a hospital that wants to try to save his life, and possibly save more lives in the future. charlie is our number one priority, always has been, always will be. but if this works for him, and they say he is in such a dire condition, and his life gets improved and saved, then god knows what it can do for this disease in the future. other kids could be saved, it can be administered a lot earlier. and, you know, this could be a breakthrough in medicine in mitochondrial disease, you never know. at the moment it is incurable until we do gene therapy and things like that. but it doesn't mean it isn't treatable. diabetes is incurable but it is treatable. things like that. he is actually very stable. he doesn't require intensive care for the reasons you think he requires intensive care. it is just the ventilator. whereas if he had a tracheostomy, that should be on a ward. there are a lot of ill children in intensive care that we see every day. he is probably still the most stable one in there. he is the most stable one in there. and that is what makes it really hard for us. because i think when people think a child is in intensive care, that they are actually suffering at that point. but if he was suffering, we wouldn't be fighting. and what do you say to the judges who will make a decision on whether you can appeal to the supreme court, or whether your son's life—support should be switched off? we just think he deserves a chance. and we deserve it as a family as well. just to trust us, as i said. if it doesn't work we will let him go but we will know that we have done everything that we possibly can. and everyone else has done everything they possibly can. the doctor said, even he said, if after three months there was no sign of improvement, he wouldn't carry on. so it's not as if we're about to get to the end of the three months and go, you know what, he has got it tracheostomy now, we can keep alive. the doctor will not carry on. so that would be very final for us. and we can go, you know what? we tried everything we possibly could. that is all we are asking. that was the parents of nine—month—old charlie gard speaking to victoria. a lot of you getting in touch about this heartbreaking story. rachel on facebook, a horrible position to be in. what do you do for the best? take the doctor ‘s advice and letting go or do you do everything you can to save your child and give them a fighting chance? if it were my child i would go with my gut feeling and if that was to fight on, say b. this time next week we should know who our next prime minister is. after a busy week of election campaigning and high—profile tv appearances, where do we stand now, and how much of a game—changer has this week been? here are some of the highlights of the political scene this week. i spent 48 hours after the last general election trying to talk people out of killing themselves and i didn't always succeed. anybody who votes for the conservative party who are going to further these cuts, who are going to keep on with these cuts, they are complicit in these deaths. there are plenty of heart—rending stories here and nobody could be anything other than moved by it. we have put 11,000 more doctors into the nhs, 12,000 more nurses. we have got renewed... hold on. we have got renewed focus on mental health and also trying to make sure we take the pressure off big hospitals in the manifesto. but the raw truth is, the money's got to come from somewhere. you have openly supported the ira in the past. i can give you a example. attending a commemoration for the eight ira men who were killed in loughgall. now, in your words, it was to honour them. maybe you can share with the electorate why those ira men were actually killed. the commemoration i think you are referring to was a meeting i was at in london, where there was a period of silence for everyone who died in northern ireland. the contribution i made to that meeting was to call for a piece meeting was to call for a peace and dialogue process in northern ireland. nobody can guarantee a real terms per— pupil funding increase. in the labour party's manifesto, we know the figures don't add up. what is important... laughter what... you've clearly failed. please let the prime minister answer. what we need to do is to make sure that we will put those record levels of funding into schools. how much will it cost to provide un—means tested childcare for 1.3 million children? er, it will cost, er... they will obviously cost a lot to do so. we accept that. i presume you have the figures. yes, i do. so, how much will it cost? i will give the figure in a moment. you don't know it? er... you're logging into your ipad here. you've announced a major policy and you don't know how much it will cost? can i give you the exact figure in a moment? is this not exactly the issue with people and the labour party, which came up under gordon brown, that we cannot trust you with our money? not at all. all our... you don't know the figure! all our manifesto is fully costed and examined. you're holding your manifesto, you're flicking through it, you've got an ipad there, you had a phone call while you were in here, and you don't know how much it is going to cost. can we come back to that in a moment? i invite her to go to cambridge and debate her policies, debate her record, debate their plans, the proposal, and let the... and let the public make up their minds? first of all, i've been taking on jeremy corbyn directly week in and week out in prime minister's questions. and actually, yes, public scrutiny is for an election campaign but that's why taking questions from members of the public who are going to be voting on the 8th ofjune is so important. plaid cymru exists to defend and build up our country. we've shown time and again, you don't need the keys to number ten to open the door to change. i believe in our great country. i believe in british values. i believe in our way of life. this election is about the kind of country we want to be. now, more than ever, scotland needs strong snp voices at westminster. amber rudd is up next. she is not the prime minister. the prime minister is not here tonight. she can't be bothered, so why should you? in fact, bake off is on bbc two next. why not make yourself... why not make yourself a brew? you are not worth theresa may's time. don't give her yours. part of being a good leader is having a good strong team about you. i am delighted and proud to be here representing the conservative party and the prime minister making that case. we can talk to political analyst and pollsterjohn curtice. also jim waterson, political editor of buzzfeed. and the senior political correspondent at the telegraph newspaper. we were smiling at some of those clips. it has been such a weak. kate, how significant has it been? fairly significant. after what happened in manchester, the campaigns took a pause and this week things have got going again and it gave labour and the conservatives an opportunity to kick—start campaigns you don't normally get to do in campaigns because usually it is a running story. elections are about storytelling and convincing voters you have the best ending and up till this point i don't think any party had done that. people concerned about theresa may, very concerned about theresa may, very concerned aboutjeremy about theresa may, very concerned about jeremy corbyn, about theresa may, very concerned aboutjeremy corbyn, a lot of people do not understand what tim farron and the lib dems are about. theresa may came into the election saying she would get a huge majority to lead the country through brexit and now it looks it might not be the case. and now the whole thing we said we would never do again from 2015 when we talk about polls and believe them to be gospel, we are doing it again and now every story is based around is there going to be a hung parliament, willjeremy corbyn get enough seats to survive? will theresa may's majority go up a little so she is under pressure internally? the conservatives are probably happy the narrative is the polls are closing because they will think it will get their vote out next thursday. we are into the weird black box stage. everything poured in and it is now what ever comes out the other side. there is not a lot left to do unless somebody has a big policy to announce we have not heard of. the polls got a ripping in 2015. is there a danger we put too much emphasis on them and we could get it wrong again? there is obviously a danger we put too much emphasis on them. but the truth is there was a coincidence clearly this week between the drama and theatre of the campaign and the message of the opinion polls. the question we asked ourselves in the wake of the horrendous event in manchester was whether the election campaign would restart at the same point the pause button was pressed. or whether it would restart at a different place. i think the answer is it started where it left off with just a few hours earlier with the prime minister in trouble, because she tried to convince as she had not changed the policy on social care, when i think 99.9% ofjournalists decided she had earned this question about strong and stable leadership began to be questioned as a result. because of that slip and basically the journalists started the campaign back on that issue and the question of leadership and social care, and therefore the perception the conservative campaign was proving to be the less effective, with the opinion polls, whatever the disagreements about the level of support for the parties, but absolute unanimity between them the conservative lead was narrowing significantly and ede two things together inevitably mean is the conservatives have been under pressure. i take jim's conservatives have been under pressure. i takejim's point. there isa pressure. i takejim's point. there is a danger of campaigns being too driven by polls but in this case the point was the message of the polls that the public seem to react unfavourably to the conservative campaign and relatively favourable to the labour one fitted the narrative coming out of the campaign is being reported and investigated by journalists. i want to chat about who has had the better week. theresa may did not turn up to one debate. tim farron said don't bother voting for her, she cannot be bothered to turn up here. jeremy corbyn, he did not know how much the childcare policy would cost. who has come out better? people who care about the news watch politics programmes and get enthusiastic but unfortunately they are a small proportion of the population. what matters is what is on the front page of newspapers like the metro, what they hear on bulletins on the news. one thing this week, jeremy corbyn not knowing the numbers and whether it matters is another thing that news editors put it there so it did. another thing was the theresa may not turning up to the debate which ran everywhere and as far as we can tell cut through her decision and a wonderful ambush byjeremy corbyn turning up to take on amber rudd by himself. isn't it funny how we are talking about who has had a better week when the conservatives are and was have been ahead in this poll. this is the incumbent governing party. they have been the government for a number of years and you've got jeremy corbyn coming in and promising lots of things like student fees and increasing money for benefits and the things that people very much like, and labour still behind in the polls. i think you've got to look at...i polls. i think you've got to look at... i know we're talking about how polling doesn't necessarily matter but you've got to look at how people feel. when you talk to people, what is the gut feeling? what a blue bloods were talking about? people are still saying, i like labour and have voted labour before but there is usually a but even with people who are really strong labour supporters and that but isjeremy corbyn and that is a problem for the party because even if the policies are good, at the end of the day, when people get into the polling booth they think about things like brexit, the economy and, actually, quite a lot of people, i think, feel things aren't that bad, they could be worse, maybe i willjust stick where i am and i think that although we are seeing some shifting and the polls tightening, the conservatives are still ahead, theresa may is still going to constituencies where they don't have an mp at the moment. she wouldn't be doing that if she really thought her internal polling was showing that they were on for about resulted there was another thing there which is that no matter which way the result goes, jeremy corbyn's position as labour leader, which was... most of the centrist anti—corbyn factions thought this would be disastrous election weather would be disastrous election weather would be disastrous election weather would be completely wiped out and would be completely wiped out and would removejeremy would be completely wiped out and would remove jeremy straight afterwards, i think from talking to people around that, they certain that he is going to be able to stay no matter what because the party is behind the members are behind even if they go backwards in terms of seats. i think there are 200 things to rememberabout seats. i think there are 200 things to remember about this election. this is an asymmetric contest. because expectations of jeremy corbyn were so low at the beginning, because his ratings were frankly appalling at the beginning of this campaign, basically all he has had to do is to turn up and, for the most part, do reasonably well and the truth is, apart from the woman's hour interview he has managed to do reasonably well. people have said, hang on, maybe he is not quite so bad after all, therefore as a result his ratings have improved. the second thing i would say is that kate is absolutely right. nobody is talking about the labour party winning this general election, not even winning this general election, not even the narrowest of opinion polls point to that, but that is not what this election is about. what it is about is the prime minister's original objective, which was to get a landslide majority so she had freedom vis—a—vis dissension insider parliamentary party about any compromises you made about brexit. the problem but now faces the prime minister is that most of the opinion polls are now suggesting she is no longer guaranteed to achieve that objective and therefore as a result may emerge as a result after the election not actually free of the parliamentary party but with her authority we can dump that matters to the future of the next government, the conservative party and that's why this election has become a lot more interesting. yes, it is not about who wins, whether theresa may wins adequately enough, or does she end up in a worse place than she started on april 18? this time next week, we are going to no! thank you so much forjoining us. i do appreciate it. we have breaking news to bring you. i want to speak to daniel sandford who is here to break this —— brings us up—to—date with the breaking news. it goes back to concerns about election expenses that were filed after the 2015 general election. you may remember that that a lot of mps we re may remember that that a lot of mps were cleared of having done anything wrong in their election expenses a few weeks ago. we're now looking at the seat of south thanet, when nigel farage was beaten by craig mackinlay and in the last two minutes, the crown prosecution service has announced that mackinlay, the then mp candidate in this his agent and a senior party activist will all be charged under the representation of the people's sat 1983. craig mackinlay has been charged with essentially filing false expenses, his agent has been charged with the same and marion little, who was given obes after the 2015 election for services to the conservative pa rtypa rty as for services to the conservative partyparty as a campaign specialist has been charged with aiding and abetting and they will all appear at west meta magistrates' court onjuly four, just a few weeks after this election is over. —— westminster magistrates' court. what does that mean for this election? is he still able to stand ? mean for this election? is he still able to stand? he is still able to stand on rumba to put him in a difficult position with his constituents because he will go into the election next week with having been charged after the last election. thank you for dropping by to tell us that. still to come... the new song that criticises the government and could end up being number one on the official chart this afternoon. we find out why radio stations are reluctant to play it. and how thousands of people have tried to claim free tickets, just av tried to claim free tickets, just a's concert for the bombing survivors despite not having been there at the time of the attack. let's get some sport now with you. after victory over bangladesh in their opening match of the champions trophy, england's cricketers have been hit with bad news this morning. all—rounder chris works has been ruled out for the west of the tournament after he suffered a side strain and his replacement has not yet been named gerry peyton will miss out on his first british and lions match tomorrow. he has been ruled out after a calf problem. elliot daly will take its place. there was a tense finish to the women's champions league final lyon secured back troubles. baby paris st germain 7—6. sir ben ainslie's land rover bae our team are a step closer to the america's cup. they were tied in theirfirst race to the america's cup. they were tied in their first race but came back to beat france and serve secured themselves. that is all the sports. i will be back with more in newsroom live after 11am. now, it's the new song which people are talking about, but no radio station wants to play. the song criticises theresa may and the conservatives. it's already number 2 on the itunes chart, and could be number1 on the official chart, which is revealed this afternoon. but however high it gets, radio1 has said it won't be playing it. why? because we're less than a week away from the general election and the bbc must be impartial. but not everyone thinks that's a good enough reason. here now is jake painter, who came up with the hit. we did ask someone from the bbc to come on and explain the rules, but that wasn't possible. instead, we can speak to kevin marsh, a former editor at the bbc. and dr peter goddard, a media professor from the university of liverpool. thanks to all of you for coming in. jake, first of all, where did the idea come from for this track?|j wrote the song in 2010 initially, because i was pretty appalled at the coalition government and their austerity budget and tuition fees and that sort of thing. i wrote it then and released at about seven yea rs then and released at about seven years ago. there was some traction on the internet and i have been writing political music for about seven writing political music for about seve n yea rs writing political music for about seven years and released a lot of other things but about a month ago when the election was called, i felt so despondent about where this country is going with the nhs cuts and police cuts and school funding and police cuts and school funding and that kind of thing and i felt like, iam and that kind of thing and i felt like, i am going to do this again aimed at theresa may. let's have a quick listen. # we all know politicians like telling lies # big ones, little ones, porky pies # saying they're strong and stable won't disguise # we're still being taken for a ride # nurses going hungry, schools in decline # i don't recognise this broken country of mine # they're having a laugh # let's show them the door # cut the rich, not the poor #. that is jake's track. before i bring in kevin, were you surprised that it is not being played anywhere? i'm absolutely horrified. i think it is... when you look at the bias in the media, not trust the bbc but the wider media in general, i think, towards the tory party, therapies only studies on this — lse, cardiff university, birkbeck — massively waited in terms of... we have rules here at the bbc and i'm sure kevin can come in on this. every programmer scrutinised so heavily during an election period. you have to make sure you give equal weight to make sure you give equal weight to political parties, so that there isafair to political parties, so that there is a fair reflection out there. presumably these are the conversations that will be going on right now in the bbc about radio one not playing this trap? of course. the controller of radio mackinlay would not have made this decision on his own. he would have made the decision quite widely. during an election the bbc has to do is serve impartiality all the time... that is what the guidelines say. during an election it is actually quite hard to in chief impartiality so we tend to in chief impartiality so we tend to aim fora to in chief impartiality so we tend to aim for a thing called balance, so that things are balanced one with another, interviews balance on with another. the problem i think that the controller of radioi another. the problem i think that the controller of radio 1 would have had here is that this is a very good protest song, excellent protest song, but how does that play within the overall balance of an election campaign? the overall balance of an election . 7 'm the overall balance of an election campaign? i'm pretty sure this track will be played in full once the election is over. of course it is notjust the bbc. independent radio stations are governed by ofcom rules. ofcom rules are actually slightly tied to the bbc rules, as it happens. but at the end of the day, you have a situation where for a few weeks away there is an election and there is a requirement to be able to demonstrate, notjust be balanced but demonstrate using numbers, charts, spreadsheets, how that balance has been achieved. but if we're going to be demonstrating balance, look at the tweets of laura kuenssberg and nick robinson. we doubt about the wider bbc. but you can't take tweets out of context. correspondence and editors are employed by the bbc to give forward their opinions, as well as report on their opinions, as well as report on the facts within the view. that is right, isn't it? within their role as political editor. the point about impartiality isn't that you are trying to be objective, that is not possible. but what you are trying to do is look at as much of the evidence as you possibly can, using your experience, judgment of expertise, to come to review, so that when nick robinson or laura kuenssberg is criticised, they are being criticised for coming to a view but it is a view based on the fa ct view but it is a view based on the fact in as much as they can assess them and the widest range of views possible. that is not quite the same as balance during an election. but is something that i as an editor always had to be able to show with numbers. and they are literally numbers. and they are literally numbers. we have to take it off, who is getting airtime. i want to bring in dr peter goddard. listen to what has been said, do you think the bbc has been said, do you think the bbc has got it right in not playing this track? it is a very difficult one. kevin is right that the bbc needs to show balance but it is not as straightforward asjust show balance but it is not as straightforward as just counting show balance but it is not as straightforward asjust counting or talk about impartiality, it is how we interpret it. the guidelines talk about news and political advertising and this track doesn't quite conform to either of those things. in fact, the bbc has, as you have done just now, played it as a news story, played part of the song, talked about it online and so on, the lyrics have been reproduced. so as a news story, it is newsworthy and that fits into one conception of balance. it is not a political advertisement, it doesn't fall into the party election broadcast situation. it is a phenomenon on. it isa situation. it is a phenomenon on. it is a song in the top ten, consequently the bbc sort of has a duty to play it as part of the chart showing. the idea of the chart show is that the bbc plays without fear or favour the songs that happen to be in the top ten, so playing it on radioi in the chart show be in the top ten, so playing it on radio 1 in the chart show is particularly awkward situation. my sense here is that the bbc is erring on the side of caution because the rules don't explicitly cover this order situation. it is worth saying it is not just order situation. it is worth saying it is notjust the bbc but other independent radio stations like capital heart and heart. is there a danger that the bbc can't win?|j think the bbc and other radio stations should take that risk there was a whole generation of young people whose futures are looking pretty bleak and, you know, this song has been downloaded and viewed by hundreds of thousands of them, so they've exercised their right to buy it and listen to it so let them listen to its. i might also add on that as well before i came on, your editor asked me not to go too heavy on the tories. die roten anti—tory song but i am being asked maybe not be too heavy on this interview. to be too heavy on this interview. to be fair, that, once again, falls into what kevin said. if we have someone who does an anti—labour song, an auntie lib dem song, and andy ukip song... it is all about that impartiality. it is about the balance of impartiality. the bbc cannot win. somebody is going to see the decision the bbc makes as the wrong decision and that is where you find yourself as a bbc editor but the important thing is to be able to explain, look, this was the principle according to which me made this decision. in an ideal world, even this decision. in an ideal world, even those who oppose the decision you come to understand the reason why you did it. they may not accept but that is where, in the bbc, we try to get to. thank you all for coming onto the programme. i appreciate it, and giving us your time this morning. again, we did ask the bbc to explain why it's decided not to play the song. radio 1 sent us this statement... the vodafone big top 110 is a chart show broadcast on 140 radio stations, including heart and capital, and is a compilation of the 110 most downloaded songs in the uk. their spokesperson gave us this statement... loads of messages about today's election blind dates with conservative politician john whittingdale and labour politician jess phillips. here's a reminder of how they got on. iamjess i am jess phillips. i was the labour member of parliament for birmingham yardley and am now the candidate in the election. i was raised to hate the election. i was raised to hate the tories. there are still some i think of as three headed monsters. i was anxious going out with somebody, i don't know who it is. i would not wa nt i don't know who it is. i would not want it to be anybody boring.|j i don't know who it is. i would not want it to be anybody boring. i am john whittingdale, the parliamentary candidate at the moment for maldon in essex. my confession is i am taking a night off in the election campaign to go and see iron maiden at the 02. hello, how are you? nice to see you. we have put more money into education. when people tell me there is more money in education i wonder where it has gone because it is not in my children's school. my son's fund, lifelong education for them. notjust university education, couege them. notjust university education, college funding has been gone. these things matter. every problem, you could spend more money on it. the problem is every area, you want to spend more money. i want to spend more money on the kids in my constituency,. i want the economy to work properly. it tells you about the ridiculous life we lead. i put up the ridiculous life we lead. i put upa the ridiculous life we lead. i put up a tweet and it was picked up. sacked culture secretary spends weekend in ibiza. people have this idea mps are not normal. we enjoy doing the things everybody else e njoys doing the things everybody else enjoys doing. i get people looking at me saying, you like rock music? yes, ido at me saying, you like rock music? yes, i do actually! as if it is bizarre. i was in wilkinsons buying bin bags. somebody was saying, i cannot believe you are in wilkinsons. you have to put things in the bin! i do not have people to put things in my bin! we agreed on quite a lot. we did not agree on how the nation should spend its finances. you can see that prince william has just arrived at greater manchester police headquarters. speaking to officers who are on hand after the attack in manchester. he will go wa nt to attack in manchester. he will go want to meet people who have been injured in that attack. we will keep you up—to—date on the programme. lots of people have got in touch about the election blind dates. we will have more next week. andrew on twitter says, jess phillips is refreshing, inspiring and funny. more politicians should be like her. another on twitter says election blind dates on monday will be likely. that is because we have gina miller, who went to court over the brexit decision beating a former ukip politician. louise on twitter is saying, really enjoyed debates on election blind dates. nice to see issues discussed without being co nsta ntly issues discussed without being constantly childish. another gets in touch to say good to see a sensible grown—up debate and discussion, well done to the mps. daniels says on facebook, people can get along, whatever their background. it is whatever their background. it is what is in your heart. unfairness makes people fight each other when times are hard especially. wendy says, how can she be proud in being selected to stand when not up against both genders. ridiculous. two cousins of the manchester bomber say they have no idea he was planning his attack which killed 22 people. they were arrested after the bombing and were questioned for a week but were released without charge. they said they had no idea about his plans. i am still shocked. iam about his plans. i am still shocked. i am letting it sink in slowly. getting around it, somehow. it is not easy. it is not easy being connected to 22 lost innocent lives. and the fact that the person who did this is related to us by blood. it is something that will stay with me the rest of my life. my thoughts are with the families of the victims. i really feel for them. we can try and move on with our lives, but they have lost loved ones. i am still in shock about what has happened. looking at the relationship i have had with salmanlieve it was done by one man, which developed thoughts in the past few years he ke pt thoughts in the past few years he kept to himself, secretly, he never shared it with any member of the family. if he had, we could have done something to stop that happening. those are two of the cousins of the manchester bomber. next, the ticketing website ticketmaster say more than 11,000 people who were not at manchester arena when the suicide bomb happened last week have tried to claim free tickets for sunday's one love concert, being held for survivors of the attack. some tickets were put on ebay for up to £200 — within hours of the show selling out. the website says it will block any sale items trying to make profit from the event. as we know, sunday's show will be headlined by ariana grande at old trafford cricket ground and she'll be joined by a host of other artists. here's a sample of them. music: i'll show you byjustin bieber music: shout out to my ex by little mix music: happy by pharrell

salman abedi, visited a british—libyan man in prison who'd been jailed for terrorism offences. with me is our home affairs correspondent danny shaw to explain more. it has emerged that salman abedi went to a prison in liverpool twice in march to visit a man that had been jailed last year for terrorism related offences. he was jailed for five and a half years for trying to help an raf veteran get to syria. he isa help an raf veteran get to syria. he is a british libyan man. the visits by obadeyi had to be approved by the prison authorities and by counterterrorism police. they were fully aware of his visits. they didn't bar him from going to visit abdullah. they let the visits go ahead. my understanding is the visits were closely monitored. and there will now be, obviously, keen interest to find out whether moore should have been done afterwards, or what steps were taken should have been done afterwards, or what steps were ta ken afterwards to see whether there was anything sinister going on. but the visits went ahead, two visits to prison, by salmane of what he has been doing in the last few years. you may render that police had said that they have no record of anyone contacting counterterrorism police hotlines with concerns about salman abedi, despite the fact that the bbc has been told that five years ago, phone calls were made to that hotline. that again is something else that needs to be bottomed out in the fullness of time. in terms of the wider policing investigation into what happened, where are we?m is still going on. a lot of work by greater manchester police. according is in place, in rush home in south manchester. a car, a nissan micra, is being looked at. police say it could be potentially significant, the fact that somebody had moved out of the local area, around there, it is indicative of that. in terms of suspects, ten men are in custody. the deadline is ticking, the deadline is approaching for when police need to make a decision whether to charge or release them next week. the deadline for some of the men, that ta

salman abedi, in the hours before the attack in the hope that people might have some minds triggered, maybe offering further information. they also released pictures of a white car connected to salman abedi. forensic evidence linking him to the car has been found and also evidence that suggests this car had bomb—making material inside it. they have also released today the picture of a barrel found inside that white micra, and asked people who might have seen it in the days before the attack last month to get in touch with them if they saw the car or items inside the car, or if they have any concerns which might help the police. officers say this investigation will very much continue, it is very fast paced, and it is taking lots and lots of resources but they are keen to get to the bottom of exactly who was involved, and also say they want to talk to salmanhink he could be hell to grain —— helpful to gain greater understanding. some people who have been arrested have been released without charge, but police do not believe they are involved. they ask anyone who has any details to come forward , anyone who has any details to come forward, no matter how small. the most interesting person remaining of interest is salman abedi‘s brother, leaving the uk on the same day. he did not then come back, still in libya, and has been detained out there, and the media there suggests he has apparently said a variety of things over there and they are anxious to interview him and hear about the attack. in a statement today they are aware of those reports, and are very interested to talk to them. they once do get a full picture of what he knows, what he knows about his brother, what he knew about his activities in the days before. it is a great area of interest and one day will be pursuing with vigour over the next few days. a service has taken place this m

salman abedi's death is. it may seem unpalatable, but the point is, of any inquest, to establish the facts behind why and how and where somebody died, including, in this case, the bomber salman abedi. his inquest has been opened and adjourned within a matter of minutes. the hearing lasted by my count about five minutes or so. it was just the basic facts there will bea was just the basic facts there will be a fuller inquest hearing in due course once the police, criminal investigation is complete. it has been held at a separate court on a separate date away from the inquests which were also opened and adjourned last week for the 22 people who were killed in that attack. markedly different hearings. the inquest last week for the victims, their photographs were shown as part of the hearing. a description of each person, what they did, a little bit about them. today, the hearing for abedi was business like. we had a few basic facts from the police about the circumstances of his death. they used a very unusual phrase, they say he had been killed by the force of the explosion that his body had been severely disrupted. that's how they described it here in court. they say they had to identify abedi through dna, dental records and fingerprints amongst other things. that was really the extent of this hearing, just to establish those basic facts. we were told on december 1st, there will be another hearing for this inquest. all the way through the process , inquest. all the way through the process, any inquest into abedi's death will be held separately to the proceedings for those who died in the attack. thank you. some news that's coming in to us, no too much detail yet. we are hearing that armed police have been dealing with an incident of some sort outside parliament. a number of journalists are on twitter describing an incident among them is joe murphy, the political editor of the london evening standard. he is saying there were shouts of knife, knife, knife and a man was brought down with a taser. he is saying there were shouts of "knife, knifer knife" and a man was brought down with a taser. this apparently happening at one of the gates into the houses of parliament. but none of this is confirmed. whatever has been going on, seems to have been dealt with and contained and under control. we will bring you more detail on that as we get it. these reports just detail on that as we get it. these reportsjust emerging in detail on that as we get it. these reports just emerging in the last few moments about some sort of incident. let mejust few moments about some sort of incident. let me just also tell you i'm seeing on twitter from an incident. let me just also tell you i'm seeing on twitterfrom an nbc news reporter, who says nbc news has been told by the metropolitan police, the incident is not ongoing. whatever‘s happened it does seem to have been con tained. we'll bring you more detail as we get it as to what has happened there. the archbishop of canterbury will speak at a "service of hope" at southwark cathedral today in honour of first responders, families and survivors of the london bridge attack. eight people were killed when three attackers drove a van into pedestrians on london bridge and then launched a knife attack at borough market just under two weeks ago. there were more than 100 attempted, failed or successful terror attacks in the eu last year — more than half of which were in the uk. a report published by europol says that while there's a growing range ofjihadist groups operating on the continent, the majority of attacks in the uk involved irish republicans. the labour mp the labourmpjo the labour mp jo cox the labour mpjo cox is being remembered on the first anniversary of her murder. she was killed in her west yorkshire constituency. event are being held today and over the weekend as part of the great get together in her memory. the new irish prime minister, leo varadkar, is expected to hold meetings with political leaders from northern ireland. mr varadkar is expected to meet with the leader of the democratic unionist party, arlene foster, and sinn fein's michelle o'neill. joining me is our ireland correspondent chris buckler who's in dublin for us. chris, just take us through what is expected to come. are you in belfast? i'm still in belfast. i looked at that scene and i thought, i belfast. i looked at that scene and ithought, i know belfast. i looked at that scene and i thought, i know that rooftop. it is belfast not dublin. the meetings are due to happen in dublin though. tell us what's expected. there is a lot of concern from politicians in the republic of ireland about any deal between the duchlt up and —— dup and theresa may's government will mean. they head south to dublin and the two biggest parties, the dup and the two biggest parties, the dup and sinn fein. there will be three things on the agenda. you mentioned the westminster deal. there have been concerns expressed openly by the irish government about what this deal could potentially mean. concerns that it could jeep ared eyes the good friday agreement. this idea the conservatives could be in some way beholden to the dup for their support at westminster is a worry for the irish government. they don't want to see anything thatjeep aredises the years of progress here. they've made clear the irish and british governments of the co—guaranteurs of the peace process and they don't want anything to deep ared and they don't want anything to deep a red eyes and they don't want anything to deep ared eyes that. i expect the new taoiseach will want to get as much information from the dup about that. we have the peace process here and the whole negotiations to get stormont and a devolved government back up and running. it collapsed in january. the talks to try to get it back together are ongoing. they have to two—week deadline in place. by the end of this month, there has to bea the end of this month, there has to be a deal otherwise suggestions from the british government, perhaps we may be in a position where they put in place some kind of direct rule where westminster will take over the running of northern ireland, certainly the issue of stability becomes one for them. ultimately the republic of ireland is very concerned because there is so much trade between the republic and the uk. so much trade that even crosses the border. cross—border trade a big thing and a question about what will happen to that border. lots of people cross it for social things, for work, even to get health care. any change to that border, any physical presence on those open road is something that the republic of ireland are worried about and as i mentioned, for their economy as well. 20 discussed as we looked was those different negotiations. the one at stormont, the one at westminster and the one with the eu. thank you very much for that. just to be more detail on the breaking news coming into highs of some sort of incident close to parliament at one of the gates into the houses of parliament. police are saying a man has been arrested on suspicion of possession of a knife. they reported injuries, so whatever has gone on there has been dealt with very quickly. there were reports from journalists on twitter saying there we re journalists on twitter saying there were shouts of knife, knife, knife. and the man was brought down with a taser so the police now confirming that a man has been arrested close to parliament on suspicion of possession of a knife. new reported injuries. that is the latest on that incident coming to us now. let's just take a little look at the weather forecast now and simon king has all the latest as we head into the weekend. it is going to get very warm if not hot as we go through the weekend. temperatures rarely rising up. fairly warm conditions. this was the scene earlier. some sunny spells. for many of us this afternoon we will see some of that sunshine. particularly towards the east of the pennines. that is where we will see the highest temperatures. up to the north and west cloudy story. a bit cooler here with temperatures about 60 or 70 degrees. that rain will continue through this evening across the north of scotland. elsewhere some clear spells to take us into the weekend. on saturday lots of sunshine across all of england and wales and southern scotland. north—east scotland and northern ireland as well. and it will turn very ireland as well. and it will turn very warm. ireland as well. and it will turn very warm. there was temperatures really boosting up in the sunshine. 25-28. really boosting up in the sunshine. 25—28. cooler in the far north—west of scotland. temperatures potentially up to 30 celsius in london on sunday. further north and west more cloudy and cool. good morning. this is bbc newsroom life. i was about to take you into the headlines but we will go back to the headlines but we will go back to the westway sports centre in west london near grenfell tower because the queen isjust london near grenfell tower because the queen is just emerging from that along with her grandson, prince william. they arrived in the area just a short while ago and inside the westway sports centre near of course the charred grenfell tower. they have been meeting volunteers who have being helping the residents from the tower in the last couple of days. the residents themselves and community representatives as well. and outside the westway sports centre a line has been forming of representatives of the emergency services who of course have been hugely praised and deservedly praised for their heroic efforts in tackling this huge fire that confronted them. and have gone through a horrific experience, the fire brigade's union and the london fire commissioner talking about their concerns for the mental health and of course the physical well—being, but the mental health of the men and women in the aftermath of something like this. an unprecedented scale. and yesterday the queen, as we watch here talking to members of the emergency services, the queen paid tribute yesterday to the bravery of the firefighters who battled the fire. as well as paving the incredible generosity of volunteers who have been offering their support and are continuing to offer the support that is going to be needed in the days, weeks and months ahead. the bbc understands that could at present be as many as 76 people missing from g re nfell tower. as many as 76 people missing from grenfell tower. and it is thought that the 17 people confirmed dead could be among that 76 but that's not entirely clear at this stage. so we're watching her majesty the queen and i'm sure not very far behind her the duke of cambridge, who arrived close to the scene of grenfell tower. and who have been inside the westway sports centre for the last 20 minutes or so meeting local residents, volunteers and community representatives. and as the prime minister deals with criticism for not meeting residents, survivors, local people when she came to the scene yesterday, and talking to representatives of the emergency services and her people cited security concerns for that. there is an obvious counterpoint to what we're seeing today as the queen and the duke of cambridge do just that. we are expecting the prime minister, though, to arrive soon at one of the hospitals treating people injured in the fire. and the queen as head of the fire. and the queen as head of the nation, of course, has been paramount among the voices expressing shock and sympathy at what has happened. and now here with her grandson offering words to all of those that she's meeting. backing up of those that she's meeting. backing up those words with her physical presence here today of course we saw, if we go back to the manchester been attacked, we saw with the duke of edinburgh taking part in a minutes silence to remember the 22 victims of the suicide attacks there. also of course responding swiftly to the london bridge borough market attack and here today in west london responding to another tragedy, a different type of tragedy but one which so many people are really finding difficult to take in in terms of the scale of it. the fa ct in terms of the scale of it. the fact that it could happen in a tower block in london in 2017. despite warnings and concerns from people living there that there were risks. there were risks to living in that tower and their concerns that they had expressed about fire safety. so this line of representatives from the emergency services, the police now before that the fire brigade assembled outside the westway sports centre. and those pictures are really little wobbly at the minute. we're going to move away from those but we'll bring you more detail of the queen's visit of course to west london. i'm just going to take you back to the incident outside the houses of parliament. we are hearing from the police that they have arrested a man on suspicion of possession of a knife. by this imagejust on suspicion of possession of a knife. by this image just coming into us of the man who has been arrested on suspicion of possession ofa arrested on suspicion of possession of a knife. no reported injuries, say the police. whatever has gone on this has happened very quickly. now, there were reports on twitter from some journalists saying they heard shouts of life, knife, now. and a man had been tasered. i don't know if that report about someone being tasered is accurate and whether this individual would be on his feet if you'd been tasered moments before but this is an image that we have received of, we understand, the man arrested by police close to parliament on suspicion of possession of a knife. so you can clearly see from our live image there... apologies, ishould not have said that. we just lost the picture. here's another one from a slightly more distant vantage point, but numbers of police there. it also people apparently being able to move around pretty much as normal. likewise the traffic so clearly, whatever has happened has been handled extremely quickly. sojust to confirm that latest line from police saying that a man has been arrested near westminster on suspicion of possession of a knife but no reported injuries. so there is that image again we willjust be that to you. and no more detail coming into us at the moment about that but armed police quickly on the scene there to deal with what happened. so let's leave that as let's go back to west london weather queen and duke of cambridge, in fact the temperature is just got into that car and is being driven away from the westway sports centre. where he and his grandmother have been meeting residents of the g re nfell tower, been meeting residents of the grenfell tower, volunteers who in helping them in the aftermath of the fire, kim unity representatives —— community representatives and members of the emergency services the queen as head of the nation wanting to be there in person to add toa wanting to be there in person to add to a statement yesterday she praised the bravery of firefighters and the incredible of volunteers. and of course, emotions running very high there. with people still desperately hoping against hope for news of loved ones who are missing, friends and relatives who are missing. the bbc now understands that that figure is around 76 people missing. that may include the 17 confirmed dead. we don't know at this stage to what extent the might be an overlap between that figure of 76 and a figure of 17. but it does give you a sense of the scale of this. and u nfortu nately sense of the scale of this. and unfortunately confirms suspicions that the number of fatalities may rise very significantly. so the queen and the duke of cambridge now have left the westway sports centre. let's return of those two will continue with the click rate this, our top story. the devastating fire which destroyed grenfell tower. the bbc understands that at present there could be as many as 76 people missing. the police have said that 17 people are confirmed dead and it is thought that the 17 could be part of the 76 butjust is thought that the 17 could be part of the 76 but just to is thought that the 17 could be part of the 76 butjust to confirm that we don't know that for sure yet. a man who helped fight of terrorists attacking people at london bridge has also found himself involved in the tragic events at grenfell tower. the man who works in borough market lives on was next door to the terrors several of his friends lived there. some of them are still unaccounted for. speaking on the victoria derbyshire programme earlier he said he was hoping for the best but preparing for the worst. it isa worst. it is a lot to actually mentally taken. too many tragedies happening all at one time. just pulling together and doing the best we can do for our community and see what we can do to help out. so you live very close to the g re nfell tower. up g re nfell tower. up close? i can see from a garden so i could actually smell the fire when i was i could actually smell the fire when iwas in i could actually smell the fire when i was in my garden, yeah. so when did you first know about fire? properly just after 11 o'clock. fire? properlyjust after 11 o'clock. and then i got a very cool from a younger brother saying there is a fire in grenfell tower —— phone call. and just call around, call friends to see everyone is safe. and to kind of like see what we could do to kind of like see what we could do to help out so she initially went down there just to help out victims who had left the building and help evacuate the area as well. so this was the morning after. this was the night that it happened. so, you sort of saudi... i saw the flames. i saw everything burning. friends of mine said the could hear people screaming from the blocks and it's a lot, it's a lot. and your friends who live on the block who are still unaccounted for. we're not too sure if they're ok. i'm hoping for the best. maybe they've left the event inside and they've left the event inside and they've not been able to contact anyone at the help centre somewhere but at the moment were preparing for the worst. it was just hoping for the worst. it was just hoping for the best. what is the process as people try to find out if their loved ones rfk, where they might be. it's not easy, is it? trying to find out? just having to wait, until the coroner say this is the person who has passed away or this is your friend the person who has passed away or this is yourfriend of the person who has passed away or this is your friend of the show family member. it's a very, very ha rd family member. it's a very, very hard situation. it is just a waiting game with people's lives, basically. and not long before you were caught up and not long before you were caught up in what happened borough market. tell us what you... where you won't know what that was unfolding and what you did. i was basically right down the terrorist attack on. people in front of me, i saw them start work collea g u es of me, i saw them start work colleagues and friends. let's return to the incident at westminster. one man arrested. police say, when suspicion of possession of a knife. john, were you close by when this was happening? i got along pretty soon after. suggestions of a promotion, shouting in the precinct of the palace of westminster. officers moving in with their guns raised. members later i was here with a group of members of the public and a number of journalists. a couple of meters across the road from where one man was being held by officers, handcuffed by tim, being searched. to add about six offices bringing him there. across the road people we re him there. across the road people were being allowed to move freely. the traffic continues to move along parliament square. whatever the incident was it no longer, if it did, isa incident was it no longer, if it did, is a threat to the public. they had a very much under controljust a minute after the detention of the search. this man was taken off on a police matter the bag ban. a number of police vehicles pulled away to now moments after the incident parliament square and the palace of westminster has returned to normal, with the increased security that was put into place after that, that operation went very quickly. as you mentioned, from the pictures we we re as you mentioned, from the pictures we were looking at it did seem as though people and traffic were continuing to move or were able to move again very quickly, john. just describe exactly where this happened in relation to people may know where westminster tube is, for example. what part of the gates along the front of the palace of westminster? what area exactly did this incident happened at? i'm describing parish case, as they're called. the main entrance to they're called. the main entrance to the palace of westminster where ministerial cars, members of parliament to travel in an outer numbers every day and every hour. the scene of the incidentjust a few weeks ago where a terrorist, having mown down members of the public, immediately abutting westminster in the shadow of the clock tower were civilians were run down and how the terrorist on that occasion breasted the gates in front of me and that was where a police officer on duty was where a police officer on duty was stabbed and killed. just our backyards from where that is taken place with watching a man just held, he was not resisting. there is no incident taking place at the moment of his attention. he went quietly, as it were, and he went very quickly because a few moments after that he was in the back of a police van there were police cars dispatched and they disappeared off to a nearby police station and now as i speak members of the public are just moving freely in a thoroughly unconcerned way along parliament square as if nothing happened. the traffic is moving perfectly normally. john, thank you very much for that and as soon as the police release anything more about the nature of this incident, anybody tell about this incident, anybody tell about this individual, we will bring that to you. we're just going to return to you. we're just going to return to pictures of the queen. these are not like pictures are there just been fed into hours of her visit just in the last short while to the westway sports centre near the remains of what was grenfell tower. and we may be able to hear a little bit of the conversation going on so let's just watch and listen. it's been really, really good. yes, we were the first 20. u nfortu nately we ca nt unfortunately we cant hear too much of what is being said that but there are some more images coming to us of the visit by the queen and the duke of cambridge to the westway sports centre where they met residents from g re nfell tower centre where they met residents from grenfell tower along with volunteers involved in the huge effort there. and of course members of the emergency services. and just some images there of the huge amount of goods donated by well—wishers, by people recently want to help in the aftermath of this devastating fire. the queen in a statement yesterday expressing her sorrow at what had happened. praising the bravery of the firefighters and incredible generosity of the volunteers. and here in person today along with her grandson adding to those thoughts. and just quickly showing you to reason may. she is arriving, i believe, at the chelsea hospital. —— theresa may. she's going to visit people injured in the grenfell tower disaster. of course there was criticism of theresa may yesterday she went to the scene but spoke only to the emergency services and there was criticism she had not talked to residents, two people from the community, the reason given was security concerns. but of course there is a big counterpoint between that and the fact that today we have the queen and prince william doing what theresa may was criticised for not doing. albeit with their usual security presence around them. but theresa may visiting patients in hospital today. the committee secretary has also been to the scene as well —— community secretary. and this afternoon the prime minister will chart the government's civil committee of whitehall. that meeting brought forward and let die theresa may empires rather than being cheered by a minister but the pictures you are looking at are coming to us, the queen at the duke of cambridge at the westway sports centre really in the shadow of g re nfell tower. centre really in the shadow of grenfell tower. they spent about half an hour there. they were talking to residents, volunteers and community representatives. so we'll just move away from those images but we will have much more coverage of the aftermath of the grenfell tower fire coming up for you. right there was time for the with simon. hanky. we've got some sunny spells across the uk at the moment but for others on the cloudy side. you can see her clear blue skies and barnsley but it is not the case everywhere. this is in dumfries and galloway. the cows are lying down and i suspect they know there is a rain on the way. rain across the north west of scotland. the central and southern areas will see dry weather with a bit of sunshine. let's take a look at things at four o'clock this afternoon. rain across scotland. low cloud around here but to the east of the higher ground we will see a few bright spells breaking through. temperatures up to 18. northern ireland some spells. for england and well is the best of the sunshine will be to the east of the pennines. the aircoming in will be to the east of the pennines. the air coming in from the west, that outbreaks up there and for much of central and southern parts of england and wells that will be sunny spells and the best of the sunshine temperatures getting up to the low 20s. tonight will stay damp and physically across the far north—west of scotland. elsewhere will there be some clear spells but a much warmer night compared to last night. could be uncomfortable for sleeping. temperatures 15—17. but into the start of the weekend as you can see for most of england and wales we're looking at some sunshine. it is given to turn much warmer on saturday but up towards the north—west, again pretty cloudy and smart bricks of rain expected that the day to cooler feels. and was the southeast 28 at 29 degrees. going through into sunday this weather front you can see here doesn't move very far at also that'll keep the damp drizzly weather across the far north and west but elsewhere high—pressure really dominating things and sunday is going to be even warmer if not hot for some of us on even warmer if not hot for some of us on sunday. temperatures in the south—east up to 30 degrees but again look at that north—west corner, cloudy, cooler with again look at that north—west corner, cloudy, coolerwith some outbreaks of rain. a few want relief from the heat, leading to the coast, 12 or 111 degrees are at the sea temperatures. they remind uv levels will be hired not very high, particularly across south wales and southern parts of england. even further north—west scotland there is there's uv levels will be high. temperatures and the low 30s but by tuesday there will be a breakdown of this weather and what are just that little bit cooler. more details available on the website but that is it for me. goodbye. this is bbc news live in west london. i near this side of the grenfell tower fire. police say they may never be able to identify all of those who are missing. the queen and prince william have been visiting a relief centre and met people who have been helping victims of the grenfell tower fire. they've talked to residents and emergency services staff. the bbc now believes that there could be as many as 76 people missing. the police have said 17 people are confirmed dead. the government says it will do "whatever is necessary" to ensure that high rise tower blocks across the country are safe. we will do whatever it takes. we will take the expert advice, do whatever it takes, to make those buildings safe or make those people safe, whatever it takes. at the tower itself, the fire service operation continues to dampen down the charred remains as the search for bodies continues. the other main headlines this hour. a man has been arrested on suspicion of possession of a knife outside the palace of westminster. the incident is not thought to be terror related. a second soldier has died after he was wounded in an incident involving a tank at an army firing range in castlemartin in pembrokeshire. an inquest into the death of the manchester arena suicide bomb attacker who killed 22 people at an ariana grande concert has been opened and adjourned. good afternoon from west london where the queen has been visiting people who lost everything in the fire that gutted grenfell tower in west london on wednesday. the queen and her grandson spent time speaking to people who had been evacuated from the surrounding area, speaking to members of the emergency services. and two local volunteers who, of course, have been praised by so many for all the time and effort they have put in to helping people who have survived. just to bring you up who have survived. just to bring you up to date with what we know so far. the police have said that 17 people have now been confirmed dead and the bbc understands as many as 76 are still missing. we believe that those 17 are included in that number, although that is not yet confirmed. there are 211 people stay in hospital and 12 people are in a critical condition. let me bring in my colleague, peter hunt, our royal correspondence. we are watching the queen making one of these visits that she is bound to make on occasions of national tragedy such as this? i think what a very striking about these images is this isa striking about these images is this is a queen who keeps out of party politics, and tries to be apolitical but paying a visit which will be judged in a very political sense in the coming moments, hours and days, because this is the queen having a masterclass in how you respond to a moment of national tragedy and it is already on social media being compared very unfavourably with theresa may's failure thus far to meet any of the victims of this tragedy and it reminds me of how much the british royalfamily tragedy and it reminds me of how much the british royal family has learned. that you cast your minds back to 1997, the aftermath of the death of diana, princess of is, the mother of prince william, the tabloid had headlines saying, "show us tabloid had headlines saying, "show us you care" when the royal family was criticised for not coming to meet people in london. that was a painful lesson for the royal family 20 years ago. 20 years on, you see the queen in this while officials call ahead of nation, focal point, at moments of celebration, and pleasure for the nation, but this, obviously, a moment of sorrow. she has come with prince william and that isn't itself a significant moment. she is relying more and more on the younger members coming to say thank you to the firefighters, to the volunteers and meeting some of those who are directly suffering as a result of this fire. peter, you talk about the contrast between the queen's actions now and the criticism of her behaviour 20 years ago when princess diana died for them that of course was a different occasion. it has absolutely close to home, about her family, occasion. it has absolutely close to home, about herfamily, whereas this is about the city of london, local people, and the nation? yes, the reason i mention 20 years ago is because it's in the context of how the royal family judge because it's in the context of how the royal familyjudge public mood and it's always difficult for them sometimes. if you go back to the 19905, 1992, the queen made a speech about the difficulty ofjudging what the public wanted of the royal family but if you strip away everything about what they stand for, in essence, at its core, the royal family as a head of state, a hereditary monarchy at its core, it is about being there, a symbolic moment for people at key moments in the nation ‘s life and this is a key moment in tragedy, and there is a general widespread expectation that on these occasions we will see the head of state or her representatives coming, as she is now. she issued a statement yesterday expressing his sorrow and talked about her prayers for those who have suffered and she expressed her thanks towards the firefighters and emergency services who responded and went into danger to those in danger. now here she is in person coming to thank those people and, as is clear to anyone who search social media, a very political is being made between the actions of the queen visiting the residents and the failure of the prime minister to visit any of the residents. she is visiting a hospital as we speak, but the contrast will be between the actions of theresa may yesterday and the actions of the queen prince william today. peter, our royal correspondence, many thanks. well, as well as this visit by her majesty, the queen, the communities secretary sajid javid also visited the site today. he said the government will do what ever is necessary to ensure that high—rise blocks of flats across the country remain safe and the process of rehousing people affected by this terrible fire was already underway. this is a process we've already started. some people are moving into accommodation today. we need to make sure they all get the type of housing that they want in the local area and do what ever is necessary. that was another reason yesterday the prime minister authorised access to emergency funding so we've made it clear to kensington and chelsea council that funding should not be an issue for them to get on the job and they are doing that. we are providing more resources, professional sources to help them find those homes and also i'm listening to the victims, their particular needs. i had one family just now who said, they may have sadly in this case lost their father. they don't know yet. the mother has asked that her son can be with her, who doesn't live locally, and we said absolutely we should be helping in every way we can to bring comfort to these families at this very, very difficult time. that is the communities secretary sajid javid speaking earlier. members of the government have been in evidence today. visiting the site. and the prime minister theresa may also has been out and about. earlier she visited chelsea and westminster hospital to meet some of the people affected by this terrible fire. the prime minister of course has come under a prime minister of course has come underafair bit prime minister of course has come under a fair bit of criticism as peter hunt was saying earlier, for failing to come and meet people here on the site. failing to come and speak to survivors, to their families of victims, and it may well be that she has taken that to heart and has gone on a visit, not to the site, but to one of the hospitals where people are being cared for. well, we can speak now to somebody who is looking for people who are missing from the fire. thank you very much for speaking to us now. tell us about the members of your family you are looking for. i'm looking for my mum. i'm looking for my sister. her husband also. his daughter also. and his other daughter, fatima. and its six members altogether. where did they live? on the 22nd floor. this is on a2li live? on the 22nd floor. this is on a 211 floor building what was the last heard of them? basically, i did speak to them. people were shouting and screaming, that's all i could hear mainly. when will you speaking to them, what time was that? hear mainly. when will you speaking to them, what time was that7m hear mainly. when will you speaking to them, what time was that? it was in the morning, the time of the incident, so in the middle of the night effectively. what were they saying to you? i could hear people in the background screaming. i was speaking to my sister and everything but it kept on cutting off, so just asking her who is there? how many people, basically? so i could give information to the police and the fire brigade. what advice had they been given as to what to do? had they been told to stay in the flat? i don't know what they were told, i don't know because we couldn't talk about that. my main concern was them getting them out. did you get the impression they made some attempt to get out of the flat? i'm sure they did, i'm sure. yet. they are not stupid. i would say they would have been told to get out, let's make an escape. what efforts have you as a family been making to try to find out what happened to them? as much asi out what happened to them? as much as i can, i've been going on tv every day, speaking out, anyone knowing any information, pictures, showing people, the press, everyone. what help they been given by local authorities? i've had one person from the local authority phoning me, one person. and basically he'sjust tell me if you need any help, go to this place, you know, victims like you. i haven't heard nothing from anyone except for people from tv, they've been supporting me really fantastic. and what do you think of that, the help you have been given? or the lack of help? the lack of help, very poor, but the people that have helped me, from tv shows, presenters like you and everything, they have been phoning me everyday, you know, asking me if i need anything, do you want anything, apart from the community getting things, bless them, everyone, people helping everywhere, we thank eve ryo ne helping everywhere, we thank everyone who has done that. we want information and we are not getting any information. they don't know anything. the police don't know, the fire brigade doesn't know, no one knows, so who knows? nobody. how are you and the remaining members of yourfamily, as you and the remaining members of your family, as you search for a nswe rs your family, as you search for answers as to what has happened, how are you coping? i'm just being strong, basically, as much as i can. i'm not going to give up. having faith they are in hospital, hoping, they could be unconscious, they could be, they don't have identification on them so no one will know them but maybe someone will know them but maybe someone will see them, even a doctor or another person and pass on information to someone. you just never know. many, many thanks for joining us. thank you very much. thank you. well, one can only imagine what families like this are going through at the moment. as they wait, the police continue their investigation into what happened and we canjoin our investigation into what happened and we can join our correspondence marco lohan, who was at the police cordon, closer to the tower. what are the police saying about where they are in the investigation? well, we are now waiting for a press conference to be held here shortly by the metropolitan police and london fire brigade. you consider microphones being set up in front of the gordon, close to that shell of grenfell tower. we expect to get an update on the police investigation, on the painstaking search for the remains of survivors still inside. it extremely difficult to get up to the higherfloors extremely difficult to get up to the higher floors and you can extremely difficult to get up to the higherfloors and you can imagine how unstable it is. we have seen sniffer dogs being used to go up to the higherfloors sniffer dogs being used to go up to the higher floors of the tower. when police and friends at teams can go m, police and friends at teams can go in, they collect whatever they can to try to identify the people who we re to try to identify the people who were killed in this tragedy using dna records, dental records, taking photos and fingerprints. taking papers they confined to see how many people were caught up in this tragedy. possibly saying, as many as 60 could have been killed. we know 17, for certain, have been killed and 211 still in hospital, 12 of those in a critical condition. and 211 still in hospital, 12 of those in a critical conditionm and 211 still in hospital, 12 of those in a critical condition. it is a very grim task for all those who are part of this investigation. the police of course are preparing people for the eventual outcome that they may not be able to identify everybody who was there? yes, that's one element of the tragedy that actually the fire was so great and it was such an immense tragedy here that you may not be able to piece together the identities of everybody who was caught up in it. the charred remains are such that the damage was just too great to be able to know possibly who was caught up. we know there were 600 people inside the tower, 120 apartments, but where their relatives and friends staying with people? will we ever really know the full extent of the grenfell tower tragedy? it is extremely heartbreaking in terms of identifying people but also, added to that, there is the fear of those who live around here in large high—rise towers, right across the country. i spoke to one lady where you are now, this morning, who lives ina20 you are now, this morning, who lives in a 20 story tower but also this one stickers, no central alarm system, no sprinklers, so those are the kinds of fears which are reverberating in the tower blocks right across this country as there is the urgent investigation as to whether the cladding was to blame and whether there needs to be a kind of retrospective fitting of sprinkler systems to try to save other towers from befalling the same fate as grenfell tower did. yes, indeed, so many questions. many thanks also i know we are expecting the police to make a statement shortly and we will be back to you as soon as that happens. in the meantime, let'sjoin as soon as that happens. in the meantime, let's join our political correspondence chris mason from our studios in westminster. we have seen theresa may out and about today visiting relatives at chelsea and westminster hospital but she is under a lot of pressure now, isn't she? yes, to trying to form the government and reacting to this horrendous news in the last couple of days. there were citizens from opposition figures that when she visited the scene yesterday, she met fire officers and charities but didn't meet any local people. she is now making a visit to a hospital to meet some of the victims hospitalised by the fire and, after that, heading back to westminster to chaira that, heading back to westminster to chair a meeting of the contingencies committee, gathered at a morejunior level in the last couple of days. she will cheer it with ministers from all across whitehall, driving the government's response towards all of this. the broader context of course is we have learned there will be this independence public enquiry but we are yet to learn any more details after the announcement yesterday in terms of which judge will chair it, the exact terms of reference and how long that enquiry will be running for. i think the other striking thing, just to bring you up—to—date on sajid javid, the communities secretary, he has been on the scene this morning saying the government will do whatever is necessary to ensure that the tens of thousands of people who live in tower blocks around the country who obviously seek reassurance that where they live is safe, the government says it will do whatever is necessary to ensure that that does happen and the bbc has been speaking to local authorities all over the country, different responses in different parts of the country, but a huge challenge there and potentially a baskerville that the government could be left with as a result of what has happened —— a vast bill. certain towers are deemed not safe perhaps. i suppose that sums up in a nutshell the dilemma the prime minister is under because the prime minister is under because the government wants to find out what happened, that takes time, it requires enquiries, and people on the ground want answers right now. that is a difficulty, isn't it? perfectly reasonably,...lj that is a difficulty, isn't it? perfectly reasonably, . .. i have that is a difficulty, isn't it? perfectly reasonably,... i have to stop you now and take you to a police press conference going on right now. in relation to the investigation, the metropolitan police is leading the investigation and we have primacy. we will work with our colleagues in london fire brigade, and the health and safety executive. the purpose of that investigation will be to establish the facts. this will be about providing as best we possibly can a nswe rs providing as best we possibly can a nswers for providing as best we possibly can answers for those who have been so deeply and tragically affected by the terrible fire here in grenfell tower. the investigation will look into what criminal offences may have been committed. it will be undertaken by a number of specialist detectives using expertise and specialism from other organisations where required. now, sadly, as i have said before, we always knew the number of those that have died but increased and unable to say at this point in time we know that at least 30 people have died as a result of this fire. sadly, and tragically, that includes one person who was taken to hospital and, despite the very best medical care from the nhs, has now sadly died. 12 of those victims have been taken to the mortuary. and a number of those bodies sadly still remain here within grenfell tower. in a moment, i will cover the work we are doing with colleagues from the lsp and others to recover them as quickly as we possibly can. the latest update from the hospitals is that we still have 211 people who are being treated, 12 of those are in critical care. we have specialist and dedicated family liaison officers are boarding 36 families. —— supporting. through our casualty bureau and the reception centre, and the coverage out on the media over the coverage out on the media over the last few days, i have a request that if you are a family member and a police officer has not yet contacted you directly, if you are able to please go to the westway reception centre or phone the casualty bureau on the number, a specialist officer will be in touch with you to support you. in relation to the scene, richard from london fire brigade will talk about the work they have done overnight but at this point in time, there are no fires within the building. our specialist investigators and experts have examined what we believe is the original location where the fire started. and based on what we know, there is nothing to suggest at this time that the fire was started deliberately. as we have said before, the conditions within g re nfell tower a re before, the conditions within grenfell tower are particularly hazardous. it is going to take us a considerable period of time to fully work through grenfell tower over the coming weeks to ensure that we com plete coming weeks to ensure that we complete our investigations here within the building itself. as an absolute priority, what we're all doing is, as quickly and as much dignity as we can, recovering those that are still inside. and, sadly, we do not expect there to be any survivors. once again, i would like to page view to the local community here and indeed the residence of all of the areas around here for the patience and forbearance with all of us as patience and forbearance with all of us as the emergency services. it is really important that we can get on and do the investigation with collea g u es and do the investigation with colleagues from the agencies i've just talked through as swiftly and as comprehensively as possible. it is important that we can find the a nswe rs is important that we can find the answers as to what has happened and why. at this point i would like to hand over to richard, if i may. thank you. good afternoon, my name is richard mills, assistant commissionerfor the london is richard mills, assistant commissioner for the london fire brigade and current commander. we have had crews here since the start of the incident, we have six fire appliances and six fire rescue units and also have specialist teams here in urban search and rescue. their role is to help support the police in the extrication of the victims and the stabilisation of the building. we anticipate this is going to be a considerably protracted incident and we will remain on the scene for as long as necessary to ensure that we give as much support as possible to our other colleagues and we reunite the victims as best we can. with their relatives. we are very clear that this is subject to an investigation and, as yet, we are not prepared to comment on the cause of the fire until that investigation has been fully concluded. in the fire service, we would like to thank all the support of the community and the help that they have given us throughout our time here and we will endeavour to support the police and other agencies to resolve this incident as quickly as possible. what i would also like to say is that it gives me huge pride that the amount of community spirit and also the amount of work that was done by the amount of work that was done by the emergency services to help deal with this incident and resolve this incident going forward. our thoughts are very incident going forward. our thoughts are very much with the families and friends of those involved and we give our deep condolences. thank you. and i echo that. all of our thoughts and everybody here and indeed eve ryo ne a cross and everybody here and indeed everyone across london will be with those who have been so deeply affected by the tragic fire here at g re nfell tower. affected by the tragic fire here at grenfell tower. we are happy to take a few questions as anybody would like to ask them. inaudible question i know the process takes time but could you explain why... so the question being asked is about the numbers of those who have died, so what is important for me on behalf of the police, i will only say something that i know to be true. so i know at this point in time there are at least 30 people who have died in this fire. the very nature of the intense fire that has occurred within grenfell tower... i do believe that number will increase. how long will it take until you know? the building itself is in a hazardous state and will take a period of time for our specialists from the police and the london fire brigade to fully search that building to make sure we locate and recover everybody that has sadly perished in that fire. we will do that as swiftly as we can, absolutely. i completely understand the need for those who've lost loved ones to be as quick as we can. i will only give a figure... what we will only give a figure... what we will do from the investigation, we will do from the investigation, we will get to the answer of what has happened and why and that is why the police had ta ken happened and why and that is why the police had taken the lead of the investigation and if criminal offences have been committed, it is as who will investigate that. as quick as we can, as quick as we can, we will recover people and ensure there is a full search of grenfell tower for the there is a full search of grenfell towerfor the sadly, i do believe that those numbers of those who have died will increase and, as soon as we can, we will share that with the families and indeed the wider community. any updates on those still missing? it is difficult to know exactly how many are missing, so we have a considerable numbers of families who we deployed our detectives in two. through often do but could cause that people have reported a loved one missing and there is a considerable number of those calls which we need to work through to identify the final number. it is an ongoing process between us some the families we are engaged with, and the information received by the bureau. as soon as we have a number i am content is accurate, i will be sharing it. inaudible question everybody in hospital have been identified and their families are aware. one more question. inaudible question. did you have enough fire brigade people in there? early on in the incident, it was rapidly moving fire and we asked for additional resources and we made a rapid assessment and called for 110 fire appliances. because of the fire and the travelling of the fire, we committed as many resources as physically possible into that building, of the resources we had. because of the challenges and ferocity of the fire, it was a case of every firefighter, every officer, every call handler dealing with those calls was heavily involved in the incident. will utilise all the resources both from control, when speaking to people in the building, and also the people on the scene, from the most junior firefighter to the most senior officer present, and in my view, we did everything we could in the timescale we could to carry out search and rescue. the fire officers have all the necessary equipment that they needed? i think it would be better designed that will form part of an ongoing investigations we not want to comment on that at this point in time. thank you very much for your time. thank you very much for your time today, everybody. we do appreciate it. well, that was the metropolitan police supported by richard mills from the london fire brigade bringing us up—to—date with that very sad but i'm afraid highly anticipated news that the death toll has gone up. as you can see, 30 people are now confirmed dead. we told that 12 of them have been recovered and are in a mortuary but there are a number of bodies still in grenfell tower. that's tower remains ina in grenfell tower. that's tower remains in a very hazardous state and it became clear from the statement that the police are having a lot of difficulty in being able to recover the bodies that are there. but the intense to do so with dignity and with care. one other thing that let out from what he was saying, which is the investigation of which is underway is to establish what criminal offences may have been committed. and there are specialist detectives been brought in from other organisations if required. stewart said there was nothing to suggest at the moment that the fire had been started deliberately. they have been to what they think is the original location where the fire started. and there is nothing at the moment is suggest that it had been started deliberately. but the main and very sad news is that death toll has now gone up from 17 to 30 people and the bbc understands that there are 76 people missing at the moment. some of those will be amongst those dead. let's take a pause from all of their son now go over and joinjay for the weather. thank you. we will see some increasing temperatures over the next few days. warming up as we had one into the weekend. 11 for many weekends were some good spells of sunshine though a little bit of rain in the far and west. temperatures rant about 16 degrees. 22 in northern ireland. in these of scotla nd 22 in northern ireland. in these of scotland about 20 degrees and we should see 20 37 london. across much of england, wales and northern ireland. pollen levels are high or very high. not a great day for hate the best are various —— hay fever sufferers. it would be a one night. some places no lower than 16 or 17 degrees. not a great night for sleeping but it will be a warm start toa sleeping but it will be a warm start to a very warm weekend. part for some. a lot of sunshine for england, wales, the eastern side of scotland. it is north—west of scotland that sees the cloud and a little bit of rain but for most places it is dry, sunny and warm. top temperatures roundabout 28 degrees on saturday afternoon. good afternoon. the headlines now at 12:3lipm. the queen and prince william visit a relief centre helping victims of the grenfell tower fire. police say that 30 people have been confirmed dead. a man in his 305 has been arrested outside the houses of parliament on suspicion of possessing a knife. scotla nd suspicion of possessing a knife. scotland yard said the man was tasered after he reached for a knife when approached by officers. a second soldier has died after he was wounded in an incident involving a tank at the army firing range in pembrokeshire. the inquest into the death of the manchester arena bomber has been opened and adjourned by the city bus a coroner. 22 people were killed when abedi blew himself up outside and arianna grand a concert last month. security officials believe that hackers and north korea we re believe that hackers and north korea were behind the cyber attack that crippled parts of the nhs and other organisations around the world last month. within the last hour a man in his 305 has been arrested outside the houses of parliament. got the job say he was tasered by officers as he reached for a knife. no one has been injured. let's get more on this with our home affairs correspondent. danny, police say that officers on the duties became aware of someone acting suspiciously. yes, the details are still coming in on this and it is a little bit unclear on this and it is a little bit u nclear exactly on this and it is a little bit unclear exactly what happened but we can see from the photographs, the images that have been circulated, that police have detained this individual, a man in his 305 with the beer too was wearing black trousers, a grey sweatshirt. if it's like the wreck and says that he had a knife. one eyewitness from east london says he stared at me and my mate as we walked past. within seconds there was a shout and police ran out of the front gate shouting at him, get onto the floor, get on the ground. this would have said that the suspect had clenched fist and looked quite angry. he's been arrested on of a knife. whether or not this incident is related to terrorism i think it's probably too early to save the moment. that will depend on his intentions, his motives, whether he is someone that is known to police as a terrorism suspect. those details will be checked in due course. the question of whether a taser was used, some reports have said that, again, i'm not sure that has been confirmed by police whether they have used a taser against the individual. you set me on his feet. they have, actually. i've just seen that on twitter from the met police. they did usea twitter from the met police. they did use a taser on him and he is in custody at a central london station. clearly the very visible police presence there as we can see from that image we are looking at and from live pictures we soften the scene earlier but that police presence of course bolstered following the attack in westminster couple of months ago. the attacker when he drove a car trust westminster bridge and then used a knife to attack people, that has obviously sparked a review of security. there are more armed police in central london in particular and of course then we had an incident when a man was arrested at whitehall allegedly carrying a knife as well. that individual has now been charged. that is going through the criminaljustice system. we are aware of the heightened security is what don't know at this stage is whether this was an individual and followed of whether it was just a stop that occurred because he was acting suspiciously but those details will come out in due course. very briefly, what was notable was how quickly everything got back to normal around westminster. we quickly is people moving as normal, vehicles moving is normal because clearly the police dealt with this quickly. they don't have the quickly, within half an hour he was put into a police van and the reports of anyone being injured. cordons were in place initially budgeted zika for going past and then it's back to normal at westminster. thank you very much. a little earlier we saw theresa may, the prime minister, going into the chelsea and westminster hospital to visit people in the grenfell tower disaster and in the last few seconds she has left the hospital, we can go then our top to our correspondent. what can you tell us about the visit and you have any more details on who exactly theresa may was talking to? well, theresa may arrived to arrest around 11:30am so she was just under 45 minutes and we understand that she's about to start, we saw here just a few seconds ago saying goodbye to some of the stadia but you also visited some of the people who were injured. there are eight people being treated here, six of them are in critical care so it's unclear at this point whether she managed to see or speak to any of them. they are severely ill but to others here are being looked after and are not in critical care so it is quite possible she was able to speak to them. theresa may has come infor speak to them. theresa may has come in for quite speak to them. theresa may has come inforquitea speak to them. theresa may has come in for quite a lot of criticism over the last 211 hours for not seeing people directly affected by this tragic fire. she was at the scene not far from here yesterday were she met people read been dealing with the fire, with firefighters and with others who have been supporting those who have been left homeless. those wrapped tragically lost loved ones. those who have been looking forfamily ones. those who have been looking for family members but she ones. those who have been looking forfamily members but she did not actually speak to any of them and she is coming for some criticism that. she has been urged to show how humanity by a former conservative mp, michael portillo, but she has been defended today. andrea leadsom said that she was heartbroken by what she has been seeing and hearing and of course she has been here today to visit some of the injured and is the medical staff here who have been working around the clock to look after the 211 patients who still remain in hospitals, and for hospitals across the city. of course, for a primer minister it is publicly showing that empathy. she will do it privately but it is publicly showing that empathy and getting the right tone is so important in the response to anything like this and of course that's criticism of the fact that she had not talked to local people at grenfell tower yesterday was a huge contrast to the images we saw of the queen and prince william doing this morning what the prime minister has been criticised for not doing yesterday. indeed, and it is a difficult line to walk if you like. these are extraordinary times, ireland they? on one hand, the premise that clearly needs to... you know, she was launched this public enquiry and she needs to make sure that people who need help getting it and those incredibly difficult logistics. she is heading up a whitehall committee meeting, the civil contingency amity. she's going to that meeting now. yesterday she was speaking to people who are looking after that overall effort to help people so she isa overall effort to help people so she is a much more overall biggerjob than she is trying to do thatjob. they said, her colleagues have talked about how heartbroken she is. how so many government are heartbroken but i also spent time in saint mary ‘sjust down heartbroken but i also spent time in saint mary ‘s just down the road from here, yesterday of the day before. and you really see the utter personal heartbreak from people who are actually dealing with this, you're going hospital to hospital still at this stage trying to find their loved ones. they say they're not getting enough information, they're saying that emergency line that has been set up their not getting the proper support. we heard from the london metropolitan police about ten of 50 minutes ago saying that loved ones are being asked to call that number and that they will get a member of the police force to call them back and to give them support. they then asked to go to a community centre nearby as well. it is the westway casualties centre that they are being asked to go to their being told they will get support but some people on the ground that i was speaking to over the last couple of days, and of course you had our colleagues in different areas around west london speaking to those families were still incredibly desperate. they are not feeling, many of them, supported. and that is why it is been so important to see the queen, prince william who we have seen, perceiving and talking to people who have been affected. and also the prime minister. that is why there have been so many people coming out and saying, you know, show some more humanity. like you say, the government themselves and of course to reason makers do not she can. she's making sure other buildings have got the enquiries and making sure their savers well. she has left, she goes after that meeting now at whitehall and meanwhile people are recovering here. thank you very much. away from our coverage of the grenfell tower fire the inquest into the death of the manchester arena bomber, salmanilled and dozens more injured when abedi blew himself up outside a concert at the concert hall last month. our correspondent was at manchester town hall earlier. well, it may seem unpalatable but the point is of any inquest to establish the facts behind why and how and where somebody died, including in this case the former salman abedi. his inquest has been opened and adjourned. as you say within a matter of minutes. the hearing lasted by my count within five minutes or so and it was just the basic facts because there will bea the basic facts because there will be a fuller inquest hearing into coles once the police criminal investigation is complete. it has been held at a separate court on a separate state away from the inquests which were opened and adjourned last week for the 22 people who were killed in that attack. markedly different hearings. the inquest last week for the victims, their photographs were shown as part of the hearing, description of each person on what they did. a l