one of those killed, james furlong, taught in a school in wokingham. the local mp paid tribute.all accounts, an inspirational teacher who always went the extra distance with his pupils, and was a very kind man. and he will be sorely missed. and the community is obviously very shaken today by this news. but will the home secretary intensify the efforts of the intelligence services, the police forces, and the others? we've had too many of these mass murders in recent years, and we want some reassurance that we can get on top of this and save the lives of others for the future. terrorist acts are not perpetrated by communities, they are carried out by individuals. they do not represent any faith, constituency, or indeed cause other than their own misguided and indeed malevolent and wicked views. and we need to take that into account. mr speaker, reading is a friendly and peaceful town with a diverse and tolerant community. and this whole incident is completely unknown to us, it's something which has never occurred before in our community, and as such is deeply upsetting. that commu

at holt school in wokingham students laid flowers to james furlong, there will be no classes today. respected teachers will take a long time to heal. we've heard from woody johnson, the us ambassador to the uk in response to the death of the american citizen, he said i offer my deepest condolences to the families of those killed, to our great sorrow this includes an american citizen. our thoughts are with all those affected, we condemn the attack absolutely and have offered our assistance to british law enforcement. the suspect still being held by police, they can't question him forup to held by police, they can't question him for up to two weeks. simon. thank you. —— they can question him. more now from our security correspondent frank gardner. and this illustrates the pressure the security services are under. security services have a database of thousands of persons of interest, people known to have links with suspected terrorist organisations overseas, extremist. but in addition to that there is another list of around 40,000 people not thought to be an immediate risk but have had

a local secondary school politics at a local secondary school in wokingham, and cbs—cam james furlongour wonderfully talented, inspirational teacher was tragically killed in a terrorist incident. james was a very kind and gentle man with a real sense of duty and cared for everyone of our children. he inspired everyone he taught, with his passion for his subject and dedication. he was determined our students would develop critical awareness of global issues and in doing so became an active citizen. as a whole community we now need to absorb this sad news. counsellors are available for our students. words cannot describe our shock and sadness at this time. our thoughts are with his mum, dad, family, friends and colleagues. he was a cherished colleague and will be very sadly missed. applause collea g u es colleagues of james furlong colleagues ofjames furlong paying tribute to him. we heard he was a kind and gentle man, truly inspired eve ryo ne kind and gentle man, truly inspired everyone he taught, and we heard that he was determined his students assert develop a critical awareness of

at the school in wokingham, students laid flowers to mr furlong. there will be no classes today.most respected teachers will take a long time to heal. we have heard from the us ambassador to the uk, i offer my deepest condolences to the families of those killed. this includes an american citizen. thoughts are with all of those affected. we condemn the attack absolutely and have offered oui’ attack absolutely and have offered our assistance to british law enforcement. six people were attacked in that incident on saturday evening. three were killed, to have been named. three people we re to have been named. three people were taken to hospital. one person is still being treated for their injuries, but we believe they are not life—threatening. we can get more now from our security correspondent gordon corera. known to mi5. we keep hearing that phrase. what does it actually mean? what it means in this case is that he was someone mi5 received a lead about, a piece of information, in his case, apparently, that he was planning some kind of travel abroad which could have been to do with e

wokingham church this morning from nine untilfour wokingham church this morning from nine until fournity support you. i know you knew of james furlong but didn't necessarily know him. there is probably a couple of strands to this. those individuals who will have spent time with him or maybe were taught by him and how they then respond to what has happened but also that wider issue for the community of how do you heal after going through something like this? absolutely. the first thing to say is of course the thoughts and prayers of the school community and the local community are entirely with his parents, his brother, partner, friends, the widerfamily. those are the people at the centre of this. but beyond that there are people who worked with him closely for years. people he taught in a really intense way in the sixth form, he was there form tutor. we have heard some tributes offered and the excellent statement issued by the excellent statement issued by the school, as well. it is an outstanding skill. in terms of its results and pastoral care. it is a skill brilliantly led by two

the history at a school in wokingham, not far from here.the students called him deeply loved and valued. and as well as those tributes, regulars at the local pub yesterday not far from here came together to remember the three men with speeches and music. all of them drank there and it is pretty clear these killings have deeply affected all of the community. i have been walking through town myself, and everyone hasjust walking through town myself, and everyone has just not walking through town myself, and everyone hasjust not looked happy. which shows how hard it has set everyone. even if you don't know the victims, it is still hard to know that someone from your town has been killed. and it isjust grief for everyone , because we killed. and it isjust grief for everyone, because we are a tightknit community. well, the investigation here continues and the police have been given more time, until saturday, to question the suspect, hurry somebody —— khairi saadallah, and they are not looking for anybody else in connection with this attack, but t

james was a teacher at the holt school in wokingham, where he was head of history.ement, calling him... former students have also paid tribute, including molly collins. he was, like, one of the best teachers they've had, so passionate, enthusiastic, positive all the time. made the extra mile for everyone. always wanted people to be happy and included. and i don't think he knew how much of an impact he had on everyone's life. it's so, so sad. james furlong had been enjoying a summer evening here at forbury gardens when the stabbing attack began. police are continuing to question 25—year—old khairi saadallah, a libyan man who lived locally. detained at the scene, he was rearrested under section 41 of the terrorism act 2000. mr saadallah was known to mi5, but they decided he was not a genuine risk or immediate threat. i think that at a time like this, community —like reading will come together and support each other. it's a wonderful multicultural, diverse and supportive cohesive community and i think that people will find strength in each other but also of course in t

see the prominence given to james furlong today, head of government and politics at his school in wokinghams an extremely devoted teacher, a kind friend, a wonderful man and many will be mourning him and it's really important we flagged these individuals because it is a tragic incident and of course names are attached to these incidents, people and lives and there will be so many people mourning him on the other two people who have sadly passed away. good, all right. let's move on to the financial times and this is a story and i know you will both be interested in it, in a sense a debate we haven't had very much recently which is the question of what might happen afterwards in terms of the implications for tax and public spending. this is the suggestion that rishi sunak is on the one hand are going to consider further tax cuts and then may be spending cuts later in the year. what do you make of the ft‘s predictions? thisjust underlines the fact that in some ways dealing with the health emergency is the easier of the tasks facing the government linked to the pandemic because restarting the e

as well as james furlong, a teacher in wokingham who was described as inspirational, his friend joe ritchie—bennettar—old american who had lived in the uk for 15 years. his family in philadelphia say they're heartbroken. and finally another friend who'd been enjoying the summer evening in the park, david wails. with more, here's our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan. back at school, for the most painful of reasons. through the morning, they left tributes to a teacher who always told his pupils to fly high. 36—year—old james furlong was the head of history and politics at holt school. with news of his death was still sinking in, students and colleagues held a two—minute silence. as a holt community, we all now need to absorb this sad news. our thoughts are with his mum, his dad, his brother and his family and his friends and colleagues. he was a cherished colleague and he will be very sadly missed. applause he wasn'tjust every average teacher, he was an incredible person, and he wasn't just a teacher, he was a human being, and he had family and friends that loved him just as much as we do. 14—year—o

he was head of history at the holt school in wokingham, which wrote in a letter to pa rents: i'm appallede should lose their lives in this way. if there are lessons that we need to learn about how we handle such cases, how we handle the events leading up to such cases, then we will learn those lessons. this morning, as a huge investigation got under way, police formally declared it as a terrorist attack, though detectives think their suspect was acting alone. from our inquiries undertaken so far, officers have found nothing to suggest that there was anyone else involved in this attack, and presently, we are not looking for anyone else in relation to the incident. neighbours here at the block of flats where khairi saadallah lived have told us that he had caused problems in the past. he once threw a tv out of the top—floor window, and he was regularly visited by a mental health key worker. kieran vernon told me that the man he knew showed no signs of extremism or violence and had rather been someone to smoke cannabis with. he seemed like me or you. whenever you used met up, we used to all t

he was head of history at the holt school in wokingham, who was in the park with friends, which wrotetter to parents the school, "james was a very kind and gentle man. he had a real sense of duty and cared for each and every one of our students. words cannot describe our sadness at this time." i'm appalled and sickened that people should lose their lives in this way. if there are lessons that we need to learn about how we handle such cases, how we handle the events leading up to such cases, then we will learn those lessons. this morning, as a huge investigation got under way, police formally declared it as a terrorist attack, though detectives think their suspect was acting alone. from our inquiries undertaken so far, officers have found nothing to suggest there was anyone else involved in this attack, and presently, we are not looking for anyone else in relation to the incident. neighbours here at the block of flats where khairi saadallah lived have told us that he had caused problems in the past. he once threw a tv out of the top—floor window, and he was regularly visited by a menta

at holt school in wokingham where one of the victims, james furlong, worked students and staff stoodthey paid this tribute. we are sad to report that our inspirational head of history and politics was tragically killed at the terrorist incident at reading. james was a very kind and gentle man. he had a real sense of duty and cared for each and every one of our students. he truly inspired everyone he taught through his passion for his subject and dedication. he was determined that our students will develop a critical awareness of global issues and in doing so become active citizens and have a voice. in our whole community, we have to absorb the sad news. counsellors are available for our staff and students. words cannot describe our shock and sadness at this time. our thoughts are with his mum, dad, brother and family, and his friends and colleagues. he was a cherished colleague and he will be very sadly missed. there have been no new deaths in scotland of patients who tested positive for coronavirus in the last 2a hours, according to the latest figures. scotland's first minister, nic

as well as james furlong, a teacher in wokingham who was described as inspirational, his friend joe ritchie—bennett a 39—year—old american who had lived in the uk for 15 years. his family in philadelphia say they're heartbroken. and finally, another friend who'd been enjoying the summer evening in the park, david wails. with more, here's our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan. back at school, for the most painful of reasons. through the morning, they left tributes to a teacher who a lwa ys they left tributes to a teacher who always told his pupils to fly high. 36—year—old james furlong was the head of history and politics at the school. the news of his death was still sinking in. students and collea g u es still sinking in. students and colleagues held a two—minute silence. asa as a whole community, we all now need to absorb this sad news. our thoughts are with his mum, his dad, his brother and his family and his friends and colleagues. he was a cherished colleague and he will be very sadly missed. applause. wasn'tjust every applause. wasn't just every average teacher, he wasjust wasn't just every a

as well as james furlong, a teacher in wokingham, who was described as inspirational, his friend joeas a 39—year—old american who had lived in the uk for 15 years. his family in philadelphia say they're heartbroken. and finally another friend who'd been enjoying the summer evening in the park, david wails. with more, here's our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan. back at school for the most painful of reasons. through the morning, they left tributes to a teacher who a lwa ys they left tributes to a teacher who always told his pupils to fly high. 36—year—old james furlong was the head of history and politics at holt school. with news of his death still sinking in, students and colleagues held a two—minute silence. silence as the holt community, we all now need to absorb this sad news. our thoughts are with his mum, his dad, his brother and his family and his friends and colleagues. he was a cherished colleague and he will be very sadly missed. applause he wasn'tjust every very sadly missed. applause he wasn't just every average teacher, he was an incredible person, and he wasn'tjust a

james was a teacher at the holt school in wokingham where he was head of history.atement, calling him... former students have also paid tribute, including wally collins. he was one of the best teachers i had, so passionate, enthusiastic. always there all the time, went the extra mile for everyone. always wanted people to be happy and included. i don't think you realise how much of an impact he had in everyone's life. so, so he had in everyone's life. so, so sad. james furlong had been enjoying a summer evening here at forbury gardens when the stabbing attack began. police are continuing to question 25—year—old khairi saadallah, a libyan man who lived locally. detained at the scene, he was rea rrested detained at the scene, he was rearrested under section 41 of the terrorist act. he was known to mi5 the terrorist act. he was known to m15 but decided he was not a genuine risk or immediate threat. i am appalled and second that people should lose their lives in this way. if there are lessons that we need to about how we handle such cases, how we handle the events leadi

and james furlong, 36—year—old teacher educated in liverpool, he ended up working at a school in wokinghamand peoples penned an open letter talking about how deeply valued he was as a teacher and a mentor. all three men drank at the blagrave arms, a pub not farfrom here, locals came out there yesterday to show support and reflect on their loss. there were speeches and music, they were remembering three friends. police have now been given until saturday to continue questioning the suspect, khairi saadallah, they say they are keeping an open mind as to any possible motive for the attack but say they are not looking for anybody else. the vicejohn mcmanus reporting. burnley have issued an unreserved apology and say they're ashamed and embarrassed after a banner with the message "white lives matter burnley" was flown over the etihad stadium during their game with manchester city last night. the plane circled over the stadium just after kick—off. players and staff from both sides had taken a knee in support of the black lives matter movement. burnley say they'll ban anyone found to have been inv

one of those who died has been named as james furlong, a teacher at a school in wokingham. 25—year—oldiri saadallah was arrested on suspicion of murder and is still being questioned. security sources have told the bbc that saadallah was known to mi5, but was not under active investigation. our correspondent charlotte rose reports from reading. after the horror of last night's attack, so many questions remain today about the motive of the 25—year—old suspect, khairi saadallah, who remains in police custody. eyewitnesses told of how the park, described as the town's back garden, became a scene of carnage. everyone was just having fun. and, then... suddenly, the manjust shouted and darted to the left. and was shouting at something, i couldn't hear what, i don't know and was shouting something, i couldn't hear what, i don't know if it was unintelligible screams or a foreign language or anything. but he then darted, and i thought it was a scuffle at first. obviously, looking back now i know that he was stabbing them, so, he stabbed the first person, went around, because they were sat in a c

pupils at the school in wokingham where he taught have gathered to pay tribute to a man described asd and gentle‘, who ‘inspired everyone he taught‘. police are continuing to question a 25—year—old libyan man, khairi saadallah, who is being held under the terrorism act. on a visit to the scene of the attack, the home secretary, priti patel, said it was a tragic event and the actions of a lone individual. andy moore reports. deep emotion and real shock at the school where james furlong taught and where a two—minute silence was held this morning. he was much loved and described as a man who inspired everyone he taught. as a whole community we all now need to absorb this sad news. counsellors are available for staff and students. words cannot describe our shock and sadness at this time. he wasn't just an average teacher, he was an incredible person. and he wasn't just a teacher, he was a human being, and he had family and friends that loved him just as much as we do. the home secretary came to the scene of the attack in forbury gardens to pay her respects. what we saw here on saturday e