24/07/2011 BBC Weekend News

Good afternoon. Norway's Royal Family and Prime Minister have led

their country in mourning for the 19 SEP- -- 97 people presumed

killed in a bombing and shooting spree on Friday. Police say the

suspect acted alone and has admitted to the atrocity. From

At Oslo Cathedral today, there was a special service to remember those

killed in the bomb blast and the youth camp massacre. Among the

congregation was the Norwegian Royal Family. This is a country

united in grief and still very much in shock. Under arrest for acts of

terror, it has emerged that Anders Behring Breivik may have had links

to right-wing extremists. This image of him with a rifle appeared

in an anti-Islamic video. A 1,500 page manifesto said to have been

written by him suggests the attack had been carefully planned.

According to his lawyer, he has admitted responsibility.

TRANSLATION: He thought it was gruesome having to commit these

acts, but in his head they were necessary. He has never denied what

he has done, and he said that during the custody meeting on

Monday in he will explain what he has done and why. Police believe

this is the gunman during his shooting spree on the island. Ben

the police investigation continues, as does the search for bodies. It

is not only the scale of the tragedy, the number of debt which

has shocked Norway. It is the realisation that it was a Norwegian

citizen who did the killing. Tomorrow Anders Behring Breivik

will appear in court and is expected to explain what motivated

Jon Sopel is in Oslo for us now. You were at that cathedral service.

Describe, please, the atmosphere there. Nick, I think these are

among the most harrowing and distressing scenes I have seen as

the church service ended and people started to emerge from the

cathedral. First the dignitaries, the King and Queen, the Prime

Minister, ministers and diplomats, but then the young people came out,

and they embraced. And you could hear from where I am standing now

the Wales and tears of the enviable as they sought solace in each

other's company after what had been the most difficult two days that

anyone can imagine. Some of them were the most distressing stories

to tell of how they survived on that island on Friday, how they

managed to get away and has so many of them failed. Although they may

take comfort in each other that they were able to survive, there

were many others who perished. Now all the ordinary people of Oslo are

laying their floral tributes to all those who died. Norway has come

together today to pay tribute to Jon Sopel there in Oslo. Friends

and colleagues of singer Amy Winehouse have been paying tribute

to her after she was found dead at her home in north London yesterday.

A former producer Mark Ronson described her as a musical soulmate.

The multi- award-winning 27-year- old had struggled with drug and

alcohol addiction in the past, although so far the police say the

cause of her death is not known. Thousands of people are gathering

in the Spanish capital, Madrid, ahead of a rally against their

Government's austerity plans. A protest movement began there