23/03/2017 BBC News at Six

Tonight at Six - the Westminster attacker was British-born and known

He's been named as 52-year-old Khalid Masood.

So-called Islamic State claim he was one of its soldiers.

Overnight there were raids in Birmingham and London -

This is what it was like in parliament as the attack unfolded,

but in the Commons today, there was defiance.

We are not afraid, and our resolve will never waver

The attacker and at least three others were killed yesterday.

Tributes have been paid to the victims.

PC Keith Palmer died defending parliament.

A former soldier tried to save his life.

When I see the guy enter the gate, with two knives

American Kurt Cochran was celebrating

Aysha Frade - a teacher - was on her way to pick up her children.

And I'm in Trafalgar Square tonight, where thousands

It is about to get under way to remember the victims of yesterday's

attack. And coming up on BBC news we will

have continuing coverage of the investigation and the stories of

those killed and injured in the terror attack in Westminster.

The man who carried out the Westminster terror attack

yesterday has been named as 52-year-old Khalid Masood.

The terror group so-called Islamic State claimed responsibility -

describing him as one of its soldiers.

Overnight there were raids in Birmingham,

Eight people have been arrested as police try to find out

It's now been confirmed that at least four people died -

including the extremist - and 40 were injured.

Eight of them are in critical condition.

Tonight we'll bring you the latest pictures as the attack unfolded

and hear the stories of the victims, but first, the investigation.

Here's our special correspondent Lucy Manning in Birmingham.

Yesterday we saw his face as paramedics were fighting to save his

life, even as he had taken the lives of others. Today, we now know his

name, and Khalid Masood was known to the police and MI5. He was on the

radar. But there was no information he was planning an attack, showing

just how difficult it is for the authorities to stop this sort of

terror attack. With a car and a knife he brought

terror to Parliament. He is Khalid Masood, a British-born attack are

known to the police with a 20 year criminal record, although not for

terrorism. The 52-year-old responsible for the murder of a

policeman, a mother on her way to collect her children and a tourist.

Cali Masood was born in Kent, and was most recently living in the West

Midlands. He had a range of previous convictions including GBH,

possession of offensive weapons and public order offences -- Khalid

Masood. His last conviction was in 2003 for the possession of a knife.

He was known by a number of aliases and he was known to the security

services. What I can confirm is that he was British-born and some years

ago he was investigated by MI5. He was a peripheral figure. The case

was historic. He was not part of the current intelligence picture. There

was no prior intelligence of his intent or the plot. Intensive

investigations continue. Just metres from where the Prime Minister spoke,

on their knees, police slowly, meticulously searching for evidence,

on the same ground where one of their own laid just yesterday.

Determined to find out everything they can about the man who murdered

PC Keith Palmer in the shadow of Big Ben, and ran over those just walking

on Westminster Bridge. Not just routine police work, this time it is

personal. Across the country overnight, police on interaction. A

flat in the Winson Green area of Birmingham was raided. Neighbours

said they thought Masood lived there recently. Also in Birmingham, in the

Ladywood area, filmed by neighbours, heavily armed officers searched

another flat. Locals said it was like a scene from the film. Like a

war. Down the streets. It is something you see only in movies and

I saw it behind my windows on the street. It was very frightening. It

was like, what the hell is happening here? As well as the searches in

Birmingham, police also raided homes and made arrests in the forest gate

area of east London. In Wales, Surrey and Sussex, a total of eight

people have been arrested in six separate locations. It is now known

the car he had turned into a weapon was a rental car he had hired in

Birmingham at the Spring Hill branch of Enterprise cars. There has been

intense police activity here all day in Birmingham. With the attacker

dead, the focus is on his friends and family. Whether they knew about

his motivations, his intentions, whether he had any help with the

attack on parliament. It is still our belief that this attacker acted

alone and was inspired by international terrorism. To be

explicit at this stage, we have no specific information about further

threats to the public. So-called Islamic State, without providing any

evidence, claimed the attacker was, as they described him, one of their

soldiers. The police are now trucking Masood's movements, the man

who got into a car and drove terror into the heart of Westminster.

Our Home Affairs Correspondent Daniel Sandford

Daniel, as I was coming into the studio, I was being told about these

raids and in Carmarthenshire as well? Yes, we have a full picture

now of the raids which have taken place across the country since the

attack yesterday. One in Carmarthenshire. We have three in

Birmingham now, one in East London and raids that have been concluded

in Brighton and south-east London. That gives you an idea of the scale

of the operation of what has been going on, as people look at Khalid

Masood's associates and round them up. One of those who has been

arrested, I understand, is his partner, a 39-year-old woman

arrested in east London. That is then trying to build up the picture.

We had a suspect shot dead yesterday by an armed officer and because of

that there has been an automatic referral to the Independent Police

Complaints Commission said they have started their investigation. No

police officer is under suspicion, what they need to do is investigate

the circumstances of the incident, because whenever a police officer

shoots Sandy dead, that becomes an automatic IPCC investigation --

shoot somebody dead. They understand this was a serious terrorist

incident and something they need to take into account in their

investigation. Thank you. PC Keith Palmer's job

was to defend parliament - and he lost his life

doing just that. A father, a husband and a policeman

with 15 years' service. Today the Prime Minister paid

tribute to him, saying, "he was every inch a hero and his

actions will never be forgotten". Our Home Editor Mark Easton reflects

on his life - and his death. Honouring a fallen comrade. At

9:33am this morning, a minute's silence for PC Keith Palmer. 48

years old, a husband and a father, who went to work but never came

home. Boxing instructor and former soldier Tony Davies saw the knife

attack as he left a function at the Houses of Parliament yesterday

afternoon, and immediately ran to Keith Palmer's aid. He brandished

two knives, attacking one of the policemen. That is the decision I

took to then leaked defence and try and give assistance in any way I

could. You ran towards the violence? Most people were running away. Yes,

but it was a split-second decision and people needed assistance. Tony

Davies was once in the same army regiment as Lee Rigby, the Fusiliers

stabbed to death in a terrorist attack in 2013. He remembers how no

one went to his colleague's aid that day and thinks that is part of the

reason why he ran towards danger to help PC Palmer. I was the first

person to approach Keith and I noticed the head wound and I am

shouting, medic, get an ambulance. The biggest wound was in his rib

cage. He was bleeding profusely. I tried to stem the blood flow with my

rain jacket. I checked his pulse, to make sure he was breathing. He was

still conscious. I said, come on, Keith, stay with us, son, stay with

us. We did all we could. I'm sure the professionals who were there did

all they could. He is being called a hero, they are saying he should be

given a medal for what he did. How do you feel about the man you tried

to save? He was just a normal guy. Well, not a normal guy, he was

protecting and sort of being an adviser on one of our most historic

assets of this great nation and he is expecting to do his normal daily

shift and go home to have his tea with his family. A lot of people

would regard what you did yesterday is quite extraordinary, heroic.

Please, I don't want anyone to feel that. I feel for Keith's family. One

of the core values of the Army is selfless commitment. Maybe I showed

a bit of that yesterday but just... It was frustrating more than

anything that Keith did not pull through. Sorry about that.

Police Constable Keith Palmer symbolises the selfless public

service and sacrifice vital to a civilised society. He was an armed,

guarding the epicentres of our democracy and epitomising the

delicate balance between our security and our liberty.

The Prime Minister has visited some of the victims

We know that, apart from PC Palmer and the attacker,

at least two other people were killed yesterday.

Aysha Frade lived in London with her two young daughters and husband.

An American Kurt Cochrane was with his wife

About 40 people from 11 different countries

Sarah Campbell reports now on the victims.

A mother on the school run, mown down in broad daylight. Aysha Frade

was 43 years old and leaves behind a husband and two young daughters.

Friends and neighbours have been paying tribute to her. She was just

a lovely person with two lovely children. Two lovely, lovely girls.

How are these children? They have lost their mother. You leave your

kids, go to school to pick them up and then this happens. She worked at

a college near Westminster Bridge and was on her way to pick up her

children when the attack happened. She was a lovely person. Helpful,

supportive, smiling, always willing to help out with whatever the

challenges and demands teaching staff might have at any given time.

Her mother was Spanish and today she was remembered by people in Spain.

Her family are understood to be travelling to Britain. In London,

celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary, Melissa and Kurt

Cochran from the United States. They were due to fly home today but

instead Kurt was killed and Melissa was seriously injured. The people

who were injured came from 11 different countries including the

United States, China, France and Germany. They were taken from

Westminster to hospitals across London, including here at Kings

College. Undergoing treatment for a fractured leg is 19-year-old Travis

Frain. He was with fellow students on a field trip to Parliament when

he was hit head-on by the car. He was pictured as emergency crews

stretchered him away from the scene. Waiting for news inside the locked

down parliament building was his tutor. She told me today that Travis

is doing well. He has been checking his Facebook. Lots of other messages

from other students wanting to know how he is. Clearly, he is not well

but he is dealing with it and he is staying as cheerful as he can.

Another school trip caught up in the chaos. Two children from this school

in Brittany suffered serious fractures. The French Foreign

Minister travelled to visit them. It is a new tragedy, and I wanted to

stop into London to visit and show solidarity with the British people.

Romanian officials say a woman understood to be Andrea Christer who

fell into the Thames has undergone surgery to deal with the blood

caught on her brain. Her boyfriend had a broken foot. This attack was

in London, but the effects are felt across the world.

Many of the injured were taken to King's College Hospital -

Our correspondent Helena Lee is outside there for us this evening.

Several patients still in a critical condition. Can you give us an

update? That's right, this is one of the five hospitals treating the

injured, and there has been a huge police presence here, both inside

and out of the hospital. At least 40 people were injured in the attacks

yesterday, 29 of those have been treated in hospital, three of them

police officers. Tonight, seven remain in a critical condition in

hospital, but throughout the afternoon, some of the patients have

been well enough to go home. Here at Kings College, two patients have

been discharged, and at Chelsea and Westminster, where they admitted 13

patients, they have told us that they discharged eight early on. Some

of the injuries we have heard range from fractures to head injuries to

some patients needing more complex surgery, and as well as medical

care, these patients will also be getting a lot of support as well as

they try and process tonight what happened to them yesterday. Helena,

thank you very much. Amber Rudd, the Home Secretary,

has told the BBC that it would be wrong to see yesterday's attack

as an intelligence failure. She's been speaking

as members of Parliament went back to work today -

itself a simple act of defiance. The Prime Minister said,

"We will never waver Our political editor

Laura Kuennsberg reports on how MPs have reacted to a terror attack

that was aimed at the home Today people are grappling with a

changed world. A morning run, the commute to work, but flimsy tape

tethering the area around our Parliament. The home of our

democracy, a crime scene. With a huge investigation under way,

Cabinet ministers, two, searching for answers. We will see what more

can be done to forestall this kind of lone wolf attack, if it was a low

balls. This was not just another day. -- if it was a lone wolf. But

Parliament was determined its traditions would carry on

unhindered. The speaker's daily procession, arcane as ever. MPs

cramming in where they had been locked down for hours yesterday. Yet

first, to show respect with silence. In and outside Westminster. In

Edinburgh. Even at the United Nations. Yesterday's panic passed.

But the danger, the confusion, the loss of life, fresh in every mind.

The Prime Minister resolute. Beyond these walls today, in scenes

repeated in towns and cities across the country, millions of people are

going about their days and getting on with their lives. The streets are

as busy as ever, the office is full, the coffin shops and cafes bustling.

As I speak, millions will be boarding trains and aeroplanes to

travel to London and to see for themselves the greatest city on

earth. It is in these actions, millions of acts of normality, but

we find the best response to terrorism, a response that denies

our enemies their victory, that refuses to let them win, that shows

we will never give in. MPs queue to speak to mark the sacrifice of PC

Palmer, killed trying to stop Khalid Masood getting in. Listening, the MP

who tried from minutes to keep him alive, as one of his friends, now a

member of this place, told his story. He was a strong official

public servant, and it was a delight to meet him here again only a few

months after being elected. Argument normally fills the air here, today

rivals together. It behoves us all not to rush to judgment but to wait

for the police to establish the facts, to state united in our

communities and not allow fear or the voices of hatred to divide or

cower us. No terrorist outrage, no terrorist outrage is representative

of any faith or any faith community, and we recommit ourselves to

strengthening the bonds of tolerance and understanding. But outside, more

strident voices. The Muslim community itself have got to root

out this cancer, stand up and be counted, and ensure that if they do

know people who are radicalised, they report them to the police. But

in her first interview since the attack, the Home Secretary urged

caution before pointed the finger of blame. Of course there will be

Google who try to sow discord, but what I'm so far as community leaders

and people coming forward trying to head that off immediately by saying,

we will not be bound by this,. MI5 did know this man decided that

tracking, that looks like failure. That would be the wrong judgment to

make. I'm confident that as we get more information, and I can't be

drawn further at the moment, that we will learn more and take comfort

from the information that we have other work that intelligence

services do. Venney didn't work in this case. You are right, one got

through, there may be lessons to be learned, but I want people to know

that we don't just have a programme which stops people, we have a

programme that enters into communities much earlier on to

safeguard people from becoming radicalised. For all its usual

conflicts, here today there is almost a strange sense of calm. In

the main, politicians with one thought, to be here, to turn up, to

do their jobs. But as the reality of exactly what happened yesterday

begins to emerge, there is creeping in a deep unease. We understand it

was one of the Defence Secretary's bodyguards who shot and stopped

Khalid Masood, not Parliament's routine police. Many wonder what

more could have gone wrong. Yet for any Government combining freedom and

safety is perhaps the hardest of balances to get right. And of course

it is only in the full this of time that we will know precisely what

happened here yesterday, but the Home Secretary was adamant that she

rejected the idea that this had been in any way a failure of intelligence

services and security. She also suggested to me that in 2017 we may

have to accept, to use her phrase, that there are a lot of bad people

out there. But she was firm that despite the shocking events of

yesterday, the Government will not be tempted into any kind of knee

jerk reaction, despite the scale and seriousness of what has happened

here, which has had such shock waves around the world, right now, there

is no sign that the Government is going to change tack or be forced

into any major change of direction. Laura, thank you.

In other news, the funeral of the former IRA commander

and Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness,

has taken place in Londonderry this afternoon.

His coffin was carried through the streets and thousands

The former US president Bill Clinton was there.

So, too, was Arlene Foster, the Democratic Unionist Party leader.

He'd been suffering from a rare heart condition.

Our Ireland correspondent Chris Buckler reports.

This is a place that makes a point of remembering. Through the large

crowds, Martin McGuinness' body was carried, past the paintings that

detailed the divisive history that he lived through, through Bogside.

It was also a time of violence for which some will hold him and partly

responsible. The attendance of Presidents, Irish prime ministers,

was testament to the years he spent building peace.

And the applause for the Unionist leader Arlene Foster, a sign of how,

despite all the many disagreements that still exist, Northern Ireland

really has changed. I in the course of years have had

many conversations with Martin, and he knew only too well how many

people struggled with his IRA past. He was very aware of it. Republicans

we know not blameless, and many people right across this community

found it difficult to forgive, and impossible to forget. That is true

on all sides, and in the streets surrounding the church, people

gathered to reflect not just on one life, but what life here was once

like. Our friend earned this fast crowd today. Even more, he earned

the right to ask us to honour his legacy by our living. To finish the

work that is their to be done. As part of the IRA, Martin

McGuinness did lay a role in causing many other families to grieve. But

Republicans see that past differently to victims. There was

not a bad Martin McGuinness or indeed a good Martin McGuinness.

There was simply a man like every other decent man or woman doing

their best in very difficult circumstances.

Those words will anger some, but the thousands who gathered in the

Bogside today believe that Martin McGuinness will be missed in the

ongoing work to heal the divides. Chris Buckler, BBC News, Derry.

A brief look at some of the day's other news stories.

Two Government-commissioned reports suggest the state pension age

One indicates that people aged 30 or under might have to work

until they're 70 before getting a state pension.

The other recommends those under 45 should wait until they're 68.

NatWest bank is to close more than 100 branches

and Royal Bank of Scotland 30, because more of us

RBS, which owns NatWest, says around 470 jobs will be lost.

It says transactions at high street branches have fallen by more

A Paralympian swimming coach is at the centre

of a bullying investigation by the sport's governing body.

It follows claims by several swimmers about the unnamed coach's

behaviour including at Rio 2016 where the British team

High street giant Next has reported its first fall in annual

profits for eight years and warned of "another tough year ahead".

Pre-tax profits dropped by more than 5% to ?790 million.

The clothing and homeware retailer said it remains "extremely

Yesterday's terror attack began on Westminster Bridge

where Khalid Masood drove his car on to the pavement

Matthew Price has gone back to the bridge, which has now

reopened less than 24 hours after it was closed.

He's been retracing the killer's deadly route.

Inside the white circle, difficult to spot, is the dark car, driven by

Khalid Masood. It took him about 20 seconds to drive the 252 metres

across Westminster Bridge. At this point, it was just an ordinary car

driving round the roundabout in Waterloo. But he was about to enter

the bridge, Westminster Bridge, drive onto it and start killing

people. This is where he mounted the curb. Witnesses said they thought it

was an accident as Masood ran into his victims. One man fell over the

edge of the bridge, it is believed it was Kurt Cochran, on his 25th

wedding anniversary. His wife was still in hospital. At this point, he

put his foot to the floor, accelerating fast and hard. He hit

someone else just about here. Imagine the panic along here. People

walking along this pavement desperate to get out of the way.

Some of them pushing themselves right up to the side barriers to

stop themselves from being hit. And it's at this point where that CCTV

footage shows the woman falling over into the water. Did she jumped? One

eyewitness told us that she was knocked into the Thames by the car.

She was Andrea Christie, a Romanian tourist who was rescued from the

water. By this point it has become pretty clear to people on the bridge

what is going on. Many of them thankfully have managed to get out

of the way. He drives along the pavement here, but he knows that he

has to get back on the road, so he hits another couple of people, and

then nips off into the cycle lane. And these barriers are the reason

why he knew he had to get off the pavement. Instead, he swung past it,

carried on down that cycle lane there and then took an immediate

left, slamming hard into the fence around Parliament. There he killed

his final victim, PC Keith Palmer, and then, with three shots from the

police, Masood's deadly journey across the bridge was over. Matthew

Price, BBC News, Westminster. The Metropolitan Police said today

that there had been no prior intelligence about Masood's

intention to carry out an attack. Our security correspondent

Gordon Corera is here with me now. First, Gordon, let's sum up where we

are with this investigation 24 hours on. Yes, it has been a busy day for

the police in this investigation. A very fast paced investigation with a

number of addresses being searched, one in Carmarthenshire, three in

Birmingham and one in east London. Seven arrests, no one charged yet.

All of this, trying to understand the connections of Masood, his

background, his associates. Did anyone know potentially what he was

planning, trying to build up that picture about him,

when he was radicalised, when he decided to carry out that attack and

if anyone else was involved. What does it mean when so-called Islamic

State say he was one of their soldiers. Do we take it at face

value? It is the kind of statement we do see after attacks. They said

he was their soldier and he responded to their call to carry out

attacks. That does not necessarily mean that they were directing him,

that they trained him or they were in contact with him. You often see

that that they claim responsibility for something someone else has done.

He may have pledged allegiance to the group but there is no evidence

of that yet. That will be one of the key lines of enquiry for the police

and security services. They want to know what he linked to this group,

where their contact internationally? If there were then that may raise

questions about whether those should have been spotted by the authorities

and whether they should have changed that risk assessment that they made

a few years ago when they first spotted him. Then they thought there

was no sign that he was intending to carry out an attack. Clearly, he

was. Was there anything that could have been spotted. MI5 and the

police are constantly having to make difficult choices, prioritising who

they watch and who they put their scarce surveillance resources

against. Thank you. Since last night's attack

there have been shows Tonight this is the famous

Brandenburg gate in Berlin, illuminated in the colours

of the Union flag. Meanwhile, here in London, a vigil

is underway in Trafalgar Square to remember the victims

of yesterday's attack - those who died and the dozens

who were injured. Yes, George, Barra thousands of

people here in Trafalgar Square. Many of them were on their way home

from work. Others have travelled 20, 30 or 40 miles just to be here this

evening and show their solidarity and remember the people who died in

yesterday's attack and also those who were terribly injured. They have

heard from faith leaders across the capital. The Home Secretary was here

and the police as well and the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, who made an

open invitation for people to come here and join this vigil. He is with

me now. What have you made of the turnout? I think this shows that we

as a city will not allow evil and twisted individuals to divide our

city and destroy our shared values and our way of life. Many Londoners

and visitors wanted to do something today, horrified by the attacker

yesterday. And today's vigil where you have thousands of Londoners and

visitors here demonstrates the best of our city. And as much as evil,

twisted individuals may seek to destroy our way of life and attack

our shared values, they are not going to succeed. I was talking to a

police officer this evening, there was a policeman who lost his life

yesterday, there have been people hugging the police and giving them

cards and flowers and saying thank you. One of the most remarkable

things yesterday was how the police and emergency services run towards

danger and help, encouraging others to run to safety. That exemplifies

our police services and our emergency services. PC Keith Palmer

died protecting our city and protecting Londoners. It is

important that we recognise that everyday police officers leave home

to go to work, knowing they could well be injured, seriously injured,

and ultimately pay the price with their life. And their hearts are

with the family, not just of Keith Palmer, but also Aysha Frade and

Kurt Cochran who lost their lives, but also those who have been

injured. And by the way, those who have been injured, the victims, are

from all corners of the world. And when you said we will not be cowed,

a big cheer went up here which is very much the sentiment in Trafalgar

Square will stop thereof London, Sadiq Khan, thank you for joining

us. Back to you, George. Thank you. The weather in many parts

of the country has been better than yesterday. We had some more sunshine

around. By tomorrow, all of us should have mostly dry weather.

Still close to an area of low pressure here which is flirting with

the South and south-west. This is the rain bearing cloud we had

earlier on. It is rotating and it may come back in on itself before it

pushes out to the south-west. There is the chance of rain for the

south-west. The majority of the UK will have a clear evening. A good

chance of Frost in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Tomorrow starts

off cloudy in some southern and central areas. In the afternoon,

most of the UK is looking sunny. Temperatures will get up to 13 in

London, maybe ten in the north. The high pressure well and truly anchors

itself through the course of Friday night so that spells are settled

weekend for many of us. On Saturday, high-pressure sitting on top of the

country. Some strong winds blowing around the areas of high pressure.

Coastal areas feeling on the chilly side. Temperatures will comfortably

get up into the mid-teens. Saturday and Sunday should be fine. The

clouds will vary little bit from time to time but overall, the

outlook is looking fairly promising. Let's summarise all of that. This

weekend settled with some sunshine but always a touch of frost on the

way. A reminder of the main

developments tonight. The Westminster attacker has

been named by police So-called Islamic State claim

he was one of its soldiers. Overnight there were raids

in Birmingham and London. Three people were killed

by the attacker. They've been named

as PC Keith Palmer, So it's goodbye from me,

and on BBC One we now join the BBC's