:00:00. > :00:00.the streets and key roads leading to the Palace of Westminster still
:00:00. > :00:09.closed this afternoon. You're watching BBC news.
:00:10. > :00:16.This is BBC News. I'm Ben Brown live at Westminster. As the Prime
:00:17. > :00:21.Minister says the man behind the terror attack here was British-born
:00:22. > :00:25.and known to the authorities. The flag over Parliament is flying
:00:26. > :00:29.at half-mast this afternoon, as the Queen expresses her son is for all
:00:30. > :00:37.those affected. The Prime Minister has been shaken colleagues in the
:00:38. > :00:41.chamber of the House of Commons. -- the Queen expresses her sympathies.
:00:42. > :00:47.What I can confirm is the man was British-born and some years ago he
:00:48. > :00:52.was once investigated by MI5 in concerns over violent extremism. One
:00:53. > :00:57.of the victims of the attack has been named as Aysha Frade. She was
:00:58. > :01:05.reportedly on her way to pick up her children from school when she was at
:01:06. > :01:11.the macro struck by gear car's car on West bridge.
:01:12. > :01:14.I am Annita McVeigh out by Scotland Yard. Kelly is coordinating the
:01:15. > :01:19.investigation have arrested eight people, Paul-macro of them in
:01:20. > :01:22.Birmingham. And police have been searching the clean as their
:01:23. > :01:28.murdered colleague is named as geeky Keith Palmer. One colleague paid an
:01:29. > :01:36.emotional tribute to his friend from his days in the military. He was a
:01:37. > :01:43.strong, professional public servant. And it was a delight to meeting here
:01:44. > :01:57.again only a few months after being elected.
:01:58. > :02:41.Families continue to mourn their dead.
:02:42. > :02:48.The police have made their first arrest in connection with the
:02:49. > :02:52.attack, which left four people dead, including the perpetrator. Grades
:02:53. > :02:55.are being carried out overnight in Birmingham and London and eight
:02:56. > :03:01.people in all have been arrested, at least four in Birmingham. Theresa
:03:02. > :03:04.May has confirmed the suspect was once investigated by MI5 over
:03:05. > :03:12.concerns they had about violent extremism. She also said that he was
:03:13. > :03:16.not part of the current intelligence picture, described him as a
:03:17. > :03:20.peripheral figure. The Queen has led tributes to those impacted by
:03:21. > :03:23.yesterday's events. In a statement released by Buckingham Palace in the
:03:24. > :03:34.last three minutes, Queen Elizabeth said...
:03:35. > :03:41.Aysha Frade has been named as one of the two people killed when the
:03:42. > :03:46.attacker targeted pedestrians walking on Westminster Bridge. PC
:03:47. > :03:50.Keith Palmer was stabbed by the suspect at the entrance of the
:03:51. > :03:54.Palace of Westminster, and altogether 29 people are still in
:03:55. > :04:06.hospital this afternoon, including seven who we are told are
:04:07. > :04:19.The House of Commons was in sombre reflective mood this morning. In
:04:20. > :04:25.memory of those who lost their lives in yesterday's attack and of all of
:04:26. > :04:27.the casualties of that attack. We shall now observe a minute's
:04:28. > :04:48.silence. Sfli Yesterday an act of terrorism
:04:49. > :04:53.tried to silence our downpour si. -- democracy. As generations have done
:04:54. > :05:00.before and future generation will continue to do, to deliver a simple
:05:01. > :05:05.message - we are not afraid. And our resolve will never waiver in the
:05:06. > :05:13.face of terrorism. As the Queen said her thoughts and sympathy were with
:05:14. > :05:18.all those affected, at New Scotland Yard the police paid tributes to a
:05:19. > :05:23.fallen colleague, after an attack on the the capital that everyone had
:05:24. > :05:27.dreaded and trained for. But are determined to overcome. With the
:05:28. > :05:31.Union flag at half-mast above the Palace of Westminster, the area
:05:32. > :05:36.around Parliament remains closed to the public. That includes
:05:37. > :05:42.Westminster Bridge, where shortly before 3 o'clock yesterday, a lone
:05:43. > :05:48.attacker drove a four-wheel drive vehicle at high speed through a
:05:49. > :05:52.crowd of people. One victim was catapulted into the Thames as the
:05:53. > :05:58.car mounted the kerb. The woman was pulled from the river injured but
:05:59. > :06:05.alive. The vehicle continued at speed, and crashed into the railings
:06:06. > :06:11.around the Palace of Westminster. The attack ran do the main gate
:06:12. > :06:16.where he stabbed a police officer, 48-year-old Keith Palmer. As he
:06:17. > :06:25.continued he was shot as he tried to attack other officers. Amid the
:06:26. > :06:31.chaos, many commented on the bravery of passers by, MP and emergency
:06:32. > :06:36.services in giving first aid and tending to the victims. But three
:06:37. > :06:47.people were killed, including PC Palmer. Also Aysha Frade, a 4
:06:48. > :06:52.3-year-old from Spain. The attacker has not been named. But he was
:06:53. > :06:58.British and was once investigated for links to extremist
:06:59. > :07:02.organisations. Police from several forces launched simultaneous
:07:03. > :07:05.operations in the Midlands and in London, making eight arrests in
:07:06. > :07:11.connection with the Westminster attack. The inquiries in Birmingham,
:07:12. > :07:16.London and other parts are continuing. It is still our belief,
:07:17. > :07:20.which continues to be borne out by our investigation, that this
:07:21. > :07:24.attacker acted alone and was inspired by international terrorism.
:07:25. > :07:29.Investigators are piecing together the exact circumstances of what
:07:30. > :07:34.happened in and around Parliament. But in London and Westminster
:07:35. > :07:37.generally, security has been significantly increased, around what
:07:38. > :07:44.was already one of most heavily protected areas of the cap pal vp --
:07:45. > :07:53.capital. The importance of security and maintaining the freedoms people
:07:54. > :07:59.cherish, never more challenging. I'm joined at the police cordon at
:08:00. > :08:02.Westminster by Lord Carlile. Thank you for being us with. What do you
:08:03. > :08:10.think of the significance of the fact that the Prime Minister said
:08:11. > :08:15.this assailant was British born and had been on the Security Services'
:08:16. > :08:20.radar. We will have to look at the evidence and there are issues about
:08:21. > :08:27.whether MI5 has sufficient staffing to track people who come on to its
:08:28. > :08:34.radar for long enough. We have the investigatory powers act to empower
:08:35. > :08:38.the security services to follow the internet traffic of people
:08:39. > :08:45.interested in being radicalised. We have to see fit was sufficient. She
:08:46. > :08:50.said he was a peripheral figure, the Security Services cannot track
:08:51. > :08:55.everyone. No and they make judgments and make judgments on the whole. The
:08:56. > :09:01.Security Services are often then sung heros who keep the public safe
:09:02. > :09:05.and they will be examining what occurred and looking at the
:09:06. > :09:10.perpetrator and asking the Government for the resources they
:09:11. > :09:15.need. What has been demonstrated is that there is a real severe threat
:09:16. > :09:19.and we must protect the public, not just Parliament, but the public from
:09:20. > :09:24.this kind of threat. Because it was members of public as well as a much
:09:25. > :09:29.loved police officer who suffered yesterday. An attacker using a car
:09:30. > :09:37.and knives, so hard to stop. And to get intelligence on. Yes, things
:09:38. > :09:40.have changed a lot, at one time we were looking at improvised
:09:41. > :09:48.electronic explosive devices, now it is cars and knives. It is much more
:09:49. > :09:52.difficult to detect that kind of event, because it is so simple to
:09:53. > :09:58.perpetrate. Do you think there needs to be changes in legislation? On the
:09:59. > :10:01.face of it no, I think anti-terror legislation is strong and complete
:10:02. > :10:06.and we may have to look at the way it is applied and the extent to
:10:07. > :10:11.which the radicalising sites are taken from the internet. It is right
:10:12. > :10:15.to say that over 50,000 such sites were removed by the British
:10:16. > :10:19.authorities in the last two quarters, so the Government's staff
:10:20. > :10:24.are working hard at this. But it may that more can be done. The public,
:10:25. > :10:34.communities, must be more vigilant than they have been, as this event
:10:35. > :10:38.has shown. Thank you. Let's go to our assistant political editor
:10:39. > :10:43.norman Smith who is in the palace Palace of Westminster and was
:10:44. > :10:47.listening to that debate. Very dignified and an agreement on all
:10:48. > :10:51.sides it was important for MPs to sit today, just the day after the
:10:52. > :10:56.attack to show they wouldn't be cowed by terrorism. Yes, it was
:10:57. > :11:03.clear that many MPs made a real effort to make sure they were in the
:11:04. > :11:10.chamber to cancel trips away, as a visible symbol of defines. --
:11:11. > :11:16.defiance. But we have been getting more detail about events yesterday
:11:17. > :11:21.and the BBC understands that the attacker was shot dead by one of the
:11:22. > :11:27.Defence Secretary's security detail. That would fit in, it has not been
:11:28. > :11:30.confirmed, but that would #23i9 with -- fit with what we know from
:11:31. > :11:34.yesterday, because MPs and the ministers and the Prime Minister
:11:35. > :11:40.were voting as the attack took place. They would have been going
:11:41. > :11:48.along, many of them at the back of palace yard through t area, many MPs
:11:49. > :11:53.were told they were told to get down. We know it was a plain clothes
:11:54. > :11:59.officer who shot the attacker. Now it seems it was part of Defence
:12:00. > :12:02.Secretary's own security detail. I stress that has not been confirmed,
:12:03. > :12:07.but what is what we understand. That would seem to fit in what appears to
:12:08. > :12:12.be a likely possibility. Elsewhere we are getting more details about
:12:13. > :12:15.the Monday himself -- man himself and we know, because the Prime
:12:16. > :12:20.Minister told us he is a British national and he had xom to attention
:12:21. > :12:26.of the -- come to the attention of security forces understanding but s
:12:27. > :12:30.but he was a peripheral figure and not part of their current
:12:31. > :12:34.investigations and was not seen as an immediate threat. But I imagine
:12:35. > :12:42.that will be one area that people will want to look at. In terms of
:12:43. > :12:49.mood, it was captured by a Conservative MP, James Cleverley,
:12:50. > :12:54.who knew PC Keith Palmer as a former colleague in the artillery regiment.
:12:55. > :13:01.He seemed close to tears as he urged Mrs May to consider some sort of
:13:02. > :13:07.recognition, I assume a medal for PC Palmer. There was calms for some
:13:08. > :13:13.sort of monument to recognise his courage and bravery. But you know
:13:14. > :13:18.there was a common theme apart from the sense of defiance that democracy
:13:19. > :13:23.will not be cow and that was the plea for people not to react and
:13:24. > :13:33.respond to those seeking to divide different communities. Thank you
:13:34. > :13:39.very much. Norman Smith there. The police are urging anyone with any
:13:40. > :13:43.information at all about the events here yesterday to get in touch with
:13:44. > :13:46.them and members of public being asked to call the anti-terrorist
:13:47. > :13:59.hotline. It is there on screen. That is the same number if people
:14:00. > :14:04.want to report anything else suspicious they have spotted. We
:14:05. > :14:06.leave viewers on BBC1 who will get more detail from Westminster in the
:14:07. > :14:21.one o'clock news. The flag flying at half-mast over
:14:22. > :14:25.Westminster, where MPs have been meeting in that very sombre session,
:14:26. > :14:28.sombre debate and listening to the Prime Minister and agreeing they
:14:29. > :14:32.have to stand firm against terrorism. Meanwhile police continue
:14:33. > :14:37.their investigations into exactly what happened yesterday, and who was
:14:38. > :14:40.this man behind it. Let's go now to Annita McVeigh, who is at the
:14:41. > :14:43.headquarters of the Metropolitan Police, new Scotland Yard, very
:14:44. > :14:48.close to where the attack took place here at Westminster.
:14:49. > :14:56.Thank you. Sombre moments here earlier today as well, and minute's
:14:57. > :15:00.silence in memory of PC Keith Palmer in front of the eternal flame which
:15:01. > :15:04.is just behind me here, the eternal flame at new Scotland Yard which
:15:05. > :15:10.commemorates those who have lost their lives in the service of the
:15:11. > :15:15.force, and just after that minute's silence the acting commissioner of
:15:16. > :15:20.the Met, Craig Mackey, spoke briefly to the gathered media. He said that
:15:21. > :15:25.no matter how much he and his colleagues had prepared for possible
:15:26. > :15:28.terrorist attacks through a variety of scenarios, for members of the
:15:29. > :15:35.force and the public nothing could prepare them for the reality of what
:15:36. > :15:39.had happened yesterday, and he repeated the appeal to the public
:15:40. > :15:45.that if they have any concerns at all to approach an officer and talk
:15:46. > :15:50.to them. He said the police are the public and the public are the
:15:51. > :15:56.police. A motion as well as we have been hearing inside the Commons, MPs
:15:57. > :16:01.have spoken about their thoughts and feelings on the events of yesterday,
:16:02. > :16:07.and we heard from James Cleverly, the MP for Braintree, a friend of 25
:16:08. > :16:10.years standing of PC Keith Palmer. The two had served in the Royal
:16:11. > :16:14.Artillery together and this is what he said.
:16:15. > :16:22.I would like to turn for a moment of PC Keith Palmer who I first met 25
:16:23. > :16:27.years ago as Gunnar Keith Palmer at headquarters battery 100 Regiment
:16:28. > :16:35.Royal Artillery. He was a strong, professional public servant. And it
:16:36. > :16:44.was a delight to meet him here again only a few months after being
:16:45. > :16:49.elected. Would my right honourable Friend the Prime Minister, in
:16:50. > :16:53.recognition of the work that he did and the other police officers and
:16:54. > :17:02.public servants here in the house do, consider recognising his
:17:03. > :17:08.gallantry and sacrifice formally with a posthumous recognition?
:17:09. > :17:15.Some breaking news coming to us, we are hearing from the so-called
:17:16. > :17:23.Islamic State's news agency that it is claiming this attack. One might
:17:24. > :17:27.say that they would do that, but this is coming from the so-called
:17:28. > :17:32.Islamic State news agency, claiming that attack. Of course, what we have
:17:33. > :17:37.heard from the police here is that they believe the individual who
:17:38. > :17:41.carried out the attack in Westminster yesterday was acting
:17:42. > :17:47.alone but inspired by international terrorism. We will discuss that
:17:48. > :17:51.further in a minute. First, let's go to Birmingham, where four of the
:17:52. > :17:52.eight arrests so far carried out by police have been made and our
:17:53. > :17:59.correspondent Phil Mackie is there. Bring us up-to-date with what is
:18:00. > :18:03.happening. As you can see, this is where a lot
:18:04. > :18:08.of attention has been focused over the last 12 hours or so because
:18:09. > :18:12.events began to unfold at 11pm last night on the busy Hagley Road, one
:18:13. > :18:17.of the main routes into Birmingham, four lanes of traffic behind the
:18:18. > :18:20.camera that you cannot see, that was completely sealed off, armed
:18:21. > :18:25.officers jumped out of the card and went into this flat here, the brown
:18:26. > :18:31.ball behind me. Everybody in the shops and restaurants along here, it
:18:32. > :18:34.would have been quite busy year even at 11 beyond, they were kept on
:18:35. > :18:37.lockdown for a couple of hours and later on they saw three men being
:18:38. > :18:41.taken out of here, even after that in the small hours they saw boxes of
:18:42. > :18:47.evidence being brought out. In the last 20 minutes or so we have seen
:18:48. > :18:51.this security cordons go up and we are expecting officers that we know
:18:52. > :18:54.are still in their carrying out forensic investigation is likely to
:18:55. > :18:58.come out with more boxes of evidence in the near future. We still haven't
:18:59. > :19:03.had any official confirmation that what is going on here is related to
:19:04. > :19:06.what happened in Westminster yesterday, but all inquiries are
:19:07. > :19:10.being referred to Scotland Yard, it is not an investigation being led by
:19:11. > :19:14.West Midlands Police, and it has to be more than a coincidence, it
:19:15. > :19:19.certainly appears that this is one of those key addresses that officers
:19:20. > :19:21.investigating those terrible attacks nearly 24 hours ago will have been
:19:22. > :19:44.focusing on. I spoke to one or two of the people
:19:45. > :19:46.who lived in the flat next door, they talk about being frightened
:19:47. > :19:49.hearing the shouting and seeing armed police but it is the kind of
:19:50. > :19:51.area with a transient population, lots of flats, people don't
:19:52. > :19:53.necessarily live here for long so nobody could really tell us who
:19:54. > :19:55.lived in those flats and what happened to them and where they are
:19:56. > :19:57.from. We are hearing more information
:19:58. > :20:00.coming in about various pieces of police activity, but let me just ask
:20:01. > :20:02.you about the reports that the car that was used in this attack was
:20:03. > :20:06.printed in the West Midlands, what can you tell us about that?
:20:07. > :20:10.It was thought originally that the car used in the attack on the
:20:11. > :20:16.Westminster Bridge, that ran into people there, had been hired from a
:20:17. > :20:20.rental company, Enterprise, in soluble. Enterprise has confirmed it
:20:21. > :20:26.was one of their cars involved in the attack but it definitely was not
:20:27. > :20:34.rented from Soliola. I don't necessarily know where that came
:20:35. > :20:37.from -- from Solihull. They have expressed their condolences, they
:20:38. > :20:42.said that as soon as they saw the number plate on one of the images
:20:43. > :20:46.online, they verified it and are informed the authorities
:20:47. > :20:50.straightaway and they are assisting the police with their investigation.
:20:51. > :20:54.OK, thank you for that. Just a reminder of the breaking news in the
:20:55. > :21:00.last few moments, the so-called Islamic State newsagency is claiming
:21:01. > :21:04.this attack in Westminster, although just to remind you police here are
:21:05. > :21:11.working on the basis that the individual who carried out that
:21:12. > :21:13.attack was working alone but inspired by international terrorism,
:21:14. > :21:18.but of course they are investigating what his associations might have
:21:19. > :21:22.been, what preparation went on in the lead up to this attack. Just
:21:23. > :21:27.also a reminder that we have heard in the last short while reports that
:21:28. > :21:31.it may have been one of the Defence Secretary Michael Fallon's personal
:21:32. > :21:36.protection officers who shot the attacker yesterday. With me now to
:21:37. > :21:42.discuss the latest development is our home affairs correspondent
:21:43. > :21:47.Daniel Sandford. First of all, what do we know so far about whom this
:21:48. > :21:52.attacker may have been? He is a person that it turned out
:21:53. > :21:56.was known to the police and security service, MI5, he had been on the
:21:57. > :22:00.periphery of an investigation some years ago, I understand. It looks as
:22:01. > :22:04.if he wasn't actually charged in relation to that investigation but
:22:05. > :22:08.certainly the way that the Prime Minister put it in the House of
:22:09. > :22:12.Commons earlier today, he was no longer part of the current
:22:13. > :22:17.intelligence picture, as it were he had drifted off the radar, having
:22:18. > :22:22.been on the radar. There is still a working assumption that he was, in
:22:23. > :22:26.carrying out this attack -- he was carrying out this attack on his own,
:22:27. > :22:30.nonetheless eight people have been arrested over quite a large area of
:22:31. > :22:34.England and Wales, four in Birmingham, the other four it is not
:22:35. > :22:41.quite clear that there has been police activity in Wales, Surrey,
:22:42. > :22:46.Sussex, parts of west London, so it is a wide operation. Police have
:22:47. > :22:50.been speaking to people who knew this man well to see if they had any
:22:51. > :22:54.information of how he got involved in doing this. The claim of
:22:55. > :22:57.responsibility by Islamic State, the police will not pay a great deal of
:22:58. > :23:01.attention to that because they already were working on the Sumption
:23:02. > :23:04.that this was an Islamist inspired attack and what they really want to
:23:05. > :23:09.know is who may have been helping him on the ground here, not who may
:23:10. > :23:14.have been the ideologue or contact he had overseas, that will come
:23:15. > :23:20.further down the line. What is difficult for the police is
:23:21. > :23:24.that this is a low-tech attack, so many people have access to knives
:23:25. > :23:28.and cars, it is difficult to think about how they might combat this
:23:29. > :23:32.sort of incident? In some ways you might think the
:23:33. > :23:36.protections that there were the parliament worked reasonably well,
:23:37. > :23:40.the man did not get more than a few yards inside the perimeter of
:23:41. > :23:45.parliament, he had to break through the first ring, which she did with
:23:46. > :23:49.some success, unfortunately took a police officer's life in doing that,
:23:50. > :23:56.but then this plainclothes officer with a handgun and shot him dead and
:23:57. > :23:59.the attack was over. But of course the thing we have seen over the last
:24:00. > :24:05.few years was what he had done before that, with his vehicle, which
:24:06. > :24:10.actually caused much more carnage. I should say the Westminster Bridge,
:24:11. > :24:12.where that carnage took place, was a complete crime scene yesterday,
:24:13. > :24:16.massive amounts of evidence gathering going on for any future
:24:17. > :24:21.inquest or trials, is anybody else was ever to be implicated in the
:24:22. > :24:26.attack, but this morning what we are seeing is it is being cleaned, road
:24:27. > :24:29.sweeping machines are out there, it is being prepared for reopening, so
:24:30. > :24:46.that first initial evidence gathering stage, certainly on
:24:47. > :24:49.Westminster Bridge, appears to be over, we are now in the state of,
:24:50. > :24:52.who are his contacts, what kind of communications did he have, what, if
:24:53. > :24:55.anything, did anybody else no year in the country and that is where the
:24:56. > :24:57.focus of the investigation is now moving, from the basic evidence
:24:58. > :24:58.gathering that was taking place yesterday.
:24:59. > :25:00.A complex operation, thank you so much.
:25:01. > :25:03.Of course, 24 hours a day, every day of the year the men and women of
:25:04. > :25:09.Metropolitan Police are protecting London and people in this city, that
:25:10. > :25:13.job continues today at the same time as this massive investigation goes
:25:14. > :25:18.on and also of course as they come to terms with the loss of one of
:25:19. > :25:22.their own in the line of duty. Ben, back to you.
:25:23. > :25:28.We know that 40 people were injured in the attack yesterday, many of
:25:29. > :25:32.them still in hospital, some of them critically ill and fighting for
:25:33. > :25:36.their lives, being treated at a number of hospitals, St Thomas is
:25:37. > :25:41.just across the river where doctors ran out of the hospital to treat
:25:42. > :25:46.people on Westminster Bridge, also Kings College Hospital and Saint
:25:47. > :25:52.Mary's Hospital in central London. Our correspondent Fiona London is
:25:53. > :25:55.there, what is the latest? We are about 2.5 miles from
:25:56. > :26:00.Westminster Bridge and if you can see behind me the police riot vans
:26:01. > :26:04.and cars because there is a real presence here still today, and if I
:26:05. > :26:09.take you inside, in the reception, you might be able to sleep through
:26:10. > :26:12.the glass doors there are two police officers on guard, earlier there
:26:13. > :26:15.were eight, searching bags as people went in. If I draw your attention to
:26:16. > :26:35.the poster, they clearly have a control room in the hospital. The
:26:36. > :26:37.hospital trust have confirmed they are treating patients here who were
:26:38. > :26:40.involved in the attack yesterday. We spoke to a patient earlier who was
:26:41. > :26:44.at the hospital just before the attack. He told us he was in a and B
:26:45. > :26:46.and was asked to move into a ward because he said he was told injured
:26:47. > :26:47.police officers were on their way to the hospital. This is Martin
:26:48. > :26:52.Galloway. I arrived here, I can't remember
:26:53. > :27:05.the time, about 2pm or 3pm and they said a police officer had
:27:06. > :27:11.been injured and they didn't have any beds so they moved me
:27:12. > :27:18.to the second floor. We know that three police officers
:27:19. > :27:25.were injured on the bridge, whether they are here, we don't yet know.
:27:26. > :27:27.Thank you very much, sorry about the sound on that report there from St
:27:28. > :27:30.Mary's Hospital. Joining us now is the former Tory
:27:31. > :27:41.shadow homeland security Former MP as well. I think I'm right
:27:42. > :27:45.in saying that you carried out a review of security around the Palace
:27:46. > :27:48.of Westminster I think after the Mumbai attack, so do you think
:27:49. > :27:52.security needs to be improved or at least looked at again around the
:27:53. > :27:57.Palace of Westminster in the wake of what happened here? The inquiry was
:27:58. > :28:01.actually a national inquiry looking at a much bigger targets than simply
:28:02. > :28:05.the Palace of Westminster, but you are right, we did look at the
:28:06. > :28:09.security because of the high-value nature of the House of Commons. One
:28:10. > :28:14.of the things we were very concerned about and which we didn't feel we
:28:15. > :28:18.were properly prepared for was a mass attack, a dismounted infantry
:28:19. > :28:21.style attack we have seen in places like Mumbai and other places like
:28:22. > :28:27.that, however we did conclude the most likely form of attack was a
:28:28. > :28:32.so-called lone wolf attack. This was partially informed by what happened
:28:33. > :28:35.to Fusilier Lee Rigby some years ago and now there are many parallels
:28:36. > :28:41.with what happened yesterday. The trouble is, the conclusion that we
:28:42. > :28:48.came to, the lone individual operating with a low value vehicle,
:28:49. > :28:51.weapon, and knife and a car, very, very hard to stop unless you
:28:52. > :28:55.completely closed down Parliament Square and the Houses of Parliament
:28:56. > :28:59.and make it impossible for vehicles to come through and every individual
:29:00. > :29:05.is searched. Again, our conclusion was, were we willing to do that? No,
:29:06. > :29:09.of course not. The point about terrorism is that it terrorises and
:29:10. > :29:13.changes the nature of everyday life. We, for better or worse, live in a
:29:14. > :29:16.democracy and therefore our representatives have got to be
:29:17. > :29:29.accessible to their constituents. You cannot do that if you are going
:29:30. > :29:32.to live in a permanent state of terror. Quite apart from which, it
:29:33. > :29:35.also demonstrates to the terrorists that they are having an effect. We
:29:36. > :29:37.concluded that was a price we were not willing to pay.
:29:38. > :29:40.In your view now, you don't think really any substantial changes in
:29:41. > :29:44.the security setup around Westminster? Be in no doubt that
:29:45. > :29:49.there are all sorts of measures which are already in place inside
:29:50. > :29:53.Westminster which will protect the state, protect the palace and those
:29:54. > :29:57.people that walk in and out. The thing I do think is important that
:29:58. > :30:01.the Government has not addressed is a public information campaign that
:30:02. > :30:06.people must be alerted, must be sensitised to the fact that these
:30:07. > :30:17.sorts of individuals are among our community, they do mean of harm and
:30:18. > :30:19.we have to keep our eyes and ears open. Think back a few years to when
:30:20. > :30:21.the Irish republican army were carrying out bombings and the like
:30:22. > :30:24.in central London. There was never any hesitation there full
:30:25. > :30:26.organisations like yours to say to people, there is a threat, be
:30:27. > :30:30.careful, be alert, this is what to look out for. We must not allow
:30:31. > :30:34.ourselves to be strangled by political correctness on this. We've
:30:35. > :30:39.got to recognise there is a threat, we've got to alert people to it and
:30:40. > :30:45.sensitise themselves to it. If every person out there is knowledgeable,
:30:46. > :30:48.informed, capable of imparting information, it will make the
:30:49. > :30:51.terrorists' job so much more difficult.
:30:52. > :30:55.Very good to talk to you, thank you for your time, Patrick Mercer,
:30:56. > :31:00.former Conservative MP. Let me show you the scene at Westminster, where
:31:01. > :31:09.the flag is flying at half-mast over the Palace of Westminster. In memory
:31:10. > :31:14.of those who died in the horrific attack here almost 24 hours ago. The
:31:15. > :31:18.streets and roads around the Palace of Westminster leading to Parliament
:31:19. > :31:23.Square, many of them still closed off right now because of course it
:31:24. > :31:28.is a crime scene, police still with a lot of investigative work to do,
:31:29. > :31:31.particularly along the Westminster Bridge and around the Palace of
:31:32. > :31:42.Westminster, where the stabbing of PC Keith Palmer took place.
:31:43. > :31:50.That debate with Theresa May telling MPs today we are not afraid. Our
:31:51. > :31:59.resolve will never waver in the face of terrorism. I am joined here at
:32:00. > :32:03.the police cordoned with Jonathan Reynolds, Labour MP. You were in the
:32:04. > :32:08.house yesterday and so was your two-year-old child in the Commons
:32:09. > :32:12.Nursery, is that right? I was actually coming back into
:32:13. > :32:16.Parliament. I was rushing to get in. As I tried to get in there was a
:32:17. > :32:20.crowd of people coming out of the Westminster entrance. People were
:32:21. > :32:25.talking about gunfire. I think a lot of people who work in Westminster
:32:26. > :32:36.have thought about what might happen if there was a security incident. I
:32:37. > :32:39.wanted to be with him but I was not in the estate so I tried to get in
:32:40. > :32:43.from the Whitehall side. I got into the building to be with him. When
:32:44. > :32:50.the news broke I was able to tell my wife I was with him. We are seeing a
:32:51. > :32:55.picture of you with him on our screen. You must have been very
:32:56. > :33:01.worried at the time? Very worried. It was not clear what had happened.
:33:02. > :33:07.People evacuated in different parts of the estate. I could see something
:33:08. > :33:12.out of the window which was a pretty bad situation. And that side of the
:33:13. > :33:16.estate on Westminster Bridge Road and you could tell it was very
:33:17. > :33:21.serious and the news came forward that a police officer had been
:33:22. > :33:28.injured. People did not know how serious that was. There was huge
:33:29. > :33:33.concern that the incident was over. I wanted to be with him. Some
:33:34. > :33:36.colleagues had to be separated for the duration of the lockdown which
:33:37. > :33:48.is of huge concern but it was nice to be there.
:33:49. > :33:55.The children were great. They knew something was not right. It is a
:33:56. > :34:00.reminder that Westminster is a community, a village and their
:34:01. > :34:05.families there. Parliament needs to be a place where a lot of people can
:34:06. > :34:10.come in. I had some constituents down that I was hoping to see. Some
:34:11. > :34:15.councillors came down. I will have to persuade them to come down in
:34:16. > :34:19.future. It has to be a place to support the work that goes on there.
:34:20. > :34:23.People do have children with them sometimes and it is very difficult
:34:24. > :34:27.in that sense. That is what people should remember when they talk about
:34:28. > :34:29.Westminster. It is not just about politicians, it is a much bigger
:34:30. > :34:46.place than that. And the message from the
:34:47. > :34:49.Prime Minister and all the MPs taken part in the debate this morning was
:34:50. > :34:52.very much the work has to go on as normal? It is very important that
:34:53. > :34:54.Parliament was sitting today. I am looking forward to getting home to
:34:55. > :34:56.Stalybridge tonight. I thought the Prime Minister's statement, the
:34:57. > :34:59.Leader of the Opposition and Angus Robertson from the SNP were all
:35:00. > :35:04.absolutely correct in what they said. It was the right tone. I have
:35:05. > :35:08.seen some comments from around the world that somehow London is closed
:35:09. > :35:17.or frightened and that is not the case at all. This place is open.
:35:18. > :35:22.There are people going about their daily business in the British way
:35:23. > :35:27.that we do that. And the public gallery in the Commons is open.
:35:28. > :35:30.Having been through the trauma yesterday, in which you said you
:35:31. > :35:35.were so worried about your child, but should security around the
:35:36. > :35:40.Palace of Westminster be increased or at least reviewed? After an
:35:41. > :35:45.incident like this, the response will be properly considered, but if
:35:46. > :35:47.you look at what we know so far, the assailant clearly determined, did
:35:48. > :36:01.not breach the perimeter, did not get into the building, he stopped
:36:02. > :36:04.passed power edge -- palace gates. There has been a significant
:36:05. > :36:07.strengthening of the estate in recent years in terms of the threat
:36:08. > :36:11.from vehicles and that will be something that will come out in the
:36:12. > :36:15.evidence as well. We should not jump to conclusions. There will have to
:36:16. > :36:23.be a reviewed response to it. The security has to be hearing
:36:24. > :36:27.Parliament but any day my constituents can come in and anyone
:36:28. > :36:31.can come into the lobby of Parliament for an event. Parliament
:36:32. > :36:34.is not the votes and the debate, it is people from every parts of the
:36:35. > :36:39.country coming together to represent all bits of that country and that
:36:40. > :36:43.has to be the basis of it. It is a balance that has to be got right and
:36:44. > :36:46.I think the balance is on the main the right one. The staff are
:36:47. > :36:51.wonderful, not just looking after the business of Parliament, when
:36:52. > :36:55.they see us with our children coming in, they are so friendly to them.
:36:56. > :36:59.You see people stopping for selfies and wanting pictures of Big Ben with
:37:00. > :37:09.the police and they are magnificent in their response to all that. That
:37:10. > :37:14.was what was going on yesterday. It was really quite traumatic day
:37:15. > :37:17.looking back at it, and I think your other child was drawing pictures of
:37:18. > :37:21.the House of Commons? Whenever you have to bring your kids and people
:37:22. > :37:25.are so kind to them. I think people recognise as well it was not always
:37:26. > :37:29.a family friendly place. Some older colleagues would not have had that
:37:30. > :37:34.experience but the staff are wonderful, they love to the children
:37:35. > :37:37.and the children love to see all of that as well. My six-year-old drew
:37:38. > :37:43.some thank you cards for the police and the nursery staff as well. Thank
:37:44. > :37:55.you so much for talking to us, Jonathan Reynolds MP. Very good to
:37:56. > :38:12.talk to. A former neighbour of one of the victims's who was attacked
:38:13. > :38:17.has been speaking to the BBC. She was a lovely girl, a lovely mother,
:38:18. > :38:23.a lovely wife. She was just a lovely person with two lovely children. Two
:38:24. > :38:27.lovely, lovely girls. How are these children? They have lost their
:38:28. > :38:32.mother. You leave your kids to take them to school, you go and pick them
:38:33. > :38:40.up and this happens to you. I am in shock. I cannot believe it. I think
:38:41. > :38:44.I have to go win. A neighbour of Aysha Frade who died in the attack
:38:45. > :38:49.yesterday in the attack on Westminster Bridge. There have been
:38:50. > :38:55.messages of support and solidarity from Britain -- for Britain coming
:38:56. > :38:58.from all over the world. We have heard from Jean-Claude Yunker who
:38:59. > :39:02.was attending celebrations in Brussels, it is one year since the
:39:03. > :39:10.Brussels attacks when he heard of the attacks and he has been giving
:39:11. > :39:16.this reaction. I was attending commemoration ceremonies in Brussels
:39:17. > :39:25.because we had these attacks. Yesterday, one year ago. And while I
:39:26. > :39:32.have been there, I was informed that the attacks took place in London and
:39:33. > :39:43.I was shocked. Shocked because one has to be shocked. And shocked
:39:44. > :39:59.because again and again, we are hit by this kind of event. I am admiring
:40:00. > :40:06.really the resilience of the city of London and of the British and I will
:40:07. > :40:13.have a call today with the Prime Minister.
:40:14. > :40:19.Jean-Claude Juncker there. Let's now talk to the Ukip leader Paul Nuttall
:40:20. > :40:23.who joins me at the police cordoned as the police investigation
:40:24. > :40:29.continues, what are your thoughts after the attack yesterday? I think
:40:30. > :40:33.obviously sadness. I think it is an appalling act of terrorism. My heart
:40:34. > :40:38.goes out to the families who have lost loved ones and I hope for a
:40:39. > :40:43.swift recovery for those who are in hospital as a result of this madness
:40:44. > :40:48.yesterday. Do you think there needs to be changes to security in
:40:49. > :40:49.Westminster and around the country? Quite possibly in Westminster, given
:40:50. > :41:14.that all that was needed for this terrorist attack to take place
:41:15. > :41:18.yesterday was at Hyundai four by four and a couple of kitchen knives.
:41:19. > :41:20.It was not as if the guy had a machine gun or anything like that,
:41:21. > :41:23.it was pretty basic, so I think maybe security does need to be
:41:24. > :41:25.improved. We have heard the Prime Minister saying we are not afraid.
:41:26. > :41:27.MPs have been sitting. Was that a demonstration of defiance in your
:41:28. > :41:30.view? Absolute defiance. I have to say I don't think this was a
:41:31. > :41:34.coincidence that this attack took place a year to the day after the
:41:35. > :41:38.Brussels attacks which European Parliament representatives were
:41:39. > :41:42.involved in. There is a cancer within our community in our country
:41:43. > :41:46.which has to be cut out and dealt with. Whether that is calling on the
:41:47. > :41:50.Muslim community to do more to cut this cancer out, whether it is
:41:51. > :41:54.ensuring that those 800 British citizens who are fighting for ice is
:41:55. > :41:59.out in Syria and Iraq are allowed back in this country, or indeed down
:42:00. > :42:04.the line, whether the government goes down the route of banning Saudi
:42:05. > :42:09.funded mosques. Quite frankly, Saudi Arabia spread radicalisation around
:42:10. > :42:13.the world. The man, the assailant, was known to be born in this
:42:14. > :42:17.country. That is what the Prime Minister said. He had been on the
:42:18. > :42:22.security services radar a while ago but was judged now to be on the
:42:23. > :42:25.periphery, what do you think are the indications of that. The question
:42:26. > :42:33.will be asked if the security services should have continued to
:42:34. > :42:37.follow this man will stop he will be described as a loan Wolf. Lone
:42:38. > :42:40.Wolves are never really lone wolves. There will be people in the
:42:41. > :42:45.community who knew he had been radicalised. People should stand up
:42:46. > :42:50.and those who were involved should be brought to justice. We know the
:42:51. > :42:54.police and MI5 cannot track everybody who has ever been on their
:42:55. > :43:00.radar. There are limits to their manpower and resources. There are,
:43:01. > :43:03.and the cuts to the police force are disgrace. They should not be any
:43:04. > :43:08.cuts to the security services because we are living in a dangerous
:43:09. > :43:11.world. It is interesting now that Islamic State have claimed
:43:12. > :43:14.responsibility, especially considering their prospects in last
:43:15. > :43:17.year said if you cannot get hold of a machine gun, the way to commit
:43:18. > :43:24.terror attack is to get hold of a car or get hold of a knife and that
:43:25. > :43:27.is what happened here yesterday. Although the Prime Minister said
:43:28. > :43:31.they are not going to raise the terror threat level, it is severe
:43:32. > :43:36.but they do not think any other attack is imminent, is that right? I
:43:37. > :43:39.will trust the Prime Minister on this. She was the Home Secretary for
:43:40. > :43:43.a number of years and she obviously knows things that are identical. I
:43:44. > :43:48.will say we did expect this to happen at some point. It was never a
:43:49. > :43:53.case of if, if it was always the case of when. Whenever we have this
:43:54. > :43:55.cancer in our society of radical Islam, it will happen again. It
:43:56. > :44:16.needs to be sorted out, it needs to be cut
:44:17. > :44:18.out of our society altogether and I hope the government start working on
:44:19. > :44:21.this quickly. You are talking in simplistic terms of cutting out a
:44:22. > :44:24.cancer. It is not that easy, surely? Is not easy but the Muslim community
:44:25. > :44:26.will know who these people are living amongst them. They need to
:44:27. > :44:29.step up to the plate and report them to the police as soon as possible.
:44:30. > :44:32.The government need some stringent action now. The first thing I would
:44:33. > :44:35.do is to ban the Saudi funding of mosques in this country. Paul
:44:36. > :44:39.Nuttall, leader of Ukip, thank you for your time. Let's talk to Gordon
:44:40. > :44:44.Correra, la security correspondent, who has the latest on
:44:45. > :44:51.this attack in Westminster. -- our security correspondent. What more is
:44:52. > :44:56.emerging on the attacker? We have had some important developments in
:44:57. > :45:00.the last hour. We have had IS, the so-called Islamic State, putting out
:45:01. > :45:04.a statement from its news agency, saying the individual was one of its
:45:05. > :45:08.soldiers responding to a call to carry out attacks. That does not
:45:09. > :45:17.necessarily mean they were in touch with him beforehand. This is a form
:45:18. > :45:19.of language they often used if someone was inspired by them or has
:45:20. > :45:21.pledged allegiance to them. It is still not entirely clear what that
:45:22. > :45:25.tells us about the international links but it hits with the picture
:45:26. > :45:29.we have learned from the authorities beforehand, that this was an
:45:30. > :45:32.individual linked to internationalist terrorism. The
:45:33. > :45:36.other significant element was from the Prime Minister, the statement
:45:37. > :45:42.that the individual who has not been named officially, was on the radar
:45:43. > :45:46.at one point of MI5. They come up in the periphery of the previous
:45:47. > :45:50.investigation some years ago, but the authorities are saying that does
:45:51. > :45:52.not mean they had any intelligence about the attempt to carry out this
:45:53. > :46:04.attack. Gordon, thank you very much indeed,
:46:05. > :46:11.our security correspondent there. Back here at Westminster we will
:46:12. > :46:14.talk to one of the MPs for London, for Hampstead and Kilburn, Tulip
:46:15. > :46:20.Siddique. Thank you for being with us. You were in the chamber for the
:46:21. > :46:25.debate on what happened yesterday, it seemed a very sombre mood but
:46:26. > :46:30.also quite a defiant mood, MPs wanted to show their work will
:46:31. > :46:34.continue as normal. That's right, it was a resilient debate, talking
:46:35. > :46:39.about how we want to make sure that we are public servants, we will not
:46:40. > :46:42.be deterred by acts of terrorism. We were elected by constituents to do a
:46:43. > :46:47.duty and nothing will stop us from doing that. You saw how the chamber
:46:48. > :46:51.was packed on a Thursday morning when most MPs will go back to their
:46:52. > :46:57.constituency, but we felt we wanted to come to Parliament to show the
:46:58. > :47:01.world it is business as usual. A lot of MPs are talking about security
:47:02. > :47:04.around the Palace of Westminster and maybe it needs to be looked at, at
:47:05. > :47:08.the same time they do not want it to become a fortress where they are
:47:09. > :47:11.kept away from the people who elected them. That's right and
:47:12. > :47:16.yesterday when we were locked up in the chamber for hours on end, as you
:47:17. > :47:19.are aware, there were schoolchildren in the Gallery thinking to cheer us
:47:20. > :47:32.up. They had come because they wanted to see the mother of
:47:33. > :47:35.Parliament, to see how democracy works, and we cannot stop that, we
:47:36. > :47:37.have to keep it open for people from across the country and London as
:47:38. > :47:40.well and back in the chamber today it felt like a real sense of unity,
:47:41. > :47:42.all the MPs were united in their purpose of serving the country,
:47:43. > :47:45.serving London and being resilient in the face of adversity. We have
:47:46. > :47:47.heard from the Prime Minister the attacker, it is believed, was
:47:48. > :47:51.British-born, on the radar of the security services are few years ago
:47:52. > :47:56.but was considered a peripheral figure. What are your thoughts? The
:47:57. > :48:03.Prime Minister talked about how he had committed these acts of -- he
:48:04. > :48:08.said he had committed these acts of terrorism in the name of Islam. B be
:48:09. > :48:12.clear he does not speak for the majority of Muslims like myself.
:48:13. > :48:16.Brendan Cox said something I agreed with, he said this man is no more
:48:17. > :48:23.representative of the Muslim community at Jo Cox's kilowatt of
:48:24. > :48:25.the Yorkshire community. This is one individual manipulating religion to
:48:26. > :48:29.suit his needs and we will not stand for that, and today I have had faith
:48:30. > :48:39.leaders from across Hampstead and Kilburn come to me and say, let's
:48:40. > :48:42.work together because we must make sure there is no backlash after this
:48:43. > :48:44.and we must stay united because we are all Londoners and proud to be
:48:45. > :48:47.Londoners. Thank you very much indeed, and speaking of Londoners
:48:48. > :48:51.there is a candlelit vigil this evening at Trafalgar Square, the
:48:52. > :48:54.mayor have announced, at 6pm for people to come and pay their
:48:55. > :48:59.respects to those who died yesterday and who were injured as well. The
:49:00. > :49:03.police investigation quickly getting into full swing right now into
:49:04. > :49:07.exactly what happened here yesterday, and to try to find out
:49:08. > :49:11.much more about the man who carried out the attack, who still is not
:49:12. > :49:16.being named, by the way. Annita McVeigh is at New Scotland Yard for
:49:17. > :49:21.us. Then, thank you. This is a huge
:49:22. > :49:24.operation, a very complex one, it is also about reassurance for the
:49:25. > :49:30.public and are highly visible presence on the streets of London.
:49:31. > :49:34.We know that six addresses were searched overnight, eight arrests,
:49:35. > :49:38.four of those in Birmingham, the Metropolitan Police also saying
:49:39. > :49:43.there has been activity at locations in forest gate in east London, we
:49:44. > :49:47.also know there was activity in Wales, Surrey and Sussex, in
:49:48. > :49:53.addition to that activity that we mentioned in Birmingham. The
:49:54. > :49:56.Assistant Commissioner of the Met, Craig Mackey, spoke outside New
:49:57. > :50:01.Scotland Yard earlier today, following a one-minute silence in
:50:02. > :50:06.memory of PC Keith Palmer, the officer who of course was murdered
:50:07. > :50:10.here yesterday at Westminster. In the Commons there have been many
:50:11. > :50:15.tributes to PC Palmer and MPs have been talking about their thoughts
:50:16. > :50:20.and feelings about the events of yesterday. Theresa May told MPs that
:50:21. > :50:23.the authorities knew the identity of the attacker but hadn't yet released
:50:24. > :50:33.this information. The man was British-born and had,
:50:34. > :50:38.some years ago, he was once investigated by MI5 in relation to
:50:39. > :50:43.concerns about violent extremism. He was a peripheral figure. The case is
:50:44. > :50:47.historic. He was not part of the current intelligence picture. There
:50:48. > :50:54.was no prior intelligence of his intent, or of the plot. Intensive
:50:55. > :50:58.investigations continue. And, as Acting Deputy Commissioner Roly
:50:59. > :51:04.confirmed last night, our working assumption is that the attacker was
:51:05. > :51:09.inspired by Islamist ideology. Mr Speaker, we know the threat from
:51:10. > :51:12.Islamist terrorism is very real, but while the public should remain
:51:13. > :51:18.utterly vigilant, they should not and will not be cowed by this
:51:19. > :51:24.threat. As Acting Deputy Commissioner Roly has made clear, we
:51:25. > :51:27.are stepping up policing to protect communities across the country and
:51:28. > :51:31.to reassure the public, and as a precautionary measure this will mean
:51:32. > :51:35.increasing the number of patrols in cities across the country with more
:51:36. > :51:43.police and more armed police on the streets. Since June 2013, our
:51:44. > :51:46.police, security and intelligence agencies have successfully disrupted
:51:47. > :51:51.13 separate terrorist plots in Britain. Following the 2015
:51:52. > :51:55.Strategic Defence and Security Review, we protected the police
:51:56. > :51:58.budgets for counterterrorism and committed to increase cross
:51:59. > :51:59.Government spending on counter terrorism by 30% in real terms over
:52:00. > :52:16.the course of this Parliament. And over
:52:17. > :52:18.the next five years we will invest an extra 2.5 billion in building our
:52:19. > :52:21.global security and intelligence network, employing over 1900
:52:22. > :52:23.additional staff at MI5, MI6, and GCHQ. And more than doubling our
:52:24. > :52:24.global network of counterterrorism experts working with priority
:52:25. > :52:29.countries across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. Mr Speaker,
:52:30. > :52:34.in terms of security here in Westminster, we should be clear
:52:35. > :52:37.first of all that an attacker attempted to break into Parliament
:52:38. > :52:43.and was shot dead within 20 yards of the gate. If his intention was to
:52:44. > :52:48.gain access to this building, we should be clear that he did not
:52:49. > :52:57.succeed. The police per row weekly did their job.
:52:58. > :53:03.Many MPs unable to fully disguise their emotions when speaking in the
:53:04. > :53:09.Commons today and among those was James Cleverly, the Conservative MP
:53:10. > :53:13.for Braintree, a long-time friend of the police officer, Keith Palmer,
:53:14. > :53:17.who was killed yesterday. The two had been in the army together in the
:53:18. > :53:19.Royal Artillery, they had known each other the 25 years, this is what he
:53:20. > :53:23.had to say. I would like to turn
:53:24. > :53:26.for a moment of PC Keith Palmer, who I first met 25 years ago
:53:27. > :53:30.as Gunner Keith Palmer at Headquarters Battery 100
:53:31. > :53:33.Regiment, Royal Artillery. He was a strong,
:53:34. > :53:38.professional public servant. And it was a delight to meet him
:53:39. > :53:41.here again only a few months Would my right honourable
:53:42. > :53:53.friend the Prime Minister, in recognition of the work
:53:54. > :53:56.that he did and that other police officers and public servants
:53:57. > :54:00.here in the house do, consider recognising his gallantry
:54:01. > :54:24.and sacrifice formally Well, we have learned today that the
:54:25. > :54:29.attacker was known to MI5, that he was an individual who had been, we
:54:30. > :54:34.are told, on the periphery of a previous investigation in the past
:54:35. > :54:38.but hadn't been on the radar in recent times, so we are waiting to
:54:39. > :54:44.learn more about who this individual was. The Prime Minister has said
:54:45. > :54:49.that the authorities do know his identity but are waiting, for
:54:50. > :54:54.reasons we haven't been told yet, to reveal that identity. They of course
:54:55. > :54:59.are looking into this individual's background, what his preparations
:55:00. > :55:04.might have been, whose his associates were, and we do expect to
:55:05. > :55:08.hear more about that later today, as of course this huge investigation
:55:09. > :55:12.continues while at the same time the members of the Metropolitan Police
:55:13. > :55:19.come to terms with the loss of one of their own in the line of duty.
:55:20. > :55:24.Coming up here on BBC News, we will have the BBC News at one with Sophie
:55:25. > :55:31.Rae with in Westminster, but first a look at the weather forecast.
:55:32. > :55:36.High pressure is approaching to bring many of us unsettled weather
:55:37. > :55:41.but we have still got rained out there, at the moment a lot of cloud
:55:42. > :55:45.in Southern counties and damp conditions already today. Rain and
:55:46. > :55:49.snow further note is petering out so increasing sunshine to end the day
:55:50. > :55:52.here, but in the south, despite the sunshine, there is a key
:55:53. > :55:57.north-easterly breeze, that tempers the feel, temperatures a bit below
:55:58. > :55:58.where they should be at this time of year, and for Devon, Cornwall, parts
:55:59. > :56:19.of Dorset, the rain will be on and off for much of the
:56:20. > :56:22.rest of the day and the evening. As you can see heading into the
:56:23. > :56:24.rush-hour period, Kens and 11s for most, having peaked at 12 or 13, but
:56:25. > :56:26.it will soon drop under clear skies, particularly across Northern
:56:27. > :56:28.Ireland, northern England and Scotland. Showery in the Northern
:56:29. > :56:30.Isles for the rest of today and overnight into tomorrow. A little
:56:31. > :56:33.bit of sunshine interspersed. But this is how we look at first this
:56:34. > :56:36.evening and then through the night time period, we keep all the cloud
:56:37. > :56:38.in southern areas and the breeze, elsewhere the frost will return more
:56:39. > :56:43.widely, a colder nights than the night just gone, temperatures down
:56:44. > :56:47.to -5, -6 in the highlands of Scotland, given that we have had a
:56:48. > :56:51.little rain and snow it could be icy there. Frost across northern part of
:56:52. > :56:55.England but for parts of Wales, the Midlands and East Anglia they could
:56:56. > :56:58.still be quite a bit of cloud in the morning and that cloud thickener for
:56:59. > :57:01.some rain in the south. Unlike today, the breeze should blow that
:57:02. > :57:04.are way more quickly and allow more such I did come through so on
:57:05. > :57:08.balance dry across the southern half of the country and brighter for the
:57:09. > :57:12.day on Friday, and therefore perhaps temperatures will be a little
:57:13. > :57:16.higher, but still with that keen wind which stays with us over the
:57:17. > :57:19.weekend. You can see the high pressure is established so it is dry
:57:20. > :57:39.for the majority but with the wind from the east, we
:57:40. > :57:43.will always be prone to rid feeling quite chilly, especially in the
:57:44. > :57:46.south of the country, as the air is still cold. To take a snapshot, high
:57:47. > :57:48.pressure in charge, this is how the weather looks in our capitals this
:57:49. > :57:51.weekend, pretty much the same across the board but the east coast might
:57:52. > :57:54.pick up more cloud into Sunday, but that is more a feature for next
:57:55. > :57:57.week. For most of us, the weekend is dry, warm sunshine by day, but still
:57:58. > :58:00.cold nights with some frost and even some folk. -- some fog.