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:00:00. > :00:00.have been injured. There will be continuing coverage of this

:00:00. > :00:08.developing story on the BBC News Channel.

:00:09. > :00:11.Welcome to the Scottish Parliament, where today's debate on a second

:00:12. > :00:12.independence referendum was suspended after this afternoon's

:00:13. > :00:28.The fact our sister Parliament has had a serious incident is affecting

:00:29. > :00:32.this debate and is affecting the contribution of members, so it is

:00:33. > :00:37.for that reason we have decided to suspend the sitting.

:00:38. > :00:39.We'll have the latest from Westminster, where a major

:00:40. > :00:42.security operation is still going on at the Houses of Parliament.

:00:43. > :00:45.And security has also been increased here at Holyrood, with a heavy

:00:46. > :01:04.Holyrood is tonight reeling from the terrorist

:01:05. > :01:07.attack on its sister parliament at Westminster.

:01:08. > :01:10.News of the attack came as MSPs debated asking for powers to hold

:01:11. > :01:15.That debate was halted just before 4pm this afternoon as news

:01:16. > :01:18.from London filtered into the chamber.

:01:19. > :01:26.Our political editor Brian Taylor reports.

:01:27. > :01:35.A normal comic indeed smiling star, to what turned out to be a hideously

:01:36. > :01:41.abnormal day. Nicola Sturgeon announcing ?2 million support for

:01:42. > :01:44.children. She is doing the day job alongside the referendum debate.

:01:45. > :01:49.Questions to the Prime Minister. alongside the referendum debate.

:01:50. > :01:57.noon, at Westminster, business seemed as usual. She has delayed and

:01:58. > :02:01.blocked... The SNP's Angus Robertson pressing the Prime Minister over a

:02:02. > :02:05.special EU deal for Scotland. Theresa May setting Scotland was in

:02:06. > :02:13.her thoughts, but firmly within the UK. At heart we are one people. In

:02:14. > :02:17.the afternoon back at Holyrood First Minister and Deputy arrived four-day

:02:18. > :02:21.two of the debate, but steadily the grim news filtered through from

:02:22. > :02:27.Westminster. The decision was taken to close down the debate for the

:02:28. > :02:31.day. The fact our sister Parliament has had a serious incident is

:02:32. > :02:37.affecting this debate and the contribution of members. It is for

:02:38. > :02:42.that reason we have decided to suspend the sitting. As MSP is

:02:43. > :02:45.streamed out, most backed the decision. Everyone is really worried

:02:46. > :02:50.about what is happening at Westminster and it seems more

:02:51. > :02:55.appropriate to suspended until we know more details. Some things are

:02:56. > :03:01.bigger than day-to-day politics? Absolutely, many things are bigger.

:03:02. > :03:06.This is an attack on us all and until there is clarity, the sensible

:03:07. > :03:09.thing is to suspend. I do not think it looks good, given what we are

:03:10. > :03:14.discussing just now, to press ahead with that in the face of a

:03:15. > :03:20.disturbing, alarming and potentially very tragic situation down south.

:03:21. > :03:25.The situation is of deep concern to all of us and democracy is precious,

:03:26. > :03:29.it is important it is protected. It is terrible news, but I take the

:03:30. > :03:34.strong view we should never give in to terrorism and it was a mistake to

:03:35. > :03:38.suspend the business of Parliament today on a really important issue

:03:39. > :03:44.for Scotland. We really have to send a message to people out there that

:03:45. > :03:49.we do not react to terrorism and we should continue with our normal

:03:50. > :03:53.business. I have huge sympathy for what has happened in Westminster

:03:54. > :03:58.naturally, but we should not be giving in to terrorism. At the

:03:59. > :04:03.Palace of Westminster, a crisis, a lockdown. At Hollywood's silent

:04:04. > :04:04.chamber and safety first security, democracy requiring vigilance.

:04:05. > :04:16.As you intimated, this was an attack on democracy and a place you know

:04:17. > :04:22.very well. I worked for many years at the House of Commond and my other

:04:23. > :04:26.son was born in Saint Thomas' hospital where many of the wounded

:04:27. > :04:32.were taken. Alongside the concern for the Palace of Westminster and

:04:33. > :04:37.the concern for the political and security implications, one cannot

:04:38. > :04:38.help thinking as an analyst of the individual people unwittingly and

:04:39. > :04:44.unwillingly caught up in this tragedy. There is heightened

:04:45. > :04:50.security here and I understand the First Minister is involved in talks?

:04:51. > :04:55.There is heightened security, but there is no direct evidence of an

:04:56. > :04:59.actual threat to Scotland. The Scottish government met this

:05:00. > :05:03.afternoon and ministers in that committee will meet this evening to

:05:04. > :05:06.review the situation. Of course in the light of an event like this

:05:07. > :05:12.everyone thinks whether it might happen again and where it might

:05:13. > :05:17.strike. To go back briefly to the events in the chamber, I understand

:05:18. > :05:21.there was some opposition to the debate being halted. There was. It

:05:22. > :05:27.was confirmed that Roseanna debate being halted. There was. It

:05:28. > :05:30.Cunningham, the Cabinet minister, was unhappy about the proposal to

:05:31. > :05:38.suspend. Initially it was thought the debate would carry on. But she

:05:39. > :05:42.realised it and then was able to get the full seriousness of it. I am

:05:43. > :05:51.certain she is backing the decision to suspend. It is because of the

:05:52. > :05:54.energy and the anxiety that arises because of events that we have no

:05:55. > :06:01.control over. They will either hold the debate again tomorrow or next

:06:02. > :06:03.week. Whatever happens, political and Parliamentary debate will

:06:04. > :06:07.continue here at Holyrood and at Westminster.

:06:08. > :06:09.Our political correspondent Nick Eardley was on the streets

:06:10. > :06:10.of Westminster as the terror attack began.

:06:11. > :06:15.Here is his report into how events unfolded.

:06:16. > :06:30.Go! Terror at the heart of British democracy. Get down! One of London's

:06:31. > :06:35.busiest tourist spots. At the moment it is not clear what is going on

:06:36. > :06:39.behind me. We have just seen the police darting along there and what

:06:40. > :06:44.looked like ministerial car is being rushed away. An incident the police

:06:45. > :06:48.are treating as a terror attack. Within minutes of reported gunshots

:06:49. > :06:55.sitting outside the BBC's Westminster office. There are

:06:56. > :06:58.reports that someone has been shot. Armed police flooding into

:06:59. > :07:03.Parliament, Westminster going into lockdown. On the other side of this

:07:04. > :07:08.iconic building a car hit members of the public and police officers, a

:07:09. > :07:14.man armed with a knife tried to enter parliament. Four were killed,

:07:15. > :07:17.among them a police officer. A guide to the police by surprise and ran

:07:18. > :07:21.through and took one policeman down and as another one approached he got

:07:22. > :07:30.up and he had a knife and that is when I heard gunfire. Parliament was

:07:31. > :07:38.suspended. In order, order, I am now going to suspend the house. The

:07:39. > :07:41.SNP's Westminster leader sits on the joint intelligence committee. In

:07:42. > :07:45.these circumstances it is important to reflect that whether they were

:07:46. > :07:48.police officers or security staff from the Palace of Westminster, they

:07:49. > :07:53.were there to help everybody and that is what they were doing and

:07:54. > :07:56.when everybody else is being told to run away from danger, those are the

:07:57. > :08:00.people running into the face of danger and it is humbling to think

:08:01. > :08:07.people would be prepared to put their lives on the line to save

:08:08. > :08:11.people they do not know. Tonight Westminster remains in lockdown, a

:08:12. > :08:16.year to the day after attacks on the European Parliament in Brussels. It

:08:17. > :08:17.appears democracy is the target of terrorism once again.

:08:18. > :08:26.And we can cross to David Porter now in Westminster.

:08:27. > :08:35.David, what did you witness? Jackie, an extraordinary day at Westminster

:08:36. > :08:40.and a very harrowing one in which you saw raw panic on the faces of

:08:41. > :08:46.people who work in Parliament, who think they are saved in Parliament.

:08:47. > :08:50.I am about 200 yards away from where the attack took place and that is

:08:51. > :08:55.the closest we can get because the area is in what police are calling a

:08:56. > :08:58.lockdown. Everything has been shut off and there are police cordon is

:08:59. > :09:02.lockdown. Everything has been shut everywhere. I was outside one for

:09:03. > :09:05.some time and it was pretty obvious from very early on that the police

:09:06. > :09:11.were treating this extremely seriously. A huge number of police

:09:12. > :09:15.involved and we are used to armed police here at Westminster on the

:09:16. > :09:20.gates of the houses of parliament, but this was a very serious incident

:09:21. > :09:25.which the police realised had the potential to be extremely serious.

:09:26. > :09:31.Four people have been killed, 20 people have been injured. Today here

:09:32. > :09:36.at Westminster I think Westminster and the family fears this is an

:09:37. > :09:44.attack upon itself. Describe for us if you would the situation right

:09:45. > :09:49.now. What is it like to be there? It is still an immense police operation

:09:50. > :09:53.under way. You can probably hear the sirens behind me and see the blue

:09:54. > :10:00.lights across the river and things like that. It is now just over a

:10:01. > :10:04.four hours since the incident began. The police are still conducting a

:10:05. > :10:09.very tight sweep of the area. They are looking very closely at various

:10:10. > :10:13.places in the House of Commond. At one point MPs were in effect blocked

:10:14. > :10:17.in the chamber in the House of Commond when the Commons was

:10:18. > :10:23.suspended. Data on this afternoon MPs and their staff were moved over

:10:24. > :10:27.to Westminster Abbey so the police could actually look closely at what

:10:28. > :10:31.was happening in the Palace of Westminster, but also to interview

:10:32. > :10:35.all those people who had been involved in this dreadful incident.

:10:36. > :10:38.Here at Holyrood security has been tightened, although it's

:10:39. > :10:40.being emphasised that there's no intelligence to suggest

:10:41. > :10:50.Glenn Campbell reports now on how parliament's are protected.

:10:51. > :10:57.Whether it is Westminster or here at Holyrood, Parliaments in the UK do

:10:58. > :11:04.take security really seriously. When this building was going up a changed

:11:05. > :11:08.the design to curb in this massive blast wall of solid concrete and

:11:09. > :11:13.that change was made following the terrorist attacks on the United

:11:14. > :11:18.States on 9/11. In the years since then security has been kept under

:11:19. > :11:23.constant review. For instance, these bonfires have been added to the

:11:24. > :11:26.defence of architecture on the Parliamentary estate. That happened

:11:27. > :11:33.following the attack on Glasgow Airport. The most recent change,

:11:34. > :11:38.though, it is the addition of a new, public entrance to the Scottish

:11:39. > :11:42.Parliament. This block has been added on, taking airport style

:11:43. > :11:46.security screening away from the main building. There is talk to

:11:47. > :11:53.somebody who knows about security, a man in charge of policing this area

:11:54. > :11:56.of Edinburgh at one point. How hard is it for police and the security

:11:57. > :12:02.services to keep ahead of those who would do us harm? It is constantly

:12:03. > :12:08.evolving and the plan has to be refined literally week after week,

:12:09. > :12:12.gathering information about what is happening in the UK and in Europe

:12:13. > :12:18.and other parts of the world. The plan will be refined and rehearsed

:12:19. > :12:22.constantly. Will today's incident make a difference? Will it change

:12:23. > :12:28.the way Parliaments and other public buildings are protected? Yes, it

:12:29. > :12:32.will. Once we find that what has happened and analyse it, there will

:12:33. > :12:36.be changes to the plan. But it is not just policing that evolves,

:12:37. > :12:41.politicians and their staff keep personal security under review.

:12:42. > :12:47.There's talk about personal safety with two newly elected MSP 's. Ross

:12:48. > :12:54.Thomson, what has your experience been like since becoming an MSP? I

:12:55. > :12:58.was a new MSP in May and it has been a learning curve and you do not

:12:59. > :13:01.expect to think about your own personal security. You expect to

:13:02. > :13:08.learn everything else about the building, but not about keeping

:13:09. > :13:12.yourself safe. We have had some incidents and I am quite happy to

:13:13. > :13:17.deal with that, but for the staff who work in my office it is not

:13:18. > :13:22.fair. We have to be accessible, but you also have to take into account

:13:23. > :13:28.personal security. You have served at Westminster, have you ever felt

:13:29. > :13:33.unsafe doing your job? You have to accept it as part of the job. I have

:13:34. > :13:39.had several death threats over the years, I had a shooting threat

:13:40. > :13:44.against me at my office previously. Like Ross said, it is important to

:13:45. > :13:49.reflect on the security risks, but also the risks to all the staff and

:13:50. > :13:56.the staff who work in and around the Parliament on the front line. There

:13:57. > :14:02.is a balance to be struck between the security and accessibility of

:14:03. > :14:02.our politics. The debate about that will intensify following today's

:14:03. > :14:05.attack. Scottish Parliament's Presiding

:14:06. > :14:06.Officer Ken McIntosh announced that the debate in Holyrood

:14:07. > :14:22.was being suspended around How did you learn of what was

:14:23. > :14:25.happening in London? Can I first of all say on behalf of all my

:14:26. > :14:31.colleagues here in Parliament house sorry and sad we are at the loss of

:14:32. > :14:35.life and those affected today. It is very tragic to think of the lives

:14:36. > :14:38.cut short and the families who will be inconsolable tonight that this

:14:39. > :14:45.cruel and senseless violence. You work in the chamber. Yes, as you can

:14:46. > :14:51.imagine in this day of modern media, reports were beginning to circulate

:14:52. > :14:55.almost immediately. I was in the chair, my clerks began to pass me a

:14:56. > :15:03.note immediately saying there was an incident. Then I could tell because

:15:04. > :15:07.members in the Chambers caught my eye at which point the chief

:15:08. > :15:13.executive was sitting next to me and he left to assess the situation and

:15:14. > :15:18.came back with an update. But as these events unfold it can be quite

:15:19. > :15:23.chaotic in terms of news and hard information. What happened was there

:15:24. > :15:27.was a very strong feeling, and I have a strong belief in not giving

:15:28. > :15:32.into terror, so there was a strong feeling at that stage that we should

:15:33. > :15:36.continue to maintain Parliamentary business, particularly with a lack

:15:37. > :15:40.of information. At that stage we were in the middle of a

:15:41. > :15:46.full-blooded, passionate debate on an issue of intense interest to the

:15:47. > :15:51.people of Scotland, so there was no prospect of suspending business.

:15:52. > :15:52.However, as more information became available, it became clear that

:15:53. > :16:04.members were elsewhere. It was beginning to affect the

:16:05. > :16:10.debate itself? Our members have friends and colleagues in relation

:16:11. > :16:13.that work at Westminster. We were debating something about the

:16:14. > :16:18.relationship with our sister Parliament at Westminster. It became

:16:19. > :16:22.clear it would be inappropriate to continue the debate. It was a

:16:23. > :16:28.reluctant decision, but we had to suspend business. We have just been

:16:29. > :16:32.Billy Maka seen the report on the levels of security here, are you

:16:33. > :16:38.satisfied with the security? We have a duty to be publicly accessible and

:16:39. > :16:41.engage with the people of Scotland. We have two protect the public and

:16:42. > :16:46.the Parliament and the people who attend this Parliament. We have

:16:47. > :16:52.upgraded our security and number of times. Right beside you, we have the

:16:53. > :16:58.steel bollards that external I security to protect the Parliament

:16:59. > :17:03.and those who work there. I think we realise that one thing that stopped

:17:04. > :17:07.events within Westminster getting worse, was the quick response of

:17:08. > :17:12.armed police officers. We don't have armed police officers here on a

:17:13. > :17:16.routine basis? I am not going to speculate about the levels of

:17:17. > :17:19.security. We take our security and the security of the public and the

:17:20. > :17:26.staff here very seriously. I wouldn't want to speculate. Is it

:17:27. > :17:30.perhaps time to think about that? Armed police are available in

:17:31. > :17:34.Scotland when they are needed. It is not a case that I think people in

:17:35. > :17:40.public should discuss where and when they are deployed. But I can see

:17:41. > :17:45.you, security here for the sake of everybody who uses this building,

:17:46. > :17:50.who believes in a practising and engaged democracy, we take security

:17:51. > :17:52.very seriously and we will be reviewing matters.

:17:53. > :17:54.We can go to our reporter Andrew Black, who's

:17:55. > :17:57.Andrew, any response from Police Scotland

:17:58. > :18:13.And perhaps the ramifications? Behind me you can see Govan police

:18:14. > :18:19.station and this is part of Police Scotland's anti-terrorism

:18:20. > :18:23.operations. We have had an updated statement. Police Scotland said

:18:24. > :18:26.following the incident in London, Police Scotland is reviewing its

:18:27. > :18:32.security plans and operations. Part of that review they say in clue 's

:18:33. > :18:37.issues like the deployment of armed police officers and other specialist

:18:38. > :18:41.officers. They have urged the public to remain vigilant and report any

:18:42. > :18:50.suspicious activity to the police. They continue to liaise with UK

:18:51. > :18:57.authorities. Police Scotland and UK anti-terrorist maintain close links

:18:58. > :19:00.with the matter. We saw that ten years ago during the terrorist

:19:01. > :19:05.attack on Glasgow Airport. Michael Matheson has been briefed by the

:19:06. > :19:09.Chief Constable and both Scottish Government officials and Police

:19:10. > :19:13.Scotland officials have met this afternoon as part of their

:19:14. > :19:15.resilience team and will continue to meet tonight again as the situation

:19:16. > :19:21.continues to unfold. The Daily Record's Westminster

:19:22. > :19:24.editor Torquil Crichton Torquil, tell me where you are,

:19:25. > :19:39.what is the current position? You are under lockdown? Democracy is

:19:40. > :19:48.under lockdown the night. We have been here since 2:40pm when we heard

:19:49. > :19:50.gunshots just below the offices of the journalists at Westminster. We

:19:51. > :19:56.gunshots just below the offices of look down, we swept away the

:19:57. > :19:59.bombproof curtains that save us from Bob and fragments, should they come

:20:00. > :20:05.in. We looked down and there where two down on the cobbled yard. I

:20:06. > :20:09.rushed down with others to see what was happened to be met by armed

:20:10. > :20:18.police rushing out of their armoury in the underground car park, taking

:20:19. > :20:23.up point like you would see on armed patrol. They locked MPs back in the

:20:24. > :20:28.chamber and swept the Prime Minister out of here as quickly as they

:20:29. > :20:41.could. She is back in Downing Street and chairing a meeting of 1-0. There

:20:42. > :20:49.is a show of defiance that terrorism will not stop democracy. What have

:20:50. > :20:55.you been told about what is happening now and why you are still

:20:56. > :20:59.under lockdown? Hundreds of people come in and out of Westminster every

:21:00. > :21:11.day. This is the busiest day of the week with PMQs. Some of my

:21:12. > :21:16.colleagues, saw the event happen. Others captured it on their phones.

:21:17. > :21:20.There are strict rules about taking photographs within the Palace of

:21:21. > :21:23.There are strict rules about taking Westminster, so we haven't been able

:21:24. > :21:28.to broadcast them. Everybody has to be processed. Who are you, what did

:21:29. > :21:37.you see and what did you hear? Thank you very much. Let's stay with

:21:38. > :21:42.Westminster and let's hear from Nick again. Where exactly are you and

:21:43. > :21:47.what can you tell us about the current situation? I am over the

:21:48. > :21:51.road from Parliament as well. The street outside is normally busy with

:21:52. > :21:56.traffic at this time of night with people heading home, it is deserted.

:21:57. > :22:02.The only people are police and police vehicles. Central London is

:22:03. > :22:07.still in a state of lockdown. In the next while, we expect the Prime

:22:08. > :22:10.Minister chair a meeting of the COBRA resilience committee. They

:22:11. > :22:15.will be discussing the next moves and we have heard from the

:22:16. > :22:18.Metropolitan Police, there will be extra police, both armed and unarmed

:22:19. > :22:22.on the streets over the next few days. We have had a statement from

:22:23. > :22:31.Amber Rudd, the Home Secretary saying, in many cents, this is an

:22:32. > :22:36.ongoing investigation. But we are hearing from MPs, many of them are

:22:37. > :22:40.holed up in Westminster Abbey. They will definitely sit tomorrow, they

:22:41. > :22:45.may even sit tonight if some get their way. The people I have been

:22:46. > :22:51.speaking to, MPs, friends and relatives down here, they feel

:22:52. > :22:53.defiant. London has seen a situation like this before and perhaps it'll

:22:54. > :22:58.see it again. But there is a sense like this before and perhaps it'll

:22:59. > :23:03.of Westminster and the city in the whole, life goes on and people will

:23:04. > :23:05.not be cowed by what they have seen. Thank you very much. Let's go back

:23:06. > :23:18.to Glasgow and get the weather. Some sunshine around the West, but

:23:19. > :23:24.very damp as we have seen it Edinburgh. But the low pressure goes

:23:25. > :23:30.south towards the Bega Biscay and it was replaced by high pressure and

:23:31. > :23:36.that means a change to fine, dry and bright and increasingly warm

:23:37. > :23:39.conditions. Now, here is the rain across central and southern parts of

:23:40. > :23:45.the country easing away. Wet in the capital over the next few hours. To

:23:46. > :23:48.the north of that, largely dry and clear with frosty conditions in the

:23:49. > :23:54.north-west. Temperatures overnight where it is clear, it is cold, below

:23:55. > :23:59.zero and perhaps minus eight in a few sheltered blends. Tomorrow, a

:24:00. > :24:03.cloudy start the central, southern and eastern parts. Elsewhere, bright

:24:04. > :24:08.and sunny and as we head through the course of the afternoon it will

:24:09. > :24:12.improve. If you stop the data are cloudy and damp, it will improve the

:24:13. > :24:19.something a little like this. Temperatures much higher than today,

:24:20. > :24:25.the part of Perthshire, Dumfries Galloway, south Lanarkshire, maybe

:24:26. > :24:30.12 Celsius. Further east, eight or nine Celsius. Cloud around. The best

:24:31. > :24:34.of any prolonged sunshine across the Highlands and Islands. Winds

:24:35. > :24:39.generally lied. South-westerly wind the Shetland with a few outbreaks

:24:40. > :24:44.are patchy rain at times. As we head through the afternoon and evening it

:24:45. > :24:47.is largely dry and clear and it will be cold. That is the high pressure

:24:48. > :24:53.sitting overhead exerting its influence. Friday will be largely

:24:54. > :24:57.dry but cloud across the mainland and perhaps the odd spot of rain.

:24:58. > :25:01.Temperatures for most, into double digits. Into the weekend with high

:25:02. > :25:06.pressure in charge, it should be dry for most. Sunshine around and

:25:07. > :25:10.looking increasingly warm, perhaps by the weekend, temperatures for

:25:11. > :25:11.some into the mid-teens. Now I will hand you back to Jackie at

:25:12. > :25:15.Edinburgh. I'm joined by Brian Taylor

:25:16. > :25:18.and Glenn Campbell. This is your workplace, the attack

:25:19. > :25:21.happened in its sister Parliament. Your thoughts must be

:25:22. > :25:25.with those like you who work It is a terrorist Billy Mac cerebral

:25:26. > :25:42.a high-profile location. It is a terrorist Billy Mac cerebral

:25:43. > :25:47.incident and it makes you reflect. We go about our business. As I was

:25:48. > :25:52.saying earlier in my report, there is a careful balance to be struck

:25:53. > :25:55.between the accessibility of our politics and politicians and

:25:56. > :26:01.security of those who stand for elected office and those who support

:26:02. > :26:04.them. Do you think there will have to be big changes behind me here? I

:26:05. > :26:10.think they will upgrade the security, but they will be reluctant

:26:11. > :26:14.to go down the road as Ken Macintosh said, of closing the building of an

:26:15. > :26:24.crouching and cowering behind a concrete wall. Very unlikely to do

:26:25. > :26:26.that. Couple of developments in the last few minutes, a statement from

:26:27. > :26:30.the Prime Minister saying she will chair COBRA, and a statement from

:26:31. > :26:34.Amber Rudd saying, urging vigilance but saying the values of democracy,

:26:35. > :26:40.tolerance and the rule of law will be respected and it will prevail.

:26:41. > :26:47.There seems to be an air of defiance and merging, even at this early

:26:48. > :26:50.stage? There does, it is gloriously complimentary of democracy that

:26:51. > :26:54.there is honourable discourse over the nature of whether the debate

:26:55. > :26:57.should have been suspended. It ultimately was and that was right.

:26:58. > :26:59.Now a reminder of tonight's main news.

:27:00. > :27:01.Four people, including an armed police officer and a man

:27:02. > :27:04.believed to be the attacker, have died in a terrorist incident

:27:05. > :27:08.A woman was among several pedestrians struck by a car

:27:09. > :27:10.on Westminster Bridge before it crashed into railings.

:27:11. > :27:12.The officer was stabbed in the Houses of Parliament by

:27:13. > :27:22.At least 20 people were injured, including three other officers.

:27:23. > :27:31.The Metropolitan Police said a major terrorism investigation was

:27:32. > :27:35.underway. This was happening while there was a debate happening in the

:27:36. > :27:39.Scottish Parliament. It was asking for powers to ask for another

:27:40. > :27:45.independence referendum and it was halted as the news came into the

:27:46. > :27:47.chamber. That is all from Reporting Scotland. From all of us here, good

:27:48. > :27:48.night.