:00:00. > :00:08.The attack on Westminster - the Prime Minister says the man
:00:09. > :00:13.who carried it out was British born and known to the security services.
:00:14. > :00:15.Eight people have been arrested in overnight raids.
:00:16. > :00:18.The so-called Islamic State have claimed responsibilty
:00:19. > :00:26.A minute's silence was held this morning at 9.33am.
:00:27. > :00:30.933 was the shoulder number of the murdered officer.
:00:31. > :00:35.He's named as 48-year-old PC Keith Palmer - a husband and father.
:00:36. > :00:43.An MP who served with him in the army 25 years ago pays tribute.
:00:44. > :00:50.He was a strong, professional public servant.
:00:51. > :00:53.And it was a delight to meet him here again, only a few months
:00:54. > :00:59.42-year-old Ayesha Frade, a Spanish teacher, was one
:01:00. > :01:05.She was on her way to collect her children from school.
:01:06. > :01:08.Forensic police have been carrying out a fingertip search of the scene
:01:09. > :01:12.Seven people are still in a critical condition.
:01:13. > :01:21.A terrorist came to the place where people of all nationalities
:01:22. > :01:26.and cultures gather to celebrate what it means to be free.
:01:27. > :01:28.And he took out his rage indiscriminately against innocent
:01:29. > :01:36.We will have all the latest from Westminster on the
:01:37. > :01:51.And coming up on BBC News, the latest and the stories of those
:01:52. > :02:08.killed and injured in a terror attack in Westminster.
:02:09. > :02:13.Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC news at 1pm.
:02:14. > :02:17.The Prime Minister says the man who carried out the attack
:02:18. > :02:20.on Westminster yesterday was British born and known to
:02:21. > :02:24.A police officer and two pedestrians were killed
:02:25. > :02:30.when he launched his attack, driving at high speed across
:02:31. > :02:33.Westminster Bridge, before trying to enter the Palace of Westminster -
:02:34. > :02:35.Around 40 others, from 12 different countries,
:02:36. > :02:43.have been injured - seven of them are still critical.
:02:44. > :02:45.So-called Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the
:02:46. > :02:47.attack. This morning a minute's silence
:02:48. > :02:49.was held in Westminster Eight people have been
:02:50. > :02:52.arrested in overnight raids, but police say they believe
:02:53. > :02:54.the attacker was acting alone. Our first report this
:02:55. > :02:56.afternoon is from our The House of Commons was in sombre,
:02:57. > :03:04.reflective mood this morning. Colleagues, in respectful memory
:03:05. > :03:15.of those who lost their lives in yesterday's attack,
:03:16. > :03:19.and of all of the casualties of that attack, we shall now
:03:20. > :03:32.observe a minute's silence. Mr Speaker, yesterday,
:03:33. > :03:36.an act of terrorism tried As generations have done before us,
:03:37. > :03:47.and future generations will continue to do,
:03:48. > :03:50.to deliver a simple message. And our resolve will never waver
:03:51. > :03:57.in the face of terrorism. As the Queen said her thoughts
:03:58. > :04:02.and sympathy were with all of those affected by yesterday's awful
:04:03. > :04:07.violence, at New Scotland Yard the Metropolitan Police
:04:08. > :04:10.paid their tributes to a fallen colleague, after an attack
:04:11. > :04:13.on the capital that everyone had dreaded and trained for,
:04:14. > :04:17.but is now determined to overcome. With the Union Flag at half-mast
:04:18. > :04:23.above the Palace of Westminster, the immediate area around Parliament
:04:24. > :04:28.remains closed to the public. That includes Westminster Bridge,
:04:29. > :04:32.where shortly before 3pm yesterday afternoon, a lone attacker drove
:04:33. > :04:36.a four-wheel drive vehicle at high speed through an unsuspecting crowd
:04:37. > :04:38.of tourists, police officers and Londoners going
:04:39. > :04:41.about their business. One victim was catapulted into the
:04:42. > :04:46.Thames, as the car mounted the curb. The unnamed woman was pulled
:04:47. > :04:50.from the river injured, but alive. The vehicle continued at speed,
:04:51. > :04:53.past Big Ben, and crashed into the railings surrounding
:04:54. > :04:57.the Palace of Westminster. But the attacker got out,
:04:58. > :05:00.and armed with two large knives, ran around to the main gates,
:05:01. > :05:03.where he stabbed a police officer, As he continued further
:05:04. > :05:09.into the grounds, the assailant was then shot as he tried
:05:10. > :05:31.to attack other officers. The panic clear from this mobile
:05:32. > :05:33.phone footage inside Westminster as staff and MPs fled.
:05:34. > :05:35.Amid the chaos of yesterday's attack, many have commented
:05:36. > :05:39.on the extraordinary bravery and compassion of passers-by, MPs
:05:40. > :05:42.and emergency services in giving first aid and tending
:05:43. > :05:48.But three people were killed by the attacker,
:05:49. > :05:51.including PC Palmer, a father and husband.
:05:52. > :05:54.Also Aysha Frade, a 43-year-old from Spain,
:05:55. > :06:00.The attacker, who also received first aid but died
:06:01. > :06:04.from his injuries, has not been named.
:06:05. > :06:06.But he was British and was once investigated for links to
:06:07. > :06:14.Police from several forces launched simultaneous
:06:15. > :06:16.operations overnight, in the Midlands and in London,
:06:17. > :06:22.making eight arrests in connection with the Westminster attack.
:06:23. > :06:24.The enquiries in Birmingham, London and other parts
:06:25. > :06:29.It is still our belief, which continues to
:06:30. > :06:33.be borne out by our investigation, that this attacker acted alone and
:06:34. > :06:35.was inspired by international terrorism.
:06:36. > :06:39.Investigators are still painstakingly piecing
:06:40. > :06:41.together the exact circumstances of what happened
:06:42. > :06:50.But in London and Westminster generally, security
:06:51. > :06:52.has been visibly and significantly increased, around what was already
:06:53. > :06:55.one of the most heavily protected areas of the capital.
:06:56. > :06:59.The importance of providing a blanket of security,
:07:00. > :07:01.while maintaining the freedoms Britons cherish so deeply, never
:07:02. > :07:12.Well, with me is the policing minister Brandon Lewis.
:07:13. > :07:17.Good afternoon. It must be of great concern to you that someone who was
:07:18. > :07:22.known to the security services, albeit some time ago, and to the
:07:23. > :07:29.police, was able to carry out an attack of this scale? We don't
:07:30. > :07:32.comment on an ongoing investigation. The Prime Minister and Acting Deputy
:07:33. > :07:35.Commissioner have said what we can say and there's nothing more we can
:07:36. > :07:39.say at this stage. The policeman who was killed here in Westminster,
:07:40. > :07:44.known to yourself, tributes were paid to him today in the Commons.
:07:45. > :07:47.There's a real sentiment today of the great fullness of the British
:07:48. > :07:51.public for what the police have done, a sentiment that must be
:07:52. > :07:55.echoed around the country. Absolutely. So many colleagues, not
:07:56. > :08:05.just members of Parliament but who saw him every day when he came in...
:08:06. > :08:07.It's a wider grief, all of the police force, while Sir thoughts are
:08:08. > :08:09.with Keith's family and friends and close colleagues, everyone in the
:08:10. > :08:15.emergency services, who performed so phenomenally well. We owe them a
:08:16. > :08:19.huge debt of thanks for what they do every day. Yesterday really
:08:20. > :08:24.highlighted that. What will be the impact of all this? Are we going to
:08:25. > :08:28.see more tighter policing on the streets of London? Landmarks with
:08:29. > :08:32.more police around them? What people will see in the next few days and
:08:33. > :08:37.weeks is the Metropolitan Police will assess what is required for
:08:38. > :08:40.London. There will be more armed police to give reassurance. We are
:08:41. > :08:47.confident this issue was a single incident which has been dealt with.
:08:48. > :08:51.What we see now is to have police officers out there, what we're
:08:52. > :08:55.seeing around Westminster is people getting on with their daily lives
:08:56. > :09:00.and showing the very British constitution, getting on with
:09:01. > :09:05.things, and that will prevail. Thank you. Here at Westminster the Prime
:09:06. > :09:06.Minister said it was very much business as usual, with MPs and
:09:07. > :09:08.peers returning to work as normal. Our political correspondent
:09:09. > :09:20.Iain Watson reports. Business as usual, that's the
:09:21. > :09:27.message Parliament wanted to send. But around Westminster it felt like
:09:28. > :09:37.anything but. Security was tightened. And the victims
:09:38. > :09:46.remembered. After the silence, determination. It statement, the
:09:47. > :09:49.Prime Minister. Theresa May's tone was measured but resolute. We meet
:09:50. > :09:53.here in the oldest of all parliaments, because we know that
:09:54. > :09:59.democracy and the values it entails will always prevail. Those values,
:10:00. > :10:07.free speech, liberty, human rights and the rule of law are embodied
:10:08. > :10:12.here in this place. But they are shared by three people around the
:10:13. > :10:17.world. This Westminster Street is normally bustling with MPs, staff
:10:18. > :10:21.and tourists. Today it's a crime scene, you even need security
:10:22. > :10:25.clearance just to be here. This attack on parliament, this attack on
:10:26. > :10:29.democracy has at least achieved something, at one of the most
:10:30. > :10:33.divisive times in British politics, it's brought together people right
:10:34. > :10:37.across the political spectrum in condemnation.
:10:38. > :10:42.It is by demonstrating our values, solidarity, community, humanity and
:10:43. > :10:47.love that we will defeat the poison and division of hatred.
:10:48. > :10:51.Today of all days we are reminded that notwithstanding our differences
:10:52. > :10:56.on political and constitutional issues, we are as one in our
:10:57. > :11:01.dedication to democracy of the rule of law and harmony between peoples
:11:02. > :11:05.of all faiths and none. We have learned in Northern Ireland
:11:06. > :11:09.that the way to overcome terrorism is by working together, politically
:11:10. > :11:14.and in every other way, to ensure that our democratic values, the rule
:11:15. > :11:19.of law, human rights are all upheld in every way they can.
:11:20. > :11:25.This was an horrific crime and it has cost lives and caused injury,
:11:26. > :11:30.but as an act of terror it has failed. It has failed because we are
:11:31. > :11:33.here and we are going to go about our business.
:11:34. > :11:38.For many at Westminster the loss of PC Keith Palmer was not just tragic
:11:39. > :11:43.but raw. The Foreign Office Minister struggled to try to keep him alive,
:11:44. > :11:48.and for one MP he wasn't just a police officer, he was a personal
:11:49. > :11:56.friend from the Territorial Army. He was a strong, professional public
:11:57. > :12:05.servant. And it was a delight to meet him here again only a few
:12:06. > :12:09.months after being elected. Would my right honourable friend the
:12:10. > :12:14.Prime Minister, in recognition of the work that he did and the other
:12:15. > :12:20.police officers and public servants here in the house do, consider
:12:21. > :12:26.recognising his gallantry and sacrifice formally with a posthumous
:12:27. > :12:30.recognition? But on this day the tributes and
:12:31. > :12:34.reflection at Westminster, difficult questions are still being asked. The
:12:35. > :12:37.assailant was tackled and shot but briefly he managed to get through
:12:38. > :12:42.these gates and into the precinct of Parliament.
:12:43. > :12:45.Is it time to consider whether the police Hougaard sensitive sites
:12:46. > :12:51.known to be of interest to terrorists, like Parliament or like
:12:52. > :12:53.airports, should routinely carry personal protection weapons?
:12:54. > :13:02.The police her Rohit pleaded their job. But, as is routine, the police
:13:03. > :13:05.together with house authorities are securing reviewing the security of
:13:06. > :13:10.the Parliamentary State, together with the Cabinet Office, who have
:13:11. > :13:13.responsibility for the security measures. The heart of democracy
:13:14. > :13:18.continues to beat but Parliament remembered those who lost their
:13:19. > :13:21.lives, in what the Prime Minister described as an attack on liberty
:13:22. > :13:27.foster Iain Watson, BBC News, Westminster.
:13:28. > :13:31.Have a system political editor Norman Smith is in Westminster.
:13:32. > :13:36.After the attack yesterday and the shock of that attack, can it really
:13:37. > :13:40.be business as usual? I think that might be difficult. How
:13:41. > :13:46.could it be given yesterday? People's minds are still on those
:13:47. > :13:50.events. We began the day with a minute's silence, some MPs were
:13:51. > :13:54.close to tears but I think today was about symbolism, and symbolism
:13:55. > :13:58.matters. There was the symbolism of a packed Commons chamber with many
:13:59. > :14:01.MPs cancelling trips away, cancelling other business, making a
:14:02. > :14:05.determined effort to make sure they were in the chamber as a sort of
:14:06. > :14:11.visible symbol to the world that Parliament continues, it is not
:14:12. > :14:15.cowed or curtailed by yesterday's attack. Similarly there was the
:14:16. > :14:18.symbolism of the day you hear beginning as it always begins with
:14:19. > :14:21.the speaker's procession behind me here through Central Lobby. The
:14:22. > :14:27.speaker leading his chaplain and this Serjeant at Arms, a visible
:14:28. > :14:32.symbol of the longevity of this Parliament. It has survived through
:14:33. > :14:35.the centuries, it has survived numerous threats and attacks and
:14:36. > :14:39.will continue to do so. There was a more sort of prosaic symbolism of
:14:40. > :14:44.members of the public able to go through those doors up to the public
:14:45. > :14:49.gallery, to watch their elected representatives, a visible symbol
:14:50. > :14:54.that this building remains a public building that people still have
:14:55. > :14:58.access to. Although it is often portrayed as a sort of theatre of
:14:59. > :15:02.discord and confrontation, I think there was a genuine sense of unity
:15:03. > :15:09.today, about what binds this place together and it is a shared
:15:10. > :15:11.conviction in democracy. Norman Smith in Parliament, thank you.
:15:12. > :15:14.Westminster Bridge was packed, as it always is, yesterday
:15:15. > :15:16.afternoon with tourists taking photos, school children on tours,
:15:17. > :15:19.people on their way to and from work walking through the very
:15:20. > :15:24.Three people were killed by the attacker -
:15:25. > :15:28.a police officer and two pedestrians on the bridge.
:15:29. > :15:30.Around 40 people others were injured - from 12 different
:15:31. > :15:36.countries, as Daniel Boetcher reports.
:15:37. > :15:43.PC Keith Palmer, a husband, a father, a police officer for 15
:15:44. > :15:47.years. He died protecting Parliament. The Prime Minister said
:15:48. > :15:50.he was every inch a hero. He was remembered today by colleagues in a
:15:51. > :15:53.police service that has been left numb by the loss of one of their
:15:54. > :15:56.own. Today, across the service we have
:15:57. > :16:02.police officers in mourning for their fallen colleague, PC Keith
:16:03. > :16:06.Palmer. Words can't express the grief that everyone in the police
:16:07. > :16:11.service feels that losing a colleague, but of course that pales
:16:12. > :16:15.into insignificance. One one thinks of PC Palmer's colleagues, family
:16:16. > :16:18.and friends at this extremely troubling time.
:16:19. > :16:22.Also killed in this attack was Aysha Frade, who was in her 40s and worked
:16:23. > :16:26.at a college close to Westminster bridge. It is reported she was on
:16:27. > :16:29.her way to pick up her children. The principle of the college that she
:16:30. > :16:34.was highly regarded and loved by students and colleagues. A former
:16:35. > :16:39.neighbour spoke of her devastation. She was just a lovely person with
:16:40. > :16:42.two lovely children. This two lovely, lovely girls. How obese
:16:43. > :16:47.children... They've lost their mother. You leave your kids, you
:16:48. > :16:52.took them to school and go to pick them up and now this has happened to
:16:53. > :16:55.you. I'm just in shock, too much shock. Those caught up in this
:16:56. > :16:59.attack came from many different countries, Romanian officials say a
:17:00. > :17:02.woman who fell into the River Thames when the car ploughed into
:17:03. > :17:06.pedestrians is a tourist who was in London to celebrate her boyfriend's
:17:07. > :17:10.birthday. It's reported that she was seriously injured. And there was a
:17:11. > :17:16.group of students from the school in Brittany, they were in London on an
:17:17. > :17:20.educational trip, three were injured, two of them are reported to
:17:21. > :17:20.have suffered serious fractures. The French Foreign Minister travelled to
:17:21. > :17:30.London to visit them. It's a new tragedy. I want to return
:17:31. > :17:37.to Paris, but I wanted to stop in London first, to send a message to
:17:38. > :17:41.the British people. A message of solidarity. Of those injured in the
:17:42. > :17:46.attack, 29 were treated in hospital and some of those remaining critical
:17:47. > :17:51.condition. Daniel Boettcher, BBC News. Let's go to France. Lucy
:17:52. > :17:55.Williamson is at the school in Brittany, where that group of
:17:56. > :17:59.students who were visiting London, who were here on Westminster Bridge,
:18:00. > :18:08.are from. It was a big party of students who were here, wasn't it?
:18:09. > :18:11.Yes, it was, we've been speaking to their classmates and friends this
:18:12. > :18:14.morning who turned up for school here and base broke about how upset
:18:15. > :18:17.and shocked they were to learn the news last night that their comrades
:18:18. > :18:21.had been caught up in this attack in London. One woman was telling us how
:18:22. > :18:25.people were in tears. Another said that when the headteacher gave their
:18:26. > :18:29.address to the students here this morning, it was interrupted, when
:18:30. > :18:33.one of the pupils fainted. We've also been down to a gathering near
:18:34. > :18:38.the town Hall here today, where students from other schools in the
:18:39. > :18:42.area came to show their solidarity and as you say, there were many
:18:43. > :18:46.people in London when this attack happened. Over 90 pupils from this
:18:47. > :18:51.school behind me. Some of whom at least we believe are expected back
:18:52. > :18:56.in France today, so parents here, grandparents, are now waiting to be
:18:57. > :19:00.reunited with those children. Lucy Williamson, thank you.
:19:01. > :19:01.Seven people remain in a critical condition.
:19:02. > :19:04.Most of them are being treated at Kings College Hospital
:19:05. > :19:16.Helena Lee is there for us. What more can you tell us? This is one of
:19:17. > :19:20.five hospitals across London where the injured have been treated this
:19:21. > :19:24.lunchtime. It was just before 4p yesterday afternoon that major
:19:25. > :19:29.incident was declared here and there are a lot of police officers manning
:19:30. > :19:32.all of the entrances here at the hospital. They've got a major trauma
:19:33. > :19:37.centre here. They are very well used to dealing with patients who have
:19:38. > :19:41.life-threatening injuries. In terms of the numbers of those who have
:19:42. > :19:48.been injured, we now know at least 40 were injured in the attacks
:19:49. > :19:52.yesterday. 29 of those have been treated in hospital. Three of those
:19:53. > :19:56.are police officers. Seven, as you say, are still in a critical
:19:57. > :20:00.condition this lunchtime. Here at Kings College in particular, there
:20:01. > :20:05.are eight patients, six of them men, two women, and two of them here are
:20:06. > :20:10.in a critical condition. In terms of the injuries, some have been
:20:11. > :20:15.described as catastrophic. Here we understand some of the patients do
:20:16. > :20:19.have head injuries. In time police officers will want to speak to the
:20:20. > :20:22.patients to get their version of events, what happened to them, but
:20:23. > :20:27.that will happen in time, and they'll also get support as well as
:20:28. > :20:32.those patients begin to process and died just exactly what happened to
:20:33. > :20:36.them yesterday afternoon. -- and digester exactly what happened to
:20:37. > :20:38.them yesterday afternoon. Let's bring you live pictures of the scene
:20:39. > :20:44.here in Westminster, because in the last few minutes the police have
:20:45. > :20:49.opened Westminster Bridge again. That bridge, which has been closed
:20:50. > :20:55.since the attack that took place at about 2:40pm yesterday afternoon.
:20:56. > :20:58.Bridge that at the time packed with people crossing the bridge,
:20:59. > :21:03.tourists, children, people going to and from work. That bridge now has
:21:04. > :21:06.been opened again. Much of Westminster, as you can probably
:21:07. > :21:11.tell, still very much locked down at the moment. As we now know, the
:21:12. > :21:17.attacker was British-born and known to police
:21:18. > :21:19.and the security services. He'd been investigated
:21:20. > :21:21.in the past in connection What police are now trying
:21:22. > :21:24.to establish is who - Our security correspondent
:21:25. > :21:27.Frank Gardner reports. The clues are out there but this
:21:28. > :21:32.is going to take some time. But already so-called Islamic State
:21:33. > :21:37.has claimed responsibility. First priority has been to identify
:21:38. > :21:40.this man, the attacker. He was born in Britain,
:21:41. > :21:48.unknown radical on MI5's database, And investigated years ago
:21:49. > :21:56.for violent extremism. Then there's the car he drove,
:21:57. > :21:58.crashing into parliament's railings. Forensic teams will be able
:21:59. > :22:01.to gather fingerprints and DNA samples to find out who else has
:22:02. > :22:03.been inside it recently. CCTV and ANPR, that's automated
:22:04. > :22:05.numberplate recognition, should reveal the exact route
:22:06. > :22:08.he took yesterday in The BBC understands it was hired
:22:09. > :22:14.from a rental company in the West Midlands, called
:22:15. > :22:16.Enterprise. Last night there was an armed
:22:17. > :22:19.police raid in Birmingham and across the country six addresses
:22:20. > :22:21.have been searched It certainly looks like this
:22:22. > :22:26.individual was acting alone, although it's very unusual
:22:27. > :22:29.for someone to actually be Extremists and terrorists
:22:30. > :22:38.live in communities. They have relationships
:22:39. > :22:40.the same as everybody else. I would be very surprised
:22:41. > :22:43.if there weren't others who at least knew that there was an intention
:22:44. > :22:46.to carry out an attack. Much of this investigation will be
:22:47. > :22:53.taking place out of sight. GCHQ, the government's listening
:22:54. > :22:56.station and its partners in MI5, the security service,
:22:57. > :22:59.will want to read and analyse every They'll be using analytical software
:23:00. > :23:09.to match up his contacts with other If his messages
:23:10. > :23:13.were encrypted, which they probably were, then
:23:14. > :23:15.the codebreakers will get to work. The aim, to find out who else
:23:16. > :23:18.might have been involved. On MI5's databases that are over
:23:19. > :23:21.3000 British citizens known to have Many people will now be asking,
:23:22. > :23:30.so why couldn't this There are issues about whether MI5,
:23:31. > :23:33.which does an excellent job by the way, has sufficient staffing
:23:34. > :23:36.to be able to track people who come We now have the investigatory
:23:37. > :23:42.powers act 2016 in force, which empowers the security services
:23:43. > :23:46.in a proportionate way, to follow the Internet traffic
:23:47. > :23:51.of people who are interested in being radicalised and we need
:23:52. > :23:54.to see if it is sufficient. But low tech, high impact attacks
:23:55. > :23:56.like this one, are hard Were it not for the swift response
:23:57. > :24:02.of police and emergency services the casualties could have
:24:03. > :24:19.been far worse. Let's go to our correspondent John
:24:20. > :24:23.Kay, who is in Birmingham, where there were arrests last night. What
:24:24. > :24:26.information do you have? It's not clear exactly how the police
:24:27. > :24:30.activity here involves and relates to everything else that's going on
:24:31. > :24:34.in this wider investigation, but what we do know is that this is one
:24:35. > :24:37.of the number of properties across the West Midlands that have been
:24:38. > :24:41.raided and searched since yesterday afternoon, when the attack happened
:24:42. > :24:45.in Westminster. This appears to be a key part, a key focus, four officers
:24:46. > :24:49.right now. Eyewitnesses have told us that at about midnight last night a
:24:50. > :24:52.large number of police, some of them armed, descended on this area of
:24:53. > :24:57.Hagley Road, which is about half a mile from the centre of the city of
:24:58. > :25:00.Birmingham. Some of them armed, we are told, and some have told us that
:25:01. > :25:12.about three people left with police. I'm not sure if
:25:13. > :25:16.they were formally arrested or not, but that's what we've been told.
:25:17. > :25:20.I've spoken to one guy who saw it from his window, and he said what he
:25:21. > :25:23.saw was terrifying. I saw like a war. A war? Yes, like a war on the
:25:24. > :25:26.streets. Something you see only in movies. I saw it behind my windows
:25:27. > :25:33.on the street. It was very frightening. It was like, what the
:25:34. > :25:38.hell is happening here? Is it a dream? Do I have to wake up? What's
:25:39. > :25:43.happening? Do I have to go away from here? Am I safe here? All those
:25:44. > :25:47.questions were arising in me. I was frightened. The police didn't tell
:25:48. > :25:53.me anything. They didn't bother to tell me anything, just, stay away.
:25:54. > :25:55.That was a student, who lives in a neighbouring building, who witnessed
:25:56. > :26:01.the police activity here last night. We've seen crates, bags, being taken
:26:02. > :26:04.out of here by forensic officers this morning and another thing we
:26:05. > :26:11.know is that the car used in the attack was hired from an Enterprise
:26:12. > :26:14.car rental unit also here in the city of Birmingham. Jon Kay, thank
:26:15. > :26:17.you. Let's get the latest on the police
:26:18. > :26:27.investigation from Daniel Sandford, We know the man who carried out the
:26:28. > :26:32.attack was British-born, known to the security services. We are not
:26:33. > :26:35.being told who he was though. Know, if you imagine how this
:26:36. > :26:39.investigation is working, the police are starting with the incident
:26:40. > :26:43.itself. There's a man who has stabbed a police officer, driven a
:26:44. > :26:47.car, mowing down lots of pedestrians, and then he's shot dead
:26:48. > :26:54.by a plainclothes police officer with a handgun. So they started with
:26:55. > :26:58.him and they are fairly confident now they know the identity of that
:26:59. > :27:00.man, but at this stage, for investigative reasons, they do not
:27:01. > :27:03.want that name to get into the public domain, because they think it
:27:04. > :27:06.might help people who may have been assisting him. The next thing was to
:27:07. > :27:09.gather the evidence of the crime itself, to gather the evidence of
:27:10. > :27:15.where people were hit by the vehicle, what damage was done, where
:27:16. > :27:19.the man had stabbed the police officer, where the weapons were
:27:20. > :27:22.left. And actually, quite a lot of that evidence gathering has happened
:27:23. > :27:26.now, because in the last ten minutes we've seen suddenly the road
:27:27. > :27:30.sweepers that were finishing the cleaning of Westminster Bridge
:27:31. > :27:33.leaves, and pedestrians now walking across Westminster Bridge. Traffic
:27:34. > :27:37.is not yet flowing. Pedestrians walking back and forth across the
:27:38. > :27:42.bridge. The next phase of evidence gathering has happened. But of
:27:43. > :27:45.course the big, big, big part of the investigation is still to be done.
:27:46. > :27:49.Police have arrested eight people overnight, people known to the man
:27:50. > :27:53.is to see if they knew anything about it, and they'll be working
:27:54. > :27:56.outwards from that, from his devices, his computers and his
:27:57. > :28:00.mobile phones and trying to work out who he knew and what communication
:28:01. > :28:05.he may have had about is planned attack. Daniel Sandford, thank you.
:28:06. > :28:07.The Pope has expressed sympathy for the victims
:28:08. > :28:10.In a letter to the Archbishop of Westminster,
:28:11. > :28:12.he offered his solidarity for all those affected.
:28:13. > :28:14.Our religious affairs correspondent Martin Bashir
:28:15. > :28:26.Yes, I spent the morning here at Westminster Cathedral, where
:28:27. > :28:30.Cardinal Vincent Nichols has been praying for the victims, the
:28:31. > :28:35.emergency services and the wider communities response to this attack.
:28:36. > :28:38.He emphasised that regardless of who claims responsibility, our response
:28:39. > :28:42.cannot be one of hatred. We have to be very clear
:28:43. > :28:45.about I think two other things. One is that we utterly condemn
:28:46. > :28:48.and reject this kind of mindless There is nothing to be gained,
:28:49. > :28:59.no kudos to be gained, And also we have to make sure
:29:00. > :29:03.we do not give space If we make enemies out of people
:29:04. > :29:09.who are our friends, then we are falling in to the very
:29:10. > :29:16.trap that the violent people want us to fall into,
:29:17. > :29:20.so there is no space for hatred for those who are our friends,
:29:21. > :29:24.for hatred for the Muslim population No reprisals, no sense
:29:25. > :29:30.that we are targeting our condemnation at anybody other
:29:31. > :29:33.than those who perpetrate At moments like this religious faith
:29:34. > :29:42.is seen as a source of comfort. But there are many people
:29:43. > :29:46.who would say that religious faith is the source of conflict
:29:47. > :29:48.in our world. You know, every ideology has always
:29:49. > :29:58.had this experience of extremism growing from within it,
:29:59. > :30:01.and that is secular ideologies as well as
:30:02. > :30:04.religious beliefs. But nobody in their right mind can
:30:05. > :30:10.claim the name of God This is an abomination
:30:11. > :30:25.against the name of God. And as if to further emphasise the
:30:26. > :30:28.Catholic church's commitment to interfaith relationships, we've just
:30:29. > :30:34.learned that Cardinal Vincent Nichols will be taking a delegation
:30:35. > :30:38.of four British imams to meet with Pope Francis at the beginning of
:30:39. > :30:43.next month. Back to you. Martin, thank you. Let's look at the latest
:30:44. > :31:02.weather, with Helen Willetts. It's chilly out and about. Drier,
:31:03. > :31:06.clearer skies are coming in from East. We'll see things starting to
:31:07. > :31:10.dry up a little in Somerset. This is how it was looking about an hour
:31:11. > :31:14.ago. We have got more sunshine further north. This is Lincolnshire.
:31:15. > :31:18.This will become more of the norm, as we had through Friday and into
:31:19. > :31:21.the weekend. At the moment we have a keen north-easterly wind which is
:31:22. > :31:25.accentuated the chill. It starts to pick up quite significantly through
:31:26. > :31:31.this evening. Across the south-west it looks as if we will state cloudy
:31:32. > :31:33.and damp for much of the rest of daylight. It will feel colder, given
:31:34. > :31:36.the strengthening wind. They'll be more sunshine across eastern and
:31:37. > :31:40.southern counties of England compared to this morning. Cloud
:31:41. > :31:43.across South Wales initially and a few showers but Northern England,
:31:44. > :31:46.Northern Ireland and Scotland and the borders into northern England,
:31:47. > :31:50.where we had the patchy rain and sleet this morning, is drying up. We
:31:51. > :31:55.have showers to contend with across Scotland. It's pretty chilly, 6-7.
:31:56. > :32:05.Across the Northern Isles, the showers continue on the breeze. In
:32:06. > :32:07.the south, the wind strengthens and this evening and overnight it may
:32:08. > :32:09.touch gale or severe gale force across the south coast of Devon and
:32:10. > :32:12.Cornwall. It encourages more rain and cloud to come in here, perhaps
:32:13. > :32:15.East Anglia. Generally speaking skies will be clearer. These are
:32:16. > :32:18.towns and cities. It will be frosty in the countryside. Given we've had
:32:19. > :32:22.a bit of rain and sleet there could be icy patches, even a little
:32:23. > :32:26.freezing fog first thing Friday. The rain is more limited in the south
:32:27. > :32:30.tomorrow. The breeze does start to ease off and we'll see brighter
:32:31. > :32:37.skies materialising. Eventually. We still have that keen breeze and the
:32:38. > :32:39.showers for the Lawlor Isles but for many parts Friday as drier, brighter
:32:40. > :32:42.there will be more sunshine around. The winds start ease. It will not
:32:43. > :32:48.feel so chilly. Temperatures are little higher. As I hinted earlier
:32:49. > :32:51.with the high withers for the weekend, we should see similar
:32:52. > :32:56.conditions through Saturday and Sunday. We keep a clean breeze near
:32:57. > :32:59.the south coast. It will make it feel a little chilly because it's
:33:00. > :33:08.still coming in from a relatively cold source, the East. Seeing more
:33:09. > :33:11.cloud on Saturday and Sunday, these are the Capitals, representative of
:33:12. > :33:16.the whole country. It's a dry scenario as we get to the weekend
:33:17. > :33:18.with increasingly warm in the light sunshine but there will be fast and
:33:19. > :33:24.potentially freezing fog by night. A reminder of our main
:33:25. > :33:33.story this lunchtime. The Prime Minister says the man who
:33:34. > :33:37.carried out yesterday's attack was British-born and known to the
:33:38. > :33:40.security services. So-called Islamic State has claimed responsibility for
:33:41. > :33:43.the attack, which has left three people dead. That's all from the BBC
:33:44. > :33:46.News that one.