:00:07. > :00:08.Police stop sharing information about the Manchester bombing
:00:09. > :00:12.with the US following leaks to the American media.
:00:13. > :00:15.After pictures appear showing bomb fragments and a backpack,
:00:16. > :00:23.Britain expresses its anger at the highest level.
:00:24. > :00:30.I will make clear to President Trump that intelligence that is shared
:00:31. > :00:31.between our law enforcement agencies must remain secure.
:00:32. > :00:33.In the past hour, police have described recent
:00:34. > :00:36.arrests as "significant", and said some of the items seized
:00:37. > :00:47.A minute's silence is held across the country to remember those
:00:48. > :00:52.The Queen visits staff at the children's hospital,
:00:53. > :00:55.and speaks to survivors of the attack.
:00:56. > :01:02.To target that sort of thing, isn't it?
:01:03. > :01:13.At no point did I see any member of staff cry. They just rose to the
:01:14. > :01:16.challenge, and they just kept going. Some of those staff describe a night
:01:17. > :01:19.they will never be able to forget. We'll have the latest
:01:20. > :01:21.from Manchester, and we'll assess the seriousness of the row
:01:22. > :01:24.between police and US authorities. Having criticised both in the past,
:01:25. > :01:28.Donald Trump arrives in Brussels Net migration to the UK falls
:01:29. > :01:33.by 84,000 - most of those leaving SHOUTING
:01:34. > :01:48.Please, please, be respectful. Angry scenes at Ukip's manifesto
:01:49. > :01:51.launch, as Theresa May is accused of being partly to blame
:01:52. > :01:54.for the Manchester atrocity. And coming up in the
:01:55. > :01:56.sport on BBC News... Already in practice earlier
:01:57. > :01:59.today ahead of this weekend's Monaco Grand Prix,
:02:00. > :02:01.where Jenson Button Good afternoon, and welcome
:02:02. > :02:26.to the BBC News at One. Amidst the suffering and grief
:02:27. > :02:29.of the Manchester bombing, now a major row between the agencies
:02:30. > :02:35.whose job it is to investigate it. British police have stopped sharing
:02:36. > :02:38.information about the attack with officials in the United States
:02:39. > :02:41.after a series of leaks thought The New York Times published
:02:42. > :02:45.photographs showing fragments of the bomb and a backpack used
:02:46. > :02:48.to conceal it. An angry Theresa May says
:02:49. > :02:50.she will raise the issue He's in Europe visiting Nato
:02:51. > :02:54.headquarters, as police in Manchester announce further
:02:55. > :02:56.arrests, and the names At 11am this morning,
:02:57. > :03:01.much of the country came to a standstill for a minute's
:03:02. > :03:04.silence as a mark of respect. And the Queen has been visiting some
:03:05. > :03:08.of the injured in hospital. Let's go live to Manchester
:03:09. > :03:22.now and Jane Hill. Simon, thank you, and welcome again
:03:23. > :03:28.to St Ann's Square, where people continue to arrive all the time to
:03:29. > :03:32.lay flowers and to read the growing number of tributes and signs of
:03:33. > :03:39.solidarity and defiance that or around the memorial here. It is here
:03:40. > :03:42.where people observe that minute's silence, which was extraordinarily
:03:43. > :03:47.moving. We will talk about that later in the programme. Let's begin
:03:48. > :03:50.with the investigation itself. In the last hour, greater magister
:03:51. > :03:54.please have described a that have been made in connection with the
:03:55. > :03:58.network believed to be behind Monday's bomb as significant. Police
:03:59. > :04:02.also said that some of the items that have been seized in the
:04:03. > :04:06.subsequent rates are very important. Our first report comes from our Home
:04:07. > :04:10.Affairs Chris Bond and, Daniel Sandford. Just a warning that it
:04:11. > :04:15.contains scenes you may find distressing.
:04:16. > :04:21.Another fast moving police operation in Manchester this morning. Officers
:04:22. > :04:25.with guns closing of roads around a college in humour. Army bomb
:04:26. > :04:28.disposal experts were rapidly on the scene, responding to a suspect
:04:29. > :04:34.package which was later found to be safe. This has been happening for
:04:35. > :04:38.three days now in Manchester. Heavily armed officers arriving at
:04:39. > :04:44.the location of the location as police try to manage an ever
:04:45. > :04:48.expanding investigation. Overnight, there were more raids and more
:04:49. > :04:52.arrests, including at this house in Withington in South Manchester. At
:04:53. > :04:57.the moment, eight men or in custody. Most appear to be Libyans living in
:04:58. > :05:01.Britain. These have been an intense three days for the officers and
:05:02. > :05:05.staff of Greater Manchester Police, along with the National
:05:06. > :05:08.counterterrorist policing network, and UK intelligence services. I want
:05:09. > :05:13.to reassure people that the arrest that we have made significant. And
:05:14. > :05:18.initial searches of premises have revealed items that we believe are
:05:19. > :05:23.very important to the investigation. More details of the bomb itself came
:05:24. > :05:28.out overnight. It appears to have been in a blue carry more backpack,
:05:29. > :05:33.fragments of which were found at the scene. The bomber, Salman Abedi,
:05:34. > :05:36.probably bought the backpack on Friday. The details leaked to the
:05:37. > :05:42.New York Times by the American source suggest the bomb had this
:05:43. > :05:45.metal initiator and the unusual high current battery. It is thought the
:05:46. > :05:55.explosive may have been hydrogen peroxide -based, like the ABT. But
:05:56. > :05:57.the leaking of the forensic pictures has caused furore. Police have
:05:58. > :05:59.stopped sharing information with the Americans, after what they called a
:06:00. > :06:04.breach of trust. The Prime Minister will now raise it at the highest
:06:05. > :06:09.level. Shortly I will be travelling to the Nato summit, where I will be
:06:10. > :06:14.working with international colleagues on defeating terrorism. I
:06:15. > :06:17.will make clear to President Trump that intelligence that is shared
:06:18. > :06:20.between our law enforcement agencies must remain secure. And the new
:06:21. > :06:28.Manchester mayor expressed his dismay. I made known my concerns
:06:29. > :06:32.about to the US ambassador. It's not acceptable to me that, you know,
:06:33. > :06:35.here there is a live investigation taking place, and we cannot have
:06:36. > :06:39.information being put in the public domain that is not under direct
:06:40. > :06:43.control of the British police and security services. It seems that
:06:44. > :06:48.Salman Abedi, the bomber who killed 22 people at the concert on Monday,
:06:49. > :06:51.travelled from Libya, possibly via Prague to Dusseldorf, where German
:06:52. > :06:59.police say he was in transit four days before the bombing. He to
:07:00. > :07:01.Manchester from there. Yesterday, Salman Abedi's father, Ramadan
:07:02. > :07:04.Abedi, was detained in Libya. A man who knew the father in Manchester
:07:05. > :07:11.said he definitely had extremist views. Of course, no doubt. He was
:07:12. > :07:17.very extremist, there is no doubt about that. There is no doubt now
:07:18. > :07:20.that detectives investigating Monday's atrocity have made
:07:21. > :07:24.progress. Enough to make them think they are dealing with a terrorist
:07:25. > :07:28.network. But there are still important blindspots, particularly
:07:29. > :07:34.around where the bomb was made. And a source said some suspicious
:07:35. > :07:37.substances or an for. Daniel Sandford, BBC News, Manchester --
:07:38. > :07:39.some suspicious substances or unaccounted for.
:07:40. > :07:42.In a moment, we'll be live at the Nato meeting in Brussels,
:07:43. > :07:45.and we'll have more from Germany on those reports that Salman Abedi
:07:46. > :07:47.was in Dusseldorf just four days before the attack.
:07:48. > :07:49.First, let's get the latest on the investigation
:07:50. > :07:56.with our Home Affairs Correspondent, Daniel Sandford.
:07:57. > :08:02.Lots happening, Daniel. Explain what is significant as far as you are
:08:03. > :08:06.concerned? Well, I think the most important thing is that sense that
:08:07. > :08:10.you got from Chief Constable Ian Hopkins just before we came an air
:08:11. > :08:13.of some confidence about this investigation now for a couple of
:08:14. > :08:18.days, it felt like they were not sure whether they had started making
:08:19. > :08:22.progress. I think they now do feel they are making progress. It is
:08:23. > :08:24.quite something for a Chief Constable to come out and say the
:08:25. > :08:28.arrests are significant that items that were very important to the
:08:29. > :08:37.investigation had been found. Of course, it has been by this row with
:08:38. > :08:39.the Americans, the withdrawal of cooperation of this investigation
:08:40. > :08:42.with the Americans. Amber Rudd, the Home Secretary, says she hopes that
:08:43. > :08:45.will soon resume. Of course the questions for the intelligence
:08:46. > :08:49.services about whether they missed the opportunity to stop Salman
:08:50. > :08:52.Abedi. He was reported many, many times by members of the public who
:08:53. > :08:56.were worried about his extremist views. A security source today
:08:57. > :09:02.pointing out that he had been one of a larger pool of subjects of
:09:03. > :09:05.interest at one point. But then that had been assessed that perhaps it
:09:06. > :09:10.wasn't something to focus on at that time. This process of deciding who
:09:11. > :09:14.to focus on inevitably relied on difficult professional judgments. It
:09:15. > :09:17.is now inevitably a question of going back and looking at those
:09:18. > :09:21.judgments and trying to work out where Salman Abedi was missed.
:09:22. > :09:27.Daniel, thank you. Let's talk to our North America editor Jon Sopel.
:09:28. > :09:30.There is going to be that meeting later, John, between Theresa May and
:09:31. > :09:34.Donald Trump. The Prime Minister making it very clear that she was
:09:35. > :09:41.angry about the leaking that has gone on. Yes, I think at the moment,
:09:42. > :09:45.Downing Street and the White House are trying to sort diaries to fix a
:09:46. > :09:50.time when that meeting can take place. It may not happen today, it
:09:51. > :09:54.may happen tomorrow in Sicily at the G7. Theresa May will make clear her
:09:55. > :09:58.displeasure. I suspect Donald Trump will say something to be a fact of,
:09:59. > :10:02.welcome to my world, this is what I am up against on a daily basis with
:10:03. > :10:07.our own intelligence services leaking against me, and giving
:10:08. > :10:13.information out like you. I suspect Donald Trump may be sympathetic and
:10:14. > :10:16.-- like it is candy. He might use it for his battle with American
:10:17. > :10:20.intelligence services. I spoke to somebody senior a few moments ago,
:10:21. > :10:25.they are well aware just how angry the British are about this. I'm
:10:26. > :10:30.being told that at the highest levels between MI6, MI5, the NSA,
:10:31. > :10:34.the CIA, you know, the links continue with the exception of staff
:10:35. > :10:39.to do with the Manchester investigation. But at a lower level
:10:40. > :10:42.I think it may be that the police may well have stopped sharing
:10:43. > :10:46.information with their counterparts. It's also worth saying, there is a
:10:47. > :10:49.very different culture in America about the handing out of
:10:50. > :10:53.information. I think in Britain we are much more obsessed about the
:10:54. > :10:58.secrecy of an investigation. I think in the US it is of an surprising
:10:59. > :11:02.just how much information is given out very quickly indeed, and it may
:11:03. > :11:07.be that whoever leaked this detailed material to the New York Times may
:11:08. > :11:11.have thought, you know, I'm not doing anything wrong or unusual in
:11:12. > :11:13.doing so. There are interesting. Thank you, Jon Sopel in Brussels.
:11:14. > :11:18.Let's had to Berlin and talk to Damian
:11:19. > :11:22.McGuinness. Damian, we have been getting more information in the last
:11:23. > :11:26.little while about Salman Abedi's movements just in the days running
:11:27. > :11:32.up to be a tax top law that's right, Jane. German police within the last
:11:33. > :11:37.hour have confirmed that he was indeed in Germany four days before
:11:38. > :11:41.the attack. He was in Dusseldorf Airport in transit. It appears he
:11:42. > :11:45.did not leave the security transit zone. He was transferring from a
:11:46. > :11:50.flight, possibly from the Middle East, according to various different
:11:51. > :11:53.media reports. It seems he flew straight from Dusseldorf to
:11:54. > :11:57.Manchester. German police have also confirmed they have been
:11:58. > :12:01.investigating closely with British intelligence services. That is what
:12:02. > :12:05.German officials have told us at the BBC. They have also said that so
:12:06. > :12:10.far, they have no evidence indicating that the attacker had any
:12:11. > :12:14.links to German Islamist is. That is important, because the area,
:12:15. > :12:18.Dusseldorf, where that area is, is known to be a region where there are
:12:19. > :12:26.suspected Islamist extremist cells. In fact, the Berlin Christmas market
:12:27. > :12:30.attacker, Anis Amri, he had links to extremists in this region. That was
:12:31. > :12:33.a big worry. Police say that is not on the cards, he had no links with
:12:34. > :12:37.people in Germany. Now the next stage is to look at whether he had
:12:38. > :12:42.any other links elsewhere and wet this support network was. Of course,
:12:43. > :12:44.that's what people want to know now -- where this support network was.
:12:45. > :12:47.Damian McGuinness, thank you. At 11am this morning,
:12:48. > :12:49.a minute's silence was held across the country for those
:12:50. > :12:55.affected by the attack. Greater Manchester's Mayor,
:12:56. > :13:03.Andy Burnham, was among those hundreds of people observing
:13:04. > :13:05.the silence in St Ann's I can't overstate how incredibly
:13:06. > :13:13.moving those few minutes were. Our correspondent
:13:14. > :13:15.Sarah Campbell reports. Remembering the children,
:13:16. > :13:18.teenagers, mothers, fathers, relatives and friends
:13:19. > :13:21.who lost their lives. As we come from different faiths,
:13:22. > :14:04.different traditions, different cultures, we come as one
:14:05. > :14:07.to declare that we are Manchester and we will continue
:14:08. > :14:14.to be that Manchester, and so we ask your blessing
:14:15. > :14:17.upon this time and we ask for your love and support on those
:14:18. > :14:20.who suffer, that they will know that, above all, lies
:14:21. > :14:23.the everlasting arms of God. The applause in St Ann's Square
:14:24. > :14:26.in Manchester lasted for a minute We are Manchester through
:14:27. > :14:33.and through, and we wanted to make sure that we were here today to show
:14:34. > :14:36.the people of Manchester that we not only stand with you, we are part
:14:37. > :14:41.of you and we are with you. When something really bad happens,
:14:42. > :14:43.everybody needs to just stick together and do what they can to get
:14:44. > :14:46.everybody who's affected, and I just can't imagine
:14:47. > :15:05.what they are going through. My daughter spent last night crying
:15:06. > :15:07.because she was so fearful I came to show my children
:15:08. > :15:13.that we are here not just to grieve but to celebrate,
:15:14. > :15:16.to celebrate what is in the hearts So many people didn't return
:15:17. > :15:19.home on Monday evening. The names of three more of Monday's
:15:20. > :15:24.victims were released today. Eilidh MacLeod was 14
:15:25. > :15:29.years old and from Barra She was at the Ariana Grande
:15:30. > :15:35.concert with a friend, who is still in a serious
:15:36. > :15:38.condition in hospital. Wendy Fawell was 50 years old and
:15:39. > :15:42.from Otley in West Yorkshire. Wendy's son Adam Fawell said
:15:43. > :15:46.the family were "devastated", saying his mother was a wonderful
:15:47. > :15:51.woman and she'll be sadly missed. Courtney Boyle was 19
:15:52. > :15:53.and from Gateshead. She was at the concert
:15:54. > :15:55.with her stepfather, Courtney's mother said
:15:56. > :16:01.they were now both her angels Elaine McIver was an off-duty
:16:02. > :16:07.Cheshire police officer. In a statement from her family,
:16:08. > :16:10.she was described as "everyone's friend, the best we could ever
:16:11. > :16:27.have wished for". Those people and all 22 who died,
:16:28. > :16:31.and all of those who remain badly injured in hospital, continue to be
:16:32. > :16:37.remembered here at this square in Manchester, people arriving here
:16:38. > :16:42.constantly, laying flowers and reading the tributes. A lot of
:16:43. > :16:47.people in tears and a lot of people expressing solidarity. The police
:16:48. > :16:50.investigation continues. For now, from Manchester, back to you, Simon.
:16:51. > :16:52.After a warm welcome in the Middle East,
:16:53. > :16:54.and a "fantastic" visit with the Pope, US President Donald
:16:55. > :16:57.Trump faces a tougher agenda today as he meets leaders of Nato
:16:58. > :17:00.and the EU - both organisations he has criticised in the past.
:17:01. > :17:03.Nato says it will become more involved in the fight
:17:04. > :17:06.against so-called Islamic State militants, but the President
:17:07. > :17:09.is likely to face pressure on trade and environmental concerns.
:17:10. > :17:12.Let's go live to Brussels and our Europe Correspondent,
:17:13. > :17:24.A busy schedule. It is, and some tricky issues to
:17:25. > :17:31.navigate. To give a sense of that, we have two US president in Europe
:17:32. > :17:35.today, former president Barack Obama has been in Berlin, and European
:17:36. > :17:38.leaders saw eye to eye with him on many issues. New President Donald
:17:39. > :17:42.Trump, they are grappling with how to deal with him. In this first set
:17:43. > :17:44.of meetings in Brussels today, one EU official said it was cordial but
:17:45. > :17:55.cool. Arriving at EU HQ a few minutes
:17:56. > :17:58.late, Donald Trump. He has questioned the EU's future,
:17:59. > :18:03.celebrated its opponents. So he seemed in no hurry to start this,
:18:04. > :18:06.his first visit to Brussels. And it was always going to be an awkward
:18:07. > :18:13.beginning. Donald Tusk, for his part... Has listed the new US
:18:14. > :18:21.administration as a threat to the EU. These are leaders with widely
:18:22. > :18:24.differing visions of the world. A US president sceptical about free trade
:18:25. > :18:29.and fighting climate change, the EU side keen to impress the importance
:18:30. > :18:37.of the Atlantic alliance, the value of western countries working
:18:38. > :18:41.together. We have covered a lot of countries, a lot of leaders. Mr
:18:42. > :18:45.Trump said he had met some great leaders on his trip. Apparently, he
:18:46. > :18:49.mentioned the size of his election victory. But it seems there was
:18:50. > :18:58.little warmth in this meeting. Look at the body language as they left.
:18:59. > :19:01.Awkward. A sign there was little real agreement behind closed doors.
:19:02. > :19:07.The US president did no press conference, so it was left to the EU
:19:08. > :19:13.Donald to make his own solar statement, and hint how wide the
:19:14. > :19:17.differences are. Some issues remain open, like climate and trade, and I
:19:18. > :19:23.am not 100% sure that we can say today, that Mr President and myself,
:19:24. > :19:29.that we have a common position, a common opinion about Russia.
:19:30. > :19:35.Meanwhile, in Berlin, a very different reception. Mr Trump's
:19:36. > :19:40.predecessor. One of my favourite partners throughout my presidency is
:19:41. > :19:45.sitting next to me today, Chancellor Angela Merkel. She has done an
:19:46. > :19:50.outstanding work. EU leaders are certainly more with the last
:19:51. > :19:54.president Ben becomes -- than the current one. They want to act on
:19:55. > :20:01.valued principles, not just interest. What we expect is that, at
:20:02. > :20:05.the Nato meeting, things perhaps slightly more on the same page,
:20:06. > :20:08.particularly when it comes to the joint effort to combat terrorism.
:20:09. > :20:20.Police stop sharing information about the Manchester bombing with
:20:21. > :20:21.the US after leaked pictures appear in American media showing bomb
:20:22. > :20:23.fragments and a backpack. And coming up: A royal visit
:20:24. > :20:25.to some of the injured Coming up in sport at half-past:
:20:26. > :20:29.Ahead of this weekend's Manchester City Games,
:20:30. > :20:31.featuring Olympians Greg Rutherford and Asha Philip, Philip tells us
:20:32. > :20:33.we can't live in fear ahead Net long term migration -
:20:34. > :20:46.that's the number of people coming to the UK minus the number of people
:20:47. > :20:49.leaving - fell to below a quarter That was driven by an increase in EU
:20:50. > :20:57.citizens leaving the country. The Office for National Statistics
:20:58. > :20:59.said the change was driven by "a statistically significant"
:21:00. > :21:01.increase of 40,000 people There was a 36% increase in EU
:21:02. > :21:14.citizens leaving. On these latest numbers, the rise in
:21:15. > :21:20.population due to immigration is still more than double what the
:21:21. > :21:23.government target is, but they show it dropped substantially in 2016
:21:24. > :21:27.compared to the year before. Fewer people are coming to the UK and more
:21:28. > :21:32.are leaving. To arrive at a net immigration number, you take the
:21:33. > :21:36.number of immigrants arriving in the UK, 588,000, down more than 40,000,
:21:37. > :21:41.and take away the number of emigrants leaving, which was
:21:42. > :21:49.339,000, which is up about 40,000. That leaves net immigration of
:21:50. > :21:53.248,000, down by a quarter. We are determined to make sure we continue
:21:54. > :21:56.to overall reduce the debt migration number but also to continue to get
:21:57. > :22:04.the brightest and best for our economy. We asked EU immigrants is
:22:05. > :22:09.they put more work leaving. We are scared about Brexit and don't know
:22:10. > :22:13.what is going on. I think it's a sign that the economy in other
:22:14. > :22:16.countries is getting better. So they don't need to be abroad, because
:22:17. > :22:21.most people prefer to be in their country. I was speaking to him
:22:22. > :22:27.yesterday and telling him I'd like to go back, because I don't really
:22:28. > :22:31.feel safe here. I don't know what's going on. I think it's got to do
:22:32. > :22:35.with the uncertainty about the Brexit situation. People are not
:22:36. > :22:42.sure what the terms will be for immigrants. Two years ago, each ?1
:22:43. > :22:47.you earned would exchange for more Polish or Czech Republic currency
:22:48. > :22:53.then it would work here. But as the value of the pound has diminished,
:22:54. > :22:57.so has that attraction. What was especially notable was the number
:22:58. > :23:02.coming from the EU eight countries, those like the Czech Republic and
:23:03. > :23:06.Poland that joined the EU in 2004. The number arriving was down a
:23:07. > :23:15.third, 8000. The number leaving, up by more than half to 40 3000. The
:23:16. > :23:18.difference, net migration to the UK from those countries, was 5000, the
:23:19. > :23:25.lowest it has been since they joined the EU. EU numeric aid tapping
:23:26. > :23:29.coming to the UK in large numbers since 2004, and it seems evident now
:23:30. > :23:36.that some of those may be starting to go elsewhere. Today we learned
:23:37. > :23:41.the economy, on revised estimate, grew by 0.2% in the first three
:23:42. > :23:44.months of the year, a sharp slowdown than previously estimated. What we
:23:45. > :23:47.don't yet know is whether or not slower immigration played a role.
:23:48. > :23:49.There were angry scenes at Ukip's manifesto launch,
:23:50. > :23:51.as party leaders accused Theresa May of being partly to blame
:23:52. > :23:55.The party's deputy chairwoman Suzanne Evans said Mrs May "must
:23:56. > :23:59.She cited Mrs May's failure to curb immigration,
:24:00. > :24:05.the scrapping of stop and search powers, and cuts to police numbers.
:24:06. > :24:07.Reporters were shouted down as they sought to challenge party
:24:08. > :24:09.From Westminster, here's our political
:24:10. > :24:16.Ukip back in campaigning mode after the Manchester attack.
:24:17. > :24:19.Lighting candles, they say, is not enough.
:24:20. > :24:21.Instead, an accusation that the Prime Minister must
:24:22. > :24:29.bear some responsibility for what happened.
:24:30. > :24:32.Theresa May has allowed jihadists who fought alongside Islamic State
:24:33. > :24:35.She has failed to stop extremists spreading hatred
:24:36. > :24:41.On her watch, even non-EU migration spiralled out of control and let
:24:42. > :24:48.Paul Nuttall promised his party will cut out what he called
:24:49. > :24:52.He later clarified he was not blaming Theresa May but said her
:24:53. > :24:59.This is the Home Secretary who cut the number of police officers,
:25:00. > :25:03.cut the number of border guards, cut the number of prison officers.
:25:04. > :25:08.I am sorry, it isn't a good record at all.
:25:09. > :25:11.As for blaming her personally for the attack, absolutely not,
:25:12. > :25:15.What I am saying is that the politicians in this country
:25:16. > :25:17.are too cowardly at the moment to actually face up
:25:18. > :25:23.Ukip used this manifesto launch to push the integration agenda,
:25:24. > :25:26.to try to persuade almost 4 million people who backed them last
:25:27. > :25:30.time to stick with them and to win new support.
:25:31. > :25:33.They are promising more troops, more police, cutting the overseas
:25:34. > :25:37.aid budget to fund the NHS, a ban on the full face veil
:25:38. > :25:40.The message is that Ukip are prepared to do and say
:25:41. > :25:49.And on Brexit, a pitch to still play a role.
:25:50. > :25:52.Ukip is the country's insurance policy and if the government begin
:25:53. > :25:57.to backslide, during these negotiations, then it must note
:25:58. > :26:03.After a dismal performance in the local elections
:26:04. > :26:06.and a depleted roster of Parliamentary candidates,
:26:07. > :26:14.Ukip has a struggle on its hands to prove it remains relevant.
:26:15. > :26:21.Our assistant political editor, Norman Smith, is in Westminster.
:26:22. > :26:36.As manifesto launches go, how did it go? Well, all the mainstream parties
:26:37. > :26:38.are having a restrained, low-key we start campaigning, precisely not
:26:39. > :26:42.what happened at the Ukip launch, which turned out to be a highly
:26:43. > :26:47.charged, emotive occasion, in part because of their decision to put
:26:48. > :26:50.confronting radical Islam at the heart of their manifesto. That was
:26:51. > :26:55.always going to be controversial, in part because of the language a --
:26:56. > :27:00.the language they used, talking about turning back the tide, cutting
:27:01. > :27:04.out the cancer. We saw journalists shouted down, but above all, the
:27:05. > :27:07.accusation that Theresa May was in part to blame for the Manchester
:27:08. > :27:11.atrocity, because she hadn't curb immigration and she had cut police
:27:12. > :27:16.numbers. We know Ukip are looking for a new identity. They have always
:27:17. > :27:20.courted controversy. Some supporters will say they are just telling it as
:27:21. > :27:24.it is, but I suspect many people will think it is just inappropriate
:27:25. > :27:27.to be making those sort of arguments in the wake of such an atrocity.
:27:28. > :27:30.Let's return now to our top story - and a short time ago the Queen
:27:31. > :27:33.visited some of the survivors of Monday's bomb attack in hospital.
:27:34. > :27:37.The Queen met dozens of staff who had worked through the night
:27:38. > :27:39.to deal with the victims of the bombing.
:27:40. > :27:42.Many of them had volunteered to come in after hearing of the attack.
:27:43. > :27:44.She also met four young girls recovering from the blast,
:27:45. > :27:50.Yes, a big shock, a really big shock.
:27:51. > :28:01.One of the girls she met was 15-year-old Millie Robson,
:28:02. > :28:05.a proud Ariana Grande fan, still wearing the singer's T-shirt.
:28:06. > :28:09.I got to meet her before the concert as well, and she was lovely.
:28:10. > :28:12.She won a competition for her and her friend
:28:13. > :28:19.But by the time she left, a crowd had gathered.
:28:20. > :28:28.There was a spontaneous round of cheering and applause.
:28:29. > :28:35.Many health workers and ambulance staff have been working flat out
:28:36. > :28:37.since they got the call on Monday night.
:28:38. > :28:40.One of the hospitals involved in treating the victims
:28:41. > :28:42.is Stepping Hill in Stockport, and some of the staff there have
:28:43. > :28:45.had time now to reflect on what they have seen
:28:46. > :28:52.I had contact through social media initially that something had
:28:53. > :28:57.happened in Manchester but I wasn't aware of what had gone on.
:28:58. > :29:01.20 minutes later, I got a call just to say that we'd had a first walk-in
:29:02. > :29:04.patient from the incident, which made us then
:29:05. > :29:11.It was quite clear that this was significant and a horrific
:29:12. > :29:16.The evil that visited us that night caused this horrible thing,
:29:17. > :29:25.When I arrived, the level of professionalism that I saw
:29:26. > :29:27.amongst my colleagues was phenomenal.
:29:28. > :29:36.There was an air of seriousness, professionalism, a need to focus.
:29:37. > :29:38.What we saw on the night was real determination,
:29:39. > :29:42.resilience, teamwork, staff really coming up
:29:43. > :29:48.with what was required to deliver the best care for these patients.
:29:49. > :29:50.I was inundated with messages from the team -
:29:51. > :29:55.That came from health care assistants, nurses,
:29:56. > :29:57.allied health professionals, doctors, consultants,
:29:58. > :30:05.We all knew there were chances that we would know
:30:06. > :30:09.This explosion happened in somewhere familiar to all of us.
:30:10. > :30:11.We all have a sense of identity with Manchester.
:30:12. > :30:20.At no point did I see any member of staff crack.
:30:21. > :30:22.They just rose to the challenge and they just kept going.
:30:23. > :30:30.I'm very proud of the way they responded.
:30:31. > :30:35.And you want to hug your nearest and dearest.
:30:36. > :30:38.It was the day after really when feelings settled in.
:30:39. > :30:41.I just want to focus on the good things that I saw,
:30:42. > :30:43.the good care that I saw, and that for me speaks
:30:44. > :30:58.Remarkable people who did a remarkable job at Stepping Hill in
:30:59. > :31:06.Stockport. Let's have a look at the weather.
:31:07. > :31:13.It is warm and sunny out there. Many pictures coming in the sunshine.
:31:14. > :31:18.This one from Swanage in Dorset, unbroken sunshine. Not so much in
:31:19. > :31:22.the central Midlands and central Wales, with some fair weather clouds
:31:23. > :31:27.bubbling up. But the temperatures continue to rise. For the more than
:31:28. > :31:31.half of Scotland, in fact, most of Scotland seem unbroken sunshine, but
:31:32. > :31:34.it wasn't like that earlier, with a bit of low cloud and sea mist around
:31:35. > :31:38.the north-west corner. That has mainly burnt off and you can see
:31:39. > :31:42.some fair weather cloud developing in the Midlands. For this afternoon,
:31:43. > :31:46.it is looking hot and sunny across the board. A warmer day across
:31:47. > :31:52.Scotland and Northern Ireland than yesterday and we could see highs in
:31:53. > :31:57.Scotland reaching 28, maybe 29, which is also the case for England
:31:58. > :32:00.and Wales. We could see highs around the high 20s Celsius for north-west
:32:01. > :32:05.England, the Midlands and the north-west corner of London. Always
:32:06. > :32:09.cooler in eastern coastal areas, because of an onshore breeze. If it
:32:10. > :32:13.is too hot for you in land, just go to the coast. A lovely end to the
:32:14. > :32:19.day with lots of sunshine. This evening and will be clear, dry, warm
:32:20. > :32:21.and muggy, with the buildings exhorting all of the heat. Larger
:32:22. > :32:27.towns and cities will be uncomfortable. Into Friday, a very
:32:28. > :32:31.warm start and temperatures shooting up through the day. Once again,
:32:32. > :32:35.plenty of sunshine. A bit of a breeze in the far south and
:32:36. > :32:39.south-west and maybe one or two showers or storms in the far west of
:32:40. > :32:44.Northern Ireland, and the temperatures up to mid to high 20s
:32:45. > :32:47.Celsius. Northern Scotland, maybe the Midlands, could see 30. Heading
:32:48. > :32:52.through Friday evening and overnight, we begin to see a change.
:32:53. > :32:56.This area of low pressure and this weather front will bring a line of
:32:57. > :32:59.showers and thunderstorms on Friday night and into Saturday morning into
:33:00. > :33:04.the south and west. That continues to morph -- to move north and east
:33:05. > :33:09.on Saturday morning, with torrential downpours and frequent lightning.
:33:10. > :33:13.Into the afternoon, confined to northern and eastern parts but, to
:33:14. > :33:17.the south, a fine afternoon, sunshine and quite hot in the
:33:18. > :33:23.south-east. For Sunday, we could see some thunder in the south-east
:33:24. > :33:26.again, so some showers or storms. Further north and west, a slightly
:33:27. > :33:30.cooler and fresh appeal. We think that's what could happen into bank
:33:31. > :33:31.holiday Monday, with the south-east remaining warm and humid, longer
:33:32. > :33:34.spells of rain or some storms. A reminder of our main
:33:35. > :33:44.story this lunchtime. Police stop sharing information
:33:45. > :33:48.about the Manchester bombing with the US after leaked pictures appear
:33:49. > :33:49.in American media showing bomb fragments and a backpack.
:33:50. > :33:53.That's all from the BBC News at One, so it's goodbye from me.