:00:11. > :00:13.A Briton is confirmed among the dead in the Brussels attacks as a suspect
:00:14. > :00:15.in the bombings is shot and arrested.
:00:16. > :00:18.The man is caught at a tram stop, one of several arrests by police
:00:19. > :00:20.in the Belgian capital as the investigation continues.
:00:21. > :00:23.Briton David Dixon is named as having died in the metro bombing,
:00:24. > :00:27.America pledges support for Belgium, and carries out strikes
:00:28. > :00:38.Has revealed it has killed a leading member of the so-called Islamic
:00:39. > :00:38.State. We will come back with greater
:00:39. > :00:41.resolve, with greater strength and we will not rest until we have
:00:42. > :00:44.eliminated your nihilistic beliefs and cowardice, from
:00:45. > :01:01.the face of this earth. APPLAUSE
:01:02. > :01:07.Jeremy Corbyn calls the government's plans to change schools into
:01:08. > :01:09.academies as asset stripping education as he addresses the main
:01:10. > :01:10.teaching union. The ?250 million repair bill
:01:11. > :01:13.for the bridges and roads ruined And, remembering Ireland's Easter
:01:14. > :01:27.rising 100 years on. Belgian police have shot and wounded
:01:28. > :01:32.a suspect during an anti-terror Video footage of the operation
:01:33. > :01:35.in the Schaerbeek district of the capital showed heavily armed
:01:36. > :01:39.officers moving in on the man at a tram stop, several
:01:40. > :01:44.explosions were also heard. Meanwhile, the Foreign Office has
:01:45. > :01:46.confirmed that a British man, who'd been missing
:01:47. > :01:51.since Tuesday's attacks, David Dixon, who was 53,
:01:52. > :01:56.is thought to have been on the metro Our Europe Correspondent,
:01:57. > :01:59.Damian Grammaticas has the latest I must warn you, his report contains
:02:00. > :02:13.some graphic images. It's a police operation, the woman's
:02:14. > :02:17.voice says. Outside, they advance behind a bullet-proof shields. A
:02:18. > :02:22.child emerges and is hurried away. Lying in the tram stop a man has
:02:23. > :02:27.been shot in the legs, police still training their weapons on him. The
:02:28. > :02:31.view from across the street shows a bomb disposal robot approaching, he
:02:32. > :02:37.is holding a bag and they want to check if there are explosives. Then,
:02:38. > :02:40.officers moved in. This is the same Schaerbeek district where the
:02:41. > :02:43.Brussels and Paris attackers have safe houses. This operation, though,
:02:44. > :02:47.it seems was triggered by information gleaned from a raid in
:02:48. > :02:52.Paris yesterday where one man was arrested apparently preparing a new
:02:53. > :02:58.attack in France not linked to the Brussels bombings. They take the kid
:02:59. > :03:02.and they shoot the man I think in the leg. He was not dying, he was
:03:03. > :03:09.moving and the police asked him to put the bag far from him. That is
:03:10. > :03:19.what they did. -- he did. After, he tried to move. I was very shocked.
:03:20. > :03:23.Meanwhile, prosecutors today confirmed that one of the suspects
:03:24. > :03:26.who is thought made one of the suicide vests in the Paris attacks
:03:27. > :03:32.was one of the Brussels airport bombers. In total, some 300 people
:03:33. > :03:37.were killed and injured in these attacks, their fates are starting to
:03:38. > :03:41.become clearer. Some 40 nationalities touched, in total. The
:03:42. > :03:48.pain and suffering is felt not just here but far afield, too. From
:03:49. > :03:53.America to China, families are now morning and in the UK, too. David
:03:54. > :03:56.Dixon, an IT consultant from Hartlepool texted his family after
:03:57. > :04:02.the airport attack to say he was safe. The father of a seven-year-old
:04:03. > :04:07.son died soon after in the metro blast. Mason Wells survived the
:04:08. > :04:12.Boston Marathon bombing three years ago and survived again in Brussels
:04:13. > :04:15.but has severe burns. I remember seeing fire front of my face and
:04:16. > :04:21.also fired down by my feet on the ground. We were really close. I feel
:04:22. > :04:27.lucky to have escaped with what I did. Brussels' airport is still
:04:28. > :04:32.closed but the US secretary of state came to offer his support. He said
:04:33. > :04:36.criticising Belgium for security failings before the facts are known
:04:37. > :04:39.is inappropriate, adding the so-called Islamic State is lashing
:04:40. > :04:48.out in Europe because it is under pressure. We will not rest until we
:04:49. > :04:53.have eliminated your nihilistic beliefs and cowardice from the face
:04:54. > :04:58.of this earth. But what many here fear is that the terror network
:04:59. > :05:03.still lingers and despite the efforts to eliminate them, there
:05:04. > :05:08.could be more bloodshed to come. One update this evening. Exactly a week
:05:09. > :05:11.ago the Belgians arrested the Paris suspect and have been criticised for
:05:12. > :05:15.not getting more information out of him. Tonight the prosecutors
:05:16. > :05:18.released a statement saying they questioned him three times and he
:05:19. > :05:21.only cooperated wants to talk about events in Paris. He would say
:05:22. > :05:26.nothing about events following the attacks here in Brussels. He has
:05:27. > :05:31.exercised his right to silence. He hasn't helped them. Thank you.
:05:32. > :05:34.The US military says it has killed a number of leading militants
:05:35. > :05:36.belonging to so-called Islamic State, including the man
:05:37. > :05:39.said to be the group's second-in-command.
:05:40. > :05:42.It described Abd ar-Rahman Mustafa al-Ka-dooley as the group's finance
:05:43. > :05:44.minister and said he'd been responsible for terror plots outside
:05:45. > :05:50.We can speak to our North America editor,
:05:51. > :06:01.What do we know about this operation? What seems to have
:06:02. > :06:05.happened is that special forces had been brought in, trying to intercept
:06:06. > :06:08.him and take him alive so they could question him about what he knew but
:06:09. > :06:13.a firefight broke out and he was killed. A very different method of
:06:14. > :06:19.operating from the usual drone strike. It also tells us that the US
:06:20. > :06:24.are getting increased intelligence now on who the people are who
:06:25. > :06:29.control IS and where to find them, critically. One other thing Ashton
:06:30. > :06:35.Carter said, the Defence Secretary, the momentum is moving our way. The
:06:36. > :06:38.anti-IS forces are shrinking the amount of land that so-called
:06:39. > :06:43.Islamic State hold and by attacking the finance minister today, is
:06:44. > :06:47.reducing the ability of IS to pay the foreign fighters. That has an
:06:48. > :06:52.important flip side. If they can't fight in Syria and there is no money
:06:53. > :06:54.to pay them, they could soon be heading back to Europe with the
:06:55. > :06:57.security implications that involves. Thank you.
:06:58. > :07:00.The Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has told the National Union
:07:01. > :07:02.of Teachers this afternoon that the Government's push
:07:03. > :07:04.for academy schools in England will lead to the "asset-stripping
:07:05. > :07:09.Ministers want all state schools to have plans to convert
:07:10. > :07:11.to academies by 2020, arguing that it will
:07:12. > :07:19.From Brighton, our Education Editor Branwen Jeffreys has this report.
:07:20. > :07:30.opened after another failed, an early academy set up under a Labour
:07:31. > :07:35.government. Now, all England's schools will have to follow, even
:07:36. > :07:39.good schools will be forced to become academies. Today, Jeremy
:07:40. > :07:44.Corbyn came to one of the teacher union conferences, do voices
:07:45. > :07:48.opposition. There is not a shred of evidence that academies
:07:49. > :07:51.automatically improve standards. -- to voice his opposition. There are
:07:52. > :07:55.very real fears about the intention of the government and those who pay
:07:56. > :08:00.themselves exorbitant salaries to run academy chains. APPLAUSE
:08:01. > :08:07.Loud applause for that message, here. But it's not just teachers'
:08:08. > :08:11.unions that are angry about the academy plans. Some Tory councillors
:08:12. > :08:13.are as well. They say they are already doing a good job of
:08:14. > :08:23.overseeing their local schools. Since this academy was built, things
:08:24. > :08:28.have changed. A fresh start has led to a better school for local kids.
:08:29. > :08:31.And the head says she has much more freedom. She has introduced
:08:32. > :08:36.performance related pay, to keep good staff. One of the things that
:08:37. > :08:42.is so useful is that I have control over my budget. Because of that, I
:08:43. > :08:46.can employ are the sort of staff that meet the needs of this
:08:47. > :08:50.humility. I have just as many support staff as teachers. In
:08:51. > :08:55.primary schools it is simpler, most answer to the council. Here in
:08:56. > :08:58.Brighton they are considering their options, could council staff leave,
:08:59. > :09:03.to set up a group of local academies? You don't want a
:09:04. > :09:08.supermarket free style of education here in the city where these academy
:09:09. > :09:12.trusts come in, cherry pickers best schools and essentially be those in
:09:13. > :09:16.the margins of our educational system to fend for themselves.
:09:17. > :09:20.Today, this schools minister told me that they will press ahead, even
:09:21. > :09:25.though some in his own party are against these plans. Even in strong
:09:26. > :09:28.authorities, let alone the authorities where there are far more
:09:29. > :09:31.underperforming schools, this is about ensuring that we take the
:09:32. > :09:36.excellent and high performing schools, take that expertise and
:09:37. > :09:38.spread it. Schools, could also be learning a new language of
:09:39. > :09:42.competition between chains of academy schools. All against the
:09:43. > :09:49.background of union and counsel dissent.
:09:50. > :09:51.Local councils say they need more financial help,
:09:52. > :09:53.to repair the damage to roads and bridges caused by this
:09:54. > :09:59.The Local Government Association says councils are facing bills of up
:10:00. > :10:02.to ?250 million and the final tally could be higher.
:10:03. > :10:05.The worst hit area is Cumbria, which sustained about ?175 million
:10:06. > :10:14.From there, our UK Special Affairs correspondent Jeremy Cooke reports.
:10:15. > :10:18.A raging flood, an elemental force of nature.
:10:19. > :10:22.Enough to change the landscape, enough to bring down bridges that
:10:23. > :10:29.The scale of the damage is overwhelming, and so is the bill
:10:30. > :10:36.It's a task which can take months, like here in Cumbria.
:10:37. > :10:38.Eamont Bridge was rocked to its foundations,
:10:39. > :10:48.The danger with this is getting into the water and we need the water
:10:49. > :10:50.flows to be suitable to get divers in, first of all,
:10:51. > :10:58.And for very much of the time since December, we've had very high
:10:59. > :11:00.water levels and very fast-flowing water, which has made it difficult
:11:01. > :11:02.and dangerous to get in to survey bridges.
:11:03. > :11:05.Across the flood zone, there's still plenty of evidence
:11:06. > :11:07.of just how high and fast the waters rose.
:11:08. > :11:10.The amount of damage has been immense, and many communities
:11:11. > :11:13.are still living with washed out bridges and closed roads -
:11:14. > :11:20.Of course, it's not just about money.
:11:21. > :11:23.For Carol Pollitt, dramatically rescued from the upper floors
:11:24. > :11:25.of her pub, the December floods were terrifying.
:11:26. > :11:28.It all looks a lot different now, but there are still bills to pay
:11:29. > :11:36.To be honest, I couldn't really see wood for the trees.
:11:37. > :11:40.There was so many jobs that needed doing.
:11:41. > :11:44.To start with it, it was to get rid of all the sludge that had been left
:11:45. > :11:48.behind, so we spent a full month cleaning and cleaning.
:11:49. > :11:51.It's estimated that the winter floods have cost insurance companies
:11:52. > :11:56.The Local Government Association puts the public bill for fixing
:11:57. > :12:00.infrastructure at ?250 million, which councils, it says,
:12:01. > :12:09.We'll either have to reduce some of our existing council services
:12:10. > :12:14.What we're saying is that Government's got to recognise
:12:15. > :12:21.Ministers say they are providing an extra ?130 million specifically
:12:22. > :12:25.to help councils repair roads and bridges.
:12:26. > :12:29.The Government also stresses it is to spend an additional
:12:30. > :12:34.?700 million on flood defences, bringing the total to ?3 billion.
:12:35. > :12:36.Ministers insist they stand squarely behind flood affected communities.
:12:37. > :12:45.Five people have been taken to hospital after reports of shots
:12:46. > :12:52.One man is in a critical condition after the incident
:12:53. > :12:55.Police believe the shots were fired from a vehicle,
:12:56. > :12:59.Officers say there's no suggestion the incident was terrorist related.
:13:00. > :13:02.Commemorations will take place across Ireland this weekend,
:13:03. > :13:04.marking the 100th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising,
:13:05. > :13:07.the rebellion against British rule that was a key moment in the history
:13:08. > :13:11.There will be ceremonies at historic sites across Dublin,
:13:12. > :13:14.with more than half a million people expected to attend events on Sunday.
:13:15. > :13:25.Our Ireland Correspondent, Chris Buckler, has this report.
:13:26. > :13:28.100 years ago, the backstreets of Dublin became a battlefield
:13:29. > :13:34....smashing into this building beside us.
:13:35. > :13:36.Around the city, buildings were turned into makeshift garrisons
:13:37. > :13:43.and the city's post office, a military headquarters.
:13:44. > :13:46.The Irish Republic is entitled to and hereby claims the allegiance
:13:47. > :13:52.It was here, on Easter Monday, that Padraig Pearse read
:13:53. > :13:57.the proclamation, declaring a rising, a Republic,
:13:58. > :14:00.and the end of British rule, yet it was less than a week
:14:01. > :14:02.from the start of rebellion to the point of surrender.
:14:03. > :14:04.In that time, the lives of civilians, British soldiers
:14:05. > :14:07.and Irish volunteers were lost, and much of the heart
:14:08. > :14:15.A field military strategy, designed by men with more knowledge
:14:16. > :14:21.They were poets, they were scholars, they were writers, teachers
:14:22. > :14:27.What had happened under British rule, all of the Irishness was taken
:14:28. > :14:34.Relatives of those who fought in the rising will be
:14:35. > :14:42.It's thought Molly O'Reilly was just 15 years of age when she carried
:14:43. > :14:44.messages between its leaders through the dangerous streets
:14:45. > :14:54.Molly's account of what happened is held in Ireland's military archives.
:14:55. > :14:57."I brought back a dispatch to hold the building at all costs".
:14:58. > :15:00.I have a daughter myself, who's 17, and I can't believe that somebody
:15:01. > :15:03.was out for the whole week at that age, dodging
:15:04. > :15:07.Initially, in Ireland, there was anger at the rebels
:15:08. > :15:12.for bringing violence to the streets of Dublin.
:15:13. > :15:15.But the execution of the rising's leaders changed opinions and marked
:15:16. > :15:19.a moment when support for a Republic truly rose.
:15:20. > :15:26.Given the deaths on all sides, there are sensitivities
:15:27. > :15:30.in marking this Centenary, but these commemorations are seen
:15:31. > :15:33.as important because in the story of the rising are the origins
:15:34. > :15:42.A man has been charged with inciting racial hatred on social media,
:15:43. > :15:45.after a message on his Twitter account said he'd confronted
:15:46. > :15:50.a Muslim woman in London about the Brussels attacks.
:15:51. > :15:52.Matthew Doyle, who's 46, and from South Croydon,
:15:53. > :15:57.will appear before magistrates tomorrow.
:15:58. > :15:59.The American comedian Garry Shandling has died
:16:00. > :16:03.His career spanned four decades and influenced
:16:04. > :16:09.He enjoyed a cult following for the sitcom
:16:10. > :16:12.He enjoyed a cult following for the sitcom It's Garry Shandling's Show
:16:13. > :16:16.in the award-winning "The Larry Sanders Show".
:16:17. > :16:21.It always falls on different dates, but could that change?
:16:22. > :16:23.The Archbishop of Canterbury wants churches to agree a fixed date
:16:24. > :16:25.for Easter celebrations, an idea that has support among
:16:26. > :16:35.Here's Our religious affairs correspondent Caroline Wyatt.
:16:36. > :16:38.For Christians, this is the most important religious festival
:16:39. > :16:46.The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, was with the faithful
:16:47. > :16:48.in Kent today, marking when Christians believe Jesus Christ
:16:49. > :16:54.And yet, those in East and West celebrate Easter at different times.
:16:55. > :16:57.So, why can't Christians get together to fix the date?
:16:58. > :16:59.We started talking about it over 1,000 years
:17:00. > :17:08.Given the number of people and churches around the world,
:17:09. > :17:11.that seem to support the idea of having the same date for Easter,
:17:12. > :17:17.A better chance for a long time that certainly it could be
:17:18. > :17:22.It's a debate that might not quite be as old as the moon and stars
:17:23. > :17:25.itself, but it is certainly one that dates back to the earliest
:17:26. > :17:30.For centuries, astronomers such as those at Greenwich have been
:17:31. > :17:34.vital in predicting when Easter will be celebrated.
:17:35. > :17:36.It depends on two astronomical things, the spring
:17:37. > :17:44.It was the British monk the Venerable Bede back in about 700
:17:45. > :17:47.who came up with a nice easy way of remembering it.
:17:48. > :17:50.It's the first Sunday after the first full moon
:17:51. > :17:58.It was only in the year 664 in Whitby at this ancient Christian
:17:59. > :18:01.site that the Synod ended the squabbling as to when Easter
:18:02. > :18:03.should be marked in this part of the world.
:18:04. > :18:06.Now, though, there are hopes that the date for Easter
:18:07. > :18:10.On the second or third Sunday in April.
:18:11. > :18:12.Perhaps it will resolve one of the longest running
:18:13. > :18:17.As well as making it rather easier to plan your Easter holidays.
:18:18. > :18:21.The idea has come from the Coptic Orthodox Church.
:18:22. > :18:24.Although some other branches, like the
:18:25. > :18:27.Russian Orthodox, might be less keen to compromise.
:18:28. > :18:31.The difficulty is going to be that everyone is going
:18:32. > :18:34.to have to sacrifice, because we all have our own ways
:18:35. > :18:39.We have all calculated this way for centuries.
:18:40. > :18:43.So, this is one debate that could go on, long after we have finished
:18:44. > :18:57.There's more throughout the evening on the BBC News Channel.
:18:58. > :19:00.Now, on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.