:00:00. > :00:08.Hello and welcome to South Today. In tonight's programme:
:00:09. > :00:12.A record fine of ?20 million for Thames Water.
:00:13. > :00:14.The company let more than a billion litres of sewage
:00:15. > :00:19.People and animals became ill - and thousands of fish died.
:00:20. > :00:26.We've never had a longer or more intensive investigation.
:00:27. > :00:31.Those analyses allowed us to present a picture of systemic failure,
:00:32. > :00:34.that involve the sewage of 200,000 people.
:00:35. > :00:37.Also: The developers continuing to build a crematorium -
:00:38. > :00:41.even though they no longer have planning permission.
:00:42. > :00:44.From childhood leukaemia, the four-year-old girl
:00:45. > :00:57.who was inspired by her role models to become a nurse herself.
:00:58. > :01:02.Thames Water has received a record fine of more than ?20 million
:01:03. > :01:07.Nearly one and a half billion litres of raw sewage went
:01:08. > :01:13.The judge said the scale of the problem meant those
:01:14. > :01:16.at the top of the chain of command must have known.
:01:17. > :01:33.The River Tame is getting back to its best, but in 2013 a local farmer
:01:34. > :01:40.was shocked to find sewage flowing downstream. The river was a black
:01:41. > :01:46.grey colour, it was very smelly. There were dead fish. More than 1
:01:47. > :01:53.billion litres of untreated sewage were released into the River Thames
:01:54. > :01:55.and its tributaries between 2012 and 2014. In January Thames water
:01:56. > :02:01.admitted sewage spills from treatment walks -- treatment works
:02:02. > :02:05.in Aylesbury, Didcot and little Marlow and a pumping station in
:02:06. > :02:13.little more. The company also admitted failing to control waste.
:02:14. > :02:16.After receiving a record fine, Thames Water said it's invested
:02:17. > :02:23.millions in new equipment since the offences. There have been sweeping,
:02:24. > :02:28.far-reaching changes across the waste water business. That included
:02:29. > :02:35.more people, more and better systems, and more investment. And
:02:36. > :02:38.that is beginning to pay. Our performance has improved
:02:39. > :02:40.considerably, and were also doing a lot of work in partnership with
:02:41. > :02:46.environmental groups across our area. The court case followed a
:02:47. > :02:54.three-year investigation by the Environment Agency. The pattern of
:02:55. > :03:00.offending was disturbing. It wasn't because there had been new
:03:01. > :03:04.conditions, it was because basic equipment, screens and pumps, were
:03:05. > :03:11.not maintained, repaired or replaced. Thames Water's pay for new
:03:12. > :03:18.fencing to keep the cattle away from the water, but he can't understand
:03:19. > :03:27.why the pollution got out of control, and for so long. It's
:03:28. > :03:30.highly irresponsible for such a large company with massive profit
:03:31. > :03:37.margins to be polluting our waterways. It shouldn't happen.
:03:38. > :03:41.Judge Francis Sheridan described Thames Water's failings as
:03:42. > :03:46.diabolical, and entirely foreseeable. He said all of the
:03:47. > :03:50.problems were avoidable by any competent operator, and summing up
:03:51. > :03:54.the case before that record ?20 million fine, he said "What a
:03:55. > :03:56.dreadful state of affairs." Local environmental
:03:57. > :03:57.groups welcomed the fine. But as the countryside recovers,
:03:58. > :04:00.their message is that Thames Water simply didn't do its job,
:04:01. > :04:07.and must change its ways for good. Today's fine is not the first,
:04:08. > :04:14.for Thames Water is it? There have been a number
:04:15. > :04:17.of cases over the years. In January 2016, the company
:04:18. > :04:20.was fined ?1 million because of pollution
:04:21. > :04:23.on the Grand Union Canal. You're seeing recent pictures here,
:04:24. > :04:25.but in 2013 there was a leak from a sewage plant in Tring
:04:26. > :04:28.which polluted the Wendover At the time that was a record fine
:04:29. > :04:40.for a prosecution of a water company by the Environment Agency,
:04:41. > :04:54.but this one far exceeds that. Was that a surprise? No, I think
:04:55. > :04:56.they had been bracing themselves partly for this.
:04:57. > :04:58.New guidelines were brought in in 2014 for environmental
:04:59. > :05:00.offences; since then fines have gone up.
:05:01. > :05:03.Also, the judge said more than once in this case that he wanted to send
:05:04. > :05:06.a message out to shareholders that pollution on this scale
:05:07. > :05:22.Bear in mind this is a company that makes ?2 million a day.
:05:23. > :05:25.One more thing - Thames Water assured me this fine won't be paid
:05:26. > :05:30.Thames Valley Police say they are reviewing their security
:05:31. > :05:33.in light of today's attack in London.
:05:34. > :05:35.In a statement, Chief Constable Francis Hapgood sent out
:05:36. > :05:39.his sympathies to all those effected by today's events.
:05:40. > :05:41.He added that the Thames Valley force were reviewing their security
:05:42. > :05:50.Developers are continuing to build a privately owned
:05:51. > :05:53.crematorium in Aylesbury - even though they no longer have
:05:54. > :06:02.The project, in the lakeside village of Watermead, has met
:06:03. > :06:05.A high court judge said construction could go ahead -
:06:06. > :06:08.but now the Court of Appeal has overturned that decision.
:06:09. > :06:10.With an opening date set for June, the developers say
:06:11. > :06:14.The diggers are still digging, the builders still building.
:06:15. > :06:17.And that's despite the fact the Court of Appeal has ruled
:06:18. > :06:19.against the company behind this construction on the shores
:06:20. > :06:23.The row's been going on for over two years -
:06:24. > :06:26.the parish council have been fighting it every step of the way,
:06:27. > :06:29.and they say it's not just because it'll ruin the view of some
:06:30. > :06:33.The fundamental issue is that there was no sequential test,
:06:34. > :06:40.which is a test to determine whether or not a site is suitable
:06:41. > :06:42.for a particular development - in particular in Watermead this
:06:43. > :06:45.relates to the flood risk, and this has now been proven that
:06:46. > :06:48.a sequential test should have been carried out.
:06:49. > :06:51.They say it is the wrong project in the wrong place,
:06:52. > :06:53.and that plans for another crematorium less than a mile
:06:54. > :07:02.No-one denies that Aylesbury needs a crematorium; the nearest one
:07:03. > :07:10.They are often busy, leading to delays for grieving families.
:07:11. > :07:13.But the row over whether this lakeside location is the best place
:07:14. > :07:19.That's because the company behind the construction, Westerleigh,
:07:20. > :07:22.have now submitted all the correct forms to the district council,
:07:23. > :07:24.and are confident they'll have the permission they need
:07:25. > :07:36.The planning application now needs to be reconsidered,
:07:37. > :07:38.but that can be done, and according to the appeals court
:07:39. > :07:41.judges ought to be done and they expect it to be
:07:42. > :07:48.So planning permission should come through again relatively quickly,
:07:49. > :07:50.and from a construction point of view we'll be ready
:07:51. > :07:53.Both the parish council and the construction firm
:07:54. > :07:56.are confident they'll win - but it s now up to Aylesbury Vale
:07:57. > :07:58.District Council to consider the latest planning application.
:07:59. > :08:02.A decision is expected in the next few months.
:08:03. > :08:05.Plans to build nearly 200 homes in South Oxfordshire have been
:08:06. > :08:13.Developers wanted to build 170 houses between Didcot
:08:14. > :08:16.South Oxfordshire District Council refused the plans; now a planning
:08:17. > :08:19.Campaigners raised ?10,000 to protect what they
:08:20. > :08:26.A woman who set up a charity supporting youngsters with parents
:08:27. > :08:28.in jail has been honoured by the Prime Minister.
:08:29. > :08:31.Sarah Burrows, from Oxford, launched Children Heard and Seen
:08:32. > :08:34.after learning two in three boys with a convicted parent
:08:35. > :08:46.My dad's been in and out of prison for the last 15 years, and I don't
:08:47. > :08:51.Clayton's parents were jailed for drug offences when he was a toddler.
:08:52. > :08:59.The 15-year-old and his brother were raised by their grandparents.
:09:00. > :09:02.I thought I'd only have them for a day or so,
:09:03. > :09:06.And then within three days, my husband and I knew
:09:07. > :09:09.that we would end up looking after the children for the rest
:09:10. > :09:22.I can't even explain to you how difficult that was.
:09:23. > :09:25.We couldn't be the grandparent any more, we had to be a parent.
:09:26. > :09:33.That's where the charity Children Heard and Seen came in.
:09:34. > :09:38.It runs weekly youth groups, and provides mentors.
:09:39. > :09:44.I used to be an officer at the youth offending service in Oxfordshire,
:09:45. > :09:47.and a lot of the children that were coming through the criminal
:09:48. > :09:56.justice system who were offending, I realised had a parent in prison.
:09:57. > :09:59.So when I started researching why this might be, I then realised
:10:00. > :10:10.that 65% of boys with a parent in prison went on to a friend.
:10:11. > :10:14.And thought, actually let's stop this intergenerational offending.
:10:15. > :10:16.Sarah's received an award from the Prime Minister,
:10:17. > :10:20.But she relies on referrals to find people who need help.
:10:21. > :10:23.She says a national database of children with parents in jail
:10:24. > :10:26.For us it's always having to go out into the community,
:10:27. > :10:36.getting a referral from school, social care, the police,
:10:37. > :10:38.probation, whoever, or obviously self-referrals,
:10:39. > :10:40.but if there was a national database, then those children
:10:41. > :10:42.could be picked up immediately and support services
:10:43. > :10:46.For people like me, who have nobody, not even any relatives locally,
:10:47. > :10:59.And I'd been waiting for that for five, six years.
:11:00. > :11:02.Now, if you were in Oxford this afternoon, you may well have seen
:11:03. > :11:04.an unusual horse trotting through the cobbled streets.
:11:05. > :11:06.The horse puppet was promoting a production of War Horse,
:11:07. > :11:10.which comes to the New Theatre in December.
:11:11. > :11:12.The award-winning show is based the novel by Michael Morpurgo,
:11:13. > :11:15.and follows the fate of a cavalry horse in World War I.
:11:16. > :11:18.The show has been running across the world for ten years,
:11:19. > :11:22.and it's about to embark on its second UK tour.
:11:23. > :11:25.Being able to share a story about war, and about kind of trust
:11:26. > :11:30.and friendship with everybody, in the centenary year of the end
:11:31. > :11:32.of the first war is really important for Joey.
:11:33. > :11:35.A dog walker in Banbury made a startling discovery in a field
:11:36. > :11:38.near a housing estate - an eight-foot-long boa constrictor.
:11:39. > :11:41.The RSPCA thinks the snake, who's female, may have escaped
:11:42. > :11:47.She has been moved to a special reptile unit, until her owners
:11:48. > :11:49.are located or she can be found a new home.
:11:50. > :11:54.The RSPCA wants to hear from anyone who knows who she belongs to.
:11:55. > :11:59.I'll have the headlines at 8:00, and a full bulletin at 10:30.
:12:00. > :12:07.Now, more of today's stories with Sally Taylor.
:12:08. > :12:11.Ryan McKinlay was a friend I had known for more than 20 years.
:12:12. > :12:14.Ryan's death will haunt me for the rest of my life,
:12:15. > :12:16.but I know that nothing can compare to his family's loss.
:12:17. > :12:19.My thoughts are, and always have been, with them.
:12:20. > :12:21.Out of respect to them, I will not be making
:12:22. > :12:24.Aaron Brown's defence team had called it a tragic accident.
:12:25. > :12:33.Later in the programme: The four-year-old with leukaemia
:12:34. > :12:45.who was inspired by her role model to become a nurse herself.
:12:46. > :12:47.70 jobs are set to go at Hampshire based ordnance survey.
:12:48. > :12:49.The government owned company, based in Southampton,
:12:50. > :12:53.They say the job losses are part of a restructuring programme
:12:54. > :12:56.and existing staff will have to apply for new jobs or take
:12:57. > :13:01.A consultation involving staff ad two unions is expected
:13:02. > :13:04.It's a religious relic from one of the most pivotal
:13:05. > :13:10.parts of our history, and now visitors to The Vyne Tudor
:13:11. > :13:13.mansion near Basingstoke can immerse themselves in a ritual that was last
:13:14. > :13:16.performed before one of our most controversial monarchs.
:13:17. > :13:18.A rare catholic mass from 1535 has been recreated, in sound,
:13:19. > :13:20.in minute detail and, as Ben Moore reports,
:13:21. > :13:23.it means visitors can now go back in time to experience for themselves
:13:24. > :13:37.The last time this Catholic mass resonated around these walls
:13:38. > :13:47.In the congregation was King Henry VIII.
:13:48. > :13:50.The chapel as it would've been experienced here is not
:13:51. > :13:54.as you would think a parish church, you wouldn't have come
:13:55. > :13:57.in and sat down at the pew and listened to a service.
:13:58. > :14:00.In fact the Lord of the house would have sat above and looked down
:14:01. > :14:06.and experienced the worship going on before him.
:14:07. > :14:09.Choir boys singing the mass, the priest at the altar,
:14:10. > :14:11.it would have been a completely different experience
:14:12. > :14:23.The re-creation in immersive sound of Lady Mass at The Vyne Tudor
:14:24. > :14:26.mansion means you can hear a different part of the service
:14:27. > :14:30.Bringing it to life has been a pilgrimage, taking sound
:14:31. > :14:33.technicians as far as Worcester to record a rare Tudor organ.
:14:34. > :14:40.What you're trying to do is create an audio illusion so that
:14:41. > :14:43.if you were to walk into the chapel and close your eyes,
:14:44. > :14:46.you would hopefully get the impression there was a service,
:14:47. > :14:49.Obviously if you open your eyes there is no one there.
:14:50. > :15:03.These sounds accompanied a pivotal moment in history.
:15:04. > :15:08.Henry was on a royal progress visiting his Lords to shore up
:15:09. > :15:19.This is the very place that on the 17th of October 1535 Henry
:15:20. > :15:21.would have been to listen to the mass.
:15:22. > :15:23.It was not just about religious worship.
:15:24. > :15:28.His courtiers said it was the only time they could guarantee the king
:15:29. > :15:30.was sitting still long enough to deal with matters of state.
:15:31. > :15:33.During this mass the King might have secured the loyalty of William,
:15:34. > :15:37.The other people who are rumoured to have been involved
:15:38. > :15:41.in the rebellion do indeed rebel, but Sands, the owner of The Vyne,
:15:42. > :15:47.doesn't, so visits like this can help to get people
:15:48. > :15:54.onside, helped cement the Reformation, so it is really
:15:55. > :15:59.Just 20 years after Henry's death this mass was replaced
:16:00. > :16:13.with a simpler English version but with the political undertones
:16:14. > :16:16.in the past they can now meet the present in perfect harmony.
:16:17. > :16:20.The outgoing head of British Olympic sailing has told South Today
:16:21. > :16:22.that he questioned whether he was doing the right thing,
:16:23. > :16:24.in taking up a new role with British Cycling.
:16:25. > :16:27.Stephen Park has been involved in GB sailing success for over 25 years.
:16:28. > :16:30.He's shortly to move to a sport which has suffered
:16:31. > :16:31.many negative headlines, including allegations
:16:32. > :16:35.I went to chat with Stephen in Hamble today, as he prepares
:16:36. > :16:44.A double Olympian as a competitor followed by 20 years
:16:45. > :16:46.as administrator and manager of British Sailing.
:16:47. > :16:52.As he prepares for a shift from sea to land Stephen Park
:16:53. > :16:54.is heading into choppier waters than he is leaving.
:16:55. > :16:57.20 years working on the Olympic programme, 16 years managing
:16:58. > :17:04.the British sailing team, some fantastic performances at
:17:05. > :17:06.Really excited about the opportunity with British Cycling.
:17:07. > :17:09.Everyone is well aware there is plenty of challenges
:17:10. > :17:10.within British Cycling at the moment.
:17:11. > :17:16.Rio saw plenty of cycling success despite those negative headlines.
:17:17. > :17:21.Park took the job of British Cycling's new performance
:17:22. > :17:28.In the ensuing three months he could been forgiven
:17:29. > :17:32.It would probably be a little bit disingenuous to suggest that I have
:17:33. > :17:35.not had those thoughts at some time because you wake up in the morning
:17:36. > :17:38.and you read the stories in the paper and you think,
:17:39. > :17:53.Park's outgoing Olympics as sailing manager saw GB top the medal table
:17:54. > :17:57.in Rio with three golds and a silver.
:17:58. > :17:58.But for a personal highlight Hamble-based Park went
:17:59. > :18:02.The final race of the star class in Beijing in 2008.
:18:03. > :18:05.Iain Percy, Andrew Simpson, surfing down the last to the finish
:18:06. > :18:12.The 2020 Olympics remain Park's focus but while he is in
:18:13. > :18:15.the velodrome he is confident GB sailing can stay on track as well.
:18:16. > :18:18.I think the sport is in good stead and I have absolutely no doubt
:18:19. > :18:22.they are going to be going to Tokyo and we will come home again as one
:18:23. > :18:31.We wish him success. The weather is not as good in Manchester!
:18:32. > :18:33.Southampton pair James Ward-Prowse and Nathan Redmond could make
:18:34. > :18:35.their full England debuts this evening, in the friendly
:18:36. > :18:42.The two players received their maiden senior
:18:43. > :18:44.call-ups for Gareth Southgate's first match as permanent
:18:45. > :18:50.They have both been named on the bench in the last few minutes.
:18:51. > :18:52.Bournemouth winger Ryan Fraser could also make his full Scotland
:18:53. > :19:00.Oxford United missed a chance to close the gap
:19:01. > :19:03.on the top six in League One, as they went down at home
:19:04. > :19:06.Oxford were 2-0 down when Kane Hemmings bundled them some
:19:07. > :19:10.But a Chey Dunkley own goal made it 3-1 to Bolton.
:19:11. > :19:14.And, despite Chris Maguire's pulling Oxford back into it,
:19:15. > :19:16.Bolton added a fourth before the end.
:19:17. > :19:18.Poole Speedway manager Neil Middleditch says he's set
:19:19. > :19:20.himself a target of winning ten British speedway titles.
:19:21. > :19:22.After three successive championship wins, Poole missed out last year.
:19:23. > :19:26.They held their traditional pre-season Press Day today.
:19:27. > :19:28.Their competitive season starts on Monday, as they defend
:19:29. > :19:40.I would like to win ten. I have a few years left in me yet and I think
:19:41. > :19:44.Matt and I have a good partnership together. Matt loves the club as
:19:45. > :19:50.much as I do and that is a key factor in our success, the fact we
:19:51. > :19:51.feel for the club. You not that summer is starting when the cricket
:19:52. > :19:54.and the speedway starts. Clara Markiewicz was diagnosed
:19:55. > :19:56.with acute myeloid leukaemia Spending months in hospital
:19:57. > :20:02.and undergoing numerous operations, the nurses around her quickly
:20:03. > :20:05.became her role models. But now she's in training
:20:06. > :20:07.in Southampton to become a child cancer nurse herself,
:20:08. > :20:09.and her career has already taken At the age of four hospital
:20:10. > :20:22.was a home from home Doctors had diagnosed her
:20:23. > :20:29.with acute myeloid leukaemia. She was seriously ill
:20:30. > :20:31.and her parents had been told that she had a 40%
:20:32. > :20:40.chance of survival. There were often days
:20:41. > :20:43.when you would wake up and one of your playmates was not
:20:44. > :20:45.there anymore and your mum would have to try to explain it
:20:46. > :20:49.to you in a way that was not scary for you, the reality was only
:20:50. > :20:52.about 40% of us in that ward left. Thanks to a specialist clinical
:20:53. > :21:01.trial, four rounds of chemotherapy and several operations she came
:21:02. > :21:03.through the treatment The treatment is cruel,
:21:04. > :21:08.it is really tough. It is almost worse than
:21:09. > :21:10.the disease sometimes. It is really strong stuff,
:21:11. > :21:12.a necessary evil, there's If it hadn't been for the care
:21:13. > :21:23.I had, for the nurses who were there, every day,
:21:24. > :21:25.every night, every morning, I would not have
:21:26. > :21:27.these role models to look up to and these people that made life
:21:28. > :21:30.so much easier when it was Claro began her studies
:21:31. > :21:33.at Southampton University In December BBC Radio 1 made
:21:34. > :21:40.a documentary featuring the 19-year-old's decision to become
:21:41. > :21:42.a child oncology nurse. As it did the rounds on social
:21:43. > :21:46.media her face rang a bell with one There's not many people in the world
:21:47. > :21:50.called Clara and then it was Clara's last name,
:21:51. > :21:52.which is Markiewicz, which is a name that
:21:53. > :21:54.you would never forget, One day, maybe in my third or fourth
:21:55. > :22:08.day here, I was sitting in the staff room having my lunch,
:22:09. > :22:11.and this woman walks in and you know when you are drawn to someone
:22:12. > :22:14.and you are not entirely sure why? So I was awkwardly trying to look
:22:15. > :22:18.at her name badge and she saw me looking and she looked at me
:22:19. > :22:21.and she looked at everyone else And she stood up and she
:22:22. > :22:27.was like, it is Clara! I hadn't seen her for so long
:22:28. > :22:32.and we had a big hug. Kate was the nurse who had
:22:33. > :22:38.been present when Clara 15 years on the two have been
:22:39. > :22:42.reunited on the children's ward This time Kate is keeping an eye
:22:43. > :22:45.on her for different reasons. One thing I think is amazing
:22:46. > :22:50.is that she has decided to come into not only nursing,
:22:51. > :22:52.which is a fantastic profession, but she has come
:22:53. > :22:54.into children's nursing, and that is what I was truly blown
:22:55. > :22:58.away by, because it is great that she has gone full circle
:22:59. > :23:00.and she can come and contribute. Sometimes on the ward if it has been
:23:01. > :23:08.a tough day I am like, well, remember what it is like to be
:23:09. > :23:11.on the other side of things, and that gives you another aspect
:23:12. > :23:13.and another perspective, As a little girl the odds
:23:14. > :23:17.were against her. But the nurses have always been
:23:18. > :23:20.behind her and as she continues her degree in nursing Clara longs
:23:21. > :23:23.to make a difference to the lives We wish her all the best in the
:23:24. > :23:49.future with her new career. Springs through everything it could
:23:50. > :23:58.act as today. We had chilli winds, sharp showers and plenty of sunshine
:23:59. > :24:09.as well. Quite a story to tell. It was grey this morning. By lunchtime,
:24:10. > :24:18.it was looking much brighter here. By tea-time, some sunshine in
:24:19. > :24:23.Swanage and the blossom stayed on the trees. It is the chilly start
:24:24. > :24:27.under clear skies at first but showers make their way in through
:24:28. > :24:31.the second part of the night so dry to start but the rain that moved
:24:32. > :24:36.west to east through the day starts to move east to west overnight. Some
:24:37. > :24:40.heavy outbreaks at times. Under cloudy skies looking at lows of five
:24:41. > :24:46.Celsius by Don. Strong winds overnight. Tomorrow, dull, damp
:24:47. > :24:51.start with further rain to come through the morning for most places.
:24:52. > :24:54.The further north you are the more likely you are to the wet weather.
:24:55. > :25:00.Along the coast we have pretty sharp showers once again. In the best of
:25:01. > :25:04.the brightness 10 Celsius is our top temperature but a key north-westerly
:25:05. > :25:10.wind will keep temperatures in tech. Tomorrow evening, low pressure
:25:11. > :25:14.feeding and showers. It is very stubborn and does not seem to want
:25:15. > :25:21.to move away. Most places milder overnight, seven Celsius. Looking
:25:22. > :25:26.ahead to Friday, that stop an area of low pressure still with us
:25:27. > :25:29.through the morning. You can see the high pressure developing which
:25:30. > :25:34.pushes the low-pressure away and it starts to take control as we head
:25:35. > :25:42.into the weekend. A much more promising outlook for Saturday and
:25:43. > :25:46.Sunday. Cloudy with showers through tomorrow and 18 north-easterly wind.
:25:47. > :25:49.Friday, cloudy with the threat of rain for a time but the further
:25:50. > :25:54.north you are the more likely to have a dry day with bright spells,
:25:55. > :25:57.some sunshine per house for most places by the end of the day and
:25:58. > :26:05.temperatures getting up to double figures. The weekend, some bright
:26:06. > :26:08.spells through Saturday and the temperatures on the rise but a leak
:26:09. > :26:13.easterly breeze will make things feel a little bit cooler. Much the
:26:14. > :26:16.same story for Sunday, more cloud as well.
:26:17. > :26:20.Let's return to our main story tonight.
:26:21. > :26:23.Four people have been killed and 20 injured in a terror
:26:24. > :26:27.A police officer and a person believed to be the attacker
:26:28. > :26:34.Much of the area around the Houses of Parliament has been sealed off.
:26:35. > :26:37.Our Political Editor Peter Henley is there.
:26:38. > :26:44.This is an attack at the heart of the establishment. Yes, an attack
:26:45. > :26:48.was feared that the heart of the British government and today those
:26:49. > :26:53.fears were realised. Police forces here and in the south than the rest
:26:54. > :26:57.of the UK will be reassessing their security measures and thinking about
:26:58. > :27:03.how to plan for things like sporting events and incidents in towns and
:27:04. > :27:07.cities. Security measures at military bases will potentially be
:27:08. > :27:12.reassessed. The head of MI6 said recently that terrorism threat to
:27:13. > :27:17.the UK is at an unprecedented level. The terror threat has been severe
:27:18. > :27:24.since 2014 meaning an attack is highly likely. Today that attack
:27:25. > :27:30.arrived back in the UK. Thank you. We are going to leave you this
:27:31. > :27:34.evening with a live shot of Westminster which is in lockdown
:27:35. > :27:43.with many places sealed off. Continuing coverage on the BBC News
:27:44. > :27:47.Channel and an extended ten o'clock minutes. -- news. Goodbye.