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Andi quite commendable professionalism, and i suppose that will be a reassurance to many londoners. Many tonight come to look at the scene on westminster bridge. As i said earlier, it has been reopened to traffic. Always quite an impressive scene in the evenings, as the sun is setting, and you can see big ben there, just next to the london eye. But you will see many people here, very close to saint thomas hospital, Laying Theirflowers very close to saint thomas hospital, laying their flowers and also their candles, and many, of course, will go across the bridge to Trafalgar Square, where we have seen thousands gathered tonight. The thoughts and prayers of everybody, really, i with several people care in those hospitals, and of course, with the victims, and very much with the families of the three dead people. So that is the scene here At Westminster this evening. We will keep you up to date with any developments here, but for the moment, i will hand you back to the studio. Thank you very much. Some other news now. The funeral of the former ira commander and Northern Ireland deputy minister Martin Mcguinness has taken place this afternoon. His coffin was carried through the streets and thousands attended the service. The former us president bill clinton was there. So was arlene foster, the Democratic Unionist Party leader. Mr mcguinness died on tuesday. He had been suffering from a rare heart condition. Our ireland correspondent reports. This is a place that makes a point of remembering. Through the large crowds, Martin Mcguinness body was carried, past the paintings that detailed the divisive history that he lived through, through bogside. A past that shaped him. It was also a time of violence for which some will always hold him at least partly responsible. But the attendance of president s, irish prime ministers, was testament to the years he spent building peace. And the applause for the unionist leader arlene foster, a sign of how, despite all the many disagreements that still exist, Northern Ireland really has changed. I in the course of years have had many conversations with martin, and he knew only too well how many people struggled with his ira past. He was very aware of it. Republicans we know were not blameless, were not blameless, and many people right across this Community Found it difficult to forgive, and impossible to forget. That is true on all sides, and in the streets surrounding the church, people gathered to reflect notjust on one life, but what life here was once like. Our friend earned this fast crowd today. Vast crowd today. Even more, he earned the right to ask us to honour his legacy by our living. To finish the work that is their to be done. Is there to be done. As part of the ira, Martin Mcguinness did lay a role this funeral was a moment for people to come together, but there is still no deal to restore Power Sharing after the collapse of the government earlier this year. That makes it never is time for all those in gauge ten the peace process. A nervous time. As part of the ira, Martin Mcguinness did lay a role Martin Mcguinness did play a role in causing many other families to grieve. But the thousands who gathered in the bogside today will know he will be mist in the ongoing work. Police in belgium are questioning a man after a car was allegedly driven along since there were Shopping Street and pedestrians. Police discovered several firearms in the boot of the vehicle. The incident took place in antwerp, from where danjohnson took place in antwerp, from where dan johnson sent this took place in antwerp, from where danjohnson sent this report. Just before 11 oclock as one as possible attack started, with a red citron that was racing down here, a p pa re ntly citron that was racing down here, apparently travelling very fast, and apparently, people had tojump out of the way to escape being hit by the car. We spoke to some people who work alone here who told us what they saw. A few minutes before 11 oclock, a car passed through the street, at a very high speed. That is all that i saw. I. Yeah. That is all. It was unusual, it was odd . It was unusual, it was odd . It was unusual, it was odd . It was quite fast, so it was unusual, yes. We we re unusual, yes. We were stressed out. We closed the door at one point, because there we re door at one point, because there were people from here who came in our store and were crying, even, and calling their parents, so we closed the door. Some people were worried. Ifi the door. Some people were worried. If i think about it, actually, i am shaking. The Security Services quickly spotted the car and tried to stop it, but the driver sped away, and there was a chase through the streets of antwerp to a car park about ten minutes from here. That is where the car stopped and a man tried to make a run for it, but was quite quickly arrested by police. They say he is a 39 year old man of North African origin, though a french citizen, mohammad r. When they searched the car, they found knives, an assault rifle, and an unidentified substance in the boot. A bomb Disposal Team had to be brought in to deal with that. We talked to a lady who works by that car park and saw that operation under way. They took a robot out of their car, and went to the redcar. They opened the trunk and took out some weapons. There were some big guns, i think a knife as well, but it was difficult to see. As you can see, there are military in the streets of antwerp tonight, and extra Police Officers too. This operation is now over, and the car has been taken away free examination. But this investigation is still going on Security Services try to understand exactly what this potential attacker might have been capable of if had succeeded. New calculations made for the government have raised the possibility could have to wait until the age of 70 for a state pension. An official review has called for an end to the review has called for an end to the review that annual Pension Increases will be at least two and a half percent. Natwest bank is to close more than 100 branches and the royal bank of scotla nd 100 branches and the Royal Bank Of Scotland 30 because more of us are banking online. Rbs, which owns natwest, says around a70 jobs will be lost. It says transactions that high street branches have fallen by more than a0 since 2010. The Paralympic Swimming Coaches at the centre of a Bullying Investigation by the sports governing body. It follows claims about the unnamed coachs behaviour from several swimmers. High street giant next has reported its first fall in profits of eight yea rs its first fall in profits of eight years and warned of another tough years and warned of another tough year ahead. Pre tax profits dropped by more than 5 . The clothing and home where retail says it remains extremely cautious about trading. The Bank Of England has placed the co op bank under intensive supervision, as the deadline approaches for potential buyers to submit their bids. The bank has been looking for buyers since february, and says it is pleased with the interest shown. A man accused of murdering a one year old boy and trying to kill his twin sister in north london at the weekend has appeared at the old bailey. He has been remanded in custody and is expected to go on trial in the autumn. Lets return now to our main news, and yesterdays Terror Attack that began on westminster bridge, where Khalid Masood drove his car onto the pavement and into pedestrians. Matthew price has been back to the bridge, which is now reopened, less than 20 were hours after it was gross. He has been retracing the killers doubly rude. After it was closed. Inside the white circle, difficult to spot, is the dark car, driven by Khalid Masood. It took him about 20 seconds to drive the 252 metres across westminster bridge. At this point, it was just an ordinary cardriving round the roundabout in waterloo. But he was about to enter the bridge, westminster bridge, drive onto it and start killing people. This is where he mounted the curb. Witnesses said they thought it was an accident as masood ran into his victims. One man fell Over The Edge of the bridge. It is believed it was kurt cochran, on his 25th wedding anniversary. His wife was still in hospital. At this point, he put his foot to the floor, accelerating fast and hard. He hit someone else just about here. Imagine the panic along here. People walking along this pavement desperate to get out of the way. Some of them pushing themselves right up to the Side Barriers to stop themselves from being hit. And its at this point where that cctv footage shows the woman falling over into the water. Did shejump . One eyewitness told us that she was knocked into the thames by the car. She was andreea christi, a Romanian Tourist who was rescued from the water. By this point it has become pretty clear to people on the bridge what is going on. Many of them thankfully have managed to get out of the way. He drives along the pavement here, but he knows that he has to get back on the road, so he hits another couple of people, and then nips off into the cycle lane. And these barriers are the reason why he knew he had to get off the pavement. Instead, he swung past it, carried on down that cycle lane there and then took an immediate left, slamming hard into the fence around parliament. There he killed his final victim, pc keith palmer, and then, with three shots from the police, masoods deadly journey across the bridge was over. We arent chris bell settled weather this weekend, certainly looking promising both saturday and sunday. We are in for a spell. Today has not been completely dry across the south west. Over the next 2a hours, low pressure that has been bringing the rain for the last couple of days will finally start to pull away, so this is the Rain Bearing Plant we had today in the south west. You can see a rotating, washing out towards the south west, but temporarily through this evening and overnight, this Weather Front coming out of france may hit anywhere from portsmouth westwards, and there could be some rain. But the bus the charity of range the country tonight should have a dry night, and scotla nd should have a dry night, and scotland and Northern Ireland have a good chance of frost. Lets look at the forecast for eight a. M. Good chance of frost. Lets look at the forecast for eight a. M. A good chance of frost. Lets look at the forecast for eight a. M. A few drips of rain across cornwall, devon and somerset. Further east and north, more cloud here, The Cloud Thinning the further north you go, and then we get into sunshine across north west england, so a nice start to the day in liverpool, manchester, your, kendall, into belfast in the lowla nds your, kendall, into belfast in the lowlands of scotland. Glasgow town centre, only 2 degrees. The winds are like, and there is sunshine, so it does not feel bad. Into the afternoon, the easterly north easterly wind should push away the cloud, break it up a little bit, and it should be dry by the end of the afternoon. Still on the cool side, particularly the north sea coast, with that win coming out of the east coast, chilly in places like norwich. High pressure sticks around friday night and the whole weekend, so we have got lots of settled weather on the way. This high will not hang around forever, but probably till around tuesday, and then the low pressures will start to come in. Until then, lets enjoy this big hive off wins, circulating around it in the centre of the highlands. There will be very light. Sunshine, maybe up to 15 degrees, but again around the coast, a bit ofa degrees, but again around the coast, a bit of a breeze, around the periphery, it will be that the killer. Into monday, variable amounts of cloud, but overall, it should stay dry across the majority of the uk. To summarise, then for the weekend and beyond into next week, lots of settled weather, warm sunshine, particularly well inland, and maybe A Touch Of Frost early in the morning. Goodbye. Im Christian Fraser live At Westminster the Police Cordon hasjust the Police Cordon has just been removed. The headlines at 9. A minutes silence held in Trafalgar Square as hundreds gather as a sign of solidarity with those caught up in yesterdays attack. People have tried to tear this city apart with acts of terror many times before, they have never succeeded and they never will. Our response to this attack on our city, to this attack on our way of life, to this attack on our shared values, shows the world what it means to be a londoner

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