Hes understood to have been born in manchester to a family of libyan origin. Police and Security Services launched a wide ranging investigation, as the Prime Minister shared the outcome of the latest meeting of the cabinet Emergency Committee. It is now concluded, on the basis of todays investigations, that the threat level should be increased, for the time being, from severe to critical. Among the thousands of fans at the arena last night, there were many whod been looking forward to the concert for a long time. It had been building up for me, for like years. Since we got the tickets, it was so exciting. Its turned into like the most traumatic thing. Well be reporting on the remarkable strength of spirit among the people of manchester and how the community has responded. And well talk to people who attended tonights vigil in the heart of the city, where they heard a message of strength and solidarity. And in other news tonight the actor sir roger moore has died at the age of 89. He wa
Also tonight Security Alert Electronic Devices will be banned and north african countries. Food and fuel prices are blamed for a sharp rise for more than three years. And the man who created inspector morse, the writer colin dexter, has died at his home in oxford at the age of 86. And coming up in Sportsday On Bbc News Gareth Southgate says striker jamie vardy is in a good frame of mind, despite the leicester striker receiving Death Threats following the sacking of claudio ranieri. Good evening. Tonight following the death of Northern Irelands former deputy he was 66. The ira commander turned Peacemaking Politician was thought to be suffering from a rare heart condition. Leading figures in the Peace Process paid tribute to the role he played in securing the Good Friday Agreement. Buckingham palace said the queen, who finally shook hands with him in 2012, was sending a private message to his widow. The families of some of the iras many victims said they could neverforgive him. Our irela
From the black and white images of his early career to exuberant celebrations of life in this corner of sussex, roger bamber s photographs of famous faces appear alongside those who found themselves unwittingly in the news. a barrister is led from the old bailey after an ira bomb, a police officer mourns the loss of a colleague in the line of duty. when he went to take a bit of duty. when he went to take a bit of cecil beaton, the famous society photographer turned elands back on a young and it was his youth which one him some of his most glamorous assignments. # there is a star man waiting in the sky. all these old boys in the newspaper said you all these old boys in the newspaper said you can go off and do these noisy said you can go off and do these noisy modern bands, that he got in on the noisy modern bands, that he got in on the very noisy modern bands, that he got in on the very early days with them, which on the very early days with them, which meant he made friends wit
More now on one of our top stories and police in northern ireland are warning of the possibility of public disorder linked to the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement over this easter weekend and into next week. events begin today, and wednesday sees the us presidentjoe biden visiting belfast. he won t address lawmakers there, as the government assembly is still suspended. so a quarter of a century after the agreement, political tensions and obstacles are still present, as emma vardy reports. news of the troubles in northern ireland became a nightly refrain during the decades of bloodshed. a huge ira bomb rocked central belfast. the aftermath of another bombing in northern ireland high street. 27 soldiers are still in hospital. i rememberjust being struck by the sense of tension in the city, with barbed wire everywhere and soldiers everywhere. when you went there, you felt the presence of conflict.
Me now. malcolm, first i wanted to play some eyewitness accounts, two women who were on the westminster bridge and saw it all go down. we heard what we thought was gunshots, turned around, saw a car plowed into a lady, there was bodied literally about ten bodies. 10 or 12 bodies. lying in different places along the bridge. it was horrendous. absolutely horrendous. malcolm nance, the brits, as you know, have decades of experience with counterterror operations. we have the extraordinary situation back in the 80s, where at a labor conference, the prime minister, margaret thatcher, was almost assassinated with an i.r.a. bomb so they went through years and years of dealing with this on a daily basis, and we were talking to a daily mail correspondent who is on lockdown inside and said the brits have a stiff upper lip still. this is the heart, the soul, the