England are chasing new zealands first innings score of 375 in the second test in hamilton as their hopes of levelling the series fade. Are bitterly cold start to the weekend with a hard frost and some fog out there. But, it is going to bea dry fog out there. But, it is going to be a dry story for many of us this weekend with lots of sparkling winter sunshine. All the details coming up shortly. Its saturday the 30th of november. Our top story the man who carried out a terror attack on London Bridge yesterday was a convicted terrorist. Two people, a man and a woman, were stabbed to death. The attacker named as 28 year old usman khan was shot dead by an armed officer. He had beenjailed in 2012 for a plot to bomb the London Stock Exchange and set up a terrorist Training Camp, but was freed on licence a year ago. Simonjones has this report. Terror returns to the streets of london. A man and a woman killed. Now the question is, how was this allowed to happen . Fit pictures of film from the
They are now recovering in hospital. An address linked to khan is being searched in stafford. He was on license after being automatically released from prison. I do absolutely accept weve got to look long and hard at the type of sentences that we are using for these kind of viole nt offenders. There are Big Questions that this case poses, and its really important for there to be a proper review, to see if lessons can be learned. The attack overshadowed the latest televised Election Debate some of Todays Campaign events have been cancelled. Elsewhere, millions of commuters will have to pay an average of 2. 7 more for rail tickets in the new year. And coming up in half an hour, the travel show goes whale watching in iceland. Good morning, youre watching bbc news. Our top story this morning. The man who carried out a stabbing attack on London Bridge yesterday was a convicted terrorist who was freed from prison on licence last year. 28 year old usman khan was shot dead by armed officers af
Two people were killed in the attack and three others were injured before khan was shot dead by police. The queen has sent her thoughts, prayers and deepest sympathies to all those who have lost loved ones. Our Home Affairs Correspondent sarah corker reports. Please search our property close to safford town centre this morning thought to be linked to the attacker. This man, usman khan, 28 yea rs attacker. This man, usman khan, 28 years old, a convicted terrorist out on licence. The attack started at fishmongers hall close to London Bridge. Usman khan had been invited toa criminal bridge. Usman khan had been invited to a criminaljustice event run by cambridge university. Mobile phone footage shows what happened next. He is pinned to the ground on the bridge. Some of those intervening where prisoners on day release who had been at the same event. Including 42 year old james ford, a convicted murderer who helped to chase the attacker. The knife is then taken off him. Police arrived within
Police and after that the home secretary and the Prime Minister came to bishopsgate Police Station where she met some of the city of London Police officers who had been on duty yesterday and they also went into the control room and saw some of the work that the control room do to make sure that incidents like this, which we hope will never happen, are actually responded to professionally and properly. We traina professionally and properly. We train a lot to make sure that is the case and i think that happened yesterday and im very proud of the bravery of the Police Officers, the bravery of the Police Officers, the bravery of the members of the public and the fact that this operation was concluded as swiftly as possible. Thank you. What lessons were learned from the terror attack in 2017 in terms of being prepared and being on the scene within minutes . We have taken the lessons from that time in 2017, we have always worked really well with the other Emergency Services and we do a signi
Going to let him go and do his thing. But we wanted to make sure that he was never going to do this again, he was never going to harm another single human being. In other news, millions of commuters will have to pay an average of 2. 7 more for rail tickets in the new year. And at 2. 30pm as families of the hillsborough victims continue their search for justice, we look back at the disaster and the events that followed. The Prime Minister says he wants to toughen up sentences for serious and violent offences. Speaking after visiting the scene of fridays incident at London Bridge, mrjohnson said he wanted longer sentences for Violent Crime and an end to Early Release for serious offenders. The attacker usman khan had been released on licence last december after serving half of a 16 yearjail sentence for his part in a plot to blow up the london stock exchange. In the past hour, the Prime Minister has speaking at the scene of the attack. I have just been down again to talk to the Emergency