The same again worth of media. Its a really busy Little Corner of edinburgh thats waiting to see what is going to be happening, what is going to be said. And obviously the huge expectation is that humza yousaf is going to resign and we are going to head into that crucial 28 day period where scotland, scotlands national party, needs that new leader and certainly a few names already. We havent even had the statement yet , and even had the statement yet, and already were hearing a few names. The likes of john swinney, who is Nicola Sturgeons deputy first minister. Weve also heard angus robertson, who is obviously one of the more established snp members up here in scotland, and then of course , kate forbes. She then of course, kate forbes. She had a crack last time. She just narrowly missed out to humza yousaf. But indeed, afterjust 13 months, we are now likely to be seeing the end of Humza Yousafs tenure as first minister of scotland. Tony, well stop it there and well take it live this is
Was different to the other terror attacks we have hard, they have involved knife attacks on innocent people and vehicles used on pedestrians. This was an improvised explosive device left on a packed tube train during the rush hour with people going to work, children going to school and it was left there. It did explode and cause injuries, but not the kind of death and destruction that was planned for by the terrorists who left it there. In the terrorists who left it there. In the aftermath of the explosion that did take place was my colleague and we will be hearing from her very shortly but first of all let us speak to two people who were on that tube train. Tell us what the feeling was like the mad explosion happened. You were told to get off the tube. Everyone started running. They were ina stampede everyone started running. They were in a stampede of people running out of the train at the train station. Did you know what was going on or we re did you know what was going on or were y
Britains glorious future outside the eu. A day after north koreas latest Missile Launch kim jong un says he wants to match the military power of the united states. In halfan in half an hours time, how First Responders are working with the gaming industry. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Police have arrested an 18 year old man at dover in connection with yesterdays bombing of a London Underground train. The arrest is described as significant. Armed police and military personnel are being deployed at key locations across the uk, following the raising of the Terror Threat level to critical the highest possible alert. It means the government believes a further attack may be imminent. An emergency cobra meeting is being held this lunchtime. Our correspondent robert hall is outside Parsons Green station. Where the train was attract. The sean the news of that arrest broke a couple of hours ago. If it did anything it sure does the intensity and the spread of this huge police investigat
In sport, the Manchester Derby is marred by a moment of madness as uniteds Marouane Fellaini is sent off for headbutting Sergio Aguero, as the game ends in a goalless draw. The Brownlee Brothers Have Put Triathlon on the map the uks first purpose built Training Base for the sport has been named after them. Well be live there this morning. And Sarah Keith Lucas has your Bank Holiday Weekend weather. Good morning. Lots of dry weather on the cards. Some of us will see some rain, especially on sunday. I will have the full forecast in about 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. A woman is under police guard in hospital in london, after being shot during an anti terror operation. Two other women, a man and a 16 year old boy were arrested in raids in willesden and in kent last night. It happened hours after a man was arrested for allegedly attempting a Terror Attack near the houses of parliament. Officers say the operation was not connected. Alexandra mckenzie reports. A residentia
The Security Personnel across the country, we assess the cost of keeping britain safe. And balancing the books within a decade thats the promise from the Trump Administration as it reveals its Spending Plans for 2018. Hello and a very warm welcome to World Business report. Im sally bundock. Also in the programme the Credit Rating agency moodys downgrades china well have the details in a moment. We will be talking to rico hizon. As weve been hearing, britain is now on a Critical Terror Alert with the military set to bolster the police amid fears the manchester bomber, salman abedi, did not act alone. Earlier, Prime Minister theresa may raised the threat level to the highest possible, meaning that another attack could not be ruled out. So how well funded is britains Security Operation . Well, the uk has seen an increase in anti terror spending in recent years. Heres how things looked in the last Financial Year the uks annual Terrorism Policing Budget was i 594 million, thats around 770 m