hello and a warm welcome to the programme i m sally bundock. thousands of military personnel have been taking part in the biggest rehearsal so far for king charles coronation this saturday. the rehearsal was held overnight in central london on the route between buckingham palace and westminster abbey. just hours before it got underway a man was arrested outside the palace on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon. here s our reporter vincent mcaviney. with the coronation just days away london s mammoth security operation was tested at the sovereign s own residence last night stopping the police say a man approached the front gates of buckingham palace at around seven o clock on tuesday evening, throwing what are thought to have been shot cartridges into the grounds. he was quickly detained and found to be carrying a knife for which he was arrested stop he was also carrying what they said was a suspicious bag, so the area was cordoned off and a controlled explosion w
through a huge security cordon known as the ring of steel. these days, a bus service called the glider makes a relatively easy trip between the east and west of the city several times a day. we ve taken thatjourney with some of northern ireland s so called peace generation , born after the agreement. sarah girvin reports. if the good friday agreement was the start of a journey, what s the direction of travel 25 years later? during the troubles, it wasn t possible to travel on just one bus between largely unionist east and largely nationalist west belfast. and even if it had been, not many people would have felt safe enough to do so. the free movement of today is a big change. you can see from these photographs. these are of the entity which was known as the ring of steel. this is to go shopping, this is to go to work. this is everyday civilian life. we encountered these search points and checkpoints, and this goes on for a quarter of a century. so what do our passengers make
we start with some breaking news from the us now. police confirming that there has been a shooting incident, multiple casualties, the operation continuing with large areas cordoned off and a heavy police presence. in the last ten minutes, we have had an update from officers on the ground confirming that five people have been killed, and six more have been taken to hospital in louisville. no detail on the nature of the attack yet, but when this was first reported, a0 minutes ago, police on twitter had talked about an active aggressor. they told people to stay away from the area and said that the fbi where they re working on the ground. you saw that police officer talking to the camera ten minutes ago, saying that, the threat was no longer active, neutralised he said. the perpetrator has been shot and killed, but five people have been killed, but five people have been killed, six more taken to hospital. those are some of the latest details, some of the latest pictures. the late