And england will face croatia in their opening game for euro 2020, on ilijune. Good evening. One of the victims of the London Bridge attack has been named as jack merritt a cambridge graduate who was helping to coordinate a conference on prisoner rehabilitation near the scene. He was one of two People Killed by 28 year old usman khan a former prisoner whod been convicted of terrorism offences and released from prison on licence last year. Khan, whod been invited to the conference, was shot dead by police after members of the public tackled him. Heres our Home Affairs Correspondent, Daniel Sandford. 25 years old and a keen traveller, jack merritt had a masters from cambridge university. He was described by his father today is a beautiful spirit who always took the side of the underdog. Yesterday, he was stabbed to death in a frenzied attack by a former prisoner at a conference that he had helped organise. In the aftermath, his killer was wrestled to the ground by other former prisoners who had been attending the conference and then shot dead by police. The man who stabbed him, usman khan, was released from prison last year halfway through a sentence for plotting to bomb the london stock exchange. 11 years ago he told the bbc he was no terrorist. I have been born and bred in england, in stoke on trent and all the Community Knows me and if you ask them, they will know, these labels they are putting on like terrorist, they will know, i am no terrorist. Today, his lawyer said his client had wanted help with de radicalisation but had not got the right assistance. He requested assistance with addressing some of his flawed thinking. He recognised that. His extreme violent ideology was wrong and he wanted to correct himself and move on. A Police Forensic tent marks the place where usman khan was shot dead by police. But the building where he carried out his attack is just on the side of the bridge. That was where he was attending a conference on prisoner rehabilitation. A conference at which he turned on some of those who had invited him and killed him. This picture was taken just before the attack at the conference in fishmonger tall where usman khan also stabbed a woman to death. The attacker then left the building and ended up on London Bridge. He was pursued and detained by members of the public, as well as a British Transport Police officer who was in plain clothes, before armed officers from both the city and metropolitan Police Arrived, confronted the attacker and shot him. The actions of the police and the public are all the more remarkable as we now know the attacker was wearing what looked like a very convincing explosive device. Thankfully, we now know that was a hoax device. Today, this address where usman khan had recently been living was being intensely searched. But police say at this stage there is no evidence to suggest anybody else was involved in the attack. This way, please. Which leaves the burning question, how was a convicted terrorist released from jail while still dangerous . And how did he, still wearing a tag, kill two people at a meeting focused on the rehabilitation of prisoners . Daniel sanford, bbc news, London Bridge. Borisjohnson visited the scene of the attack this morning and pledged to toughen up sentences. The labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn called for a full investigation into khans Early Release from prison. Our political correspondent, Jessica Parker reports. Hello, how are you doing . Visiting the scene at London Bridge, the prime minister, alongside the met police chief, cressida dick, as people try to take in what has happened and understand what lessons can be learned. Boris johnson today said that the case of usman khan raised the issue of sentencing. I have said for a long time now that i think that the practice of automatic Early Release, where you cut a sentence in half and let really serious violent offenders out early simply isnt working and i think you have had some very good evidence of how that isnt working, i am afraid, with this case. General election campaigning has overall been more muted today, but the labour leader said there needs to be a full investigation into what has happened. Clearly, there has been a complete disaster and lives have been lost because of his behaviour and i think there is also question about what the Probation Service were doing. Were they involved at all and whether the parole board should have been involved in deciding whether or not he should have been allowed to be released from prison in the first place. The details of this case will inevitably come under great scrutiny, but today politicians across the board have been offering their sympathies to the affected families and paying tribute to those who rushed to the same. Our Emergency Services as always rise to the challenge, so, you know, we need to make sure there is a robust response to incidents like this. Any lessons that need to be learned are learned but at the moment i think everybody s thoughts are with everybody who has been affected. There are clearly questions that need to be asked and answers found to how this happened and the process for that is very important, i think today that the focus is on those who are mourning. During the 2017 general election there were two terrorist attacks, at Manchester Arena and another at London Bridge. It can lead to greater political focus on security issues. Parties records and their future plans for keeping people safe. But for some those conversations may be for another day. Jessica parker, bbc news. Our Home Affairs CorrespondentDaniel Sandford said the attack raises some difficult and urgent questions about the Justice System as people conviction of terror related crimes are released. Many of them have been released are coming upfor many of them have been released are coming up for release and this is something that needs to be dealt with. In his case he had to be automatically released under the Current System halfway through his sentence and that was done on this far as anyone can tell, he was complying with the conditions of that release. He was wearing his tag and doing what he was supposed to be doing and he had permission to be at the conference yesterday. Clearly in his case the system has completely failed. A dangerous man has been released from prison and within one year he has killed which is what he had not been able to do previously when his previous attempts to carry out an attack had failed. In his case it has failed and clearly we wa nt to case it has failed and clearly we want to make sure it will not be failing again. That was daniel sa nford. Nick aldworth was the Counter TerrorismNational Coordinator based at Scotland Yard between 2015 and may 2019. Hejoins me now. Thank you very much for speaking to us. Thank you very much for speaking to us. How difficult is yourjob or rather the job of those in scotland ya rd rather the job of those in Scotland Yard when it comes to tracking those involved in terrorism . So, the managing of offenders was not necessarily my specific portfolio. However, when you look at the scale of the enterprise, both in terms of monitoring the criminal fraternity and the terrorist fraternity, it is and the terrorist fraternity, it is an enormous task. And we live in a liberal society, where we demand and expect freedoms and our law is structured in the way. And there is a real balance to be struck between supporting people in their rehabilitation, but also trying to monitor what quite often are unseen threats from people. And if you just think about it in terms of the terrorists that the police and the Security Services are currently investigating, there was something in the region of 750, 800 live investigations. Well, even that relatively small number in the big scheme of things would be almost impossible to overlay a 24 hour coverage on without enormous resources. Coverage on without enormous resources. And that level of resourcing just doesnt exist. Resources. And that level of resourcing just doesnt existm that what it comes down to . Resources . It is notjust resources. It is about that proportionality that people overlay on the debate. It is about fundamentally asking ourselves some questions about what sort of society do we want to live in . Do we want to create a section of people who have offended against the law and we say there is no rehabilitation and therefore we will subject them to intensive and intrusive supervision and monitoring . 0r intrusive supervision and monitoring . Or do we look at the processes that we have in society, in prisons, schools and all those other institutions where we look to manage and develop people and say to yourselves, that we do understand rehabilitation and what it means and we are confident that we can assist someone we are confident that we can assist someone against a certain criteria make decisions about whether they are safe or not. I think in the case of what we have seen over the last several years with islamic inspired terrorism, this is an idea, this is an ideology. We celebrated the defeat of faisal geographically but the idea has not gone away and i dont think anyone would expect it to anytime the defeat of isil. What about those involved in the radicalisation and rehabilitation, how on earth do they go about it . So, im afraid that really is not my specialism. There is a National Coordinator specifically allocated to supporting the prevent programme. But when you look at our Uk National Security strategy, we are i think quite advanced, in that respect. By identifying that terrorists come from many walks of life and you transpose that onto the Counter Terrorism strategy and there isa Counter Terrorism strategy and there is a distinct strand in contrast, the prevent strand, we have prevented duty in the uk were all those people who perhaps can have influence around stopping radicalisation or at least identified it, have a statutory role to play. And i think, one of the great challenges of terrorism now is anyone can be a terrorist, using anything, against any target, and we are seeing even anything, against any target, and we are seeing even more so a anything, against any target, and we are seeing even more so a great diversity of ideologies. So, there is no single narrative or de radicalising people. It has to be done on almost a bespoke basis, based on what their beliefs or interpretations are of the cause that they are purportedly supporting. The other really complicating factor that i was starting to see, working with my collea g u es starting to see, working with my colleagues in prevent, was that this isnt just about radical colleagues in prevent, was that this isntjust about radical ideologies. There is an awful lot of complex social needs spread with that many of the group who turn to violent acts. The sentencing policy is also being looked at because of what happened yesterday on London Bridge. How is that sentencing policy, how is that helping or making everybody sjob harder . What needs to be changed . Again, i dont thinkl am really qualified to make an objective comment on sentencing policy, and i think the most important thing is that we do in the uk have a graduated response and we do have the ability to keep the most dangerous people in custody and there are many life charmers in the prison system who hopefully will never emerge from the confines of that. I think the challenge unambiguously is for us as a society to say, how is it we want to believe, do we believe in redemption or rehabilitation, and then what do those processes look like . From a policing perspective, the police are a lwa ys policing perspective, the police are always there to pick up the pieces, to deal with things when they happen. It certainly shouldnt be responsibility of the place and it not the response ability to manage offenders once they are convicted. 0ne hopes and one has to trust that the broad judicial system in which we operate has recognised that it creates risks if you do not get that equation right. Thank you very much indeed. Thank you. And well find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrows front pages at 10 30 and 11 30 this evening in the papers our guests joining me tonight are uk correspondent for france 2a and the president of the Foreign Press association, Benedicte Paviot and im alsojoined by new european columnist playwright bonnie greer. Dutch police have arrested a 35 year old man, in connection with a stabbing in the hague yesterday. Two 15 year old girls, and a 13 year old boy who were injured in the attack, have since been released from hospital. Local media are reporting that the none of the victims knew each other and police say it s too early to indicate any motive. Rail fares will rise by an average of 2. 7 percent in january, according to the body that represents the Rail Industry. It means some commuters will see their season tickets go up by more than a hundred pounds. The independent watchdog, transport focus said a majority of rail users did not feel they were getting value for money. Katie prescott has the details. Christmas is coming and for commuters on South Western Railway that means almost a month of scenes like these as strikes on the line start on monday. So the news that train fares will rise again next year, above the standard rate of inflation has not gone down well with these passengers in bristol. I think the rail service probably needs to be improved nationwide before they can think about putting up fares. Ive just come from cambridge and it would have been cheaper for me to go to paris. Today s announcement means many commuters face an increase of more than £100 on the annual cost of getting to work. For example, a season ticket from eastbourne to london goes up £136, tipping it over the £5,000 mark. A season ticket between glasgow and edinburgh will set you back by £4200 a year, up £116. But the Rail Industry defends the increases, saying 98p from every pound spent on fares goes into running the railway. At the moment were going through like a record splurge on the railway network, more money is being put onto the network now than at any other time since the victorian era. So, we are half of the entire nation s fleet, but we are also putting money elsewhere, by adding extra services where they really needed. Both Train Companies and passengers say they would like to see a new, more flexible system for fares put in place. But the future of fares and indeed the railways will be in the hands of the ever wins the election. Katie prescott, bbc news. The headlines on bbc news. Tributes are paid to the first victim to be named in the London Bridge attack. Cambridge graduate jack merritt, was running a prisoner rehabilitiation conference to which his attacker had been invited. Police have commended the actions of members of the public, including convicted criminals who overpowered the knifeman. Its emerged that usman khan had been released on licence for his involvement in planning terror attacks. Sport and a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. pres good evening. England and wales know their opponents for next years European Championship after todays draw in bucharest. In group a wales, who reached the semi finals at the last tournament face the tough task of italy, who Won Every Game in qualifying along with switzerland and turkey. But england will have some rather familar opponents. Their group d euro 2020 group, sees them first take on their opponents in last years world cup semi final croatia. They also have czech republic, who they face in their qualifiers and winner of a playoff, which could include scotland. Lets hear what the managers had to say. We know the quality of their midfield players, when they can leave cover checks on the bench, that had story. That is a really top level fixture. And funny enough i had top level fixture. And funny enough ihada top level fixture. And funny enough i had a picture with him before the draw and he was looking forward to it and wanted to be in london and thatis it and wanted to be in london and that is interesting from their point of view. At this stage there are all tough games. Switzerland are good him,| tough games. Switzerland are good him, i watch the progress and they we re him, i watch the progress and they were against denmark in the republic of ireland and they are a talented team and turkey were in a group with france as well and iceland. To come out of that, they have done well and italy are fantastic, winning every game. That will be a tough game, obviously. A crucial day for liverpool in the premier league. After man city dropped more points, in a 2 all draw with newcastle. Jurgen klopps side stretched their lead at the top of the table to 11 points but victory over brighton at anfield was far from straightforward. It should have been when two virgil van dyke headers gave them a 2 nil lead at halftime but they had their keeper allison sent off for handling outside the box, and lewis dunk scored from the resulting freekick as substitute keeper adrian was trying to line up his wall, leaving an open goal but liverpool hung on for the 2 1win adrian is probably the man of the match. Coming on in a game like this, yeah, making really two sides someone was this, yeah, making really two sides someone was tricky and even the goalie kicks difficult and anyone who ever di