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Commission, jean claude juncker, has told the bbc that the eu will not seek to punish britain during brexit negotiations. Hosni mubarak has been freed after yea rs Hosni Mubarak has been freed after years in detention following his overthrow in the arab Spring Revolution in his country. A warning that bad behaviour in English Schools is not being dealt with properly and pupils performance is being negatively affected. Good morning. Were live At Westminster, where it seems life is returning back to normal as the roads have opened for the First Time Since wednesdays Terror Attack here. In the past few hours, we have had more information from the metropolitan police who are investigating the attack. They are appealing for anyone with information on Khalid Masood, previously known as Adrian Russell ajao. They say theyve made two further significant arrests in the West Midlands and north west england. A total of nine people are in custody. One woman has been released on bail. The fourth victim has been named as 75 year old Leslie Rhodes, from streatham in south london one of three People Killed by a car on Westminster Bridge. Scotland yard are now appealing for information from anyone who knew the attacker, Khalid Masood, whose birth name was Adrian Russell ajao. First, for the latest on the investigation, heres jane frances kelly. This photo is thought to have been taken of Pc Keith Palmerjust 45 minutes before he died. The american tour seen with them was At Westminster prior to the attack and Askedif Westminster prior to the attack and asked if she could pose with the officer. Other victims of the attack we re officer. Other victims of the attack were ays ha officer. Other victims of the attack were aysha frade, also an American Tourist, kirk cochrane. Please have also confirmed that another man has died. Whilst we with formal identification, we believe he is Leslie Rhodes, aged 75 from stress in south london. My thoughts are with his family at this time. Furthermore, two people remain in hospital in what is described as a critical condition, and one person is considered to have life threatening injuries. Is considered to have lifethreatening injuries. The man responsible for the deaths was 52 year old khalid massoud, previously known as Adrian Russell ajao. He was born in kent and was recently lived in the West Midlands. He had a range of previous convictions including gbh, has edge of Offensive Weapons and public order offences. His last conviction was in 2003 for possession of the night. He was also known under a number of aliases and was known to the Security Services. He said overnight there were two significant arrests in the West Midlands and the north west. One woman has been released on bail. Five searchers are continuing. 2700 items have been seized including computer information. The police are appealing to the public for information as they try to piece together whether Khalid Masood acted alone or part of a wider network. Anyone who knew Khalid Masood well, anyone who understands his associates work or provide information about the places he has recently visited. There may well be people out there who did have concerns about Khalid Masood but werent sure or did not feel co mforta ble werent sure or did not feel comfortable for whatever reason to pass that information to us. I know iurge pass that information to us. I know i urge anyone with such information to call us. The manager of this hotel in brighton concerned confirmed that Khalid Masood spent his last nightmare. One guest is soften said there was nothing in his demeanour to suggest he was planning an atrocity. The sun has reported that as he jet died he told staff he was going to london, adding it isnt what it used to be. The attack has reverberated across the world but it was an attack at the heart of british democracy. Schultz show the Prime Minister being led away to safety by her security team, a scene of uncertainty. It is still unclear it of uncertainty. It is still unclear it was still unclear what had gone on outside the gates of westminster. Last night the police, politicians and Faith Leaders join thousands of people in Trafalgar Square with the message that terrorism and fear will not prevail. We know that the attacker hired his car in birmingham. We know that the attacker hired his car in birmingham. Khalid masood stayed at a hotel in brighton the night before carrying out his atrocity. Our Reporterjuliette Parkin has been speaking to the hotels manager. We have been able to put together some of the last known movements of Khalid Masood. We know that he stayed here in this Brighton Hotel the night before he carried that those london attacks. Ejecting here at about one oclock in the afternoon on the tuesday. Staff say he was very friendly, very polite and there was nothing about him to suggest anything suspicious. He used a credit card under the name of Khalid Masood. They even wrote in the book that he was a very friendly and nice guest. One member of staff here is from birmingham, he said he was from birmingham and they chatted about that. The manager said that he personally welcomed him and he seemed a nice, polite man. He even parked his car in this car park. It was the same car of the carried out those london attacks. This is what the manager told us earlier. The police came on Wednesday Night to start their investigation. I was called at home quite late at night at about midnight, one oclock in the morning to be told the police we re the morning to be told the police were here. They asked for my advice andi were here. They asked for my advice and i said i would cooperate. They asked the Staff Questions and we are open to this. It is normal for us. It was a bit of inconvenience because we try to run a business at the same time. Yesterday we had police in the hotel. They were interviewing all the staff in the middle of server so it was a bit of an inconvenience, but we had to cooperate with them and tried to give them all the information. We have all the back up for this. We have all the back up for this. We have all the contacts, the address, the telephone number, the persons correct names, addresses. We have all this for the police. Most of the staff have been interviewed by the police, giving the correct information. He came home address birmingham as his address . Yes, he gave the correct address and the Registration Card when he checked in. Later on they heard in the news that there are dressed in birmingham was correct. Everything he said to us was was correct. Everything he said to us was correct, his correct name, address, telephone number. Everything he gave us when he checked and was correct. As was mentioned in the newsletter on. The ca rd mentioned in the newsletter on. The card that ejecting to your car park, was that the same car that was used in the london atrocities. Yes, we havent seen the registration in the paper yet, the number is not very clear, but it is 90 the same car. We know it was a great car, are semi 4x4. We are not sure if it is a ford hyundai i1i0, semi 4x4. We are not sure if it is a ford hyundai mo, in the paper it said how young guy, but it is the same car because we do ask for the cars Registration Number when we checked in. We will see what is in the news to make sure it is a match. The card with the same as the one that we saw, my Colleague Saw the carand she that we saw, my Colleague Saw the car and she confirmed it was exactly the same car. We need to confirm the Registration Number. We were shown the room at the hotel where Khalid Masood stayed. Police reno searched extensively on Wednesday Night. They took away things like the toilet roll holder, the trouser press, the capital, all of the sheets. The groom has not been returned to normal but there is evidence that he stayed there. Staff he said they are shaken and cant believe that the man who appeared so polite and friendly could have left here early that morning, early wednesday morning, im gone on to such terrible atrocities. We have heard this morning that the police have been in touch with thousands of witnesses and retrieved thousands of witnesses and retrieved thousands of witnesses and retrieved thousands of items and made more arrests as well. I suppose one of the key questions, daniel, is was he alone a lone wolf or was he part of a team . The key thing for them to know is whether in relation to this attack is still someone out there who is a threat to the uk that could potentially try to launch another attack. That has been the focus of their enquiries since Khalid Masood was shot dead. That is the key thing for them to find out. The first set of arrests for what you might think of arrests for what you might think of as routine arrests, to pick up people known to be contacts of his quick picture to find out for them what if anything they know. Of those original eight arrests, one person has released. We can assume that somebody not central to the enquiries any more. Then to further arrests overnight, one in the West Midlands and one in the north west. The police have described them a significant arrests. That is the first clue that these people might have had some idea what Police Believe might have had some idea over what might happen. That is clearly a n over what might happen. That is clearly an important step forward for the police. That is an important moment in this investigation, one which the police concede is still fast moving and expanding and developing all the time. Daniel, thank you. Here at Westminster The Roads are reopening and it looks like life is returning to normal, which is exactly what the Prime Minister said she wanted to happen asa minister said she wanted to happen as a gesture of defiance thAt Westminster would not be cowed in anyway. Our Political Correspondent Eleanor Garnier is at the houses of parliament, where floral tributes are being laid. Iam right i am right in the shadow of big ben. Just behind me is Westminster Bridge, where the attacker drove over, no one into people who were walking on the pavement. This is where the attacker came. He eventually crashed the car into the side of the railings. It is busy around here today and it is exactly what wouldve been like on the morning of the attack. Lots of people going to work, but tourists, too. People have come here because it isa too. People have come here because it is a tourist attraction, but i think some people have also come here to reflect. The attacker would have come round here, swung around this corner. We are seeing just this side of Carriage Gates. That is where the attacker ran onto the parliamentary estate, where we know he stabbed one of the Police Officers who was on duty. The questions that are being asked about whether they should be increased security around this area of the parliamentary estate, an area where ca is parliamentary estate, an area where cars go in the night. Sometimes the Prime Minister and other ministerial ca is Prime Minister and other ministerial cars go in the night. Questions about whether this should be always somebody armed here or if there is somebody armed here or if there is somebody armed here all the time. The chair of the intelligence and security committee, dominic grieve, he suggested that it would be a pa na cea to he suggested that it would be a panacea to think that arming every single officer on The Streets Of London would be a solution and prevent this type of attack happening in the future. Also, the sense we are getting from politicians is that they dont want to see armed police at every single point and every single officer he is trying to look after the security of mps and peers, but also the staff. Remember there is catering staff and other staff inside the palace of westminster and they dont want to see every single officer who is guarding the palace being arms. So, yes, things are pretty much back to normal. Camera crews are here, obviously, to, at lots of tourists. We know from mark rowley, we are going to more Police Officers Walking Around the police streets of london across the capital and in other parts of the uk. We know that whilst there is going to be, as there would be for any attack like this, there will be a review of what happened but we are not getting a sense that security is going to be hyped up in the aftermath of this attack. All the mps we have talked to her said the dome at the palace of westminster to be turned into a fortress. Thank you very much. Police have been saying that the fourth the talent he was 75 year old Leslie Rhodes from streatham in south london. They have said that 50 people in all were injured in the attack, and number of them are still in hospital, two in particular are critically ill. Iam i am three miles from where the attacks took place. This morning outside Kings Hospital there is still a large police presence. The news that came through last night that Leslie Rhodes, a 75 year old, died here. He lived in streatham, not far from died here. He lived in streatham, not farfrom here. Died here. He lived in streatham, not far from here. He died here. He lived in streatham, not farfrom here. He is the died here. He lived in streatham, not far from here. He is the fourth person to die, along with Pc Keith Palmer, aisha afraid, who was underway to pick up her children from school, and kurt cochrane, an American Tourist. Eight temp two we re American Tourist. Eight temp two were brought here on wednesday afternoon, one of them are still critical. They say yesterday to war allied home, which means this morning there are still five victims being treated here. Thank you very much indeed. Lets ta ke thank you very much indeed. Lets take stock of where we are with this investigation and the whole Security Picture in the wake of these attacks. We can speak now to kim howells, former chairman of the intelligence and security committee. Hejoins me from cardiff. With me is chris phillips, former head of the National Counter Terrorism Security office. Chris, was this man, Khalid Masood, a lone wolf or did he have accompanied accomplices, that is the key question. It is. There will be lots of investigations going into him at the moment. The phone is a great avenue for them. They will know exactly where he has been that he has been using a telephone. We need to get away from this lone wolf thing, there is nearly always somebody else involved, if only on an advisory capacity. Kim howells in cardiff. There is a question about the Security Services. This man was on their radar. He was only a peripheral figure, on their radar. He was only a peripheralfigure, which on their radar. He was only a peripheral figure, which makes on their radar. He was only a peripheralfigure, which makes it very difficult for the Security Forces to keep track of everybody. It is an almost Impossible Task to keep track of everyone. At some stage this guy might have worried the police, but then disappeared and become completely irrelevant all of their enquiries. Suddenly he reappears. We have had this in the past. Maybe 700 people have gone out to fight for so called Islamic State ican to fight for so called Islamic State i can syria and iraq, maybe 400 of them have returned already. The task of trying to monitor all of those people is a huge one. It is enormously consuming in terms of staff and assets, technology. It will not be easy from here on out. This is one occasion were somebody got through but there are networks out there that the police and