andi quite commendable professionalism, and i suppose that will be a reassurance to many londoners. many tonight come to look at the scene on westminster bridge. as i said earlier, it has been reopened to traffic. always quite an impressive scene in the evenings, as the sun is setting, and you can see big ben there, just next to the london eye. but you will see many people here, very close to saint thomas hospital, laying theirflowers very close to saint thomas hospital, laying their flowers and also their candles, and many, of course, will go across the bridge to trafalgar square, where we have seen thousands gathered tonight. the thoughts and prayers of everybody, really, i with several people care in those hospitals, and of course, with the victims, and very much with the families of the three dead people. so that is the scene here at westminster this evening. we will keep you up to date with any developments here, but for the moment, i will hand you back to the studio.
and was known to security services. eight people have been arrested in overnight raids in birmingham. the police investigation continues. the third victim of the attack has been named as kurt cochran, a us tourist in london to celebrate his silver wedding anniversary. spanish teacher, ayesha frade and pc keith palmer were also killed. i m martine croxall. our other stories this hour: thousands of people have gathered in londonderry for the funeral of martin mcguinness, the former deputy first minister of northern ireland. we are standing close to westminster abbey and the police had just removed the cordon. you can see people walking down to the palace of westminster, this is the first time this road has been open since three o clock yesterday. forensic police have been working quite intensively just there, where keith palmer was murdered yesterday, they are trying to co m plete murdered yesterday, they are trying to complete their investigation as quickly as they can because
public television in america and around the globe. the man behind the westminster terror attack, and who brought bloodshed to the heart of london, was british born and known to police. he has been named as 52 year old khalid masood. the so called islamic state group say they were behind the attack. tonight, we have also heard that a 75 year old man has become the fourth victim to have died of his injuries. let s go straight to london now, to westminster, and to my colleague christian fraser. thank you very much. in the last half an hour, the court and around parliament square has been lifted, you will see behind me that traffic is now flowing freely and driving around the roundabout outside the palace of westminster, and in fact, oui’ camera palace of westminster, and in fact, our camera has got down to the gate. the forensic police have been there through the course of the evening, finishing up their investigation, but there you can see people milling around the gate. you
straight over. and give assistance there were two other deaths kurt cochran was in london celebrating his 25th wedding anniversary. and aysha frade was a teacher on her way to pick up her children. tonight there is news of a another victim. tonight there is news of a another victim. and in central london tonight, a vigil attended by thousands to remember all victims of the westminster attack. and we re taking a look at how the developments are being reported in the papers. good evening. one of the most extensive police investigations of recent years has made swift progress today, following the terror attack at westminster yesterday. the attacker has been identified and the islamic state group has said it was behind the atrocity. the attacker was named as khalid masood, who was born in the uk. he was 52, and lived in the west midlands. he had come to the attention of the intelligence services in the past. there have been eight arrests so far five men and three women foll
for the funeral of martin mcguinness, the former deputy first minister of northern ireland. the un estimates 400,000 iraqi civilians are trapped in the old city of mosul as government forces try to capture it from islamic state militants. good evening, and welcome to bbc news. one of the most extensive police investigations of recent years has made swift progress today following the terror attack at westminster yesterday. the attacker was named as khalid masood, though within the last hour, it s been confirmed his birth name was adrian elms. he was born in kent and was 52 years old. he had come to the attention of the intelligence services in the past. the islamic state group says it was behind the atrocity. there have been eight arrests so far, five men and three women, following raids overnight and today. tributes have been paid to those who lost their lives, including pc keith palmer. there are 20 people still in hospital, six are critically ill. police have announced toni