we ll have full details of this and the rest of today s action in sportsday. good evening. a british father of two was among the victims of friday s terror attack in the swedish capital, stockholm. chris bevington, who was a1, was among four people killed when a hijacked lorry crashed into a department store. today, as thousands attended a vigil for those who died, more details have been emerging of the man behind the attack. our correspondent, danjohnson, is in stockholm. chris bevington chose to marry and call sweden home. he had young children here and work for the music company, spotify. he was here in stockholm s crowded streets on friday when a highlight hijacked truck was turned into a weapon. a belgian and two swedish citizens we re belgian and two swedish citizens were attacked. today, investigators revealed more about the man they think was at the wheel. translation: we know the suspect showed sympathies for extremist organisations, says the police chief, among t
grand nationalwinner. history was created yesterday at aintree when the foot became only the second scottish whistles to win the world s greatest steeplechase. when one for arthur became. the plan is now to do it all again next year. time for a look at the weather with louise. for most of us it has been a glorious day, if you don t believe me look at this weather watcher‘s picture from primrose hill, not a cloud in the sky, parts of south east england andy de mark easton england saw highs of 25 degrees, 77 fahrenheit. i hope you made the most of it because tomorrow it will turn cooler. we have seen some rain and a fresher feel in the north west, that weather front brought more cloud to the west and it will sink south and east through the night, not producing any rain, just a band of cloud, scattering of showers turning winteriness, believe it or not, to the tops of the hills and mountains of scotland sjerry driven along by the wimps, and the changeable and direction trac
abdul fattah al sisi, has announced a state of emergency, following two bomb attacks in which at least 45 people died. the attacks on two churches were deliberately timed for a day when millions of christians in the country were attending services to mark palm sunday, one week before easter. so called islamic state say it was responsible for the blasts the latest in a series of attacks on egypt s christian minority. 29 people were killed in the first explosion in the nile delta city of tanta. while 16 more died in the second attack in alexandria. this report from our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. egyptian christians had gathered to celebrate one of their holiest days. but this palm sunday brought violence. the first deadly explosion was during mass at st george s church in tanta, leaving blood everywhere, wooden pews shattered. just hours later there was another attack here, in the northern city of alexandria. this time just outside the church, the dead included
a three month state of emergency has been announced in egypt, following two attacks on coptic christian churches. more than a0 people were killed and many others wounded as worshippers gathered for palm sunday in tanta, which is north of cairo and in alexandria. the so called islamic state has claimed responsibility. this report from our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. egyptian christians had gathered to celebrate one of their holiest days. but this palm sunday brought violence. the first deadly explosion was during mass at st george s church in tanta, leaving blood everywhere, wooden pews shattered. just hours later, there was another attack here, in the northern city of alexandria, this time, just outside the church. the dead included police officers who d stopped the suicide bomberfrom entering. the head of egypt s coptic church, pope tawadros, had already left. in rome, at palm sunday prayers, pope francis condemned the bombings. he s due to visit egypt later th
on coptic christian churches. more than a0 people were killed, and many others wounded, as worshippers gathered for palm sunday in tanta, which is north of cairo, and in alexandria. the so called islamic state has claimed responsibility. greg dawson has this report. seconds after this footage, and it was a device was detonated. the dental christian celebration transformed into a scene of horror. the head of egypt s coptic church had been inside, but was unharmed. this was a co ordinated attack. the first target was the church of st george in the city of tanta, filled with worshippers. translation: the situation is painful. it is not fair. the authorities have received warnings before that the church has been targeted. why would measures being taken to targeted. why would measures being ta ken to protect targeted. why would measures being taken to protect people? hours later, this response from egypt s president. trad back several steps be taken. the first will be the declarat