i ll be taking a closer look later. good morning. burnley enter the champions league spots as they go fourth with a late win at home to stoke city. is this the droid they re looking for? the princesjoin big names and fans for the premier of the latest star wars film. i think it isjust a i think it is just a cracking good story. swashbuckling, goodies versus baddies, that is what makes it so great. and matt has the weather. good morning. first, our main story. a baby girl, born with her heart outside her body, has survived in what s thought to be a first in the uk. vanellope hope wilkins, who is three weeks old, has undergone three operations at glenfield hospital, in leicester, to place her heart back within her chest. our medical correspondent fergus walsh spoke exclusively to vanellope‘s parents and the medical team involved. good girl, yeah. beautiful girl. they are pride and joy. this is venellope, astounding her parents and doctors with her progress. after three operat
meeting of the cabinet s emergency committee, cobra, the third in the past 2a hours. good progress with the operation has been made with a number of arrests made over night, and that will continue. we have now gone to a critical level in terms of the threat. we ll have all the latest live with huw in manchester. the other headlines this lunchtime. president trump meets the pope at the vatican and receives a signed copy of the pontiff‘s views on climate change. and profits at marks and spencer fell by almost two thirds last year, following a costly business overhaul. and coming up in the sport on bbc news. manchester united fans pay tribute to the victims of monday night s attack, ahead of tonight s europa league final in stockholm. good afternoon from albert square in the heart of manchester. this is where thousands gathered last night for a vigil, to remember the victims of monday night s bomb attack at the manchester arena. people have been coming here all morning to le
business overhaul. good afternoon, welcome to manchester. you can see that we have it moved position to the manchester by manchester arena behind me. we are told that police are still on site and the forensic work will continue, because the principal focus of the police right now is to establish who the bomb maker was. there will be fragments of bomb material in the foyer area and the forensic work will continue as long as is needed to pull together all the pieces as they need in this fast moving investigation. we know a little bit more about the bomber, named as 22 year old salman abedi, a manchester boy, he was in enrolled recently at university. he was knowing to security services, says amber rudd, to a point. it was known that he had left the country, he had gone to libya at some point. there are reports from the french government that he may have even gone to syria, but that is very much pa rt gone to syria, but that is very much part of the investigation. let s look
representative to read the press statement. thank you. good afternoon all. peace be upon you. peace be upon you all. my name is fawzi haffar and i upon you all. my name is fawzi haffarand i am upon you all. my name is fawzi haffar and i am a trustee of the manchester islamic centre. i would like to make one point very clear that after reading this press statement we will not be making any further comments and we will not be taking any questions. so we will not be taking any questions. the press statement reads as follows, the manchester islamic centre s thoughts and prayers are with the victims, theirfamilies, theirfriends, and prayers are with the victims, their families, their friends, and oui’ their families, their friends, and our diverse communities across greater manchester. the horrific atrocity that occurred in manchester on monday night has shocked us all. it has indeed shocked us all. this act of cowardice has no place in our religion or any other religion for