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
quickest, but he can certainlyjump. he kept his speed at the end. we have a tremendous staff and i hope they will all be here today. it is their input that has done it all. we are very lucky to have a horse like arthur, and he isjust outstanding. you can see him, he is fresh as anything. he even does being a grand national winner well! peter scudamore, a former champion jockey who never won the race, says he is well aware of what the victory means for such a small yard. we think sometimes we are in our own bubble, but the village has turned out. our lads are drinking and eating in the village, renting houses there, they are part of it. scotland is not known for its great scott which sporting achievements. the plan now is to return in 12 months to do it all over again. brian mclaughlin, reporting scotland, with a grand national winner. plenty more coming up national winner. plenty more coming up in sportsday in a few minutes, but first, the weather. good evening. for most o
evening. coming up next, meet the author. we all know what it feels like to get lost in a book. in scarlett thomas‘s novel dragon s green she turns it into a story of magic and danger. a children s quest to make sense of a place turned upside down by a catastrophic event called worldquake. as a writer who has had great success with what is called literary fiction, she has had an experience that has changed her as much as any of her characters. welcome. so, what did you discover about writing and about your own writing when you brought magic into the equation? a lot, is the answer to earlier in my career i started writing about maths and then i moved on to physics and then botany and now magic! like so many classics of children s fiction you re stepping into another world, whether through a wardrobe or down a rabbit hole and in this case by going back to a book as the doorway to some different world, it is obviously something that energises you. and for me, this is part of t
welcome to bbc news. a british father of two was among the victims of friday s terror attack in the swedish capital stockholm. chris bevington, who was 41, 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 dan johnson reports from stockholm. talented compassionate and caring, chris bevington in the words of his father. he chose to marry and call sweden home. he had young children here and worked for the music company spotify. he was here in stockholm s crowded shopping streets on friday afternoon when a hijacked truck was turned into a weapon. a belgian and two swedish citizens were also killed in the attack. today, investigators revealed more about the man they think was at the wheel. we know the suspect showed sympathies for extremist organisations, said the policeman. among them islamic state. he s a 39 y
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