and england arrive in rome ahead of tomorrows euro 2020 quarterfinal with ukraine. later in the hour, we will have sports day with all the latest reports, results interviews and features from the bbc sport centre. good evening. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has declared that labour is back after the party held on at the batley and spen by election in west yorkshire. but their victory was narrow. kim leadbeater the sister of the murdered mpjo cox held the seat with a majority of just 323 votes over the conservatives. our political correspondent, alex forsyth, reports. it was no easy path to today s moment of celebration. but the cheers soon replaced doubt about labour s chances, the relief obvious. a loss here would have left the labour leader vulnerable, but this victory, even narrow, will quieten the critics for now. my message is, when the labour party sticks to its core values, is rooted in its communities and pulls together, we can win, just as we ve won here.
in religious instituations in northern ireland. 11 children and two adults have been taken to hospital, after a ceiling collapsed at a primary school in south east london. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. as the investigation into the explosion in a taxi outside liverpool women s hospital continues, the uk s terror threat level has been raised from substantial to severe meaning an attack is highly likely. yesterday s explosion has been declared a terrorist incident by police, though counter terror officers said they don t yet have a clear idea of a motive for the attack. four people have now been arrested under the terrorism act in connection with the incident. a male passenger in the cab who has not yet been named by police was killed in the blast. officers believe he had built an improvised device. speaking in the last hour, the prime minister said the uk will not be cowed by terrorism . this report from our correspondent danny savage contains images that you
bianca is off for today, but just ahead on cnn newsroom i ve heard another tornado warning, it s like never ending today. this is an early wake -up cal for people living on the southern plains. everyone wants this constam nation gone from the community. the town is rallying around each other and i think we re all on the same page for the first time in two weeks. the chinese were very, very slow in alerting the world to it. i m not entirely surprised. the chinese have mishandled covid at every step of the way. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is monday, february the 27th, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 3:00 a.m. in the central u.s. where a powerful storm system is battering parts of oklahoma, kansas and texas with tornadoes, damaging winds and large hail. at least nine tornadoes have been through so much, seven in oklahoma, two in kansas. there are reports of widespread damage. downed power line and debris blocking
afternoon. now on bbc news sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday i m jessica creighton. coming up on the programme. it went down to the final day of the premier league, but arsenal miss out on the champions league for the first time in 20 years. celtic supreme they end the scottish premiership season unbeaten, and now eye the domestic treble. and djokovic continues to faulter, losing in the final of the italian open. but announces a new grand slam winning coach for his next tournament. good evening. the final day of the premier league was all about the champions league positions. and for the first time in 20 years, arsenal have missed out on qualifying, despite their win against everton today. results went against the gunners, as both manchester city and liverpool won their matches to finish in third and fourth respectively. for liverpool, their win means champions league football for the first time since 2014. patrick geary has the details. bob marley gave the team
we ve a special breakfast this morning, with charlie out in manchester and me in the studio as we assess the impact of monday s terror attack which left 22 dead. we ll be hearing the latest on the investigation, the thoughts of those affected, and we ll have the latest on that heightened terror threat from the home secretary. and in sport, manchester united have expressed their shock at the terrorist attack in manchester, holding a minute s silence before flying to stockholm ahead of tonight s europa league final. and carol has the weather. good morning. a mild start to the day. it will be a warm day generally. a fair bit of clout around, but that will break and some of us will see some sunshine. i will tell you where in 15 minutes. good morning from the centre of manchester. our main development this morning is that the uk terror threat level has been raised to its highest level, meaning further attacks may be imminent. the move came after prime minister theresa may said inv