as publishers enjoy a record year. and nasa s cassini space probe sends back dramatic data from saturn, after diving through the gap between the planet and its rings. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. let s return to the developing news of the last half hour. news of an arrest after an incident in whitehall in central london. the centre of london, near westminster tube station. you can see that on the bottom left of your screen. whitehall is the street running down into parliament square, for the houses of parliament are. you can see at the bottom left, a police van. this following, it seems, as a small contained incident in which british police, according to reuters, have arrested a man who according to witnesses may have been armed with two knives. some witnesses saying he had been pinned to the ground next to a bag. let me bring in our home affairs correspondent danny shaw who has jointly no. we don t know very much about this. we should stress, this sounds like a sm
a sick and depraved terrorist attack. but theresa may has insisted that london will come together and go about their business as normal following the events around parliament on wednesday. so far, five people have died, including the alleged attacker, and around a0 others have been injured, some seriously. last night, police confirmed the name of the dead officer as pc keith palmer. he was 48 and had served the police for 15 years. one of those who died today was a police officer, pc keith palmer, a member of our parliamentary and diplomatic protection command. keith, aged 48 had 15 years service, and was a husband and father. he was someone who left for work today expecting to return home at the end of his shift and he had every right to expect that would happen. i can also now confirm that there are three members of the public who have lost their lives in the attack. specially trained family liaison officers have been deployed to support them. and as i confirmed earlier,
i feel ashamed that once again my party is dragged into a row about anti semitism and the way ken livingstone has handled this enquiry. he s showed no contrition nor apologised. the european parliament votes on its position for brexit talks as its chief negotiator describes britain s decision to leave the eu as a stupidity. and, the first driverless vehicle to be tested on britain s roads; how will it fare on london s busy streets? good afternoon. live from westminster abbey where, as short time ago, a service of hope was led in the hope of reuniting divisions in british society after the terror attack of two weeks ago. the duke and duchess of cambridge and prince harry were among those in the congregation and they sat near those directly affected. the first responders in the attack, some of the victims‘ relatives also attended and some of those injured and still showing signs of their injury also came. a candlelit moment where reflections were held, remembering the five
MARY WAKEFIELD: I was having tea with my neighbour in her second-floor flat when a man, a stranger, appeared in the room. This is quite a regular occurrence at Alice s.