kurt cochran was the first to be hit by khalid masood's car. he pushed melissa out of the way before being knocked over the bridge's balustrade falling five metres to the thames that part. in court, melissa's sister called him the man who saved my sister. she then read a tribute and a half of melissa but described him as my inspiration, my rock star and my hero. next, the car hit a retired window cleaner, leslie rhodes, dragging him 33 metres along the bridge. his family said he was greatly missed. his niece amanda said she was incredibly angry at his death. then, aysha frade was knocked 70 metres into the path of an oncoming bus, falling under its wheels. her husband spoke of their two young daughters and said she was cruelly and brutally ripped away from us. the last victim on the bridge was andreea cristea from romania. she was knocked over the balustrade, falling i2 romania. she was knocked over the balustrade, falling 12 metres into the river thames before being recovered downstream. her family said... after two excruciating weeks of hopin

kurt cochran was the first to be hit by khalid masood's car. he pushed melissa out of the way, before being knocked over the bridge‘s balustrade — falling five metres to the thames footpath. in court, melissa's sister angela called him the man who saved my sister. she then read a tribute on behalf of melissa that described him as my inspiration, my rock star and my hero. next, the car hit a retired window cleanerfrom clapham, leslie rhodes, dragging him 33 metres along the bridge. his family said he was greatly missed. his niece amanda said she was incredibly angry at his death. then, aysha frade was knocked 70 metres into the path of an oncoming number 53 bus, falling under its wheels. her husband john spoke of their two young daughters and said she was cruelly and brutally ripped away from us. the last victim on the bridge was andreea cristea from romania. she was knocked over the balustrade, falling 12 metres into the river thames before being recovered downstream. herfamily said, after two excruciating weeks of hoping for a recovery, an

she and kurt cochran, the first victim of the attack had been visiting from america. from the witness box she told the court she remembers the car being driven by khalid masood approaching them and then being on the ground. her husband had pushed her to safety, she told the court she doesn't remember him doing that but it was typical of him. kylie smith, a teacher, also gave evidence, she'd beenin teacher, also gave evidence, she'd been in london with some students and was on the bridge when the attack happened. in tears, she told the court how she remembers seeing the court how she remembers seeing the american couple holding hands beforehand. and she said the car came towards them... there was chaos and panic after, she said. three others on the bridge died as khalid masood drove into them over at westminster bridge, he then got out and stabbed pc keith palmer who died at the scene. the inquest will hear further evidence into kurt cochran‘s death before hearing the inquests into the four other victims. the inquest will continue here this afternoon into the death o

kurt cochran was the first to be hit by the attacker khalid masood's car. he pushed his wife melissa out of the way, before being knocked over the bridge‘s balustrade — falling five metres to the thames footpath below. in court, melissa's sister, angela stoll, called him "the man who saved my sister". she read a tribute from melissa, describing him as "my inspiration, my rock star and — most of all — my hero". next, the car hit a retired window cleaner from clapham, leslie rhodes, dragging him 33 metres along the bridge. his family said he was greatly missed. his niece amanda said she always remembers him as smiling and happy. then, aysha frade was knocked i7 metres into the path of a number 53 bus, falling under its wheels. in court, her husband john spoke of their two young daughters and said: the last victim on the bridge was andreea cristea from romania. she was knocked over the railing, falling 12 metres into the river thames, before being recovered 100 metres downstream. herfamily said: the cctv the court watched was often harrowing and graphi

americans kurt and melissa cochran had flown to europe to celebrate their wedding anniversary. they'd only been in london for two and a half hours when the attack happened, leaving five people dead. daniel sandford reports. it was a task no wife would want. melissa cochran, still limping from her own serious injuries, arriving to give evidence at the inquest into the death of her husband, who she now calls her hero. she told the court they were touring europe to mark their wedding anniversary. they'd just been to westminster abbey. they'd only been in london for two and a half hours, and they'd almost crossed the bridge when khalid masood began his attack. it was just after twenty to three. "i remember hearing a car revving," she said today. "i remember seeing the front of the vehicle. the next thing i remember, being on the ground." she spent three and a half weeks in hospital in london, but kurt died, as big ben struck three o'clock. schoolteacher kylie smith was in westminster that day with a group of teenage pupils. kurt and melissa had caught her eye as they walked hand—

she and kurt cochran, the first victim of the attack, had been visiting from america. from the witness box, she told the court she remembers the car being driven by khalid masood approaching them, and then being on the ground. her husband had pushed her to safety. she told the court she doesn't remember him doing that, but it was typical of him. kylie smith, a teacher, also gave evidence. she'd been in london with some students and was on the bridge when the attack happened. in tears, she told the court how she remembered seeing the american couple holding hands beforehand. then she said... there was chaos and panic after, she said. three others on the bridge died as khalid masood drove into them over westminster bridge. he then got out and stabbed pc keith palmer, who died at the scene. the inquest will hear further evidence into kurt cochran‘s death, before hearing the inquest into the four other victims. helena lee reporting from the old bailey, where proccedings will continue this afternoon with the inquest examining the death of pensioner leslie rhodes. we will

kurt cochran was on holiday here. yesterday would have been his 56th birthday. a statement read out on behalf of his wife melissa said, "i was so lucky to have had 25 wonderful years with the man of my dreams. he made me laugh every single day. i cherish every single memory we made." the court heard leslie rhodes, a pensioner, known as les, was a private man who always helped others and loved hisjob as a window cleaner. aysha frade's husband told the court she lived and breathed for her daughters. they had two. andreea cristea was described as a lovely, enchanting young lady. today would have been her 33rd birthday. and pc keith palmer, who was stabbed and killed in the attack. his sister said the best day of his life was when his daughter was born. the inquest will hear from specialist witnesses who'll piece together what happened that day. and a second jury—led inquest will be held into the death of khalid masood, the man who carried out the attack. our news correspondent, keith doyle, is at the old bailey. keith, just a little more on the kind of evidence,

the inquest into the westminster bridge terror attack hears how american tourist kurt cochran lost his life saving his wife. mark carney agrees to stay on as governor of the bank of england until 2020 to help ensure a smoother brexit. i'm ben bland, in the business news. as you were hearing — mark carney extends his term as governor of the bank of england. he'd been due to step down injune next year — but the chancellor says mr carney agreed to stay on. philip hammond said next summer could be quite turbulent for the economyjust after brexit — and having mr carney still in post will help support a smooth exit from the eu. the bbc has discovered that the energy giant npower is "urgently investigating" how the personal details of around 5,000 customers were shared in a postal mailing. the letters included other customers' names, addresses, and payment amounts. no bank details were released and the information commissioner's office was notified. the company has apologised to all affected. wages grew faster than expected in the three months tojuly, as they continued to rise more quic

kurt cochran died at the scene after being hit by the car. we also heard evidence from a teacher called kylie smith, who found it clearly difficult to give evidence. she was on the bridge with students. they we re on the bridge with students. they were visiting london and witnessed the attack. she said she looked over onto the other side of the bridge. she also heard the car revving and said she had seen the couple, melissa and kurt cochran, holding hands before the attack. she said it seems like they were having a good time. she recalls seeing the car mounting the pavement, hearing a lot of revving and seeing kurt cochran push his wife out of the way to safety. she was then thanked by the judge after giving evidence. she was in tears as she recalls the events from last month and the judge thanked her and said he was sure she had done everything she could to get the students to safety. she described after how there was panic and chaos after the attack and they went down the steps along the embankment to try to get her stu d e nts to embankmen

she and kurt cochran, the first victim of the attack, had been visiting from america. from the witness, box she told the court she remembers the car being driven by khalid masood approaching them, and then being on the ground. her husband had pushed her to safety. she told the court she doesn't remember him doing that, but it was typical of him. kylie smith, a teacher, also gave evidence. she'd been in london with some students and was on the bridge when the attack happened. in tears, she told the court how she remembers seeing the american couple holding hands beforehand. then, she said... there was chaos and panic after, she said. three others on the bridge died as khalid masood drove into them over westminster bridge. he then got out and stabbed pc keith palmer, who died at the scene. the inquest will hear further evidence into kurt cochran‘s death, before hearing the inquests into the four other victims. the inquest into a window cleaner who was 75 years old was opened here today. also, a doctor who was on the bridge at the time of the attack gave evidence and he

there were some calm moments in court, for example when the footage was shown of kurt cochran and his wife melissa just before the attack. you see two tourists walking across westminster bridge enjoying the sunshine in no way any normal tourist would, just in the moments before the attack. apart from that, the rest of the day has been exceptionally harrowing. we have seen the cctv footage of the car going across the bridge, victims being thrown into the air and you can see one of the victims being pushed under the wheels of a boss. it has been a difficult day, and for the relatives, they chose to leave the relatives, they chose to leave the court and they didn't want to watch the most difficult footage. which included when the attacker stabbed to death pc keith palmer. the day began in an emotional way and each relative was asked to paint and each relative was asked to paint a portrait of the person who died. some of them chose to read them themselves and that led to a lot of tea rs themselves and that led to a lot of tears in the courtroom and in some cases lots of tears on witness s

among those lives, those of kurt cochran and melissa cochran from utah in the united states, tourists in london calmly walking across westminster bridge when tragedy struck. kurt cochran was the first to be hit by the attacker khalid masood's car. he pushed melissa out of the way before being knocked over the bridge's balustrade, falling five metres to the thames footpath below. in court, melissa's sister angela called him "the man who saved my sister". she then read a tribute on behalf of melissa that described him as "my inspiration, my rock star and most of all, my hero". next, the car hit a retired window cleanerfrom clapham, leslie rhodes, dragging him 33 metres along the bridge. his family said he was greatly missed. his niece amanda said she was "incredibly angry" at his death. then aysha frade was knocked 70 metres into the path of an oncoming number 53 bus, falling under its wheels. in court, her husband john spoke of their two young daughters and said "she was cruelly and brutally ripped away from us". the last victim on the bridge was andreea cristea from romania. she was k

cochran with his wife seconds before he was killed.

the inquest into the westminster bridge terror attack has heard how american tourist kurt cochran lost his life, as he tried to save his wife. as leading brexiteers gather to set out their plans, the boss of jaguar land rover has warned a bad deal could result in the loss of tens of thousands ofjobs in the uk. the governor of the bank of england is to stay in his position until 2020 in order to try to ensure a smooth exit from the eu. more than half a million people in south carolina, north carolina and virginia are ordered to leave their homes as hurricane florence is predicted to make landfall in the next 48 hours. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news... more than a million people in the us states of south carolina, north carolina and virginia are ordered to leave their homes as hurricane florence approaches — we'll be speaking to one family planning to hunker down. that's at quarter past eight. at 8.30pm, we'll be speaking to a recently retired chief superintendent about the impact of cuts to the police servi

kurt and melissa cochran had only been in london for two and a half hours before masood launched his attack last march. mr cochran was killed but his wife survived. our home affairs corrspondent daniel sandford reports. it was a task no wife would want. melissa cochran, still limping from her own serious injuries, arriving to give evidence at the inquest into the death of her husband, who she now calls her hero. she told the court they'd been touring europe to mark their wedding anniversary. they had just been to westminster abbey and had only been in london for two and a half hours. they'd almost crossed the bridge when khalid masood began his attack. it was just after 20 to three. "i remember hearing a car revving," she said today. "i remember seeing the front of the vehicle. the next thing i remember being on the ground." she spent 3.5 weeks in hospital in london, but kurt died as big ben struck 3 o'clock. schoolteacher kylie smith was in westminster that day with a group of teenage pupils. kurt and melissa had caught her eye as they walked hand in hand when suddenly she heard the

kurt cochran was the first to be hit by the attacker khalid masood's car. he pushed his wife melissa out of the way, before being knocked over the bridge's balustrade — falling five metres to the thames footpath below. in court, melissa's sister, angela stoll, called him "the man who saved my sister". she read a tribute from melissa, describing him as "my inspiration, my rock star and — most of all — my hero". next, the car hit a retired window cleanerfrom clapham, leslie rhodes, dragging him 33 metres along the bridge. his family said he was greatly missed. his niece amanda said she always remembers him as smiling and happy. then, aysha frade was knocked i7 metres into the path of a number 53 bus, falling under its wheels. in court, her husband john spoke of their two young daughters and said, "she was cruelly and brutally ripped away from us". the last victim on the bridge was andreea cristea from romania. she was knocked over the railing, falling 12 metres into the river thames, before being recovered 100 metres downstream. her family said, "after

kurt cochran was the first to be hit by the attacker khalid masood's car. he pushed his wife melissa out of the way, before being knocked over the bridge's balustrade — falling five metres to the thames footpath below. in court, melissa's sister, angela stoll, called him: next, the car hit a retired window cleaner from clapham, leslie rhodes, dragging him 33 metres along the bridge. his family said he was greatly missed. his niece amanda said she always remembers him as smiling and happy. then, aysha frade was knocked i7 metres into the path of a number 53 bus, falling under its wheels. in court, her husband john spoke of their two young daughters and said: the last victim on the bridge was andreea cristea from romania. she was knocked over the railing, falling 12 metres into the river thames, before being recovered 100 metres downstream. herfamily said: the cctv the court watched was often harrowing and graphic, showing victims being thrown into the air and under vehicles. before it was shown, some of the victims' relatives took the opportunity to leave

kurt and melissa cochran had only been in london for two and a half hours before masood launched his attack last march. mr cochran was killed but his wife survived, as our home affairs corrspondent, daniel sandford, reports. it was a task no wife would want. melissa cochran, still limping from her own serious injuries, arriving to give evidence at the inquest into the death of her husband, who she now calls her hero. she told the court they‘d been touring europe to mark their wedding anniversary. they had just been to westminster abbey and had only been in london for two and a half hours. they‘d almost crossed the bridge when khalid masood began his attack. it was just after 20 to three. she spent three and a half weeks in hospital in london but kurt died as big ben struck three o‘clock. schoolteacher kylie smith was in westminster that day with a group of teenage pupils. kurt and melissa had caught her eye as they walked hand in hand when suddenly she heard the revving of masood‘s car. in tears at times, she told the inquest... she saw kurt knocked into the air by the car, a

americans kurt and melissa cochran had flown to europe to celebrate their wedding anniversary. they'd only been in london for two and a half hours when the attack happened, leaving five people dead. daniel sandford reports. it was a task no one would want. melissa cochran still limping from her own serious injuries, arriving to give evidence at the inquest into the death of her husband who she now calls her hero. she told the court they were touring europe to mark their wedding anniversary. they'd just been westminster abbey. they'd only been in london for two and a half hours and had almost crossed the bridge when khalid masood began his attack. it was just after 3:20pm. she said today... she spent three and a half weeks in hospital in london, but kurt died as big ben struck 3pm. schoolteacher kylee smith was in westminster that day with a group of teenage pupils. kurt and melissa had caught her eye as they walked hand—in—hand, when suddenly she heard the revving of a car. in tears at times, she told the inquest "the man to pull his girlfriend behind him, tried to shield h

cctv footage was shown, including images of tourist kurt cochran with his wife on the bridge, seconds before he was killed. the eu's chief negotiator, michel barnier, says it could be possible to reach a deal on brexit by november. he said an agreement on the first stage of the uk's withdrawal could be reached within six to eight weeks. following the latest criticism from borisjohnson, there are new warnings from senior tories that the party will split if the prime minister sticks with her chequers plan. middle—aged drinkers are urged to have at least two alcohol—free days a week, after some say cutting back on alcohol is harder than eating healthily or exercising. the tuc is calling for a shorter working week. its general secretary, frances o'grady, told its annual congress a four—day working week is achievable before the end of this century. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. we'll have more on the conservative party divisions over brexit — coming up just after 8:00pm. we'll be discussing whether we

kurt cochrane was on holiday here. yesterday would have been his 56th birthday. a statement read out on behalf of his wife melissa said, the court heard leslie frey, a pensioner, known as les, was a private man who always helped others and loved hisjob as a window cleaner. ayesha freda's husband told the court she lived and breathed for her daughters. they had two. andrea christie was described as a lovely, enchanting young lady. today would have been her 33rd birthday. and pc keith palmer, who was stabbed and killed in the attack. his sister said the best day of his life was when his daughter was born. the inquest will hear from specialist witnesses who will piece together what happened that day, and a second jury—led inquest will be held into the death of khalid masood, the man who carried out the attack. the court saw stills of the cctv digit of the american tourist who was on that bridge died in the attack. and those stills that were shown, you can see he was standing on the bridge with his wife melissa standing next to him, and the car approaching them. as

the inquest into the westminster bridge attack has heard how american tourist kurt cochran lost his life as he tried to save his wife. labour says it would give millions of casual workers many of the rights of other employees — including sick pay and parental leave. as hurricane florence strengthens, with sustained winds of around 130 mile per hour, more than a million people in south carolina, north carolina and virginia are ordered to leave their homes. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the sun's deputy political editor, steve hawkes, and the political commentatorjane merrick. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the metro leads with a topic we've been covering today — criticism of the government's pay rise for police. met commissioner cressida dick said the decision was a ‘punch on the nose‘. the times carries a story on child drug dealers with rising prosecutions of children as young as eleven. plans to improve workers‘ rights if labour wins the next election are on the front page of the financial

cochran with his wife, seconds before he was killed commentator: what a we to bring up three figures... —— what a way we. batting out in style. alastair cook scores a century in his final test innings for england before his international retirement. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the evening standard's political correspondent kate proctor, and the author and journalist owen bennett. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. michel barnier‘s comments on brexit make the front page of the times, the eu's chief negotiator said today that a deal with the uk is possible within six to eight weeks. the financial times claims the trump administration has escalated its attacks on international organisations, after the white house national security adviser, john bolton, threatened to impose sanctions on the international criminal court if it tries to investigate us citizens or allies. police officers are arresting fewer people and cutting patrols because of funding and staff cuts, that's according to the daily tele

kurt cochrane was on holiday here was that yesterday would have been his 56th birthday. a statement read out on behalf of his wife melissa said, i was so lucky to have had 25 wonderful years with the man of my dreams. he made me laugh every single day. i cherish every single memory we made. the court heard leslie frey, a pensioner, known as les, was a private man who always helped others and loved hisjob as les, was a private man who always helped others and loved his job as a window cleaner. ayesha freda's husband told the court she lived and breathed for her daughters. they have two. andrea christie was described as a lovely, enchanting young lady. today would have been her 33rd birthday. and pc keith palmer, who was stabbed and killed in the attack. his sister said the best day of his life was when his daughter was born. the inquest will hear from specialist witnesses who will piece together what happened that day and a second jury led inquest will be held into the death of khalid masood, the man who carried out the attack. the coroner said he hopes this process will

kurt cochran, leslie rhodes, aysha frade, and andreea cristea were run down by a car and constable keith palmer was stabbed to death outside parliament. the attacker, khalid masood, was shot dead by armed officers. the nationalist sweden democrats, a far—right, anti—immigration, anti—eu party has won about 18 per cent of the vote in the country‘s general election, while the two main parliamentary blocs are almost tied with about a0 percent each. a protracted battle to form a working coalition now looks inevitable, with sweden becoming the latest eu country to shift to the right over fears about immigration. from stockholm, here‘sjenny hill. sweden is today waking up to a rather new political era. the far—right sweden democrats say they are the true winners of this election. that is stretching it a little bit far. they have taken just under 18% of the vote but in a country like sweden with its long, liberal tradition, that is a pretty extraordinary results. their real achievement, i suppose, is that they are now complicating what is an already very intricate political landscap

kurt cochran, leslie rhodes, aysha frade, and andreea cristea were run down by a car and constable keith palmer was stabbed to death outside parliament. the attacker, khalid masood, was shot dead by armed officers — his inquest will follow straight afterwards. there are calls for a shorter working week with people working fewer hours for the same pay. the tuc‘s general secretary, frances o'grady, will tell its annual congress in manchester that a four—day working week is achievable this century. if you look at the average supermarket today or a warehouse, you will see there are lots of different shift systems. this is about saying flexibility should be two way. there should be rewards for everybody from new technology and everybody needs and deserves a decent wage. kylie minogue and jason donovan delighted fans with a surprise reunion on stage as part of bbc radio 2's live in hyde park concert. # now were back together, together... kylie was headlining the gig when she brought her former neighbours co—star on to dance during a rendition of their 1988 duet especially for you. jaso