that was one of the casualties, a british transport police officer. armed response teams then shot and killed the three suspects, the three assailants, who were wearing what appeared to be explosive vests of some kind but were actually hoax explosive vests. we saw one picture of one of the dead suspects lying on the ground with what appeared to be canisters strapped to his body, so that was described by the assistant commissioner as a hoax explosive vest. let's get more from andy moore. just after 10pm on the busy streets of london, police are responding to reports of an ongoing serious incident. what the hell is happening?‘ what the hell is happening? a white van has driven into pedestrians on london bridge. when it stopped its rear doors were flung open and several men ran out. they went into the busy pubs and restau ra nts they went into the busy pubs and restaurants around borough market stabbing people. they were running up stabbing people. they were running up going this is for allah, when we first saw them they say this is for allah and they

police over the british transport police over the road at london bridge have some armed officers. i think the race problem likely to have been armed officers on the station at the time. it's clearly a potential terrorist target. we don't know when they arrived. i spoke to an eyewitness who was their wallet was unfolding and he didn't say he saw any police officers. we haven't managed to work out when shots may have been fired s0 out when shots may have been fired so that is a key question we wanted to hear from the police or the sort of response was. but they are ready for something like this. i was briefed along with a number of crime journalists about the preparations, big uplift in the firearms officers that they could call on, notjust the metropolitan police but all around the country, the civil nuclear constabulary have armed officers that can be used in this situation and a higher level of training, serious weaponry capable of really holding an area in a sustained gunfire with terrorist, not looking that happened in this case but something about rainfall and interestingly, t

one of those stabbed was a british transport police officer. his injuries are serious, but not life—threatening. andy moore, bbc news. people on a bridge and then three men got out and ii? people with men got out and attacked people with knives. with me now is caroline breniere, morgan mounier, and kaine pieri, who saw what happened on london bridge. they were there. what did you see?” was walking out of london bridge station with my friends. we were going to get the bus at london bridge and we started noticing that the buses were stopped and there was a van parked on the pavement. lots of police were gathering around the van. the door opened and a lot of people started running. we did not know what happened. vehicle noises. we apologise for the noise. what did you see? you saw the van and lots of people running around. did you see the police presence, anyone injured? when we came out of the station, we saw two police cars near the van. they were coming very fast. police office rs they were coming very fast. police officers were running. we

the ongoing operation is led by the met working closely with british transport police, and the ambulance and fire services full of at this stage we believe that sadly, six people have died in addition to the three attackers shot by police. there are at least 20 casualties taken to six hospitals across london but numbers are still rising. i would like to repeat our request for londoners to avoid the areas of londoners to avoid the areas of london bridge and borough market to enable emergency services to continue this operation. this investigation, as i said, is led by the counter terrorism command and we ask for help from the public. anybody with images film from the incident tonight, they can help us by uploading it to ukpoliceimageappeal.co.uk. you will find that tweeted on various newsfeeds. of course, our thoughts are with those who are involved and those who are concerned about loved ones in the area. they should contact our casualties euro. again, if you are worried about someone in the area, contact our casualties euro. —— casualty bureau. please be vigilant and contact the pol

this incident isjust as the british transport police. this incident is just over the as the british transport police. this incident isjust over the road from london bridge station where the bpt will have a strong presence at this time of night, a saturday night as the pubs begin to shut and people used the railway lines to get home. it is possible that some of those we re it is possible that some of those were armed and able to quickly get to the scene but i can tell you that police had been on a alert in incident like this for some weeks. i have been working in westminster for the last few weeks and venal armed officers waiting in a car with the engine running, waiting to move if an incident occurs. i have not personally spoken to anyone who has given us an idea of how quickly police were on the scene. i spoke to one eyewitnesses saw people being attacked by an attacker with a long knife. he said there were no police there at that time but that must have been within one or two minutes of the car, or van, crashing have been within one or

one was a british transport police officer who was very british transport police officer who was very seriously injured. we think he was attacked with a knife. one of the other police officers was an off—duty met police officer, described as a rugby, sporty, and is an police officer. he actually tackled one of the knifeman and was injured and he has knife injuries. we are not quite sure how serious they are. we have been onto nhs england and we are hoping in the next hour for england and we are hoping in the next hourfor more england and we are hoping in the next hour for more information about the nature of these injuries. i think it is fair to say that most of these people who have been admitted to the major trauma units will have suffered serious knife injuries or will have been involved in the collision with that plan as it was careering down the bridge and mounting the pavement and hitting people as it went before it came to a standstill very close to borough market. thank you so much. we will have more from tim willcox later at king's college hospital. just as he was talking a

this british transport police officer is injured. he's in the hospital. he's got what police say are serious but not life threatening injuries. you heard my conversation with fabio lamass who worked in one of those bars. fabio was trying to shelter people. some patrons were throwing things and trying to take these attackers down and these police responded within eight minutes of the call and shot the alleged assailants dead. >> it's horrifying. it's horrifying to image being able to control your emotions, to keep your wits about you, to fight off an attacker who's wearing a belt that you have to assume could explode at any moment. metropolitan police were so methodical in their actions. they simply didn't know whether these were hoax devices. you're looking at video now from inside one of those pubs. in one of these other pubs, there was an assailant who was basically forced back out onto the street. that's what has to give us hope, an unarmed police officer putting himself between terrorist bombers and civilians. that is what has to give us hope for the

a floral tribute laid by police, from the british transport police who are having their moment to express their grief and support for those who have been thick limbs of the attack. —— victims. for police among those. won an off duty lisbon who attempted to get involved —— an off—duty policeman. he confronted the attackers with nothing more than his pattern. so many stories about those getting caught up in it and what happened to the many victims of this attack. daniel o'neill, who's 23, is recovering in hospital, one of the many pub and restaura nt—goers attacked at random. the shock and anger is palpable from his mother. he'd just stepped outside the barfor a second, and a man ran up to him and said, "this is for my family, this is for islam," and stuck a knife straight in him. he's got a seven—inch scar going from his belly round to his back. i'm still in shock, i still can't quite believe it's happened. absolutely senseless, the attacks. and these people say they're doing it in the name of god, which is an absolute joke. the first commandment is "thou shalt not kill." all

also injured, four police officers — one from the british transport police, and three from the metropolitan police force. one of the met officers, who was off duty at the time, tackled one of the armed men, and remains in a serious condition. the emergency services have been praised for their quick response. people feel sympathy with the victims, it could have happened to any of us, it could not be foreseen and the patients were extremely shocked. this 19-year-old american student found himself desperately tried to stem the flow of blood from a man shot in the head. at that point we knew that we needed to somehow apply pressure onto the womb to stop at a little bit so that is when we took off my belt and used it to stop the flow of blood. we are supposed to hear he survived? very. i could not sleep wondering if he made it. the list of names and faces of those injured or killed will grow longer. each one, an innocent bit them. as we mentioned earlier, police raided several properties in barking in east london and arrested 12 people in connection with last night's attack. one of the homes rai

also injured, four police officers, one from the british transport police, and three from the metropolitan police force. one of the met officers, who was off duty at the time, tackled one of the armed men, and remains in a serious condition. the emergency services have been praised for their quick response, both during the attack and in its aftermath, when so many lay injured. people obviously felt tremendous empathy sympathy for the victims, as we always do, but it was an incident that could have happened to any of us. it could not be foreseen. clearly, the patients were extremely shocked in the non—medical sense. this 19—year—old american student found himself desperately trying to stop the flow of blood from a man hit on the head by a stray bullet. we need to stop this overwhelming rush of blood from the wound. and we needed to apply pressure to stem the blood. i used my belt as a tourniquet. were you surprised he survived? yes. i could not sleep a minute last night wondering about whether he survived and not. to know he did is a huge relief. the list of the names and faces of tho

one of those stabbed was a british transport police officer. his injuries are serious, but not life—threatening. andy moore, bbc news. we understand the prime minister has returned to london. we are expecting a statement from theresa may at 10am. the flags that downing street are at half—mast. there will be a cobra committee meeting later today which will be chaired by the prime minister and attended by other senior cabinet ministers as they assess the threat level and the security operation that continues in the aftermath of the attack last night. a few hundred metres from where i am this morning. joining me now is the former assistant commissioner, with me all morning. thank you very much. let us talk about the security situation. an intense presence here, increased presence, a few hundred metres from where the attack took place. as the mayor, sadiq khan, has said, there will be more police on the streets to provide a visible reassurance to people, but at the scene, they will be going through an extensive friends at examination and trying

the ongoing operation is led by the met, working closely with british transport police, city of london police, and london's ambulance and fire services. at this stage we believe, sadly, six people have died, in addition to the three attackers shot by police, and there are at least 20 casualties taken to six hospitals across london, but numbers are still rising. i'd like to repeat our request for londoners to avoid the areas of london bridge and borough market to enable the emergency services to continue this operation. this investigation, as i said, is led by the counter—terrorism command and we'd ask for help from the public in the following way — anyone who's got any images or film from the incident tonight, perhaps people in the area, can help by uploading it to www.ukpoliceimageappeal.co.uk and you can get that on various newsfeeds. of course, our thoughts are with those who are involved and those concerned about loved ones in the area — they should contact our casualty bureau which is open on 0800 0961233. if you're worried about someone in the area, 0800 0961233. looking fo

the british prime minister theresa may will have her intelligence chief, police chief, transport minister is often a person who attends that meeting as well. she will perhaps be breathing something of a sigh of relief to know that all of the attackers were dead. this will allow the police now to begin a very important calculation of who was behind them, who were they connected to, is there a potential follow-on threat immediately from this. this will be part of her consideration as they figures out whether it's necessary to raise the terror threat level and meaning an attack is highly probable to take it up to critical as we saw last week would mean that a threat was potentially imminent. but now we know as well that it wasn't real explosives in the vests that the men were wearing that, again, will mitigate potentially the threat level going up because it would mean or imply at least, that there wasn't the possibility of a bomb factory and other explosives being produced meaning, therefore, that there could be another catastrophic type of attack. so as we've all been saying through these

pc wayne marques of the british transport police had just come on shift and walked out into the scene of chaos.|j just come on shift and walked out into the scene of chaos. i am about to get my radiohead and i hear a woman screaming to get my radiohead and i hear a woman screaming and when i look i see a woman, a young lady, and she has been attacked. then he told me before he had collected his thoughts he saw a man knocked to the ground and an knife man standing behind him. he was on the floor, screaming for his life, and the first attacker stands over him, attacking him. i ta ke stands over him, attacking him. i take my baton with my right hand like a racket and i take a deep breath and i charge him. i try to ta ke breath and i charge him. i try to take the first one out and i swing as hard as i can, with everything behind it, iaimed as hard as i can, with everything behind it, i aimed straight at his head. while i frightened the first one, i got a massive whack to the side of my head. i felt metal, i thought maybe it was a bar at first. afterwards i realised it was an knife. he was

this british transport police officer, by the way, he is injured. he's received injuries to his head, face, leg, he's in the hospital, what police say are serious but not life-threatening injuries. you heard my conversation with fabio who worked in one of the bars. you heard alex martinez. people did what they could do. fabio was trying to shelter people, and hide them and lock them in bathrooms and put them in the back room. some patrons were throwing things and trying to take these attackers down. and these police responded within eight minutes of the call and shot the alleged assailants dead. >> reporter: it's horrifying. it's horrifying to imagine being able to control your emotions, to keep your wits about you, to fight off an attacker who's wearing a belt that you have to assume could explode at any moment. we now know that's why metropolitan police were so methodical in their actions after the assailants had been shot dead. they simply didn't know whether or not these were hoax devices. and there is no second chance in this game. you're looki

pc wayne marques of the british transport police had just come on shift and walked out into the scene of chaos. i am about to get my radio out and i hear a woman screaming, sort of behind me but from the right hand side and when i look i see a woman, a young white lady, and she has been attacked. then he told me before he had collected his thoughts he saw a man knocked to the ground, a knife man standing behind him. he was on the floor, pleadng for his life, and the first attacker, without any mercy stands over him and continues attacking him. i take my baton with my right hand like a racket, full extension, and i take a deep breath and i charge him. i try to take the first one out in one go and i swing as hard as i can, everything behind it. i aimed straight at his head. while i'm fighting the first one, i get a massive whack to the right side of my head. i felt metal, i thought maybe it was a metal pole or bar at first. afterwards i realised it was an knife. pc marques was temporarily blinded in one eye. the first attacker was still on the floor, but soon the second attacker was joi

one of those stabbed was a british transport police officer. his injuries are serious, but not life—threatening. andy moore, bbc news. we will keep you up—to—date with eyewitness reaction and information from the police. this is bbc breakfast at central london. behind me is where the attacks took place last night. i can talk to a couple of eyewitnesses who we re talk to a couple of eyewitnesses who were here yesterday evening. they we re were here yesterday evening. they were both at the scene yesterday. what did you see? where were you? were both at the scene yesterday. what did you see? where were you ?|j was walking out of london tube station. we saw the traffic was stopped and the buses were stopped on london bridge. we saw a car on the pavement which we thought was a road accident. we did not know what was going on. we saw police coming and opening the doors of the van and kind of asking us to step away from the area. we realised it was dangerous. what else? as morgan said, when we realised police were searching the vehicle, we reali

british transport police also sending some information. i don't know if you have that? yes, to the point where they are asking people again to avoid the area. with reference that someone avoid the area. with reference that someone saying they would be —— they are being kept in the pub, that is com pletely are being kept in the pub, that is completely normal procedure. a saturday night, this area would be packed at normal times. well police try and establish what is going on, they will do their best to keep people safe. there are dozens of pubs on the south side of london bridge around the shard, where there are hotels too. they try and keep people safe, that is their priority, as they close the area and work out what is happening. all the time, when stories like this break, people join us and they need and we need to be cap. we heard reports of a white van crossing london bridge, mounting the pavements and hitting pedestrians. we do not know the precise figure. a bbc reporter, hollyjones, was an eyewitness and said she thought it was at least five or six people who

one from the british transport police and three from the metropolitan police. one of the met officers, who was off duty at the time, tackled one of the armed men, and remains in a serious condition. more names will follow those already released. all innocent victims injured or killed on britain's streets. sarah campbell, bbc news. i should say can in the last few seconds, the group of people have turned up here at our location. they are holding up pictures, saying, isis will lose, love will win. showing their feelings. isis will lose, love will win. showing theirfeelings. clearly muslims showing their feelings and disgust at what happened last night. su nflowers disgust at what happened last night. sunflowers have been laid on the ground as well. an impromptu show of solidarity for the people here and for those caught up in events last night. 48 people were injured in last night's attack — some of them critically. our health editor, hugh pym, is outside king's college hospital. just bring us up to date with some of the injuries these people suffered. of the 4

one british transport police officer and three met police officers were injured. the further two officers were both on duty southwark officers. one was a plainclothes officer that received stitches to a head injury. a uniformed officer received an injury to his arm. the off—duty officer remains in hospital in a serious condition. good morning. let's bring you up—to—date with the latest on this fast—moving investigation. police say they are surging two more addresses in east london, one in newham and another in barking. a total of six properties are being searched. it comes after 12 people we re searched. it comes after 12 people were arrested in barking yesterday following raids at a flat, believed to be the home of one of the attackers. a 55—year—old man has since been released without charge. the commission of the metropolitan police, cressida dick, has said they know the identity of the three attackers and the investigation is moving very quickly. a very high priority for us, obviously, is to try to understand whether they were working with anyone e

you can see in the video this suspect is just legging it with british transport police close behind. as he heads up these stairs, that's when a member of the public decides to react. grabs him, puts him up against the wall, and slows him down. that's when the officers approach. but tasers are deployed. he's finally incapacitated. this is the reason why. >> ooh. >> yes. brandishing this ax around. he claims he was taking the ax to his mom's to get it sharpened so he could make a bed frame. however, there was a bit of shade from the british police. with previous convictions for robbery involving a weapon, we suspect the intentions were not entirely innocent. >> yeah, you don't say. >> he was actually charged with possession of a weapon. he's been sentenced to 18 months in jail. >> wow. >> now, while the police say that members o the public should not get involved, the guy that did ended up getting himself accommodation from the cops. >>> over to dublin for a weird video to be honest. the star of it being that guy right there not wearing a shirt that seems to have a problem with everyon

pc wayne marques of the british transport police had just come on shift, and walked out into the scene of chaos. i am about to get my radio out and i hear a woman screaming, and when i look, i see a woman, a young lady, and she has been attacked. then he told me before he had collected his thoughts he saw a man knocked to the ground and a knife man standing behind him. this guy is on the floor, and he's pleading for his life, and the first attacker, without any mercy, stands over him and continues attacking him. i take my baton with my right hand like a racket, full extention, and i take a deep breath, and i charge him. i try to take the first one out in one go, and i swing as hard as i can, with everything behind it, i aim straight at his head. while i'm fighting the first one, i got a massive whack to the side of my head. i felt metal, i thought maybe it was a pole or a bar at first. afterwards i realised it was a knife. pc marques was temporarily blinded in one eye. the first attacker was still on the floor, but the second attacker was joined by a third. i was fighting the two of th

in terms of british transport police, they have confirmed that one of their officers last night, he was one of the first on the scene, was responding to a call from help from one of the members of public. you is in hospital in a series condition, although his injuries are not said to bea although his injuries are not said to be a threatening. but the latest numbers this morning, a0 people in hospital, injured. not only will they be receiving the medical care that they need, but in time, when the religious right, they will be getting support from officers, specially trained officers in terms of dealing with what they saw and what they went through last night. yes, because we remember and we talked about it in light of the manchester attack, medical staff responded so superbly after that. they are going through their own issues as a result of all of that, but we should remember as well that they are trained to deal with emergency situations. i am assuming that sort of training and the procedures for a large attack, the sort were talking about this morning, all those procedures were in pla

one was a british transport police officer who has been visited by his commissioner. he is seriously injured having been stabbed several times, he fought off one of the attackers with his baton. the other three are metropolitan police officers. one was off duty, we understand he was a rugby player in his spare time, and he made contact with one of the knife men and were seriously stabbed as a result of that. we are not quite sure if he is still in a critical position. the nationalities you mention, justin trudeau, the canadian prime minister, talking of one canadian victim. he or she has not been named. it is worth reminding people that borough market near london bridge is such a cosmopolitan area. this area is popular not only with londoners, that people from all over the world go there to eat and drink, it isa the world go there to eat and drink, it is a big, cosmetic —— cosmopolitan area. a helicopter is just flying over me. —— cosmopolitan area. a helicopter isjust flying over me. of —— cosmopolitan area. a helicopter is just flying over me. of the peo

the suspects left the vehicle, attempting to stab a number of people, including an on duty british transport police officer responding to the incident. he received serious injuries. >> reporter: the popular tourist attraction was packed with party goers. >> i just saw loads of people running away from the market, and there were people lying on the ground, and a taxi driver was shouting at people to run. >> reporter: hours later people were still evacuating the area. this picture shows what's believed to be two of the three suspects on the ground. police say the suicide vests they were wearing were fake. social media exploded with eyewitness accounts from the the london bridge. in a video police are heard temperaturing victims to get -- telling victims to get down. police also used a double decker bus to block access to the popular british land mark. the incident comes nearly two weeks after 22 people were killed at an ariana grande concert in manchester, and more than two months after a vehicle slammed into a crowd of people on westminster bridge. four people were killed in that attack and d

four of their own officers were injured, two seriously, one from the british transport police, seriously injured, and an off duty metropolitan police officer, a rugby player, he tackled one of the attackers last night and he himself sustained bad knife injuries. he is seriously injured in hospital but not thought to be suffering from life—threatening injuries. not thought to be suffering from life-threatening injuries. daniel, when we hear the strong tone from the prime minister, when she talks about changes, what might it actually mean? a powerful phrase from theresa may, things have got to change. it echoes what tony blair said after the 7th ofjuly bombings in london 12 years ago when he said, the rules of the game are changing. she specified a few things, one was there should not any longer be a safe 5 pa ce there should not any longer be a safe space on the internet. but will be highly controversial, after the edward snowden revelations, when people are concerned about encryption and wanted to make sure governments are not spying on them on the internet, naldo governments are sayin

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and also, a british transport police officer has been seriously injured after taking on one of these men with nice. stories of heroism on behalf of the police, as well as from members of the public who threw chairs and bottles to slow these men down in their attack. a lot of emphasis going on to make sure the public confidence remains in the police. a lot of emphasis today on the speed of the police response. the fact that from the beginning of the attack to the end, when the suspects were shot, was only eight minutes. an honest sense that a lot of loss of life might have been prevented by the speedy and aggressive reaction of these armed officers last night. thank you. daniel sandford at scotland yard. talking about the involvement of members of the public. we have heard a lot of reports of people who were in the bars and restaurants, trying to throw things at the attackers to try to do what tiny thing they could under the circumstances, bearing in mind as well that at least one of the attackers, if not all of them, we re the attackers, if not all of them, were wearing fake suicide

but at this hour the police in london, scotland yard, the london police and the british transport police are responded to two separate incidents. you can see there on the map a short time ago one at london bridge and the other at borough market. you can see these officers from the territorial support group. they are putting their protective helmets and shields on as well.so it would certainly suggest that they perceive there is a threat out there but there still may be a suspect or suspects who have not been accounted for. at this time. they are pushing forward to areas where the incident happened. if there are suspects at large, clearly that complicates the situation much more. one or more people out there with the potential to continue doing harm and they have got to be found. that is why you probably, the police are pushing forward. they may have a location that someone has been spotted. they are doing a systematic search of nearby streets. they are taking all of the precautions because a number of people have been injured and some of those we believe were injured as a result of a kni

and especially to the police and british transport police. they acted quickly and decisively to save lives. their professionalism is again exemplary. and also, a magnificent national health service staff who are still working out to save lives and heal the injured. we express admiration as well for those numbers of the public who put themselves in danger to assist and protect others, even to assist and protect others, even to the extent of confronting the murderous attackers. as in manchester last month, there actions are present, not just manchester last month, there actions are present, notjust the best of britain, but the normal and decent britain, but the normal and decent britain, the quiet courage and compassion that will always, always, defeat fear and hatred. applause . those who wish to harm our people, divide our communities and attacked out divide our communities and attacked our democracy, they will not succeed. our values of solidarity, humanity, and justice, will prevail. the violence and brutality of last night's attack, the ta

among many stories from that night, one stands out, the british transport police officer who stepped in to stop the attack. in a statement today he said, iwant attack. in a statement today he said, i want to say to the families that lost their loved ones, i am sorry i could not do more and i want you to know i did everything i could. he started off engaging with one of the terrorists and ended up fighting with all three of them. it is an astonishing story when you hear it. the victims have all now been identified. eight people from five countries killed in an attack on the people of an international city. tom symons, bbc news. voting is taking place in the general election. polling stations opened at seven this morning and you've got until ten o'clock this evening to cast your vote. nearly 47 million people are registered to vote — electing 650 westminster mps. the first results are expected from around iipm. our political correspondent gary o'donoghue reports. bright and early, the first of the leaders out this morning was the prime minister with husband philip, voting in her berk

the nearest would have been british transport police over the road. they do have some armed officer is. there is likely to be some armed officer is on the station at the time. clearly a potential terrorist target, that station. one eyewitness i spoke to say he did not see any police officer is. we have not managed to work out the timing of when shots may have been fired. that is eight he thing we want to hear from the police, that is eight he thing we want to hearfrom the police, what that is eight he thing we want to hear from the police, what the response was. “— hear from the police, what the response was. —— a key. i was briefed by some journalists about the preparations. they have firearms offences they can call on, notjust the metropolitan police, but all across the country. the constabulary. and they have a higher level of training. series weaponry capable of really holding an area in a sustained gunfight with terrorists, not that that happened this time, but if it did. and they have changed procedures to be able to. moving vehicle. bef

among the many stories from that night, one stands out — the british transport police officer who stepped in alone to try to stop the attack. in a statement today he said, i want to say to the families that lost their loved ones i am sorry i could not do more and i want you to know i did everything i could. he started off engaging with one of the terrorists and ended up literally fighting with all three of them. it is an astonishing story when you hear it. the victims have all now been identified — eight people from five countries killed in an attack on the people of an international city. tom symonds, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news. sacked fbi directorjames comey accuses donald trump's white house of lying when it said the bureau was in disarray. mr trump accused him of not telling the truth. voting is taking place across the uk in the 2017 general election, polls are due to close at ten o'clock so night. video emerges of the three london terrorists filmed outside a gym days before their attack. three more arrests have been made. all the very latest sports news now with 0lly, even

pc waymarks of the british transport police had just come on shift and walked out into a scene of chaos. i'm about to get on my radio andi chaos. i'm about to get on my radio and i hear this woman scream. sort up and i hear this woman scream. sort up behind me from the right—hand side. a young lady, she has been attacked. then he told me before he collected his thoughts he saw a man knocked to the ground, and knife than standing behind him. this guy is on the floor pleading for his life and the first attacker without any mercy stands over him and continues attacking him. i take my batting with my right hand and i ta ke batting with my right hand and i take a deep breath and a charge at him. itry take a deep breath and a charge at him. i try to take the first one out in one go, i swing as hard as i can cover everything behind it and i'm aiming straightfor cover everything behind it and i'm aiming straight for his head. then whilst on hitting the first i get a whack to the right side of my head, it felt metal, i thought maybe it was a metal pole or a bar at first, afterwards i realised

pc wayne marques of the british transport police had just come on shift and walked out into the scene of chaos. i am about to get my radio out and i hear a woman screaming, sort of behind me but from the right hand side and when i look i see a woman, a young white lady, and she has been attacked. then he told me before he had collected his thoughts he saw a man knocked to the ground, a knife man standing behind him. he was on the floor, pleadng for his life, and the first attacker, without any mercy stands over him and continues attacking him. i take my baton with my right hand like a racket, full extension, and i take a deep breath and i charge him. i try to take the first one out in one go and i swing as hard as i can, everything behind it. i aimed straight at his head. while i'm fighting the first one, i get a massive whack to the right side of my head. i felt metal, i thought maybe it was a metal pole or bar at first. afterwards i realised it was an knife. pc marques was temporarily blinded in one eye. the first attacker was still on the floor, but soon the second attacker was joi

one british transport police officer and five metropolitan officers were also wounded. a total of 48 people were injured — 21 of them remain critically ill. daniela relph reports. to herfamily, to her family, she to herfamily, she was chrissie, a person who had room in their heart for everyone, they said. a person who believe everyone should be valued and respected. christine had moved to europe from canada to be with her boyfriend tyler. on saturday night she died in tyler's arms. they had been walking over london bridge as the attack began. the van hit 30—year—old christine. her boyfriend's family say he tried desperately to keep her alive and paramedics were on the scene very quickly, but there was nothing they could do to save her. in a statement herfamily said could do to save her. in a statement her family said she wouldn't have understood the callous cruelty of her death. they also made this plea... christine archibald had worked at a homeless shelter back in canada. she had studied social work at university in calgary, where she was remembered as a shy and

the nearest would have been british transport police over the road. they do have some armed officer is. there is likely to be some armed officer is on the station at the time. clearly a potential terrorist target, that station. 0ne eyewitness i spoke to say he did not see any police officer is. we have not managed to work out the timing of when shots may have been fired. that is eight he thing we want to hear from the police, that is eight he thing we want to hearfrom the police, what that is eight he thing we want to hear from the police, what the response was. “— hear from the police, what the response was. —— a key. i was briefed by some journalists about the preparations. they have firearms offences they can call on, notjust the metropolitan police, but all across the country. the constabulary. and they have a higher level of training. series weaponry capable of

also, the british transport police have armed officers as well, they may have come from the station and got involved on this occasion. we have that report of shootings. we don't know who has fired at who. we will wait for the police to know about that. people in the area may have heard about this, explosions on the bridge. that is after the police cordon went into place. i believe that would be controlled explosions. bags lying on the ground that they we re bags lying on the ground that they were confirming were not explosives. an eyewitness talked about that and i believe that is what he heard. police are saying we should be calm and vigilant and alert. stay with us. and vigilant and alert. stay with us. i want to talk to eyewitnesses who saw the van driving at 50 miles per hour swerving into pedestrians and causing multiple casualties. we had two people on the line. i think you saw the van. tell us what you saw and heard. we were in the pubs and josh ordered a taxi. i left and got into a taxi and looked out the window towards the pub. josh had gone back in to get another friend. 5-10

the nearest officers would have been the british transport police over the road at london bridge. they have armed officers. i think it is likely to have been armed officers on the station at the time. it is clearly a potential terrorist target. we don't know when they are right. we spoke to one eyewitness who doesn't tell me he saw police officers. we are yet to work out the timing of when shots may have been fired so that is a big question we would like to know, what sort of response that was. they are ready and i was briefed along with a number of other journalists about the preparations of the police. what does the metropolitan police but all around the country. the civil nuclear constabulary have armed officers that can be used and a much higher level of training, far more serious weaponry, capable of holding an area in a sustained gunfight with terrorist. not something that happened in this case but something they are trained for. interestingly, trained to shoot to stop a vehicle which is a change in the procedures that police had. previously they had a method of working whic

sonia said: so proud of this british transport police officer. does he not deserve a pay rise? thank you for those, keep them coming in. still to come as the defence secretary says is could be facing the endgame in the battle for mosul, we will talk about what the result means for the future of what has been called the evil death cult. we will find out what the national crime agencies worried about the influence that island gangs from albania have over the uk drugs trafficking market. it is nearly 10:30am. the latest news headlines. thank you, good morning. a retired court of appealjudge is today expected to be appointed to lead the public inquiry into the grenfell tower disaster. sir martin moore—bick spent more than 20 years as a judge of the commercial court and court of appeal until his retirement last year. at least 80 people are now believed to have died in the fire, but police say the final number of dead won't be known until the end of the year at the earliest. theresa may will face a major test of whether she has enough authority to stay in power as mps vote on the q

the ongoing operation is led with british transport police, city of london police and analysts and fire services. at this stage, we believe, that sadly, six people have died in addition to the three attackers shot by police. there are at least 20 casualties take into six hospitals across london that numbers are still rising. i'd like to repeat our request for londoners to avoid the areas of london bridge and borough market to enable the emergent services to continue this operation. this investigation, as i said, is led by the command and we ask for help in the public in the following way: anybody has images or film for the taken by uploading it to www. uk police image .-dot uk and you'll find on various newsfeeds. of course, our thoughts are with those who are involved and concerned about love ones in the area. they should be contacted which is 080-96-1233. again, if you worried about someone in the area, 080-96-1233. were reviewing our plans and in the forthcoming days people can see police across the capital. finally, it is the public to be vigilant and contact police if they have con

also injured, four police officers — one from the british transport police, and three from the metropolitan police force. one of the met officers, who was off duty at the time, tackled one of the armed men, and remains in a serious condition. more names will follow those already released. all innocent victims, injured or killed on britain's streets. let's bring you the latest on the casualties. 48 people were taken to hospital, 36 are still being treated in hospitals around london. let's go to tim willcox, who is at kings couege to tim willcox, who is at kings college hospital. on here in camberwell, south london, the hospital which theresa may a few hours ago visited to talk to the victims —— some of the victims and the staff. as you say, 36 people of the staff. as you say, 36 people of the original 48 remaining in london hospitals, five london hospitals used in total. three of which had major trauma units, including this one here. 21 of those 36 people in hospital or critical, some of them extremely gravely ill. behind me here, 13 patients, eight of which are critical, at royal london

we are starting to hear some of their stories including one british transportation police officer who according to his boss stood down and went after the attackers with just his baton. he had been on the job for two years an tonight being commended for his courage. cnn also spoke one mother of one of the wounded who said her son daniel is struggling with what happened. >> he stepped outside the pub for a second. a man ran up to him and said this is for my family, for islam. looked him straight in the face and stabbed him. daniel pulled back. then he went into the pub. he wasn't aware he had been stabbed. there were shouts for everybody to get down on the floor. then they had to go downstairs into the pub. his friends had a torn ket on him. they were holding pressure. brought him downstairs. parts of it he doesn't re. when the police came, two police officers had him in the back of the car. if it wasn't for his friends quick action and for the police who have been absolutely fantastic and i thank god to them all night daniel -- i don't think daniel would be here. >> elizabeth o'neal al

the ongoing operation is led by the mets working closely with british transport police, city of london police in london ambulance and fire services. at this stage, we believe, that sadly, six people have died in addition to the three attackers shot by police. they are at least 20 casualties taken 26 hospitals across london and the numbers are still rising. i'd like to repeat our request for londoners to avoid the areas of london bridge and borough market to enable the emergent services to continue this operation. this investigation, as i said, is led by the counterterrorism commands and we ask for help from the public in the following ways: anyone who has images or film from the incident tonight, perhaps people in the area, upload it to w ww .-dot uk police image .-dot uk and you'll find that on various newsfeeds. of course, our thoughts are with those who are involved and mostly concerned about love ones in the area. they should be contacted at concert bureau which is open on 080-96-1233 so again if you're worried about someone in the area 080-96-1233. looking forward we are of course

you will have heard today about the british transport police officer who sustained injuries in the attack responding to the incident. i can also confirm an off-duty metropolitan police officer was caught up in the attack. fortunately, he has not suffered life-threatening injuries. he remains in hospital. the investigation team are taking statements from hundreds of witnesses and i can appeal to anybody with information on the incident to make contact with the police. the courdon in place around london bridge and borough market will remain there for the next few days and we encourage you to avoid those areas. we encourage everyone to call their travel operators en route when necessary. you will see police armed and unarmed in the next several days and plans of forward events are being reviewed. finally, i asked the public to remain calm and vigilant. if you see anything suspicious, no matter how insignificant you think it might be, please don't hesitate to contact the police, either 999 or 0800-789-231. i'll take some questions. >> do you think all the terrorists were shot dead by your off