this is bbc news. i'mjane hill live in borough market near london bridge. police investigating saturday night's terror attack in london say they know the identity of the three attackers who killed seven people and injured 48. officers raid properties in east london in the early hours of this morning, arresting several more people the first person known to have died in the attack is christine archibald — a 30—year—old canadian social worker in london with herfiance. it is now clear that, sadly, victims came from a number of nationalities. this was an attack on london and the united kingdom, but it was also an attack on the free world. 48 people were injured — among them an off—duty policeman who took on the attackers.

my understanding is that without hesitation, wearing his normal clothes, he dived in and tried to assist. and he, i'm afraid, was himself severely injured, but utterly heroic. security moves centre—stage in the general election campaign, as labour and the conservatives clash over funding for the police and security services. welcome to bbc news. we are as close as we can get to

london bridge. the police cordon is still in place after saturday night's attack after seven people died and 48 people were injured. the normal working week is resuming in london with attempts to get back to normality. many tube stations disrupted yesterday are back and running again, but still there is still an awful lot to reflect on after the grim events of the weekend. let's take a look at what we know this morning. police have said they do know the names of the attackers and will release them as soon as operationally possible, while officers try to establish if they were a part of a wider network. two more properties have been raided in east london following the attack, one in newham and another in barking. at least 12 people have been arrested and scotland yard say they've seized an enormous amount of forensic material. the first victim has been named as canadian national

christine archibald. she moved to europe to be with her fiance. let's look at what we know about the raids. as investigations continue, police entered properties in barking and newham just after 4 o'clock this morning. residents reported hearing ‘loud flash bangs and gunshots.‘ 12 people were arrested yesterday, several more detained in barking after raids, several more have been detained this morning. canadian national christine archibald died in the attack on saturday. according to her family, she had worked in a homeless shelter until she moved to europe to be with herfiance. they said, "chrissy had room

in her heart for everyone and believed strongly that every person was to be valued and respected." canadian prime minister justin trudeau said he was "heartbroken" to learn of ms archibald's death. in a statement, the family said: we grieve the loss of our beautiful, loving daughter and sister. she would have had no understanding of the callous cruelty that caused her death. please honour her by making your community a better place. volunteer your time or donate to a homeless shelter. tell them chrissy sent you. police have also taken extra precautions across london's bridges following the attack. additional barriers have been introduced along westminster, lambeth and waterloo bridge to protect pedestrians as they use the pavement. avan a van modes down pedestrians as they

we re a van modes down pedestrians as they were walking across london bridge. police have reopened much of the area surrounding the crime scene, although parts do still remain closed. the cord and we are standing by is very much in place. london bridge is a major transport hub, both overground rail and a major transport hub, both overg round rail and the a major transport hub, both overground rail and the tube network. it is a busy station ordinarily. to the amazement of some londoners, access to london bridge station has reopened from specific entrances and the actual bridge itself has been reopened, but only for travel northbound. speaking on radio 4 this morning, the commissioner of the metropolitan police cressida dick said the nature of the threat seemed to be changing, she was asked an awful lot about

what happened on saturday. it is the third attack in the united kingdom in three months. she said the nature of the threat is changing and police, of course, could always do with more resources. we need to look at that. and we do have very extensive legisaltion, we do have very extensive powers, we need to look at whether we're using them to their full effect. and we'll be working with whoever is in the government to see whether further powers would assist. as for resoursing, every leader is going to ask for more resources, of course they are. we do have a very, very powerful counterterrorist effort. but as i've indicated, the threat seems to be changing, so we need to look at our strategy. we need to look at our resourcing, we need to look at the techniques we're using. we've always been able to sort of step up our game, and that, i'm afraid, is what we clearly need to do now, as do people in our communities. we get lots of information, we get more than we ever have. we have people standing up

and condemning these attacks more than we ever have, but we do need more in the future. cressida dick, the commission of the metropolitan police in london. our correspondent daniel sandford is outside scotland yard in central london. give us your assessment of those comments from cressida dick, and a sense of where we are with the investigation this morning. sense of where we are with the investigation this morninglj sense of where we are with the investigation this morning. i think very, very interesting comments from the commissioner there. she is acknowledging that there is now a need to reassess how they deal with counterterrorism. if you imagine the old—fashioned method counterterrorism. if you imagine the old —fashioned method of counterterrorism, you are trying to spot people that are trying to manufacture bomb parts, store exposes, oi’ manufacture bomb parts, store exposes, or store weapons. that was dealing with the ira, and dealing with the al-qaeda in iraq, to an

extent. in the early era of islamic state, people were trying to mount reasonably sophisticated plots, like the one we saw in manchester. but there is now a different area of this whole process of dealing with terrorism, which is around people that will use very, very simple means of trying to kill people, driving a vehicle, using a knife. it isn't obvious to anyone how it is you can stop that beyond getting intelligence on the communities. but it is how you deal with that when it happens. there is some satisfaction here at scotland yard that when this attack happened on saturday night, it was dealt with quickly, swiftly and aggressively, and brought to an end as soon as it possibly could. what cressida dick is talking about is, how do we now try to intercept these very simple attacks further up these very simple attacks further up the line. i don't think anybody really has the answer to that at the moment, other than what she was talking about, communities giving information. the problem is, talking

to muslim leaders today, there is a feeling that, well, we are giving people information and it is not always acted on. that is in terms of both the attack on the manchester arena, when several people want the authorities about their concerns about the man who blew himself up at the manchester arena, and in this case, at least one of the men, who we have not named yet, because we have been asked not to by the police. he was reported on more than one occasion because of his extremist views. thank you, daniel. let's head over and hear the labour leader who has just started speaking. holding the concert last night in manchester was an amazing thing to do and absolutely the right thing to do and absolutely the right thing to do and absolutely the right thing to do. it showed that we are not going to allow anybody to dictate how we live our lives, or how we go about enjoying ourselves. for those people that imagine

somehow or other these kind of terrorist attacks are going to deter us terrorist attacks are going to deter us from exercising our democratic right to have our election, to decide who our government is going to be, wrong. we carry on. democracy will prevail. cheering and i made a speech about this last night, and about all the issues surrounding it. this election is, of course, about many, many things. but it's also about, i think, recognising those people who have lost loved ones and suffered as a result of it. if you can have a pause for a few moments silence in memory fall of those that died in manchester and liverpool, and at the same time, pay thanks to the police, the british transport police, the firefighters, ambulances, nhs crews, and those that did so much to save lives, thank you very much to all of

them. they stand by us every day of them. they stand by us every day of the year. we must stand by them at the year. we must stand by them at the same time. thank you very much. applause this election is now only a few hours away, almost. and i'll tell you what, we have been travelling the whole country. we have still got the whole country. we have still got the whole country to go around again, because we are not going to lead any area behind, we will leave i'io lead any area behind, we will leave no stone unturned to get our message out about this election, and how people have got a choice, a real choice in this election. either we can go down the road of a government that passers—by on the other side,

leaves communities behind, doesn't ca re leaves communities behind, doesn't care about the effects of free—market economics, doesn't care about the effects of cuts in local government expenditure. doesn't care about the effects of nhs cuts, doesn't care about the effects of out doesn't care about the effects of our children, doesn't care about the effects of ourchildren, and doesn't care about the effects of our children, and underfunding schools, or a labour government that would do things very, very differently. this book, for the many not the few, has in it a programme and an idea, and a philosophy, of how we approach life and these issues. i am very proud of this document, very proud of my shadow cabinet that helps to put it together, and proud of the huge codger vision that ian labrie and andy macdonald have made to the team, thank you ian and andy for the work you do. —— huge contribution. i will give you an example of how we do things develop, middlesbrough has made steel for the world. famous all around the world, you could see bridges and railways, built with steel from this area. the skill that provided those things for people all

over the planet, then it was brought into public ownership with british steel and continued doing all of that. then, privatisation followed, one company after another bought it, then eventually ssi, then it was closed down. what did the government do when it was under threat quiz that what did it do when it was about to be closed down? what intervention debate propose? nothing, nothing, nothing. iwill tell you this, a labour government with mps like ian and andy, and tracy as part of that parliamentary majority, would not pass by and let a community die and suffer because ofa a community die and suffer because of a lack of government intervention. this document, our manifesto, is quite clear. we will have an industrial strategy that does protect our steel industry, and does protect our steel industry, and does invest in high technology, sustainable jobs for the future. we will not allow 6 million people to be earning less than the living wage, we will not allow a million people to be working on zero hours

contracts. we will give rights at work from day one of employment, not having to wait. cheering and beyond that,... the labour leader talking in middlesbrough. we will hear from theresa may, the prime minister at some point later in the day. let's go to westminster and get the ports of norman smith. your thoughts about an extraordinary situation we are in, a matter of days away from a general election but with a backdrop unlike any other. yeah, interesting to listen tojeremy other. yeah, interesting to listen to jeremy corbyn other. yeah, interesting to listen tojeremy corbyn not repeating some of the criticisms he made last night, which focused very much on the security response in the wake of london bridge. this morning, seeking to move back onto his familiar election train, opposing cuts to the nhs, to school funding, stressing the case for the steel industry, and

trying to revitalise the steel industry. moving back onto his core, domestic agenda. that said, i think it is going to be very, very hard indeed to move this election away from the security issues, which of course, will dominate so many people's thinking. one of the interesting things this morning is how the prime minister seeks to flesh out some of the ideas and priorities she sketched out yesterday on the steps of downing street in her enough is enough speech, when she suggested we had to end what she called the safe spaces, where extra is could express their views, where they could become radicalised. whether we will get a firmer sense of what mrs may is looking at, bearing in mind of course that many of the ideas that we know have been looked at before are not new, they go all the way back, really, to the aftermath of the 7/7 bombing when tony blair then tried to press ahead with many of

these initiatives, trying to crack down on mosques, where it was thought radicalisation and extremist views are being propagated, trying to crack down on groups, and by and large, all those moves, or many of them, were resisted. he was simply unable to implement them, and had to backtrack over things like detention without trial, control orders, which was itself repealed by theresa may. it will be interesting to see the sort of ideas mrs may fleshes out. then of course, the big question — mark, whether they are deliverable. in 2010, we faced an unprecedented level of deficit, the largest peacetime deficit ever, and difficult decisions had to be taken. and all parties at that time agreed that there would need to be cuts, there would need to be efficiency savings, and that was agreed by all parties. as i say, in 2015, when the labour party were calling for a 10%

cut in police funding, we protected the police budget to make sure that wasn't the case. we have always stood by the police to make sure they have what they need. that was the culture secretary karen bradley. that was one of the pressure points they are under. i think mrs may is on a feed, let's listen to what she has got to say. the british government need to be in the strongest possible position going into those talks. that remains the most critical issue in this campaign. but of course, when this campaign. but of course, when this campaign started, we could never have predicted the tragic turn that events would take. we could never have imagined the appalling depravity that led a cowardly and callous killer to target innocent men, women and children in the way that we saw in manchester two weeks ago. nor could we have envisaged the

brutal attack that was carried out oi'i brutal attack that was carried out on the streets of london on saturday evening. we continue to hold all those affected by both attacks in out those affected by both attacks in our thoughts today. let us also continue to think of the brave men and women of the police and emergency services, who continue to deal with the aftermath, many of whom will have witnessed things that no one should ever have to see. but while it was right that we should pause to show our respects to those who have lost, and ensure energy 's we re who have lost, and ensure energy 's were focused on responding to the immediate aftermath of events, it is right that our way of life and our democratic process should go on. that is why today, i want to return to the choice people face in three days' time, and to the crucial... because that is what this election is about. it is about which leader and team people trust to take the big decisions that matter to

britain, about which leader and which team people trust to keep britain safe. about which leader and which team will deliver economic security for you and your family. and about which leader and which team will travel to brussels in two weeks and negotiate the right deal for britain in europe. because the question of leadership has always been at the heart of this campaign, and it is absolutely crucial that we get the answer right. the ability to say the courageous thing, and do the difficult thing, to face up to and address great challenges, not to pretend they don't exist or seek to wish them away. the strength to be straight with people, and notjust tell them what they want to hear. the ability to get the job done, thatis the ability to get the job done, that is what leadership means to me. and it is that leadership that i offer the british people at this election, strong and stable leadership, to guide britain through

the years ahead. and we need that strongly dish it now more than ever. for, injust two strongly dish it now more than ever. for, in just two weeks, strongly dish it now more than ever. for, injust two weeks, we embark strongly dish it now more than ever. for, in just two weeks, we embark on bat is the most difficult set of international negotiations this country has ever known. the most difficult and most important. everything we want as a country depends on getting these negotiations right. our future prosperity, our place in the world, out prosperity, our place in the world, our standard of living, and the opportunities we want for our children and our children's children. each and everyone depends on having the strongest possible hand as we enter those negotiations in order get the best dexit deal for families across this country. —— brexit deal. if we fail, the consequences for britain and the security of ordinary people will be dire. if we succeed, the opportunities ahead of us will be great. i have negotiated for britain in europe, and i know that the best place to start is to be clear about where you stand and what you want.

that's why i have been clear that we do not seek to fight this deal, to be half in and half out of the eu. the british people made their choice, and it would be a scandal to do anything other than to respect their decision. and it is right to respect the view of other european leaders, also, when they say we can't be half in and half out of the european union either. we will leave and take control of our money, take control of our borders, and take control of our borders, and take control of our laws. our money, so we no longer pay huge sums to the european union every year, but spend that money on our priorities here at home, things like the new shared prosperity fund we will put in place, to reduce the inequalities that exist within and between the four nations of our united kingdom. our borders, so while we continue to attract the brightest and best to work or study in this country, we can be confident that we have control over immigration, and that

our immigration system serves the national interest. our laws, so we bring the jurisdiction of the european court of justice bring the jurisdiction of the european court ofjustice to an end, and return decision—making authority to this country as the public demanded we should. and as we deliver on the will of the british people, we will forge a new deep and special partnership with europe, allowing us to trade and co—operate with our nearest neighbours. but we will also reach out beyond europe, to strike new trade deals for our goods and services with old allies and new friends around the world, too. this is a clear and ambitious plan, but i'm confident we can deliver. that is because we have taken the time to develop the plan, to study the detail, to understand the negotiating positions and priorities of those on the other side of the table, to build relationships, and be absolutely clear in our own minds, and in those of the 27 remaining member states, about the kind of future

relationship we seek. compare that to the alternative. we know a little of what jeremy corbyn would do, he openly says he would throw all of our work away on day one by scrapping our white paper, without having any idea what he would put in place instead. he says he wants tariff free access to the eu, but cannot say if he wants to remain a memberof the cannot say if he wants to remain a member of the single market, and with it, remain subject to the rulings of the european and european free movement rules. you cannot say if it means remaining a full member of the customs union, which would deprive us of our ability to strike new trade agreements around the world. these are the most basic questions that need to be answered, and yet, we've heard nothing at all about them from jeremy corbyn. but we do know something, jeremy corbyn says he would do on day one, he would throw away our negotiating position at a stroke by rejecting the very idea of walking away with no deal. i often say no deal is

better than a bad deal, because that is in britain's national interest. jeremy corbyn seems to think that any deal, no matter what the prize, no matter what the terms, is better than no deal. that's not leadership, that's an abdication of leadership. the bureaucrats in brussels would think christmas had come early if the british government adopted such an approach, yet that is exactly what jeremy corbyn is an approach, yet that is exactly whatjeremy corbyn is proposing. that's why he's not fit together —— to negotiate for britain. it is on that endeavour that everything else depends. if we get brexit right, then together, we can do great things. we can build a britain beyond brexit that is stronger, fairerand more beyond brexit that is stronger, fairer and more prosperous than it is today. that's what my plan for a stronger britain is all about, fulfilling the promise of brexit, so that everyone in every community can enjoy the opportunities they

deserve, and the security they need. that means economic security, and it means physical security, too. the conservative party has always understood that a strong economy is the foundation for everything else. if we are to have a prosperity, security and quality of life that we want, we must first ensure we have an economy that is robust. this belief in sound money and fiscal could ability is in our dna at a party. as we face up to the challenge of leaving the european union, it is even more important today. we hold true to it because we know that if you cannot manage money properly, investment will dry up. taxes will rise, and businesses and the jobs they provide will flee from our shores. and its ordinary working people who will pay the price. we hold true to it today because we know it isjobs hold true to it today because we know it is jobs and hold true to it today because we know it isjobs and investment hold true to it today because we know it is jobs and investment that provide the money we need to fund vital public services on which we

all rely. and above all, we know that it all rely. and above all, we know thatitis all rely. and above all, we know that it is wrong to pass to future generations a build you cannot or will not pay yourself. —— bill. those that come later, including people not yet born to pay back. if we are serious about restoring the contract between the generations, there is no more important thing we can do than seek to balance the books and pay down the debt. that is a simple matter of justice books and pay down the debt. that is a simple matter ofjustice that only the conservative party understands. so we will show leadership and continued to take the difficult decisions we need to bring the deficit down. ten years after the banking crisis, and thanks to the ha rd banking crisis, and thanks to the hard work and sacrifice of people across the country, the deficit is back to where it was before labour let its spiral out of control. and thanks to our careful stewardship of the economy, debt is about to start falling, too. so the government i

lead will carry on with the job, getting the country back to living within its means, because a strong economy is the basis of our security asa economy is the basis of our security as a nation. but that is not the limit of our ambition. it is right we take the difficult decisions to get the deficit under control, but the government i lead will do more. lam determined the government i lead will do more. i am determined that the next conservative government will focus on growth, and on driving growth across the country to build an economy that works for everyone. and thatis economy that works for everyone. and that is how we will fulfil the promise of wrecks it together. we will encourage businesses to set up and grow. —— the promise of brexit together. that is how you raise more money and attract investment. punishing businesses with higher taxes is not leadership, it's an abdication of leadership. a good sound bite for an election, but a

disastrous policy for our country. and punishing families with higher taxes is not leadership either. yet, that's exactly what jeremy corbyn has plans with the independent policies that will cause the highest tax burden ever know in britain's peacetime history, and that is not our way. we will keep taxes low. and we will do new trade deals for britain, with new friends and old allies around the world, because trade will be crucial to our future growth and prosperity. we need to be a great global trading nation once again. that's why we will create a network of trade commissioners across nine regions, to lead export promotion, investment and trade policy overseas. and like all conservative governments before us, we will bear down on regulations wherever we can, and continue to regulate more effectively. but while

a strong economy is the foundation, a strong economy is the foundation, a fairer economy is vital, too. that's why i want to do more to spread prosperity around the country as our new modern industrial strategy will do. it means keeping taxes low and helping people with the cost of living by intervening where markets are failing, by making markets work for working people. and it means guaranteeing a decent wage for all with a higher national living wage, and notjust protecting but enhancing rights and protections for people at work as we leave the eu. and with a strong and a fair economy, we will invest in our vital public services, give people dignity and security in old age with annual increases in the state pension, and invest in keeping our country safe. retaining trident, increasing the defence budget, and backing the finest piece and intelligence services in the world. for keeping

our country safe should be the numberone our country safe should be the number one priority for any prime ministerand any number one priority for any prime minister and any government. yet in this election, there is one leader who has made it his life's ambition to get rid of trident, and one who is committed to keeping it. one leader who has boasted about opposing every single counterterror law, and one who has been possible for passing them. one leader who has opposed the use of shoot to kill, and given cover to the ira when they bombed and shot our citizens, and who now, in the midst of an election campaign, wants to do all he can to hide or deny those views. that's not leadership, it's an abdication of leadership. it's a failure to meet even the minimum requirement of the job safeguarding the security of the country takes leadership, that is why since 2010 we have have protected the budget forecount

terrorism policing and increased resources available to intelligence agency, it is why since 2015 when jeremy corbyn's front bench was arguing for the police to be cut by arguing for the police to be cut by a further 10%, we have not cut the police, but protected their budget. it is why we have increased the number of armed police officer, improved cooperation between the police and specialist military units and provided funding for an additional 19 l ron hubbard —— hundred hundred serbs is at mi5, mi6 and gchq. despite the successes we mist do more to respond to the changing threat to our country and way of life. we cannot deny that the threat from islamist extremism is one of the gravest we face. i believe it is right that the uk is engaged in taking on and defeating groups like is and their like around the world. it is in our own national interest to do so, and it is in the

interest to do so, and it is in the interest of the wider world. but as our efforts to defeat them overseas are ever more successful, there are increasingly seeking to spread their poisonous ideology and prey on the week and vulnerable in our own country, inspy spiring them to commit acts of terror at home. they exploit the safe spaces of the internet and social media and them in the real world too. the uk has led the world, in developing a strategy for preventing extremism and it has been successful we leading into national effort to defeat the ideology of islamist extremism round the worldment adds the threat evolves our response must do so too. we cannot go on as we are, enough is enough. we must do more, much more, to take on and defeat the evil ideology of islamist

extremism that preaches hatred, sows division —— division. it is an ideology that promotes a false choice between our western values of freedom, democracy and human rights and the religion of slam. it's a perversion of islam and of the truth. and it will only be defeated when people understand that our values, pluralistic british values are interior to anything offered by the preachers and supporters of hate. we must deny it the safe spaces it needs, to take root and grow. working with other democratic government, we will agree ways to regulate cyberspace, and prevent the spread of extremism and terrorist planning online. we will continue to support military action, to destroy is in iraq and syria, and we will do more to deny this ideology the physical space to breed here at home. that means refusing to tolerate extremism of any kind in

our country. it means being more robust in piing if it and stamping it out, across the public sector and wider society. this is what we must do, if we are to come together as a country and tackle this extremism in our midst. notjust country and tackle this extremism in our midst. not just violent extremism but the whole spectrum, starting with the bigotry and hatred that can so often turn to violence too. and as i said yesterday in response to the attack on our country the third in as many months, because of the changing nature of the threat we face, we need to review our counter—terrorism strategy, to make sure that the police and security services have all the powers they need. if that means increasing the length of custodial sentences for terrorism related offence, even apparently less serious offences that is what we will do these proposals set out in our manifesto are founded on a deep understanding of the threat we

face. they maybe uncomfortable for some to contemplate but nothing is more important than keeping our country safe. that is what strong leadership is about. stepping up, facing up, and doing what is right for britain. that is and will always be my approach. ijust want to do what is best for our country. to get won the job in front of me h and to lead britain forward. a year ago lead britain forward. ayearagoi lead britain forward. a year ago i launched my campaign for the leadership of the conservative party in this very room. i said at the time, that i am not a showy politician, i don't tour the television studio, i don't gossip about people over lunch. i don't go drinking in parliament's bar, i don't often wear my heart on my sleeve. that is true. i said then andl my sleeve. that is true. i said then and i say now, if ever there was a time for a prime minister who is ready and able dojob time for a prime minister who is ready and able do job from day one, this is it. because there is no time

for learning on the jo. the demands of the role are significant, the ability to master the details crucial and the need to make big important decisions inescapable. and with the brexit negotiations beginning just 11 day days after polling day, we have no time to waste. so i offer myself as prime minister once more, with a resolute determination to get on with the job, of delivering brexit, confident ican get job, of delivering brexit, confident i can get a deal that works for all, and belief that i have the vision, the plan, the will and the experience to fulfil the promise of brexit and build a better britain. that is what the election in three days' time is about. it is about who can provide the leadership to do what is right for britain. and with the support of people across country at the ballot box on thursday, that is what i will do. thank you. applause i can take questions from

the media, who do we have here? goodness me. it is a whole host of media. gary. this morning cressida dick said that in the light of the attack over the weekend, absolutely we need to look at having more police, more forensic, more intelligence officers, do you agree and would that mean you were wrong to cut numbers? cressida dick has said that the metropolitan police are well resourced and they are, she said they have very powerful counter—terrorism capabilities and that i do. we have protected

counter—terrorism policing budget,er we have funded and up lift in the numberofarmed we have funded and up lift in the number of armed police officers and from 2015 as i said in my speech we are protecting police budget, that is despite the fact that jeremy corbyn's front bench subjected they should be cut by up to 10%. but it is also about the powers that you give to the police. and i have been responsible for giving the police extra power, to deal with terrorism, jeremy corbyn has boasted he is opposed the powers and opposed the powers for anti—terror actions throughout his time in parliament. and i also support absolutely, shoot—to—kill, and i think what we saw on our streets on saturday, was how important that was, those police office rs how important that was, those police officers is within eight minutes had shot the three attackers and killed them and that saved countless lives. applause beth. thank you prime minister. a

question on those police cut, you talked today about stamping out extremism in communities and preventing young people becoming radicalised, but isn't it a fact that 20,000 police cuts meant there have been cuts to neighbour police, cuts to community policening and cuts to community policening and cuts in exactly the place where you need to stop this ideology growing. was this raised while you were home secretary as a problem, and what are you going to do about it? thank you. it is right, i i have set out i do think we need to take a much more robust approach to tealing with extremism. i think there has overall, we have made progress on this, i introduced a counter extremism strategy when i was home secretary, but, ithink extremism strategy when i was home secretary, but, i think we extremism strategy when i was home secretary, but, ithink we have extremism strategy when i was home secretary, but, i think we have seen overall too much tolerance of extremism in our society. so we do need to deal with it. that is why in

our manifesto we have set out a step that i think will be the first country in the world to take, which is to introduce the commission on countering extremism, that will be working with the public sector, but also with civil society, with organisations and individuals, both to promote our pluralistic british values but also, to help people identifying extremism and be able to know how to deal with that extremism when they see it. that is the first time any country has taken that step, i believe that is important andl step, i believe that is important and i believe that will help us in that necessary task of stamping out extremism. andy. thank you very much. andy bell 5 news. prime minister, you accused those who were concerned is about police cuts of crying wolf. do you accept you were wrong to say that, that they were raising legitimate concerns is, and do you commit to restore those 20,000 police officers that were cut since 2010?|j

restore those 20,000 police officers that were cut since 2010? i have answered the question about policing, but i am very happy to repeat what we have been doing in policing. which is we have been protecting counter—terrorism police, we have provided funding for an up lift. we have, we are protected police budget, the labour party, jeremy corbyn's front bench said that police budgets could be cut by up that police budgets could be cut by up to so %, we said no, we are going to protect the budgets, but it is about the powers you g give to the police, i have been responsible to give extra powers to the police to deal with terrorism. jeremy corbyn's boasted he has opposed every single piece of anti—terror legislation since he came into parliament. laura. prime minister, most direct experience that members of the public see in terms of efforts of a government to keep us safe, is the number of police on the street, on your watch as home secretary the number of armed police officers

fell. it is lower than it was in 2010. the number of officers fell in total by 20,000 and control orders that monitored terrorists were watered—down. now if you mean what you say this morning, that this election should be about leader ship and it is your number one priority to keep the public safe would it not be leadership to say you would reservice the cuts. you mention the control order, they were being knocked down in the courts and that is why we looked a, had to look a theissue is why we looked a, had to look a the issue of control orders but ensured that the police and security serviced had powers in their remit, to be able to deal with people who would do us harm. and that is what we have cone, we have enhanced the powers for the police. we have ensured that the security and intelligence agencies have the powers they need through the investigatory powers act i introduced. that is what this is about. it is ensuring that our police and security services are able to do with job we want them to

do. we have protected those budgets, asi do. we have protected those budgets, as i say, we are funding an up lift ofi as i say, we are funding an up lift of i think 1500 armed police officers, but it is notjust about resource , officers, but it is notjust about resource, it is about the powers people have. as i said, earlier, on in response to a question, i fully support the police, in shoot—to—kill and we saw on saturday night how important it was for them to be able to act on our streets to protect british citizens is. nick? thank you prime minister. you have said that the time has come to tackle notjust violent extremism, but extremist ideology, does that mean you have changed your mind? you remember you had a public row with michael gove when he said that you and your officials were prepared to tackle violent extremism but not extremist ideology, so are you agreeing with what michael gove said then, which is you need to drain the swamp and

not simply beat back the crocodiles from the boat. i have been very clear throughout that it wasn't just about environment extremism, it was about environment extremism, it was about extremism, and that is why, when i was hope secretary we introduced the strategy, you can look back, i have made various speeches over the years where i have said we need to deal with extremism notjust the vie said we need to deal with extremism not just the vie let extremism. said we need to deal with extremism notjust the vie let extremism. but, what we have now seen, is a change in the threat we face, an increased diversity in the threat we face, and i think it is important for us tow respond to that, and that is that you would expect a government to do as said while we have have made progress in relation to extremism, i believe that there has overall been too great a willingness to tolerate it in our society and that is why we need to take further action. yes, chris. prime minister, do you, i know you blame the courses for getting control orders in 2011, but why not

bring them back, do you regret getting rid of them so soon? the the control orders were being knocked down by the court, we introduced the terrorism prevention and investigation measure, we enhance those measures, most recently, to ensure that the police and security services have the powers they need. we have given the police additional power, ina we have given the police additional power, in a variety of ways for example the ability to take somebody's passport away at the border, to then if they think they are leaving the country to perhaps to go to fight in syria for example, and if they, to see if they can prosecute that #1rid, we have consistently looked at ensuring people have the powers they need. we need to do that, we need to continue to do that, as we see a different threat. that is what i am committed to doing. ben? talking about protecting the counter—terrorism pricing budget, what about the

neighbourhood policing budget? you saw cuts to that. was it a mistake to cut thousands of those? those? ? we are protecting police budgets, what we saw in 2015 the labour front bench saying they would be happy to see police cuts, they thought it was possible to have police cuts of 5-10%. we possible to have police cuts of 5—10%. we said no, we are protecting the budgets. harry. thank you prime minister. overnight round the world we saw a slew of headlines that suggested that britain is reeling and london is under siege. what is your message to those who say britain is cowering in the face of terror? what we have seen from the british people is that resolute spirit and determination to get on with life, and show that business is as usual. we saw that following the manchester attack, and we saw it, and we are seeing it

today in london. as you say people here, in the uk, are going about their business, because we will not allow the terrorists to defeat us. we will defeat them. george. prime minister, i wondered if you would like to say anything about the way the london mayor has handled the crisis and whether you have any views on the intervention of foreign world leaders?” have any views on the intervention of foreign world leaders? i think he is doing an excellentjob. saddique, i have chaired a second cobra meeting and he was present at that meeting, he was present at the cobra i chaired yesterday, and we are working together. we are working with the mayor of london, and with city hall to ensure for example, that the transport network has, is able to get back up and running so people can go about their business. by

people can go about their business. by and large this election south of the border has been about brexit but north of the border it has been about independence. nicola sturgeon believes she has a double mandate to demand from you another independence referendum. she got most seats and most votes in the 2016 holyrood election and had a clear than date from the scottish parliament. the scottish voters would like to know a precise answer to this question, can you tell us, what the position, precise reason is you believe she does not have a mandate.” precise reason is you believe she does not have a mandate. i have been very clear that now is not the time to be talking about a second independence referendum in scotland. first of all, we are going into this these brexit negotiations as the united kingdom, now is the time we need to work together, not be trying to pull ourselves apart, as nicola sturgeon is, i would remind everybody that in 2014 it was the scottish nationalists who said that vote was a once in a generation, indeed once in a lifetime vote, and

that vote was to stay part of the united kingdom. finally, iwould say to everybody, anybody who believes in our precious union, anybody who believes that we are four nations but at heart one people, that we should stay together as a united kingdom, should vote conservative. prime minister, we have now had three terrorist attacks in three months, whether it is an issue with policing or whether warnings have been missed, the you regard these attacks as a failure to prevent the attacks as a failure to prevent the attacks by government, and if so do you worry about what that says about your record? well, over the past threw months we have had the three attack, the police and the security services have also foiled five other attacks. what we have seen is an increase in tempo and a change in the terrorist threat, as i i said with terrorism breeding terrorism, and that is why it is right that we

look at our response to that, and we adjust it, as we always do, when we see the terror threat evolving and the means of the terrorists evolving. yes. thank you. prime minister, you and your government want to stay party to counter—terrorism tools after brexit, that operated by the european union, such as the schengen informing system, but as you know, those are currently subject to the jurisdiction of the european court ofjustice, do you accept if you wa nt to ofjustice, do you accept if you want to keep hold of those you will have to compromise on your objective of exiting the european court of justice do your have an alternative plan that would allow you to do both? the schengen information syste m both? the schengen information system is not just both? the schengen information system is notjust about both? the schengen information system is not just about terrorism. it is about serious and organised criminals, about identification of people who are travelling across borders, and as part of the negotiations we will be looking at

that and various other programmes and projects and arrangements of cooperation we have currently, which would lapse when we leave the european union and to continue have to those in future, there are a numberofareas in to those in future, there are a number of areas in those negotiations where currently the court offjustice hasjurisdiction and we will need to be looking at how we can ensure there is appropriate oversight of the use of those but i am very clear the european court off justice those but i am very clear the european court offjustice and its jurisdiction is in the uk is going to be ended. yes. last nightjeremy corbyn said he would consider any requests for new powers from the security services, i wonder what you made of that pledge and whether you could match it. can i ask you also about revelations overnight one of the killers in the latest attack appeared to have

featured in a channel 4 documentary waving an is flag in a london park. is that the sort of thing you mean when you say we have been too tolerant. the police have identified all attacker, they will release those names, so i can't comment on the individuals, and it is of course still an ongoing investigation, as tojeremy corbyn's still an ongoing investigation, as to jeremy corbyn's claim that he would consider any powers that the security services asked to have for the future i would simply say to people, look, at the if the rent records. as home secretary, i increased powers available to the police and the security service to deal with terrorism, jeremy corbyn has boasted that he has opposed every piece of anti—terror 11 lacing since he came into parliament i think that is all people need to know. you raise praised the work that saddique khan has been doing as

mayor. donald trump responded to the attack by mocking him. would a period of silence on his part be welcome? i, as i said i am very clear that saddique is doing a good job as mayor of london. we are working with him, working together and that is important. central government and the london mayoralty and his officials working together to ensure that we are responding to the attack, and looking as i have said earlier at the work that the police is doing to give the public extra protection and extra reassurance , we want extra protection and extra reassurance, we want people to go about their business, we are very clear that we will not allow the terrorists to harm our way of life or our demonarch sip. who else —— democracy s there is somebody at the back i can't see. you have talked about the reasons you have called this election, i wonder if you could tell us how many

seats do you need to win to justify that decision? i have throughout my many years in politics i have been very clear, i never set expectations of that sort and i never predict election result, what i do is go out and campaign to earn the trust and support of the british people. prime minister, why did you tell police officers they were crying wolf when they warned you about cuts? i think you are referring to a speech i cave to the police fed where i was clear they needed to reform and guess what, they took that message and they are reforming. prime minister, you have said this election is about leadership, your own leadership has been called into question by yourformer own leadership has been called into question by your former colleague steve hilton director of strategy under david cameron who said you we re under david cameron who said you were responsible for the recent attack, what is your response to him? i think i have

attack, what is your response to him? i thinki have to attack, what is your response to him? i think i have to say, attack, what is your response to him? i thinki have to say, i don't think him? i thinkl have to say, i don't think i am the only person in westminster who has found themselves on the receiving end of a few comments from steve hilton. what would donald trump have to say for you to criticise him publicly? well i have been very clear, i have been happy 0 say i think president trump has been wrong to take america out of the climate change agreement. lam not out of the climate change agreement. i am not afraid to say when i think president trump is getting things wrong. sadiq khan is doing a good job, it is wrong to say anything else. he is doing a good job. prime minister, you have strong and sta ble prime minister, you have strong and stable written on your lectern there, does that stability apply to

your top team or can we expect a sweeping reshuffle onjune 9th. your top team or can we expect a sweeping reshuffle on june 9th. you are not the first person who has tried that, i have to say, i will put on record that i am proud of my cabinet, i put on record that i am proud of my cabinet, lam proud put on record that i am proud of my cabinet, i am proud of the work they have done, i think they have done an excellent job have done, i think they have done an excellentjob since have done, i think they have done an excellent job since the have done, i think they have done an excellentjob since the election, they and i will be spending the next few days focussing on the thing that matters to the british people, which is ensuring that we have the right leadership and the right government in power, after the election onjune 8th. it is a very system simple choice between strong and stable leadership or a coalition of chaos underjeremy leadership or a coalition of chaos under jeremy corbyn. thank leadership or a coalition of chaos underjeremy corbyn. thank you. so, we leave that very lengthy briefing there, statement and briefing there, statement and briefing and many questions for theresa may, not surprisingly, given the comments by cressida dick earlier, about resourcing and

policing but much more beside. let us get norman smiths thoughts on that. a lot of talk about that and brexit as well. jane, i thought it interesting that theresa may clearly wa nted interesting that theresa may clearly wanted to get on the offensive over security, accusing jeremy corbyn of not supporting shoot—to—kill, having voted against every anti—terrorism bill that had been passed, suggesting he would scrap trident. citing his link with sinn fein and the ira. yet, in the question and a nswer the ira. yet, in the question and answer it was theresa may on the defensive because of her track record in relation particularly to police number, a barrage of questions about whether she regretted cutting 20,000 police overall, and the impact it had on community policing, neighbourhood policing and the impact that had on intelligence gathering about people potentially at risk of extremism or

radicalisisation, more than that she was challenged about the decision to strap scroll order, she said the courts had already struck down control orders but there is is a lot of controversy about the replacement which she has put in place, namely tpims and she was tackled over her attitude, she has a public row with michael gove during the birmingham schools trojan saga which she seemed to suggest it wasn't a matter for the home office to deal with. we saw her under real pressure i thought. norman, thank you very much. norman smith our assistant political editor listening to that address. we will have much more from here, at a very blustery london bridge over the course of the day. we say goodbye now to viewers on bbc to. -- bbc —— bbc two. this is bbc news.

i'm jane hill close to london bridge. police investigating saturday night's terror attack say they know the identity of the three men who killed seven people and injured 48. officers raid properties in east london in the early hours of this morning, arresting several more people. the first person known to have died in the attack is christine archibald — a 30—year—old canadian social worker — in london with herfiance. 48 people were injured, among them an off—duty policeman who took on the attackers. my understanding is that without hesitation, wearing his normal clothes, he dived in and tried to assist.

and he, i'm afraid, was himself severely injured, but utterly heroic. security moves centre—stage in the general election campaign, as labour and the conservatives each say they're best placed to protect the country. we have protected counterterrorism policing budget, we have funded an uplift in the number of armed police officers, and from 2015, as i said in my speech, we are protecting. this election is, of course, about many, many things, but it is also, i think, recognising those people who have lost loved ones. welcome to bbc news.

i'mjane hill, at the police cordon close to london bridge, only a few hundred metres from the site of saturday night's attack in which seven people were killed and 48 people were injured. let's take a look at what we know this morning. police have said they know the names of the attackers and will release them as soon as operationally possible, while officers try to find out if they were a part of a wider network. two more properties have been raided in east london with one in newham and another in barking.

those raids happened at around 4am this morning. the first victim has been named as canadian national christine archibald, a charity worker, who had moved to europe to be with herfiance. as investigations continue, police entered properties in barking in barking and newham around 4 o'clock this morning. residents reported hearing what they described as ‘loud flash bangs and gunshots‘. 12 people were arrested yesterday in barking after raids, and several more have been detained this morning. scotland yard say they've seized an enormous amount of forensic material. let's tell you what we know about

the woman that we no died here on saturday night. a canadian national christine archibald died in the attack on saturday. according to her family, she had worked in a homeless shelter until she moved to europe to be with herfiance. they said chrissy ‘had room in her heart for everyone and believed strongly that every person was to be valued and respected'. canadian prime minister justin trudeau said he was "heartbroken" to learn of ms archibald's death. herfamily said: police have also taken extra precautions across london's bridges

following the attack. that is unsurprising. additional barriers have been introduced along westminster, lambeth and waterloo bridges to protect pedestrians as they use the pavement. all of this because a van was also used to run down pedestrians on westminster bridge in march. access to london bridge station has reopened from specific entrances and the actual bridge itself has been reopened, but only for travel northbound. in the last half hour or so, the prime minister has been talking at length this morning. our assistant political editor norman smith

is in westminsterfor us. quite a striking statement, and an awful lot of questions, norman, not surprisingly under the circumstances, about policing, resources , circumstances, about policing, resources, and the security services. your thoughts on what you heard. what struck me, jane, is how the security issue is such a double edged sword for theresa may. clearly, they wanted to contrast what she saw as the leadership she offers in the wake of the london bridge attack, against what she says isjeremy bridge attack, against what she says is jeremy corbyn's bridge attack, against what she says isjeremy corbyn's opposition to shoot and kill, his track record of voting against anti—terrorism bills. his support to get rid of trident, his support of a sinn fein, ira, and yet in the question is, it was mrs mayhew was again challenged over the cuts are police numbers whilst she was home secretary, 20,000 fewer

police buzzers, repeatedly challenged byjournalists on the impact that have on amenity policing, neighbourhood policing, and providing information and intelligent about youngsters becoming radicalised or having extremist views. mrs may also tackled over the decision to axe control orders introduced by tony blair. mrs may said that was following the decision of the courts who struck them down, nevertheless the replacement has been criticised by many people as not being sufficient enough, not least by lord carlile, a former independent reviewer of terrorism. a couple of areas in terms of security, brexit, what will be the impact of brexit on key eu wide security information, the system is overseen by the european court of justice. the system is overseen by the european court ofjustice. she was asked about that once we leave the

european union. she was reminded of a spat with michael gove in 2008, when she challenged mr gove publicly over his determination or desire to ta ke over his determination or desire to take action against extremists. she seemed to suggest they weren't guilty of any criminal or terrorist offences. a long track record that mrs made came under pressure over this morning at a time when she was trying to take the lead and position herself as a strong leader in the wa ke herself as a strong leader in the wake of the london bridge attack. i have answered the question about policing, but i am very happy to repeat what we have been doing in policing, which is, we have been protecting counterterrorism policing. we provided funding for an uplift in armed policing. we have, from prydie 15, uplift in armed policing. we have, from prydie15, protected police budgets. as i said, jeremy corbyn and the labour party said police budgets could be cut by up to 10%. we said, no, we will protect those budgets. but it is also about the powers you give to police. i have

been responsible through a number of pieces of legislation i have introduced to give extra power to the police to deal with terrorism. jeremy corbyn has boasted that he has opposed every piece of anti—terrorism legislation since he came to parliament. i should tell you, it is being reported on pn came to parliament. i should tell you, it is being reported on pm that jeremy corbyn has called for mrs made to resign for her cuts to police numbers —— theresa may to resign. that is how the opposition have identified this issue of police numbers and the 20,000 fewer officers as a key area of attack following the london bridge attack. labour said they would recruit 10,000 more police officers, 1000 more counterterrorism officers, but also talked about recruiting more border guards and probation officers. but you can see the difficulty mrs may has, she has been pretty much responsible for

counterterrorism for the past 6—7 yea rs counterterrorism for the past 6—7 years since becoming home secretary. she has a track record to defend, and that seems to me as making it ha rd and that seems to me as making it hard for her to go on the offensive as much as she would like. norman, thanks very much. let's hear a little of what the commissioner of the metropolitan police said this morning. the plots in the last three months were largely domestic. when asked about counterterrorism measures, she said the metropolitan police, certainly, could do with more resources. we need to look at that. and we do have very extensive legisaltion, we do have very extensive powers, we need to look at whether we're using them to their full effect. and we'll be working with whoever is in the government to see whether further powers would assist. as for resoursing, every leader is going to ask for more resources, of course they are. we do have a very, very powerful

counterterrorist effort. but as i've indicated, the threat seems to be changing, so we need to look at our strategy. we need to look at our resourcing, we need to look at the techniques we're using. we've always been able to sort of step up our game, and that, i'm afraid, is what we clearly need to do now, as do people in our communities. we get lots of information, we get more than we ever have. we have people standing up and condemning these attacks more than we ever have, but we do need more in the future. cressida dick, the commission of the metropolitan police in london. that was on the radio this morning. our correspondent daniel sandford is outside scotland yard in central london. your thoughts on those comments from the commissioner. a couple of interesting things to pick up one. first of the issue of resource and. she was careful, cressida dick, not

to say we have been deprived of resources , to say we have been deprived of resources, and people have been cutting our budgets at the wrong moment. the counterterrorism budget has been reasonably well protected. but no police leader in these circumstances is going to say, i don't need a bigger budget. of course, if there is more money on offer, they will use it and make the best use of it. what was also interesting was the admission by cressida dick that they are now going to have to try to look at new tactics, new ways of dealing with terrorism, because there has been an approach to counterterrorism, which was around in the ira in iraq and al-qaeda it, you were looking for people that were planning major terrorist atrocities, that is what you were looking for. the whole system was designed towards that. after mum by, there was a concern about marauding gunmen, there was a focus on that for a while, at the

weekend, armed officers got to the scene, and essentially killed the people carrying out the attack. that has been adapted for these vehicle and knife attacks. but they are much harder to spot as they're coming. somebody is trying to acquire weapons, someone trying to acquire a bomb is one thing, but someone acquiring a big kitchen knife or hirea van, acquiring a big kitchen knife or hire a van, what do you do about that? there is an acknowledgement that? there is an acknowledgement that they have to look again at that, and try to work out what to do. people have reported in the last three years on plots when men were tried to do that, acquire knives for attacks, and they have been convicted, so it is possible. but it is about listening really close on the ground about what people are planning to do. there is an acknowledgement that they have to do more that. thanks to now, daniel sa nford more that. thanks to now, daniel sanford at scotland yard. let's find out and talk a little bit

more about those who were injured, 48 people injured here near london bridge on saturday night. let's go to simonjones at kings college hospital. there has been an update, explain what more we know. we have heard in the past half hour and update from the hospital. they are currently treating 14 people injured in the terror attack on saturday evening. they have told us that eight of those remaining critical care. hospital says they are likely to remain in critical care the several days or even several weeks. the injuries they have been treating our largely stab wounds to the face, neck and torso, but they are also treating a number of patients who we re treating a number of patients who were hit by the van driven by the attackers. i have been speaking to the head of the emergency department here. he said he was called on saturday evening. by the time he got

into the hospital, the emergency procedure was well underway. you simply get on and do yourjob, but he says, once you get home at the end of that shift, you reflect on the injuries and what you have seen. also, he told us that one of the things that is becoming depressing is the fact that you are dealing with a situation, and what seems now to bea with a situation, and what seems now to be a regular occurrence. he said thatis to be a regular occurrence. he said that is depressing because he dealt with the aftermath of the westminster attack, too. we have also had details of police officers who were injured. one police offers from the british transport police was injured. there was an off—duty police officer from the metropolitan police that intervened. he suffered serious injuries. two more police officers from the metropolitan police were injured, one was a plainclothed officer, one in uniform, one had to have stitches. we heard today from a clinician who sums up the response from the

emergency services. he was finishing his shift, he was cycling home. then he saw all the police vehicles and ambulances. he thought something big had happened, and made the decision to turn around and cycle back to the hospital to become part of the team that were dealing with so many traumatic injuries. thank you very much simonjones at kings college hospital. some of those stories remind us so much of everything we heard after the manchester attack, two weeks ago, the way in which the medical services and hospital staff generally reacted. and we are hearing is similar stories, the sort of thing simon is talking about there. two weeks later here in central london, and it is of course two weeks to night that attacked in manchester at the concert at the manchester at the concert at the manchester arena. let's talk to farhad ahmed. you are

from the muslim community. the reason i mentioned manchester was partly because i know today there is particularfundraising going partly because i know today there is particular fundraising going on partly because i know today there is particularfundraising going on in light of manchester, explain what is happening. in light of the manchester attacks, or we were com pletely manchester attacks, or we were completely shocked. similar the case with london and the incidents that took place in westminster as well. we know that this is totally against the teachings of islam. you must love your country, because that is a pa rt love your country, because that is a part of your faith. so to help our countrymen, we launched an appeal for everyone to donate and our‘s wage. this is based on the mercy for mankind title given to the prophet muhammad. it shows what islam is. some people came to misuse the name

of religion to attain their own motives. and their vested interests. we wa nt motives. and their vested interests. we want to highlight that. if you look at scripture, it says that if you kill one person, it is like killing the whole of humanity. the more people find this out, it brings people together, the scripture does not tell them to do this. these people are completely brainwashed. theresa may today talked about exactly that, and talked about it being a perversion of islam. i am curious what people have been saying to you in the last few weeks, because here we are, two attacks in the uk in a short space of time. how are people within the community feeling, do they feel anxious, do they feel nervous, do they feel persecuted? i am curious. they feel nervous, do they feel persecuted? iam curious. i know they feel nervous, do they feel persecuted? i am curious. i know it can be hard to generalise sometimes, but what have people said to you? even just today, i was here standing beside, someone saw ourjumper. they stopped their car in the middle of

the road and came and gave us a hug. that represents what london is, and what britain truly is. of course, there are some people that have misconceptions based on what some individuals are doing. that, we feel, is not representative. muslims read the koran every day, we need to reach out to people. we are trying to reach out and we are opening ourselves, ask us questions. that is why we are here today. we will be here in hundreds today at the vigil taking place at 6pm as well. do you suffer frustration sometimes when there is a lot of talk about the prevent strategy, there are many other strategies like that. but we have spoken a lot in the last few days about people, we generalise, don't we, about any community, within such and such unity, that people should come forward and report concerns. is that a

frustration? if i get frustrated, report concerns. is that a frustration? ifi get frustrated, i can't do myjob. i can't bring communities together. that is the first thing we don't do, frustration. yes, there are certain things the government needs to do, the imams have said the mosques should be open. open for the government to see what is going on inside them. all mosques should be open. if there are hate preachers, and they find platforms and places, universities or anywhere, it is the responsible as the the government to clamp down on that. it is the first priority of the godman to ensure the safety. but people would say that if there are concerns. . . these people are harming our country and our people. it is their responsibility. thank you for coming

to pull to us, and all the best with yourfundraising to pull to us, and all the best with your fundraising today as well. thank you very much, i hope that goes well. thank you the joining us ata goes well. thank you the joining us at a blustery london bridge. so many remarkable stories, like we did at the attack in manchester following what went on here in london bridge on saturday night. reflected on the extraordinary work that a lot of people within the nhs have been doing. also, the emergency services. now again, we have referred to the cressida dick interview, the commission of the metropolitan police, she has talked about the bravery of both the public and police officers. let's listen to her account of the courage that was shown by one off—duty police officer here on saturday night. he was there, off duty. he'd finished a day's work. he was having a drink with friends in the market, and he witnessed the attack, and he witnessed members of the public, and indeed uniformed officers, being very severely assaulted.

my understanding is that, without hesitation, wearing his normal clothes, he dived in and tried to assist. and he, i'm afraid, was himself severely injured, but utterly heroic. and then, members of the public step in to try to assist him, stayed with him, and performed first aid on him. then another plainclothed officer arrived and members of the public stayed with him, and the plainclothed officer, as they drove him to the hospital in the back of a police car. he's in hospital, he's in a serious condition, but as you say, it's hard to pick out because there are so many stories, but i'm immensely proud of him and what he did. we in this country have faced a terrorist threat again. throughout my life, actually, that threat changes, it morphs, and we will change and adapt to what appears to be

a new reality for us. we have fantastic people, we have very high levels of skills. we have excellent international relationships and an ability to work with our intelligence agencies here. as you're aware, since 2013, we've foiled, i think, 18 plots, certainly, in the high teens. we arrest about a person a day, and have been for some time in relation to counterterrorism. we have very good intelligence, and we are frequently able to disrupt, or indeed provide highly effective protection when we think an event or a particular place is at risk. but i understand people will be concerned, and all i can say is, we will do everything in our power, and we will be stepping up a gear. a lot of praise of one particular

man, he is a romanian man, a baker, he tried to tackle one of the attackers in borough market on saturday night, and he tried to help people fleeing the scene. he has been telling his story through an interpreter, and he was speaking a little bit earlier on the bbc, speaking to victoria derbyshire this morning. translation: a lot of scared people were coming outside from this exit. and i went over there. i walked, i don't know, six metres. i saw nobody. but on an alley, on my left,

at borough market, there were four people. there were very relaxed men, walking out at borough market. was that one of the attackers? no. when did you see the? one normal man. then there were two people, and one behind them, and on the right, he inserted the knife into the guys. this guy went down. you saw the attackers plunging the knives into the revellers? together, the two guys, the revellers? together, the two guys, and it looked scary.

translation: i also felt pity for the victims. of course. i did know how to handle things all react. i thought i am also in danger. and i just threw a crate at them. i threw the first crate, i knew he was going to dodge it. and whilst he was dodging it, iwas to dodge it. and whilst he was dodging it, i was walking towards him, andi dodging it, i was walking towards him, and i hit him in the head with a second crate in my hand. so the moment i hit him in the head with a crate, behind him, there was a police car coming towards us. so the story of one man, a romanian

man in borough market not far from here, helping people on saturday night. let's talk about what some of theresa may has been saying in terms of trying to deal with radicalisation in terms of what happens online. she has talked a lot about the cyber situation. making sure the longer people don't have access to websites that encourage radicalisation and wigan to get the thoughts of kate bevan whojoins us from to get the thoughts of kate bevan who joins us from central london. we have heard a lot since magister in the last few weeks about trying to clamp down on websites that mac since manchester. realistically, how much can be done?

what have you made of what is being talked about? what is being talked about is in many ways, you have so many countries with so many regimes and laws. on top of that, you have the fact that technology is supranational. the fact that technology is supra national. you say the fact that technology is supranational. you say you are going to crackdown on encryption, but you can't, because somebody will go off and build another app that gets around a law or ignores the law. it isa around a law or ignores the law. it is a big issue and a problem, but a lot of the discourse we are hearing is confrontational. we need to move it forward to say, what are we doing? what our technology companies already doing? and what are they doing? that is besides the one of theresa may's key points. she says, and other politicians have said, these are big companies making a lot of money. they have a responsibility to clamp down on negative material as soon as it appears. it might not be to do with radicalisation, it

might be to do with other issues, but in this context, they have a responsibility to stop hate filled websites or documents springing up. do you think they have a responsibility, and is it technically possible?” responsibility, and is it technically possible? i think they do have a responsible as he and they are aware of the responsible. we don't see an awful lot of the work already being done. yes, there is a lot of hate speech in communities, which you can find on social media platforms, but it does not mean that all of it gets there. a lot is done behind—the—scenes that we don't see, things are taken down where there is positive outreach done by big technology companies. acknowledging we had to work together rather than stand off and be hostile and confrontational to each other, because if the discourse is to clamp down on encryption, we can't do that, it won't get us anywhere. and, forgive me, kate, i lost a slight element of what you said. if you

haven't addressed it already, the fa ct haven't addressed it already, the fact that politicians are talking about lots of countries trying to work together. again, that sounds sensible, but again, how practical is that? it's a difficult one to pull off. it is a challenge for government and technology providers. is that the kind of route you want to go down? that is one way to stop it. you know, you have to balance the needs of a liberal democracy against and freedoms against what you think people might be doing on line. it's a difficult problem and i think a lot of the solutions that governments would like to see are authorise tan and impractical. —— authoritarian and impractical. thank you very much kate. let us hear a little from the labour leaderjeremy corbyn, because he has been talking again, lots of

politicians of course talking about this in the context of events here, on saturday night, a lot of talk about security, police resource, we have touched on that a lot this morning, but he has now gone one step further, it appear, and is saying that the prime minister in fa ct saying that the prime minister in fact should resign, because of police resources and other matters. let us hear what the labour leader has been saying. increase the number of security officers that are available. intelligence is a very important pa rt intelligence is a very important part of this. it is also very important to have message of bringing communities together and thatis bringing communities together and that is something that i always give strongly at my events i do. given her record on policing numbers there have been calls for her resignation would you back those? indeed i would. there has been calls made by a lot of responsible people on this, who are worried she was at the home office for all this time. presided over these cuts in police numbers and now, is saying we have a problem. yes we do have a problem.

we shouldn't have cut the police numbers s you could like to see her resign. we have an election on thursday and that is the best opportunity to deal with it. we have had three attacks in three month, two in your home city, when was it that you changed your mind on shoot—to—kill? that you changed your mind on shoot-to-kill? i have not changed mid mind on shoot—to—kill. the criticisms that was made were of me, we re criticisms that was made were of me, were i think wrong and unfair and indeed the bbc trust up held an objection on this, as far as i'm concerned the police act as they did on saturday, as they did in manchester in defence of innocent life. that is a reasonable and proportionate response as happened in westminster. given what we have seen over the past three months, have you changed your mind on any position you took, regarding our security, we have all had to think

deep and hard about the state of our security, is there anything that shifted for you in how you would deal with it as prime minister? that we have to put the resources in, thatis we have to put the resources in, that is to me is very very clear, but you also have to put the resources in to supporting communities and bringing them together. the response to terrorism can never be to start blaming particular communities. listen, those people that killed in london on 7/7, that killed in westminster, that killed in manchester, that killed in on london bridge and the borough market, they didn't speak for islam, they didn't speak for anything other than some appalling notion that you can kill people because of some, something you have gotan because of some, something you have got an obsession with. i think we have to bring communities together, thatis have to bring communities together, that is the strength of it, and, i think the response in manchester, in albert square, the response about holding the concert, the response in london is superb. the leader of the labour party

jeremy corbyn there, calling for resignations in relation to the impact of the manchester and london bridge terrorism attack, we will talk more about that and the political impact. a few days away from a general election, we will talk more about thatter in the hour, us show you the scene on london bridge itself here this lunchtime, because we are expecting to see the london mayor, the mayor of london and and commissioner of the metropolitan police cressida dick, they are due there will be, at an eventin they are due there will be, at an event in the next little why. we will be back there at london bridge, to hear what they have to say in the next little while. that is coming up we think fairly soon. we will pause for a moment here in a very very windy london bridge this morning and get the weather prospects where ever you have in the country today. they come from louise leer. yes the winds strengthen, dry in london at moment but not for long as rain is on its way. some heavy and

persistent and with the strong winds it will make for difficult travels later this afternoon, and through this evening. you see where the heaviest of rain is out to the west, lit stayeth heavy in north—west wales and england, gradually that wet and windy weather pushing steadily east, so rain arriving into the london area in dribs and drabs but becoming more persistent by the end of the day. sunny spells and scattered showers with the rain easing here and top temperatures round 13—1 degree, through this evening and overnight, the wet and windy weather will continue to push steadily north and east, gales for a time on exposed coasts. not a cold night but we still tomorrow morning see rain to clear away from central and eastern england. i will linger through the far north east of scotland, sunny spells and scattered shower, windy with it. feeling disappointingly cool if you are out and about. .

we will return to the aftermath of the attacks on saturday night. let us go back to sadiq khan and cressida dick. my thoughts, as indeed the thoughts off all londoners are with the family and friends of all those caught up in the horrific attacks on saturday night. when you discover that the victims include not just night. when you discover that the victims include notjust people who are from london, but people from australia, new zealand, canada, france, spain, other parts of the world, you realise what a truly global city london is. all of us are thinking about the family and friends affected by this horrific attack on saturday. i want to say all of us should pay tribute to the amazing work of the police and emergency service. the speed of

their response led to fewer lives being lost than would otherwise by the case, but also the injuries suffered being less severe than would otherwise by be the case. it is sad that officers have been injured seriously in the attack on saturday night. that is as a consequence of them running towards danger, encouraging others to flee and risking their lives in the process. can i just and risking their lives in the process. can ijust say and risking their lives in the process. can i just say this. and risking their lives in the process. can ijust say this. the a cts process. can ijust say this. the acts of these three men on saturday night was cowardly, was evil, and i am angry and furious that these three men are seeking to justify their actions by using the faith i belong to to justify their actions. the ideology they follow is perverse, it is poisonous, and it has no place in islam. i condemn

this terrorist attack but also the poisonous ideology these men and others follow. the many, many people have been in touch to say how can we remember those who have lost their lives how can we pay tribute to all those affected by the incident on saturday? how can we show the world that weed as city won't be defeated by this terrorism. as a result we will be holding a vigil near to this scene, down the road, in potters field park at 6pm tonight. we will remember the victims, their families, saying thank you to the police, and the emergency services and demonstrating that london won't be cowed by trim, nor will we allow the terrorists to fuel division and divide our communities. —— terrorism. divide our communities. -- terrorism. i have been a police officer for 34 year, i have been to

many crime scenes as you would imagine, it is deeply deeply chilling, and horribly sad to see what we have just seen, and to think about the barbarous acts on saturday night. like the mayori am intensely proud of the metropolitan police, and the emergency service, we saw extraordinary courage, extraordinary professionalism, and extraordinary compassion from our public servants but we also saw exactly the same courage and compassion from amazing members of our public, no doubt many of whom are actually visitors to london. so out of all that horror and all that sorrow and all that tragedy, there is some hope to hold on to, which is about our people and their spirit, on to, which is about our people and theirspirit, and on to, which is about our people and

their spirit, and that is also demonstrated today, because london is back at work. people are getting on with their lives. we know that it is the public, it is communities that will defeat terrorism, and one of the ways we can do that, is to not allow people like this to stop us from living our lives. meanwhile, the metropolitan police have an enormous investigation, i am very very grateful to the officers here, who are assuring the integrity of this scene, and all over london, those officers who are doing everything they can within their power, both to find out what was be behind this attack, but also to continue to keep our public safe. my plea to the public is you have seen on saturday night the amazing

abilitys of the metropolitan police, please work with us, don't allow those people to divide our communities. and reach out to your police officer, i know you are proud of police officers and staff, reach out to them, let's work together to keep this country safe in the future. thank you very much indeed. we will ta ke thank you very much indeed. we will take a few questions. reporter: those officers who bravely approached the attackers, (inaudible) i have said i believe the events of last nine weeks, the three ghastly attacks we have suffered in this country, the five

foiled plots, and the intensity of work of the counter—terrorist network does mean that all of us, andl network does mean that all of us, and i think the prime minister said this yesterday, all of us need to look at the overall strategy, the tactics, the resourcing, and indeed what we are doing with and in our community, so there is a whole load of things to review, we are t have been investing in armed police, we have especially trained highly capable. highly mobile officers is and you saw that demonstrated on saturday night. sadly they were there after the call, and i take your point, however ido call, and i take your point, however i do not believe that arming every one of our officers is a sentenceable or — — one of our officers is a sentenceable or —— sensible or practical decision, i think having these highly mobile, highly trainled

poo, who are present —— trained people, who are present through london 2007 is the right way to go. those people who carried are out this attack want to change our society forever. i don't think we wa nt society forever. i don't think we want armed police officers or military standing on all our street corners as an example. i appreciate people who have been affected here, will have questions, and we will be looking at that. simon. simon. simon harris. when theresa may said enough is enough, did you agree? who could disagrew with enough is enough? all of us need to work together to solve this problem. it is a fact that in the last three months alone, there have been five separate potential

attacks thwarted as a consequence of excellent police serb security services and the public, 13 attacks thwarted. london lived through 7/7 of course and we as a city recognise that terrorists want to destroy our way of lie. they want toroom that us, they want to attack us, we have to make sure we don't let them suck said but the reality is we have to work together to keep our cities safe. the police with the right resources and tools but all of us giving the police the information. making sure we stop youngsters being radicalised, giving them the resilience to reject this messages of hate, working with those who are internet service provider, those in the text sector to stop it being easy for preachers of hate to brainwash our young people. we will ta ke brainwash our young people. we will take one more. jeremy corbyn has

said that, has called for theresa may's resignation over police funding, what your thoughts on that? that is news to me, i have been busy dealing with other issue, can i say this, we need to make sure that the police have all of our support as citizen, giving them information, but also, it is a fact that the more resources that police and experts have, the better job resources that police and experts have, the betterjob they can do. my concern about the police having the the resources they need to keep us safe, iam the resources they need to keep us safe, i am really pleased the police doa safe, i am really pleased the police do a fantasticjob, with the resources they have but it is just a fa ct resources they have but it is just a fact that over the last seven years, we asa fact that over the last seven years, we as a city have lost £600 million from our budget, we have had to close police stations, sell police buildings and we have lost thousands of police staff over the next four

yea rs, of police staff over the next four years, there are plans to cut awe further £400 million from our city's policing budget, there are plans to change the police funding formula which could mean we lose up to £700 million on top of that which leads toa million on top of that which leads to a total loss of our policing budget of £1.7 billion and we don't receive the right level of fund we should receive, we receive half of the funds we should be ever receiving. 170 million versus 370 million but as a capital city we have had the responsibilities from major event, there is a big cricket match today, to state visit, some welcome, some less so, but the fact is we need to make sure that our police have the resources and support they need need as the mayor, myjob is o make sure our city is safe. i will do my best as the mayor to bea safe. i will do my best as the mayor to be a champion for our police, to get the tools they need. thank you all very much.

some sadiq khan the mayor of london and cressida dick, a couple of interesting comments there i thought from the commission e when she said we all, with emphasis on the world all, we all need to look at our overall strategy and resourcing, in terms of trying to prevent further attacks again reiterating that five attacks again reiterating that five attacks have been foiled by the security services but of course, in this country we have had three attacks in three months, so very striking, we all need to look at our strategy, and resourcing, the mayor of london, paying tribute to the extraordinary response of the police and the emergency is services here on saturday night and saying that london will not be cowed. of course, in this country we have had three attacks in three months, so very striking, we all need to look at our strategy, and resourcing, the mayor of london, paying tribute to the extraordinary response of the police and the emergency is services here on saturday night and saying that

london will not be cowed. also going on saying "i condemn these attacks and the another yes." but london will not be cowed is the message of the mayor of this city. where here on saturday night seven people died and 48 were injured. the investigation is continuing we have seen more raids and arrests, we will keep you up—to—date, and we will have more in the 1.00 new, right now i will hand you back tojoanna. thank you very much. let us pick up o that point about strategy and whether the police need more resources. i'm joined now by rafaello pantucci from the royal united services institute who's in our westminster studio. thank you. cressida dick saying that strategy needs to be looked at, it is extraordinary to learn that five attacks have been thwarted in nine weeks and we have seen the three other attack, what would you say about strategy? i mean u i think we have had a period in the uk, where

since thejuly have had a period in the uk, where since the july seven have had a period in the uk, where since thejuly seven bombings we have had one successful terrorist attack and two other of the extreme right—wing, that is a pretty good track record, then n the past three months we have had three attacks in quick succession, which clearly paints a picture which is worrying and of course questions will be asked about resource, i think now at moment we are looking at a threat picture which seems to be particularly substantial and there need to be some questions asked about are there recalibrations that need to be made in terms of who is being monitored and where and how. there need to be questioned about resource, do we have the adequate force to respond to the threat. the uk hasa force to respond to the threat. the uk has a counter—terrorism strategy which has its four pillar structure, and, you know, there is a lot of work that has gone into that and broadly speaking as an architecture it works effectively in terms of trying to mobilise the whole of

government approach to deal with it but there is issues round refinements that need to be done or could be made. in the wake of this moment where we have seen acute threat, questions are rightly asked about where the refine.s need to be made. is it in the prevent space, i think you know there has been work done, that maybe there is more thinking that needs to go into that space. what about arming police, cressida dick saying she doesn't believe it is right all police officers should be armed but some are saying they would like to see that happen. i think in general, one should probably take this from the police, if they want to be more armed. if the commissioner says she doesn't this that is necessary that isa doesn't this that is necessary that is a good place to start. i would say am not sure we want to have armed police everywhere. i think it makes a statement of some sort. ultimately, you know, the came problems we have here, there are problems we have here, there are problems but there is a gun crime unit that can respond to them. we have to be careful to be

proportionate in our responses and not decide that everybody should have guns and this will solve the problems. why do you think we are where we are? you talked about that period of calm and now suddenly, all of these attacks thwarted attack, what has led to this?” of these attacks thwarted attack, what has led to this? i think it is very difficult to point to any one specific thing. abroad we can see in the past month we have had islamic state and al-qaeda issues messages —— issuing message, we have seen a strea m —— issuing message, we have seen a stream of messaging talking about doing these sorts of attack we saw at the weekend. we have the fact of syria and iraq and the battlefield there evolving and the fighters there evolving and the fighters there being pushed off battlefield, some are coming home, so that is presenting a new basket of people that the security forces need to worry about. on top of that it is harderfor people to worry about. on top of that it is harder for people to travel. whereas previously people would leave the coun are to fight. now the authorities are getting good at

catching people or taking away their passport, what that does it prevents the individuals from joining groups like so—called islamic state but it means you have people who have radical impulse to participate, they are frustrated so there is a question what you deal with there. on top of to that you have the real toy a threat picture we have been looking at for 20 year, in that you have individuals who will come on and off the radar, it is very difficult for someone to be com pletely difficult for someone to be completely removed from that picture, because people take these ideas on and they tend to hold these ideas on and they tend to hold these ideas for a long period of time. so ina way ideas for a long period of time. so in a way the security forces are looking at a picture with is co nsta ntly looking at a picture with is constantly growing, rather than one that stays constant. that means over time you will deal with a growing pressure on them, and their resources so when you put these things together you probably have a reason as to why we seeing a particular spike now. thank you very much. 48 people were injured. simonjones

spoke to the director acute emergency services where several of the injured were treated we are still treating 14 people, a number of whom are in critical care, the predominant injuries are stab wounds. patients also suffered blunt force trauma. how are they coping? our patients are all being looked after very well by our critical care, surgical and other teams and asi care, surgical and other teams and as i understand all are doing well at present. talk us through the moment you arrived at the hospital having been called in, what sort of sight greeted you ? having been called in, what sort of sight greeted you? you? so the sight was really calm, shall i say. and immediately we received is patients, our staff went into major incident

mode, started calling in staff, so when i arrived about 40 minutes after the incident had been formally declared i was greeted by our senior staff managing our resuscitation area and co—ordinating with trauma teams. you obviously prepare for moments like this but it must be difficult when you arrive, to see so many people with such serious injuries. we train very hard for incidents such as this, and have been involved recently in the westminster bridge attack as well. but the training of our staff really pays testament to the level of care delivered on saturday night. that eve ryo ne delivered on saturday night. that everyone was able to slip into major incident mode and deliver top quality care as we would do on any normal day of the week without a major incidents being declared. did it make it more trick which it was ona it make it more trick which it was on a saturday ‘ve in? it make it more trick which it was on a saturday 've in? no, i was pleased with the response all staff gave. we had large numbers ofjunior and senior medical and nursing staff

attending, large numbers of co nsulta nts attending, large numbers of consultants attending from home. we we re consultants attending from home. we were well resourced. we mustn't forbet the role like that porters and chaplains played who attended and chaplains played who attended and were there through the night. you must be aware various ebb managers of staff went into a danger zone. yes and zones like this will be tightly control by police and security services and i am sure they the police would not put emergency services in harm's way. now you talk about it, you have prepared for incidents like this, you go into a mode where you are dealing with the emergency, but when you got home, when you think about what's happened, to what, tent does it sink in about what terrible things you have seen? the psychological aspect is important. it is is really important how we manage it. we encourage all our staff to talk

about it, talk to friends, relatives, colleagues, and we held a debrief in the early hours of sunday morning but later on this week we will be holding a more formal debrief to learn lessons is and the congratulate our staff on a fantastic job they congratulate our staff on a fantasticjob they have done. congratulate our staff on a fantastic job they have done. what about you personally, when you got home, what did you think? u nfortu nately i home, what did you think? unfortunately i have dealt with a number of incident like this fr be, soi number of incident like this fr be, so i won't say it has become normality i have a way of coping with it. i will sit back and reflect on what went on and reflect on the excellent chair the team has delivered. going back to the patient, what is the is it looking like for them?” can't talk about specific patients but all our patients have being cared for by intensive care and surgical teams who are doing an excellent job, we have surgical teams who are doing an excellentjob, we have a number of patient she wants who remain in critical care, they are receiving good treatment. expect them to remain there for a number of days or

weeks to co—. remain there for a number of days or weeks to co-. the one o'clock news coming up but first the weather. good afternoon, we are looking at a speu good afternoon, we are looking at a spell of wet and windy weather in the uk this week but for some it was a beautiful start. tranquil across kent and broadstairs as you can see, with blue sky and sunshine. that quickly was masked by cloud invading from the west and that cloud thick enough to bring heavy an persistent rain which will stay with many of us throughout the afternoon. the heaviest up into the north—west, dribs and drabs into the south—east but certainly in north—west england this has been the story so far today and will continue into the afternoon in cumbria as you can see, pretty wet and windy. for north—west england and wales in particular, that are is where we are likely to see heaviest of the rain. it is worth bearing in mind if you are on the road this rain and strong to gale force gusts of winds on exposed coasts. across the south—west, the brighter vivid colours denoting the intensity

of the rainfall, perhaps not reaching the extreme east of england until after dark but which will see wet weather into the north—west continue, for northern ireland, scotla nd continue, for northern ireland, scotland it is a better picture in the afternoon. sunny spell, scattered shower, top temperatureses of 11 to 16 degrees here. through the night, we will see wet and windiether winds on exposed coast drifting eastwards. it will be a mucky night for all of us at some point. cloudy wet and windy. it won't be cold, nine to 13 degrees but we start off tomorrow with that area of low pressure centred through the spine of the country. the rain still to clear and it may well linger in the far north east of scotland. behind it the wind still a future, the strongest likely the southern flank of that low pressure. here gusts still an issue u the rain easing from eastern england but it may linger for some easing from eastern england but it may lingerfor some time in easing from eastern england but it may linger for some time in the north east of scotland. significant rainfall totals likely. sunny spells

and scattered thundery showers following on behind. as we move out of tuesday into wednesday, the low finally clears off to scandinavia but we start to see the wind string round, so a drier day on wednesday but a fresher feel, particularly on exposed north—west coast, top temperatures of 11—14. highest values with some sunshine of 20 in the south—east. hours of this morning. a number of people have been detained. 30—year—old christine archibald — a canadian — is the first victim to be named. she was visiting london for the first time with her fiance. 48 people were injured. 21 of them remain critically ill in a number of hospitals across the capital. more tales of heroism — the romanian chef who filmed this hit one terrorist over the head with a crate and sheltered 20 people in his bakery. translation: i really thought i was in danger,