st. thomas hospital. one woman died, a number of others have been hurt. >> this is, as we already knew, of its terror-related, it's an attack which has resulted in a number of injuries and now, a fatality according to a doctor. it's not an official response at this point. what do you know? >> as you can see, we are on the portcullis house side. there are helicopters everywhere. the prime minister was sent back to a car away from parliament shortly after the incident took place. as far as we are aware, the parliament is still on lockdown. there's the possibility of a suspicious package in a vehicle on the bridge just behind me about an hour or so ago. the car mowed down five people before the attacker went to get into a parliament wielding a knife and that's when he was shot. two people, a policeman was injured in that attack into people received medical attention, believed to be the attacker and a policeman. obviously, we haven't seen an incident like this in a very long time. we haven't seen an attack in

st. thomas hospital just on the other side of the river. other injured have been taken by these ambulances that are now there insignificant numbers. the london ambulance service has described this as a major incident. >> for now, we'll say thank you. it just to underline what mark was saying, there was a someone with a vehicle and a knife able to generate headlines around the world. at the u.s. state department in washington says it is closely following the "concerning situation outside the u.k. parliament." >> let's talk to an mp who is inside parliament which is on lockdown since this incident happened this afternoon. what was the first you knew of this? >> the first i knew was that the parliament members really shout. they were shouting coming on the escalator. as i got to the bottom of the escalator, we the people running towards me. i obviously returned to my office. we were all thinking of the injured people and marveling at the police and ambulance services. we are staying in our offices with the doors shut. >> how fearful are you? >

a 70 rod man who was being treated at st thomas' hospital. —— 70—year—old man.l to four, five when you include the attacker. we will bring you that as and when we get it. we can go to our health editor. some of these victims are in a terrible condition. there were seven still critically elk, the same as —— still critically elk, the same as —— still critically elk, the same as —— still critically ill, the same as this body, i was going to say, but one has just tragically died, and so there are still in a critical state —— the same as this morning. there are still 20 in london hospitals including here in paddington at st mary ‘s which has eight patients and a major trauma centre, two other centres, chelsea and westminster and kings college hospital, they have most of the other patients, but we are not exactly sure where the critical patients are at this precise point in time. we heard earlier today from the prime minister, about the total of those who needed hospital treatment, 29, and that included some who may be went in and were discharged, and some were discha

st. thomas. know.ot you can see the ambulance, if you can see it going through the middle of the bridge for -- bridge. you're talking about the timing. it is the one year anniversary and we saw some of the ceremony this morning, mourad the dead -- this morning commemorating the dead in brussels. at other times, it is an open investigation. we do not know if it is connected. the police were quick to say 20 minutes into the incident, it is fully treated as a terror probe and we understand they are not trying -- they are trying to figure out what happened and a person, we think, i have to stress, we think, we have to be careful as long as we do not have the full information that it was one car and hitting pedestrians, mowing them down and then attacking and stabbing the police officer. mark: thank you. it has been one year since the worst terror attack in belgium's history. 32 people killed. hundreds injured at of the metro station. it comes a day after the u.k. joined the u.s. in unveiling new secu

st. according to pa thomas's hospital.et's just look through those whoures, give our audience is not aware of london, that is westminster bridge, isn't it? that is right next door to the houses of parliament. the aerial view is sweeping to the north side. , and it the south side is clear that the traffic has been halted. there is a whole load of cars, emergency personnel, and there are not any members of the public. emma: it is a very different scene than the one we are used to. i can see there is an ambulance parking there. from theook like reports we have had as well, from our reporters, it does seem that things are starting to calm down a bit. the incident clearly is not over yet, but from what we are let's say appears, the worst might be over. mark: robert hutton was saying as he was looking out the window. emma ross thomas, thank you. we will continue to monitor this developing story on bloomberg. ♪ mark: breaking news on bloomberg television, london suffering a major terror attack on wednesday that left one dead near

st. thomas's hospital which is opposite the houses of parliament. have we seen further movement in the area where you are stationed? ambulances coming in, coming out? we have not for the last 40 minutes. this is a key position for st. thomas'. there are multiple injured. the suspected attacker is amongst the dead. people dead,r including the attacker but that means they are two we did not know of. the situation is under control. ec six or seven ambulances behind me. police coming and going. there is a sense of calm and at the moment the situation is under control. i think a lot of people here, and i know there is a sense that this want to hear from the prime minister, rob was saying this was an area that is very difficult to secure. let me give you a flavor of what's around us. you have westminster bridge where we have heard from the met car drove through, mowing down pedestrians. we heard from the french prime minister that included some french students. then it turned onto westminster. on the right-hand side of where i'm standing is the london eye

st. thomas' hospital that he cannot be safe and life-support what was strong. -- could not be saved and lifert was withdrawn. the suspect is 52-year-old khalid masood, who moved to the netherlands some years ago. -- midlands some years ago. he was on police radar for some time. our special correspondent has been taking a look at this investigation and census this report from birmingham. correspondent: with a car and a knife he brought terror to knownment, khalid masood, to police with a 20 year criminal record, but not for terrorism. the 52-year-old responsible for the murder of a policeman, a mother on her way to collect her children, and a tourist. khalid masood was most recently living in the west midlands. lastharges include dashes conviction was in 2003 4 possession of a knife. he was known by a number of aliases and was known to the security services. >> what i am concerned is that the man was british-born and that some years ago he was once concernsted by mi5 in about violent extremism. he was a peripheral figure. he was not part of the current intelligence picture. there was no prior

he was at the hospital, st thomas's hospital. that's why it's so unbelievable.as going on public transport, it would have been a matter of seconds for him to come out of that area, to come out to come out of the entrance of st thomas's, walk across the road to the bus. so to be on that bridge at that particular moment in time, million to one. how will you remember him? he was a very kind man. it's very sad, very sad. remembering leslie rhodes, who died in the attack here at westminster on wednesday at the age of 75, a retired window cleaner from south london. now the roads at westminster have been open because the police cordon has been lifted. i've been walking around the area at carriage gates outside the houses of parliament, where the attacker crashed his car and was able to get several metres into the parliament grounds. you can see armed police officers inside carriage gates right now. the gates are closed but the armed police officers in there right now. but on wednesday afternoon, this is where the attacker, khalid masood, ran in having driven across wes

shortly after, paramedics from nearby st thomas‘ hospital arrived.ho jumped into the thames was rescued but is in a critical condition. many on the bridge had severe injuries. the police believe there was only one attacker involved here, but their task over the next 2a or 36 hours will be to trace every link to that individual and to satisfy themselves there was no wider plot here. gavin hewitt, bbc news, westminster. politicians, journalists, tourists and members of the public became witnesses to the attack, which left five people dead and at least a0 injured. people described what they saw as events unfolded. for the latest, let's cross live to our news reporter, greg dawson, at metropolitan police headquarters, new scotland yard. this is a live shot, there's big ben. let's speak to greg. tell us what you're being told there now. a new day dawning in london. people will come to the city to go to work etc. what is the situation? that is right. we are an hour away from when the train stations surrounding westminster open up. the tube will open soon.

he was at the hospital, st thomas's hospital. that's why it's so unbelievable.port, it would have been a matter of seconds for him to come out of that area, to come out of the entrance of st thomas's, walk across the road to the bus. so to be on that bridge at that particular moment in time, million to one. how will you remember him? he was a very kind man. it's very sad, very sad. remembering leslie rhodes, 75—year—old retired window cleaner from south london who died in the attack on westminster bridge on wednesday afternoon. one of those injured in wednesday's attack was andreea cristea, a romanian woman on a trip to london with her boyfriend to celebrate his birthday. romania's embassy has confirmed that she was the woman seen plunging into the river thames as khalid masood mounted his attack on westminster bridge. she has since undergone complex surgery on her lungs and her brain. speaking to the bbc, the country's ambassador gave an update on ms cristea's condition. she's in a stable situation. she was in a critical situation in the last days, but now she'

st. thomas' hospital which is the closest hospital to westminster said that one woman had been killed, and she also said that she treated a police officer in his 30s for stab injuries, but again, just going back to what i was saying earlier, you know, many of the dots have not been joined, and certainly there has been no claim of responsibility for any group. we don't know if it was one man or several men involved in this indent, and again, the exact number of casualties not known. >> we do not know the current status of that police officer who was stabbed, bill? >> reporter: no, correct. we've heard no recent medical updates from st. thomas 'or any hospital nearby >> bear with us, developments coming in minute by minute, breaking news, so we are trying to confirm things as fast as we possibly can. meanwhile we are getting in more interviews from eyewitnesses. take a listen. >> all i could hear is bang, bang, bang, it was like loud. i don't know it was a gunshot. i thought it was probably a tourist, someone just did something fireworks something. you move forward and there was a car smashe

shortly after, paramedics from nearby st thomas‘ hospital arrived.into the thames was rescued but is in a critical condition. many on the bridge had severe injuries. the police believe there was only one attacker involved here, but their task over the next 2a or 36 hours will be to trace every link to that individual and to satisfy themselves there was no wider plot here. gavin hewitt, bbc news, westminster. politicians, journalists, tourists and members of the public became witnesses to the attack, which left five people dead and at least a0 injured. people described what they saw as events unfolded. theresa may was immediately taken to safety. she has chaired a meeting of cobra. questions were asked about how somebody managed to penetrate parliament's how somebody managed to penetrate pa rliament‘s enhanced security. how somebody managed to penetrate parliament's enhanced security. our security correspondent as this assessment of the attack and the investigation. the attacker shot by police lies on a stretcher, then still alive. his weapon, a large

st. thomas students propose to bring a camel chews celebrate to make it over the hump final it was controversynd it was canceled but greg lukianoff knows why for individual rights and education specializing in tracking the endless claims of victimhood. what was wrong? >> a started to argue was animal cruelty but he was a local camel and had nothing else to do and then they made the argument was offensive to the middle eastern people although there were never mentioned and it was a reference to the funny guy go commercial so they canceled the event random claims that people were offended. john: to find this a lot. >> i have done this 50 years and a bar to be offended is very low. >> and i have been passing out these cards you are a victim but what is in it for the schools or the students? >> you can silence people that you disagree with people don't get invited or professors get punished it is the all-purpose weapon. john: lately it is the micro aggression because you don't realize that your comments are aggressive acts of micro aggression. steven colbert asked a guest. >> it is like being shoc

shortly after, paramedics from nearby st thomas' hospital arrived.to the thames was rescued but is in a critical condition. many on the bridge had severe injuries and two of them later died. the police believe there was only one attacker involved here, but their task over the next 24 or 36 hours will be to trace every link to that individual and to satisfy themselves there was no wider plot here. gavin hewitt, bbc news, westminster. i want to show you what is happening in paris this evening because the mayor of the city said they will turn off the lights of the eiffel tower in a gesture of solidarity for what happened in london. the lights have been turned off on the eiffel tower in paris, the great landmark of the french capital, turned off tonight in solidarity with london and with the united kingdom. now here at westminster after the attack, mps were told to stay where they were, whether that in the chamber of the house of commons or in their offices or in the committee rooms. and then there was a lockdown where they could not leave. some we re wh

being treated at a number of hospitals around westminster, including king's college hospital and st thomaseople injured among those, some schoolchildren from france on a schoolchildren from france on a school trip, from brittany in fact, we gather that their parents and families have gathered at the school in brittany waiting for news, three of those injured were those french schoolchildren. let's get a report from our deputy political editor john pienaar. it is one of the busiest and best guarded sites in britain, in europe. the police response took moments and as the cordons close, those who watched these terrifying scenes unfold added to the accounts of what had just taken place. 200 yards from big ben, overlooking westminster bridge, i arrived just after the incident, and i bumped into a group of extremely traumatised french teenagers who were here on a trip for a week. one of them described to me what had happened on the bridge, how he saw a car drive into what he thought were two or three of the people with him. many of the people were too upset, crying too much to talk, some in shoc

he'll become a pupil at st thomas's at battersea.essful start to his education". the headmaster said he was greatly looking forward to welcoming the prince in september. to another couple of four year olds now — a set of twins from london who helped to save their mother's life. when she collapsed at their home, one of them managed to get into her mobile phone and call the emergency services. duncan kennedy has been speaking to the twins and their mum. when it comes to ingenuity, this boisterous pair don't do things by halves. four—year—old twins roman and samuel sharma saw their mum, claudia, faint onto the floor. but what did they do? panic? cry? oh, no... first, samuel picked up his mum's hand to place her thumb on her iphone to unlock it. and then, they did this... siri, call daddy. they used siri, the phone's voice—recognition system, to call not dad, but 999... the boys knew about siri by watching their mum and dad. isaid, "siri, 999." and what happened? the police and the doctor came. eventually, mum was taken to hospital. as a

shortly after, paramedics from nearby st thomas' hospital arrived.d into the thames was rescued, but is in a critical condition. many on the bridge had severe injuries, and two of them later died. the police believe there was only one attacker involved here, but their task over the next 2a or 36 hours will be to trace every link to that individual and to satisfy themselves there was no wider plot here. gavin hewitt, bbc news, westminster. mps, peers and parliamentary staff have been unanimous in their praise of the police and emergency services for their swift response to the events as they unfolded this afternoon. dozens of mps were held in the house of commons for more than two hours as police checked the building. 0ur deputy political editor john pienaar reports as parliament came under attack. a brutal attack aimed at the heart of britain's national life, on a peaceful spring afternoon in the capital, a potential danger so often discussed here at westminster became suddenly horribly real. time for a statement to mps unlike any they had heard befo

looking on medical staff from st thomas' hospital, many of whom rushed to the scene last week.heir memories will have been particularly raw in the police office ranks, who lost one of their rain. pc keith palmer was killed on the grounds of parliament despite desperate efforts to save him. —— of their own. in new scotland yard the talked about his sacrifice. this afternoon is about remembering the victims of last week's event. our thoughts and prayers go out to eve ryo ne thoughts and prayers go out to everyone who was affected by the events last week. it was a moment of calm after the chaos here of exactly one week ago. it was also a united front against the horror and the violence of the attack. today, inquests opened into the deaths of four of those killed. this afternoon, though, was about an act of remembrance, a chance for londoners to stand together. daniela relph, bbc news, westminster bridge. a look at the front pages in a moment with our two reviewers, but first, a look at the weather forecast. some warm weather on the way for some of us some warm weather on the way f

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