lisa called to ashlyn close —— police — lisa called to ashlyn close —— police were called to ashlyn closee their— injuries was not sadly, despite their best _ injuries was not sadly, despite their best efforts, the women, believed — their best efforts, the women, believed to be related, died a short time later— believed to be related, died a short time later at the scene. the victims are aged _ time later at the scene. the victims are aged 25, — time later at the scene. the victims are aged 25,28 and 61. our overarching objective today is to protect — overarching objective today is to protect public safety and to locate kyle clifford, who is wanted in connection with the murder of the three _ connection with the murder of the three women in what we believe is a targeted _ three women in what we believe is a targeted incident. we have extensive police _ targeted incident. we have extensive police resources deployed to various locations _ police resources deployed to various locations in— police resources deployed to various locations in north london and also the bushey area of hertfordshir

what we understand from detectives from hertfordshire police and we know police were called to ashlyn close together what happened yesterday. —— three women. detectives will also be wanting to speak to people who live in this area, in particular, people who live on the road, and they may well have already done that, but they may well go back for a second time to speak to anyone who may have seen or heard anything about the incident. detectives want to speak to anyone who may have seen or heard anything, as you mentioned, between midday yesterday and around seven o�*clock yesterday evening. around seven o�*clock is when officers got the call to come here, and a huge police response and a police helicopter landed in the garden nearby which we heard about from the local councillor who we spoke to. the emergency services, paramedics, did all they could to try to save the three women at the property but they all died at the scene so as well as this huge forensic investigation here, police investigation here, police investigation in this area, trying to gather as much evidence as they can to unde

we are also hearing more from residents on ashlyn close where the incident took place.erek turner who is 73 years old and lives on the close, and he said it happened all of a sudden, the place went crackers, there were police cars everywhere, armed police in black uniforms with semiautomatic guns. i thought it was a terrorist being. and to bring you another quits from a resident of ashlyn close who said she heard three women screaming, sorry, not three women, she heard screaming from the house where the three women were killed —— another quote. this witness said it was between 630 and 7pm last night and it sounded like kids, somebody�*s screaming and then it was more shrill, and i said, that is definitely someone screaming, and within 15 minutes it was chaos and we had armed police running down the road saying, stay in your house, and they shutters into our houses and basically put us into lockdown. i just want to talk to you about the weapon the police believe the suspect could potentially still be armed with as we continue to watch these helicopter pictures coming liv

yes, very much so, this is ashlyn close whether i so, this is ashlyn close whether hunt family live,ences tojohn lay floral tributes, expressing condolences to john for the loss lay floral tributes, expressing condolences tojohn for the loss of carol, hannah and louise, in this brutal attack that has stunned people in this small town in south hertfordshire. as it would anywhere. who expects anything like this to happen? i was talking a little while ago to the owner of the local cafe and customers there and they said it is beyond belief what has happened here for them. they spoke so highly of carol and her daughters and john and later on they will be a vigil at the local church where people can come together to express their sorrow. i will know my anger, speaking to other people moved by what has happened, and this is her report —— aruna iyengar has been speaking to other people. how could this happen in a quiet, leafy residential area in bushey? last night, neighbours came to pay respects to a family described as kind, friendly and gentle people who always made time for others. those

there is been a steady stream of visitors to ashlyn close today, many of them young women bringing flowersat the entrance to the road and they are so distressed, it is really hard to watch, actually. they are trying to watch, actually. they are trying to console each other but theyjust can't take in what has happened. the police are due to give an update about their investigation in a little while, not quite sure when, but we do know they are treating this as a triple murder investigation. the man they would like to speak to is in hospital at the moment and as you mentioned in your introduction, his name is kyle clifford, he is 26, he was detained at lavender hill cemetery yesterday, in enfield in north london. there is also a house that is being investigated and searched again, having been searched yesterday, it is being searched again in enfield. we can also confirm that kyle clifford is a former boyfriend of one of the daughters of carol and john who died in this attack on tuesday. so we are waiting for an update and in the meantime hertfordshire police are asking for anyone with furthe

you can probably see behind me flowers have been left below the sign for ashlyn close. and one of the first bunches, a woman was in tears. later in the afternoon, a group of four young women turned up holding hands, they also laid those flowers there. the police say the investigation is now moving at a pace, although formal i discipline you —— identification is yet to take place. we've seen a big court and lifted up in a private ambulance went into the cul—de—sac. police, as they say, no formal identification having taken place, but we have seen those forensic teams around the house. we put those —— they put those tents up and police have been in the close all afternoon. they've been talking to local residents to get a sense of what they saw and heard if anything last night. the police made that appeal to the public to come forward with any information they had about the suspect while that manhunt was going on. they said not to approach him because they believed he still has a crossbow. police believe a crossbow was used in this attack and that he could have other weapo

police were called to a property in ashlyn close just before 7pm last night. believe is a targeted incident. we have extensive police resources deployed to various locations in north london and also the bushey area of hertfordshire. the manhunt also involves armed police officers and specialist search teams responding at pace in the wake of what has been an horrific incident involving what is currently believed to be a crossbow. but other weapons may also have been used. if members of the public see kyle clifford, they urge not to approach him at any point and to dial 999 immediately. kyle, if you are seeing or hearing this, please make contact with the police via 999. beyond the immediate search operation, a major crime inquiry has been launched. and we also appeal to the public for any information in relation to the incident. this incident will be, of course, of concern to local residents. additional local officers will be in the area today, so please do speak to them if you need to. you can report information online hearts.police.uk. /report via webchat at

ashlyn close just before 7 pm. three women were found there with serious injuries and despite their bestyear old kyle clifford underway , year old kyle clifford underway, thought to be involved in an alleged triple murder. we'll keep you posted on that. >> 9:10 is the time. will you be in front of the telly tonight? most of the country will. certainly. most of england will be. england against netherlands. euro semi—finals , 8:00 tonight. euro semi—finals, 8:00 tonight. paul coyte is here with his team . paul coyte is here with his team. >> absolutely. it's not the only strategic defence review. gareth southgate's got his own to look at at the moment. is he going to be three at the back. is it going to be four at the back. well we'll have to see i imagine three for him. sorry >> defence comes first for him. >> defence comes first for him. >> absolutely. and we can see that by the way they play. although the real talent as we know, and we've been talking about it since the start of the euros, you know, we've got such great strikers, we've got midfield players, we've got so many creative pl

inquiries and as you would expect, there is still as you would expect, there is still a cordon around ashlyn closeributes and leave notes and some of them are from people who clearly didn't know carroll, louise and hannah but feeling the need to come and pay their respects and other notes are up to the three strongest women in the world from people who did know them and were good friends. —— carole, louise and hannah. they are trying to make sense of what happened here on tuesday night. let's look at this report from helen wilkinson. a packed church in bushey this morning as a community stunned into silence, gathered to reflect and pray. some of them knew the hunt family their whole lives. many were too upset to talk. the victims, carol hunt, 61, and her daughters hannah and louise hunt, both in their 20s, attacked in their own home on this quiet cul—de—sac in hertfordshire. police say it was a horrific and targeted attack and that a crossbow was used, as well as possibly other weapons. the women were the wife and two daughters of the bbc�*s racing commentatorjohn hunt. they were found seriously i

flowers are being left on the corner of ashlyn close.esident. i was one of the reporters invited into the oval office for the first few minutes of their get—together. the relationship between the uk and america was discussed, and the war in ukraine. i kind of see you guys as the knot tying the transatlantic alliance together. we're very pleased to be able to come, so early in the government, to recommit to nato, to recommit to the special relationship, and to have the opportunity to discuss these affairs with you is really important to us. there was time to talk about the football too. from the president... good news. good news is right. i'll tell you what, that's all because of the prime minister. then i asked the big question to the prime minister. is football coming home, prime minister? it looks like it. he will be at the final against spain in berlin on sunday. chris mason, bbc news in washington. in the last hour, the bbc has learned that thousands of prisoners could be released early in a bid to tackle overcrowding injails in engl