the attacker, darren osborne, was sentenced to a minimum of 43 years in prison. lister reports. for one minute today, this busy part of north london fell silent, a community remembering a night of terror a year ago. among them, the family of the man who died and the imam who protected the attacker from the crowd. this was the moment the van was used as a weapon, driven into worshippers near finsbury park mosque. there was panic and confusion and strewn on the pavement, a dozen injured people, lives changed in a moment. makram ali, a 51—year—old father of six, was killed. abdul matin choudhury was one of those injured that night. his son was pushed out of the van‘s way by an uncle at the last minute. mr choudhury still mourns his friend, makram. makram ali was a very nice person, very quiet man. all the time, miss him. he says some of his friends are still afraid to walk to the mosque alone. some of my friends are scared to go by themselves. they don't want anything to happen to themselves, any harm, so that is why they either stay at home or go to the mosque with

the driver, darren osborne, is serving a life sentence for the murder of makram ali, a father of six, murder. the mayor of london sadiq khan spoke at the memorial, and said that london would always be defiant in the face of terrorism. the terrorist attack in finsbury park a year ago was an attack on all londoners. terrorism is terrorism. no matter the target and regardless of what motivates the sick and twisted perpetrators that carry out these evil crimes. the way this community has responded and come together has inspired us all. when londoners face adversity, we stand up for our values. we stay strong and we remain united. this is our city. this is our way of life. and those who seek to divide us should know this — you will never succeed. the labour leader and local mp jeremy corbyn also spoke at the memorial, and spoke of how the local community came together the day after the attack. makram lost his life and the following day, there were prayers in the middle of seven sisters road, eerily quiet on one of the busiest streets in our city. eerily quiet as we came together, christian

applause darren osborne had deliberately driven a hire van straight into a group of muslims on a warmne survivor, abdirahman ibrahim, was hit by the van and then helped restrain the attacker to protect his more seriously injured friends. he says that many of those caught up in the violence are still suffering, either physically or mentally. the anxiety, the post—traumatic stress disorder. some of us have panic attacks. so, this will be ongoing. no matter how much counselling or therapy you take, no—one will ever forget what happened that night. makram ali, who was killed, was 51 years old and sat in the same chair for prayers at his local mosque every day. and there is now a memorial to makram ali overlooking the playground where he watched his six children grow up and, until last year, his grandchildren too. but at makram ali's mosque — lit up overnight with the #londonunited hashtag — they say that a tragedy that might have divided has actually brought people closer together. daniel sandford, bbc news. the inquiry into the fire at grenfell tower has been shown the first pictures fro

darren osborne had deliberately driven a hire van straight into a group of muslims on a warm night duringnd then helped restrain the attacker to protect his more seriously injured friends. he says that many of those caught up in the violence are still suffering, either physically or mentally. the anxiety, the post—traumatic stress disorder. some of us have panic attacks. so, this will be ongoing. no matter how much counselling or therapy you take, no—one will everforget what happened that night. makram ali, who was killed, was 51 years old and sat in the same chair for prayers at his local mosque every day. and there is now a memorial to makram ali overlooking the playground where he watched his six children grow up and, until last year, his grandchildren too. but at makram ali's mosque — lit up overnight with the #londonunited hashtag — they say that a tragedy that might have divided has actually brought people closer together. dan osborne was trying to terrorists are partand dan osborne was trying to terrorists are part and turn against each other, he was trying to divide us but actuall

the amount saved the life of darren osborne and also the community came together —— imam.ere in terms of community relations. impact could have been quite severe in terms of community relationslj in terms of community relations.” will pause for a moment because we will pause for a moment because we will hear from james brokenshire will pause for a moment because we will hearfrom james brokenshire in finsbury park now. appalling act of terror. the timing after ramadan prayers was especially painful and poignant and i hope this weekend's focus on family and friends has provided some comfort and solace to makram ali's loved ones and all those injured. there was no question that the attack was intended to divide us. to spread hatred and fear. and it failed. it had, in fa ct, fear. and it failed. it had, in fact, the opposite result. with the imam's calm and courageous response and a wonderful, diverse community and a wonderful, diverse community and country, as makram ali's daughter put it so eloquently, showing strength in unity. and showing strength in unity. and showing in

darren osborne had deliberately driven a hire van straight into a group of muslims on a warm night during friends. he says that many of those caught up in the violence are still suffering either physically or mentally. anxiety, post—traumatic stress disorder, some of us have panic attacks. so this will be ongoing. no matter how much counselling or therapy it takes, no one will everforget what happened that night. makram ali, who was killed, was 51 years old and sat in the same chair for prayers at his local mosque every day. and there is now a memorial for makram ali overlooking the playground where he watched his six children grow up, and until last year his grandchildren too. but at makram ali‘s mosque, they say a tragedy that might have divided, ended up bringing people closer together. there is increasing evidence of a link between crime and mental health with calls to change the way the criminaljustice system treats mental illness. it‘s estimated that a third of those arrested by police in england are suffering from mental illness and forces are now working with specially—trained nur

the man who attacked them was darren osborne, a far—right fanatic who had set out to kill muslims andving a prison sentence of at least 43 years. and among the speakers today, there were calls to think of his family too. our thoughts are with the families of the victims and the survivors, but also, to raise above hatred, our thoughts are with the osborne family who have struggled in their own ways. the prime minister visited the mosque in the wake of the attack. today she said british values would not be broken by such violent extremism, sentiments echoed by all those at today's memorial. this is our city, this is our way of life, and those who seek to divide us should know this. you will never succeed. applause. richard lister, bbc news. the grenfell tower inquiry has been shown video images ta ken by firefighters as they entered the flat in the tower block where the fire started. they managed to put out the kitchen fire which started in or around a fridge freezer. but the blaze re—entered the flat through a window before spreading up the walls of the building. this report by our hom