my colleague greg dawson is the reporter, who is following the story with me.ures of blue lights from emergency services on london bridge. a lot of reports that we cannot corroborate on social media, we will stick to what we know. a busy time of night in central london for this to have unfolded, reminiscent of what happened on westminster bridge in the middle of the day? it is a hugely popular part of central london, a popular destination for people on a saturday night. it is by one of london's biggest train stations with several pubs and restau ra nts stations with several pubs and restaurants in the area. we know just after ten o'clock, we began to get reports of eyewitnesses saying a white van, hitting pedestrians on london bridge. eyewitnesses have reported seeing several people injured on the pavement. we know london ambulance service have said they have deployed a number of ambulances to the area. metropolitan police have said multiple resources are attending a serious incident, and stressing for people to avoid the area at the moment. clearly this is all

with me is our reporter, greg dawson. he has been with me for some time keeping an eye on things.ervice issued a statement. they say they are tending to the incidence. they have sent first response to the scene with the first response to the scene with the first responders arriving in six minutes. and advanced trauma teams have been dispatched biker. they are working closely with other services to get people to safety and make sure they get the medical safety they need. there initial priority is to assess the level and nature of the injuries and ensure those people most in need are taken to hospital and treated. we are not sure where they have been taken to yet. there area number of they have been taken to yet. there are a number of hospitals in that nearby area in central london. they will be many hospitals on alert, clearly, waiting for casualties to arrive. we don't know the nature of the injuries, how many are injured at this point. but this statement from the london ambulance service given out ten minutes ago are just detailing the resources deployed at that area in this ongo

my colleague greg dawson is the reporter sitting here patiently with me in the studio trying to pieceether steadily what's been happening over the last couple of hours. what have you been watching on the wires, greg? what's probably the most significant development in the last 20 minutes is the reopening of vauxhall station, which is a little way away from the incident at london bridge and the incident at borough market. clearly if police and transport for london had concerns about the station early in the evening, they are now sufficiently confident it is fine to reopen the station. it's on the victoria line, it runs 2a hours on the weekend, many people will be wanting to get home. it relates to the metropolitan police saying they are attending an incident in vauxhall and connecting it to both what was happening in borough and london bridge. for now it appears at least the public transport in that area is back open again. it seems the focus on most of the activity as far as we the focus on most of the activity as faras we can the focus on most of the activity as far as we can tell is

on behalf of the council, that counts —— the kensington and chelsea council, my colleague greg dawsonnitoring this event. for viewers joining has been monitoring this event. for viewersjoining us, has been monitoring this event. for viewers joining us, making has been monitoring this event. for viewersjoining us, making up this situation taking place, just to bring us up—to—date with what has happened so far. the fact that we know. a lot of speculation about what happened, he was living there. what we know is that this fire has been going on for five what we know is that this fire has been going on forfive hours. it was just approaching 12:45 a.m.. that is when the fire service were called to this apartment building which is a least 24 storeys high. obviously at that time of the night, in the middle of the night, most people would have been in bed. very quickly it appeared that the fire spread throughout the building. reports of a number of people unaccounted for. the london fire service say they sent 200 firefighters to the building. what they can do to tackle it given the ferocity,

our reporter, greg dawson has more. the seven sisters road just after mel —— midnight.corded moments after a van mounted the pavement and struck several pedestrians. the streets have been filled with worshippers who just left evening prayers at the finsbury park mosque and the nearby muslim welfare house. he looked straight, he looked straight like it was towards muslims. basically the target. he basically drove on the pavement, coming straight towards all the muslims, and as he was coming to them, he hit all of them. within hours, the muslim council of britain claimed the van was intentionally driven at worshippers. police say the driver, a 48—year—old man, was found by members of the public and handed over to officers to be arrested. he has since been taken to hospital as a precaution. i was coming from the shops. and i saw a large crowd of people on the pavement. i learned after that a van that was standing up by the traffic lights was the van that mowed the people down. several ambulances were on the scene soon afterwards with trauma teams treating the injured. eigh

i'm joined in the studio by greg dawson, who is one of our reporters who has been following this story last hour and a half with me. greg, let's start from the beginning, we're looking at london bridge, this is the first incident police and emergency services were called to, it's all been cordoned off, blue flashing lights. the reform, first report we got were around 10:30pm on a saturday night ina around 10:30pm on a saturday night in a packed area of london just by london bridge station. we heard reports of a white van mounting the pavement and hitting pedestrians, an eyewitness report saying at least five or six people were struck by the van. a little while after we then got reports of incidents at borough market, which is filled with pubs at that time on a saturday night, which would have been very busy, many restaurants and police have since confirmed they were also attending an incident there. what's important to stress is borough market is very close to london bridge, you can walk within 30 seconds and be at borough market, so very close incidents. in the last ten minutes or so

bring you up—to—date with what has happened, here is greg dawson.orth londonjust after midnight. this footage was recorded moments after a van mounted the pavement and struck several pedestrians. the streets have been filled with worshippers who just left evening prayers at the finsbury park mosque and the nearby muslim welfare house. he looked straight, he looked straight like it was towards muslims. they were basically the target. he basically drove on the pavement, coming straight towards all the muslims, and as he was coming to them, he hit all of them. within hours, the muslim council of britain claimed the van was intentionally driven at worshippers. police say the driver, a 48—year—old man, was found by members of the public and handed over to officers to be arrested. he has since been taken to hospital as a precaution. i was coming from the shops. and i saw a large crowd of people on the pavement. i learned after that a van that was standing up by the traffic lights was the van that mowed the people down. several ambulances were on the scene

pedestrians had been knocked down. 0ur reporter greg dawson is here with me, watching this and fault.reported in the last few minutes. slowly run through what we know so far? -- unfold. we got reports just after ten o'clock this evening of an event at london bridge. eyewitnesses corroborating the same information on social media is that a white van mounted the pavement and hit pedestrians. we don't yet have a precise figure but we are getting reports of police boats on the river thames. reports that some pedestrians are unaccounted for. clearly, there is a lot of panic in the area right now. you would imagine police are taking precautions, the london bridge station is closed and metropolitan police have confirmed they are dealing with an incident. clearly, it would be very busy in that area ona it would be very busy in that area on a saturday night. london bridge station is the gateway to south—east london and into kent, with overland train stations. it is a tube station as well. you have borough market and several restaurants and pubs in the area. it is a tourist attraction. 0n area.

my colleague greg dawson is here. of the things you have been seeing on the social media and news wires? we have not had an update from the metropolitan police for a while but they have given out information as to what is happening, to reassure the public. we have heard from the metropolitan police that marina two and marine three, boats that patrol the river thames, the police have said they are working with the lifeboats to evacuate the public. those people affected by the incident who we saw earlier, escorted away from the police cordon. we have also heard from the london ambulance service who say they have multiple resources responding to the incidents in the london tonight and they have also issued guidance to their staff by their twitter feed to say that those staff who volunteered to come in tonight, we have enough resources. clearly you can see how social media plays a part during an incident like this. official figures are quite useful, others not so much. there have been statements from theresa may? yes. i w

i'm greg dawson with bbc world news. our top story.ple. three days of national mourning have been declared. many victims died in their cars while trying to escape. firefighters have tackled over 150 blazes across the country. portugal's prime minister described it as the greatest tragedy the country has suffered in recent years. police in london have said searches of the burnt—out grenfell tower suggest the number of fatalities will be higher than the official figure of 58 — but warned that some may never be identified. and some breaking news. reddish police have sealed off a road in london after an incident. police say one person has been arrested after a vehicle struck pedestrians outside a mosque. and another leading story here in the uk —

ajoint in the a joint in the studio by greg dawson, our correspondence.st umbrella body speaking for muslims. it is saying, "we have been informed of van running over worshippers." they subsequently treated at the attack could —— took place on seven sisters road at the muslim welfare house, not the mosque. it is incredibly close to the finsbury park mosque. there is a lot of confusion as to exactly where this happened. it is perfectly possible that people could have been leaving both the finsbury park mosque which has a huge capacity and also the muslim welfare house. in the last few minutes, we heard from the last few minutes, we heard from the london mayor, sadiq khan. not saying much other than police and ambulance services are attending what he says is a major incident on seven sisters road. we are looking at pictures of the emergency response that came in a short time ago. it is interesting, you're highlighting that it was a different building. it is a very densely, tightly packed area, isn't it, in terms of how big the pavement is. when a large crow

greg dawson reports in the city the riot shields were out again as protesters pelted police with rocks years. the anger has been triggered by the rest of this man, nasser zefzafi, has been triggered by the rest of this man, nasserzefzafi, charged with threatening national security. the monthly has let us here is of protests that began last of dover after the death of a fishmonger who was crushed by a rubbish truck as it tried to rescue stock that had been confiscated by police. 0ver tried to rescue stock that had been confiscated by police. over the last seven days, protesters have shunted we are all zefzafi stop i have had a broken bone because of police, said this woman. we are always threatened. 0ur this woman. we are always threatened. our children are scared. we asked for the king to intervene. it is not just we asked for the king to intervene. it is notjust claims of corruption, protesters say they are frustrated by the lack ofjobs in their country, especially for young people. so far much of the anger has not be directed at morocco abbas king but the longer this continues a coun

greg dawson, bbc news. —— minister michael will be chairing an emergency committee meeting of cobra. police have been bringing us up—to—date. meeting of cobra. police have been bringing us up-to-date. the attack unfolded whilst the man was receiving ist aid and sadly that man has died. any positive link between his death and the attack will form pa rt his death and the attack will form part of the investigation. it is too early —— too early to say if his death was the result of this attack. our thoughts are absolutely with all of those affected by the incident at seven sisters road and their family and friends and the wider community. no matter what the motivation for this attack proves to be we are keeping an open mind. this is being treated as a terrorist attack and the counterterrorism command is investigating. this was an attack on london and all londoners and we should all stand together against extremists whatever the cause. from 21 minutes past midnight this morning police received a number of calls