she told how helping alexandre pigea rd from helen kennett.lping alexandre pigeard led to her being stabbed herself. she ended her evidence in tears, and the waiter‘s father went over and thanked her for trying to save his son. just after seven minutes past ten onjune the 3rd 2017, a van crashed into railings after fatally injuring two pedestrians on london bridge. just below, in the borough bistro, waiter alexandre pigeard reacted to the noise and rushed outside. a colleague saw alexandre pigeard heading for the stone steps, trying to see what was going on. then there was confusion and people running, and the next thing anyone saw, he was heading back down this wall, clutching a wound to his neck. off duty nurse helen kennett was in the bistro with her sister and mother, celebrating her birthday. she stepped forward to help the wounded waiter. i went to him because i thought, i need to do something, because he's bleeding a lot, she told the coroner today. she said, i'm a nurse, let me help you. he shook his head. he said, no, just run. then s

incredible test to me from helen kennett.amily and friends in the court. they quite also heard from another woman who had been celebrating her birthday in the cm restaurant, she herself heard the buying and heard the panic began to spread. then she also said she saw one of the attackers stabbing their waiter, who turns out it was alexandre pigeard. she said as he was being stabbed, the attacker was smiling. the former head of m16 has warned against allowing huawei to build britain‘s 5g mobile network. the comments from sir richard dearlove come in a report by the foreign policy think tank, the henry jackson society. he says the ability to control communications and data will be the route to exercise power over nations in the future. another fight with china, a foreign adversary whose telecom giant could pose a national security threat to the us. in a statement from the white house, there is no mention of specific countries or companies, but it is clear the trump administration has huawei in its sights. the us will ban transac

helen kennett told the court she was going to die.nd her family, she said she didn't want to die alone. it was two hours before she got to an ambulance. jon donnison, bbc news. what else has the court been hearing today, jon? what else has the court been hearing today, jon? incredible testimony from helen kennett, she says when she looks into the eyes of alexandre pigeard just before she herself was stabbed, he just looked at her and told her to run. unfortunately for her it was too late, she was also stabbed. she gave that testimony remarkably stoically today but as soon remarkably stoically today but as soon as remarkably stoically today but as soon as she had finished she broke down in tears and was comforted by family and friends in the court. the court also heard today from a woman who had been celebrating her birthday in the same restaurant, the borough bistro that night. she heard the bang, she saw the panic spreading, then she also said she saw one of the attackers stabbing their waiter who turns out it was alexandre pigeard.

helen kennett was off—duty at a restaurant with her mother and sister when three men began randomly stabbingas more. just after 10:07pm on 3june 2017, a van crashed into railings after fatally injuring two pedestrians on london bridge. just below, in the borough bistro, waiter alexandre pigea rd reacted to the noise and rushed outside. he headed for these steps that lead up to the streets, then his colleagues heard the sound of people screaming and he ran back through the arch, holding a gash in his neck. 0ff—duty nurse helen kennett was in the bistro with her sister and mother, celebrating her birthday. she stepped forward to help the wounded waiter. "i went to him because i thought, i need to do something, because he's bleeding a lot," she told the coroner today. i said, i'm a nurse, let me help you. he shook his head. he said no, just run. then she realised that alexandre was being held by a man with a knife. "i looked up to the attacker. i looked at him and i said, what's wrong with you? and he looked at me and said, no, what's wrong with you? he stabbed me in the neck on the left—hand s

helen kennett told the court she thought she was going to die.er family, she said she didn't want to die alone. it was two hours before she got to an ambulance. jon donnison, bbc news. helen kennett was amazingly stoic in her testimony today but as soon as it was over, she broke down in tea rs. it was over, she broke down in tears. now, we also heard today from customers at the borough bistro that evening. we heard from anne angelica, who was celebrating a birthday with friends. she also witnessed the attack and said that as alexandre pigeard was being stabbed, the attacker had a smile on his face. we also heard from jeffrey, who was out celebrating some exams he'd just finished and also witnessed the attack. he identified for the first time today, he said that having seen the press coverage afterwards, he could identify the attacker as rashid radwan, who was later shot dead by police later that evening. thank you very much. president trump has declared a national emergency to protect us communication networks from what he calls "foreign adversar

helen kennett tried to save the life of this man and was stabbed herself. the government abandons its controversial pa rt—privatisation of the probation service. and at 11:30pm, we will be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, deputy political editor of the daily mirror ben glaze and deputy political editor of the daily express sam lister. stay with us for that. theresa may has agreed to set a timetable for her departure from number ten after mps vote on her plans to leave the european union in three weeks‘ time. she is expected to resign if she loses the vote. the agreement follows talks between mrs may and senior conservatives, led by sir graham brady, who said they had a frank discussion. the former foreign secretary borisjohnson today confirmed he will stand for the leadership. here is our political editor laura kuenssberg. a police escort is no protection from reality. theresa may has tried and tried to keep notjust the trappings, but a slippery grip on power. but her party's agonies over europe and gridlock behind those gates mean

this is helen kennett. yes, and she is an off duty nhs nurse.ight of the terror attack, and we are hearing every day now at these inquests into the deaths from these inquests into the deaths from the terrorist atrocity the sort of everyday stories of the ordinary people who are out and about in the restau ra nts a nd bars people who are out and about in the restaurants and bars at london bridge, doing what young people do ona bridge, doing what young people do on a saturday evening in that area, having fun with their friends, and this unimaginable horror just started to unfold, and these ordinary people, in an extraordinary situation, we are learning how they reacted, and helen kennett ran up to one of the terrorists and shouted what's wrong with you, before he stabbed her in the neck. two years on, finally hearing these individual stories. it must be so traumatic to have to relive it in this way, but incredible bravery, tojust hear this story. to have the nerve to be able to say, to confront somebody in that situation, ijust don't know how some

off duty nurse helen kennett was in the bistro with her sister and mother celebrating her birthday.rd to help the wounded waiter. then she realised that alexandre was being held by a man with a knife. alexandre died from multiple knife wounds just outside the bistro where he worked. other witnesses saw this young australian nurse, kirsty boden, being stabbed on the ground just metres away. she also died. in less than two minutes, the attackers had stabbed five people to death around the boro bistro, and others like helen kennett were lucky to have survived. daniel sandford, bbc news, at the old bailey. tensions over trade between the trump administration and beijing have escalated, with the us confirming sanctions will take effect tomorrow on the chinese technology giant huawei. washington has effectively blocked the company doing business in the us, over fears shared by other countries that it poses a risk to national security. huawei is a global leader in 56, superfast wireless technology, which will link everything from our phones to driverless cars to domestic appliances. the fi

helen kennett tried to save the life of this man — and was stabbed herself.nt trump effectively bans the use of chinese company huawei in the united states over security concerns the government abandons its controversial part privatisation of the probation service. theresa may could have less than a month left in office after she formally promised to set a timetable for electing a new prime minister. if the next brexit vote, expected at the beginning ofjune, is defeated, sources have told the bbc she would then resign. if mps pass the vote, she will still go by the end ofjuly. it comes after the prime minister held talks with a group of senior tory backbenchers. their chair, sir graham brady, said it was a frank discussion. as theresa may prepares to leave number ten, boris johnson has finally confirmed he'll run for herjob. here's our political editor laura kuenssberg. a police escort is no protection from reality. theresa may's tried and tried to keep notjust the trappings but a slippery grip on power. her party's agonies over europe and gridlock behind tho

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helen kennett tried to save the life of this man and was stabbed herself.

helen kennett tried to save the life of this man — and was stabbed herself.