helena lee is at the old bailey.idence from those people who saw what happened to andreea and those who tried to help her. michael brown had been driving his van over westminster bridge and he saw her being flung into the river thames. he described the scene afterwards as carnage and earlier we heard from the boyfriend of andreea who gave evidence and spoke about the moments leading up to the attack. 0ndrej berndt as, andreea cristea's boyfriend, came to court this morning to tell the hearing how he frantically searched for his girlfriend after they were hit by khalid masood's car. the couple had been on holiday in london doing what tourists do. they were on westminster bridge enjoying the sights will stop andreea cristea busy taking photographs, like this one, of westminster. it turned out to be the last picture she took. in court, 0ndrej berndt as was asked about the seconds before they were hit. he said, i heard something hit something and after that, at the same time, people were screaming. i saw the car come tow

stabbed by khalid mosood, as he was on duty outside the palace of westminster. 0ur correspondent helena leewell, jane, very distressing and graphic audio recordings were played to court this morning, of the moment when people were frantically trying to help pc keith palmer as he lay dying on the floor, one person can be saying he was losing blood and another urging him to fight for his life. the court was shown this photograph of pc keith palmer, at the start of the inquest this morning. taken by an american tourist, outside the palace of westminster. it was to be the last photograph of him. he does killed not long after. this is the aftermath of the attack, pc palmer had been on duty and unarmed when khalid masood approached him. there was a struggle, masood then stabbed him. witnesses today have been describing what they saw. 0ne eyewitness whose statement was read to court said as $0011 statement was read to court said as 50011 as statement was read to court said as soon as the knives went up, it went from car accident, to attack. antonia kerr ridge a parliamentary assistant was in a bui

our correspondent, helena lee, is at the old bailey.he hearing today has heard from witnesses, pedestrians on westminster bridge at the time that kurt cochran was hit by the car. one eyewitness broke down in tears in the witness box as she relived the moment of impact. and his wife, who survived was badly injured, also gave evidence in court into the inquest into her husband's death. this morning, melissa cochrane came to court to tell the hearing how she and her husband's trip to london ended after just two and her husband's trip to london ended afterjust two and a half hours. she and kurt cochran, the first victim of the attack had been visiting from america. from the witness box she told the court she remembers the car being driven by khalid masood approaching them and then being on the ground. her husband had pushed her to safety, she told the court she doesn't remember him doing that but it was typical of him. kylie smith, a teacher, also gave evidence, she'd beenin teacher, also gave evidence, she'd been in london with some studen

helena lee is at the old bailey.lled the events of that day last march. he began by describing how he heard screams of shock and he had seen heard screams of shock and he had seen panicking people's eyes. he then went on to describe how he went on to help pc palmer as he lay dying on to help pc palmer as he lay dying on the ground. tobias ellwood came to court today and described how he ignored fears of a second terror attack as he tried to help save pc palmer. he told the inquest how he saw two bodies on the ground. the officer was one of them. he went to help, medically trained from a previous army career. he describes to the court how he started cpr on pc palmer. an emergency medical team then arrived and operated on the officer. as he described what happened next, tobias ellwood said, forgive me. it's sometimes easier to do the helping them to talk about it afterwards. the court heard how nothing more could be done for pc palmer. when the doctor told tobias ellwood he could stop helping, he told the inquest that

helena lee is at the old bailey. emotional, packed court one here at the old bailey as families got to remember their loved ones as they describe the pain and loss, photographs of those who died in the attacks were put up on screens around the courtroom. and also a minute's silence was observed in their memory. westminster bridge, nearly a year and a half ago, an attack which the chief coroner said tore apart the lives of many by hayat untearable drama. today the inquest began into those who died, giving families a chance to tell the hearing about them, who they were and what they meant to their relatives. kurt cochrane was on holiday here was that yesterday would have been his 56th birthday. a statement read out on behalf of his wife melissa said, i was so lucky to have had 25 wonderful years with the man of my dreams. he made me laugh every single day. i cherish every single memory we made. the court heard leslie frey, a pensioner, known as les, was a private man who always helped others and loved hisjob as les, wa

helena lee at the old bailey... home in greater manchester. demi, brandon, lacie and lia pearson, who lived in walkden near salford, were aged between three and 15. their mother is still being treated for her injuries and wasnt able to attend the service. two men who targeted their home with petrol bombs last december have been jailed for life. time for a look at the weather. thank you... reports of wind gusts of 105 mph thank you... reports of wind gusts of105 mph in thank you... reports of wind gusts of 105 mph in wilmington, north carolina so hurricane florence continues to cause huge problems and back home and weekend is much quieter. still some wind and rain in the forecast and wet and breezy weather at times and the driest weather at times and the driest weather to be found towards the south—east. pass the south—east may not see any rain at all. this is the latest radar and satellite picture, bands of cloud and rain sinking south eastwards and heavy rain pushing across the north of northern ireland and south—w

helena lee has been at the hearing. she said. three others on the bridge died as khalid masood drove into them over westminster bridge. he then got out and stabbed pc keith palmer, who died at the scene. the inquest will hear further evidence into kurt cochran‘s death, before hearing the inquests into the four other victims. and helena is at the old bailey now. simon, we have heard this afternoon more evidence into the inquest of lesley rhodes, who was 75 years old, a retired window cleaner who loved hisjob. he was a retired window cleaner who loved his job. he was walking along westminster bridge, and in court footage was shown with various angles of him on the bridge the day before the attack. who was on his way from a hospital appointment at ain‘t mrs hospital and that footage was shown in court. what it doesn‘t show is the impact of the crash, but in court stills were shown from cctv footage of leslie rhodes being hit by the car which was obviously very distressing for the families who we re distressing for the fami

stabbed by khalid mosood, as he was on duty outside the palace of westminster. 0ur correspondent helena leethe inquest the court was taken back to harrowing footage of when pc keith, was stabbed. 0ddie was played and the desperate vices of those who attempted to care for him filled the court at the old bailey. in one recording you could hear the man are urging him to fight for his life. the court was shown this photograph of pc, at the start of the inquest this morning. taken by an american tourist outside the palace of westminster, it was to be the last photograph of him. he was killed not long after. this is the aftermath of the attack. pc palmer had been on duty and unarmed when khalid mahsood approached him. there was a struggle. mahsood then stabbed him. witnesses today have been describing what they saw. 0ne eyewitness statement was read to court said as soon as the knives went up it went from car accident to attack. antonia kerridge, a parliamentary assistant, was in a building opposite the palace. she told the court... james west, another witness, had been attending an event nearby.

our news correspondent, helena lee is at the old bailey. ones in that attack. he also warned the court that during the hearing that some shocking footage would be shown and he would warn those in court when that was going to be shown in case anyone wanted to leave. he told the court he helped lessons could be learned from the inquest. he had a one—minute silence. he asked those in the court to stand, holding a minutes silence for those who died. and emotionalfor the minutes silence for those who died. and emotional for the families of those who died, pen portraits, statement read out on behalf of family members or from family members themselves who lost loved ones to really tell the court about the person they lost and about what their loss is meant to them. we heard from a statement read on behalf of kurt cochrane‘s wife, they we re behalf of kurt cochrane‘s wife, they were on holiday at the time he was on westminster bridge, knocked down and killed by the car that‘s masood was driving. i am so lucky, she said, to have had so long with a m

our correspondent, helena lee, is at the old bailey.ate, we heard evidence from people who are on the bridge who saw kurt cochran being hurt by khalid massood's car. one eyewitness who was giving evidence broke down in tea rs was giving evidence broke down in tears as she recalled the moment of the impact. his widow, who was badly injured, but survived the attack, also gave evidence into the inquest into her husband's death. this morning, melissa cochran came to court to tell the hearing how she and her husband's trip to london ended after just two and a half hours. she and kurt cochran, the first victim of the attack, had been visiting from america. from the witness, box she told the court she remembers the car being driven by khalid masood approaching them, and then being on the ground. her husband had pushed her to safety. she told the court she doesn't remember him doing that, but it was typical of him. kylie smith, a teacher, also gave evidence. she'd been in london with some students and was on the bridge when the attack happened.

helena lee is there for us. yes, more harrowing evidence today.ne witness put it. her family were and the carnage is one witness put it. herfamily were not in court today, there were watching proceedings via video link from romania, which is where andreea was from, but her boyfriend came to court today is to suggest —— to tell the court about the moments before the court about the moments before the attack. andrei burnaz came to court this morning to tell the hearing how he frantically search for his girlfriend after they were hit by the car of khalid masood. the couple had been on holiday in london doing what tourists do. they were on westminster bridge enjoying the sights. andreea cristea busy taking photographs like this one of westminster. it turned out to be the last picture she took. in court, andrei burnaz was asked about the seconds before they were hit. he said... he told the hearing he frantically searched for his girlfriend but could not find her. he only found her phone and glasses, in a pool of blood. andreea had been flung into the t

helena lee reports.bodies on the ground. the officer was one of them. he went to help, medically trained from a previous army career. he describes to the court how he started cpr on pc palmer. an emergency medical team then arrived and operated on the officer. as he described what happened next, tobias ellwood said, "forgive me. it's sometimes easier to do the helping them to talk about it afterwards." the court heard how nothing more could be done for pc palmer. when the doctor told tobias ellwood he could stop helping, he told the inquest "that's when i said, sir, you're going to have to tell me to stop, to order me to stop." tobias ellwood then said this at the end: we both tidied up the body as best we could. he went on to say it was a very silent end, being left completely alone in an eerily silent palace of westminster. the coroner thanked tobias ellwood for all his efforts to try to save pc palmer. 0ur correspondentjenny kumah is at the old bailey. what else has emerged particularly during the aft

silence was observed for the victims, who were british, american and romanian. 0ur correspondent helena leed bailey. westminster bridge, nearly a year and a half ago, an attack which the chief coroner said tore apart the lives of many by high and terrible drama. today the inquest began into those who died, giving families a chance to tell the hearing about them, who they were and what they meant to their relatives. kurt cochran was on holiday here. yesterday would have been his 56th birthday. a statement read out on behalf of his wife melissa said, "i was so lucky to have had 25 wonderful years with the man of my dreams. he made me laugh every single day. i cherish every single memory we made." the court heard leslie rhodes, a pensioner, known as les, was a private man who always helped others and loved hisjob as a window cleaner. aysha frade's husband told the court she lived and breathed for her daughters. they had two. andreea cristea was described as a lovely, enchanting young lady. today would have been her 33rd birthday. and pc keith palmer, who was stabbed and killed in the attack. h

our correspondent helena lee is at the old bailey.s in court today as the events from last march we re today as the events from last march were relived by those who had seen what happens. the barrister, jonathan hough 0c, who is the council for the jonathan hough 0c, who is the councilfor the inquest, jonathan hough 0c, who is the council for the inquest, began jonathan hough 0c, who is the councilfor the inquest, began the inquest into ayush afraid earlier today and he told the court that there would be graphic footage. that was an opportunity, really, for anyone who wanted to do leave the court room at that stage. her family, her husband, john, and her two sisters decided to stay in court, but they closed their eyes, bowed their heads as the footage was strode and at times they wiped away tea rs. strode and at times they wiped away tears. that did was then shown to the court. it showed ayesha afraid, a mother of two, walking along westminster bridge. she was on her mobile phone at the time and com pletely mobile phone at the time an

helena lee is at court for us. and also the aftermath, the rescue effo rts and also the aftermath, the rescue efforts to get her out of the river thames. we heard from one witness today, who was driving his van on westminster bridge at the time of the attack. he sought andreea cristea being hit by khalid masood's car. he described how she was thrown ten feet into the air, before falling into the river thames. we also heard from the boyfriend of andreea cristea, who gave evidence to quitand andreea cristea, who gave evidence to quit and spoke about the moments before the attack. andreea cristea's boyfriend came to court this morning to tell the hearing how he frantically searched for his girlfriend after they were hit by masood's car. the couple had been on holiday in london, doing what tourists do. they were on westminster bridge enjoying the sights. andreea was taking photographs but it turned out to be the last picture she took. in court, andrei burnaz was asked about the seconds before they were hit. he told the

our correspondent helena lee is at the old bailey.ourt here at the old bailey, families got their chance to publicly remember their chance to publicly remember their loved ones. as they did so many of them were in tears, and their photographs of those who died in the attacks were put up on screens around the courtroom for eve ryo ne screens around the courtroom for everyone to see. and the one—minute silence was observed in their memory. westminster bridge, nearly a year and a half ago, an attack which the chief coroner said tore apart the lives of many today the inquest began into those who died, giving families a chance to tell the hearing about them, who they were and what they meant to their relatives. kurt cochrane was on holiday here. yesterday would have been his 56th birthday. a statement read out on behalf of his wife melissa said, the court heard leslie frey, a pensioner, known as les, was a private man who always helped others and loved hisjob as a window cleaner. ayesha freda's husband told the court she lived and breathed

our correspondent helena lee is at the old bailey. what have you heard this morning? i think, i'm afraid we have some technical issues, ithink, with i'm afraid we have some technical issues, i think, with hearing her. we will try to fix them and go back as soon as we can. space exploration has led to countless ground—breaking discoveries and now a team of british scientists wants to send worms to the international space station to help us understand how our muscles can waste away. we've been given special access to the scientists as they prepare to launch the worms into space. john maguire went to see them at their laboratory in switzerland. when tim peake spent six months on board the international space station, regular exercise was vital. floating in zero gravity means astronauts stop using their muscles to stand and those muscles then start to waste away. now, a team of scientists from british universities is working to find out more. they've come to switzerland and, on the shore of lake lucerne, this lab that specialises in space biology. we're hoping to prevent

our correspondent helena lee is there.ve been hearing more evidence into the death of andreea cristea, she was the remaining tourist who was on holiday in london with her boyfriend when she was hit by khalid masood's carand when she was hit by khalid masood's car and flung into the river thames. her boyfriend came to court today to tell the hearing about the moments before the attack happened. we heard in court from her boyfriend, he came to court and he described the moment he realised that something was going badly wrong. he said in court, "suddenly i heard some screaming and noises in front of me. i heard something hit something, people were screaming." he then went on to tell the court how he saw the car zigzagging towards them and then he went on to say, "it was very quick. everything was very quick." the next thing he felt was a burning sensation in his left foot. that is because the car had run over his foot. he told the court he heard another bank, probably his girlfriend been hit. he then describes how he frantica

helena lee has been following the case at the old bailey and has this report., to order me to stop. tobias ellwood then said this at the end... he went on to describe how he was left alone with pc palmer ‘s body in an eerily silent palace of westminster. the coroner thanked tobias ellwood for all his efforts to try and save pc palmer. our correspondentjenny kumah is at the old bailey. a very emotional day. yes, this afternoon, we have been hearing about the movements of the two armed police officers who were on duty that day. the court was shown footage of their movements and it showed in the moments before the attack, there had been no armed officers at the carriage gates. at the time, when the car was crushed, the time, when the car was crushed, the two armed officers were positioned in the corner of the palace yard. they remained there when the attacks happened. the footage shows the two officers moved towards an area where masoud had collapsed after three shots rang out. they arrived at the scene at around 1442. one of those officers on duty that day has be