he added: "i've been in touch with the mosques, police and islington council regarding the incident. they were going about their lives, completing their night worship. my prayers are with the victims and their families. it appears from eye witness accounts that the perpetrator was motivated by islamophobia." our political correspondent chris mason is in westminster for us this morning. an emergency meeting being held later this morning? good morning to you. i was struck watching gradient‘s report a few minutes ago when he mentioned the grim frequency in which he has found himself standing at police cordoned. the equivalent is the frequency of these cobra meetings. we seem to be referring to them almost every week. it is the government's emergency committee that has got together where they need to be a co—ordinated response to a major incident. there was a statement from the prime minister in the middle of the night saying she will chair this emergency meeting later this morning, adding that all of her thoughts are with the victims, their families and the emergency services on the scen

local mp, said he was totally shocked and had been in touch with mosques in the area as well as islington councilined sealed off as counter—terrorism officers, for the third time in as many months, investigated a vehicle being driven into people on london streets with deadly consequences. you are looking at my pictures of north london. it'sjust coming up to six a.m. london time. live pictures of the police cordoned in the area around finsbury park. after an incident at around 12:15am london time. van driving into pedestrians as worshippers came out finsbury park mosque and a muslim welfare house. eight people injured, one person injured at the scene and a man has been arrested by the police, a48 man has been arrested by the police, a 48 peraud of driver. the muslim council of britain have been extremely vocal about their viewpoint about what happened, it calling it islamophobia, a terrorist attack on the muslim community. the london mayor siddique khan has released a statement to say that extra police are being deployed to reassure communities across the capital, especially those who are observin

local mp said he was totally shocked and had been in touch with mosques in the area as well as islington councilm officers of the third —— for the third time in as many months, investigator vehicle being driven into people on london streets with deadly consequences. there we are. that is live pictures coming in from north london near the finsbury park mosque and neither muslim welfare house with this incident happened at 12:15am london time. to bring you right up to date, the metropolitan police are saying that a 48—year—old man believed to be the van driver referred to their ingrate dawson's report has been arrested. he was arrested after he was detained by members of the public. the prime minister theresa may says this is being treated as a potential terrorist attack and she will chairan potential terrorist attack and she will chair an emergency meeting later this morning. she says all my thoughts are with the victims, their families, and the emergency services on the scene. through the night, we heard from the muslim council of britain and stay referred to this as they van driver intentionall

and those sentiments were echoed by the leader of england can cancel —— islington council who said theow, steering the royal navy's new £6 billion aircraft carrier out of port this afternoon will be a nerve—jangling affair for the team taking her out for her first sea trials. they have just 50 centimetres between the bottom of hms queen elizabeth and the seabed — and that's not a lot of room for a vessel weighing 65,000 tonnes. and once at sea they're expected to attract rather a lot of unwelcome attention — from the russians. here's our defence correspondent jonathan beale. the biggest warship ever built in britain is about to go to sea for the very first time. it's been one of the largest, most complex engineering projects in the uk that has taken years and cost more than £3 billion. hms queen elizabeth is now ready to set sail. her crew of 700 are finding their way around the labyrinth inside and getting used to life on board. yeah, the beds, just the bed alone are bigger than you get on normal ships anyway so that's always a good start. yes, everything is better when it's newer, is

jonny may outside the leisure centre is the senior animal welfare officer with islington council and of pets, tell us what you have been doing to help people. the main goal has been to reassure people, to let them know it is an emotive issue they do know to be separated from their pets as much as possible we are trying to keep pets and owners together but also offering help and support in areas where that can be facilitated. what we are also doing is encouraging anybody you have any concerns for their pets to come down, speak to us and we will do all we can to help and we will do all we can to help and accommodate those arrangements. how difficult has been to find enough pet friendly accommodation for people? it is always hard to find accommodation, especially on a weekend but we're working closely with animal health to find those spaces where needed. the local borough are working really hard to help the people take their pets with them to the hotels and places like that but if needed the back—up is her common—law find spaces where possible. what are the options, if you cannot find s

he has been in touch with the mosques, police and islington council regarding the incident. he is the leader leader of the labour party but is also the local mp for the area. jeremy corbyn saying he shocked at the incident. we have also heard from the mayor, sadiq khan. let's return them to be live pictures. you can see police at a cordon, behind police tape at a junction near seven sisters road. just out of shot there is a large crowd of people, because people have been coming from the mosque and people have now been coming out. eyewitnesses describing the noise from the helicopters over top. people have come out to see exactly what is going on, waiting to get information. that information is coming from a variety of sources, as happens during these incidents. often there is a lag between what you hear from eyewitnesses and journalists and what you get officially on the record from authorities and emergency services. it is understandable, of course, as they are dealing with the incident and trying to deal with the crowd, still with the injured, and work out exactly what hap

the local mp and labour leader jeremy corbyn said he'd been in touch with islington council and localthe area. this morning the scene remained sealed off as counterterrorism officers for the third time in as many months investigate a vehicle driven into people on london streets with deadly consequences. greg dawson, bbc news. theresa may —— 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 c

they have sent islington council samples of eight buildings in the area for testing. ion from grenfell tower that that cladding and installation had failed those tests. they held a news conference earlier. correspondence is that new scotla nd earlier. correspondence is that new scotland yard for is now. very significant that those tests, separate from the tests being carried out from the government, i should say, the cladding and installation failed that examination, carried out by the met. yes, we heard from detectives superintendent within the last couple of hours and she said this investigation had two main issues to look out, how the fire started and how it spread so fast. now, we heard that it started without all the fridge, a hotpoint fridge, not subject to product recall. more investigations are being done as far as that is concerned. and the spread of the fire, the cladding that has caused so many of the fire, the cladding that has caused so many concerns over of the fire, the cladding that has caused so many concerns over the past few weeks and the met said th

joe clarke from islington council and zenon brown from the rspca told my colleague annita mcveigh thatal this morning is to reassure people, to let them know that it's a very emotive issue, they don't want to be separated from their pets. as much as possible we're trying to keep pets and owners together. but we're also offering help and support in areas where that can't be facilitated. what we're also doing is encouraging anybody who has got any concerns for their pets to come down and speak to us and we will do all we can to help and accommodate those arrangements. how difficult has it been to find enough pet friendly accommodation for people? it's always hard to find accommodation, especially on a weekend like this, but we are working really closely with animal health to find those spaces when needed. i know the local borough is working really really hard to let or help the people take their pets with them to the hotels and places like that, where possible. but if needed, if we really need to, the back—up is here and we will find spaces where possible. so what are the options, if you

bell chimes big ben strikes the hour the leader of islington council, richard watts, is now speaking.ramming. martin bashir with coverage of that minute's silence, remembering those affected by the terrorist act in finsbury park last week. this is bbc news, and these are the top stories developing at midday... the democratic unionist party sign a deal to support theresa may's minority conservative government. in concluding this wide—ranging agreement, we have done so on the basis of advancing the security of our nation, building prosperity for all and supporting an exit from the european union that benefits all parts of the united kingdom. the government says it will offer support to councils — after cladding on 60 high—rise buildings across england fails fire safety tests. the prime minister is to set out more details of the rights she wants to give eu citizens living in britain, after brexit. also... the dawn of a new era for the navy. a new aircraft carrier — hms queen elizabeth — is due to set sail for the first time from the rosyth dockyard in fife. good afternoon. it's monday 26

in islington, the external panels of this council owned property are coming down already, because they proof by an official government test. and they're hardly alone. i can inform the house that as of mid—day today, the cladding from 75 high rise buildings in 26 local authority areas has failed the combustibility test. the government's official building regulations are set out in approved document b. that says that insulalation products attached to the outside of buildings more than 18 metres tall must meet stringent fire standards, specifically they must be of materials that are non—combustible or limited combustibility. that is what these tests are all about. how, then, can it be that buildings have been fitted with cladding that doesn't meet that requirement? building inspectors don't always rely directly on the rules set by the government. the inspectors, who these days are largely privately employed, use guidelines to the rules written by professional bodies representing the sector. it's been some time since the relevant regulations were updated and the industry has to keep up wit

a number of london boris, barnett, brent, camden, hounslow, islington, lambeth, and wandsworth. other counciled, four buildings across manchester that have failed, one in norwich, three in plymouth, two in portsmouth, three in stockton on tees, we think one of those is in billingham, according to residents there. they said they have been told this by the local authority, and five in sunderland. that is how the 25 local authority areas are made up, and the rough proportions of buildings. that's not surprisingly, the largest cities affected the most, london and manchester. the government says work is continuing iv building search establishment to see as much samples as possible as soon see as much samples as possible as soon as see as much samples as possible as soon as they can. hundreds of people in spain have been evacuated from the path of a huge forest fire. the blaze broke out in a pine forest near the city of huelva last night. windy conditions are making it difficult to bring the flames under control. reports from the area say the fire may have been started deliberately. the archbishop

now, councils have been putting up cladding to improve the look and insulation of their ageing tower blocks. now in what amounts to a crisis for that strategy, some of it being taken down. in islingtonlly for testing, but next week for good. everyone in the block is fading if you live in a tower block, it could have been us. —— everyone in the block is thinking. especially now that it's in our cladding. it makes you feel quite tearful, actually. so far it's affecting high—rise residence in nine council area. all we want is some strong reassurance. there's a lot of, shall we say, stressed people at this present moment in time. in wandsworth, where this fire broke out in 2010, 100 tower blocks are to be fitted with sprinklers. but there is grim, unfinished business back g re nfell tower. is grim, unfinished business back grenfell tower. everyone's been accounted for in this flat, but police need help to ensure that identified all victims. their message today — if you know someone that was there for whatever reason, we need to know. the fact that the cladding and insulation failed the police's tests — does that mean they were both in contravention of existing safety regulations so shou

now, councils have been putting up cladding to improve the look and insulation of their ageing tower blocks. now, in what amounts to a crisis for that strategy, some of it being taken down. in islingtoning, but next week for good. everyone in the block is saying if you live in a tower block, it could have been us. especially now that it's in our cladding. we are thinking, oh my god, it makes you feel quite tearful, actually. all we want is some strong reassurance. there's a lot of, shall we say, stressed people at this present moment in time. in wandsworth, where this fire broke out in 2010, 100 tower blocks are to be fitted with sprinklers. but there is grim, unfinished business back g re nfell tower. everyone's been accounted for in this flat, but police need help to ensure that identified all victims. their message today — if you know someone that was there for whatever reason, we need to know. 0ur reporter kim riley has been at the celotex factory in suffolk, the company today announced it would stop supplying cladding for use on tall buildings. it's a well—respected company of producing installation materials, it's been doing it for a0 years. they have a huge range of products a