in the last 15 minutes london ambulance service confirming that 50 people have been treated so far, taken london hospitals. you can see the live images on the screen now of what the tower block looks like this morning. so the press c0 nfe re nce looks like this morning. so the press conference in the last half an hour was from london's fire commissioner confirming there had been a number of fatalities. from the second floor upwards. i have over 200 of my firefighters and officers attending this incident with 40 officers attending this incident with a0 fire engines and a range of specialist vehicles including ia fire rescue units in attendance. based on the level of resource that was needed at this fryer, we clared this a major incident very early this a major incident very early this morning. london fire brigade's control room took multiple calls to this incident with the first call coming in at six minutes to one o'clock. 0ur coming in at six minutes to one o'clock. our first fire engines were on scene in under six minutes. crews wearing breathing apparatus and extended duration breathin

we know the latest from london ambulances, they say they took 48 patients to hospitals across londonast night. five hospitals, some of those patients are being treated here this morning. we understand some of the patients are in a critical condition, others suffering some minor injuries. we know there was a huge response, in terms of the london ambulances, who said 80 joubert medics. they had advanced trauma teams there. the air

services from the metropolitan police and the london fire brigade and the london ambulance service right here, in about 20 minutes time, we're being told. so the microphones are set—up and we will be hearing from representatives then of the metropolitan police, london ambulance service and the fire brigade who will be giving us more details about what happened here and perhaps an update on the casualty figures. the earlierfigures perhaps an update on the casualty figures. the earlier figures we were given six dead, but the police saying that death toll is very much expected to rise. 7a injured. 20 of those injured in critical care in a number of london hospitals. we have been hearing from the mayor of london, sadiq khan. this was his reaction. good afternoon. the fire commissioner has taken me to see for myself grenfell tower and it is extremely distressing and devastating, can i begin by saying my thoughts and prayers as i'm sure the thoughts and prayers of the entire country are with the family

the london ambulance service says at least 20 casualties have been taken to six different hospitals. diq khan called the attacks barbaric and horrific. andy moore, bbc news. these attacks following the westminster attack, a van driven into a police officer, then in manchester on the bombing that left 22 dead, then the latest attack at london bridge and borough market, which said as killed six people and the assailants shot dead by the police. london ambulance are telling us police. london ambulance are telling us that more than 30 people have been taken to hospital. we were reporting 20 people at least taken to six hospitals but london ambulance now saying that more than 30 casualties taken to various hospitals from the london bridge area where the attacks happened. i have also been talking to another eyewitness who saw what happened shortly after 10pm. let's go now to vilwar hussain. i was actually on my way home before i was heading to the mosque for evening prayers. i was at monument station, at the junction there, and i saw the vehicle had crossed from the south side of london bri

london ambulance service, their resilience team are tweeting, saying that they are responding to thist and more information will follow when we have it. they say that multiple resources are attending the incident at london bridge. they are urging people to avoid the area if possible. that bridge is closed to traffic. transport for london have closed the london bridge station. the london ambulance service are saying to only call 909 if you have a genuine emergency. “— call 909 if you have a genuine emergency. —— nine 99. they are having to divert as many resources as possible to this incident. for anyone switching on and joining us, you are watching bbc news. we are reporting an incident that unfolded about 20 minutes ago, that was when we first got warning via reuters. 0ur reporter greg dawson is here with us. i will speak to you again ina with us. i will speak to you again in a moment but let's return now to hollyjones, the bbc reporter who, quite by chance, was on london bridge at the time the incident unfolded. holly, thank you for joining us again, you had to leave us joining us a

members of staff including paramedics and advanced paramedics and specialist trauma teams from the london ambulanceng with hazardous area response teams that are specially trained and carried specialist equipment such as the use of breathing apparatus to support oui’ of breathing apparatus to support our colleagues in london fire brigade and the ongoing management of the situation. as my colleague the commissionerfor the of the situation. as my colleague the commissioner for the london of the situation. as my colleague the commissionerfor the london fire brigade said this is an unprecedented incident and as an off a lot of resources required to manage it ongoing status. from an ambulance service perspective i would ask that only collars if you have a genuine emergency. there are other areas of the health service such as the nhs iii other areas of the health service such as the nhs 111 service and pharmacy and gps can give you advice. i would suggest you do that we support our colleagues in london fire brigade and the metropolitan police service in the management of this incident. when he got here a

we understand that from the london ambulance service. we will keep you updated. ulfed a 27 storey tower block in west london. the mayor sadiq khan has declared a major incident, after the blaze spread rapidly through the grenfell tower, in kensington. 30 people have been taken to five hospitals. residents have been telling the bbc how they escaped. i was at my girlfriend's house and we we re i was at my girlfriend's house and we were asleep. we heard a bang at the door and we went outside to see what was going on. one of the neighbours yelled there was a fire. i looked through the keyhole and saw a couple of people running downstairs where the fire exit is. we literally... we got outside, opened the front door, thick smoke on the landing. i shut the door, thought maybe it would be safer to stay inside. but then we phoned our neighbour who said to get out. the smoke alarm started going off. so we thought now was the time to get out. residents who've been evacuated from the tower block are being directed to the latymer christian centre. 0n social media many others l

the london ambulance service says at least 20 casualties have been taken to six different hospitals. r of london, sadiq khan, called the attacks barbaric and horrific. andy moore, bbc news. i have been talking to various eyewitnesses through the night we saw what happened. or parts of what happened on london bridge and then at borough market. and one man i spoke to was driving in the area on london bridge and saw the white van as it began the attack there on pedestrians who were walking on the bridge. i was actually on my way home before i was heading to the mosque for evening prayers. i was at monument station, at the junction there, and i saw the vehicle had crossed from the south side of london bridge onto the northside and it's begun to do a vehicle u—turn back on to london bridge so that initially caught my attention because you're not allowed to do a u—turn there so when he began to do a u—turn there it caught my attention. the van was a few vehicles in front of me so i came on to london bridge after he did. once he got on to london bridge he came onto the pavement, ran people o

we are also hearing from london ambulance, from the london ambulance service, they were saying about that they have sent a number of resours to an incident in 7 sisters road, and the information is that at the moment we understand according to the information available to us that the london police are saying there is a number of casualties in what was a vehicle collision there in central london and the witnesses that were in this area, close to what you're seeing on screen here, had seen a van hit a group of pedestrians. this information just into us here at msnbc. also through the london ambulance service, saying that they are sending resources there. they have sent, according to what they're saying, a number of resources, a van, whether that's ambulances, we are still getting information on that. the police, london metro police, saying in their tweet and post that police are on the scene, as we can see in this picture. they're dealing with what they're calling a major incident there at 7 sisters road in the finsbury square area. which is in central london. they first posted on this

that 30 people we re from london ambulance that 30 people were taken to a half—dozen hospitals.onse from the emergency services as well is the police, the armed police were quickly on the scene. an awful lot of medics and paramedics involved and now, of course, doctors, surgeons and nurses in the various hospitals where the casualties are being treated. let's show you a picture that we received overnight of one of the three suspected attackers having been shot dead, lying in the street and with these canisters strapped to his body. the assistant commissioner from the metropolitan police were saying that there were what looked like the explosive vests strapped to the bodies of the three attackers but these were actually hoaxes devices or hoax explosives vest we have been talking to a couple of eyewitnesses, robbie and joshua. we spoke to them during the night and asked them what they had seen as the atrocity unfolded. we were in the pub. my friend josh ordered a taxi. i left, crossed the road, got into the taxi and looked out of the window, josh has gone in to get our friend. fiv

i also want to update you on what we're hearing from the london ambulance twitter account, and the london ambulance services saying that this "we are responding to an incident alongside other emergency services at london bridge. we have sent a number of ambulance crews advanced paramedics and special response teams to the scene with the first of our medics arriving in six minutes." "an advanced trauma team from london's air ambulance -- again, reports earlier about helicopters in the air. we have reports of one, two and three, hovering in the incident areas. and they go ton say, they've also dispatched a -- trauma team by car as well, and they go on to say the london ambulance service, that, "we are working closely with other members of the emergency as much as at the scene with our priority being given to get people to safety and ensure they receive the medical help they need as quickly as possible. our initial priority is to assess the level and nature of injuries, and ensure that those people in most need are treated first, and taken to the hospital" nap ." that is the latest from the

i want to bring you a statement we have just had from the london ambulance service.e today at g re nfell tower we that following the fire today at grenfell tower we have ta ken that following the fire today at grenfell tower we have taken 64 patients to six hospitals across london, 20 people in critical care, and our thoughts are with everyone affected. 0ver100 foreign medics have the working hard to respond to this incident, including ambulance crews, advanced paramedics, and the staff managing the incident in our operations room. hazardous area response teams are also at the scene carrying specialist equipment including breathing apparatus. a major incident has been declared and we continue to work closely with other members of the emergency services at the scene. we will hear more from the london ambulance service, metropolitan police, here where i am on the street, not very farfrom where i am on the street, not very far from grenfell tower. where i am on the street, not very farfrom grenfell tower. in the next ten minutes we are expecting an update from all of th

we have been getting more details from the fire brigade and the london ambulance. everal calls to a fire in this premises. we were on scene under six minutes and we got additional resources on subaru severity of the didn't. they continue to work to go into the premises to extinguish the remaining fire and search the premises. this is a completely unprecedented fire. in my 29 years in the london fire brigade i have never seen a in the london fire brigade i have never seen a fire of this nature and i have seen many high—rise fires. this will be subject to a major investigation, but we do not want to speculate about the cause of the fire or its spread. that will be closely looked at in the very near future. we continue at the moment to search the premises, to try to identify any people. we have concerns that there are maybe more people inside the premises. it has been a very large and significant fire. i anticipate the london fire brigade will be on scene for at least the next 24 hours. thank you. good afternoon. i can now confirm that the london ambulance service has

this is just coming in from the london ambulance services. statement is a little bit more information about what they are doing and have done in the last four or five hours there in london, there in finsbury park, the neighborhood affected by the van that drove into the pedestrians and causing with one to die, and causing at least at this moment 10 injuries. they sent over 60 medics to the scene. this is the london ambulance service again. it included ambulance crews, and advanced paramedic, and specialized team, and advanced trauma team from london's a air ambulance, and they are saying that the incident is being dedicated by a team in a special operations center. this is again coming from the london ambulance services. they have got calls from 12:15 a.m. on the early monday there in london. and that is about five minutes earlier than the police got their call, and then they deployed to the seven sisters road area, which is what you are seeing here in the pictures. they have treated eight patients a at the scene, and took them to three londo

london ambulance has issued this statement: "we have sent a number of ambulance crews, advance paramedics specialist responses teams to the scene. an advance trauma team from london's air ambulance has also been dispatched by car." that was around a quad bus midnight london time but as you can see from the live pictures, it is ongoing —— 1215. the junction the live pictures, it is ongoing —— 1215. thejunction is blocked off by police and a large crowd gathered. our reporterjane—frances kelly is at the scene. behind this gordon is the white van. the driver of the van went down seven sisters road and that he deliberately, they say he deliberately, they say he deliberately mounted the pavement and went into a group of people who we re and went into a group of people who were tending to a man who collapsed onto the floor. they were in identifiably muslim clothing. many eyewitnesses are around here believe it was a deliberate attack. there are two mosques in the vicinity. there is the finsbury park mosque and the abu hamza. they would have been a huge number of people attending the mosques bec

and we have sent a number of ambulance crews and advanced paramedics and specialist response team s s to the scene. and advanced trauma scene from the london air ambulance have been dispatched by car, and we are working closely with the members of the emergency services at the scene. our priority is to assess the nature and level of the injuries and assure that those in the most need are treated first and then taken to hospital. they were saying that think will be providing more information as they do get it. so they got the call at 12:15 a.m., and the london metropolitan police got the call at 120 a.m., and about five minutes later, and then they began to employ resources to the scene. and tara from the statement, anything that stands out for you? >> well, i think that, i mean, i think that it is a little bit of time, and we are still waiting for the real official statement, and reading the tweets that have been put out by the metropolitan police in london and still very not really giving much information and no information on the individual, and no physical description of the individual, and no information about the potential motivation,

the london ambulance service deployed sixty medics to the scene — including ambulance crews, advance cs and specialist responders, as well as an advance trauma team from london's air ambulance. the metropolitan police say the driver of the van — a 48—year—old man — has been arrested. our reporter, greg dawson has more. the seven sisters road just after mel —— 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. 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 precautio

this is from the london ambulance right now.have sent a number of resources to an incident in seven sisters road. more information will follow when we have it. that tweet from about 23 minutes ago or so or beyond that. we know this incident we're learning from the metropolitan police happened a little after midnight local time. it is now a little after 1:30 there in london. police are on the scene and they say emergency crews are also there working on casualties at the scene, and one person is under arrest. inquiries continue. they write, "more information will be released as it is confirmed." jewel yet kayyem is still with us. again, we are looking at the map there, juliette. this is not a typical tourist area. it is not london bridge, it is not westminster bridge. based on the location of this, do you have a better sense of what we're dealing with? >> oh, no. i am so wary of conjecturing because a network like ours being wrong has significance. here is what i will say. that the metro police are being quite responsible in getti

the tragic loss of life, we have heard from the london ambulance service the numbers taken to hospitalo this is a truly, truly significant incident we are dealing with. what i can add, apart from those who were able to rescue themselves, the london fire brigade and over the —— themselves, the london fire brigade and overthe —— 60 by themselves, the london fire brigade and over the —— 60 by people they had rescued to the care of the ambulance service. ijust wanted to ask you about the speed in which the fire spread. what was the fire service's reaction when they discovered how quickly the fire had spread in the tower block? the initial incident commander realised the fire was spreading more quickly than he would have expected so asked for further fire than he would have expected so asked forfurtherfire engines than he would have expected so asked for further fire engines as quickly as possible and then another incident commander made it a major incident commander made it a major incident very quickly, enabling us to step up more quickly than if it had been a slower process. the fire wil

monday, london a ambulance surveys said it responded. no other details are available. >> this month, a man veered into pedestrian on london bridge, setting off vehicle and knife attacks that killed 8 people, and wounded many others on the bridge there. 3 muslim extremist who carried out that attack were killed by police. if you are just joining us that is what we're following. right now. walid phares you are still there? >> i am. >> this happened, london bridge, happened 3 weeks ago. did london do enough 3 weeks later or what could they have done to prevent something like this? >> it is not an issue of if uk authorities, over a week or a few months, change a whole strategy, it looks like. if the case of terrorism, we need to have more information. then, case what they have to discovered is that weak spot. what the uk, and our allies in europe need to do is change a strategy, how can they spot the radicals, before? way before. they make this decision. to make that decision when can we intercept them? it look like over past few cases we wer

reporter: london a ambulance service, responding, they spend specialist units here, we've seen attacks like this in london. >> this is something we -- should not see. reporter: we should not see it in the world. not just the neighborhood. reporter: thank you for talking to us, sky news, running a video at the moment of the arrest, i think. so, you saw this arrest happening? >> yes. i saw it. reporter: describe the arrest. >> it was arrested by 5 police officers. actually, they took him away. reporter: did they drop him on the floor. >> no they took him. reporter: they arrested him, they put him in the back of the car. >> yes. reporter: thank you so much, for joining us. >> carry oask him questions. >> ask him questions. >> ask ask him if he was a terrorist or not. >> ask him. >> we don't know that. >> ask him. reporter: we know he has been arrested. >> he wasn't ill, he wasn't ill. or drunk. reporter: thank you very much for joining us. >> did he look drunk? >> he was sober. >> say it in the mic . >> sh he was sober, something he did on purpose, they did it after the hour of prayer. >>

earlier, london ambulance reported that at least 20 patients have been brought to area hospitals. let's listen to the press conference that london police just held. >> good morning. since late yesterday evening, on saturday the 3rd of june, metropolitan police has been responding to incidents in london bridge and borough market areas of london. we're treating this as a terrorist incident. and a full investigation is already under way led by london's counterterrorism commands. you'll understand that the incident is still growing. but at the moment we understand as follows. at eight minutes past 10:00 last night, we began to receive ports that a vehicle had struck pedestrians on london bridge. the vehicle continued to drive then from london bridge to borough market. the suspects left the vehicle, attempting to stab a number of people, including a british transport police officer who was responding to the incident. he received serious injuries, fortunately not life-threatening. his family has been informed. armed forces confronted the three male suspects who were shot and killed in bo

we know the latest from london ambulances, they say they took 48 patients to hospitals across londonhospitals, some of those patients are being treated here this morning. we understand some of the patients are in a critical condition, others suffering some minor injuries. we know there was a huge response, in terms of the london ambulances, who said 80 joubert medics. they had advanced trauma teams there. the air ambulance was on the scene, helping people injured at the scene, so as well as those 48, there would have been people cheated on london bridge and borough market, but were lucky enough to be able to walk away. we know from british transport police, one of their officers was on duty last night and was responding to a call from a member of the public, and he got stabbed. he is not in a critical condition, but he is in hospital. that is the latest this morning. 48 people in hospital and six people died after last night's attacks. thank you. we'll keep you updated with our correspondence around the city. we have had many eyewitness reports, people who saw what was happening from

paramedics, trauma teams and the london ambulance were all involved ina highly london ambulance werense. the key was to stabilise patients and get them to one of six hospitals where specialist teams were on stand by. at st marys we are caring for 16 patients, three of whom are in critical condition. at charing cross hospital we have four patients none of whom are critical. we are continuing to care for patients who are primarily suffering from the effects of smoke inhalation. inhaling smoke can damage the lungs and airways and may also cause carbon monoxide poisoning. specialist burns teams were on stand by but it is understood they did not treat any casualties. 12 hours after it broke out, a toxic cloud was still billowing from grenfell tower leading to concerned residents handing out facemasks donated by local firms. there are toxic su bsta nces local firms. there are toxic substances in the building that we aware of. and everywhere you look in the surrounding area, these black suttee fragments. this children's playground is littered with pieces of debris which floated down from th

london ambulance serveice says it has taken at least 20 people to hospitals across the city. (hermela aregawi)the prime minister will convene a meeting of her top security advisers sunday.we'll continue to follow this tragedy and bring you the latest as it comes in.live in the newsroom, hermela aregawi, kron 4 news. (j.r.) and ever since this attack happened the tweets have been coming in. president donald trump first tweeted what you see on the bottom of your screen saying, "we need to be smart, vigilant and tough. we need the courts to give us back out rights. we need the travel ban as an extra level of safety." a short time later he tweeted, "whatever the united states can do to help out in london and the u.k., we will be there-we are with you. god bless!" san francisco police took to social media today. saying, "our hearts and prayers for london. s-f-p-d is monitoring developments regarding london. we are collaborating with local, federal and state partners. that with a picture saying "pray for london." and finally pop singer ariana grande took to twitter saying, "praying

we are told by the london ambulance service that 8 people were sent to the hospital and many more were treated on the scene. gregg: police are saying it is indeed a suspected terrorist incident. it may mean a revenge attack for some of the recent terror attacks on londoners. the man -- we have seen a picture of them. we'll get it up for you in just a moment. but he appears to be a 48-year-old white man who may not be muslim. he may have decided to target muslims. there is the picture of the person we believe to be the individual being taken away by london police after he was apprehended by the crowd which converged on the truck. it's unclear if he got out of the van or whether they dragged him out of the van. we heard one witness being interviewed by a sky news reporter that the crowd was about to turn on the man and exact their own form revenge, but cooler heads prevailed and they escorted him to police arriving on the scene. there were 10 people down, though that number may change. one has since died. the man is now in police custody. the latest report is they have taken him to the h

the london ambulance service says they transported 20 people from the london bridge and attackers at market were stabbing people at random. >> 10 times, maybe 15. >> president trump has tweeted his support and pledge to help the u.k. anyway we can. >> we'll continue to follow the developing story throughout the evening. you can get updates following our website, "6abc".com. >> police have made an arrest in the stabbing of councilman oh. the suspect turned himself in but says he didn't do it. >> trish hartman toke to the councilman. >> sean yarbray came to the police station with his stepfather and lawyer after the stabbing of councilman oh. off camera he said it was a case of mistaken identity. oh was stabbed in front of his home on the 5800 block of thomas avenue. >> we caught up with councilman oh outside of his home where friends were stopping by to say hello, relieved the suspect was in custody. >> i'm glad he turned himself in. nobody got hurt. he's cooperating, number two. the public is safer. >> oh said he spent a significant amount of time looking at and talking to the suspec

we have just received a report from the london ambulance service that at least 20 people now have been taken to six hospitals across london for treatment following the attack on the london bridge. we told you earlier that death toll the uk reporters are is to. we do not yet know the severity of the other injuries, rather, were still awaiting a police briefing on the attacks in london and we will continue to keep an eye out for that with the prime minister, tresa mae, has said she will have a meeting with her quote cobra unit, national security team in the morning to go over these attacks. it's unclear if the threat level will once again be raised. remember, after the manchester attack the threat level was raised to critical and that is the highest point. it was subsequently brought down and now the question is will they bring it back up. us secretary of john kelly has been briefed on the incident in london and dhs has said that right now there is no specific and no credible threat to the united states at this time. we are continuing to watch that. president trump responding to the atta

london ambulance service says that 50 people have been taken to the hospital, to get -- still not sayingow many they think have died. cause of the fire is not immediately known. resident stay a periods to start in an apartment on a lower floor, and then it just spread upward quickly. >> horrible, that's north kensington, now to philadelphia's kensington, several men forced their way into a home there. >> and they shot a pregnant woman. e is in the hospital, as police search for the intruders. sabina, you're on the scene in kensington. >> guys, right actually on the block where all of it happened. now, not only was this victim pregnant, but she also had her three year olan six year old children home at the time so you can see why she decided to fight back, just after all of this happened around 3:00 this morning, on the 3,000 block of north front street they were app sly epp sign the their home when between two, three men broke their door jam, forked their way into the home. family was asleep, now here is chief inspector scott small describing what happened next. asleep at the time. one f

reporter: the london ambulance service confirmed they treated 8 people at the scene and transported them to the hospital and they confirm they treated a number of people there on the scene and let them go. they said 60 medic came to help that are still there trying to figure out what happened. police are saying it is indeed a suspected terrorist incident. joining us, steve rogers. a former member of the f.b.i. joint terrorism task force. they are identifying it as a potential terrorism event. where do they go from here now that they at least said the word? steve: they said the word, now the investigation will be focused on whether this individual was associated with any terrorist organization. are there accomplices involved in this particular incident? many times there are reconnaissance operations before they execute the actual attack, so they are probably going to go back and look at video footage going back a month or two. they will look at his computers, cell phones, a lot of forensics are being done as we speak. they will have to find an answer to the question, was this individual d

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also london ambulance service, more than 100 paramedics helping out during the course of the night. try to resolve those and go back to sadiq khan. london police say it may be the case that there are still people and accounted for in the block. we could hear from sadiq khan again. firefighters and emergency services running towards the fire, running towards the danger, whilst encouraging others to run away. we know that in number of people have died. the commander has given the figures that we have. i am afraid it is likely that the figures are likely to go up. we also know that a number of people have been taken to hospitals. the commander from number of people have been taken to hospitals. the commanderfrom london and blood service will tell you more about that. if you are somebody who is worried about so many who may have been affected by the fire please ring the met casualty bureau. if you are somebody who lives in the building and has left safely please let us know you are safe. 0bviously we wa nt let us know you are safe. 0bviously we want to make sure that everyone is account

the london ambulance service has told us there were 20 people who were taken into six hospitals across london for treatment. the breakdown of those on the bridge and those in the market was not given. you can see images from the scene showing people who were running and police blocking the way to the bridge. they were also fearing people who had jumped into the water. the bridge, as you might imagine, is closed in both directions and the court in or perimeter as we say in this country is vast. were talking about several blocks. witnesses later reported seeing suspects jump out of that white van, curing 12-inch knife and moments later police responded to an unknown number of the stabbing at the borough market which is against the south side of the london bridge. saturday night in london, warm night, bars and restaurants that run along that area are packed with people, as you might imagine. as you've ever been there, that is a huge tourist attraction. these attacks come in less than two weeks after the bombing at the manchester arena which killed 22 people and left more than 100 others h

sadiq khan is there with members of the london ambulance service. police officers here still at the cord and, still in place at london bridge, were among those who stood as a mark of respect to all those killed and injured this weekend. you see the number of flowers left, people paying their own small tribute. the sea of flowers has grown since saturday night, and people just flowers has grown since saturday night, and peoplejust wanting to remember those who died, and some of those who were so very badly injured as well. and this, the third terrorist attack in the united kingdom in three months. the police and emergency services were among those who showed such remarkable courage. you are probably familiar now with the story of the off—duty police officer, who rushed towards one of the attackers, the officer was armed only with a batten. remember, those three attackers who we re remember, those three attackers who were shot and killed by armed police officers were wearing what appeared to be suicide vests. they turned out to be suicide vests. they t

a london ambulance service telling us 20 patients. there are reports of fatalities. unusually thin information right now. i will remind people it's 20 after 3:00 in the morning in london. they would have had to scramble to get people in. there's a cobra meeting that i believe is either under way or being held. that stands for cabinet briefing room meeting. that's where they have their emergency room meeting when things like this happens. the saturday night part of things may have slowed things down a little bit. >> absolutely. saturday night and people out drinking. this is something we've heard a lot about. you're trying to getty witness information from people out having a good time. this is a congested area, whether it's the bridge or the market. the market is an indoor market. not an outdoor market like you would see. these are restaurants packed very closely together. the question remains sort of what happens now when you have these lists, when thuf these watch lists, when you're trying to impact wloopd why are we not hearing from police yet? are they concerned s

there had been rehearsals beforehand so the london ambulance service knew precisely which hospitals tothis one. london and berlin service got to the scene extremely quickly, injust berlin service got to the scene extremely quickly, in just six minutes. —— london ambulance service. it could take patients to this hospital quickly and others. theresa may made a short visit earlier this afternoon. there have been many tributes to the professionalism of staff in the nhs, the ambulance service, across the emergency services. they particularly stressed their bravery and professionalism having to move towards a very dangerous situation with the aim of saving life. many thanks for that. the metropolitan police have opened a casualty bureau for those concerned about family and friends who may have been caught up in the attacks. the phone number is 0800 0961233. that number again: 0800 0961233. police have arrested 12 people in barking in east london in connection with last night's attack. this lunchtime armed police raided a block of flats where it's believed one of the attackers lived. our spec

the other involving a van that plowed into people on london bridge. >> the london ambulance service istelling us 20 people were transported to local hospital. juliet, you know what's flin theesting whether they're connected but it seems likely they are and it seems likely that whoever is in the van did the stabbings in the burrow market there. based on what you've seen how much planning would this attack need? it doesn't appear necessarily very sophisticated, though it does appear very deliberate. >> that's exactly right. this is not an event that someone would have to try to make a bomb, get material. this is a car, this is a van, this is the easiest thing to acquire and this is one of the million soft targets on a saturday night. so in terms of how much help this person or people would have had to got, it would be pretty minimal. and that's why these things are so hard to predict and start. these are hard things to say but i'm going to say it. the good news is at least so far there's only one death and there's 20 in the hospital. in other words, the potential for deaths was much grea

christian: london ambulance service says they have taken 60 people to hospitals around london. 18 remain in critical condition. those who did escape have been out on the streets without their worldly possessions looking for any help they can find. there's been plenty of help from the community. that has been a major plus point, the way the community in west london has rallied around the people from the apartment block, in community centers, churches and mosques. , lucy manning meets with those affected and those looking for love ones. -- for loved ones. lucy: some have lost their homes. others, much much more. they gathered outside the community center, but the one thing no one could offer was good news. for this family, it was understandably too much. >> my mum, sister, her daughters, and her husband. they are all still in the building. we don't have any information. lucy: susan gave us this picture of her 3 smiling nieces. what floor were your family on? >> 22nd. lucy you haven't been able to : contact them? >> when she was in, all i can hear was screaming. i was tried to tell her, tha

monday, london a ambulance surveys said it responded. available. >> this month, a man veered into pedestrian on london bridge, setting off vehicle and knife attacks that killed 8 people, and wounded many others on the bridge there. 3 muslim extremist who carried out that attack were killed by police. if you are just joining us that is what we're following. right now. walid phares you are still

the latest from london ambulances that 40 people we re london ambulances that 40 people were taken toof them are being treated there and here last night ts, treated there and here last night ‘s, when the ongoing incident happens, there was locked down at this hospital. staff, patients and relatives were kept inside because of what was going on outside and keep them safe. we have had an update on the last few moments from the hospital here, who have told us that they had nine patients admitted there last night, six men and five women. they say that earlier on, five of those nine work discharged and four remain here in hospital, but it would clearly tell us what condition therein. we know overall, of the 40 patients who are in hospital, so those are critical, others have more minor injuries. we also know that at the royal london hospital, they are treating 12 patients at that hospital, and there are other hospitals, five in total across central london, that are continuing to treat patients. but only are they going to have the medical support, if they need operations, if they'd been badl

that is from the london ambulance service. ot being told what they were treated all, but they would have come from london bridge and also from borough market where the stabbing is the place. —— treated for. we also know from rigger struggler police that one of their offices that was on duty last night responding to a call for help from the public were stabbed in the attack. —— british transport police. they are being treated, and they are in critical condition, but it is not supposedly life—threatening. 80 of the ambulance crews were sent out to deal with the incidents. don't forget, though, hospitals in london would have rehearsed this. just to recap, 48 patients are in hospital following the attacks last night. thank you very much. as was explained, 48 people are now injured. what people were witnessing was horrific and shocking. we have gathered eyewitness accounts for you. we will bring you the latest from london bridge and borough market. the incident took place just down there, not far from where we are. we can tell you t

we think that whole route through north london has been blocked off. —— ambulances.riffa lives on seven sisters road and her house is right across from the police cordon. she's described the scene there a short time ago. i live on on seven sisters road, just down the street from where the attack happened. the cordons just passed my flat window. basically i got home around midnight and shortly after getting home i started hearing a lot of yelling and screeching and a lot of chaos outside. so i went down and ran out to see what was happening. everybody was shouting that a van had hit people and, basically, there was a white van stopped outside the mosque that seems to have hit people were coming out after prayers had finished. i did not see the attacker himself although he seems to have been arrested but i did see the van. the police started to ask people to move back so they could put up a cordon and we were pushed back along the street. civilians were agitated and shouting that this was a white supremacist attack and it should be called terror and people were very un

the ongoing operation is led by the met working with the british transport police, and the london ambulanceave died at least in addition to the three suspects, and 30 have gone to hospital to six hospitals in london, though the numbers are still rising. i would ask people to avoid london bridge and borough market to allow us bridge and borough market to allow us to continue the investigation. this investigation, as i have said, is led by the counter terrorism command, and we ask for help from the public in the following way. anyone with images or a film from the event tonight, someone in the area, uploaded to www. ukpoliceimageappeal. co. uk. you will find that tweeted out on various newsfeeds. and, of course, our thoughts are with people who we re our thoughts are with people who were involved and those concerned with loved ones in the area. they should contact the casualty here are on 0800 0961233. -- the should contact the casualty here are on 0800 0961233. —— the euro. that numberagain is on 0800 0961233. —— the euro. that number again is 0800 0961233. we are increasing police presence

but this statement from the london ambulance service given out ten minutes ago are just detailing theyed at that area in this ongoing matter. thank you very much, greg dawson. going back to london bridge to speak to our reporter again, nick. it is very much an ebb and flow event, with things calming and livening up again. there are police behind you. what are they telling you? the main priority is to get people out of what appears to be a danger zone. they are not telling us much. they will be seen more as the night goes on. other people are in a better position, who have heard from witnesses that have been actually affected by what happened. all i can do is... we are a little bit away from london bridge. as we are seeing, people are being moved on. there is intense police activity trying to get saturday night crowds out of the area. yet more police vehicles are coming past. umm... so, every few minutes, you will understand that there is so much going on here. it is calm now, but, you may have been with me a little while ago. a number of people were coming with their hands held on the

although we are monitoring all of the other support services such as the fire bring gades, london ambulance service as well. there has been one person arrested. we don't know motive. we don't know any of the demographic information if you will of that person arrested and they continue to look for more data. back to these live pictures. back to lucy kafanov who is right there very close to where that police cordon is, not too many hundred feet away from where the scene of the crime is because on the left-hand side of the korean right now we're seeing those pictures that is keeping individuals whether residents or curiosity away from what is an area close to the kinsbury park area and kinsbury park mosque. what are you learning and what would you say is changed in the last two hours? >> reporter: well, richard, i wod y that more and more people arrive to the scene. there's growing frustration from some of the people who are here about the lack of concrete information from the authorities about what exactly it was that took place here a few hours ago. this incident took place at about 12:20 p.

in terms of confirmed numbers, we are hearing from london ambulance service that eight patients have hat incident in north london and one person died at the scene. the metropolitan police saying one man has been arrested, a 48—year—old van driver. he was detained by members of the public at the scene and then he was arrested. contrary to some reports through the night chines, they are saying there are no reports of any persons having suffered any knife injuries. you can see live pictures on one side of the screen and footage of what emerged overnight on the other. the area is cordoned off at the moment in finsbury park. some of the main street is our cordoned off and some people haven't been able to get home this evening after leaving the mosque —— main streets. some people are gathered still. the day is dawning now. we are interrupting our normal programming at this time on bbc news to bring you this developing story that's been emerging sincejust developing story that's been emerging since just after midnight london time. a short while ago i spoke with muhbeen hussain, founder of br

in the last few minutes we have had an update from the london ambulance service —— aparajith.alled at 1:30am in the morning and they say they sent a number of resources to they sent a number of resources to the team, including the hazardous area response team and 20 ambulance crews. they are working closely with london fire brigade and met police and the priority is to get safety and the priority is to get safety and medical help as quickly as possible. the statement goes on, the initial priority is to assess the level and nature of injuries and ensure that those in the most need are treated first and taken to hospital. more information will follow when we have it. so, no precise casualty figures. that confirms what we've heard from the metropolitan police, that there are a number of injuries certainly in the early stages when we heard from people suffering from the effects of breathing in smoke. but there have been more serious injuries than that, though at this stage we don't know at the moment. also we know that the mayor of london siddique khan has declared this a major in

at the headquarters of london ambulance service the mayor of london stood with those who worked so hardain of recent attacks with london. around britain, people paused to reflect. the silence was about remembering the victims. they now include kirsty boden, a nurse named today as another of those killed. in a statement herfamily another of those killed. in a statement her family said: these stories of those killed and injured are still emerging. for those looking for loved ones, the wait it unbearable. sara zelenak, an australian, has not been in contact since saturday night. sara's beautiful. she is the girl next door. she is a very special kindred spirit. she is one of those people who doesn't drink, do drugs, do anything wrong. she is amazing and she is 21 years of age... these are painful days, as so many families face the trauma that a terror attack brings. well, questions continue to grow about how the three attackers slipped through the net. this morning the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, said the government would be looking into what they knew about the men, as our political c

london ambulance has issued this statement: "we have sent a number of resources to an incident in seven road. more information will follow when we have it." an eyewitness cynthia vanzella said on twitter: "horrible to watch police officers doing cardiac massage at people on the floor, desperately trying to save them. ijust hope they did." i think we can speak to an eyewitness on the phone now. hillary lives across the street from where this happened. right across from the police cordon outside the front window. thank you for talking to us. can you tell us what you saw? what happened? thank you. i level on seven sisters road, just down the street from where the attack happened. basically i got home around midnightand happened. basically i got home around midnight and shortly after getting home i started hearing a lot of yelling and screeching and a lot of yelling and screeching and a lot of chaos outside. i went down and ran out to see what was happening. everybody was shouting that a van had hit people and, basically, there was a white van stopped outside the mosque and people were comi