i speak on behalf of redbridge council. and of _ time. i speak on behalf of redbridge council. on behalf of redbridge council. and of course our thoughts | council. and of course our thoughts and prayers and our hearts go out to those affected by this tragic event this morning. four people are still in hospital injured, and tragically, one lad is no longer with us today. i also want to thank the officers of the three services standing next to me, the police, the london ambulance service, the fire brigade, who heroically stopped further tragedy from happening. their quick response, putting themselves in harms way to stop further tragedy from occurring. it is through their quick thinking that they have managed to salvage something out of today. and of course we as a council will continue to support the three emergency services and we will continue to support the wider hainault community in the coming weeks and months. we are a strong knit community, very close—knit, and we will continue to work with our community cohesion work here and we will be there for our residents and neigh

so these kind of incidents you'd expect in much more busier parts of london, as opposed to redbridge,mentioned some of that response. they're running into danger, aren't they? there is a risk to themselves. how do the police prepare themselves to respond to that? well, the police would have had lots of training, but this would be a real incident. so i think in some ways police are on autopilot. theyjust run towards the incident, they put the training into practice and they do what they can to save people. that would have been their priority. i want to go to the newsroom. our reporter is there and has been monitoring events.

i'd encourage members of the public in redbridge to ring 101.toppers. and i appreciate how terrifying this was. they can also contact victim support who can provide assistance to those residents who will be traumatised, i'm sure, by what happened this morning. you talk about the local community, there it is. i mean, it's truly shocking, isn't it, that this can happen early morning on the streets of london, someone with a sword going door to door? apparently, it seems. i'm keen not to talk about the actual incident for obvious reasons you'll appreciate. but i've been in touch with the leader of the council, the excellent local member of parliament wes streeting. and both of them are as shocked as i am. both of them have talked about how wonderful this community is. they're sure this community will come together and the entire community, like london, is sending their thoughts and prayers to this child and his family. what reassurance can you give, or will the police be giving, on the ground over the coming days? well, the area commander has alread

and read redbridge borough council, who will give updates as well.ng any questions, just making statements , but it should be statements, but it should be a bit of an update on what we got earlier from chief superintendent stuart bell, who is the borough commander in the redbndge is the borough commander in the redbridge area , who is, of redbridge area, who is, of course, very intimately involved now in this operation in the aftermath of the terrible events that unfolded early this morning . it was just before 7:00 that the metropolitan police received a 999 call reporting that a vehicle, a van, had slammed into a house on a housing estate just to next hainault tube station, and that some individuals had been stabbed at the scene now, and police arrived at the scene. they said that the suspect had gone on to stab other people , gone on to stab other people, police then trying to apprehend the suspect were themselves stabbed. this man who was caught on video, in the minutes before he was, eventually tasered and arrested, was carrying a long bladed we

so these kind of incidents you'd expect in much more busier parts of london, as opposed to redbridge, which is a relatively quiet and safe part of the capital. and you mentioned police will have had tasers. you mentioned some of that response. they're running into danger, aren't they? there is a risk to themselves. how do the police prepare themselves to respond to that? well, the police would have had lots of training, but this would be a real incident. so i think in some ways police are on autopilot. theyjust run towards the incident, they put the training into practice and they do what they can to save people. that would have been their priority. i want to go to the newsroom. our reporter is there and has been monitoring events. i want to turn back to what we heard from chief superintendent stuart bell, he refused to say if the suspect had previously been arrested. what more information did we glean from his announcement and his press conference?— announcement and his press conference? . , ., conference? some details coming to liuht and conference? some details coming to light and

i don't know this area well from piecing it together. >> it's part of the london borough of redbridgey , which is why the local really, which is why the local mp is the shadow health secretary >> wes streeting and i think the tube station, from the pictures we saw earlier was beneath the bridge. it could be that we're looking there towards the tube station and perhaps the housing estate where this perpetrator was going from door to door is beyond that little further. >> but what we do know is a man has been arrested. one single man has been arrested, yes. what else we're talking about? >> of course. it's only been a day since the first minister of scotland has resigned . and now scotland has resigned. and now all eyes are turning to wales. yes, because the first minister of wales is in a lot of hot water over a donation of £200,000 that was given to him by a man who has been convicted twice for illegal dumping of toxic materials. now he runs a company that was given £400,000 by the welsh investment bank, which was run while the person who had responsibility for it was none other than

tube station in redbridge a number of people reported to have been stabbed. declared. he says there are road closures in place and a male has been detained. are you aware of this ongoing situation at all, i'm not, but obviously that sounds extremely, extremely worrying. and if people have been stabbed , and if people have been stabbed, obviously we obviously all hope that they are okay. and but this sounds extremely worrying situation. it's obviously just breaking news there and i'm sure we'll find out more okay this morning. but that is a very, very worrying thing you've just put to me. okay. >> jonathan ashworth on that note, thank you very much indeed for your time this morning. and i believe we can now speak to our correspondent on the scene, he's not ready. oh, forgive me. we do have mark white heading there and we expect to pick up with him in the next few moments. but just to update you on what's been happening here in hainault tube station, in redbridge, near essex, reports of a number of, of, stabbings and a reportedly one man has been arrested . we

wes streeting, has said he's in contact with the met police, the mayor of london and redbridge council, two two, so we are expecting that press conference, as we say, it was due to start at midday, but it's clearly running a little bit late, we can go to our gb news home and security editor mark white, as we wait for this press conference, mark, what do you expect might be said by the police in just a few moments? time >> well, clearly, upper most in the concern of most people is the concern of most people is the condition of those injured who were taken to hospital. five people treated by paramedics at the scene, all five taken to hospital , clearly, people that hospital, clearly, people that were attacked by the samurai sword we saw in the video there that huge weapon being carried by who we believe to be the suspect wearing that yellow top in the minutes before he was arrested. i have an update, actually, on this statement. we're told that it has been delayed. may have been delayed by ”p delayed. may have been delayed by up to 30 minutes. we're expecting to hear from chief superinte