We are joined from Manchester by the former chief prosecutor Nazir Afzal, from Wakefield by the Conservative peer Baroness Warsi, and in London is Nimco Ali, social activist from the Women’s Equality Party and Alan Mendoza from the Henry Jackson Society.
We spoke to Jack Applebee who owns a restaurant inside Borough Market, and who suddenly found himself at the very centre of last night’s terrorist attack.
Conservative Nadhim Zahawi and Labour’s Neil Coyle discuss the impact of last night’s events.
Theresa May has made a private visit to some of the attack victims and hospital staff who’ve been treating them. NHS England say that 21 people remain in a critical condition. Of the seven people who died, it’s now known that one was Canadian. Hospital and ambulance workers rushed to the scene within minutes, volunteering…
Well normal politics hasn’t quite been suspended today – as the PM confirmed the election will go ahead as planned on Thursday. She used her response on the attack to outline her plans on national security. While Jeremy Corbyn will give a speech in the next half hour addressing the attack and setting out Labour’s…
We spoke to three people who were right in the midst of last night’s terrifying events Liam Connell, Alex Shellum and Richard Angell.
Police have been giving more details about their response – saying officers fired an “unprecedented” 50 rounds at the three attackers, fearing they were wearing suicide devices. One member of the public was wounded in the process. Counter terrorism chief Mark Rowley said said detectives were now trying to establish whether others were involved in…
7 people killed and forty eight injured, twenty one of them in critical condition. A third major attack in three months and four days before polling day will terror change the course of politics?
The latest victim of the attack has been named as 75-year-old Leslie Rhodes – a retired window cleaner from south London – who died in hospital yesterday from his injuries. His neighbours today described him as the “glue” who had bound their neighbourhood together.
The Prime Minister, who was whisked away from the Commons as the attack began, has said her thoughts are with the victims. Tonight she has been chairing a meeting of the Cobra security committee.
Some of the injured were taken to St Thomas’ Hospital and our correspondent Tom Clarke is there now.
To America now, where President Trump has been speaking with Theresa May for a briefing on the events in London today
Liam Dutton
Wintry weather is expected across much of the UK in the next few days, with some snow likely across south east England on Thursday, as well as other parts of the country.
Commuters returning to work after the Christmas holidays were greeted at stations across the country today by campaigners protesting about New Year fare rises.
It’s the first Monday in January and that can only mean one thing – rail fares rise again.