This fans seemed to disappear off towards the shard, one of the very new and iconic buildings in the city. It would be very busy at this time of night and a saturday . On a saturday . Yes, at ten oclock i passed the area on my way into work this evening. It is a part of london where people heading from kent on overla nd where people heading from kent on overland trains. Hundreds of people get off that train and London Bridge is your First Destination you a ride that if you are coming that way. Awry that if you are coming that way. So many pubs and you have borough market. London bridge offers a lit up view of tower bridge in the distance. It is a tourist are it isa it is a tourist attraction. Many peoples mice being ruined by this incident. London ambulance service, their Resilience Team are tweeting, saying that they are responding to this incident and more information will follow when we have it. They say that multiple resources are attending the incident at London Bridge. They are u
A sustained gunfight with terrorists, not that that happened this time, but if it did. And they have changed procedures to be able to. Moving vehicle. Before, they had the it gives you an indication of the it gives you an indication of the level of Training Offices are going through to deal with things like this. People having to get used to these attacks, paris, nice, the list goes on . The police have said very little, perhaps a little less, met police, when parliament was attacked by khalid masood. They have said they need people to remain calm, vigilant and alert and they have put out the advice about being aware of whats going on, running from the scene, if something is happening, hiding and telling the police, reporting what is going on, thats very important so theyve put that advice out. It shows they are trying to get those messages out. Quite dramatic advice . , yes and quite dramatic advice . , yes and quite dramatic advice . , yes and quite dramatic advice but thoughtful. Th
My understanding is that without hesitation, wearing his normal clothes, he dived in and tried to assist. And he, im afraid, was himself severely injured, but utterly heroic. Security moves centre stage in the General Election campaign, as labour and the conservatives clash over funding for the police and Security Services. Welcome to bbc news. We are as close as we can get to London Bridge. The Police Cordon is still in place after Saturday Nights attack after seven people died and 48 people were injured. The normal working week is resuming in london with attempts to get back to normality. Many Tube Stations disrupted yesterday are back and running again, but still there is still an awful lot to reflect on after the grim events of the weekend. Lets take a look at what we know this morning. Police have said they do know the names of the attackers and will release them as soon as operationally possible, while officers try to establish if they were a part of a wider network. Two more pro
And we are joined 0k, plenty more from these tonight and we arejoined by 0k, plenty more from these tonight and we are joined by senior politicians from seven parties who will be listening and responding to what everyone has got to say. They are, for the conservatives. Representing the labour party, said area champion. The Scottish National party. Ukip, the Liberal Democrats and plaid cymru join us and for the green party, their co leader. Also, give them applause. Applause. Also, Jonathan Blake is working with bbc Reality Check looking at the numbers promises we will hear about by working out what really stacks up. And it is going through comments we have been getting all day on bbcdebate. First, tonight, after two devastating Terror Attacks in two weeks, including In Manchester, security has become a bigger part of the election campaign, in particular how best to protect british people from future attacks. Police numbers in england and wales have fallen by almost 20,000 since 2010 an
Here in singapore, midnight in london, and 7pm in washington, dc, web donald trump is under new pressure over his sacking of the former fbi director. Where. James comey will give evidence on thursday about whether he was given any pressure to drop an enquiry into links between a senior white has official and russia. And Written Testimony has been released injames comey. In it, he says he believes that the president asked him to drop the investigation into general michael flynn. Here are the key lines from his statement. 0ur Washington correspondent says that the evidence is eagerly anticipated. They are saying that this could be a bigger box office, if you like, as far as capital hill is concerned, then the Clinton Impeachment hearings, all watergate. It will very closely watched. We have this Opening Statement released on the Senate Intelligence committee website. Or watergate. On the Senate Intelligence committee website. Orwatergate. It reveals, amongst other things, the donald trum