That is the Breaking News we are starting the programme with today. A man armed with a sword has been arrested. Police were called just before 7 oclock this morning, when they were told a car had been driven into a house near hainault underground station. The suspect is believed to have attacked members of the public and two Police Officers. A 36 year old suspect is now in custody. Police say they dont believe the incident is terror related. Londons mayor issued a statement saying. With more on this lets talk to our reporter courtney bembridge. She is in the newsroom for us. What is the latest we know about the incident . ,. , is the latest we know about the incident . ~. ,. , incident . So, we know that five eole incident . So, we know that five peeple were incident . So, we know that five people were injured incident . So, we know that five people were injured in incident . So, we know that five people were injured in this people were injured in this incident. It is not clear out seriously, but we know that all five of them were treated at the scene and have been taken to hospitalfor their injuries, and that two of those injured are Police Officers. We heard, as you said, from the mayor of london, sadik khan, who praise the efforts of Emergency Services for running towards danger, and that sentiment has been echoed by many people in the wake of this tragedy, that the Emergency Services were very quick to act. We have seen lots of videos from members of the public there, who woke up this morning to around seven oclock this morning to around seven oclock this morning and it all started when a Car Hit A Home in that area of Thurlow Gardens and eye witnesses heard yelling, and they heard Police Telling someone that they put something down. They had lots of police activity, and then they saw a man being hit with a taser. A36 year old man was arrested the scene. We have seen confirmed video of the alleged suspect. It has been verified by the bbc. Of the alleged suspect. It has been verified by the bbc. Courtney, thank ou. Lets speak to mark lobel, whos in hainault. Mark, what is the latest that you are hearing from Police Officers there . ,. , are hearing from Police Officers there . ,. ,. , are hearing from Police Officers there . ,. ,. ,. , there . This gordon is going to be in lace for there . This gordon is going to be in place for some there . This gordon is going to be in place for some time there . This gordon is going to be in place for some time to there . This gordon is going to be in place for some time to come. There . This gordon is going to be inj place for some time to come. There is a lot of work that police want to do here. You had the dramatic details of what is alleged to have happened. The suspectjumping over fences and the back of houses at 7am, a chase with Police Officers, all of those alleged details will be, and the police are wanting people to come forward to work out what exactly happened during this incident, and what the motivation was for this attack. As you say, a car being driven into a house, sparking the police to be called just before 7am today. They arrived and there were multiple stabbings, and there were multiple stabbings, and then we heard that five people have been taken to hospital, two of which are Police Officers. B, have been taken to hospital, two of which are Police Officers. Which are Police Officers. A Police Statement said which are Police Officers. A Police Statement said that which are Police Officers. A Police Statement said that there which are Police Officers. A Police Statement said that there is which are Police Officers. A Police Statement said that there is no i statement said that there is no wider threat to the community there now, but surely this would have been a distressing situation for the people there. A distressing situation for the peeple there a distressing situation for the eole there. , ,. , people there. Yes, this has been a terrible shock people there. Yes, this has been a terrible shock for people there. Yes, this has been a terrible shock for the people there. Yes, this has been a terrible shock for the local terrible shock for the local community and that is exactly what we have found. I spoke to one resident who lives in the street behind me, very close to the incident, which would have taken place in the streetjust to the left of where you can see the railway bridge. Yards away, if you like. And thatis bridge. Yards away, if you like. And that is usually the root of his Running Route at that time, that street where the attacks took place. He is injured so he was not out running today, but in m years he has only ever heard of two burglaries in this area. This is normally a quiet and safe area. There are not even normally people shouting and arguing with each other when he has been here and he has lived here for a couple of decades. We heard from somebody else also shocked that this has happened here. They are sad to hear so much commotion here this morning. It does sound like a very disturbing attack for those who witnessed it and those who were involved in it. We do know from the police at the moment that a 36 year old man was arrested with a sword and we also know that they dont believe this was terror related. They dont believe there is an ongoing threat, as you say. For now, things have calmed down and the atmosphere here is calm. But of course, we are far away from those affected because of this police line behind me. 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We understand that there are five people, at least, who have been injured here, two of whom are Police Officers who were on the scene. We also know, it is understandable that the community he is going to be shocked and saddened by what has happened, and their thoughts are with people who are coming to terms with people who are coming to terms with the incident this morning. Bill with the incident this morning. All right. Mark, please do stay with us and we will come back to you as development continued there in hainault. Mark lobel, a reporter on the scene. Lets stay on this story. Lets speak to dal babu, former chief superintendent in the metropolitan police. Thank you for your time. Could you go into what goes into a Police Response to serious incidents like this . I response to serious incidents like this . , response to serious incidents like this . ,. ,. , this . I am very familiar with the area, hainault, this . I am very familiar with the area, hainault, because this . I am very familiar with the area, hainault, because i this . I am very familiar with the area, hainault, because i was. This . I am very familiar with the area, hainault, because i was a| area, hainault, because i was a sergeant there many years ago. Its a relatively quiet area. It is on the outskirts of london. It has relatively little crime. This will come as a big shock to the local community. I think what the police will be doing, once they have had those calls at 7am, they would have been responding and you would have had multiple units responding to that. Because of the sword that we have seen in the footage, you may well have had Armed Response vehicles attending. You may have had essex Police Officers attending as well as metropolitan Police Officers. The key thing that would have been that officers would have been going to the seat of the danger and doing what they can to protect the public and that is worth remembering. Officers run towards danger when the rest of the public will run away from it. Those Police Officers showed extremely high levels of bravery. I understand two of those injured are Police Officers, and so the key thing now for the police to do is to keep this as a crime scene, and collect as much evidence as they can. I understand there isjust much evidence as they can. I understand there is just one suspect who has been detained. He was tasered by the police and the police will want to do as much early investigation to see if theres anybody else they need to speak to, and make sure that they negate any kind of danger to the public. You said ou kind of danger to the public. You said you were kind of danger to the public. You said you were a kind of danger to the public. You said you were a sergeant in that area and it is a relatively quiet area. Can you think of anything that compares to what has gone on today . I mean, iwas compares to what has gone on today . I mean, i was there for a couple of years and it was a remarkably quiet area. Remarkable. But it is near chigwell, which is a well to do area. It is near to lots of open parkland. Its a very quiet area and i cant think of any kind of incident that is on a par in that area. These kinds of incidents you would expect in much more busy parts of london, as opposed to this quiet and safe part of the capital. Band and safe part of the capital. And ou and safe part of the capital. And you mentioned and safe part of the capital. And you mentioned police will have had tasers and you mention some of that response. They are running into danger, arent they . There is a risk to themselves. How do the please prepare themselves to respond to that . ,. ,. Prepare themselves to respond to that . ,. ,. ,. ,. , prepare themselves to respond to that . ,. ,. ,. , that . The police would have had lots of trainina , that . The police would have had lots of training. But that . The police would have had lots of training, but this that . The police would have had lots of training, but this would that . The police would have had lots of training, but this would be that . The police would have had lots of training, but this would be a of training, but this would be a real incident. In some ways, police are on autopilot. Theyjust run towards incidents, put their training into practice, and do what they can to save people and that would have been their priority. Sade would have been their priority. Save the lives of would have been their priority. Save the lives of people. Would have been their priority. Save the lives of people. Apologies to interact, we will come back to that story. We need to move now to the king because there is an arrival there. This is, of course, his first Public Engagement since his Cancer Diagnosis. It is a big moment for the royalfamily, and i believe we can see him arriving now. Lets take a moment. There he is. Now, we dont know more about what this means for future arrangements, forfuture this means for future arrangements, for future royal engagements. This means for future arrangements, forfuture royal engagements. This all depends on what we understand to be medical advice, but of course this is a hugely positive sign for the king and for the royalfamily after a particularly difficult time in the last few months. There is a Queen Camilla accompanying him, who has been taking on some of these duties while he has been under care and under treatment, there to support him as he returns with his first Public Engagement since that Cancer Diagnosis. Of course, it is a hugely symbolic moment as they visit that Cancer Treatment centre and sends a big message to the public, and one that is comforting to many people watching the royals today, as king charles returns to those Public Engagements. Queen camilla has been taking on additional responsibilities, as has prince william. Of course, there was the news of the princess of wales � s own diagnosis and treatment. Now we can see that king charles is there to contribute once again, the head of the royal family there, contribute once again, the head of the royalfamily there, returning once again and visiting a Cancer Treatment centre, a symbolic moment therefore the royal family. Treatment centre, a symbolic moment therefore the royalfamily. Well, our royal correspondent Sarah Campbell is there. Sarah, this is a big moment. Yes, it is. You saw it there, this is the king on his first major Public Engagement since the Cancer Diagnosis in the beginning of february. Also his first major Public Engagement really since the end of last year, so he has been out of action publicly for a long time now. We do have to remind ourselves that he has been carrying on these constitutional duties, there have been audiences going on, he has been meeting the prime minister, but in terms of out and about, apart from the one walkabout on Easter Sunday at Windsor Castle where he met a few people who had turned out to see him, this is really the first significant kind of getting back to work, if you like. Just to let you know where we are, this is a University College hospital, the Macmillan Cancer centre. Obviously one would understand why they might have chosen this to be the first engagement back. Hugely symbolic, bearing in mind the xp as he has gone through over the past couple of months. Just to give you a little bit of what he is going to do. He will go inside, Meet Clinicians, speak to staff, speak to patients. He will go on a chemotherapy water, talk to people lined up waiting to have their chemotherapy. He is also going to have a look at some of the amazing technologies that are going on inside the cancer centre. New technologies, which are using blood cells to try to detect early Cancer Diagnosis. There are other things, looking at lung Cancer Research. He will be meeting patients and people who have been treated for these cancer diagnoses. So it is a really big moment. We expect him to be inside for about an hour. Obviously, you saw there that it was also the queen, so again a nice moment for her. She has had to do a lot of these engagements over the last few months on her own, so nice to have the king back by her side. I should also say that today marks the king � s first day as the new patron of Cancer Research uk. He has already been a patron for many years of Macmillan Cancer research and the queen has also been heavily involved with maggie � s Cancer Research, but i dont need to tell you the symbolism of white it would be seen as particularly significant, that he would align himself to a charity such as this. People will be asking today, we have seen the king out and about so does that mean it is back to normal . The answer is very much no. Yes, it is a good sign but he is still undergoing Cancer Treatment. There is a full Summer Schedule of events that in a normal year he would be attending, such as trooping the colour, state visits, garden parties, and all of those will be subject to the advice of his doctors. If on the day the doctors feel that he is well enough to undertake those engagements, then he will. Ithink undertake those engagements, then he will. I think what we will see from the pictures that come out from this engagement will be a reminder of actually how much of the king enjoys these sorts of engagements and enjoys meeting people, shaking hands, hearing experiences. I imagine it has been hugely frustrating over the last few months that he has not been able to do that. Like i say, back to work. The return of the game. But not, you know, fully the return of the king. What i should say that has been announced by the palace is this state visit of the emperor and Empress Ofjapan which are tabled for latejune, so everyone is very much hoping that he will be able to host that. But trooping the colour, the d day anniversary, they will all be subject to the advice of doctors. It is a positive development that they felt he was well enough to undertake this engagement. I have to say, we are in a pretty enclosed area of central london. It is fairly dark here, even though the sunshine is elsewhere, but it is packed with journalists, the media from across the world. There are a few well wishers, and if you can turn the camera, there were some people hanging out of the windows and looking out to sea what has been going on. You know, quite a big moment here today.