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| London Bridge attack: 12 arrested in Barking as death toll rises to seven - live updates | |
| (35 minutes later) | |
| 2.57pm BST | |
| 14:57 | |
| Nadia Khomami | |
| The owner of a restaurant in Borough Market has told how he and his staff helped bring about 130 customers to safety in the midst of last night’s attack. | |
| Mark Stembridge, owner of Cafe Brood, said he saw three men brandishing weapons coming at pace towards his building. He immediately told his staff, some of whom were ex-military, to pull customers from the open balcony and take them inside. | |
| He told HuffpostUK: “I can’t tell you what they were screaming but they seemed to hesitate when they saw we were slightly organised. | |
| “Then they veered off underneath the bridge towards another establishment called Borough Bistro.” | |
| Stembridge has called for more training to be given to restaurant owners in London and said police had passed on advice to him following the Westminster attack in March, and he in turn trained his staff. | |
| “Having had the police down recently when we’ve had a couple of bomb scares, they’ve used some sort of technique of moving and waving their arms, and thats what the boys did, we’ve been told by the police what to do and we secured most of the people within the premises.” | |
| Stembridge and his staff were evacuated to the Andaz hotel in Liverpool Street and were released this morning around 6am. | |
| 2.52pm BST | |
| 14:52 | |
| Alexandra Topping | |
| Uber has come under fire on social media, with users accusing the company of profiting from last night’s terror attack on London Bridge. | |
| Users accused the company of using “surge prices”- which come into operation automatically when demand is high. Some journeys costing as much as twice the normal fare in the hours following the attack, said users, as many frightened people were attempting to get home. | |
| Hey @Uber -- you're really going to surge price x2.1 during a terrorist attack in #London??? Lower than low. #londonbridge #emergency pic.twitter.com/yXHFZsYZkT | |
| Simon Moores accused the company of charging £40 for what he said would usually be a £7 journey from Knightsbridge to Victoria. | |
| Big fan of @Uber but bitterly disappointed in profiting from a terrorist attack. ~£7 Knightsbridge to Victoria. Charging £40 #UberLondon https://t.co/SWbyp8Ss2I | |
| Uber said fare surges were stopped as soon as it learned about the terror attack. | |
| On Twitter the company said: “We suspended dynamic pricing as soon as we heard about the incident, as we did previously with Westminster and Manchester.” | |
| We suspended dynamic pricing once we heard about the incident, as we did after the attacks in Westminster and Manchester | |
| But some users said there had been a long delay in suspending the surcharge, saying it took up to two hours for the surge to be suspended. | |
| Responding to a question from the Guardian a Uber spokesman said that “dynamic pricing” - which sees Uber prices increase with a surge in demand - was suspended at 10.50pm - a few minutes after the company became aware of the incident. | |
| General manager Tom Elvidge said the company would also refunding all fares from around the affected areas following the attack. | |
| In a statement, Elvidge said: “Our hearts go out to everybody affected by yet another horrific attack on our city. We’d like to thank all the drivers who helped tens of thousands of Londoners get home safely last night. As soon as we heard about the incident we immediately suspended dynamic pricing all around the area of the attacks - and shortly afterwards across the whole of central London - just as we did following the attacks in Manchester and Westminster. We are also ensuring all rides from around the affected area were free of charge. Our team is also working with the Metropolitan Police to help them get any footage from drivers who were in the area at the time.” | |
| Updated | |
| at 2.53pm BST | |
| 2.41pm BST | |
| 14:41 | |
| Esther Addley | |
| The mother of an Australian woman who was injured during the attack has said her daughter is recovering well despite being stabbed in the throat by one of the terrorists. | |
| Candice Hedge, 34, from Brisbane, received emergency surgery at St Thomas’s hospital, but “she is going to be fine, thank goodness”, her mother, Kim del Toro, told Fairfax Media in Australia. | |
| She said Hedge had been working at a bar in Borough Market with her boyfriend, named Luke, when “he heard some commotion out the front and went out to see what was going on”, del Toro said. | |
| “He saw some men with knives coming toward them, and he ran back inside to see where Candice was.” She said he had been unable to find her, and the police had yelled for everyone to stay down, before he saw her running towards him, holding her bleeding neck. | |
| The Brisbane Courier Mail reported that Hedge had finished her waitressing shift at Elliot’s restaurant and having a drink at the bar when a man came up behind her and slashed her throat from behind with a knife. | |
| Del Toro said her daughter had been able to make a Skype call on Sunday morning. “She couldn’t speak, but I got to see her and she gave me the thumbs up, so I knew that she was OK.” | |
| Hedge also posted on Facebook to reassure friends, the Sydney Morning Herald reported. She wrote: “I’m doing OK. Still in hospital, but all in the clear. I really can’t talk. The f----- stabbed me in the neck. Don’t worry too much. I love you all.” | |
| Updated | |
| at 2.45pm BST | |
| 2.39pm BST | |
| 14:39 | |
| Dashcam footage from a taxi shows the scene on London Bridge shortly after attack on Saturday night. Casualties can be seen lying on the road and pavement as police rush to attend the scene. Warning some viewers may find the footage distressing. | |
| 2.20pm BST | 2.20pm BST |
| 14:20 | 14:20 |
| Labour suggests May's speech broke truce on political campaigning | Labour suggests May's speech broke truce on political campaigning |
| Rajeev Syal | Rajeev Syal |
| Emily Thornberry, the shadow foreign secretary, said Theresa May’s statement appeared to be a breach of an agreement with Labour to put aside political campaigning and was insensitive to those who are just becoming aware that their loved ones have died. | Emily Thornberry, the shadow foreign secretary, said Theresa May’s statement appeared to be a breach of an agreement with Labour to put aside political campaigning and was insensitive to those who are just becoming aware that their loved ones have died. |
| She told Radio 4’s World This Weekend that she regretted the prime minister’s statement because it was not putting forward proposals that are to be implemented immediately. She said: | She told Radio 4’s World This Weekend that she regretted the prime minister’s statement because it was not putting forward proposals that are to be implemented immediately. She said: |
| None of the things [May] is proposing in the four-point plan are immediate steps and so I regret the timing of this. There is an agreement between the parties that there will not be party political campaigning until this evening or tomorrow. | |
| I think that [what May has said] is drawing us into a debate. I think there is time enough to discuss these issues. I don’t think that anything she is proposing is anything that needs to be or will be dealt with tomorrow, and I don’t think anything is an immediate step that she is putting forward. If it was then, that would be different matter. | |
| But to come out on to the steps of 10 Downing Street immediately in the aftermath of a terrible outrage would not be something that would be expected. | But to come out on to the steps of 10 Downing Street immediately in the aftermath of a terrible outrage would not be something that would be expected. |
| She has said enough is enough. Well I thought enough was enough after 9/11, I thought that enough was enough after 7/7, I didn’t think we should be taking any more of these attacks on our people, we all agree on that. | She has said enough is enough. Well I thought enough was enough after 9/11, I thought that enough was enough after 7/7, I didn’t think we should be taking any more of these attacks on our people, we all agree on that. |
| We need to do more but we also need to be sensitive to the fact that there are people who are only just discovering that their loved ones have died. | We need to do more but we also need to be sensitive to the fact that there are people who are only just discovering that their loved ones have died. |
| Asked if Jeremy Corbyn had also made a political point a few hours earlier when raising police numbers and the money required for intelligence, Thornberry replied: | |
| I think it is a good idea to stick to the agreement that there was not going to be party political campaigning until this evening and the Labour party will begin campaigning this evening. | I think it is a good idea to stick to the agreement that there was not going to be party political campaigning until this evening and the Labour party will begin campaigning this evening. |
| Updated | |
| at 2.32pm BST | |
| 2.18pm BST | 2.18pm BST |
| 14:18 | 14:18 |
| Alice Ross | Alice Ross |
| A man named Will, who didn’t want to give his surname, described how he was among about 100 people to be shut inside the Sheaf pub in the immediate aftermath of the attack. | |
| “A lot of people came running in and we thought there was a fight going on,” he said. “The bouncer shut the doors and locked us in.” A few others were allowed in to shelter in the pub, he said. | |
| “Those guys looked more shaken up,” he said. “A bloke who sounded Italian said he had just witnessed two men stabbing two women repeatedly. He was on the brink of tears.” | “Those guys looked more shaken up,” he said. “A bloke who sounded Italian said he had just witnessed two men stabbing two women repeatedly. He was on the brink of tears.” |
| Then a “huge surge of people” came in, he said. “I think they were from Katzenjammers,” the bar next door where terrified punters had been filmed being ordered to get on the floor by armed police. | |
| Will said he believed they came through a shared fire exit or cellar. “They were all running trying to get out of the building,” he said. “That caused panic in the Sheaf.” | Will said he believed they came through a shared fire exit or cellar. “They were all running trying to get out of the building,” he said. “That caused panic in the Sheaf.” |
| By this point he said there were about 100 people in the pub. “The Sheaf isn’t really a big pub so it got pretty crowded,” he said. “The news was just saying it was a truck but we had people in there sayingthey had seen a stabbing. It was very confusing.” | |
| After an hour or so the police told them to leave the area as fast as possible. “We came across quite a few bodies,” he said. “I don’t know if they were dead.” He could recall seeing at least five people on the ground with foil blankets being tended to by emergency teams. | |
| “There was a second surge when we got out of the safe zone,” Will said. “I saw a grown man faint and his friends drag him. That really shook me.” | |
| Updated | |
| at 2.38pm BST | |
| 2.17pm BST | 2.17pm BST |
| 14:17 | 14:17 |
| Barking resident Ken Chigbo told Sky News he spoke to the man believed to be one of the attackers only yesterday and he expressed interest in Chigbo’s hire van. | |
| I’m moving house at the moment. So I had a big van outside. He came up to me and said ‘oh Ken, you’re moving’. He’s usually a very nice friendly guy. But this time it was on a different level of nice. It’s quite strange to put into words. He was asking me where I was moving to etc and then he started asking about the van. | |
| Where did you get your van Ken? How much is it? Is it possible to get it in automatic? All these specific questions about the van, which obviously now makes sense in my head. At the time, I didn’t think anything of it. | Where did you get your van Ken? How much is it? Is it possible to get it in automatic? All these specific questions about the van, which obviously now makes sense in my head. At the time, I didn’t think anything of it. |
| Updated | |
| at 2.39pm BST | |
| 2.10pm BST | 2.10pm BST |
| 14:10 | 14:10 |
| Caroline Davies | Caroline Davies |
| Southwark Cathedral, which is next to Borough Market, is closed. A statement on its website reads: | Southwark Cathedral, which is next to Borough Market, is closed. A statement on its website reads: |
| As a consequence of the terrorist incident yesterday evening on London Bridge and at the Borough Market, Southwark Cathedral remains closed until further notice. This means that no services can take place until the police cordon is lifted. | As a consequence of the terrorist incident yesterday evening on London Bridge and at the Borough Market, Southwark Cathedral remains closed until further notice. This means that no services can take place until the police cordon is lifted. |
| 2.07pm BST | 2.07pm BST |
| 14:07 | 14:07 |
| Haroon Siddique | Haroon Siddique |
| Ajay, from Bombay, India, is on holiday with his wife and two children aged nine and 14. He said his family had abandoned plans to visit Manchester because of the attack on the Ariana Grande concert but we’re staying at the Premier Inn close to where last night’s attack happened. | Ajay, from Bombay, India, is on holiday with his wife and two children aged nine and 14. He said his family had abandoned plans to visit Manchester because of the attack on the Ariana Grande concert but we’re staying at the Premier Inn close to where last night’s attack happened. |
| They were in Alma’s pizzeria on Borough High Street, on what was supposed to be the last day of their holiday when panic erupted around them. | They were in Alma’s pizzeria on Borough High Street, on what was supposed to be the last day of their holiday when panic erupted around them. |
| He said: | He said: |
| We were just sitting having a pizza by the window. We saw a lot of police vehicles, we went out to see what was going on and we heard gunshots. At first we thought it was firecrackers, people celebrating the match (the Champions League final) but then we saw people running and ran into our hotel. | We were just sitting having a pizza by the window. We saw a lot of police vehicles, we went out to see what was going on and we heard gunshots. At first we thought it was firecrackers, people celebrating the match (the Champions League final) but then we saw people running and ran into our hotel. |
| They were supposed to get a flight back to India this morning but we’re unable to retrieve their luggage from their hotel within the police cordon. | They were supposed to get a flight back to India this morning but we’re unable to retrieve their luggage from their hotel within the police cordon. |
| We were supposed to go to Manchester then didn’t because of the attack there. I can’t believe it’s happened in London, it makes me feel numb. I’m from India and you’re used to this type of thing but I thought London was the best, safest place for a holiday. | We were supposed to go to Manchester then didn’t because of the attack there. I can’t believe it’s happened in London, it makes me feel numb. I’m from India and you’re used to this type of thing but I thought London was the best, safest place for a holiday. |
| 2.02pm BST | 2.02pm BST |
| 14:02 | 14:02 |
| May wants to beef up Tpims to allow terror suspects to be forced to move home, Duncan Smith claims | May wants to beef up Tpims to allow terror suspects to be forced to move home, Duncan Smith claims |
| Iain Duncan Smith, the Conservative former work and pensions secretary, told the World this Weekend that Therese May would probably try to toughen up Tpims (terrorism prevention and investigation measures). These are the the measures introduced by the coalition to place restrictions on people who are suspected of being terrorists but who have not been convicted of an offence. They replaced control orders, introduced by Labour, which were tougher, but which were being challenged in the courts. | Iain Duncan Smith, the Conservative former work and pensions secretary, told the World this Weekend that Therese May would probably try to toughen up Tpims (terrorism prevention and investigation measures). These are the the measures introduced by the coalition to place restrictions on people who are suspected of being terrorists but who have not been convicted of an offence. They replaced control orders, introduced by Labour, which were tougher, but which were being challenged in the courts. |
| Duncan Smith, who served in the coalition cabinet, said that was one of the things to which May was referring when she spoke about toughening anti-terror laws. (See 11.56am.) He was asked if that meant internment and he replied: | Duncan Smith, who served in the coalition cabinet, said that was one of the things to which May was referring when she spoke about toughening anti-terror laws. (See 11.56am.) He was asked if that meant internment and he replied: |
| Internment always conjures up views of internment of the IRA back in the 1970s. I don’t think that is what is on the table. But I think what is on the table is a much tighter view about the way we got about this Tpim stuff. | Internment always conjures up views of internment of the IRA back in the 1970s. I don’t think that is what is on the table. But I think what is on the table is a much tighter view about the way we got about this Tpim stuff. |
| One of the things that I was concerned about in coalition – I know Theresa May was when she was home secretary – was during the coalition the Tpim order that we brought in, which gives those powers, was watered down. And I think it was weakened too much. | One of the things that I was concerned about in coalition – I know Theresa May was when she was home secretary – was during the coalition the Tpim order that we brought in, which gives those powers, was watered down. And I think it was weakened too much. |
| The general sense is, and I think this is the feeling also within the security services, is that, if you think about it, they are watching at least 500 people, every hour of every day. And then there are thousands more that they need to watch, but it’s just not feasible ... So what they need to be able to do is lesson the burden on themselves by, those who they are most concerned about, putting them in a place where they cannot do anything. That allows them to go wider, to investigate and look further ahead at the others. | The general sense is, and I think this is the feeling also within the security services, is that, if you think about it, they are watching at least 500 people, every hour of every day. And then there are thousands more that they need to watch, but it’s just not feasible ... So what they need to be able to do is lesson the burden on themselves by, those who they are most concerned about, putting them in a place where they cannot do anything. That allows them to go wider, to investigate and look further ahead at the others. |
| And I think this is really what Theresa May is getting to. | And I think this is really what Theresa May is getting to. |
| There are several differences between Tpims and control orders but a crucial one is that control orders allowed “involuntary relocation”. A suspect living in London could be ordered to go and live somewhere else, where he would be out of touch with his associates. Duncan Smith is implying (when he talks about suspects being “put in a place where they cannot do anything”) that May wants to reintroduce this power | There are several differences between Tpims and control orders but a crucial one is that control orders allowed “involuntary relocation”. A suspect living in London could be ordered to go and live somewhere else, where he would be out of touch with his associates. Duncan Smith is implying (when he talks about suspects being “put in a place where they cannot do anything”) that May wants to reintroduce this power |
| Duncan Smith suggests May wants to beef up Tpims to allow suspects to be forced to move home. | Duncan Smith suggests May wants to beef up Tpims to allow suspects to be forced to move home. |
| This is from a Commons library note (pdf) explaining the differences between control orders and Tpims. | This is from a Commons library note (pdf) explaining the differences between control orders and Tpims. |
| The measures that may be imposed under [Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act] are finite, unlike those under the [Prevention of Terrorism Act], and are less intrusive in certain respects. | The measures that may be imposed under [Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act] are finite, unlike those under the [Prevention of Terrorism Act], and are less intrusive in certain respects. |
| Involuntary relocation is no longer permitted. This was one of the most controversial aspects of the control order regime, and relocation requirements were struck down by the courts in several cases. Overnight residence requirements which are permitted for Tpim subjects must be based somewhere in which the subject has a residence or connection. | Involuntary relocation is no longer permitted. This was one of the most controversial aspects of the control order regime, and relocation requirements were struck down by the courts in several cases. Overnight residence requirements which are permitted for Tpim subjects must be based somewhere in which the subject has a residence or connection. |
| Curfews of up to 16 hours are replaced by “overnight residence requirements”. The power to confine persons to a particular area is replaced by a power to exclude them from particular specified areas or places. | Curfews of up to 16 hours are replaced by “overnight residence requirements”. The power to confine persons to a particular area is replaced by a power to exclude them from particular specified areas or places. |
| The power to ban all electronic communications is replaced by a provision that requires the subject to be allowed the use of a fixed line and a mobile telephone, and a computer with internet access. | The power to ban all electronic communications is replaced by a provision that requires the subject to be allowed the use of a fixed line and a mobile telephone, and a computer with internet access. |
| Police searches for the purpose of determining whether there is compliance with Tpims now require a warrant from the appropriate judicial authority. Measures to prohibit and vet visitors and meetings are relaxed. | Police searches for the purpose of determining whether there is compliance with Tpims now require a warrant from the appropriate judicial authority. Measures to prohibit and vet visitors and meetings are relaxed. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 2.08pm BST | at 2.08pm BST |
| 1.59pm BST | 1.59pm BST |
| 13:59 | 13:59 |
| British Transport Police officer in stable condition - force chief | British Transport Police officer in stable condition - force chief |
| Jamie Grierson | Jamie Grierson |
| The British Transport Police (BTP) officer injured as he confronted terrorists with nothing but his baton is in a stable condition, the force chief said. | The British Transport Police (BTP) officer injured as he confronted terrorists with nothing but his baton is in a stable condition, the force chief said. |
| The BTP chief constable, Paul Crowther, said: “Having visited the officer in hospital shortly after he was admitted for treatment, I was able to hear his account of what happened last night. | The BTP chief constable, Paul Crowther, said: “Having visited the officer in hospital shortly after he was admitted for treatment, I was able to hear his account of what happened last night. |
| “It became clear that he showed enormous courage in the face of danger, as did many others who were at the scene and rushed to help. Although he is seriously unwell, he was able to recount how he faced the attackers armed only with his baton, outside London Bridge station. | “It became clear that he showed enormous courage in the face of danger, as did many others who were at the scene and rushed to help. Although he is seriously unwell, he was able to recount how he faced the attackers armed only with his baton, outside London Bridge station. |
| “For an officer who only joined us less than two years ago, the bravery he showed was outstanding and makes me extremely proud. | “For an officer who only joined us less than two years ago, the bravery he showed was outstanding and makes me extremely proud. |
| “All of us at BTP wish him a swift recovery, and I know he will be touched by the hundreds of messages of support from across the UK and the world. Our thoughts are with all of those who died or were injured, and their loved ones as they try to come to terms with what happened.” | “All of us at BTP wish him a swift recovery, and I know he will be touched by the hundreds of messages of support from across the UK and the world. Our thoughts are with all of those who died or were injured, and their loved ones as they try to come to terms with what happened.” |
| Members of the public should expect to see extra police officers patrolling stations in London and the south-east. | Members of the public should expect to see extra police officers patrolling stations in London and the south-east. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 2.03pm BST | at 2.03pm BST |
| 1.48pm BST | 1.48pm BST |
| 13:48 | 13:48 |
| Nadia Khomami | Nadia Khomami |
| Richard Angell was in the Arabica bar and kitchen in Borough Market when the attack took place last night. This morning he returned to the restaurant, where he was having dinner with friends, to pay his bill and tip the staff. | Richard Angell was in the Arabica bar and kitchen in Borough Market when the attack took place last night. This morning he returned to the restaurant, where he was having dinner with friends, to pay his bill and tip the staff. |
| In an interview with the BBC, a defiant Angell said: “If me having a gin and tonic with my friends, flirting with handsome men, hanging out with brilliant women, is what offends these people so much, I’m going to do it more not less, because that’s what makes London so great, that’s what makes it the best city in the world, and we’re going to go out and enjoy it more.” | In an interview with the BBC, a defiant Angell said: “If me having a gin and tonic with my friends, flirting with handsome men, hanging out with brilliant women, is what offends these people so much, I’m going to do it more not less, because that’s what makes London so great, that’s what makes it the best city in the world, and we’re going to go out and enjoy it more.” |
| Angell said he was more determined than ever “to love a city that looks after me”. | Angell said he was more determined than ever “to love a city that looks after me”. |
| He said the emergency services were “phenomenal”. “They were there within seconds, they kept us safe, they swept the place. Two things really stuck with me. One, when we were leaving, the police were our eyes and ears, as we’re trying to avoid blood or people’s shoes that have fallen off or dropped wallets or whatever, they were our eyes and ears. | He said the emergency services were “phenomenal”. “They were there within seconds, they kept us safe, they swept the place. Two things really stuck with me. One, when we were leaving, the police were our eyes and ears, as we’re trying to avoid blood or people’s shoes that have fallen off or dropped wallets or whatever, they were our eyes and ears. |
| “Secondly I noticed the paramedic who was looking after a woman who was sadly face down on the ground, there was a couple of them, I thought they run at danger, then they turn their back to danger, to put together the life in front of them while we’re running for our lives behind them.” | “Secondly I noticed the paramedic who was looking after a woman who was sadly face down on the ground, there was a couple of them, I thought they run at danger, then they turn their back to danger, to put together the life in front of them while we’re running for our lives behind them.” |
| He added: “I might never meet the people who made the judgments that potentially saved my life last night, but I’m thankful to those people. I hope London hugs them in lots of ways.” | He added: “I might never meet the people who made the judgments that potentially saved my life last night, but I’m thankful to those people. I hope London hugs them in lots of ways.” |
| Brilliant & defiant interview from someone who was in a restaurant attacked last night here in London. The right response from a tough city. pic.twitter.com/iyZT8V63Vc | Brilliant & defiant interview from someone who was in a restaurant attacked last night here in London. The right response from a tough city. pic.twitter.com/iyZT8V63Vc |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 1.53pm BST | at 1.53pm BST |