Summary

  • Police say the death toll from Saturday's attacks has risen to eight

  • Australian au pair Sara Zelenak is named as the latest victim of the attacks

  • Police searching for French national Xavier Thomas have recovered a body from the Thames

  • A 30-year-old man was arrested for terrorism offences in the early hours of Wednesday

  • Police casualty bureau can be contacted on 0800 096 1233 and 020 7158 0197

Live Reporting

  1. Dancing policeman says he was 'happy to help people' have fun

    BBC Radio 5 live

    PC Paul Taylor

    PC Paul Taylor has become known as 'the dancing policeman' after he was caught on camera with young fans at the One Love concert in Manchester on Sunday night.

    He told BBC Radio 5live he was “happy to help the public have a good time” at the concert in honour of those affected by the Manchester terror attack on 22 May.

    PC Taylor said it showed the 'human side' of the force.

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  2. Great concern that attacker was known to authorities, says expert

    Professor Michael Clarke, former director general of the security think tank Rusi, says it is a "great concern" that the authorities knew about Khuram Butt, one of Saturday's attackers, and Salman Abedi, who carried out the Manchester suicide attack, but failed to stop them.

    There were some red lights flashing, certainly in the case of Butt, not the other gentleman who was named so far, but certainly with Abedi in Manchester and Butt now. It looks as if there were some indications that, on the face of it, may have been missed. And I think that will be a great concern.

  3. Applause for first responders

    London's police and emergency services have been widely praised for their swift response to Saturday's attack.

    Staff from London Ambulance were applauded during a vigil to the victims in London.

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  4. Attacker had worked for London Underground

    One of the attackers named by police had worked for London Underground, Transport for London confirms.

    Khuram Butt worked for London Underground for just under six months as a trainee customer services assistant, leaving in October last year.

    Transport for London, Spokesman

  5. Hackney man believed to be among the dead

    James McMullanPA

    James McMullan, 32, from Hackney, east London, is believed to be among those who died after his bank card was found on a body at the scene.

    Mr McMullan had been with his friend, Andy Byers.

    He actually phoned me just before it happened. He couldn't get back inside the pub. Being James he said he had just popped down to the bar downstairs and said 'i'll just wait for you guys and get a drink there'. Literally within about five minutes we were just about to walk out, we'd finished our drinks and we all got rushed back inside. And then I was ringing him straight away and I couldn't get through to him. It was just ringing and ringing.

  6. Trump 'not picking a fight' with London mayor

    Combination of pictures shows London Mayor Sadiq Khan and US President Donald TrumpAFP

    A White House spokeswoman has said US President Donald Trump is not "picking a fight" with the London mayor after Mr Trump posted two tweets criticising Sadiq Khan in the aftermath of Saturday's attacks.

    I don't see that the president is picking a fight with the mayor of London at all. I think again the president's point is something he said frankly back, it's been almost two years now, a year and a half ago, when the president talked about how we have to be more committed to national security. One of the reasons we have the travel ban here through that executive order is a focus on national security, that was the point he was trying to make.

    Sarah Huckabee Sanders, White House spokeswoman

    Mr Trump accused Mr Khan of offering a "pathetic excuse" for saying there was no reason for people to be alarmed.

    Mr Khan's spokesman earlier pointed out that the mayor was in fact telling Londoners not to be worried about seeing more armed officers on the streets, and had more important things to do than respond to what he called Mr Trump's "ill-informed tweets".

    But the US president hit back, also accusing mainstream media of working hard to "sell" the mayor's comments.

  7. 'I was verbally assaulted by Khuram Butt in 2013'

    The head of Ramadhan Foundation, a Manchester-based group which works to build better relationships between communities, said he was "verbally assaulted" by attacker Khuram Butt in 2013.

    Mohammed Shafiq said in a statement that the incident happened on College Green, outside the Palace of Westminster, on the day after the brutal murder of soldier Lee Rigby.

    He said Butt was with jailed preacher Anjem Choudary.

    Khuram Butt called me a "murtad" which means traitor in Arabic and accused me of being a government stooge when I confronted Anjem Choudhury about him supporting terrorism and my public campaign against Lee Rigby's murder.

    The police turned up and Anjum, Khuram Butt and two other men were escorted away towards Millbank and I stayed in College Green.

    It is clear that Anjem Choudhury and his band of terrorist sympathisers were known to the Police for many years. Many of us in the British Muslim community have been demanding action against these extremists to no avail. I am not surprised that Khuram Butt carried out the terrorist attack and there are serious questions for the authorities.

  8. Watch: Sadiq Khan vows London 'will never be broken'

    Sadiq Khan: 'This is our city, these are our values and this is our way of life'.

  9. Attacker once appeared in TV documentary

    Khuram Butt, 27, one of the men who carried out Saturday's attack, once featured in a Channel 4 documentary about Islamist extremists with links to the jailed preacher Anjem Choudary.

    Butt, from Barking, east London was known to police and MI5 but there was no intelligence to suggest that he was planning an attack.

    London attack: Terrorist named as Khuram Butt

  10. 'I wanted to be with other Londoners'

    Thousands gather for a vigil to remember those killed in Saturday's London terror attack.

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  11. I am a Muslim, ask me anything?

    Chartered accountant Usman Saifi, 36, of Putney, south-west London, was among a group of Muslims at the London vigil wearing blue T-shirts with "I am a Muslim, ask me anything?" on them.

    T-shirts at vigilPA

    It is really sad that we have had to do this for a third time. It is frustrating what is going on right now. We are standing here in solidarity and as Muslims. This is not what our religion teaches us.

    Usman Saifi

  12. 'We will win and continue normal life'

    John Loughrey, 63, of Streatham, south London, stood holding a union jack at the vigil.

    I am here to show respect to the people who were murdered and the injured. The whole world shows them respect. We will win and continue normal life.

    John Loughrey

  13. 'People took cover in my home'

    Samina Motalib describes how people too cover in her home during the attack

  14. This is our city, these are our values - mayor

    This is our city, these are our values. This is our way of life, London will never be broken by terrorism. We will step up the fight against extremism and we will defeat the terrorists.

    Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London

  15. More pictures from the vigil

    People from all walks of life gathered near Tower Bridge to pay their respects.

    A woman holds up heart-shaped balloons during a vigil in LondonPA
    Someone lays a rose next to a candle outside City HallEPA
    Men dressed in traditional robes lay flowers at a memorial near Tower BridgeReuters
    A woman holds up a sign saying "Love will win"EPA
    A man kneels in front of flowers left near City HallReuters

  16. We stand in solidarity with all Londoners - NYC mayor

    My message to the people of London is that we stand in solidarity with all Londoners. We've been through attacks, we know what it feels like. And Mayor Khan is doing exactly the right thing. He is telling people that they can be assured that security forces will be reinforced, will be present, will be visible. That's exactly what a leader is supposed to do.

    Bill de Blasio, Mayor of New York City

  17. Embracing hope

    People have been sharing their pictures of tonight's vigil in central London.

    Many show people holding up signs advocating love over hate and fear.

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  18. Today we mourn the loss of innocent lives - Khan

    "Today we mourn the loss of innocent lives. Londoners and people from around the world, we send our love to the victims' families and to all those who were injured. And we thank our courageous emergency services and the brave Londoners who risked their lives to care for others, you are the best of us.

    Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London

  19. You will never succeed in dividing our city - mayor

    As a proud and patriotic British Muslim I say this, you do not commit these disgusting acts in my name. Your perverse ideology has nothing to do with the true values of Islam. You will never succeed in dividing our city."

    Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London at vigil

  20. London attacker was in TV documentary

    London attack: Terrorist named as Khuram Butt

    One of the terrorists who launched the attack on London Bridge and Borough Market was Khuram Butt.

    London attacker was in TV documentary

    One of the people who launched the attack on London Bridge and Borough Market was Khuram Butt.

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