22/03/2017 Points West


22/03/2017

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People from the region caught up in the london attacks,

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I was just walking across the bridge and a bus stop and everybody was

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screaming. Everybody came off the bus and they were upset.

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And we'll also find out how the police here are

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Many of the people from the West who were caught up in the terror

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attacks are finally on their way home tonight.

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Local school children were among those who were put into lockdown

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Teachers from St John St Francis Church School

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in Bridgwater have said they were they were singing songs

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with the children inside parliament as a distraction from the events.

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And a group of ten and 11 years old from Hotwells Primary

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School Bristol were also there when the terror

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Well, it's been a very stressful parents of children

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Year six have been on a school trip to Westminster.

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And earlier this afternoon, I spoke to a member of staff who works here.

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When we came in all the teachers were on edge, you could tell.

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And when they were talking, you could hear something

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The caretaker said that year six were on a London trip.

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We pieced it altogether and realised that there was something going on.

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Now, later today, the head teacher put out a statement

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from Hotwells School, saying that although the children

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were near the scene, they weren't directly caught up

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in it, that they followed an emergency procedure

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the children were safely put on board a coach.

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Now, although all the children are safe, they are not

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aware of what happened today in Westminster.

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Well, the children from both schools are now heading back home tonight.

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Our reporter Robin Markwell has been catching up with other people

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from across the West who were caught up in the attack.

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On Westminster Bridge, a car rammed into the crowds,

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then a man armed with a knife forced his way

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Journalists and politicians from the West found

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themselves in the middle of the unfolding drama.

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We'd heard a bang, me and my colleagues in room 12

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in Parliament were looking to see what that was, we suddenly saw

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a policeman kind of being pushed into New Palace Yard.

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It was strange because normally nobody is allowed in there apart

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from MPs and those with passes, however, suddenly, he got

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I now understand he had a knife in his hand.

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I then saw a policeman approached him, all dressed in black,

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They were told to stay inside their offices.

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Among those caught up in the lockdown, was the Cotswold MP

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I'm particularly concerned about my staff, who witnessed the whole

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-- Of course, we all immediately after it happened, informed our

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At the moment, we, a number of staff and members

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of Parliament are locked in, right in the middle of Parliament.

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We don't know when we will be allowed out.

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The Bristol West MP Thangam Debbonaire took

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to Twitter to describe the frightening scenes outside.

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Salisbury MP John Glenn sent his thoughts and prayers

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to the injured and the Wells MP James Heappey praised the

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A children's author from mid-summer Norton happened to be

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on Westminster Bridge at the time of the attack.

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I was just walking across the bridge and suddenly a bus stopped

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People came off the bus and they seemed very upset.

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And then I saw what appeared to be a trainer by the side of the road

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and then, on the other side of the road, there was a body

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and when I looked further up there was another body and,

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then, when I looked over the side of the bridge,

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there appeared to be a body in the water as well.

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The Prime Minister has convened an emergency meeting.

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A counterterrorism enquiry is already underway but, for now,

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people are still coming to terms with the shocking events

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The Wells MP James Heappey had been waiting to vote behind

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the Prime Minister when she was told about the attack.

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He spoke to us in our 6.30pm programme from xx

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He spoke to us in our 6.30pm programme from London

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where he was in lockdown with other politicians.

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I'm fine. It was a long afternoon and evening in which House of

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Commons but we were there for our own safety and the house authorities

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were executing a plan that they have developed well and rehearsed for and

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so we were safe. My staff are very shaken. My hope overlooks Parliament

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Square and they were drawn to the window by keeping the car crash into

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the real and sadly that meant they were watching as the shooting

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happened. And, when I left them this evening, they had to go to

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Westminster Abbey to give evidence to the police and they were pretty

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shaken up. This is really fear that has become reality here. It must be

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hard to grasp. Yes, I think that it is hard to grasp. I sort of always

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was aware of that that area and a new Palace yard was quite

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vulnerable, that when the division bell rang, lots of MPs would be

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making their way from their offices to the chamber. I don't think the

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attack today was attacking a division but it was just a

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coincidence that lots of MPs were underway to vote at the time of the

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attack. It brings home to you how many police and security guards are

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there at work in the Palace at Westminster and they do an amazing

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job. One of them gave an amazing -- gave their lives today. Yet at the

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time of the attack you were behind the Prime Minister, when she was

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told the news. I was in the voting lobby and she was told the news

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Nvidia matter-of-fact way. I wasn't privy to the exact words that

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reduced. Someone came up to her and spoke to her and she was spoken --

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taken away. I was able to put one and one together soon afterwards

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when I heard that she had been taken from the Parliamentary estate in a

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hurry and that we were under attack.

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Parliament will sit again tomorrow. How do you feel about that? I think

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that is really important. We had to take a long walk back to the hotel I

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stayed in this evening because of other cordons and I had a long walk

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through central London to think about things. What happened today

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was not an attack on the bricks and mortar of Westminster or even our

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MPs, it was an attack on our democracy. What is amazing is that a

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policeman stood has can to protect ours and to pick -- to protect

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Parliament and our democracy. Wonder what -- what we must do to honour

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his life is to go to work tomorrow and to continue to participate in

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it. I will be in the gym first thing tomorrow morning and I suspect a lot

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of colleagues will fuel the same way. What we must do is demonstrate

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that these people who are motivated by the Sikh ideologies of

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international terrorism don't win and that we continue to do the jobs

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that we are elected to do and show that our democracy is much stronger

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than any attack by an idiot like this.

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Our home affairs correspondent Charlotte Callen is here.

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What been the response here to the attacks in the west?

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From the people that I have spoken to today, there is an overwhelming

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sense that although we may be 100 miles away, that we have never felt

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closer to our capital city. Of course, many people is your commute

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to London either I need daily or weekly basis for work. We have at

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school children caught up in this incident. There have been worried

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family members here desperate to find their family members are safe

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and well. There has been great sympathy and sadness from people

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here to people and London. Of course, there's also been a visible

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impact. Extra staff and British Transport Police patrolling our main

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train station to reassure the public.

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What about the response from the police forces?

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I have spoken to all of them and they are monitoring the situation.

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The most important thing to remember, we have intelligence

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services -- intelligence services working here on a daily basis to

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keep us safe. That happens across the whole country and it remains the

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same. There has been a great expression of sadness from the

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police year to the police in London for that officer that was stabbed

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and killed. That is reflected by the Chief Constable of Wiltshire Police

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who said that they stand shoulder to shoulder with their colleagues in

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London. Lets take look at some of our other

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news tonight and the parents of a seven year old boy who died

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at Bristol Children's Hospital after a heart operation, have been

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awarded ?100,000 in compensation. Luke Jenkins was moved out

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of intensive care just days after his operation

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because of a lack of beds. The Health Service Ombudsman says

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there were "missed opportunities" and that Luke's parents will never

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know if better care would The hospital says improvements have

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been put in place since and failings Well, you can catch up

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with the rest of the days news And there's continuing coverage

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on the London attacks We're back tomorrow and I'll

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leave you now with Ian Good evening. The forecast for

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tomorrow, in some quite -- senses their pockets the conditions he saw

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this morning, in terms of wet weather being genuinely -- generally

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confined to one area of the region. It will be turning when they are as

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the deer weaves on. -- day wears on. It is possible that those in the

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South will see further patchy outbreaks of rain continuing through

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the afternoon and into the evening. For the time being, and a filament

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of clear sky, temperatures dropping away. Could be patches for current

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and frost. Getting them to one or two Celsius fairly wiggly. Rain

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continuing through the afternoon and into the evening. For the time

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being, under a filament of clear sky, temperatures dropping away.

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Could be patches for current and frost. Getting them to one or two

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Celsius fairly wiggly. Read more of origin are at it as some patchy

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rain. The northern extent open to that. Further northwards, the better

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chance of retaining dryer where Friday afternoon. As I mentioned, it

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will be turning quite easy or Wendy and temperatures, 10 Celsius, but

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that wind-chill will add more. That will improve

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It certainly was a pretty wet day across parts of the country, lots of

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downpours around. This is a picture from Kent, not particularly nice.

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