of the driver, a woman in her 40s, has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. police officers, firefighters and paramedics, including london s air ambulance, responded to the incident at the study preparatory school in wimbledon just before 10am this morning. the metropolitan police say the incident is not being treated as terror related. the prime minister is sending his deepest condolences. his thoughts are with all wood involved. it would have been terrifying for children, spy have been terrifying for children, spy staff and parents. the staff. in the last hour, the emergency services gave this update. very sadly, one of the children, an eight year old girl, died at the scene. our thoughts are with her family at this incredibly difficult time. the driver of a car, a woman aged in her forties stopped a woman aged in her 40s, stopped at the scene and has since been arrested for causing death by dangerous driving and remains in police custod
hello and welcome to the programme. we start in new zealand where, in the last couple of hours, chris hipkins has been sworn in as the country s new prime minister, after the shock resignation of jacinda ardern last week, who said she didn t have enough in the tank to continue in the job. mr hipkins was sworn in at government house in wellington, alongside carmel sepuloni, who becomes the country s first pasifika deputy prime minister. mr hipkins labour party will face a general election in october. 0ur correspondent, phil mercer, has more on this. this will be a big year for chris hipkins and his reshaped government. we are expecting a cabinet reshuffle in the next week or so and also a policy reset. the new prime minister says that inflation will be his key concern in the months leading up to that election on october leading up to that election on 0ctober1li, laterthis leading up to that election on 0ctober1li, later this year. cost of living pressures have been enormous i
virtual meeting with her privy counsel. palace declined to give further details, but members of the royal family have rushed to balmoral castle in scotland to be at her side. sandra: millions who have only known the reign of queen elizabeth over 70 years are now praying for her recovery. we are covering this from all angles. steve hilton will be joining us in just a moment. but we begin with greg palkot live in london what we are learning. hi, sandra, john. u.k., perhaps around the world holding their breath right now and yes, wishing prayers to the queen in the wake of the news about her ill health. this morning royal household announced following further evaluation, the queen s doctors are concerned for her majesty s health and recommended she remain under medical supervision, adding she remains comfortable at her scottish estate of balmoral. she was seen on tuesday meeting with the new prime minister liz truss. truss has underscored the longevity, and the queen had to
policy failures during the migration crisis. a damning report says hundreds of recruits to the police in england and wales are joining the force when they should have failed vetting procedures. with almost all the votes counted in israel s general election, former leader benjamin netanyahu looks set to return to power with the support of the far right. and channel 4 turns a0 after being set up in 1982 to shake up television , today the broadcaster celebrates four decades of being on air. good afternoon. the prime minister rishi sunak said the migrant crisis is a serious and escalating problem and admitted that not enough asylum claims are being processed. the prime minister insisted the government is getting a grip of the situation and backed the home secretary s handling of the issue. suella braverman has been criticised for saying southern england was facing an invasion of illegal migrants. this afternoon, the albanian prime minister condemned the home secretary s