Terrorist incident and counterterrorist officers were involved in carrying firearms last night as the first raid was taking place. Its not that there wasnt experienced counterterrorism detectives involved. For those listening earlier, there is actually a serious series of things that have to be gone through before something is formally declared a terrorist incident, and the key thing in that, is what was the motivation. Police need to be convinced there was either a political or religious motivation for something to formally be declared as a terrorist incident. What has happened is, it has taken a few hours for police to find what they think is some evidence of a political or religious motivation, and that is what has led to dean hayden, the National Coordinatorfor counterterrorism, saying that he will now declare this formally as a terrorist incident and then the investigation gets handed over formally to counterterrorism policing, in this instance, south east englands counterterroris
Impact of social media on roles about fairness in court. We will discuss what this means and how it affects us. Vulnerable people in some parts of the country are being helped by charities funded by the police. Senior officers deny this is policing on the cheap and that it is a way of stopping resources being diverted away from fighting crime. We have a special report. Some breaking news, there are reports of an explosion at a London Underground station in south west london. We can show you this picture taken bya we can show you this picture taken by a commuter. The metro newspaper says people suffered facial burns after a white container exploded on the District Line at Parsons Green. Police and the London Ambulance service are currently at the scene. We will bring you up to date with the latest developments on the breaking story throughout the programme. People are posting photographs on social media, reporting a huge stampede at Parsons Green. Some photos have been circulating on so