it s saturday 8th july. our main story: tributes are being paid to the eight year old girl who died when a car crashed into her school in wimbledon on thursday. she s been named as selena lau. her family says she was adored and loved by everyone . another eight year old girl and a woman in her 40s are still in a critical condition. a woman who was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving has been released on bail. louisa pilbeam reports. an intelligent and cheeky girl, adored and loved by everyone. selena lau s family have paid tribute to the eight year old. she was killed when a land rover crashed through a fence at the study preparatory school in wimbledon, where an end of school school tea party had been taking place. 12 people taken to hospital, among them another eight year old girl who remains in a life threatening condition. a woman in her 40s is in a critical condition. large numbers of people have been coming to the school to lay flowers and ref
welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. we ll turn to the war in ukraine in a moment, but first an update on the primary school car crash in south west london. a girl has died after a land rover crashed into the study primary school in wimbledon on thursday morning. the metropolitan police also said a woman in her 40s had been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. we re expecting a police press conference in the next few minutes we will keep an on that and keep it on screen so that we can take it as soon as it starts. but first. . .. let s turn to the news that the wagner group leader, yevgeny prigozhin, has left belarus and may be in the russian city of st petersburg. that s according to the belarusian leader, alexander lukashenko. mr prigozhin led wagner s short lived mutiny in russia last month. mr lukashenko said he had in his words offered to let mr prigozhin bed down in belarus. on
her rival rishi sunak is on the front of the sunday telegraph urging sanctions for iran following the stabbing of salman rusdie. and finally, the sunday times focus on the cost of living crisis with reports the treasury is developing a plan to hand out more money to cope with energy costs. let s to cope with energy costs. begin with the observer picture, let s begin with the observer. this picture, emma, of wimbledon common. i m guessing that this pond normally looks a bit bigger than that. it’s looks a bit bigger than that. it s astonishing. i think we ve all seen in our local parks so called green spaces. they rejust in our local parks so called green spaces. they re just absolutely dry, kind of sahara conditions. we took the hosepipe ban in our gardens but the hosepipe ban in our gardens but the parks and green spaces are absolutely drying up and what can be done? wejust absolutely drying up and what can be done? we just desperately need some rain. done? we “ust desper
been criticised that they have been very slow off the mark to really make any capital out of this and to suggest something different from the government? in suggest something different from the covernment? , . government? in his defence, keir starmer has government? in his defence, keir starmer has pointed government? in his defence, keir starmer has pointed out - government? in his defence, keir starmer has pointed out the - government? in his defence, keir starmer has pointed out the cost| government? in his defence, keir. starmer has pointed out the cost of living has been an ongoing issue that he has been raising prime minister s questions every week. but he has been on in the last week, politicians are allowed holidays. but he does seem to have been slow to mention the salman rushdie story. and on the energy prices come on this particular story that you flashed up, it is a strong headline and keir starmer is too call for a ban or crippling energy prices. there is mor