an eight—year—old girl has died and 15 people have been injured after a car crashed into a primary school in south london. this is a very difficult time for everyone across the school and the community. the everyone across the school and the community-— everyone across the school and the communi . a, a, a a, community. the founder of the wagner most in every — community. the founder of the wagner most in every grow) — community. the founder of the wagner most in every group is _ community. the founder of the wagner most in every group is back— community. the founder of the wagner most in every group is back in - most in every group is back in russia, according to the belarusian president. hello, i'm samantha simmonds, welcome to verified live — three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. an eight—year—old girl has died and 15 people have been injured after a car crashed into a primary school in south london. the driver, a woman in her the founder of the wagner most in every group is back in russia, according to the belarusian president.

—— 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 custody. this is a very difficult time for everyone here at the school and across the wider community. we would ask people not to speculate while we work to understand the full circumstances of what has happened during this tragic incident. but i will say we are not treating this as a terrorist incident. our officers have already spoken to a number of witnesses and reviewed the cctv. if anyone has any information, please either call 101 or speak with officers at the scene. any information that can assist as we try to work out what's happened today. i will now hand you to drjohn martin from the ambulance ambulance london ambulance service, who can provide more details about their response. thank you. good afternoon. i'm john martin, the chief paramedic for london ambulance service. can i begin by saying on behalf of the london ambulance service that our thoughts are with all of those involved in this morning's incident? at 9:54am, we received a 999 call to a collision

on camp road in wimbledon. we dispatched multiple resources, including specialist critical care paramedics, london's air ambulance and 15 ambulances. we declared a major incident and stood up a specialist operation centre. we treated 16 patients on scene. sadly, as we've heard, one eight—year—old girl died. we conveyed ten patients to hospital. we want to thank our staff who worked hard and tirelessly whilst on scene, and also to the school staff and members of the public who helped in those early moments. our hearts go out to all those involved in today's tragic incident. i'll now hand over to andy from the london fire brigade. good afternoon, everybody. my name is andy penick- from the london fire brigade. i'm deputy assistant commissioner for the south east area. _ i'd like to start by echoing - the thoughts from john and claire around this tragic incident, and our thoughts go out i to the preparatory school, -

family and friends of all those affected by today's tragic incident. london fire brigade crews - were called to scene this morning where they initially assisted i by making emergency access for police and ambulance - colleagues and then supported london ambulance service paramedics in administering immediate _ emergency care to members of the public that were injured - as part of this incident. we are now prepared and will support the school and the wider— community through our— community engagement function. community engagement function, and we will also be supporting our staff who responded - to this tragic incident. i'd like to close by _ thanking london ambulance, metropolitan police, _ the local school and local community who all stepped forward - to support everybody involved in today's tragic incidents. thank you. nickjohnson has been following

developments. nick johnson has been following developments.— nick johnson has been following develoments. ,, ~' ., , developments. striking was the level of emotion that _ developments. striking was the level of emotion that we _ developments. striking was the level of emotion that we could _ developments. striking was the level of emotion that we could see - developments. striking was the level of emotion that we could see in - of emotion that we could see in those statements. the metropolitan police saying an eight—year—old girl died in the incident this morning. we got a little bit more information from the london ambulance service. the number of people who were taken to hospital... he said there were 16 patients treated, ten of which were taken to hospital, and that eight—year—old little girl having lost her life. the paramedics also said they initially declared a major incident at the scene, and they set “p incident at the scene, and they set up a major incident centre here. they dispatched 15 ambulances and the air ambulance as well. it was

interesting as well, perhaps not surprising, that the school obviously very moved by what's been happening in the stage don't want to give too much information. we heard from the chair of governors there, who said the school is profoundly affected and will be for some time to come. just before the press conference, there was a clinical psychologist who'd been dispatched from a local hospital who said she was here to support the staff that were on site. we've seen a number of staff coming and going to the school throughout the afternoon, looking visibly distressed. and this is, and you know, it's a small community geographically, and a lot of people have said they know of people that are at that school, so i think that resonates when the school says this will be really affecting them profoundly. but as you say, the police wouldn't be drawn any further on what actually happened and what happened with the driver behind the

wheel. we don't yet know the condition of the other people still being treated in hospital. all we know is they remain in hospital and we're hoping the police will give us some sort of update later. they're clearly saying this is in the early stage of what they say is a very complex investigation which is still moving. complex investigation which is still movinu. . ~ complex investigation which is still movinu. g; , ., ., moving. nickjohnson. 23-year-old man is found _ moving. nickjohnson. 23-year-old man is found guilty. _ of the murder of elle edwards on christmas eve last year. miss edwards, who was 26—year—old, was shot dead outside a pub she was celebrating atjust before midnight. liverpool crown court heard that chapman, heard that chapman, who's now 23 years old, had more than 20 previous convictions. the jury was told he was a member of a gang that was involved in a feud with another criminal gang from a nearby housing estate in wirral. l's father tim had this to say. but we got the result we wanted justice for elle.

so it's always been about that. those two cowards in there, decided to drag it out for four weeks, put all these people through that and everyone else around involved in the case. can't thank the police enough for what they did, and we got there in the end and the right results. and you know what? i hope them never see another christmas again ever in their lives. chapman tried to hide from you in the dock. he tried to keep his head so that he couldn't see you. i've had my eyes on him forfour weeks. on him forfour weeks, three weeks, for however long it's been, and hhas not looked at me once cos he's a coward. and that's exactly what he is. and i couldn't care less about him. i'll never, ever mention his name. i hope he rots in hell. how much of a relief is this for you, tim? i've spoken to you for the last six months, ever since this happened. how much of a relief personally is this? it's a big relief cos now we can start again. we've been through hell. and we deserve now to be given, you know, given the life back that we have before,

which'll never be the same. and if we canjust... it's now a new chapter. it's a new beginning for our family. big day? big day, indeed. it's it's the worst day, but the best of the worst. that's all i have to say. thank you, everyone. now from nick garnet. they have been warned to be quiet when the verdict was being read out. as the guilty verdict on the first charge, which was the murder of elle edwards, was read out, tim edwards, herfather, said very edwards, was read out, tim edwards, her father, said very quietly, edwards, was read out, tim edwards, herfather, said very quietly, yes. at that point, the jury was then delivered the rest of its verdict and the two men were then led down to the cells. the judge told them security guards to take them down to the cells. chapman had been sitting

in the far corner of the dock, trying to hide from view from the public, and also hide from the view of tim edwards, elle's father. as he went down, tim edwards shouted, gently, "coward." chapman and his co—defendant, also guilty, were both laid down. they'll be back tomorrow in court for the sentencing. the sentencing will be part of the corporate programme that's going on and will be live —— current programme. we'll hear the sentencing remarks ofjustice goose, the judge who has been going through this three and a half week long trial. the jury was only out for three and a half hours of deliberation, and that's including the lunch as well. it took very little time. about half an hour ago, it took very little time. about half an hourago, thejury it took very little time. about half an hour ago, thejury came back to ask a question about the co—defendant, who was standing charro on lesser charges. ——

standing trial. it was obvious they had already considered all the evidence against connor chapman. he's been found guilty of all those charges. in many ways, this strength of the conviction, the prosecution, meant there was little to answer. if we go through some of the reasons why he was convicted, he was caught up why he was convicted, he was caught up by why he was convicted, he was caught up by his phone records first and foremost. he had a mobile phone that was with him and the stolen car in exactly the same proximity. 1111 times during the three months that he was driving around in a stolen mercedes. what he did and realises all modern cars have a sim card inside them, which tracks the location of the car. the police were able to find that —— it out exactly where the car was and where his phone was, they spotted it 1111 times in the last three months. they were in exactly the same location. he

used extensively burner phones to try and hide what was going on in the run—up to the shooting and in days afterwards. those phones were all tracked through other calls, and that information was used as well. there is dna evidence linking him to the crime. first of all, there is evidence on one of the carbureted cartridges, and there is dna evidence inside a glove of the gunman war. clothing linked to the shooting was found inside his house, and crucially, as you may have seen in the piece we put on air a short time ago, there was a video in which he was walking down a road having abandoned the car at a friend's house. he dropped the gun in the road, and as he bent down to pick it up, his hoodie fell back, revealing his trademark long hair. at that point, that was really the crucial evidence. . ~ . evidence. nick garnet there. i want to return to — evidence. nick garnet there. i want to return to our— evidence. nick garnet there. i want to return to our top _ evidence. nick garnet there. i want

to return to our top story. - evidence. nick garnet there. i want to return to our top story. in - evidence. nick garnet there. i want to return to our top story. in which | to return to our top story. in which a car crashed into a building and an eight—year—old girl was killed. we have now had a statement from the school. this is from the study prayer. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's take a look at some other news making headlines across the uk. bosses of the four biggest banks have been meeting the financial watchdog today to discuss concerns that interest rates on savings accounts are too low and aren't increasing as quickly

as those on mortgages. the bosses of lloyds, hsbc, natwest and barclays have denied accusations from mps that they've been profiteering. the governor of the bank of england has told the bbc that there is evidence some retailers are overcharging customers. andrew bailey says regulators must take measures to prevent retailers taking advantage of high inflation and pushing through unfair price hikes, adding to the cost of living crisis. the government has suffered another series of defeats in the house of lords over its plans to deport asylum seekers who arrive in the uk on small boats. peers backed five new amendments to the illegal migration bill. in total, the government was defeated 20 times during three days of debate. the bill will now go back to the commons. you're live with bbc news. the wagner group leader may be in

the russian city of st. petersburg, according to the belarusian leader alexander lukashenko. he led wagner's short—lived meeting last month. mr lukashenko said he had in his words offered to let him down in belarus as part of the deal to end the rebellion. the leader had arrived in this country, and this is what the belarusian leader had to say earlier. what the belarusian leader had to say earlier-— what the belarusian leader had to sa earlier. ., ., ., ., say earlier. you might have gone to moscow this — say earlier. you might have gone to moscow this morning _ say earlier. you might have gone to moscow this morning or _ say earlier. you might have gone to| moscow this morning or somewhere else —— he. he is not on the dilatory of belarus. else -- he. he is not on the dilatory of belarus.- else -- he. he is not on the dilatory of belarus. the road with the bird was _ dilatory of belarus. the road with the bird was that _ dilatory of belarus. the road with the bird was that mr— dilatory of belarus. the road with | the bird was that mr lukashenko's conference this morning and gave us his assessment.— conference this morning and gave us his assessment. less than two weeks a . o, his assessment. less than two weeks auo, we his assessment. less than two weeks ago. we are — his assessment. less than two weeks ago. we are told _ his assessment. less than two weeks ago, we are told that _ his assessment. less than two weeks ago, we are told that alexander- ago, we are told that alexander lukashenko had broken a deal under which the wagner mutiny would end and yevgeny prigozhin would move from russia to belarus and any wagner fighters who wanted to could

join him in belarus. today, mr lukashenko told us that actually, yevgeny prigozhin is not in belarus, but he was in st. petersburg. the wagnerfighters but he was in st. petersburg. the wagner fighters were not in but he was in st. petersburg. the wagnerfighters were not in belarus. he indicated that they went back to their camps in russian occupied eastern ukraine. mr lukashenko also said he would discuss the situation with wagner with vladimir putin and the nearest future, although the kremlin hasn't given any date for that discussion. what is happening? what is actually going on? who knows. we also talked about nuclear weapons because the kremlin said that it weapons because the kremlin said thatitis weapons because the kremlin said that it is moving tactical nuclear weapons from russia to belarus. alexander the pachinko said some had arrived and more would arrive by the end of the year. —— lukashenko. he said god for bid he should actually use the decision. i said to him,

these are not your weapons. they are russian weapons. he said, if ukraine can fight with other people because my weapons, meaning nato, then why can't i? ,, , can't i? steve rosenberg there. our colleaaues can't i? steve rosenberg there. our colleagues have _ can't i? steve rosenberg there. our colleagues have been _ can't i? steve rosenberg there. our colleagues have been tracking - colleagues have been tracking yevgeny prigozhin movements in recent days. it was taken in the city during the failed military rebellion he left. he hasn't been seen in public for almost two weeks, so where is he? so, we at bbc verified have been tracking this plane, which has been linked to mr prigozhin. since the rebellion, it flew towards belarus, where mr prigozhin was offered refuge, but since then it has refuge, but since then, it has returned to russia and has been bouncing between moscow and st petersburg. but this weekend, on the first ofjuly, it was seen heading towards belarus again.

it left st petersburg and flew south towards the belarusian capital of minsk. and this isn't the only flight the plane has taken this week. we can see in tracking data that on the third ofjuly it appeared in st petersburg again, despite its gps tracker going dark for the previous 2a hours. from st petersburg, it flew towards moscow, and just this morning at 6:30am, we tracked it, leaving moscow and flying south before turning its gps tracking data off here and then turning it on again here, about 200 kilometres north of the southern russian city of rostov—on—don. and it was near a military airbase in that area. now, rostov—on—don is, of course, the city which mr prigozhin and his wagner fighters seized during theirfailed military rebellion a couple of weeks ago. and we don't know that mr progozhin was definitely on this plane or his exact whereabouts, but we at bbc verify will continue to look for visual evidence about where exactly mr prigozhin is. a russian rocket has had an

apartment building in the western city of lviv. the mayor said the attack had left more than 30 people injured. more than 50 flights had been damaged. these aerial images show the scale of the attack. the top floors of the apartment building had been completely devastated by the force of the explosion. the attack is being described as the largest on lviv's infrastructure since the start of the scale management. —— full scale invasion. sir keir starmer said he refuses to say where he agrees over differing views over ultra low emission zones. the scheme currently requires people who drive more polluting vehicles to pay a heavier charge. the zone it could be expanded to is in red. they

want to extend the scheme, and danny beals says he thinks it isn't the right time. sir keir starmer was asked of his position. the labour mayor of london wants to press ahead. what does the labour leader say? i press ahead. what does the labour leader say?— press ahead. what does the labour leader sa ? .., , , , ., leader say? i completely understand his position- — leader say? i completely understand his position. he's _ leader say? i completely understand his position. he's fighting _ leader say? i completely understand his position. he's fighting for- leader say? i completely understand his position. he's fighting for what i his position. he's fighting for what he hopes will be his constituents. i think we need to understand the context here which is that there is a legal requirement. well, look, so far as danny boyle's the candidate is concerned, i completely understand his position. so reducing this to a sort of political argument for the sake of the by election without regard to the background, doesn't make any difference. but in the end, either you agree

with your candidate who wants the delay or you agree with the labour mayor who doesn't? which is it? i want the candidate to fight for his hopefully constituents, and the mayor obviously has to work within the legal constraints that are imposed on him and... through the law, he has to do that where we can. i think it would be good to give more support to people because there is a financial implication of this. the mayor wants that support, but the government won't give it. but the requirement on air pollution is a legal requirement. in fact, of course, it was a tory mayor that first introduced ulez in the first place. so you disagree with your candidate there shouldn't be a delay? well, look, he is fighting for his constituents. the mayor is obviously trying to comply with his legal obligations. i'm not sure what your view is. well, i think both of those things have to be accommodated. but the mayor is not god, he's not able to just make clear choices here. the law requires him to make choices about taking measures to reduce air pollution. straight to westminster. jonathan blake is there. sir keir starmer

they are firmly sitting on the fence? . ' but a bit of uncertainty 'ust yet. they are firmly sitting on the fence? . , , fence? finding a few different ways not to answer _ fence? finding a few different ways not to answer a _ fence? finding a few different ways not to answer a question. - fence? finding a few different ways not to answer a question. this - fence? finding a few different ways not to answer a question. this is i fence? finding a few different ways not to answer a question. this is a | not to answer a question. this is a tricky issue for labour. the ultra low emission zone means that people who drive vehicles of a certain age have to pay £12.50 a time and will receive a fine if they don't. it's a very divisive one and outer parts of london now, where the labour mayor of london wants to extend the zone. as a potentially decisive issue and that by—election in uxbridge and south rice lake. where you now have a look labour candidate who says no.

what you heard is that the labour leader is not going to tell us. will it be an issue in the future? as sir keir starmer makes a big play to take action on the environment and invest in green industries and green energies. quickly, just to sum up what the state of play is in terms of that issue and the other candidates — a campaign for which is under way, conservatives are against the expansion of the ulez zone, the liberal democrats say it should be paused, while a better more generous scrappage scheme is brought into place and the greens say indeed, measures should go further and repricing should be introduced. jonathan, quite a few by—election �*s coming up. how worried are the conservative parties about them? i would say they're very worried. it

depends on which particular one you're talking about, though. we have a potential addition to that list, given the recommendation of the parliamentary standards committee that chris pincher, the former deputy chief whip, should suspended. it could see him face a by—election. since 1997, when labour took a seat, it's been the ultimate bellwether. that will be a fascinating one to watch and one that the conservatives won't want to have to fight unless they can help it. you've got bid bedfordshire with nadine dorries. and there's no doubt that it'll be very difficult the

conservatives, we nationally, the party is lagging behind sir keir starmer�*s labelled party. party is lagging behind sir keir starmer's labelled party. jonathan, thank ou starmer's labelled party. jonathan, thank you very _ starmer's labelled party. jonathan, thank you very much. _ starmer's labelled party. jonathan, thank you very much. just - starmer's labelled party. jonathan, thank you very much. just a - starmer's labelled party. jonathan, i thank you very much. just a reminder to our viewers. there are 17 candidates standing for election in uxbridge, and you can find the full list of all of the candidates on our website. a by—election is taking place on thursday, july. just a reminder before we go, the prime minister has given his condolences and response after that crash into a school building in south london earlier today in which an eight—year—old girl die. do stay with us here on bbc news.

hello there. temperatures have been a little bit below average for the first week ofjuly. however, things are set to get a lot hotter as we look at the forecast for tomorrow — more on that in a second. today, many of us have had dry weather with some spells of sunshine and some showers, though, for scotland and some heavy rain in northern ireland, all tied in with this thick cloud you can see on the satellite picture, and weather fronts that have been bringing some heavy rain to the northwest, well, that's being caused by this area of low pressure. it's on friday, as that low swings back out into the north atlantic, that we start to get these southerly winds moving in, and it's that that boosts our temperatures. so, a big jump in heat tomorrow with highs getting up to 29 degrees celsius in the hottest parts of the country. now, before we see that heat arrive, overnight tonight, we've got some rain, the rain turning heavy for a time as it pushes northwards across scotland. then the rain probably becomes a little bit lighter and patchy, at least for a time, for scotland and for northern ireland. a little bit of rain for a time

across north west england. 0therwise, england and wales looking largely dry with some clear spells. it will be a warmer night than we've seen over recent nights. for friday, then, we've got the remnants of that weather system bringing some rain to northern ireland and scotland, starting the day. that will clear away and the weather will turn brighter as we head into the afternoon. it's across england and wales that we'll have sunshine really from dawn till dusk, and it's across england, wales, that we'll see the highest temperatures, widely around 26 for east wales, the midlands, northern england, but as high as 29 degrees celsius around london and the southeast of england. and it does mean we could see the highest temperature of the whole of the wimbledon championship, potentially, during friday, with temperatures certainly getting into the high 20s here. 0n into the weekend's forecast — we'll keep the warm weather going, but there's a risk of some thundery showers initially working into the west, and then as a plume of moisture gets pulled in from europe, we might well see storms breaking out ahead across parts of eastern england, eastern scotland. one or two of the showers could be torrential, but at the same time, there will be some areas that dodged the downpours altogether and stay dry. temperatures still on the warm side

for eastern england — could see temperatures into the mid—20s for northern scotland. for sunday, again, it's a day of sunshine and showers, but there could be some more organised clumps of rain moving up from the continent. a bit of uncertainty about where that might be, but it could be that we see some torrential rain across eastern areas of england. if that happens, we could see, well, about half a month's worth of rainfall in just a few hours. so there's a risk of seeing some localised flooding, but a bit of uncertaintyjust yet.

outside a pub on christmas eve. and yevgeny prigozhin, the founder of the wagner mercenary group, has left belarus and is back in russia, according to the belarusian president.