and grew up in croydon. as well as the murder of sir david amess, he is accused of preparing a terrorist act. it's alleged that on reconnaissance trips earlier this year, he went to the address of one mp several times and the constituency surgery of another. he also went to the house of commons. after the hearing, he was taken away to prison, where he will be held until his next appearance at the old bailey, tomorrow. the time period covered by the charge of preparing a terrorist act goes back to may 2019, and runs up until last month. so the allegation is that ali harbi ali had been preparing some kind of attack for almost two and a half years. the alleged reconnaissance of mps began in march this year. sophie.— in march this year. sophie. daniel, thank yom — the number of new coronavirus infections recorded in the uk in the past 2a hours has surged past 50,000 for the first time sincejuly. the number of people