that we did not believe there was any immediate further threat to anyone else the area. it would be for investigators to determine whether or not this is a terrorist incident. as always, they will keep an open mind. today is a tragic day for the family and colleagues also david, the community of southend and indeed for the whole of greater essex. sir david has dedicated his life to serving the communities of essex and southend and today he was simply dispensing his duties. i know the residents of essex and southend west will stand with me today in remembering a member of our community. we have enjoyed a long standing and positive working relationship with sir david and today s events will be hard to take for everyone who knew him. a
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has said priti patel has asked all police forces to review security arrangements for mps with immediate effect. martin horwood new sir david. you are a long serving resident of cheltenham before becoming an mp so you knew nitrogen is well. in the light of what nigel jones was saying, i wonder if you might cast your mind back to what that incident had on the town back in 2000. it was very traumatic for all of us who knew nigel and who were friends of andrew. many of us lost a friend and colleague but i think the trauma was very widespread actually. cheltenham is the kind of place, just like southend now, where you expect these things to happen. that
this is bbc news, the latest headlines. a british member of parliament, sir david amess, has been stabbed to death while meeting constituents at a church hall outside london. he died at the scene. more than 30 people have died in a series of suicide bomb blasts at a mosque in kandahar. the united states has announced that it will reopen its borders on november the eighth to all foreign travellers who ve been fully vaccinated against coronavirus. the white house said last month that restrictions would be lifted for people from more than thirty countries, but it hadn t specified a date. travellers will be eligible to enter the us if they ve received jabs approved by its regulators, or by the world health organisation. nomia iqbal has the details. this is of course good news for airlines. the aviation industry has been brutally impacted by the pandemic. analysts reckon that there have been
aware and at the end of the day it s incredibly important that mps remain available incredibly important that mps remain available and accessible to their constituents. and that s such a fundamental part of the job that we have this fundamental part of the job that we have this linkage that we, you know it would have this linkage that we, you know it would diminish the role of an mp hugely it would diminish the role of an mp hugeiv if it would diminish the role of an mp hugeiv if it it would diminish the role of an mp hugely if it was any reduced. so we need hugely if it was any reduced. so we need to hugely if it was any reduced. so we need to go hugely if it was any reduced. so we need to go on being careful in taking need to go on being careful in taking precautions but the fact that mps hotd taking precautions but the fact that mps hold surgeries in their constituencies on a regular basis and that constituencies on a regular basis and that any of their constituen