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You just want our politicians to take control . You be happy take control . Would you be happy for us to be out of the echr gb views gbnews. Com. But right now its your headlines. Its your headlines. Good afternoon. Its just after 3 00. Im lisa hartle in the newsroom. The family of a 15 Year Old Girl stabbed in croydon have paid tribute to her as the investigation continues. Ltn investigation continues. Ltn arade dam was attacked while she was on her way to school in a statement, her family says, our hearts are broken by the senseless death of our daughter, iuana senseless death of our daughter, iliana was the light of our lives. A 17 year old boy who lives. A 17 year old boy who knew the victim remains in custody after being arrested in croydon yesterday morning. Roads and local transport minister Richard Holden told gb news whats being done to tackle knife crime. New legislation has been brought in. Sentences are being strengthened, which is vitally important as well. But overall i i
Headunes lets bring you the latest headlines this hour. And i have some breaking for news you thats coming into us all the time. Detail we have at the time. The detail we have at the moment seven people have moment is that seven people have lost following lost their lives following a double in the double shooting in the netherlands. It netherlands. We understand it took in the dutch port took place in the dutch port city rotterdam. Also i can city of rotterdam. Also i can tell you that a 32 year old man has been arrested near a medical centre. Many reports online centre. Many reports online indicating its the Erasmus Medical Centre where one of the shootings took place. The first attack as we pieced together these events that are coming to us from the netherlands , the us from the netherlands, the first attack took place at a nearby flat. Its unclear whether the two events are unked whether the two events are linked yet, but they are being reported together for whatever meaning that ha
Over his governance has split the party down the middle. There is a desire that the vote should bring africas oldest Liberation Movement back together. I hope that on the conference floor people find one another, because it has not been easy over the last five years to come here. It is a hope against hope, maybe, but i hope that the life of the anc which is dying slowly, somehow surgery will be performed here today and that the patient will be saved. The anc has been losing support in the last few years, and the two candidates have very different ideas on how to arrest that decline. It has been such a bitter fight that whoever wins will have the difficult task of bringing the opposing faction on board but with a National Election in just two years, many say unless the party cleans up house, it could find itself out of power for the First Time Since the end of apartheid. Pumza fihlani, bbc news, johannesburg. Barry sherman, a billionaire who founded canadas largest drugs firm, and his w
And in half an hour here on bbc news we go through the lens, capturing Iconic Images of moments that shaped history. Barry sherman, a billionaire who founded canadas largest drugs firm, and his wife honey, have been found dead at their home in toronto. Police described the deaths as suspicious, but said they were not being treated as murder. Angus crawford reports. One of torontos richest suburbs, a house for sale. In the basement, a discovery, two bodies, a man and a woman. Barry sherman and his wife, honey, one of the richest couples in the country. Police cannot yet say what happened. The circumstances of their death lead us to believe that there may be suspicious circumstances. It is an investigative tool. Until we know exactly how they died, we treat it as suspicious, and once a determination has been made by the pathologist and the coroner, we move forward from there. Barry sherman, who was 75, is thought to be worth more than £2 billion. He made his money in pharmaceuticals, se