While doing hisjob as an mp. he was committed to the people. he was a servant of our time. he brought a lot of good. in a statement sir david s family gave this plea. we ask people to set aside their differences and show kindness and love to all. this is the only way forward. set aside hatred and work towards togetherness. please let some good come from this tragedy. this afternoon, mps will pay tribute in the house of commons. there will be a minute s silence ahead of a church service in his memory at westminster abbey. the politician was married with five children. a conservative mp since 1983, first in basildon and later in southend west, he was known and loved for his hands on approach with voters. one of his many campaigns was to get city status
Church services in leigh on sea to remember the life of sir david amess, attacked and killed while doing hisjob as an mp. he was committed to the people. he was a servant of our town. he brought a lot of good. in a statement sir david s family gave this plea. we ask people to set aside their differences and show kindness and love to all. this is the only way forward. set aside hatred and work towards togetherness. please let some good come from this tragedy. this afternoon, mps will pay tribute in the house of commons. there will be a minute s silence ahead of a church service in his memory at westminster abbey. the politician was married with five children. a conservative mp since 1983, first in basildon and later in southend west, he was known and loved for his hands on
Tonight at ten, the house of commons observes a minute s silence in memory of sir david amess. on all sides, tributes were paid to the member for southend west, stabbed to death in his constituency three days ago. sir david was a patriot who believed passionately in this country, in its people, in its future. a cowardly attack on a public servant doing his job is an attack on our country and on our way of life. during the day, sir david s family visited the scene of the attack, having already called on people to set aside hatred . the family welcomed the announcement that southend is to gain city status, one of sir david s long held ambitions.
A morning of prayers and silence will be held in parliament today in memory of sir david amess. the mp for southend west who was murdered on friday. a 25 year old man has been detained under the terrorism act. yesterday, as colleagues and well wishers continued to lay flowers for him, sir david s family called on people to set aside hatred . we are going to have a mass, we ll announce a date for a mass in the nearfuture, where we can in a very fitting way make a memorial to him, where we can gather some of the more representative members of the community together so that we can do this in prayer for his eternal repose. and also above all giving thanks to god for the great achievement of his life. it s feared a shortage of bouncers and door staff could begin to pose a threat to public safety . the night time industries association says one in five venues have had to close or reduce operating hours as they don t have enough security workers. we are pushing hard to see if we can get a m
Hello, i m sonja jessup. a morning of prayers and silence will be held in parliament today, in memory of sir david amess, the mp for southend west, who was murdered on friday. a 25 year old man has been detained under the terrorism act. yesterday, as colleagues and well wishers continued to lay flowers for him, sir david s family called on people to set aside hatred . we are going to have a mass, we ll announce a date for a mass in the nearfuture, where we can in a very fitting way make a memorial to him, where we can gather some of the more representative members of the community together so that we can do this in prayer for his eternal repose. and also above all giving thanks to god for the great achievement of his life. it s feared a shortage of bouncers and door staff could begin to pose a threat to public safety . the night time industries association says one in five venues have had to close or reduce operating hours, as they don t have