hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: at least five people are killed and a0 injured after a car drives at high speed into a christmas parade in the us state of wisconsin. today our community faced horror and tragedy in what should have been a community celebration. i am deeply saddened to know that so many in our community went to a parade, but ended up dealing with injury and heartache. there s further unrest over covid restrictions in europe. police clash with protestors in brussels while austria returns to full lockdown. some conservative mps urge the government to rethink changes to funding social care in england saying poorer people will be disproportionately affected. a memorial service and procession are to be held later in southend to remember the murdered mp sir david amess. and less than i% of the population in england account
to pay their respects as simon dedman reports. sir david amess had been an mp for nearly a0 years, first famously in basildon, winning the seat for the conservatives in the close 92 election before going on to represent southend. last month, he was stabbed to death whilst holding a constituency surgery where mps meet people they represent. today, localfriends, family and colleagues will come together to remember him. we ve had some great times together and, literally, working with him on the streets, knocking on doors, going to see people. and he ran them. you had to be fit to keep up with him because he ran the streets. a memorial service will be held this afternoon at st mary s parish church in southend. neighbouring mp mark francois will deliver the eulogy and ann widdecombe will read a statement on behalf of the amess family. afterwards, a horse drawn procession
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and coming up this afternoon we ll be speaking to two experts on what the big spike in covid infections in europe could mean for the uk. get in touch with the hashtag #bbcyourouestions, or you can email yourquestions@bbc. co. uk. a memorial service for conservative mp sir david amess, who was killed last month, will take place this lunchtime in his southend constituency. members of the public are expected to line the streets to pay their respects. our correspondent danjohnson is in southend and joins me now. yes, this is is the church where that memorial service will start at 1pm. this is a private service for sir david amess s family, friend a colleagues. after that, his coffin will be taken through the streets of southend on a horse drawn carriage and that is a chance for his constituents, for the people in the community that he worked for to pay
you had to be fit to keep up with him because he ran the streets. a memorial service will be held this afternoon at st mary s parish church in southend. neighbouring mp mark francois will deliver the eulogy and ann widdecombe will read a statement on behalf of the amess family. afterwards, a horse drawn procession will take sir david s casket through southend, where members of the public are likely to line the streets to pay their respects. tomorrow, a funeral service takes place at westminster cathedral presided over by the leader of the catholic church in england and wales, cardinal vincent nichols. mps and members of the house of lords will attend, where a message from the pope will be read. simon dedman, bbc news. less than 1% of the population in england account for more than 16% of all visits to accident & emergency departments. a study by the british red cross shows some of the people in this group known as high intensity users visit emergency departments more than 300 times