End takes joanna konta into the next round at wimbledon. And coming up on bbc news. Well have all the latest from a big day for the british players at the all england club. Join me for Wimbledon Sportsday at 6 30. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Knife crime is now one of the greatest challenges facing Police Forces across the country. In fact, the knife is britains number one murder weapon. The figures are all the more shocking because increasingly both victims and perpetrators are Young Children and teenagers. Last year nearly 32,500 knife crimes were committed in england and wales. That figure was up 14 on the previous year. Senior Police Officers say there needs to be a change in attitudes and behaviour. Our home affairs correspondent, june kelly, has been on Police Patrol in birmingham and met some of those working to end knife culture. A Summer Evening in birmingham and the force Response Teams from West Midlands police are dealing with dozens of emergencies. Proc
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On Bbc News At Five. A former royal marine, Ciaran Maxwell, has beenjailed for 18 years for supplying bombs to dissident irish republicans. Plans to recruit an extra 21,000 Mental Health workers in england over the next four years, have been announced by the health secretary. Downing street has insisted that Free Movement of people will end in march 2019, when the uk leaves the european union. And real madrid superstar, Cristiano Ronaldo, has appeared before a court in the city accused of tax fraud. Good evening from Tyne Cot Cemetery in belgium, where commemorations have been taking place to mark 100 years since the start of one of the bloodiest battles of world war one. Over three months, british and allied troops fought with german soldiers in what became known as the Battle Of Passchendaele. In the fields around this cemetery, around half a million soldiers on both sides of the war were killed, wounded or went missing. Prince charles, along with the duke and duchess of cambridge, j
It was literally a putrid soup of body parts and rain and mud and everything. It was just awful, i think. And your father also spoke about the horses he went into battle with. One of his horses was fatally wounded in shrapnel or something. And, this particular horse, i think he was probably quite fond of or something and he sat with it for a few minutes until it died. They werent allowed to put them out of their misery, they werent allowed to use any ammunition. Because the ammunition was all supposed to be kept for the enemy. So, your mother is believed to be the oldest surviving world war i widow. Shes coming up to 97. There was a 25 year age gap between my father and her. Obviously not well enough to be here today. So, it was quite nice to be here for her. Very poignant. Its amazing really. And ijust feel so grateful that my father survived. I wouldnt be here otherwise. It is wonderful really and i think hed be very proud. Good evening, youre watching bbc news, im 0lly Foster At The
It was literally a putrid soup of body parts and rain and mud and everything. It was just awful, i think. And your father also spoke about the horses he went into battle with. One of his horses was fatally wounded in shrapnel or something. And, this particular horse, i think he was probably quite fond of or something and he sat with it for a few minutes until it died. They werent allowed to put them out of their misery, they werent allowed to use any ammunition. Because the ammunition was all supposed to be kept for the enemy. So, your mother is believed to be the oldest surviving world war i widow. Shes coming up to 97. There was a 25 year age gap between my father and her. Obviously not well enough to be here today. So, it was quite nice to be here for her. Very poignant. Its amazing really. And ijust feel so grateful that my father survived. I wouldnt be here otherwise. It is wonderful really and i think hed be very proud. Good evening, youre watching bbc news, im 0lly Foster At The