you can catch up with that on bbc sounds. time now to get the news, where you are. good morning from the news teams in london and the south east. charities and police are urging victims of domestic abuse not to suffer in silence over the holidays. it s estimated around 300 women and children in london are spending the festive season in refuges. last year during the pandemic domestic abuse increased by 40%, and this was when women and children were locked in with their perpetrators. and it s the same over the christmas period. lockdown gives perpetrators the perfect excuse for controlling behaviour. a driver s in hospital after receiving potentially life threatening injuries in a two car crash near westerham. it happened yesterday morning on the a25 westerham road in limpsfield, near the golf club between 0xted and westerham.
over the holidays are being urged not to suffer in silence. charities say around 300 women and children in london are spending the festive season in refuges. last year during the pandemic, domestic abuse increased by 40%, and this was when women and children were locked in with their perpetrators. and it s the same over the christmas period. lockdown gives perpetrators the perfect excuse for controlling behaviour. a driver s in hospital with potentially life threatening injuries in a two car crash near westerham. it happened yesterday morning on the a25 in limpsfield, near the golf club between 0xted and westerham. the met police say the force spent £4 million dealing with road block protests by insulate britain between september and november. £3.1 million went on staffing, 300,000 on overtime bills and 600,000 on deploying vehicles. international flights
time to get the news where you are. good morning from the news teams in london and the south east. with christmas seeing a surge in calls from families needing refuge from domestic abuse, charities and police are urging people not to suffer in silence over the holidays. it s estimated around 300 women and children in london are spending the festive season in refuges. last year during the pandemic domestic abuse increased by 40%, and this was when women and children were locked in with their perpetrators. and it s the same over the christmas period. lockdown gives perpetrators the perfect excuse for controlling behaviour. a driver s in hospital with potentially life threatening injuries, after a two car crash near westerham. it happened yesterday morning on the a25 in limpsfield, near the golf club between 0xted and westerham. the met police say they spent