Air in our direction and temperatures in the south could reach 28 for a time and then cooling off by the end of the week reach 20, for a time. today at five the conservative mp sir david amess has died after being stabbed during a constituency surgery in essex. a 25 year old man has been arrested and remains in custody, a knife was recovered from nearby. fellow politicians have paid tribute to the 69 year old mp for southend west. he d been an essex mp since 1983. deputy prime minister dominic raab tweeted to say he was heartbroken, the labour leader keir starmer wrote that he was thinking of sir david s family and staff. his constituents, too, have been expressing their shock and upset.
People inevitably reflecting on the murder ofjo cox today saying, how can this happen again? we don t know the precise circumstances here but this was a man doing what he is elected to do, carrying out a constituency surgery. your thoughts about that as a former mp? it constituency surgery. your thoughts about that as a former mp? it would have been the about that as a former mp? it would have been the last about that as a former mp? it would have been the last thing about that as a former mp? it would have been the last thing anybody . have been the last thing anybody expected to happen. there has been a previous incident before in that case a liberal mp of assembly being attacked in a surgery. but it is pretty low. ? mike rare. i used to do surgeries every fortnight and i would never have expected anything like that to happen. it is shocking because it is, thank heavens, so unusual. , ,, ., ~ ., unusual. did sir david ever talk to ou about unusual. did sir david ever talk to yo
Knife attack in essex. the mp for southend west was attacked this lunchtime while he was holding a constituency surgery (00v) at belfairs methodist surgery at belfairs methodist church in leigh on sea. reports say he was stabbed multiple times. a 25 year old man s been arrested and police are not looking for anyone else in connection with the attack. he was killed in his constituency surgery he was killed in his constituency surgery in he was killed in his constituency surgery in a church after almost 40 years surgery in a church after almost 40 years of surgery in a church after almost 40 years of continuous service to the people years of continuous service to the people of years of continuous service to the people of essex whom the whole of the united
You get out to see people, to see them in their homes, in surgeries, get to know them and you get to know some of them really well and all the problems and issues they face. that is wonderful. people stop you because they want to talk to you, you have helped them for one reason or another. you have helped them for one reason oranother. david you have helped them for one reason or another. david wrote about the differences that have come in recent years in terms of relating to constituents. i know from my own experience, when i first went into parliament back in 2005, i would have drop in surgery when anybody could turn up, i would go to libraries, cafes, churches, leisure centres, pubs, even mcdonald s where people were unable to come and meet me. the dangers of doing that became so great because it was an uncontrolled environment, i had to