Our maIn story. Its wednesday, the 31st ofjuly. Hundreds of people attended a vIgIl In southport Last NIght, to pay trIbute to the three gIrls who were kIlled In a KnIfe Attack at a chIldrens dance workshop. Just hours later, vIolent clashes broke out close to where the gIrls were stabbed to death. 39 PolIce OffIcers were Injured, wIth 27 needIng hospItal treatment. MerseysIde polIce descrIbed the vIolence as sIckenIng, And the PrIme MInIster warned that the rIoters would feel the full force of The Law. Our correspondent Lauren Moss Is In southport. Good mornIng. Its another quIet, solemn mornIng on the corner of hart street, where Monday Pass took place. As you can see behInd me, the bunches of flowers that started appearIng Yesterday MornIng, have now turned Into hundreds And hundreds, wIth flowers, Teddy Bears, scarves And balloons bobbIng In the early mornIng sunlIght. And I dont thInk there are any words to express how the famIlIes of the three lIttle gIrls who dIed here In Monday
And today we cant do it. He is also wanting to reassure the french that thousands of people are being mobilised to fix the network and we can see a handful of them theyre now trying to do just that. This comes just hours ahead of the Opening Ceremony in paris. 10,000 athletes from across the world taking part in that. Tens of thousands of Security Personnel out in paris, a huge Security Operation understandably under way. As we were saying with our correspondents, this kind of Sabotage Cant necessarily be prevented, trying to protect all these thousands of Railway Lines coming into and out of paris. We can get the latest now with a seat and i guess at London St pancras where the real warnings of major disruption. As you said, St Pancras is the main London Station that connects the eurostar from London Station that connects the Eurostarfrom London to paris. Even on a normal day it is busy but it was expected to be especially so because of so many people planning to travel to paris for t
Todays report and give further updates in due course. Katy austin, bbc news. The Health Secretary, wes streeting, said Englands Healthcare Watchdog is not fit for purpose and needs radical reform. He was speaking after an independent review found significant failings at the care quality commission. Our health correspondent Jim Reed has the latest. From hospitals to Gps Surgeries and dentists to Care Homes, the cqc is the organisation in england meant to regulate all these crucial parts of our lives. A new independent review out today, though, will say the whole system needs urgent reform, and the new Health Secretary agrees. There are brilliant People working throughout the nhs and social care, but what we cant do is pretend that there are also not enormous amounts of failure to be seen. And for that failure to be rotting at the heart of the cqc is intolerable. We will not tolerate it, we will take the action needed to deliver the radical reform that organisation needs. According to th
Commitment to deliver letters six days a week. Hello, im maryam moshiri. A very warm welcome to Bbc News this morning. The family of the missing british Tourist Jay Slater are waiting to find out if a body found on tenerife is his. Its almost a month since the 19 year old disappeared after attending a music festival. Spanish police say all the evidence suggests the remains are those of the teenager from lancashire. The body thats been discovered was found not far away from a house hed been visiting near the village of masca. Its thought he may have suffered an accident or fallen. Joe inwood has more. It was in the deep ravines near the last known location of Jay Slater, that Search And Rescue teams found human remains, along with the missing 19 year olds clothes and possessions. The body has not yet been formally identified, but local authorities are confident they have found Jay Slater. In his hometown Of Oswaldtwistle, where blue ribbons have become a sign of support, the news was me