good afternoon. the prime minister, borisjohnson, and the leader of the opposition, sir keir starmer, have laid flowers together at the site of the fatal stabbing of the mp sir david amess in essex. sir david was killed during a constituency surgery in leigh on sea yesterday. the police have said that they are treating the attack as a terrorist incident which is potentially linked to islamist extremism . a 25 year old man who was arrested at the scene remains in custody and searches have been carried out at two addresses in london. our home affairs correspondent dominic casciani is at leigh on sea. ben, all morning local people here have been coming up to this police cordon surrounding the church where sir david amess was stabbed and died. they have been laying flower, all ages, all backgrounds, have seen the very old to young school children who met him in their schools and it a genuine outpouring of community grief but led by the nation s political leaders who were here
sir david amess. after all, he was an mp for almost a0 years. first elected back in 1983 and serving this constituency, south and west, since 1997. when he set off from home yesterday, he went to do something he had done countless times over those decades, go to meet constituents at one of his regular constituency surgeries. the difference was, yesterday he did not return home. leaving a family, colleagues, friends and a community here sadly grieving his loss. the coverage will continue throughout the day here on bbc news, but for now let s pause and take a look at the weather. good afternoon to you. extensive cloud so far today across many parts of the uk. that cloud has been producing outbreaks of rain, certain spots moving across east anglia and the south east, continuing to move eastwards at the moment. heavy rain approaching in northern ireland, western parts of scotland. there have been a bright spots, that was the scene for a weather watcher in the scene for a weather
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