have you harmed yourself today at all? an increasing proportion of 999 calls to the police relate to a mental health crisis. have you tried to take your own life before? she s saying she can t breathe. this is wrong, man, this is wrong. and now the metropolitan police commissioner has made it clear that from september his officers won t attend mental health incidents unless there s a risk to life. in a letter to health and care agencies, sir mark rowley says londoners are being failed by sending police officers, not medical professionals, to those in mental health crisis and expecting them to do their best in circumstances where they re not the right people to be dealing with the patient. some of the national analysis suggests that the work going on across the country where police officers dealing with mental health is the equivalent capacity that could deal with 500,000 victims of domestic violence. the suggestion that officers will refuse to attend many calls relating to ps
good morning. it is the start of the meteorological some this thursday. the weather this week is looking settled. at times there will be some cloud. there will also be some sunshine. mostly dry. but also at times a chilly breeze in the far and east of england. details later in the programme. good morning. it s monday, the 29th of may. our main story. turkey s president, recep tayyip erdogan, has secured another five years in power after winning the country s most important election in years. mr erdogan appealed for national unity as he celebrated victory last night over his opponent kemal kilicdaroglu, who declared the result unfair. our correspondent aruna iyengar has this report. cheering. ecstatic erdogan supporters outside the presidential palace in ankara last night. earlier in the day, the president had sung to the crowd and recited a poem. this erdogan supporter says, bye bye mr kemal. thank god, islam has won. translation: we are very happy. full ofjoy- - i can t ev
world championship match. hello, i m mark lobel. here in the uk the veteran tv presenter phillip schofield is to step down from the programme this morning with immediate effect after more than 20 years on the itv programme, thatis that is according to the broadcaster. the 61 year old tv presenter will not return to co host the morning talk show with holly willoughby, with thursday s show being his last. in an statement, itv said that holly willoughby will remain on this morning and will co present with members of the this morning family. despite his departure from this morning, phillip schofield will continue to present peak time shows for itv. this is the statement mr schofield has posted on his instagram a short time ago: his long time co host, holly willoughby, posted a statement on instagram, saying: with more on this, we canjoin robin brant in the newsroom. give us a contact for what has happened here. give us a contact for what has ha ened here. ~ . , . ., happened
london born afrobeat artist fuse odg has made a formal complaint against the met police after he was handcuffed by officers hello, i m anjana gadgil. here in the uk, the veteran tv presenter phillip schofield will no longer present itv s this morning after agreeing to step down with immediate effect his last programme was on thursday. the presenter has worked on the show for more than 20 years. recent reports claimed relations between him and co host holly willoughby were strained. yesterday, his brother timothy schofield was sentenced to 12 years for sex offences against a child. today, philip schofield said the last few days had been very difficult and that itv felt the current situation couldn t continue. our media correspondent david sillito reports. welcome back, i am holding the fort. holly has had to leave early today, because she is meeting his majesty the king. philip schofield, for 20 years the host of this morning. no longer. in a resignation statement, he su