For the club, as city Beat Chelsea. And pushing hard for a cure for mnd We Wave off former Rugby Player Ed slater and his friend Billy Twelvetrees as they set off on their latest challenge. Good morning. Many of us are starting off on a fine note today, but low pressure is coming in from the west. That will introduce Heavy Rain from the west today, and the weather this week is looking much more autumnal. Details shortly. Good morning. Its monday, the 19th of august. A Knife Amnesty, for people to hand in machetes and Zombie Style blades, is starting next week. Its part of a Government Scheme which means people will be able to surrender weapons to Police Stations across england and wales safely and legally for the next four weeks. Our correspondent Frances Read has this report. Its terrifying, but knife attacks like this one in south london, are precisely what the government says it is trying to end. From next week, a four week amnesty, so people can legally hand in machetes and Zombie
Officer has praised the show of unity and said fears of extreme right violence had abated. Police had been prepared forfurther violence, and thousands of officers were deployed, but there was no sign of any disorder on the scale of recent days. The marches were mostly peaceful and the government says it cautiously welcomed the scenes Last Night. More than 6000 Police Officers had been mobilised on Wednesday Evening from newcastle to birmingham, liverpool to brighton, sheffield to london. The week of violent unrest was sparked by misinformation that spread online following the fatal stabbing of three girls in southport, just over a week ago. The metropolitan Police Commissioner Mark rowley gave his assessment of Wednesday Nights events. Massive policing operation. Im really pleased with how it went. We put thousands of officers on The Street and i think the show of force from the police and, frankly, the show of unity from communities together defeated the challenges that weve seen. It
After a week of anti immigrant rioting. Britains most senior Police Officer has praised the show of unity and said fears of extreme right violence had abated. Police had been prepared for further violence, and thousands of officers were deployed, but there was no sign of any disorder on the scale of recent days. The marches were mostly peaceful and the government says it cautiously welcomed the scenes Last Night. More than 6,000 Police Officers had been mobilised on Wednesday Evening from newcastle to birmingham, liverpool to brighton, sheffield to london. The week of violent unrest was sparked by misinformation that spread online following the fatal stabbing of three girls in southport, just over a week ago. The chair of the Police Federation which represents Rank And File Police Officers in england and wales says its too early to say if the run of violent protests is over. Its estimated more than 100 Police Officers have been injured in the disorder over the last week. With more on t
Meeting this morning ahead of that recall which is to start at midday. The first and Deputy Mcpherson ministers have said Theirjoint Priority is to face down racism and intimidation. We are going to have a News Conference shortly and we will bring you thatjust as soon as it starts. Lets start here in the uk, where thousands of Anti Racism protesters have rallied in cities and towns across england after a week of anti immigrant rioting. Britains most senior Police Officer has praised the show of unity and said fears of extreme right violence had abated. Police had been prepared for further violence, but there was no sign of any disorder on the scale of recent days. The marches were mostly peaceful and the government says it cautiously welcomed Last Nights the scenes. Police units had been mobilized on Wednesday Evening from newcastle to birmingham, liverpool to brighton, sheffield to london. The week of violent unrest was sparked by misinformation that spread online following the fatal
We heard earlier a man had been detained, it now turns out to be a 17 year old boy from the area. We were hearing it is being treated as a major incident because of the number of people injured. Witnesses said that children were amongst the numbers hurt and also some had been taking to the alder hey childrens hospital. We will have more developments on the developing story throughout the evening here on Bbc News. Lets return to the statement on Spending Cuts that the chancellor outlined today. She said that having got into office it was clear to her that the outgoing previous conservative government had on funded Spending Commitments to the tune of billion pounds this year. 22 billion. Weve heard from the budget of possibility saying theyre going to review the basis on which the budget by the conservative government in march was made. But speak to pauljohnson from fiscal studies to get the reaction of what Rachel Reeves is on today, which included scrapping commitments or certain Infra