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
And On Sportsday later in the hour on Bbc News Raheem sterling reaches a crossroads at chelsea, left out of their opening day squad. He now wants clarity on his future. Hello and welcome to the Bbc News at six. A major search is under way this evening after a british Luxury Yacht Sank in a Freak Storm off sicily in the early hours of this morning. There were 22 people on board. 15 have been rescued, including a one year old child. One person is confirmed to have died. Divers and helicopters are involved in the search for the six people still missing, including the british Tech Entrepreneur Mike Lynch. Its thought the yacht may have been caught by whats known as a waterspout, a tornado which hits over water rather than land. Our Correspondent Mark Lowen is in sicily tonight. The Search Operation here in palermo, just off the coast of the Sicilian Capital is continuing. It is worth six of the 22 passengers on board the bayesian Luxury Yacht are still missing. It was thought they were in
Senior police have warned that more violent protests are expected in the coming days, and say nearly 4,000 extra officers are ready to respond. Tensions have escalated since the killing of three young girls in southport on monday, there were more than 90 Arrests Yesterday in cities including bristol, belfast and hull. Earlier i spoke with the bbc s shelley phelps. We heard earlier on from the policing minister, Dame Diana johnson, who was keen to stress that the government are reassured that the police have the resources they need to deal with the disorder that we are seeing this weekend. She said they had been clear about that and they had the powers that they needed. She talked about things like Mutual Aid, so this is where different Police Forces can work together and allow them to put extra officers in certain parts of the country. Another element of the approach to this by the government is focusing on pushing this point that there this point that there will be consequences for pe
Arrested after far right demonstrations descended into scenes of violence in towns and cities on saturday. It follows days of unrest after false information was spread online about the killings in southport. Greg mckenzie reports. Tensions had been building all week, and yesterday saw an escalation of the Violence And Unrest linked to far right groups across england and Northern Ireland. Police forces stretched to their limits, fighting running battles like this in liverpool overnight. The scene of some of the worst violence, which turned into reported looting late in the evening. A number of officers were injured, with the Mayhem Spilling out into the citys main shopping areas. There were reports of youths throwing fireworks at the police. In a statement, Merseyside Police said. The people who have brought such Aggression And Destruction into the heart of our communities do not represent the people of merseyside. This is disgraceful and we will not tolerate it. The prime minister, Sir
Hello im lewis vaughanjones. Senior police have warned that more protests are expected in the coming days, and say nearly 4000 extra officers are ready to respond. Tensions have escalated since the killing of three young girls in southport on monday, there were more than 90 Arrests Yesterday in cities including bristol, belfast and hull. 0ur polictical reporter, shelley phelps, has been giving us the latest. We were hearing earlier on from the policing minister, dame Diana Johnson. She said the government had been reassured that the police had the resources they need to deal with the disorder that were seeing this weekend. She said theyve been very clear about that, she said. They had the powers that they needed and she talked about, um, things like mutual aid. So this is where different Police Forces can work together, and then they can allows them to put extra officers in certain parts of the country. Another element of the Governments Approach to this is clearly focusing on really p