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
Good afternoon, and welcome to the Bbc News at one. The government has actIvated Emergency Measures to ease PrIson OvercrowdIng In parts of Northern England and the mIdlands. OperatIon early dawn means that defendants waItIng to appear In court wIll be kept In PolIce Cells untIl a PrIson Space Is avaIlable for them. It comes as more people are sentenced for takIng part In vIolent dIsorder across england and Northern Ireland earlIer thIs month. Lauren moss reports. Protesters and rIoters tore up the streets In parts of england and Northern Ireland earlIer thIs month. WIth more than 1,000 people arrested for vIolent dIsorder, the governments announced another Emergency Measure to try and ease the Pressure PIlIng onto an already creakIng prIson system. From today, OperatIon Early Dawn wIll allow suspects to be kept In PolIce Cells untIl a PrIson Space becomes avaIlable. Its to help deal wIth overcrowdIng after the government took what It called decIsIve actIon to tackle vIolent thuggery o
23 in norwich. No great shakes for this time of year, really. And for mid week, this area of low pressure on The Other side of the atlantic is hurricane ernesto. It wont be a hurricane as it makes its journey eastwards stop they will be weakening, but the remnants of this Storm System giving an injection of moisture into this front for the middle of the week. So particularly across the north and west, unseasonably wet and windy weather. They could even regales around some coast. Not as much rain further south at least, and that is one of the themes of this week, because as you can see, the North And East accumulating a lot of rain, not quite as wet further south and is. Thanks, ben. And thats Bbc News at six. You can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website. Now its time to join our colleagues for the news where you are. Hello and welcome to sportsday im Olly Foster. Is sterling the latest surplus at Stamford Bridge . Hes demanded answers after being cut from the Matchda
Than a thIrd of women have been subjected to Sexual Harassment or sexual offences whIle commutIng by traIn or tube. Our Correspondent NIck Eardley has thIs report. BeepIng. Put your bags on the floor. ThIs Is the moment when Edgar JunIor was arrested by brItIsh Transport PolIce last year. The 50 year old had sexually assaulted a woman on a traIn. He admItted It and was sentenced to 20 months In prIson. But new fIgures show that thIs Is far from an Isolated case. BrItIsh Transport PolIce fIgures show an average of 31 Reports a Day InvolvIng vIolent crImes agaInst women or gIrls. The number beIng reported hasjumped 50 In just two years. Reports of Sexual Harassment have more than doubled In the same perIod, wIth Sexual Assault Reports up Io , too. Most women and gIrls have experIenced IncIdents of Sexual Harassment and other types of non contact sexual offendIng on the Transport Network for a very long tIme. It Isnt new to many women and gIrls that thIs Is happenIng, but we also know per
But recent years have been a struggle. It has been tricky, especially since brexit and The Cost Of Living, the price of products have gone up quite considerably. I mean, for the Ice Cream, we reckon about 30 theyve gone up in the past three years. Weve tried to keep our prices so that its still obtainable to a lot of people, so weve put our prices up about 15 . So weve had to absorb some of the cost. The prices of Gas And Electricity are largely behind this uptick in inflatIon, but it was widely forecast and remains close to the Bank Of Englands long Term Target of 2 . So inflatIon has come down a long way since that huge spike We Saw at The End of 2022. Injuly, prices rose at 2. 2 and the Bank Of England expects them to stay around this rate until The End of the year. But, of course, inflatIon is made up of more than just that one headline figure. Lets look at the services sector. Things like hotel prices, Restaurant Prices thats been falling steadily but remains at 5. 2 . Too hot for