end takes joanna konta into the next round at wimbledon. and coming up on bbc news. we ll have all the latest from a big day for the british players at the all england club. join me for wimbledon sportsday at 6:30. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. knife crime is now one of the greatest challenges facing police forces across the country. in fact, the knife is britain s number one murder weapon. the figures are all the more shocking because increasingly both victims and perpetrators are young children and teenagers. last year nearly 32,500 knife crimes were committed in england and wales. that figure was up 14% on the previous year. senior police officers say there needs to be a change in attitudes and behaviour. our home affairs correspondent, june kelly, has been on police patrol in birmingham and met some of those working to end knife culture. a summer evening in birmingham and the force response teams from west midlands police are dealing with dozens of em
a delivery firm tells the bbc it will give its workers sick pay if the government changes the law. a convincing victory forjohanna konta. coming up on bbc news, the latest on a busy day for the brits on wimbledon sports day. so farjohanna konta is the only one through. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the agonising legal battle over the future of the terminally ill baby charlie gard has taken a new turn in the last hour great ormond street hospital has applied for a fresh court hearing to assess new evidence about possible treatment for him. the courts had ruled that 11 month old charlie be allowed to die rather than receive experimental therapy as his parents desperately want. the hospital s move follows a letterfrom medical experts asking that the decision not to offer baby charlie the treatment be reviewed. our medical correspondent fergus walsh reports. this little boy s life and whether it continues has become the focus of international attention. c