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
Girls in southport nearly a week ago. More than 90 people have been 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
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that mass shooting in philadelphia last night. at least five people are dead, two injured after a gunman wearing body armor opened fire in a southwest philly neighborhood. the two injured victims are 2 and 13 years old according to police. police say they believe they have the suspect in custody, but are trying to establish a motive. what s the latest? reporter: details still emerging this morning. initially, police had said four people were shot and killed. all of them dead. we are learning there s a fifth victim, another man that was found in a nearby home. police saying this crime scene was expansive, several blocks. they apprehended a 40-year-old man after this mass shooting that now we know seven people were shot at, including two young children, a 2-year-old and a 13-year-old. police say this suspect was heavily armed, carrying an ar-15-style rifle, a handgun, wearing a bulletproof vest and had a police scanner. they say they followed him into an alley where he surren
fights to prevent its collapse. ministers are drawing up contingency plans while the supplier looks to secure extra funding amid debts running into billions of pounds. celia hatton has more. the future of the uk s biggest water company is far from watertight. but the government is reassuring thames water s 15 million customers they won t lose access to water as work continues behind the scenes to try to rescue it from collapse. thames water is £14 billion in debt and in crisis mode after the surprise resignation of its ceo on tuesday. no clear reason has been given for sarah bentley s departure. ministers are considering a plan to bring the utility giant temporarily under public ownership if it can t sort out its debts. we need to make sure that thames water as an entity survives. there s a lot of work that the government is trying to do on resolving sewage. certainly, up until now, the regulator has been focused on keeping consumer bills down, but there s a lot of infrastru