dance class, and the i, deadly knife attack at children's dance class. andy metro: tv huw kid pawn charge. former bbc presenter huw edwards has been charged with making indecent images of children and will appear in court on wednesday. thanks to both of you for being with us this evening. you are off the brazil to start a new life! three days! we wish you the very best, we really do. thank you, matthew, to come back. just before we go, irish literary legend edna o'brien, author of the country girls, has died aged 93. kirsty spoke to her on newsnight back in 2002. and straight after us here on bbc two, do watch imagine with alan yentob for his interview with edna o'brien. here is the chat. people say you are railing against ireland, _ people say you are railing against ireland, in— people say you are railing against ireland, in a sense, you are anti—ireland. what is your response to that? _ to that? it - to that? it is true that i to that? — it is true that i address topics that are not welcome. a, murder, the

x case, whatever. but what i said the other night at a public gathering in dublin of about 1000 people, we do not want to remain living in a society that is full of hypocrisy and co—vert nurse and shame. —— convert ness. if we are going to change society, we have to open the windows, open the skylight, open the windows, open the skylight, open the windows, open the skylight, open the cupboards in which the skeletons live. that's it from us tonight. i'm back tomorrow. have a good night.

live from london, this is bbc news, i'm meghan 0wen. two children have been killed, and six others critically injured , in a mass stabbing at a dance and yoga event in southport. a 17—year—old boy has been arrested. the chancellor, rachel reeves, announces a raft of spending cuts, blaming the conservatives for leaving a £22 billion �*black hole�*. venezuelans take to the streets in droves to denounce the re—election of president nicolas maduro, who has accused his opponents of trying to mount a coup. and tom daley speaks to the bbc after winning his fifth olympic medal. tea m team gb are up six.

live from london, this is bbc news, i'm meghan 0wen. two children are dead and nine others injured — six critically — after what police describe as a "ferocious" knife attack in southport. it happened shortly before midday at a taylor swift—themed summer holiday dance class. two adults were also hurt in what officers believe were brave attempts to protect the children. a 17—year—old male suspect is in custody. police say the motive remains unclear and are not treating it as a terrorist incident "at this moment in time". tonight, the king and queen sent their condolences to all those affected. in a statement, he said...

0ur north of england correspondentjudith moritz�*s starts our coverage tonight — and a warning, you may find some parts of her report distressing. a sunny day in the school holidays, and children who had been dancing moments earlier are lying on the street. where there had been in music, there was now the sound of screaming. paramedics and police raced to them, local people too, including an off duty nurse. i checked on my girls and ijust ran to the crowd because you put your nhs head on, don't you? and the mother there, i was consoling, the look on herface, because she knew something had happened to her child. it was like, oh, my gosh, how do you even comprehend? there's nothing you can do. the children were dancing to taylor swift when a man with a knife walked into the room. people working nearby heard the sounds of their distress. it was like a bomb had gone off,

girls' bodies all over the place. me and one of my colleagues who worked with me, james, he brought one of the girls out of the building. she didn't look good at all, poor kid. the dance class had just been about to end. there were a few parents around. i have heard wailing and screaming pretty much all afternoon of parents coming later to pick kids up, and only really finding out what has gone on. 13 people were stabbed altogether, including 11 children. they were taken to hospitals all over the region, some by air. many are critical. two children have been killed and details are still emerging about exactly what happened in the room. it is understood that the children were attending a taylor swift event at a dance school where the offender, armed with a knife, walked into the premises and starting to attack inside, the children.

we believe the adults who were injured were bravely trying to protect the children who were being attacked. as a mum and a nana, i can't begin to imagine the pain and suffering the families of the victims are going through at this moment in time and i wish to send my heartfelt condolences to them. roads running the scene were closed off and this afternoon, the police arrested a teenager at a house in a village three miles north of southport, and seized a knife. a 17—year—old was born in cardiff and is now being questioned by detectives. condolences have been offered by the king and the prime minister. the events today are just truly awful, and i know the whole country is deeply shocked at what they have seen and what they have heard. i know i speak for everybody and the whole country in saying our thoughts and condolences are with the victims, their families,

theirfriends and the wider community. it's almost impossible to imagine the grief that they are going through and the trauma they are going through. this is an area full of families, and everyone either know someone affected or knows of children who could have been there instead. you don't even hear about this kind of stuff on netflix. this is, like, the worst thing you can ever imagine. my daughter was there on saturday. our friends' kids were here and i have just got slain, massacred. i have been in this community for many years, and i would say i have heard of maybe one or two stabbings, but nothing of this nature. so it's worrying. southport is a happy holiday resort which always shows its best side in summer. not today. this has been the darkest of days, and unspeakable horror has

happened here instead. judith moritz, bbc news, southport. well earlier, our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford explained what — if anything — could be done to prevent an attack like this from happening. powerful statements from the king, from the prime minister, from the home secretary less than four weeks into the job, were illustrative of how rare these kind of events are and how deeply shocking this one was. itjust doesn't happen that primary aged children get attacked in any kind a regular basis. some viewers will remember the dunblane primary school massacre in 1996, when thomas hamilton killed 16 pupils and their teacher. and there was across the manchester arena bombing of 2017, in which eight—year—old saffie roussos was killed. but these events are exceptionally rare. most often, when a child is ended in an attack of this age,

it is as a victim of their parents in their own home. today, all the major hospitals in the area had to declare a major incident because of the sheer number of children they were having to treat from this attack. so how can we protect people from these attacks? well we know that primary schools, for example, have locked gates. they have locked doors through much of the school day. we know that concert venues have changed how they do security since the manchester arena attack. but how does a small dance class at the beginning of the summer holidays protect itself? how do other summer camps protect themselves? that is something that organisers are going to have to get to terms with quickly, and something the new home secretary will have to take the lead on. the other big question is why. why did someone attacked a taylor swift—inspired dance class at the beginning of the summer holidays? how did they even know this event was going on? that is a question the police need to answer urgently.

and we've also heard from the prince and princess of wales tonight, they've have released a statement that says... less than four weeks into her new job, the chancellor, rachel reeves, has set out her priorities in a major statement to mp5. an inflation—busting offer has been made tojunior doctors in england to settle their long—running pay dispute. but rachel reeves said immediate cuts were required to plug a £22 billion gap in the public finances — which she said had been "covered up" by the conservatives. she is ditching £1 billion of unfunded transport projects, including the stonehenge tunnel under the a303. pensioners not in receipt of pension credit will not get this year's winter fuel payment.

the last government's plan to build a0 new hospitals, which was behind target, will be reviewed along with a number of railway improvements. gone is the advanced british standard, a new educational qualification that was supposed to replace a levels and the chancellor is launching a multi—year spending review of all government departments. here's our political editor chris mason. the words of the arguments of the past, the backdrop to the arguments of today. rachel reeves at her desk in 11 downing street this lunchtime, the first woman ever to be chancellor of the exchequer and so have the keys to this place. i call the chancellor of the exchequer, rachel reeves. her big—picture argument sounded like this. the previous government let people down. hear, hear! mr speaker, the previous government made commitment after commitment without knowing where the money was going to come from. today, i am calling out the conservatives' cover—up.

she said she would accept in full the pay rises recommended by the independent pay review bodies for public sector workers. that is the right decision for the people who work in — and most importantly, the people who use — our public services. she hopes it'll mean no more strikes. and talking of which, the government has done a deal to givejunior doctors in england a pay rise worth on average 22% over two years. today marks the start of a new relationship between the government and staff working in our national health service, and the whole country will welcome that. next, millions will lose their winter fuel payment. today, i am making the difficult decision that those not in receipt of pension credit or certain other means—tested benefits will no longer receive the winter fuel payment from this year onwards. and rachel reeves binned plans for a bypass in arundel in west sussex, a road tunnel near stonehenge in wiltshire and also cancelled...

the restoring 0ur railway programme. if we cannot afford it, we cannot do it. sitting opposite, quietly seething, the man who used to do herjob. jeremy hunt claimed the chancellor had made a big mistake. that great office of state depends more than any on trust. yet in her first big moment, she breaks that trust with an utterly bogus attempt to hoodwink the public about the choices she has. over 50 times in the election, they told us they had no plans to raise taxes. now, in a u—turn that will forever shame this labour government, she is laying the ground to break her word. and the liberal democrats wanted to talk tax too. will the chancellor agree with me that it would be unfair to ask - working people to pick up the tab i

a second time after they've already suffered through years of painful tax rises? i "yes", rachel reeves insisted, which left me wanting to ask a simple question. can you be straight with people tonight and say that you will be putting up taxes for some in the autumn? i don't want to increase taxes on working people and our commitment not to increase national insurance, income tax or vat, we stand by those commitments. there will be more difficult decisions around spending, around welfare and around tax at the budget and the spending review later this year. i think it's important to be honest with people. people have been misled for too long. in other words, yes, some taxes are going up soon. the new resident here is cracking on with big, sometimes controversial plans. labour and the conservatives are questioning each other�*s openness and honesty, and the political argument now revolves around who you choose to believe. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. 0ur political correspondent,

ben wrightjoins us to unpick this statement further. was the scale of this claimed black hole a surprise? it was, and this audit of treasury government spending did reveal some big surprises, and that verdict has been confirmed by people like the institute for fiscal studies, by the chairman of the 0br himself, richard hughes. i think there are things in here that have come as a shock. take one for instance, the fact that the asylum bill in the cost of housing asylum—seekers comes to about £6 billion this year — but according to this audit done by the treasury, there was no money set aside for it, it was unaccounted for, the department for transport had a hole in it for about £1 billion that had been earmarked for railway spending, but the catch wasn't there. so there was stuff in there that was a

surprise — but there have also been choices made today that would increase the size of the black hole — the big one the chancellor prospect decision pay public—sector workers the amounts that were recommended by the independent pay review bodies. no rachel reeves insisted today that was overdue and vital to end the strikes we've seen across the public sector — but that'll add a bit more than £9 billion a year to government spending, and that money will have to be found at notjust this year, but in the coming years. because you must remember, but we talk about today in terms of this black hole is entirely about this year. at the big picture and the big difficult decisions that chancellor will have to make come the autumn, when there is the budget and spending review, we've known about those for a long time. we were talking about them before the election, the fact that as taxes are already at a record high, public services are struggling. the chancellor is quite boxed in and the choices shall have

to make. and we are in the wiser after today what she'll decide to do in the autumn — although when you heard in the report, she was quite open that taxes for some will have to come up. open that taxes for some will have to come un— open that taxes for some will have to come up. and on that note, what do ou to come up. and on that note, what do you think — to come up. and on that note, what do you think was _ to come up. and on that note, what do you think was the political - do you think was the political messaging, and what are we seeing in the way of political fallout? the tolitical the way of political fallout? tue: political argument the way of political fallout? tte: political argument has the way of political fallout? "tte: political argument has been the way of political fallout? tte: political argument has been released since day one of this new government. they have been warning for 3—4 weeks now that the fiscal situation is grimmer than they thought it would be. the narrative they are trying to nail down is that they are trying to nail down is that the mess they are facing is all the fault of the conservative party, and the inheritance they've got — now it's up to this government to deal with it. i don't think that's any surprise at all, and it has a strong echo of what george osborne did back in 2010 when the coalition took over, and he had that note from the former treasury minister, liam byrne, left on the desk, saying,

"there is no money left," trying to pin the years of austerity that followed on the fact that this was an inheritance left over from that labour government. rachel reeves with a similar tone to george osborne today, trying to play the 0sborne today, trying to play the same political card, justifying and explaining decisions shall have to make today and from now on on the difficult inheritance she's got and trying to pin that on the previous government. the conservatives trying very hard to resist it, and jeremy hunt saying today that the economic situation is actually rosier than the government is claiming, with growth starting to improve and debt coming down, and all the rest of it. but there is a real battle going on to try to nail the political narrative in these early weeks of the new government.— narrative in these early weeks of the new government. ben, thanks very much. to venezuela now — where nicolas maduro has accused his opponents of trying to mount a coup

following widespread claims that his re—election as president was a fraud. security forces used tear gas to disperse anti—maduro protesters, and armed soldiers are heading for the presidential palace. this afternoon in caracas, thousands of people have started walking towards the presidential palace to protest the disputed election results. all day today, there have been people on the streets and in their homes banging pots and pans and protest against the results that president maduro and his government, and electoral council announced on sunday night after the presidential election. i spoke to some people on the street who are out protesting, not deterred by the huge thunderstorm taking place in the city at the time — when i asked them why they were protesting and what they've made of the result that had been announced, they said quite bluntly, they believed it was a fraud. they said that president maduro had no right to be in power, they said that they and loads of

others that they knew had all turned out to vote for change and they believed it was necessary for the country, that they needed a better economy, better employment and better opportunities for young people. today, those voices of protest are growing. there are, as i say, thousands of people descending on the presidential palace to protest this result. president maduro himself has accused the opposition of attempting to stage a cube by disputing the results of this election. but it isn'tjust the opposition disputing the results — there are a growing number of governments abroad refusing to recognise the results of this election unless the government can provide proof of the numbers they published overnight. the former bbc presenter, huw edwards, has been charged with three counts of making indecent images of children. the 62—year—old resigned from the bbc in april on medical advice — ten months after he was alleged to have paid a teenager thousands of pounds for sexually explicit pictures. here's our special

correspondent lucy manning. and today, the metropolitan police confirmed that huw edwards had been charged with three counts of making indecent images of children — that relates to sharing them on what's app �* relates to sharing them on what's app — and he's accused of making 37 indecent images —6 category a, the most extreme, 12 category b, and nine category c between december 2020 and april 2022. we learn today — it's not clear why we are only learning this today — that he was actually arrested in november and was charged last month. now mr edwards was suspended from the bbc last year when of the sun newspaper made allegations he had made payments for explicit photos. there

were no criminal offences there and the police are clear that these charges are not related to that. he resigned earlier this year, but it was revealed thatjust last week, he was revealed thatjust last week, he was still one of the bbc�*s highest—paid presenters with a pay rise, even though he'd been suspended for most of the year. he will appear at westminster magistrates�* court on wednesday. team gb has won its first gold medals of the paris 0lympics. the equestrian eventing team were the first to taste success, followed by a remarkable victory by the reigning olympic champion tom pidcock in the mountain biking. he had to overcome a puncture to cross the finish line first and claim the second olympic gold of his career — as our sports editor dan roan reports. gold medallist and olympic champion thomas pidcock! title duly defended, an emotional tom pidcock after a comeback the like of which mountain biking

has rarely, if ever, seen before. earlier, the yorkshireman took an early lead, but then came a puncture, suddenly down in ninth and almost 40 seconds off the lead. well, here he comes. tom pidcock, about to complete his fifth lap of this tight and twisty course, but he�*s up against it. that puncture has cost him so much time. can he somehow fight back into contention? to the delight of the home fans, frenchman victor koretzky appeared to be cruising to victory, but the defiant pidcock, who�*d had to quit the tour de france just 16 days ago with covid, was starting to close the gap. by a thrilling final lap, he and koretzky were locked together. but then came the decisive moment. they�*re shoulder to shoulder, and that has taken koretzky out of the pedals. pidcock duly completing one of the sport�*s greatest comebacks. olympic champion! having snatched the title from the fans favourite, the french crowd booed the winner. but britain�*s first solo gold of these games was secure.

i think it�*s just like never give up, so you give everything, and that�*s what i had to do. and with the road race still to come, one of cycling�*s most versatile talents could be set for yet more success. dan roan, bbc news, paris. well earlier, great britain�*s first gold of the games came in the equestrian team event for laura collett, tom mcewen and ros canter. it�*s a record fifth gold for great britain in the event, as laura scott reports. team gold. jumping forjoy, securing team gb�*s first gold of these games and successfully defending their title from tokyo. to come back and do it again after the last appearance has been incredible, but especially so because

of the crowds here. i mean, it has been the most amazing feeling to be able to ride these special horses in front of these people. in a three—day equestrian triathlon, they danced to an olympic record in dressage before an eventful cross—country day meant they started today�*s showjumping, with the hosts, france, hot on their hooves, ros canter showed thatjust the slightest of touches can be costly. just ran a little close. up next came tom mcewen. under pressure, a perfect, clear, clear round. with great britain still in the lead, it all comes down to this moment. laura collett knows exactly what is riding on this round. laura collett in this most iconic of settings. her horse, london, 52, soared, the final fence fell, but gold was still theirs and over the fence. what a performance! they say make hay while the sun shines. and back came collett to clinch individual bronze. brilliant athleticism. after a damaging week for the perception of equestrian sport, these riders wanted to showcase the stars they were sitting on. those horses wouldn�*t perform if they weren�*t happy horses.

what they go through and what they do for us is second to none, and they�*re the real heroes here. with back—to—back golds, these record—breakers are riding the crest of a wave. laura scott, bbc news, in versailles. and this morning, the diving duo tom daley and noah williams secured silver in the men�*s ten—metre synchronised event. my colleague maryam moshiri spoke to them off the back of their medal win. we�*re both over the moon. it�*s been really special to be able to dive in front of a crowd again, because tokyo was such a different 0lympics. and, you know, for me to be able to dive in front of my kids and to be able to dive in front of my husband and my whole family, all my friends... it was actually really emotional for me to step out in the practice before the competition and see them all there, cos that for me, was my goal this year, was to get to the olympics, because i had taken two years off and decided to come back, and i was like, you know what? this was all worth it — to see them all there and to know how much support and love i have. the result of the competition

was going to be irrelevant to me, but i�*m glad we did come away with something. yeah, i feel so happy. i mean, first medal, so i can't really complain too much. i literally feel like i did the best i could, and to do the best you can and come away with a medal, i don't have any complaints. and to have my family there — obviously, tom had loads of family and friends. the support was insane, mainly cos of this guy, but it was a really special moment. how was it, training together? well, our training together is slightly complicated, because i live in la and he lives in london. so, we got together for the first time in november, and then we�*ve probably done a total of about eight weeks training together. wow, that�*s not a massive amount. no, we only trained at competitions, so we would only have the week before a competition, and then the competition if it was a major. but then, for the world cup series, it was just one week, and we would have maybe five days training together. so, yeah, we�*re a very, very new partnership. so, given all of that, we�*ve done pretty well. noah, be honest with me, he�*s not listening — was he good to train with? oh, yeah! was it easy, was it hard? no, it was easy.

i mean, the sinker came naturally, and then to train with, obviously cos he is so good — like, he's had four medals before this, the fifth medal. and obviously, i hadn't done that, and that's something i wanted to achieve. i literally had to feel like i step up in training every day, and i mean, it's got me here. so yeah, it's been great. tell me a little bit more about what this means, in terms of this 0lympics, because paris has a very different feel to tokyo, doesn�*t it? oh, yeah, this games feels so much more... you know, i don�*t know... energised? yeah, and it almost feels very for the people, evenjust doing the opening ceremony on the river and being able to have as many people as possible witness it and see it, and feel it, itjust feels like it�*s really in the heart of everything. how did you keep out of that flag? i kept thinking it was going to slip out of your hand. it was so wet, it was unbelievable! we had a little thing that we were able to put it into the side, so we could actually hold on to it. but then, when we were trying to like it was... yeah, it was very, very... got your titanic moment. we did, yeah. as soon as we got on the boat, i was like, helen, we have to do the titanic, but you have to be

jack. but yeah, it was really, really... i don�*t know, it was really nice. it was really a massive honour to be a flag—bearer at my fifth 0lympics. i remember in 2008, walking out behind mark foster in the beijing opening ceremony, so to have been able to be one of the very few people to get to do that, i�*m very, very proud. well done to them both. let�*s take a look now at tomorrow�*s front pages — with the knife attack in southport dominating many of the headlines. the i paper is leading on that deadly knife attack at a children�*s dance class. the guardian is also leading on the devastating events in southport, as is the daily telegraph. the financial times leads with chancellor rachel reeves setting out tough choices to fill a £22 billion fiscal hole. and huw edwards charged with making and sharing over 37 indecent images of children is the metro�*s top story. here�*s the weather with sarah keith lucas. hello there. we�*ll see some contrast in temperature across the uk over the next few days. slightly fresher conditions for scotland and northern ireland, but england and wales certainly holding onto the heat and the humidity for another few days.

for most of us, it is looking pretty dry and pretty sunny, as well. but will we see a heat wave? it depends where you are. these are the threshold temperatures which we need to hit for at least three consecutive days. now, that�*s 28 celsius for parts of london and southeast england, 27 for much of england and wales — we�*ve already seen one day above that — and actually, over the next few days across parts of the midlands, southern, southeast england, we could well see those threshold temperatures exceeded for a heat wave. now through the day on tuesday, lots of dry, sunny weather. areas of cloud just floating around across parts of northern england, northern ireland, and at times of scotland — so you could just see a light passing shower here, i think. further south — long, clear spells, blue skies, in the southeast. typically the high teens or the low—20s, though, as we head further north. 0vernight tuesday night and on into wednesday, largely dry, settled, humid again — so another muggy, sticky night. just a chance of the odd shower cropping up perhaps towards the south. but look at those overnight

temperatures — 18 celsius in london, but we�*re looking at glasgow in edinburgh around