live from london. this is bbc news. the suspect in the southport stabbings appears in court after being charged with the murder of three girls and of the attempted murder of three other people. sir keir starmer is set to meet police leaders after more rioting overnight. more than 100 people were arrested after disturbances in central london yesterday. questions for the bbc over its handling of the huw edwards case as the corporation confirms police warned them its investigation did concern child abuse images. israel says it has confirmed the senior hamas leader in gaza was killed in a strike in khan younis last month. and in the olympics, two more medals for team

0lympics, two more medals for team gb in the rowing with the possibility of more to come. a 17—year—old boy has been remanded in custody after murdering three girls and ten counts of attempted murder it had asked lance on monday. he can't be named because of his age. he appeared at a livable matter this morning and made another appearance at the city's crown court later today. three children, six—year—old, a seven—year—old and a nine—year—old and we apologise that those pictures are in the wrong order, they died during the attack

at a taylor swift— themed dance class. eight other children and two adults were also seriously injured. let's speak to our correspondent will vernon who is in southport for us. we have had the news that a 17—year—old has been remanded in custody and expected to appear at later today. custody and expected to appear at latertoday. i custody and expected to appear at later today. i don't know if this news has reached those in southport. that is right. the locals we have been speaking to hear they very much want to maintain the focus on the victims. they said they don't want to talk about the suspect, they don't want to talk about the rioters, they said that we should be concentrating all our attention on the victims and their families. and this is the result of that, what you can see behind me here is one of the shrines that has appeared all over this town. locals this morning have been bringing flowers here, soft

toys, cards, you can see the volume of this right now, it has grown enormously since i was last here yesterday. you can see dozens of soft toys lined up. some of these messages very poignant, very simple, "we are all heartbroken," one of them says. some of them are directed directly to the victims, bebe king, elsie dot stancombe and alice dasilva aguiar and their families. and this community is reeling twice over because not only did we have those horrific events on monday which took place not too far from where i'm standing where those three little girls were killed in those stabbings, but there it was a riot at the next day on tuesday night, hundreds of people gathering outside a local mosque, attacking it and the police with bricks, bottles. we know that over 50 police officers were injured in that and there have been four arrests made in connection with that. so people here really quite

angry that following these awful events on monday, they then had to deal with a riot in the town the next day. deal with a riot in the town the next da . . ~ deal with a riot in the town the next da . ., ~ ,, deal with a riot in the town the next da . . ~' ,, , deal with a riot in the town the nextda. ., ~ , . deal with a riot in the town the nextda. . ~ , . ., next day. thank you very much for “oininu us next day. thank you very much for joining us live _ next day. thank you very much for joining us live from _ next day. thank you very much for joining us live from southport. - next day. thank you very much for joining us live from southport. asl joining us live from southport. as will was saying, there has been disorder in hartlepool connected to the events in southport. eight people we understand were arrested in the number of police officers injured in that disorder. peter harris was there. burnt out by the side of a road, this is the wreckage of a cleveland police car set alight on a night of violence in hartlepool. police said they had come under attack with missiles and bottles hurled at them before skirmishes broke out with right officers. by nightfall, town centre streets were sealed off by police with shields as they moved to

restore order. windows put through, a shock to those who live nearby. people were near the cenotaph protesting about what has happened at the other end of the country. to those poor unfortunate young girls and the people who try to protect them. but i thinkjust the majority of them got on the bandwagon, unfortunately and just got on the bandwagon. unfortunately and “ust got on the bandwagon._ unfortunately and “ust got on the bandwaaon. ., ., . my , bandwagon. cleveland police says the disorder was — bandwagon. cleveland police says the disorder was linked _ bandwagon. cleveland police says the disorder was linked to _ bandwagon. cleveland police says the disorder was linked to a _ bandwagon. cleveland police says the disorder was linked to a protest - disorder was linked to a protest linked to the knife attack on children on monday. they say arrests were made for public order and affray. peter harris, bbc news. more than 100 people have been arrested in a protest in central london following that knife attack and subsequent riot in southport.

police clashed with protesters on whitehall, close to downing street, during a demonstration. the met say the conditions placed on the protest had been breached. 0ur political correspomndent harry farley has more on this.. really quite ugly protest here in westminster last night, flares launched at the gates of downing street on whitehall, as you say, and at a statue of winston churchill, the former wartime prime minister as well. police say more than 100 people were arrested here in westminster, and that of course on top of the eight arrested in hartlepool, as you just heard there from will, last night. that public disorder and unrest and increasing violence spreading, notjust in southport but across the country as well. 50 southport but across the country as well. ~ , ., ., well. so the prime minister later to meet senior— well. so the prime minister later to meet senior police _ well. so the prime minister later to meet senior police leaders - well. so the prime minister later to| meet senior police leaders following those protests, what are we expecting this afternoon? keir

starmer summoning senior police leaders to downing street this afternoon. we understand the purpose of the meeting is to offer the police the government's full support and backing. it will take place around 2:30pm today. we understand the prime minister will say that while people have the right to peaceful protest, those who exploit about right to sow hatred and carry out violent acts, i'm quoting here, will face the full force of the law. i missed on keir starmer the prime minister will urge police to use theirfull minister will urge police to use their full powers to tackle what he calls "mindless violence". it is worth bearing in mind it is less than a month since keir starmer became prime minister. he is now facing at least three examples of public disorder, public unrest, this meeting with senior police leaders in downing street this afternoon part his response to that. find part his response to that. and obviously _ part his response to that. and obviously there _ part his response to that. and obviously there is _ part his response to that. fific obviously there is so much part his response to that. fific obviously there is so much anger at the moment, a lot of frustration as well, when we talk about the police

having the full backing, and also using the full powers that they have, what exactly, i don't know if you can even help me with this, but what are their powers? i know there had been a meeting before this protest took place in london, the police dosing that the conditions set had been breached. what can you tell us around arrangements for protest? tell us around arrangements for rotest? , ., ., , ., , protest? so, before a protest takes lace, protest? so, before a protest takes place. police _ protest? so, before a protest takes place. police and — protest? so, before a protest takes place, police and set _ protest? so, before a protest takes place, police and set conditions - protest? so, before a protest takes place, police and set conditions to. place, police and set conditions to protest about where you can go and where it cannot go. and if those conditions are breached, then arrests can be made. more broadly, police have quite extensive powers to police protests and to try and control any disorder that does take place. i think what sir keir starmer will be doing this afternoon is urging people and urging police to use the full extent of those powers. of course, this quickly does become of course, this quickly does become a political question as well in terms of how the police manage these protests, particularly if they

continue, which we don't know if they were, particularly if they do it quickly becomes a political question as well as a policing operation question because of course while there are questions, political questions, decisions over how to manage protests particularly our operational matters for the police themselves. that was harry farley there. the uk culture secretary, lisa nandy, has called for a meeting with the bbc�*s director general after the former news presenter huw edwards admitted to making indecent images of children. he continued to be paid until his resignation in april, even after the bbc learnt of his arrest for serious offences. tom symonds reports. a household name, trusted to tell the nation that the queen had died. huw edwards delivered the news until he became the story. charged with having 41 indecent images of children sent by another

offender on a whatsapp group, yesterday, he pleaded guilty. and now the new culture secretary, lisa nandy, wants to know more about how the bbc handled this, its reputation again at risk. here's the timeline. in may 2023, the corporation was told that huw edwards had been in contact with a 17—year—old boy. after the sun newspaper published further details injuly, edwards was suspended by the bbc. under its policy, he continued to be paid. in november, a critical development, the bbc was told he'd been arrested for separate and serious offences. the corporation did not sack him, and it continued to pay his full salary. in april this year, edwards resigned with no payoff. the bbc is facing difficult questions about all of this. when it realised its star presenter had been arrested, should he have been sacked?

because in the five months between the point when he was arrested and his resignation, he was paid more than £200,000, public money, a salary which increased by £40,000 last year. the bbc said in a statement... in the end, at the point of charge, he was no longer an employee of the bbc. the corporation took legal advice about its duty of care to huw edwards, and had been told of a significant risk to his health. his wife says he suffered from severe depression. he's expected to be sentenced in september. a prison term of up to three years is possible. tom symonds, bbc news. let's speak to our political and investigations correspondent, joe pike.

the question really now for the bbc to answer. . , the question really now for the bbc to answer. ., , ., to answer. certainly, there have been developed _ to answer. certainly, there have been developed in _ to answer. certainly, there have been developed in recent - to answer. certainly, there have been developed in recent i - to answer. certainly, there have been developed in recent i as i to answer. certainly, there have been developed in recent i as toj been developed in recent i as to what the bbc knew and when. in the corporation statement yesterday afternoon, they said they were informed by the met police last november, so about nine months ago, that huw edwards had been arrested in connection with serious offences. the corporation have since confirmed that they were not told the nature of those are serious offences, that you had that had been arrested on suspicion of offences around child abuse images. to the bbc did know why he had been arrested, although sources within the corporation have insisted they didn't know the detail, certainly not the detail that came out in court yesterday in terms of the numbers of images and videos, the categorisation of those images, some of them the most serious, as well as the ages of the victims of abuse in the images and

in the videos. this does though pose questions about why the bbc did not sack huw edwards last november, why there was this 5— month period between his arrest and his resignation which led to the paying of his salaryjust in that period of around £200,000. because at the time, his salary was just under £480,000. now, the bbc insist that there are a few words that if there was a potential charging decision where they believe the threshold would have been met because the cps and the police would have made a decision to charge somebody, they would have sacked huw edwards. but clearly others think they perhaps should have acted earlier. the bbc also making clear, as tom simon is touched on in that report, they believed they had a duty of care to huw edwards, partly because of his mental health challenges. this comes

ahead of that phone call we are now expecting between lisa nandy the culture secretary and tim davie. sources within government saying she has questions about the transparency of the process but also the use of licence fee payers' money in paying somebody who of course was under suspicion of very serious criminal offences. jae suspicion of very serious criminal offences. , ., ~ ., ~ , ., suspicion of very serious criminal offences. , ., ~' ., ~' , ., , offences. joe pike, thank you very much. let's now speak to liam khatri who is a director at the law firm. welcome to the programme. i wonder first if you can take you through some of the hr considerations. would there be any pressures or considerations after bbc to prevent the corporation from sacking or a firing huw edwards earlier than they actually did? the firing huw edwards earlier than they

actually did?— actually did? the contractual osition actually did? the contractual position is — actually did? the contractual position is a _ actually did? the contractual position is a very _ actually did? the contractual position is a very interesting | actually did? the contractual - position is a very interesting one. i specialise in representing professional people who are charged or accused of committing these types of offences. is it someone sat with as they are being investigated there charged or convicted or none of the above. in a situation like this. we find ourselves when mr edwards didn't keep hisjob but even got find ourselves when mr edwards didn't keep his job but even got a pay rise, it is a contractual position and i suspect bbc lawyers will be rifling through various contracts to check the position on all of their paid presenters. and i think further about it in the future. it feels like somebody has possibly dropped the ball on this one. but is the contractual position the only position? my contractor doesn't say that if i approach —— that if i punch somebody at work that if i punch somebody at work that i will lose myjob, but if i did i probably would have. this amounts to gross misconduct and i suspect bbc lawyers will consider whether this was the case. we have

heard about his mental health position they wanted to preserve that and no further action was taken in that regard, perhaps they should have been. i think the bbc has a lot of lessons to learn from this situation. of lessons to learn from this situation-— of lessons to learn from this situation. , ., , , ., ., situation. just to pick up on that, that in terms _ situation. just to pick up on that, that in terms of— situation. just to pick up on that, that in terms of preventing - situation. just to pick up on that, that in terms of preventing huwl that in terms of preventing huw edwards and getting up £40,000 pay rise, for many within the bbc and the public, there is this perception of preferential treatment. £40,000 is eye watering amounts of money, that could pay somebody else's salary. does it simply come down to a contract?— a contract? these people are paid sirnificant a contract? these people are paid significant amounts _ a contract? these people are paid significant amounts of _ a contract? these people are paid significant amounts of money - a contract? these people are paid significant amounts of money for| significant amounts of money for good reason, that they are well sought after presenters who broke the news of the queen's def, something we have heard from your correspondence already. i suspect it was a contractual position, so i've sacked him and don't give him a pay rise or pay him at all, or keep them on board but give him the pay rise.

i don't think there was a middle ground. i doubt it was a performance— based pay increase, it wasjust performance— based pay increase, it was just a contractual— performance— based pay increase, it wasjust a contractual— based pay increase, but i haven't seen the contract so can't say for certain. and i shouldn't speculate further on that. �* ., ., , ., ~' that. and how well do you think of the bbc handled _ that. and how well do you think of the bbc handled this? _ that. and how well do you think of the bbc handled this? in - that. and how well do you think of the bbc handled this? in terms i the bbc handled this? in terms of the bbc handled this? in terms of the employment, _ the bbc handled this? in terms of the employment, again, - the bbc handled this? in terms of the employment, again, i- the bbc handled this? in terms of the employment, again, i think. the bbc handled this? in terms of. the employment, again, i think they are going to learn a lot of lessons from this. these offences are not new, but it is rare that such a person would be charged and now convicted with such an offence. so there will be certainly learning lessons. would any other employer or news agency make the same mistakes? i suspect they would. we have heard about other high—profile television presenters and we have looked at the television networks who employed them, and perhaps they could have handled those situations better as

well. we are all learning, but i think the bbc has certainly dropped the ball in certain aspects of this case. it the ball in certain aspects of this case. , ., , ._ the ball in certain aspects of this case. ,., , ._ , the ball in certain aspects of this case. , ., , ._ , case. it is not 'ust salary, is it? what case. it is not 'ust salary, is it? what about_ case. it is notjust salary, is it? what about pension _ case. it is notjust salary, is it? | what about pension payments? could that be withheld?— that be withheld? again, that'll be a contractual— that be withheld? again, that'll be a contractual issue. _ that be withheld? again, that'll be a contractual issue. if _ that be withheld? again, that'll be a contractual issue. if he - that be withheld? again, that'll be a contractual issue. if he has - that be withheld? again, that'll be a contractual issue. if he has been j a contractual issue. if he has been dismissed, as i suspect the pension payments will not kick in. but it goes far beyond that, it goes to trust in the bbc and bbc news. this was the man who had great responsibility, who lectured children on the issues involving trusting which press to trust, which news agencies to trust, notjust to get all everything from social media. and bbc news is probably still the best around still. but it won't have done them any favours when they put themselves in such a critical position.— critical position. liam, thank you very much _

critical position. liam, thank you very much indeed. _ critical position. liam, thank you very much indeed. just - critical position. liam, thank you very much indeed. just to - critical position. liam, thank you very much indeed. just to bring i critical position. liam, thank you i very much indeed. just to bring you some breaking news concerning alder hey hospital. we understand... this is a statement. it has just come to me, if you can give me one moment i will get the details right. we have a statement from alder hey hospital which reads, "we are delighted that two of the children involved in monday's awful incident have now been discharged. we continue to treat five children involved in a devastating incident in southport on monday, including one recently transferred to us from aintree university hospital. all of the children in our care are currently in a stable condition. 0ur heartfelt sympathies remain with all of those affected by monday's incident. we will not be providing any further information." so, two children who were caught up and injured in that

stabbing attack in southport on monday have been discharged from alder hey hospital. all the children we understand in the care of the hospital, all remaining are in a stable condition and the hospital goes on to share their sympathies with those who remain affected by this incident. this coming as the 17—year—old arrested in connection with that attack on monday has been charged with three counts of murder and ten counts of attempted murder. he has been remanded in youth custody and he is set to appear at liverpool crown court later today. those are pictures of him arriving earlier today. those are pictures of him arriving earliertoday. rowan those are pictures of him arriving earlier today. rowan has more for us, please bring us up to speed.

this 17—year—old arrived in court about an hour ago for what was a short five minute hearing in front of districtjudgejames hatton. he was dressed in a grey tracksuit top and bottoms and he had his head buried in his tracksuit top throughout the hearing. he was addressed by his first name. we are not allowed to report what his name is because of his age, but he was addressed by his first name when the charges were read out to him, namely that he was accused of three counts of murder and ten counts of attempted murder. those attempted murder charges against eight children who have anonymity and two adults who are the end lucas and john hayes. he also faces one count of possessing a carrier of possessing a curved kitchen knife. as you say, the case has now been transferred to liverpool crown court. he will appear there are later today. court. he will appear there are latertoday. in court. he will appear there are later today. in the meantime, the authorities have asked people not

suspecting it on the details around the case and certainly not to publish anything online which could prejudice what is now a live legal case. as well as being a live legal case, this is also an ongoing police investigation. merseyside police say they have pulled in resources from across the north west as part of that investigation. {lila across the north west as part of that investigation.— across the north west as part of that investigation. 0k, rowan, thank ou ve that investigation. 0k, rowan, thank you very much _ that investigation. 0k, rowan, thank you very much for — that investigation. 0k, rowan, thank you very much for that. _ that investigation. 0k, rowan, thank you very much for that. a _ that investigation. 0k, rowan, thank you very much for that. a bit - that investigation. 0k, rowan, thank you very much for that. a bit more i you very much for that. a bit more 0lympics news, good news to bring to you. team gb have picked up their third medal of the day at those games. this time winning bronze in the men's coxless four final. earlier, the women won a silver. let's take you back. it is wonderful to see. a beautiful _ let's take you back. it is wonderful to see. a beautiful stroke. - let's take you back. it is wonderful to see. a beautiful stroke. this i to see. a beautiful stroke. this will be a great bronze medal. 5c} will be a great bronze medal. 50 metres out, the usa have broken the resolve _ metres out, the usa have broken the resolve of— metres out, the usa have broken the resolve of new zealand. they haven't

won this _ resolve of new zealand. they haven't won this gold for six to four years. but that_ won this gold for six to four years. but that changes today! gold to the usa, but that changes today! gold to the usa. new_ but that changes today! gold to the usa, new zealand silver and great britain _ usa, new zealand silver and great britain after a poor start are the olympic— britain after a poor start are the olympic bronze medallists. congratulations to them. gps in england have voted overwhelmingly to take industrial action, and that could now see doctors limiting patient appointments. the doctors union the bma says that some practices have had to close because government funding has not kept up with rising costs. all of this coming as at the department of help announces plans for more newly qualified gps this year —— department of health. catherine burns joins us now. department of health. catherine burnsjoins us now. this department of health. catherine burns joins us now.— burns joins us now. this has 'ust ha--ened burns joins us now. this has 'ust happened in fl burns joins us now. this has 'ust happened in the i burns joins us now. this has 'ust happened in the last i burns joins us now. this has 'ust happened in the last half i burns joins us now. this has 'ust happened in the last half an i burns joins us now. this hasjustl happened in the last half an hour, but the bma says that 98.3% of those who voted have backed some kind of collective action. we have seen

strikes a lot in england recently, this is not such a blunt tool. essentially gp practices will be encouraged to pick from ten possible actions that they can take and they can do as many or as few as these as they think appropriate. the headline— grabbing one will be to limit the amount of daily patients pc. the bma says 25 would be a safe amount. in reality, gps often see 30 or even 40, so after 25, the idea is that they would send them off to urgent care. another measure is looking at how they refer a patient on to specialists. essentially normally there are certain guidelines they have to follow, but that will ensure the most urgent cases are seen first, but now they are saying that they could just refer people in the way they see fit. the others are generally quite techie, switching off certain software is looking at agreements. all of this is about funding, the bma says they didn't want to do this but i worry that their services would collapse completely if they didn't. they say that general

practice should be a front door of the nhs and not the doormat. the funding, they say they are being asked to do more with less, and that over the last five years, there are 6 million more outpatient clinic in england, but equally at the same time, they say the funding they are given has eroded by hundreds of millions of pounds. {lila given has eroded by hundreds of millions of pounds.— given has eroded by hundreds of millions of pounds. 0k, thank you very much — millions of pounds. 0k, thank you very much for— millions of pounds. 0k, thank you very much for that. _ millions of pounds. 0k, thank you very much for that. thank - millions of pounds. 0k, thank you very much for that. thank you. i millions of pounds. 0k, thank you | very much for that. thank you. and it is where the time with the lovely carol kirkwood. hello again. as we go through today, many of us will have a dry day with some warm sunshine, still feeling humid in the south. for some of us, thundery downpours. we've seen quite a few of those this morning and into the afternoon, although there will be a lull as temperatures rise in the sunshine and further will develop. this morning's thundery downpours pushing into the north sea. some showers across parts of eastern scotland and northern england and then further thundery downpours which will be slow—moving, heavy and also with hail and gusty winds around them,

especially across parts of east wales, the midlands, central southern england and the south east. but we won't all catch one by any stretch. into this evening, we start to lose those thunderstorms, many fading away, clear skies and mist and fog patches forming. 0ut towards the west, a new front will introduce thicker cloud, showery rain and stronger winds. humid tonight as well, and in places that have not been humid in the last few nights, like northern ireland and western scotland. tomorrow, here's our first front, but low pressure dominating the weather in the west, bringing in thicker cloud, some rain and strengthening winds. it's only slowly pushing eastwards. ahead of that, the cloud will build. a lot of dry weather and sunshine around, some showers into the south east and highs of 27 degrees here. behind the cold front, things are freshening up a bit in the west. that will continue even more so as the fronts push across us through saturday.

on saturday itself, we start with cloud and showery outbreaks of rain in the south east. a lot of dry weather, further showers and windy conditions coming in from the northwest, but in between, some sunshine and variable cloud. but a difference in the temperature — 15 to 21 from the north to the west, but still about 24 towards the south east. into sunday, we hang onto that fresher air across the board, temperatures returning to closer to the seasonal average. on sunday, a dry day, cloud building through the day with the front from the west introducing rain across western areas with gusty winds in the western isles.

hello, this is bbc news. the suspect in the southport stabbings appears in the southport stabbings appears in court after being charged with the murder of three girls and the attempted murder of ten other people. sir keir starmer is set to meet police leaders after more rioting overnight. more than 100 people were arrested after disturbances in central london yesterday. also questions for the bbc over its handling of the huw edwards case. the corporation confirms police warned them its investigation did concern child abuse images. gps in england have voted overwhelmingly to take

industrial action which could see doctors