we were just showing you some pictures from our helicopter in croydon. pictures from our helicopter in cro don. t, , l, l , pictures from our helicopter in cro don. t, , l, l croydon. lots of police up on the streets there. _ croydon. lots of police up on the streets there. we've _ croydon. lots of police up on the streets there. we've just - croydon. lots of police up on the streets there. we've just been i croydon. lots of police up on the i streets there. we've just been told, actually. _ streets there. we've just been told, actually, that this is not linked to those _ actually, that this is not linked to those possible far right protests. 0r those possible far right protests. or any— those possible far right protests. or any response to them. it actually appears to be linked to pure anti—social behaviour in croydon and pleaser moving in there to make arrests, so not linked to the protest that a large number of police on the streets there in croydon, you can see them in the van and sent out on the streets. there are a large number of antiracist protests in the uk this evening.

these are counter demonstrations against the far right. in brighton — there is a large police presence at a counter—protest that has spilt out onto one of the main streets in the centre of the city. this is bristol where over a thousand counter—protesters have gathered on west street where almost all the businesses on the street have boarded up their windows. in brentford — a anti—racism protest is taking place on the great west road — one of the main routes into the centre of london. and, this is the counter—protest in liverpool where a court in the city earlier today imposed the firstjail sentences on those found guilty of violent disorder that has taken place across the uk over the last week. let's get more of the details on one of those places i was talking about, which is bristol. let's speak to joe inwood in bristol.

so far what we've seen are counter demonstrators who were there to stop the far right coming in and carrying out any violent unrest. is that still the picture? it out any violent unrest. is that still the picture?— still the picture? it still the icture still the picture? it still the picture and _ still the picture? it still the picture and its _ still the picture? it still the picture and its seems - still the picture? it still the picture and its seems thatl still the picture? it still the - picture and its seems that they probably have succeeded, we've just been speaking to a police source and they say there is not been a single arrest all evening. it's difficult to get an exact grip on the numbers of people but i would put it out a couple of thousand. this is the old market area of the city and it was absolutely full. there were people reeling the entire distance here protecting two law firms that were highlighted on line because they did work with immigrants. —— there were people along the entire distance. there's been chanting, mostly antiracist chanting going on and they seem to have achieved aim which was to stop the proposed far right protesters coming anywhere near

these immigration law firms and causing disruption in the city. because those far right protests were very well telegraphed on social media, the places that they were looking potentially to target, asylum centres, advice centres, immigration lawyers and so on. counter demonstrators like the ones you're talking about there in bristol, they knew where to go, they knew when to go there to stop those far right demonstrations for happening. far right demonstrations for happening-— far right demonstrations for haueninu. �* ., , �* happening. although they weren't centrally organised _ happening. although they weren't centrally organised very _ happening. although they weren't centrally organised very clearly i happening. although they weren't. centrally organised very clearly had been a coordination on social media to make sure the con oppressors knew where to be. they were here in great numbers. —— the counter protesters knew where to be. there have been some central organisation but a lot of this seems to have been organic, a grassroots process. there were lots of people from the back

community, the black community, the asian community, to send a message on to say to anyone who is coming here with an anti—immigrant message that they were going to be welcome in this part of the city. jae. that they were going to be welcome in this part of the city.— in this part of the city. joe, thank ou ve in this part of the city. joe, thank you very much — in this part of the city. joe, thank you very much indeed, _ in this part of the city. joe, thank you very much indeed, that's - in this part of the city. joe, thank you very much indeed, that's joe| you very much indeed, that'sjoe inwood with the latest there from bristol. away from all those protests, ijust want bristol. away from all those protests, i just want to bring bristol. away from all those protests, ijust want to bring you some news that we've been breaking in the last few minutes. and it's taylor swift, her concerts in vienna have been cancelled. this is because of news from government officials in vienna who were worried about a planned terrorist attack on the stadium where those concerts were going to happen. so there is a message, an announcement has been posted saying with confirmation from government officials of a planned terrorist attack on the ernst happel stadium, we have no choice but to cancel the three scheduled taylor

swift shows for everybody safety. tickets will be automatically refunded in the next ten business days. we are hearing that from our vienna correspondent. three taylor swift concerts in vienna cancelled. because of that government confirmation in austria of a planned terrorist attack on those taylor swift shows. now, let's return to what is happening here in the united kingdom. we have seen several days of violent unrest and more was potentially planned for this evening with more than 100 potential premises being targeted by far right groups, certainly they talked about it on social media. and there was a huge police response to the home of the metropolitan police commissioner said some 6000 officers would be deployed this evening to stop that happening, to stop more violent unrest. what we have seen is not really the far right groups coming out onto the streets of various

towns and cities across england and northern ireland, but counter demonstrators, antiracism demonstrators, antiracism demonstrators, determined to protect those sort of premises like asylum centres and law firms representing migrants. with me is now is dal babu, former chief superintendent at the metropolitan police. do you think the police will be police denied that so far at least, maybe it's early days, we haven't seen that kind of violent unrest that we have seen in the last few days. i that we have seen in the last few da s. ~' ,., . , days. i think the police will be very pleased. _ days. i think the police will be very pleased, ben, _ days. i think the police will be very pleased, ben, but- days. i think the police will be very pleased, ben, but this i days. i think the police will be very pleased, ben, but this is| days. i think the police will be l very pleased, ben, but this is a really crucial time. this is darkness falling and it's what we want to see is the antifascist groups dispersing peacefully, quietly. it's always a difficult time when you come to the end of a deal like this. so i think the next sort of half hour, hour, will be absolutely crucial. hopefully people

will go home, they've demonstrated peacefully, there hasn't been an issue and i think that will be the crucial element but i think this is the potential challenge that the police will have. it’s the potential challenge that the police will have.— police will have. it's interesting ou sa police will have. it's interesting you say that — police will have. it's interesting you say that because _ police will have. it's interesting you say that because i'm - police will have. it's interesting you say that because i'm just i you say that because i'm just reading, police in northampton for example are asking counter demonstrators to leave after anti—immigration protests in the town failed to materialise. in other words, the far right protesters that they were worried about didn't turn up, so the police are now saying on social media, one hour since planned protest was due to start there has been no disorder tonight. police are now asking the crowd of counter protesters please disperse peacefully for the evening. so that seems to be the message, certainly there in northampton and no doubt in other parts of the country as well. yeah, this will have to be dealt with very sensitively, i think there is been no violence, we haven't seen the violence from the anti—fascists, the violence from the anti—fascists, the antiracist groups that we have

seen and the far right groups. it's important that people disperse calmly, sensibly. police will be managing that, hopefully there will be organised is there that will be encouraging people to go back home. there will be volunteers there, so that relationship with the palouse have built of the evening and during the day when they were planning this will be absolutely crucial. find the day when they were planning this will be absolutely crucial.— will be absolutely crucial. and of course, will be absolutely crucial. and of course. the _ will be absolutely crucial. and of course, the police _ will be absolutely crucial. and of course, the police as _ will be absolutely crucial. and of course, the police as we - course, the police as we mentioned, will be hoping this is some sort of turning point. a day when there was a lot of hype because the far right groups and their various guises have threatened all these premises in different towns and cities around the country, but so far, and as you've said, it's early days, nothing has materialised. so the police will be hoping, let's hope it stays that way not just for today but for future days as well. yeah, and i think— but for future days as well. yeah, and i think what _ but for future days as well. yeah, and i think what the _ but for future days as well. yeah, and i think what the police - but for future days as well. yeah, and i think what the police will. and i think what the police will want to send out, very clear message, we've got 6000 riot trained

officers today, we'll have 6000 tomorrow, we'll have 6000 the day after. we'll be ready for any kind of disorder that the far right perpetrate, so i think that's the message from the police. can the olice message from the police. can the police keep _ message from the police. can the police keep up — message from the police. can the police keep up those _ message from the police. can the police keep up those sort - message from the police. can the police keep up those sort of- message from the police. can the - police keep up those sort of numbers day after day, 6000 people on standby ready to go? i day after day, 6000 people on standby ready to go?— day after day, 6000 people on standby ready to go? i think it's stranue standby ready to go? i think it's strange in _ standby ready to go? i think it's strange in the _ standby ready to go? i think it's strange in the police _ standby ready to go? i think it's strange in the police world, - standby ready to go? i think it's strange in the police world, you want to be involved in the action. and certainly i had no shortage of volunteers who want to be on duty, wanted to do right work. so i think the police will be very key, the young officers who probably have never experienced this kind of disorder or, but will want to be very clear keene. will also see more severe sentences being put through. —— we want to be very keen. {lime -- we want to be very keen. once auain, -- we want to be very keen. once again. thank— -- we want to be very keen. once again. thank you _ -- we want to be very keen. once again, thank you so _ -- we want to be very keen. once again, thank you so much. - —— we want to be very keen. once again, thank you so much. former metropolitan police chief

superintendent. much more to come but around the world and across the uk, you were watching bbc news.

let's bring you read up to date with what is happening across the united kingdom, because as we've been reporting there were fears that far right groups might cause more violence, unrest this evening. 6000 police officers trained in riot have been put on standby and deployed around the country, but so far what we have seen have been counter demonstrations happening in towns and cities across the uk, places such as birmingham, middlesbrough, east london, sheffield and so on, gathering with placards saying things like stamp out ray's —— stamp

out racism, guarding where the far right said they were going to target today and in future days. the first riots last week followed the fatal stabbings of three little girls at a dance studio in southport. today the inquests into their deaths were opened and adjourned. axel rudakubana has been charged with three counts of murder and ten counts of attempted murder, and will go on trial next year. fiona trott reports. bebe, who was just six. seven—year—old elsie. and alice, aged nine. three young lives, the court heard, cruelly lost in horrific circumstances. the coroner here at bootle town hall said the three children were full of life and energy, and will be missed beyond any description my woefully inadequate words may attempt to describe. at a special church service last night, a local priest offered his words of comfort to alice's parents.

the beautiful, smiling, joyful alice. we welcome all of you here tonight, especially sergio, alexandra — mum and dad — and your family and friends. and some of the others who they don't even know, some of us. and there were flowers, too, from so many strangers here in southport who still want to show their support, more than a week after the fatal attacks. for people who live close to where this happened, life has stood still. normally at times like these you would throw yourself into your work, but the shops and offices here are still closed. they can't receive deliveries, they can't receive post, they can't go out in their cars. minor inconveniences, they say, that they feel guilty about. it's the families, they say, that matter most. so while their lives are on hold, at least the inquest openings allow the relatives to move onto the next important chapter. and that is holding a funeral

for their little girls. alice aguiar�*s funeral will be held on sunday. another chance for the community to wrap their arms around her family. fiona trott, bbc news, southport. compounding the tragedy in southport of course in the last few days we've seen the tragedy of that violent unrest in different parts of the united kingdom. england and northern ireland. with me is now is dal babu, former chief superintendent at the metropolitan police. some of the things that these far right groups responsible for this unrest is something they call two—tier policing, that they feel that the police are sort of relatively soft on ethnic minorities who protest but much tougher on some of them, the far right, the english

defence league, the followers of tommy robinson and so on. you've been policing a long, long time, many decades. what is your thoughts about the two—tier policing that was reported by elon musk, he talked to the prime minister �*s or keir starmer being two—tier here. == starmer being two-tier here. -- two-tier starmer being two—tier here. » two—tier keir. you would not be able to police if he did two—tier policing. my experience as being if you're dealing with the extreme left or extreme right or anything between you police appropriately and use the resources. and actually, the police in this country have the capability of using plastic bullets, rubber bullets. they can use tear gas, they can use batons, we didn't see that level of force being used by the police. in the last few days what

we've seen is the police trying to contain the far right so this idea that the policing is two—tier is i think it's a mess, is perpetrated by some responsible people who should know better, and i had a conversation with politicians and i have not seen any evidence whatsoever of two—tier policing. have you been surprise, we were talking about the southport murders, have you been surprised by the level of violent unrest about followed. ? we know that it was, started with disinformation on media. but the way it so quickly spread around different cities and towns around england, belfast in northern ireland? i england, belfast in northern ireland? ., , england, belfast in northern ireland? , ,, ireland? i was quite surprised, the last time i ireland? i was quite surprised, the last time i was _ ireland? i was quite surprised, the last time i was involved _ ireland? i was quite surprised, the last time i was involved in - ireland? i was quite surprised, the j last time i was involved in disorder was 2011 following the shooting of mark duggan by police. that was in some ways more content, this went across the whole of the country, the

whole of england. not scotland, not wales, but in northern ireland. the big difference with the internet. people were able to be mobilised on the internet. you had people, there was an echo chamber of what people wanted to hear and so people have got but you also had people who were returning to these sites who are allowed to return to these sites who were orchestrating some of this lot violence, so i think was quite shocking. when things calm down, it's something the police are going to have to look at is what they can do, do they need new legislation? we saw a lot of people turning up at these demonstrations wearing masks, now you can have that additional legislation to be a call for people to take off their masks but do we need additional legislation that says you can't wear a mask, and you commit an offence straightaway if you come with that. people were wearing masks to hide identity to

create criminality. there are some things the police may want to reflect on in terms of additional powers and learn what they can do when dealing with the internet, the leaders of the moment. largely it's like a wild west, unregulated, is there more but needs to be done to hold the internet losses to account. lastly before we let you go, let's reflect once again on the situation tonight. these are pictures as we were discussing the violent unrest in the last few days, and it was feared there would be more tonight but actually what we've seen this evening and the various towns and cities that have been affected around england has been, you know, the far right haven't actually turned up and we've seen counter demonstrations, antiracism demonstrations, antiracism demonstrations, lots of those. and the police are now asking those counter demonstrators to disperse and in fact we are hearing, i'm just looking at the latest news that were

getting from liverpool for example. many of the counter demonstrators who have been in liverpool have now dispersed. an hour and a half after the far right protest that was scheduled to be there was reported to be taking place. so in other words, those counter demonstrators believe they've done theirjob, they've gone home and the police will be our guests relieved by all of that. ., ., ~ of that. yeah, and i think we should take some comfort _ of that. yeah, and i think we should take some comfort from _ of that. yeah, and i think we should take some comfort from that - of that. yeah, and i think we should take some comfort from that how. of that. yeah, and i think we should - take some comfort from that how many people from different walks of life, different nationalities, ethnic minorities have come to demonstrate against the fascists and the races that we've seen on the streets this week. i was genuinely frightened for my family, myself, as we've been sitting here my daughter has been texting me, worried about where i am, how i'm going to get home. so i think there is a genuine fear and it took me back, the last week took me back to the 70s when we, our family probably even like many asian

families who are in this country, black families as well, we had our windows broken, we were attacked when we went out. coming to school you ended up getting attacked, so these were very, very difficult times but that's not what my daughters have experienced. thank ou so daughters have experienced. thank you so much _ daughters have experienced. thank you so much for— daughters have experienced. thank you so much for your _ daughters have experienced. thank you so much for your company - you so much for your company tonight. let's hope you get home safely. very good to have your company, former chief superintendent with the metropolitan police talking us through the policing of tonight and that's the latest situation, there have been counter demonstrations but they are, we gather, beginning to disperse. you're watching bbc news. hello from the bbc sport centre, i'm gavin ramjaun. britain's matt hudson smith

was pipped at the line in the final of the olympic men's 400 metres. hudson—smith was bidding to become the first british winner of the race since eric liddell a hundred years ago, also in paris,and looked to be about to realise that ambition. but the american quincy hall somehow found another gear to snatch the gold medal fom the grasp of hudson—smith. i knew it was going to come down to that 50. i had it, he had another gear. i had to gear a little bit too late and he had one step on me and that's it. it's healthy, since the start really. my time going to come, it's a matter of time. amber anning finished second in her semifinal of the women's 400 metres, coming home in a personal best time. the british athlete made it through to tomorrow's final. the british pair of lavaiai neilsen and victoria ohuruhogo didn't qualify, though. soufiane el bakkali retained his 3000m steeplechase crown. the moroccan is the first man

since volmari iso—hollo in 1932 to successfully defend a title in the race. kenneth rooks of the united states took silver, with kenya's abraham kibiwot winning the bronze medal. at the velodrome, great britain's men have won team sprint silver, in a pulsating final in paris. this was the moment when ethan hayter,who when ethan hayter, who was leading the gb train, came out of his saddle in the closing 200 metres. and almost lost control of his bike, handing the australians victory. hayter and team mates dan bigham, charlie tanfield and ethan vernon were pipped to gold by australia, who triumphed in this event for the first time since the 2004 games. my my legs are fire. just... yeah, i'm looking forward to tomorrow and just, obviously it's a bit disappointing from being so close, you know, but i'm not too bothered about the result. it's like just so good to be here and that gold metal

rider, you watch on tv, going to be a few good memes about that. moments later, great britain's women picked up bronze in the same discipline. elinor barker, josie knight, anna morris and jess roberts beat italy to continue gb's run of reaching the women's team pursuit podium at every olympics since it was introduced in 2012. andy mcdonald's skateboarding olympic debut at the age of 51 ended in the park heats, but he called it "an experience of a lifetime". born in massachusetts, usa, he qualified for great britain via his luton—born father. he's considered a legend of the sport, inventing some of its tricks decades before skateboarding was introduced at the olympics at tokyo 2020. and he had the crowd on its feet in appreciation after all three of his runs. but his best run of 77.66 put him 18th out of 22, the gold eventually won by australia's keegan palmer, but great memories made for mcdonald. it was the experience of a lifetime. it really was just so enjoyable,

so much fun and energy. the crowd got behind me because i'm the old guy, i guess. i don't know. it was surprising, actually. the crowd from the get—go, my very first run i was like, oh, all right. my dad taught me early on in my career, acknowledge the crowd, because i would always be like all right, here we go. when they cheer for you, acknowledge them. and it worked. the first round of the women's golf is done at le golf national in paris. great britain's charley hull had a day to forget. she put her first tee shot straight into the water, and then missed her putt to record a double bogey. things didn't improve — she finished her round nine over par. gb's georgia hall is two over. home favourite celine boutier leads the way on seven under, with world number one nelly korda finishing with an even par 72. away from the games, lee carsley is expected to be the interim manager of the england men's senior football team, when they play their nations league games against the republic of ireland and finland next month.

carsley led england under—21s to victory in the european championship last year, for the first time in 39 years. the football association have been conducting a search for a permanent replacement since gareth southgate resigned last month. trent rockets' men beat london spirit by 22 runs in a hundred double header at trent bridge. england's alex hales hit 68 runs from 42 deliveries as rockets got back to winning ways. they move up to third place in the table. spirit remain one off the bottom. earlier, trent rockets women beat london spirit by 31 runs. grace scrivens top scored with 55 runs. rockets move up to sixth place. and that's all the sport for now. we'll have more later on, we'll see you then. hello there. the next 24 hours look fairly unsettled. we've got another weather system working in off the atlantic that's going to bring a stronger breeze, cloud, outbreaks of rain, so an unsettled day tomorrow. after we start off with some sunshine the cloud

will tend to build in. and we've had a breezy day today, thanks to this area of low pressure that's brought windy weather to scotland and plenty of showers, but it's moving away. the showers fade away in this brief ridge of high pressure through the overnight period, so a drier, clearer night to come for northern, central and eastern areas, but the signs of this weather front starting to approach wales south—west england with increasing breeze. outbreaks of rain temperatures lifting here mid—teens. i think for most though we're looking at ten to 12 celsius. so for thursday, here's the new area of low pressure working its way in slowly from the atlantic, it looks like it'll be dry and bright with some sunshine across scotland and eastern parts of england. but very soon the clouds out west will spread northwards and eastwards throughout the day and outbreaks of rain move in as well. some heavier bursts for north wales, north—west england, up southern and western scotland, elsewhere very patchy and probably staying dry across the southeast. but a breezy day to come for all because of the lack of sunshine, it's not going to be particularly warm. temperatures of 15—21 degrees

from north to south across the uk. the rain gradually peters out as the system pushes off into the north sea. it does turn drier through thursday night and to start friday, we start to import some warm and muggy air across england and wales, so 15—18 degrees here, low teens further north. for friday though, we are in a run of westerly winds. so it's going to be a fairly breezy day but a bright one. quite a bit of sunshine around. a lot of dry weather for england and wales. probably the showers affecting northern and western scotland, northern ireland and north west england, but elsewhere i think it should stay dry all together and a warmer day to come. the low 20s in the north up to around the mid 20s further south. now this is just a taste of things to come because i think as we head into the weekend we could see a short lived hot and humid spell. this heat moving up from france and spain likely to affect parts of england and wales, particularly towards the south east. the peak of the heat will be around sunday into monday, so we could be into the low to mid 30s celsius across the south east,

even warmer there for cardiff, but it's pretty short lived as temperatures return closer to normal after tuesday.

at ten, fears of more far—right violence brings tens of thousands of anti—racism protestors onto the streets across britain.

this was the scene in walthamstow in north london this evening. refugees are welcome here! while others have been gathering from birmingham to brighton, newcastle to bristol. i saw unity. i see people came together to form this unity. like the old saying says, look, divided we fall, together we stand. police had feared widespread far right rioting, but what we saw was crowds of antiracism campaigners. more than 1000 came at a protest in newcastle. is this the point the counter demonstrations, the arrests and the heavy sentences deterrent the far right and the rioters? three rioters involved in the first wave of far right violence are sent to jail. they include derek drummond, who's 58, sentenced to three years

for attacking a police officer.