his came in the fifth frame but went on to lose against elliot slessor in beijing by 6 frames to 2... he still pockets 42 thousand pounds for the maximum... that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. there's growing concern about violent crime in london, after two shootings overnight. a 17 year old girl — named locally as tanesha melbourne — was shot dead in tottenham, in the north of the city — and a 16 year old boy is critically ill after being found with gunshot wounds in north london's walthamstow. the met police's detective chief superintendent richard wood gave more details about both those shootings earlier this afternoon. just after 9:30pm last night in tottenham a vehicle drove past a group of young people, fired into that group.

police were called and the other emergency services and sadly a 17—year—old female was located at the scene who sadly died shortly afterwards. and clearly my thoughts are very much with friends and family of the young lady at the moment. about ten o'clock in walthamstow not too far away, there was another incident in which a 16—year—old male was shot and a 15—year—old stabbed. the 16—year—old is currently critical ill in the 15—year—old has serious but not life—threatening injuries. what are the circumstances behind both of these shootings? at the moment we have dedicated detectives investigating the circumstances. it is too early at the moment to speculate as to the motive. we will be looking at the proximity of both offences and that they will be investigated separately at the moment but a line of enquiry will examine if they are linked. and we're keeping an open mind this time to see what the motive was. why was this 17—year—old girl,

why was she particularly picked off why was she shot? at this stage we do not know but we are keen to find out and i would appealfor anyone with any information to contact the incident room or crimestoppers where we can give information anonymously. but we're keen know why they were in the area at the time and what the motive was for her to shot. london's murder rate has risen sharply this year — with 47 murders so far —— and those two shootings last night were in the space of an hour. joining me now is ken hinds —— he's a youth worker in the tottenham area —— and also chair of haringey‘s independent stop and search monitoring group. let's start with what you think needs to be done now in the immediate aftermath of these crimes. obviously my condolences to the family and friends of tanesha at this sad time. what needs to be done quite simply is to stop these knee jerk reactions. what happens is when a tragic situation has happened we get the police coming down in force. what they call a section 60 which

means no suspicion, anyone potentially in the area can be stopped and searched. but the only people that generally remain in the area after something like this is not the perpetrator, they're long gone. it is the family and friends and potential eyewitnesses. the last thing we need preventative is to use disruptive tactics to disrupt these people who could give essential intelligence. what about the argument that for all the criticism of stop and search that it could be a way for example to recover the weapons. the fact is this, over the last a0 years less than 3% every month of stop and search lead to any kind of weapons being found. less than 3%. so what are the police doing in stop and search for the currently what they're doing is doing it under the misuse of drugs act, marijuana, for personal

possession but that cannot be right. leaving aside the immediate question of policing, there has been debate about policing numbers and all the rest but there are more police officers in london apparently than five years ago. what about the responsibility that rests on the community because what we're talking about often in these cases is violence between young people, one set against the other. where does the community responsibility lie. not twisted, they are saying it is black on black and another thing they say it is exclusively young people. but the number of people who have been killed this year, it is a spectrum, people in their 50s, in their a0s. spectrum, people in their 50s, in their 40s. but a large number of young people. disproportionately young people. disproportionately young people, disproportionately black on black killings going on. and what i say on this, as a community we need to step up and say

enough is enough. we cannot leave it down to the police to enforce their way out of this, it is not going to happen. we as a community need to step up. what does that mean? have a presence in these hotspot areas especially in haringey. this is what we do as part of community moves. so local adults being visible. being visible to show young people we are bad to support them. what we also need to do, as it is young people but shouldn't we not be out on the streets, after nine o'clock over i would be looking for a curfew on people under 21 who have no good reason for being out on the streets. i believe that is essential for the next few months for us to get some kind of balance on what is going on. the impression given hearing some of the eyewitnesses at this time is that this was an isolated incident.

a terrible tragedy of course. but one of a series of incidents. and there is a year, and one witness spoke about a post—cold war going on. that is what is going on in haringey between northumberland park and would bring. those two areas of the hotspots. so we should be in there in numbers, concerned community members standing up and doing what we can. at the moment it is unacceptable to let these low—level, these guys with this rage dictate to us and put fear into adults. that is unacceptable. we need to step up and do the right thing. we asked the home office what they made of what is going on and they made of what is going on and they said we have already consulted on new laws on offensive weapons including danny online stores from delivering knives to harvard addresses. —— banning online stores.

well to be caught with out a knife means i could be carried by six of my peers. i would rather be judged in court by 12 people than be buried. that is what people are saying to me. no amount of enforcement will change that. saying to me. no amount of enforcement will change thatlj enforcement will change that.” heard one argument used a lot by adults trying to respond to this, if you carry a knife you are as likely to end up accidentally as a perpetrator as a victim. there's nothing accidental about that, you are right, if you carry a knife first of all you are known as the person who carries a knife. and secondly you leave yourself open to being targeted. because people will use their territory before you can ta ke use their territory before you can take out your territory. and you could also be sent to jail. these

are old negatives for carrying a knife and those people who think they are safeguarding themselves are absolutely wrong. thank you very much. good to speak to you. time for a look at the weather with matt taylor . this evening we have showers fading for a time but low—pressure living in bringing showers again across many southern parts of england and wales into the morning. further north more snow in the morning, the best of any dry weather across shetland and the hebrides and north—west highlands. more snow across the higher ground in scotland. transferring across the

plans later. for england and wales you will be lucky to avoid those showers, some of them heavy. quite a blustery day across many western areas. temperatures into the teens between the showers. a cold day in scotla nd between the showers. a cold day in scotland and northern ireland. thursday the best day of the week, turning right in the west on friday. you're watching beyond 100 days. a miserable day to be travelling in europe. railway workers in france begin a three month rolling strike, testing president macron's resolve to reform the economy. making things more miserable, a europe—wide computer glitch disrupted flights right across the continent. donald trump defends his tough tactics on beijing as the white house prepares more tariffs. also on the programme — the chinese parents, reunited with their missing daughter, 2a—years after she disappeared.

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