‘ the ‘the home on the backdrop of the home secretary amber rudd confirming that the government and security services are having another look at the 1a deaths, mysterious death of russians in britain and he's one of them. straight after the poisoning there was talk there might be to ask necessary to find out whether they had been subject to the nerve agent. a very close associate of vladimir putin with another found dead, a p pa re ntly putin with another found dead, apparently hanged, but that is another one they're looking at. what does this say about surrey police decision? because the french think there's to answer. it does not seem to be in the hands of surrey police anymore. it is now mi—5 and they will not comment on what they are doing or not doing but i suspect they are pretty busy with salisbury and everything else linked to it. the web has spread out in salisbury, across the atlantic into paris now to the old bailey and into the stock market if the fte is to be believed. it is like the cold war era.

everybody says that —— the ft it to be believed. hugely complicated story no doubt there'll be more strands to it. let's look at the mail. stephen paul copoc mother it is time to move on. ask stephen's mother. 25 years after he was murdered the mother says the case should be closed. as of the dust and i think it'll be interesting to see, but doreen lawrence is a woman that has seen a lot and gone through so much in the time since her son was murdered. and she has been a tireless campaigner ever since that time as well. we have not seen the rest of the text here, but she is suggesting it seems to be that if there are no more significant or major leaks to be looked at ben gomer —— no more taxpayer money

should be spent on pursuing something. she has given an interview and let's not forget that this case was the male's finest hour, the mail putting the alleged killer in the frame, making sure that there was a court case. this is mrs. lawrence think that after 25 years maybe it is time to let it go and move on. this is all set in the context of the spike ends dabbing and murders in london in the last month —— stabbings and murders, which has dominated headlines. and start contrast to the madeleine mccann case would has been given extra funding. you cannot compare the cases but just extra funding. you cannot compare the cases butjust with money being spent. i was a reporter at newsroom southeast as it used to be when the mcpherson inquiry was carrying on and of course it exposed so much about the culture of metropolitan

police. it changed the british policy completely, didn't it? although when you read about the stabbings and the increasing murder rate this week, trust between kids oi'i rate this week, trust between kids on the street and police is still an issue, stop and search is still an issue, stop and search is still an issue, political hot potato. the prime minister wants to stop it because it targets too many black kids, the rest of the time they are saying we need to increase it now because of the number of deaths on the street. and the met office talking about. this isjust the street. and the met office talking about. this is just because of it. there has been a reduction in year on year of it. there has been a reduction in yearon year in of it. there has been a reduction in year on year in police numbers which was the principal while crime is going down, when those figures start to change and we have seen a 20% rise in london, particularly, that is not defensible anymore. let's hope it is over a short period of time as appalling as those figures are. it carries on every day. it may

or may not directly or indirectly affect our lives but that is because knife crime seems like a criminal problem, is a problem really. that is the way we have decided to deal with that in scotland and glasgow decade ago when scotland was the murder capital of europe. kids carry knives because other kids carry knives. they changed tack. police teamed up with social services, social work, schools, with the court... there was a characteristic approach in some ways. they tripled sentencing if you are caught with a knife you are going to go away. they called in the gangs, the call in the kids, both of them came, some didn't. they put a billboard up on the court wall and said that his view, that is your mate, that is your boss, that is your lieutenant which of course would not affect kids at all except the cops said we are coming for you and then they

took a grieving mother into the room who lost her son to a stabbing and that was the switch. they also tried with some of those gang members to offer them a way out. . that was the fourth leg of study. you can get training, you can break out of this, peer pressure is tremendous. and it is not so much stock in search from when i spoke to the scottish crime reduction unit last night and they we re reduction unit last night and they were saying that it was very much about stop and engage with the police, to change the relationship between communities and the officers that served them. theresa may is introducing the violent crime strategy we have expected in the last few weeks will be coming on monday. theresa may has been in that difficult situation where she will give a big speech on stop and search all about how black men and boys and youngsters are being targeted sometimes more than white. those

numbers have been questioned and under the spotlight a little bit but now we have this situation now where they are having to increase them. the strategy now, the home secretary amber rudd will speak about funneling more money into community groups likely have been glasgow. funneling more money into community groups likely have been glasgowm came to glasgow because of that very issue, the stop and search. because of the lack of trust on the streets that you have to put quite a bit of money in because they have to be pa rt of money in because they have to be part of the community, the police, and able to engage. 300 more officers on the street this week and hopefully to reassure people. let's look at the fun and the times both looking at this story of richard osborne brooks —— the sun and the times. you will not face any charges after stabbing —— he will not face any charges after stabbing a burglar who entered his home. a victory for common sense says the sun. procedure really he had to be detained and arrested after a murder in his

house, but after a few days i think under considerable political pressure he has been told he will not face any charges. there was a big dear. they go into more detail showing that the case had problems with tony martin, the father who shot and was convicted of murder in the 19905. shot and was convicted of murder in the 1990s. the conviction was reduced to manslaughter. they did not want a repeat of that. what a relief for his family. it might be a procedural thing but still these are elderly pensioners. your biggest fear surely if someone breaking into your home at night when you are asleep, not only did they break in, they went upstairs and frog marched him downstairs and his wife who was said to have dementia, that is terrifying, particularly for pensioners and these were career

criminals with a huge roster of similar crimes behind them, so absolutely terrifying. the times headline is no further action over burglar death, it is a difficult law to interpret because it is all about reasonable force, a way of protecting yourself and that is open to interpretation. one case was what he lying in wait because he knew they were coming? presumably this 78—year—old pensioner frog marched at the point of a screwdriver, all. dashed down the hall, he just reacted. it is a wearable, invasive feeling, but to have the physical assault and to deal with that must be pretty awful. before the decision was made that there would be no charge, the justice was made that there would be no charge, thejustice secretary was made that there would be no charge, the justice secretary spoke out about it. yes, he spoke out

earlier in symptoms —— in sympathy. he had a bit of a rough ride as of late. he was considered a cabinet minister, and a lawyer by background and then he moved from the department from worker pensions where he seemed to be doing a pretty good job intojustice secretary where he seemed to be doing a pretty good job into justice secretary and fell into the mess that was the war boys case and into this one. i think he was trying to take ownership of this story before it got any worse because i think if you spoke to anyone in the street anywhere and asked them about this they would all be on the same opinion. that is why it is on the front page on almost every paper. a quote here from a conservative member of the home affairs select committee saying he does not believe that mr osborne brooks should ever have been arrested. i guess there is a procedure that has to be gone through when somebody is lying in a pool of blood in someone's house under the circumstances, as yet, unexplained. i think we are yet to

know exactly what the movements there are. he goes on to say it's ourflexion of the there are. he goes on to say it's our flexion of the criminaljustice system that requires the force of the press and public opinion to reach this decision and the fun makes the point here that 18,000 readers signed a petition. is that really going to influence the crown prosecution service, it really influenced the met? if you are the news see influenced the met? if you are the news see the 18,000 signatures you say yes. the law is the law. that is the papers for tonight. kind of been on the ground. we tried and failed to find anything that was a little bit, we wanted a picture of something kind of sunny. nothing at all. we are devoid of anything that was sort of jolly, all. we are devoid of anything that was sort ofjolly, our apologies for that. if you would like more of the gloom you can see all the front pages of the newspapers online at

the bbc news website. it is there for you seven days a week. you probably know this weren't pulley by now. “— probably know this weren't pulley by now. —— you probably know this by now. it's all there for you — seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers, and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you torcuil and lynn. goodbye. it is nice to see you both. thank you very much for coming in. coming up you very much for coming in. coming up next is the weather. the weather this weekend is looking a little hit and miss. certainly not promising blue skies, and if anything a bit of rain on the way. now, we ended the week on a fairly mild snow on a fairly mild note despite the hazy skies london temperatures got up to 17 degrees which actually has made it the warmest day of the year so far. nothing spectacular but decent enough. a lot of clou dacross the uk during the course of the day. this weather front is drifting out of

spain and portugal across to the uk, but with it also comes relatively mild air. the wind blowing mostly out of the south. there'll be a spell of rain reaching southwestern areas of the country by the time we get to early saturday morning. quite possibly the midland as well. also rain on and off across the western isles, but for most of us the night will be dry. and temperatures around about six or 7 degrees. here is the weather saturday, the wind coming out of the south, going through the mediterranean, it will not feel like the mediterranean villa. cloudy and a spell of rain for some of us. mid—morning it is raining for a time from cardiff through bournemouth, peak district, into the lake district there is that area of rain and by the time we get to four o'clock the rain will be probably on the border between northern england and scotland so that means that glasgow and edinburgh should just

about be dry. 13 degrees, maybe a shower or in ireland, also around 13 or 1a degrees. dry by this stage across wales and the southwest. you can see the south, south easterly winds bringing mild condition through london and east anglia could beginning up to about 16 or 17 degrees once again but remember not sometime, just because it is relatively one does not mean it will be set plea sunny. the weather front still with us on sunday and it will be responsible for bringing another speu be responsible for bringing another spell of rain early on sunday morning. reaching may be the southwest or central southern england, portsmouth again moving through berkshire into birmingham. very difficult to say exactly where but somewhere around here. the southeast, 15 degrees, newcastle they're a little fresher at around 10 degrees. very briefly early next week still a lot of clout across the country and against all the brain potentially heading our way but bright at times also. —— still a lot of cloud.

this is bbc news. the headlines at eleven: police say the pensioner richard osborn—brooks won't be charged or face any further action after an intruder was fatally stabbed at his home. sergei skripal, the former russian spy poisoned in salisbury, is no longer critically ill and is responding well to treatment. the met police commissioner offers reassurance to londoners, following the recent string of murders. we have not lost control of the streets, i can understand why some people are worried at the moment, particularly in some areas of london. and on newsnight, we will hear from one of the russians who

worked on the nerve agent novichok when it was being developed in the soviet union. what does he make of the news from salisbury?