this is bbc news, i'm clive myrie. the headlines at 11:00pm: the home secretary, sajid javid, says there is no single solution to tackling serious violence, after two 17—year—olds are fatally stabbed in separate incidents over the weekend. there is no hiding from this issue, mr speaker. serious violence is on the rise. communities are being torn apart, and families are losing their children. is it a brexit bung? labour accuses the government of bribing mps with a £1.6 billion fund to boost deprived areas, days before a crunch brexit vote. there are celebrations on the streets of the capital, caracas, as thousands welcome home venezuela's self—declared interim leader, juan guaido. # i'm #i'ma # i'm a firestarter, twisted

firestarter. the singer keith flint, a stalwart of electronic dance music with his band the prodigy, has died. he was 49. and at 11:30pm, we will be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, the political strategist jo tanner and the economics commentator at the new statesman grace blakeley. stay with us for that. good evening. the prime minister has vowed to tackle the causes of knife crime, after two more teenagers were killed in separate attacks in london and greater manchester at the weekend. theresa may said the government would look at the issues behind knife crime, whether it is gang or drug related. but she insisted that there was no direct correlation between the rise in knife crime and a fall in police numbers. on wednesday the home secretary, sajid javid, will meet police chiefs

including those from the areas most affected by knife crime. today a former metropolitan police commissioner, lord hogan—howe, called on the government to get a grip on the rise in youth violence. june kelly's report contains some flashing images. they lived at either end of the country, butjodie chesney and yousef makki were the same age, on the verge of adulthood. and it was in the suburbs, not the city, that both their young lives were suddenly taken. today, at harold hill in romford, those who loved jodie came to the park, with its playground, where she died on friday night. she was with her boyfriend and some other friends when they were approached by two men. jodie was stabbed once in the back. as the hunt for evidence continues, her murderer, described as black and in his late teens, remains at large.

locally, on the night of the murder, between the hours of 7:00pm and 11:00pm, there are many people who had the dashcam and potentially cctv. if you have got those, please come to us with that information. meanwhile, the greater manchester force is investigating yousef makki's killing. today in a statement, his family said, "we're absolutely devastated, and cannot believe that our son has gone." locals in altrincham described how they tried to save yousef. we had to lay him on the road, so he was flat. we got him into the recovery position, mike cradled his head. we just tried to do the best for him we could. unfortunately, it wasn't enough. two other 17—year—olds have been arrested. as detectives work to find out who was responsible for both killings, the pressure is building on politicians. the country needs a knife tsar, according to a former head of the met police.

what i don't get a sense is that, every day, somebody‘s leading this and somebody‘s managing it, pulling it all together. it's a very complex problem, and it will require a big solution, but we've got to get somebody to get a grip on it. police of all ranks say there aren't enough of them. this is how officer numbers have dropped since 2010, down by 20,000. but the rise in knife crime isn't linked to a fall in officers, the prime minister insists. if you look at the figures, what you see is that there's no direct correlation between certain crimes and police numbers. what matters is how we ensure that the police are responding to these criminal acts when they take place, that people are brought to justice. but what also matters is, as a government, that we look at the issues that underpin, that underlie, this use of knives. at this boxing gym, not far from wherejodie chesney was murdered, the man who runs it is calling on people

across the community to respond to the knife crisis. let's not stick around and waitforfunding. let's look within ourselves, let's see what we have got, whatever we have got within our disposal. you know, open up our doors to these young people. have work experience opportunities for these young people. you know, open up your hearts to these young people, because these young people need you. in jodie chesney‘s community, friends are now mourning her, more young lives traumatised by the consequences of the knife crime epidemic. june kelly, bbc news, romford. it is notjust in london that knife crime is on the rise. in fact, violent crime is increasing faster outside the capital, with nearly all police forces in england and wales recording a rise since 2010. jeremy cooke has been to sheffield, where eight people were fatally stabbed last year. he has been talking to families who lost loved ones to knife crime. come on then, lily. this is wherejordan used to live. so we just use this tree as a place to come, ‘cause we ain't got nowhere else.

knife crime in sheffield means lily has lost her dad. adam is scarred for life. i got stabbed in my kidney, i lost 4.5 pints of blood. yeah, i thought i were dead. and dawn is overwhelmed by constant grief for her son. that day whenjamie died, i lost everything — everything. # it must be love, love, love... i got a phone call from my mum, saying, "you've got to get to hospital, straight away. he's been stabbed". ithought, "god, no, please, no, please don't be dead". i thought, he can't be dead. i thought, he's not going to be dead. and then they came through, about five surgeons, and just sat down and said, "we're sorry.

we tried everything, we couldn't save him". i thought, "you've got to be kidding, you're kidding me. you've got to be kidding. he only went out for a drink". jamie was stabbed to death at the age of 19, leaving his killer starting a life sentence, his mother starting hers. and he just laid on this bed with all these tubes coming out of his mouth, and ijust thought, "no, it's not jamie. he's asleep, he'll be home in a bit." and it took about a week before it hit me. no, he's not coming home, and it is him. then i thought, it can't have happened to him. it can't — why? and then you're thinking, why? why would somebody do this to him — why? some idiot with a knife. adam has lost too many friends to knife crime, and he himself is lucky to be alive.

i was at a wake for one of my friends who'd been stabbed. i left that and i was walking home. there was a big argument. somebody stabbed me in my back. sheffield has got a problem. it'sjust — people just need to stop carrying knives, and that. as in london, knife attacks here are usually by young men, against young men, but the victims are any and every age. happy father's day. send it to him. aww. to daddy, in the sky. lily was three when her dad, jordan, was stabbed to death in his flat. who's that? daddy. two years on, her mum, emily, fights to keep his memory alive. but there is no escaping the fact that lily will grow up without her dad. lily, to this day, struggles really, really bad. she came in probably less than two weeks ago saying, "mum, are you going to die soon?" and i said, "no, not yet". she said, "but you need to die, one day", and then she absolutely broke down in tears, saying, "i don't want to not have no mum".

she's absolutely petrified that, when somebody leaves, they're just never going to come back. as soon as you open a paper, somebody's been stabbed. until today, dawn has grieved forjamie in private. now, she is speaking out for the first time against the rise of knife crime and the agony that it brings. even though it's 7.5 years now, i miss him more. i miss him more, because ijust want to see him and hold him, and give him a big hug. i'm never going to come to terms with it, i'm always going to think, i want you back, i want you back, please come back. ijust say that all the time. i look at his photo, "please come back, you need to come back". jeremy cooke talking with dawn gray and others affected by knife crime.

towns in deprived areas of england are to get a £1.6 billion funding boost from the government. labour immediately dubbed the money a brexit bribe. they accused theresa may of trying to use the money to win support from 0pposition mps for her brexit deal in areas which strongly voted to leave the eu. but the government has denied that and insists the money will have a transformative impact on areas that feel left behind. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg reports from south yorkshire. just look at this. look at it, there's nothing. we've got nothing in this town. we've got this feeling that we're unimportant anymore. it's not a gold mine, it's just a dead town now. keith allsop wants his home to feel like something to him again. hatfield main pitch shut for good four years ago. there is a plan for a heritage centre, to create new work where it is gone, if there is the cash. i'm not sure whether it's a piecrust promise.

that could be broken at any time. once the vote‘s gone the way theresa may wanted it to go, if you like. why do you say that? history. there will be £1.6 billion up for grabs in places like this in england, but spread over seven years. and there is no question things are tight already. what was the library is now a centre for volunteers. well, ithink, generally speaking, all they worry about is major cities. we are absolutely desperate for that kind of money. this is the only public building in stainforth now. there used to be seven or eight, but the government cutbacks have closed these places down. there are plenty of questions, too. i think there's also a complete lack of detail there about exactly what this is for. the prime minister has announced the cash in the hope of persuading labour mps to back her on brexit. but businesses, some thriving here, don't want a sympathy vote. ultimately, if there's a pot of cash there, an economy like doncaster will want to access that,

so we can do great things for our businesses and great things for our communities here. but the timing of that feels a little cynical, today. and i think we'd be a little bit frustrated if we were still being defined by the challenge and the deprivation. but maybe brexit is a chance to reset the scales. doncaster voted strongly for brexit, because it feels left behind. there's nojobs, and people feeling that everything's being spent in london and in the south — government money. people feel as though nobody cares, which leads to a feeling of bravado, where people put on a very hard front, and it hides a lack of confidence and a feeling that they're not worth anything. so, for me and our charity, it's very important to say this place has got a lot of heritage. there's a lot of pride here. the embers are still there, and we want to stoke that. some labour mps have dismissed this promise of extra cash as an insult or even a bribe. don't expect there to be a sudden rush of support for theresa may's brexit dealfrom them.

but, just as she is crying out for votes, so too some parts of the country are crying out for a fairer slice of the pie. but brexit, like all politics, is about what can get done. not always the same as what seems right or fair. laura kuenssberg, bbc news. an investment bank led by a russian oligarch who collaborated with prince charles on charity work managed a network of offshore companies used to shift billions of dollars out of russia. that has been revealed today in a leak of confidential documents to a consortium of investigative journalists, the organised crime and corruption reporting project, which found the network set up by the investment bank received money from companies linked to majorfrauds. andy verity has been investigating. less tha n less than an hour's drive south of glasgow east humphreys house, a stately home with a precious collection of chippendale furniture. in 2007, prince charles personally intervened at the last minute to

stop the house and its contents being sold off. the lorries were stopped at iam in the morning on the motorway. on the way to the sale? on the way to christie ‘s, they turned around and came back. the last—minute price was £16 million, but a consortium of charities couldn't find that much, so the prince's charities foundation borrowed £20 million to plug the 93p- borrowed £20 million to plug the gap. the loan was secured on neighbouring land, but then came the financial crash. by 2009, the land was worth far less than the debt. to get out of the financial hole, the foundation had to cut the debt by raising £5 million from private donors. 0ne raising £5 million from private donors. one was ruben vardanyan, a wealthy russian banker. between 2009 and 2011, the prince's charities foundation received three payments adding up to about £150,000. the last of them went to a branch of the royal bank here in this round in central london. the company that

sent them was called qantas division ltd, and what is significant is on the amount, it is what we now know about that company. coutts said it doesn't comment on individual cases but was committed to fighting money—laundering. the prince's charities receive money from a company called qantas division, set up company called qantas division, set up by company called qantas division, set up bya company called qantas division, set up by a russian investment bank called troika dialogue. ruben vardanyan called troika dialogue. ruben va rdanyan was a called troika dialogue. ruben vardanyan was a major shareholder and chief executive until it was sold in 2012. he said he wasn't involved in the hands—on running of the company ‘s ruben vardanyan was managing, but now it has emerged there were some highly suspicious activities involving those companies, with billions of dollars being moved out of russia. we've got loads being written for no apparent reason. we've got limited liability companies with vast amounts of money moving into them, and then almost immediately moving up again. we've got a network of companies associated with troika dialogue that

are also connected with companies that we know have history in other scandals, like the magnets his scandal, and so on. so all in all, it looks pretty suspicious. this picture was taken in 2013 on a royal visit to a college in armenia founded by ruben vardanyan and his wife, and this picture was taken the following year as prince charles welcomed a delegation led by vardanyan welcomed a delegation led by va rdanyan to dumfries welcomed a delegation led by vardanyan to dumfries house. this building was renovated with the help of va rdanyan. according building was renovated with the help of vardanyan. according to his charities, he and his wife were asked to gather a group of sponsors to provide 16 luxury guest rooms in this building. it has been renamed echoing the name of the college that vardanyan echoing the name of the college that va rdanyan founded in echoing the name of the college that vardanyan founded in armenia. vardanyan founded in armenia. va rdanyan strongly vardanyan founded in armenia. vardanyan strongly denies knowing of any criminal activity. his lawyers told us he was not involved in the operations, management and activities of the wealth management arm of troika habitat dialogue

group, and that he has always acted ina group, and that he has always acted in a diligent way. a spokesman for the trust told us the charities apply robust due diligence process. in the case of the examples highlighted, no red flags arose during those processes. the headlines on bbc news: the home secretary says there is "no single solution" to tackling serious violence, after two 17—year—olds are fatally stabbed in separate incidents. mps accuse the government of a brexit bribe, after ministers announce a £1.6 billion fund to help deprived towns. thousands of people line the streets of venezuela's capital caracas, to welcome home the country's self—declared interim leader, juan guaido. the funeral of england's world cup winning goalkeeper gordon banks has been held in his home city of stoke. he died last month at the age of 81.

a host of famous names from the football world attended, including sir bobby charlton and his brotherjack from the 1966 winning team, along with a number of former england number ones. gordon banks's coffin was carried by goalkeepers representing the clubs he'd played for during his 20 year career. at least 23 people, including three children, have been killed as two tornadoes struck the us state of alabama. winds of up to 170 miles per hour caused catastrophic damage in lee county, in the east of the state, and officials say the death toll is expected to rise. he was threatened with arrest if he returned home, but today venezuela's opposition leader, juan guaido, ignored that warning and arrived back in the capital, caracas, mr guaido left the country a week ago after being accused by the government of trying — with the help of the us — to illegally oust the president, nicolas maduro. thousands of cheering supporters turned out to greet him today, as our correspondent

will grant reports from caracas, juan guaido could have been arrested the moment he stepped off the flight. instead, he breezed back onto venezuelan soil and into the arms of his supporters. for those who see him as their president, his return is an important step on the road to removing nicolas maduro from power. and if the goal was to maintain their momentum, this is what greeted mr guaido's return. at the height of carnival, his appearance in caracas has lifted the spirits of his faithful. translation: they threatened all of us, including me, with jail, death, but we're not going to give up fighting. we are stronger and more united than ever. translation: the arrival of guaido to this country represents the reawakening of hope among the venezuelan people.

we've been waiting for this call. this is exactly the reaction that mr guaido's supporters wanted to see from him, notjust returning to venezuela but through the front door, and thumbing his nose at mr maduro and the travel ban on his way in. president maduro, meanwhile, spent the day insisting all was well, admiring the country's tourism infrastructure over the extended holiday. he sastuan guaido has acted illegally and is trying to stage a coup. but he knows arresting him would bring an instant reaction, both on the streets of venezuela and from abroad. the trump administration has made no bones about its support for mr guaido. the national security adviser, john bolton, warned president maduro of swift retribution should anything happen to him. so the lines of the venezuelan conflict are drawn. now the question most venezuelans are asking is if mr maduro

will accept his opponent's return or arrest him in the coming days. will grant, bbc news, caracas. some other top stories on bbc news: a major inquiry into allegations of past child sexual abuse linked to westminster will consider whether political parties "turned a blind eye" to it or covered it up. the liberal party's response to allegations made against the late mp cyril smith will also be examined in the latest phase of the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse. prince harry has officially dedicated a memorial in birmingham to the british victims of the 2015 tunisia terrorist attacks. the memorial will be a focus of remembrance for those killed in two separate attacks on the bardo museum in tunis, and a hotel beach resort in sousse. a number of the british victims were from the midlands. an nhs regulator has abandoned plans to appoint a panel to oversee the inquiry into the shrewsbury and telford nhs trust. more than 200 families have come forward, alleging poor maternity

care at the trust had led to mothers and babies dying or suffering harm. some families had threatened to withdraw their consent from the inquiry if a panel was set up, saying it would undermine its independence. a british man, who insists he went to syria to volunteer as an aid worker, has been stripped of his citizenship. the home office told takhir sharif that he'd be a risk to national security if he returned to the uk. mr sharif, who is in syria with his british wife and children, claims he's been delivering aid supplies, but admits using weapons there. he's appealing against the government's decision. our special correspondent lucy manning has been talking to him. —— tauqir sharif. tauqir sharif left britain for syria nearly seven years ago,

he says, to volunteer, set up a charity and help those injured in the fighting. his aid work has been featured by the bbc and other broadcasters. but the government doesn't want him to return. in syria, i've been in a war zone for six years. from syria, he told the bbc he's been stripped of his citizenship, seen as a threat to national security. i've got the home office's letter here. it says, "you're aligned with an al-qaeda aligned group." no, of course not. i mean, i came out here to help the innocent people that were being massacred by the bashar regime. there's many expats like myself, doctors, engineers, educated people, that have come here legitimately and sincerely to help the syrian people. because mr sharif‘s father is pakistani, the home office says he wouldn't be stateless. it's racist, the british government, if they believe that i'm pakistani by birthright, to a country that i've never lived in. if i was a white aid worker, that worked for 0xfam, i don't think you'd be asking me the same questions. but you don't deny that you've picked up a weapon and you have fought in syria. i've defended myself and i've

defended the syrian people. i don't deny that, no. and i don't think there's anything wrong with that. you're going to take me to secret courts and the evidence is so secret that i can't defend myself, i — is this the british justice that we believe in? mr sharif admits he's used an ak—47, claiming it was to protect his aid convoys, and he still carries a handgun. he lives with his british wife and five children in idlib, but says the children don't have uk passports because when he applied for his eldest daughter, he claims he was told wrongly there was an administrative error. although his family don't want to return to britain at the moment, he is appealing against losing his citizenship. he's been driving ambulances, delivering aid. he's done nothing to warrant the deprivation of his citizenship. the government obviously has information to suggest otherwise. well, tell us what it is, give us some indication of what it is so that we can defend it, because mr sharif doesn't accept that. the home office has said revoking citizenship is to protect the public and is based on all available

evidence and not taken lightly. some also questioned mr sharif‘s claim to be only an aid worker. a lot of people went to syria to fight, orjoin terrorist groups, under the pretext of doing charity work. so just because someone says they're an aid worker doesn't mean that they are an aid worker, and certainly all the aid workers i know have never picked up guns in conflict. he is now one of around 150 britons who have had their citizenship removed. lucy manning, bbc news. the actor luke perry has died aged 52. he found international fame in the 1990s through the us teen drama, beverly hills, 90210. he'd been in hospital since wednesday, after suffering a stroke at his home in california. the singer from the prodigy, keith flint, has died at the age of 49. the prodigy were one of the uk's biggest bands in the 1990s and brought electronic music into the mainstream, becoming the first dance band

to headline glastonbury. there are flashing images coming up. # i'm the trouble starter, punkin' instigator. # i'm the fear addicted, and a danger illustrated. # i'm a firestarter, twisted firestarter. .. nothing is as blatant as "i'm going to start fires". i mean it's just a little delve within myself and a sort of a bit about me and what goes on inside. # i'm a firestarter, twisted firestarter. # twisted, yeah, i'm twisted. # you're the firestarter, twisted firestarter. ..# when you're in front of 5,000 people and you can go out there and just with the aid of the music and a visual performance, you can stir all them people up into a frenzy, and that's almost like starting a massive fire or a riot.

keith flint, who's died at 49. we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, the political strategist jo tanner and the economics commentator at the new statesman, grace blakely. that's coming up after the headlines at 11:30pm. now it's time for the weather with louise leah. —— with sarah. a logo. as we head through the first week of spring, our weather is staying fairly u nsettled. our weather is staying fairly unsettled. it was a reasonably mild and the winter that over the next few days, it is going to be a bit chilly and unsettled but with further rain and summer hill snow in the north to contend with too. it sta rts the north to contend with too. it starts off on a fairly quiet note but we have this area of low pressure waiting in the wings, that is going to bring some increasingly wetter weather for the middle of the

week. for the remainder of tuesday, some hill snow into the high ground of scotland, perhaps into the north of scotland, perhaps into the north of england as well. some rain and hill snow across parts of scotland. at the england and wales, a largely dry, sunny day that late in the afternoon, low pressure brings rain, cloud and strengthening wind in from the west. we will all see a wet and windy weather spell living in from the west, as the weather shifts its way gradually north eastwards across the uk. i think it will be scotland again that will keep the rain out higher levels and snow over the ground for the longest. the rest of the uk, a mix of sunny spells and scattered mastery showers working their way eastwards. reasonably mild in the south and east, but much colder conditions across scotland and northern ireland with temperatures well done in single figures. so an unsettled picture to be middle part of the week. low

pressure readings into thursday, as that so reduce its way off into the north sea, it opens the door for these winds to move in. they are going to bring some showers but some of the show is again having a wintry flavour, particularly over the hills of scotland, perhaps also over the south. a cold day too further south and about ten or 11 degrees. getting onto the end of the working week, the smaller ridge of pressure forward time as we moved into the early hours of writing it is not long before the next weather system moves in from the west but actually, friday i think the quietest weather day in the week. more cloud moves in from the west with more wet, wintry weather later on. still looking at pretty chilly temperatures, a roundabout seven to 11 degrees on friday. we still have this fairly slow—moving frontal system drifting its way gradually eastwards, getting onto the day on saturday. after

mostly dry start, that means we will see more unsettled weather on saturday, plenty of heavy showers, and they chilly, brisk northerly wind. some hill snow across scotland, perhaps northern england, northern ireland as well. though the south—east, you're more likely to stay dry with some sunshine but again, temperatures nothing to write home about. —— for the south—east. you can see the blue collars, we are going to be on the col decided that jetstrea m. going to be on the col decided that jetstream. the jet stream going to be on the col decided that jetstream. thejet stream divides the cold air in the north from the milderair in the the cold air in the north from the milder air in the south. as we head into next week, we also going to see it more low pressure moving in. all the time, we are on the northern, chilly side of that jetstream over the next ten days or so. all in all, as we look ahead to the next six to ten days into next week, it will stay pretty unsettled. 0ften pretty windy on the card is well, are also some hill snow at times too. that