30 deaths were in london, but knife injuries are actually down in the capital by 10 per cent on last year. and in the west midlands, there have been 8 deaths due to knives since january, with the police and crime this is bbc news. commissioner, now declaring i'm martine croxall. an emergency, as our home affairs correspondent tom the headlines at 11:00: symonds, reports from birmingham. this is what a knife can do the prime minister could now ask mps to vote on to a child's arm in a second. the best way forward, jack, he's14, was robbed as labour and the conservatives fail and stabbed by strangers in a park in dudley. how many is it, jack? to reach a cross party agreement. 14. he was very close to having an artery cut, wasn't he? and that would have been in particular, we have not been able very, very serious. yes, really. he was...he's just so lucky. if that had gone through his stomach to ove rco m e in particular, we have not been able to overcome the fact that there isn't a common position in labour as well, again, he wouldn't be here. about whether they want to deliver we've got to do something. we've got to stop it. brexit or hold a second referendum we really have got to stop it. which would reverse it. it's wrong. there you go. the 100 fatal knife attacks this year are concentrated in big cities. the west midlands has eight. the government is negotiating with i'io the government is negotiating with no authority or ability to deliver that's a high number, given its population. a 19—year—old was stabbed right here in birmingham. brexit. also on the programme: thankfully, he survived. more harrowing testimony from the inquests into the blood is still the london bridge attack. here on the steps. the inquests hear how a young nurse was killed, after rushing to the aid when you talk to the police and experts about this, of one of the victims. you get all sorts of answers. talks to avert the collapse of british steel resumed today, drugs, social media, after the firm secured funds to stay children excluded from school. afloat until the end of may. but what about austerity? a statue of the comedian,

victoria wood, is unveiled in 2009, a training session for gang in her home town of bury, mediators who tried to intervene when rivals in birmingham three years after her death. were trying to kill each other. the murder rate fell. the famous feline, grumpy cat, who became an internet sensation and sparked thousands of memes, has died. and at 11:30 we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, benedicte paviot, the uk correspondent for france 2a, and kate andrews, the associate director of the institute but in 2012, the scheme of economic affairs. was scrapped. it hurts in here. and it wasn't. .. the fact that something that was working so well was just literally thrown away. so, they stopped it because of funding? i thought they felt it was job done, but the catalyst for that was austerity. and of course, it wasn'tjob done, so they're having to reintroduce gang mediation. lack of cash is also hampering the police, even in priority violent crime. good evening and welcome to bbc news. theresa may and jeremy corbyn are blaming divisions unquestionably, in some cases in each other‘s party, of violence, the investigation for the breakdown of talks won't move at the same pace as it to try to find a consensus would have done in the past. to end the deadlock over brexit. the conservatives and labour have and pace is important. been in negotiations for six weeks, pace is hugely important,

so we prioritise these things but today mr corbyn said hugely, but sometimes that competing they collapsed because demand means the resourcing of "weakness and instability" isn't always adequate. within the government. however, mrs may blamed splits there was a stabbing just down in the labour party, over whether or not there should the road by the shop. be another referendum. at coundon primary school the prime minister is now in coventry, a new approach. considering holding the children... a series of votes for mps to try so, we're going to do a scenario. ..teach each other to deal with conflict. to agree a way forward. you tell sathnam, and he says he's here's our deputy political going to take a knife editor, john pienaar. into school to protect himself. the idea is, it makes them more odd to see them talking resilient before they head at all about a brexit compromise, but still bad news for mrs may to secondary school, more able to say no when they broke down. to peer pressure. these talks have now reached if it starts like a big, like, what i believe to be argument, it might start getting, a natural conclusion. the prime minister has announced like, other people involved. this is what's sometimes the date she's leaving, called a public health there have been increasing noises approach to violence — in other words, immunising children offstage by conservative cabinet to a disease which may be spreading. ministers and others who don't agree with much of the talks, or any of the discussion we're holding, so we are concluding the talks. so, no comfort here for a prime minister on borrowed time. it's got the appearance that those helping her was hardly people who are inclined to violence mr corbyn‘s priority anyway. are actually becoming more violent than they were previously. what a time to promote the tories' someone has to clean the blood from the streets. faltering euro election campaign. much harder to find ways of preventing the bloodshed. tom symonds, bbc news, birmingham. no cheering crowds, not many there in bristol

for her stock message. next thursday, we will be holding european elections. the conservative party didn't want to be fighting these. rehearsals are underway for what's being described we wanted to be out as the most controversial eurovision of the european union. song contest ever held. the finals are taking place indeed, if parliament had in israel tomorrow night, backed our brexit deal, but pro—palestinian campaigners have we could already have left the eu. called for a boycott of the contest, and organisers fear protestors may and the breakdown of brexit talks? be planning disruption. and after a lot of speculation, all labour's fault. madonna will perform at the event in tel aviv, from where our correspondent david sillito reports. we haven't been able to overcome the fact that welcome to the eurovision there isn't a common position in labour song contest 2019. about whether they want to deliver israel, and the week—long eurovision brexit or hold a second referendum, party is now in full swing. which could reverse it. six weeks these talks went on. live from tel aviv, israel. some concessions, but labour is split on a new referendum but remember, all this is happening and the tories on sharing against a background of considerable eu customs rules. there may soon be commons votes political tension on the border on brexit options with gaza, which raises issues and an attempt to pass of security. legislation to leave. i think it's important that parliament takes a decision and i think that means every mp thinking in their conscience that perhaps they're going to have to accept their second or third preference, to find the right compromise. but the pressure is intense.

those tories who are campaigning at all — will there be protests and also, will people turn up? and many aren't bothering — expect a bad euro election as you can see, the crowds are here, but even among some of the entrants, there are questions. night next thursday. # svallid var homlulaust... this is iceland's hatari, and they have qualms about israel, but have been told "no reporter: do you think you're too politics", on or off stage. we've been warned. divisive a character to be we've been told we reached the limit of the ebu's tolerance regarding politics. tory leader...? borisjohnson has now declared himself a candidate to succeed mrs may. other potential runners would also but at the same time, like to see brexit delivered first. we're told they can't change our views. indeed, eurovision bosses reporter: do you want were today making their the top job, mr gove? position more than clear. hello, good morning. i think the most important thing if a competitor staged that we all need to do is to focus a protest, what would you do? well, we would on the fact that the government intervene immediately. is bringing forward we have very strict the withdrawal agreement bill, rules and policies. which will allow us to leave the european union. you'd shut the performance down? if theresa may's last effort to get yeah, for sure we'd be shutting it brexit passed here ends in failure, down, and they would be the next tory leader may well take punished afterwards. office having promised meanwhile, the first a sharper break from the eu. brief glimpse of madonna. the ca rd—carrying conservatives who will choose britain's next prime minister after a week of doubts, are by and large brexiteers. senior conservatives are convinced that the chances of britain leaving one eurovision insider with no deal are as high now as they've ever been. is now confident parliament might oppose that, but constitutional experts say that she will perform. only the government could at a single stroke i have heard madonna's

stop it happening. voice in that arena, and it wasn't a cd. john pienaar reporting. you're confident, saturday night? i'm quietly confident. i'd put a shekel or two on it. the inquest into deaths of the eight people killed david sillito, bbc news, tel aviv. in the london bridge attacks in 2017, has heard how an off—duty nurse went to the aid a two—metre high statue of an injured man, and was set of the comedian and actress victoria wood has been unveiled upon by all three attackers. kirsty boden, who was 28, in her home town of bury today. it's three years since and had moved to the uk she died from cancer. from australia, was one the statue shows her posed of those who died. in her trademark stage stance, the inquest also heard with microphone in hand. from wayne marks, according to herfriend, comedian ted robbins, the first police victoria wood was a "shy show—off". officer on the scene. so what would she have daniel sandford reports. made of her statue? dave guest was there for the big reveal. an australian nurse with a love of travel, kirsty boden was living in london with her english boyfriend. this song, the ballad of barry and in her flowery dress, she was just caught on cctv as she came to the boro bistro for a meal. frieda, spoke volumes about victoria when a van crashed into the railings above where they were eating, would's humour. quick, clever, the camera picked up kirsty again, beautifully crafted and very, very telling her friends to wait funny. stop shouting, stop shouting. while she went to treat the injured. but those friends, harriet mooney and melanie schroeder, told the coroner that it quickly became clear that this was notjust a car crash.

as the stabbing began, so why do better than a new kirsty rushed to help alexandre pigeard, arrangement of her classic to herald the start of a special day in her who was dying on the ground. but she was herself set home town of bury. townsfolk were on by the knifemen, here to see an unveiling the statue and despite the efforts in honour of the comic genius who of her friends was one of their own. she was a shy and an off—duty gp, she also died. she had no chance. she was one girl on her show off but she loved gatherings like this, she'd say, nurse to see own against three guys, so like this, she'd say, nurse to see so many northern ladies include armed with knives, and it was only ghouls. she used words like google after she received ‘s. a favourite word in english the fatal wounds that she... language, she told me because ..she then left. macaroon. have you seen it on the leaving five people dying from stab wounds around the boro bistro, trolley? the tory, what would she and others seriously injured, the attackers then have made of this? if anybody asked came up the stairs and headed down borough high street her would you like a statue, she towards the lobos tapas restaurant. would have probably said no. if you there, they started wa nt to would have probably said no. if you want to do it, go ahead and do it so stabbing a young couple, she would be proud, quietly. marie bondeville and oliver dowling, want to do it, go ahead and do it so she would be proud, quietlym margie would have let her who both survived because on foot concentration lapse for just patrol across the road margie would have let her concentration lapse forjust one second, i could literally... was pc wayne marques. the queen awarded him the george medal for what he did next. victoria wood is a cultural icon for

seeing one of the knifemen this country and she is one of stabbing 0liver dowling, he took the decision bury's favourite daughters so we are to try to save his life. keen to ensure her legacy is honoured in the right way. "i took my baton out and charged keen to ensure her legacy is honoured in the right waym keen to ensure her legacy is honoured in the right way. it is very suitable the statue is the attacker," he told the coroner. situated/ bang opposite the library "my intention was to hit him and bury year because according to local legend, the young victoria as hard as i could." would use to have a habit of borrowing books from here on but he was then set officially and i'm told that she upon by all three men. actually returned one as recently as "the three of them stood almost ten yea rs shoulder to shoulder," he said. actually returned one as recently as ten years ago with a letter of "they looked like a wolf pack." apology, of course. the statue is wayne marques was seriously injured, as was off duty pc charlie guenigault, who also took on the attackers. daniel sandford, bbc perfect. i've come all the way from news, at the old bailey. surely, just to have a look. i've been watching it from the first cutting of the grass until now and the united states and canada it's come out very good. and for ted have agreed to drop tariffs on steel and aluminium imports imposed last year. the move follows lengthy negotiations and a telephone call robbins to be here, it's a true on friday between president trump honour and robbins to be here, it's a true and the canadian prime minister, honourand i'm sure robbins to be here, it's a true honour and i'm sure victoria would have been thrilled. the life i'm justin trudeau. the tariffs were introduced sure she was all here, she would be by the us on the grounds of national security, and have delayed the implentation saying, what the heck is all this of a new trade accord

acorss north america. fuss about? meanwhile talks about the future of british steel the famous feline, grumpy cat, have restarted today. the company's got the money to stay who became an internet sensation afloat until the end of may, and sparked thousands of memes, has died in arizona. and the bbc understands photos of the cat's permanent scoul that its future will be discussed went viral, leading to television at "ministerial level". ian reeve reports. for 60 years, this mill on teesside appearances, lucrative advertising deals and millions of adoring fans. has taken slabs of steel and turned them into beams for use in construction. but this week, it came perilously close to shutting, its parent company british steel was apparently on the brink of administration, blaming brexit turmoil, and asked of the government for a loan of £75 million. memory, turn yourface memory, turn your face to the moonlight. she was born but came a that didn't happen, but the company's lenders have come to the rescue, global phenomenon is grumpy cat when pumping in cash while it tries to plot a long—term future, which may or may not photos of her went viral in 2012. include government help. because of these expressions, it a teesside mp who knows about the pain that steeljob losses makes you smile, you can't be can bring, grumpy. i tried to have a grumpy says it has every reason to invest in the industry. face but you can't. but on friday, we've got fantastic steel her owners shared the sad news to industry in this country, grumpy cat's 4 million social media we are cutting edge, we are innovative, is followers. some days i grumpy we are developing loads of new types of steel, we are very efficient,

we've got a great workforce, than others, she wrote. she there's all the reasons why we should have a thriving steel industry in this country, but at the moment, we are not encountered complications from a competing on a level playing field with other countries, notjust in europe, but around the world as well. urinary tract infection that became with a bit more government support, and a strategic approach to support the industry, we can really do that. the company behind british steel too tough for her to overcome. she is an investment house called, was seven years old. the news has grable, buying it from tarter in 2016. prompted grumpy cat's fans to it's rescued other businesses, remember her life and maybe there but equally, had some failures, we re remember her life and maybe there were nine of them because her success were nine of them because her su ccess was were nine of them because her success was extraordinary. aside such as the crashed from the thousands of on line jokes, grumpy cat travelled the world. there was merchandise, sponsorship, book deals, celebrity meet and airline, monarch. greets. she's even been immortalised asa greets. she's even been immortalised as a waxwork figure at madame tussauds in san francisco. she was 1300 people in the region, 11,500 in total across the country, are hoping it's steel investment proves to be one thrilled, as you can see. she was of its eventual winners. ian reeve, bbc north. still thrilled. there was also a cameo appearance on the bbc. this isn't just any old there have been renewed calls for better access to cameo appearance on the bbc. this isn'tjust any old cat, this is grumpy cat. i'm like grumpy cat. the cannabis—based medicines, for children with severe epilepsy. the law was changed last year to allow doctors to prescribe unlicensed drugs containing cannabis. but the bbc has learned that only aromas say how unique facial two children are getting the medicine on the nhs. expression is due to a form of dwarfism but it's made her one of 0ur medical correspondent fergus walsh looks at the richest animals in history. the contrasting experience, grumpy cat's network is estimated to

be in the millions of dollars but now the internet is saying good of two families. sophia and indie—rose have the same night to a taught us it's ok to be rare form of epilepsy and used to suffer life—threatening grumpy sometimes. seizures nearly every week, until being treated and we'll be taking with cannabis—based medicines. an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers benedicte paviot, sophia's mum danielle, on the left, uk correspondent for france 2a, and kate andrews, the associate director of the institute gets her prescription on the nhs. of economic affairs. but indie—rose's parents, on the right, that's coming up after smuggle the same drugs into the uk. the headlines at 11:30. now it's time for the weather. tannine and anthony have come to a pharmacy in the netherlands to pick up two cannabis medicines it's been a great week, scotland very best. a bit cooler closer to prescribed by a dutch doctor. this cost us today £1200 the south and east coast. a weak and will give us approximately a months worth of oil for indie. area of low pressure to bring more how long can that continue? cloud and scattered showers. some it can't. sunny spells and warm in the sun. this will be the last time that we can afford to come here. this feature bringing wetter the cannabis oils made at the dutch conditions to the north of the country on saturday. a bit of a pharmacy have two key ingredients. reverse of fortune. damp weather for cbd, cannabidiol, known to reduce seizures. scotla nd reverse of fortune. damp weather for scotland and northern ireland. and thc, the psychoactive compound in cannabis. further south, clouds breaking up, sunshine appearing. it will feel

nhs specialists are worried quite pleasant in the sunshine. also about its effects on the brain. sparking off heavy, thundery showers when the law was changed last year, it was meant to put a stop to families coming to the netherlands and smuggling cannabis—based and with lighter winds, these will medicines back into the uk. be slow—moving. sunday, the pressure it hasn't worked. chart. still this area of low that's because uk specialists pressure, barely any isobars in the are still reluctant to prescribe the dutch cannabis oils, chart. that means the winds are going to be exceptionally light. a as they haven't been through the same stringent clinical benign atmosphere. sunshine, trials as nhs medicines. 2a hours later, tannine and anthony showers, longer spells of rain, may land back in the uk. be sharp showers further south as so you made it? temperatures reach highs of 18— 20 yes. what does it feel like degrees but even a few degrees having to do that run, because you are breaking the law? warmerfor degrees but even a few degrees warmer for scotland. degrees but even a few degrees myself, for sure, i am really warmerfor scotland. into anxious every single time i go, degrees but even a few degrees warmer for scotland. into next degrees but even a few degrees warmerfor scotland. into next week, and especially when i come back. sticking in the same pattern with back home in suffolk, sunshine and showers although the emphasis will be on drier weather. tannine prepares the cannabis oil. very light winds again. had have your medicine? she says it's made a dramatic difference, cutting the frequency and severity of five—year—old indie—rose's seizures and making her more alert. her seizures controlled her life effectively, so she was so tired

all the time from having seizures and sedative medications, that she really didn't do anything at all. when she has the cannabis medicine, the whole picture changes. the impact on everyone makes life worth living. move all these beds together... in belfast, danielle has also seen huge improvements in seven—year—old sophia, who used to be blue—lighted to hospital nearly every week with life—threatening, prolonged seizures. so, compared to a weekly occurrence, to not needing an ambulance in nine months, to us, it is like a miracle. we are very, very fortunate to get it through the nhs. it's just we know a lot of other families out there are either hearing no, or that the trust won't fund it. nhs doctors who treat children with severe epilepsy say safety concerns are a key reason why they're refusing to prescribe the dutch cannabis oils.

first and foremost, we want to do no harm. there's no question we have a whole multitude of children who are resistant to our standard medications. but we need to look at making sure we're not going to make them any worse and make sure that we're giving an appropriate product. we want to do trials in order to look into this, but we don't feel we can just prescribe it without having more of a knowledge base. there is a new cbd medicine made by a british company from these cannabis plants which has gone through clinical trials. around 80 children are on the drug. but sophia and indie—rose's parents want to stay on the unlicensed dutch cannabis oils, which also contain thc, saying, if they work, why change things? fergus walsh, bbc news. two years ago next week, saffie roussos, who was eight years old, was the youngest person to die in the attack on a concert at the manchester arena. her mother lisa was also very badly injured and was in a coma for 6 weeks.

but after extensive surgery and rehabilitation, she's now preparing to walk the route of the great manchester run this weekend, to raise money for a new charity in her daughter's memory. she's given her first broadcast interview alongside her husband, andrew, to our north of england correspondent, judith moritz. i remember leaving, and saffie had got my hand, this hand, and she was pulling, jumping about, and the next minute, i just hit the floor with a thud. ijust remember lying there and trying to move, i wasjust phys...just paralysed, i couldn't even, i couldn't move a finger, i couldn't move at all, i could blink, ijust kept thinking to myself, "keep your eyes open," and then somebody finally spoke to me, and started moving me. they asked me my name, and ijust said saffie, that's all i could get out.

i wanted to say, "will you just go and find saffie?" then i must have gone again, because the next time i remember them cutting myjeans off, and that was the last thing i remembered until i woke up. how many weeks later? six weeks. six weeks later. what happened at that point, andrew was with you? andrew was with me, and i can remember thinking, well, "why has he not mentioned saffie?" and i knew, ijust knew. i thought if i'm this badly hurt, and she was a tiny 8—year—old, then what chance would she have? it's like an intuition. yeah. did you ask the question? i said, "she's gone, isn't she?" it's a painful moment. i can't talk about it.

because it's so raw, and it's two years on, i know that. it makes no difference at all, does it? no, it doesn't. still like yesterday? i feel like we are stuck in 2017. you do, you feel like you're stuck. it's amazing how these two years have gone by, but sometimes we talk amongst each other, you're stuck in 2017. and for you, over the last two years, balancing your bereavement, your loss, with your recovery, how have those two things been possible? ifelt like i needed to be strong, and i needed to be the best i could be before i could deal with the loss of saffie. i had to learn to walk again. the first few steps around the ward, i felt like i'd ran a marathon, didn't i? i was out of breath. sweating. it's only about five steps.

the hand, i think the progress was a lot slower with my hand. do you ever think about the person responsible? no. never. coming to manchester, taking part in the run in manchester, how will that feel do you think, being back here? i know it's going to be emotional. but it's a good thing, and we need, we need it, don't we? something good's got to come out of something so awful, it's got to. judith moritz speaking to the parents of saffie roussos. a far—right extremist has been sentenced to life in prison, for plotting to kill his local mp. jack renshaw, who's 23 and from skelmersdale in lancashire, admitted buying a 19—inch knife to attack rosie cooper, and a female police officer who was investigating him. a doctor who sexually assaulted women and girls,

one as young as 12, has been jailed for 10.5 years. alan tutin assaulted the victims at the merrow park practice in guildford, targetting the most vulnerable patients over two decades. he was convicted of 16 assaults in total, which were committed after telling the women and girls they needed breast and internal examinations. for the first time in the uk, doctors have used keyhole surgery to treat a baby with spina bifida, while still in the womb. sherrie sharp and her sonjackson, had the operation 27 weeks into pregnancy. surgeons at king's college hospital in london, say the spinal procedure isn't a cure, but could mean a child might be able to walk. new figures show that a hundred people have been fatally stabbed so far this year in the uk, amid a rise in serious knife crime in england and wales over the last five years. 83 of the victims were men and 17 were women, and police have brought charges 00:18:41,553 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 in 86 of the 100 cases.