well, the girls had been in dubai and they surprised me by coming home a week early. we had a laugh for that week together, yeah. but it could have been so different, couldn't it? we had a ball. you had the best time? we did, yeah. it was a nice night, yeah. did you speak to ellie on christmas eve? did you speak to elle on christmas eve? in the morning, yeah. she was coming round. she'd bought me a jacket when we were shopping in manchester for christmas, and i'd left it in the car and she rang me and she said, "i'll come round and pass you your coat and i'll help you do the presents." wrap the presents, because again, i'm useless at that. and she said, "i'll see you around teatime, dad."

and that was at one o'clock. and then i was just waiting for her to call. and that was the last time we spoke. when did you hear anything from the police? who was the first person to call? it was me son. me son come. woke me up at... must have been 3:00 in the morning, something like that. they tried to wake me up at first, earlier on. but they couldn't. they couldn't get me out of bed. and then the second time, they came back and... he chokes up.

i knew straightaway something was seriously wrong. i just knew. i could tell. the morning after, from what they told me, they were turning police officers away from the police station wherever they were. these are police officers turning up, saying, "i want to come on shift"? yeah, christmas day. they've seen what's happened, obviously. they felt the need to give up their christmas day — which no one should have to do — to turn up and do what they can. which, i suppose for most people, it'd be quite easy to pretend your phone hasn't gone

off, isn't it? itjust shows you the standard that they have, which i'll be forever grateful for. the police said that elle was like so many other people in merseyside during that period. wrong place, wrong time. well, then the opposite of that is the right place at the right time, because she should have been out enjoying herself, christmas eve with her friends, waiting for the day... the next day to come for her to go and spend with her family. so she was in the right place. the person who pulled that trigger was in the wrong place. i can't begin to understand where someone's mind quite bluntly says, "i'm going to get in a car, i'm going to drive to a pub full of people with a machine gun, and i'm going to open it up." "i'm going to fire

it into that pub." where does that thought...? who has that thought? oh, and then thinks he's getting away with it. yeah, this is not a gta... what is it? grand theft auto or whatever they call it. this is not a video game. this is real life. these are people dying in front of people. and the effect that that's had on the people that were there. the people who tried to save elle. it's affected them. i've met them people and they're affected. so that...thing that pulled the trigger. i hope he rots in hell. merseyside, wallasey, new brighton, the woodchurch estate, the beechwood estate. these are areas where you've brought up your kids, where your kids are bringing up their grandchild. yeah. what is your message to the people in those areas? the most powerful thing we have is the sense of community.

it's still there in these places. i think a lot of people maybe are afraid because they're intimidated by these gangs who are hanging around. but if they were to stick together, then they're going to win every time. and that's all it is — you've got to stick together. i know it's easier said than done. i really do realise that. but if we start making it happen in a small way and it'll only get bigger, then it's going to benefit your community where you live. for now, we need to be doing something now. my problem is to stop another elle edwards, another ashley dale, another olivia pratt—korbell. and if i can be part of something that helps stop these kids doing these horrendous crimes, then i'm all for it.

i'll do what i can. as we heard tim edwards say, his mission is now to stop gun violence on merseyside. our reporter lindsey prosser has been to wallasey, to speak to people living on the estates where the gangs operate, to hear how they're trying to tackle crime. for months, the woodchurch estate has been the focus of media attention. elle edwards' killer was repeatedly banned from the estate. this community does not want to be tarnished with a reputation for gang violence. it's a community that wants opportunities for its young people, a community that wants change. they're tired and they're fearful of how the estate is presented in the outside world. people are proud of this estate, they love the estate, but for years and years and years, they've seen services reduced, they've had their opportunities for young people — youth centres — closing down.

the local leisure centre remains closed. the council has plans foralternatives, but that will take time. matt works for a charity providing youth and family support on the estate. a range of activities encourage positive ambitions and resilience. but, as on other estates, gang members try to groom new recruits. from the relationships that are built with the young person through the youth workers that are currently doing the youth club now, hopefully they'll say, "ooh, i got this iphone." the youth worker will then be able to challenge, "where did you get that from?" and try and then be able to have that conversation. and i think that's key to everything, is those significant other relationships to be able to spot that is needed, and those relationships have to be built over time and doing positive things with them. across the m53 motorway is the beechwood estate — home to the rival gang being targeted on the night of elle edwards' murder.

it is fair to say that's a very small minority of people who live in this area we are involved in crime and anti—social behaviour. the vast majority of people are decent people who look after themselves. this skate park is one of a number of community resources which has been built by a stream of lottery funding. brian kenny believes creating opportunities for all ages on the beechwood estate is vital for the community to thrive. but the community also has a part to play in fighting gang crime. it appears to be a culture of "you don't grass". so if you know somebody's involved in crime or anti—social behaviour, you don't tell anybody. i think that needs to change because i think it's important that the vast majority are allowed to live in a place where they feel safe. you've got to bridge that gap between professionals or authority and actual people — and that's only done

via relationships, and you can only do that by the softly, softly, build those relationships with the police, with all organisations, and work together. lindsey prosser, bbc news. a reminder that we are expecting the sentencing of connor chapman for the murder of elle edwards in the next hour and we will cross to liverpool crown court here on bbc news to hear thejudge's remarks. now, are you an early morning runner? maybe you do a quick 5k before you go to work, or you get up early at the weekend to get a few miles under your belt. well, spare a moment for aaron robinson who does a marathon every morning, from 3.00am. this week he completed his 200th consecutive marathon, with his dogs — on hampstead heath in north london. he says he's not stopping any time soon. so i'm aaron robinson.

i run a marathon every single day with my dogs. come on. i've just finished day 200, so 200 marathons in 200 days. i never thought i'd actually get this far, so it feels really good to have finished it. it's always entertaining. we try and go somewhere new. we try and have fun. they always find a stick or a ball or something to play with. so it makes it a lot more interesting than if i'm just on my own. i've only had one blister so far, so i think i'm pretty lucky. still only on my third pair of shoes. when i'm halfway through, i feel fine because you've got the motivation to carry on. it's when you finish it. that's the issue. sometimes, actually, it's quite difficult walking down the stairs or if i've sat down for a while getting up again. so i do feel like i'm like 80 or 90 years old! i run through all types of different conditions. we started off in the snow, then we went through rain, hail. sometimes it rained the entire time, sometimes really sunny. but i also love seeing the different seasons and connecting to nature when i run. so actually it's been

really enjoyable seeing different weather conditions. so i'm doing this to raise money for hope forjustice there, a charity committed to ending modern day slavery and human trafficking. so no matter what pain i'm going through on my run, it's really nothing compared to victims and survivors of modern day slavery that are literally trapped and can't run away. how long am i going to go for? so we've done more than the official guinness records. i'm pretty sure we have the official dog record as well, but we're just going to keep going for as long as we can. i actually don't want to set a limit because then i always think, well, i could do more, i could do another one. so the goal is just to do as many as we possibly can. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello again. many of us have got some warm, if not hot weather to look forward to this afternoon, with plenty of sunshine across england and wales. further north, it wasn't the most promising start to the day. for northern ireland and scotland, here over the last 2a hours some places have seen about a third

of a month's worth of rain, so the weather has been pretty wet. also very cloudy to start off with here in the highlands. that cloud is all associated with weather front which will tend to pull its way north—westwards through the afternoon. eventually we'll get something a little bit brighter working in across both scotland and for northern ireland, as well. it's across england and wales that wew see a big jump that we see a big jump upwards in temperatures. yesterday, widely we had highs into the low 20s, whereas this afternoon in this sunshine we should see those temperatures hitting around 29 degrees. there could be one or two showers in northern ireland. i suspect the majority of these won't be particularly heavy. temperatures are at their highest across england and wales — 26 to 29 degrees widely. we're into the low 20s for scotland and for northern ireland, with the weather gradually turning a bit brighter. 0vernight tonight, well, we start off with clear skies across much of the uk. it will turn increasingly humid and probably temperatures rising a bit as we go through the night. 18 to 20 across parts of england

and wales as we get into the first part of saturday morning. through saturday, it's a day of sunshine and showers. the showers starting off in the west, but will leap across into northern england and scotland, where we have a zone of extra moisture being pulled in from the near continent. some of these thunderstorms could bring 50 millimetres rain, about a month's worth, for some in the space ofjust a few hours, hence the risk of some flash flooding. still hot across eastern england. temperatures higher across northern areas of scotland, with mid to high 20s possible here. through saturday night time, still a risk of some really big downpours for northern england and scotland posing a threat of some localised flooding. 0n into sunday, we could see some storms develop across france clip eastern areas of england, but otherwise the showers and thunderstorms that develop through the day will tend to work in from the south and west, still with some sunshine between any downpours. temperatures a little bit lower generally and overall a fresher feel to the weather, but where the sunshine comes through, temperatures still potentially around 23 or 2a in the warmest spots.

next week is looking very unsettled with further showers and thunderstorms widely. live from london, this is bbc news. live from london, this is bbc news. against russian forces. ukraine calls for more ukraine calls for more long—range weapons to speed long—range weapons to speed

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