sara thornton there. rises. the government says it will make an announcement once a decision is finalised. detectives in ireland are assisting british counterterrorism officers investigating a number of small explosive devices sent to locations in london. the packages were found yesterday at heathrow airport, london city airport and waterloo station. the a4—sized white postal bags contained yellow envelopes which appeared capable of igniting a small fire when opened. two of the packages had irish postmarks. millions of people will struggle to access coins and notes as we move towards a cashless society. the use of cards has increased, while a record number of cash machines and bank branches are closing, according to a new report. it calls on the government to guarantee that people are able to access money locally. cash is now only used for three in ten transactions, which is down by half over the last decade. what doesn‘t surprise me is that it is down by half, because of co nta ctless is down by half, be

the head of the national police chief's council, sara thornton, says more officers and more funding ared the surge in violent crime should be treated as a national emergency. we think it needs to be treated as if it was an emergency. when you have an emergency, you get all the key people around the table to solve the problem. we think that needs to be done, setting up cobra with a senior minister holding people to account, because it is notjust about policing, it's about all the other agencies and organisations that have a really important part to play. but also, we think that it's an emergency and it needs emergency funding. we need to have more officer hours on the streets. we know what tactics work — targeting hotspots, using stop and search, tackling county lines gangs. but, we just haven't got the capacity, we just haven't got the officers at the moment. so, we need some money now, to pay for overtime, to pay for mutual aid between forces. but, i think we also need to think about the longer term investment that we are willing to make into policing. the money this year is welcome, b

head of the national police chief's council sara thornton says more officers and more funding are neededhink it needs to be treated as if it was an emergency. when you have an emergency, you get all the key people round the table to solve the problem. we think that needs to be done, setting up cobra with a senior minister, holding people to account, because it's not just about policing, it's all the other agencies and organisations that have an important part to play. but also we think it's an emergency and need some emergency funding. we need to have more officer hours on the streets. we know what tactics work, about targeting hotspots, about using stop and search, about tackling county lines gangs, but we just haven't got the capacity, we just haven't got the officers at the moment, so we need some money now to pay for overtime, to pay for mutual aid between forces. but i think we also need to think about the longer term investment that we're willing to make into policing. the money this year is welcome, but there needs to be serious investment in the next spending review into policing

sara thornton, who will be leaving office very soon, is saying effectively that there is a strategy,eed last year and they have not resourced. resourced. it was agreed last year and they have not resourcedm resourced. it was agreed last year and they have not resourced. it is not a surprise to hear the rank and file speak up and have a go. those police chiefs, it is a difficult balancing act. i think when theresa may stood up on monday and try to make out that there is no link at all between, you know, the level of crime and the number of police officers, i think she upset pretty much everyone in the police force at that point. i think they felt that was the time to speak up was up since she said that it is not a line that has been repeated by the prime minister. it is not a wise thing to say. it is not a position taken by the home secretary. indeed. i don't suppose it is a position taken by many members of the general public. everyone can see there is a link between police officers and levels of crime, that is why we have police officers. this is a problem for debate for government,

now the weather with sara thornton. good morning to you.s. not quite so chilly in the centre of the capital but watch out for some mist and fog patches in the next few hours. particular in 0xfordshire and west berkshire. we have a yellow met 0ffice weather warning. another fine day ahead despite the missed patches. yesterday we got into the mid— teams. expecting very similar weather for the day—to—day. sunshine but fairweather cloud afternoon. extent, 17, maybe 18. ——16. again, dry and clear tonight. 0nce extent, 17, maybe 18. ——16. again, dry and clear tonight. once more the temperatures especially away in the centre of london will drop down into low— single figures. a touch of rural ground frost but they will be some cloud out towards the north and west. that will affect us into sunday but for your saturday afternoon, again, 17 degrees. the cloud i just referenced afternoon, again, 17 degrees. the cloud ijust referenced bringing colder air. you will know the difference on sunday. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in ha

one of those meeting the home secretary was chair of the national police chiefs' council, sara thorntonediate investment to tackle the rise in violent crime. the meeting with the home secretary was really constructive and i think he was listening to the police chiefs. we talked about the need for more investment in policing now. we know what tactics were. we know what we can do to surge operational capacity to deal with these crimes. we haven't always got the capacity, we haven't always got the officers. we have agreed by the end of the week we will set out the scale of the investment required. we also talked about the fact this is an issue not just for policing but some on the other departments, for education, health, from local authorities. we all agree the serious violence strategy is good but it needs concerted action across government. do the police need more powers, stop and search powers? do they need to be changed? one of the things we did discuss with the home secretary is the use of section 60, which is when a senior officer can say in a certain area because there has been so

this is what sara thornton is talking about.a rs we re in a situation over the last nine years were police forces around the country — by the weight the letter is to crime commissioners across the country saying enough is enough— over the last at mayke years have lost a hundred thousand losses in terms of police numbers. posterity has consequences and the prime minister has said that posterity has come to an. we have been waiting three months, a year but i apologise for saying this but we will see a situation where more young people lose their lives. sadiq khan, mayor of london, thank you for talking to us on breakfast. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm sara 0rchard. survivors of the grenfell tower fire say they feel they're living in limbo with no individuals or organisations being held accountable for the tragedy. it's comes after no charges are likely to be brought in the criminal investigation for at least the next two years. the met police says it would be wro

that is what sara thornton is talking about.we have solved this issue with the prime minister leading from the front. with the greatest respect, the home secretary boris johnson by himself cannot order the chancellor to give him more money. the home secretary cannot order the secretary of state to have a public health approach. the prime minister can. we can speak now to hussein hussein, who has worked in mainstream education and in pupil referral units. he now runs a mentoring and tutor company for vulnerable young people. geoff barton, who was a headteacher for 15 years and is now the general secretary of the association of school and college leaders. sarah jones, the labour mp and chair of the all party parliamentary group on knives. geoff e inplain what off rolling s thatis geoff e inplain what off rolling s that is the issue the mayor of london and various police and crime commissioners are saying is a problem? -- explain. very pleased to do so. there is a lot of misinformation today, confuse, links being made. when a paren