let's speak to alison freeman in southport. est across the country, what is the feeling there in southport?— what is the feeling there in south ort? ~ , ., southport? well, here this morning, we have been _ southport? well, here this morning, we have been watching _ southport? well, here this morning, we have been watching as _ southport? well, here this morning, we have been watching as there - southport? well, here this morning, we have been watching as there is i we have been watching as there is still a steady trickle of people coming to pay their respects to those three young girls who died. there are flowers, balloons and soft toys. and now on the road there are chalk drawings with the names of those three girls who lost their lives. there are plans in place tonight for buildings to be lit up across the north west to remember the girls, and also show solidarity with all of those people who have been affected by these really terrible events. we known there are more protests planned for the region across the weekend. police

alison freeman, bbc news, northumberland.at's what between russia and western nations, including the us. let“s russia and western nations, including the us. let's show you the latest still pictures. this is evan gershkovich, paul whelan and others posing on the aeroplane and also here with the stars & stripes on their way home. stay with us on bbc news. hello there. it's been another hot and humid day. the heat and humidity one of the ingredients necessary for some massive thunderstorms to form. first signs of trouble, these towering cumulus clouds racing up through the earth's atmosphere. as well as the hot and humid air, the other ingredient was this convergence zone. look how most of the showers form along this zone. some particularly nasty storms, for example, around the oxfordshire area, and those downpours are capable of bringing a month's worth of rain over the space of a couple of hours. so we're quite likely to see one or two areas hit by some flash flooding and disruption. other areas to watch out for — the south do

our news correspondent alison freeman had sent us the latest from southport. there is still a steady trickle of people coming to pay their respects to those three young girls who died. there are flowers, balloons and soft toys. and now on the road there are chalk drawings with the names of those three girls who lost their lives. there are plans in place tonight for buildings to be lit up across the north west to remember the girls, and also show solidarity with all of those people who have been affected by these really terrible events. we know there are more protests planned for the region across the weekend. police in southport are still working under that special order they have been given, special and enhanced powers to carry out stop and search to try to prevent any more violent disorder. there is also a very visible police presence in the area and the police say that is all about reassuring the public and letting the people who live here know that they will be kept safe. alison, what has been the feeling after the statement that we heard from the prime mi

alison freeman there.traders have been buying stolen goods from shoplifters and selling them on to consumers in a worrying new trend, according to the british retail consortium. a former prolific shoplifter who stole goods worth "tens of thousands" of pounds has told a bbc investigation how he regularly sold the items to other shops and stole to order. the government is promising new laws to tackle the crime. from leeds, our correspondent jim connolly reports. perfume, always a staple. box sets, cosmetics, leather handbags. a big box of lego can be £100. this is ross, for decades one of leeds' most prolific shoplifters. he says he's been clean from crack and heroin for five months and says he hasn't shoplifted in that time. previously, he was stealing £300 worth of stuff every day to fund his addiction. i know it's in the tens of thousands. you've stolen tens of thousands of pounds? yeah, i'm ashamed to say, yeah. i think i'd be a gold medallist if shoplifting were a sport. shoplifting costs the country bi

alison freeman has our top story.se are the moments before holly newton went into an alleyway with her killer, caught on cctv. the teenager, seen on the right here, stabbed and slashed 15—year—old holly more than 30 times injust one minute in the market town of hexham on the 27th of january last year. the attack was so brutal and sustained that the knife broke during it. holly was taken to hospital but couldn't be saved. this is truly a tragic case, in which a 15—year—old girl, with so much to look forward to in life, has had her future taken away. holly was a very popular girl and is sorely missed by so many. the boy, who was 16 at the time and has autism, had been following holly for 45 minutes before the attack took place. he'd even turned up at holly's house the night before, and a meeting had been arranged with police to discuss his behaviour. they agreed to come out at four o'clock on the friday, so i told holly, and she said, "but i was supposed to be going out with my friends tonight," and she'd begged me for

alison freeman reports.ts before holly newton went into an alleyway with her killer, caught on cctv. the teenager, seen on the right here, stabbed and slashed 15—year—old holly more than 30 times injust one minute in the market town of hexham on the 27th of january last year. the attack was so brutal and sustained that the knife broke during it. holly was taken to hospital but couldn't be saved. this is truly a tragic case, in which a 15—year—old girl, with so much to look forward to in life, has had her future taken away. holly was a very popular girl and is sorely missed by so many. the boy, who was 16 at the time and has autism, had been following holly for 45 minutes before the attack took place. he'd even turned up at holly's house the night before, and a meeting had been arranged with police to discuss his behaviour. they agreed to come out at four o'clock on the friday, so i told holly, and she said, "but i was supposed to be going out with my friends tonight," and she'd begged me for a good... i don'

young man, who can't be named because of his age, had been "stalking her". 0ur correspondent alison freemans case. yes, this is a crime that really shot the _ this case. yes, this is a crime that really shot the incrediblyj that really shot the incredibly quiet market town of hexham in northumberland in the north of england back injanuary of last year. now holly newton have been working in the town with friends when a boy she knew had approached her. the court heard he had been following herfor about 45 minutes before he made himself known to her and persuaded her to go into an alleyway, where he brutally stabbed her. she suffered more than 30 stab and slash wounds, and the attack was so vicious and the attack was so vicious and sustain that the knife broke during it. the defendant, a boy who was 60 at the time and is now aged 17 and cannot be named because of his age, claimed that he had been carrying that knife with him for more than a week because he had intended to harm himself, not holly. he also claimed that he had no recollection of the attack at all. he was also accused of wounding

.�* alison freeman reports from sunderland. trying to make sense of what happened here.land this morning after the violence that broke out last night. people turned out to do their bit, feeling disbelief at the actions of others. who does this? it's... we just saw what was going on last night, didn�*t we? and we thought we�*d come down and see what we could do to help. to target somebody's car, like, just what's that person done? what i saw was people out in- the streets using it as an excuse, and they were wearing sutherland | shirts, and they were completely| misrepresenting - the city and the club. last night, the police were pelted with beer cans and bricks, a police building was ransacked, and a citizen�*s advice bureau next door was set on fire. a car could be seen burning in the street. islamophobic slurs could also be heard. ten people were arrested for offences including violent disorder and burglary. four police officers were hurt, one seriously. the disorder, violence and damage which has occurred will not be tolerated. we also know the behaviour displayed in

her mum and stepdad have been talking to our reporter alison freeman.t like a movie. do you know when you just see flashbacks of things? and i remember i really just got out of the car and ran. seen the paramedics working on holly, and came back out and told her, "you don't go down there. it's not something you want to see, or need to see." how was that for you though, to see her like that? it's going to haunt us for the rest of my life. holly newton was a funny, sociable 15—year—old who loved to dance and wanted to become a dance teacher. on friday, the 27th of january last year, she'd finished school and gone into hexham to spend time with herfriends. but the 15—year—old didn't know that as she walked around the northumberland town, she was being followed by a 16—year—old boy she knew. after tracking her for 45 minutes, the teenager made himself known to her outside of a pizza shop. less than 15 minutes later, he was attacking her with a knife in the alleyway next to it. another boy attempted to stop him. "basically, there's nothing else we can do for

our reporter, alison freeman, joins us now from southport. good morning to you, alison.bout that. $5 are commemorations being planned. tell us a bit about that.— tell us a bit about that. as you can see here. — tell us a bit about that. as you can see here. the _ tell us a bit about that. as you can see here, the number— tell us a bit about that. as you can see here, the number of _ tell us a bit about that. as you can see here, the number of flowers, i see here, the number of flowers, soft toys, balloons, chalk messages to those three girls who died continue to grow, and we must remember them. they are bb king, who was six, elsie dot stancombe who was seven, and the man accuse it of their murders and attempting to murder ten other people appeared in court yesterday, and the judge took the unusual step of allowing the suspect to be named, suspect under 18 usually have the right to anonymity, but in this case, the judge said that 17—year—old axel muganwa rudakubana could be named because he turns 18 next week and it was in the public interest to do so taking into account