ava white was 12 years old.switched on. she never made it home. today, police sealed off a large part of the city's shopping area, investigating the killing of a year eight schoolgirl. any 12—year—old dying in these circumstances would be shocking. it's devastating for the family, and i think many people who have 12, i3—year—olds will be... just can't believe that has happened. as the day wore on, people came to leave flowers. some of them knew ava, many of them didn't, just shocked that such a terrible thing could happen here. she was just so small, and loving and kind. she had one of the most... she was one of the kindest people i've met. they were all so lovely. the fact that she has been took so early in life, it's not nice. businesses in the crime scene cordon stayed closed for most of the day, but in the communities ava white was part of, people tried to sum up who she was. ava was a thoughtful, considerate girl. she looked for the positive in everything. she was a much loved member of the school community

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ava white was 12 years old.switched on. she never made it home. she was fatally stabbed. today, police sealed off a large part of the city's shopping area, investigating the killing of a year eight schoolgirl. any 12—year—old dying in these circumstances would be shocking. it's devastating for the family and, i think, many people who have 12, 13—year—olds will be, just can't believe that's happened. as the day wore on, people came to leave flowers. some of them new ava, many of them didn't. just shocked that such a terrible thing could happen here. she was just so small and loving and kind, and she was one of the most kindest people i've met. i know the group myself and they were all so lovely. and the fact that she's been talk so early in life, it's not nice, it's not a nice thing to see or hear about. businesses in the crime scene cordon stayed closed for most of the day but in the communities ava white was part of, people tried to sum up whom she was. ava was a thoughtful, considered girl. - she looked for th

news into us, at the bbc, and a 14—year—old boy has been charged with the murder of 12—year—old ava whiteva white was stabbed in liverpool city centre on thursday, as the christmas lights were being switched on, and merseyside police have just announced that a 14—year—old boy has been charged with her murder. we will of course bring you any more news, as we get it, but, a 14—year—old boy has been charged with the murder of 12—year—old ava white, she was stabbed in liverpool city centre, on thursday evening, as the christmas lights were being switched on. we can bring you up—to—date with the weather now. change is afoot. this is a warm front across scotland and northern ireland on monday morning. a widespread ice risk for parts of scotland and england. that front will be pushing outbreaks of rain preceded by hills snow and sleet in scotland in the morning and it gradually goes south and turns into patchy rain for northern ireland and into the far north of england. cloud increasing elsewhere from east anglia to dorset is where the sunshine will be held on to most. highs of nine or 10 celsiu

ava white was with friends when she was assaulted yesterday evening.earlier. 12—year—old ava white tragically died after an incident at the liverpool city centre last night. police were called at 8:39pm to report an assault and, when they got there, they found ava white collapsed on the ground with a member of the public giving first aid. paramedics attended the scene and took ava to the children's hospital, but tragically she died a short time later despite the efforts of medical staff. this is the early stages of the investigation, but what we have so far is for males custody, they are aged 13, 214, and 115 years of age. they've been arrested on suspicion of murder and they'll be interviewed at police stations in merseyside. we've yet to do a postmortem to establish the cause of death. but what we do know at this stage is that ava was in liverpool city centre with some friends yesterday afternoon, evening, that she was involved in a verbal argument which escalated to an assault we believe involving a knife, and that there were catastrophic injuries,

. forward so they can get what they calljustice for ava white.- calljustice for ava white.n connection to the disappearance of 18—year—old bobbi—anne mcleod. cody ackland from the southway area of plymouth, has been charged with murder. he's due to appear at plymouth magistrates court later today. last night, a candlelit vigil was held close to where the 18—year—old was last seen alive. the french president, emmanuel macron, has accused britain of not being serious about dealing with the migrant crisis involving the two countries. he was speaking two days after 27 people drowned trying to reach britain. mr macron confirmed that european interior ministers would meet on sunday without their british counterpart, priti patel. france withdrew its invitation after borisjohnson released a letter outlining steps to prevent crossings. my colleague ben boulos is following developments for us in dover. 0ver over to you. yes and how different the situation is politically from just 24 hours ago. i was standing here yesterday talking about how there was a spirit of cooperation between t

a 14—year—old boy is to appear in court charged with murdering 12—year—old ava white in liverpool.tabbed on thursday and died shortly afterwards. british socialite ghislane maxwell, is to go on trial in new york for sex trafficking and other charges. hello and welcome to bbc news. six cases of the omicron coronavirus variant have been identified in scotland. they bring the total number of known omicron infections, in the uk, to nine. scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon is due to give a further update on the situation at half—past ten this morning. it comes as the uk'sjoint committee on vaccination and immunisation is expected to announce an expansion of the booster programme across the uk to everyone aged between 18 and 39, in response to omicron. new measures have also been announced for england. from today, the department for education is "strongly advising" pupils aged over 11, and some staff and visitors, to return to wearing face coverings in communal areas. from tuesday, face coverings will be mandatory in most shops and on public transport. mps in the commons will vote

investigators have named the victim as ava white and say a home office postmortem will be carried out and her friends were involved in an argument before the incident. officers say church street was very busy as the incident happened shortly after the christmas tree lights were switched on, and they are appealing for anyone who saw what happened to contact them. a 24—year—old man has been charged with murder in connection to the disappearance of 18—year—old bobbi—anne mcleod. cody ackland from the southway area of plymouth, has been charged with murder. he's due to appear at plymouth magistrates court later today. last night, a candlelit vigil was held close to where the 18—year—old was last seen alive. the royal college of emergency medicine has warned of a "crisis" in patient care and safety this winter, as a&e departments struggle to cope. a survey by the college found ambulances were being forced to queue daily outside the majority of hospitals before they could unload patients. under nhs guidance, handovers should be completed within 15 minutes. the government says extra funding

police hunting the killer of 12—year—old ava white say they want a van driver who may have witnessedin central liverpool on thursday evening. merseyside police say the occupants of the vehicle are in no way suspected of involvement in the schoolgirl�*s death — and they continue to question four boys arrested on suspicion of murder. there have been numerous tributes from across the world of musical theatre to the composer and lyricist stephen sondheim, who's died at the age of 91. he wrote the lyrics for west side story and the scores for many of the 20th century's most successful musicals, including a little night music and sweeney todd. stephen sondheim, described as a genius of musical theatre, who's died at the age, of 91. england's women footballers maintained their winning run in qualification for the 2023 world cup. they beat austria 1—0, with ellen white scoring the only goal on her 100th international appearance. here's joe lynskey. the next women's world cup is in australia and new zealand. to get there, england go through sunderland in a storm. so torrential was the weather

we are receiving some of ava white.re severe illness than the delta variant, governments should take appropriately hard action to restrict the spread. he goes on, we had previously experienced the disastrous impact of late responses and it's better we overreact and take too little action again. this viewer says, urging governments to act quicker to avoid the worst possible impacts of new variants. everyone hates the existing vaccinations will work against this new variant at least in terms of preventing serious illness —— everyone is hoping that existing vaccinations will work against this new variant. please keep your views coming in. ghislaine maxwell — a close associate of the convicted sex offenderjeffrey epstein — goes on trial today in new york. the british publishing heiress has been accused of trafficking four unnamed minors and grooming and recruiting them for her former lover to abuse in the late 90s and early 2000s. she's been in a new yorkjail since her arrest injuly 2020 — and has pleaded not guilty to all

police hunting the killer of 12—year—old ava white say they want a van driver who may have witnessede silver enterprise van was in central liverpool on thursday evening. merseyside police say the occupants of the vehicle are in no way suspected of involvement in the schoolgirl�*s death — and they continue to question four boys, arrested on suspicion of murder. this is bbc news, the headlines... the new omicron strain of coronavirus is detected across europe — with cases confirmed in germany, italy, belgium, the czech republic and the uk. israel is planning to ban the entry of all foreigners for two weeks from sunday night to tackle the spread of the omicron variant. more details have emerged about some of the 27 people who drowned this week while trying to reach britain from france. newspaper reports say that among the dead were a 25—year—old man, who'd left iraq tojoin his brother in england, and an iraqi kurdish woman, along with her three children. the bbc has been hearing from the family and friends of the first victim to be named — 24—year—old maryam nuri mohamed amin. more deta

ava white was stabbed in the city centre on thursday, and suffered what police described as "catastrophiccure accommodation and is due to appear at liverpool crown court on wednesday. a memorial service has been held for police sergeant matt ratana, who was shot dead in a custody centre in croydon last year. sergeant ratana's funeral took place last november, two months after he was killed, but numbers had to be restricted due to the pandemic. around 200 officers in ceremonial uniform lined the route in central london. the co—founder and chief executive of the social media platform twitter, jack dorsey, is stepping down. mr dorsey, who co—founded twitter in 2006, has been serving as chief executive of both twitter and payment firm square. he has faced calls to step down from one of his roles. he'll be replaced by the chief technical officer parag agrawal. in scotland, the first minister has announced that in the drive to eradicate child poverty the child payment will double to £20 a week from april. she told the scottish national party conference that the decision would will involve "hard

ava white was with friends when she was assaulted yesterday evening.ots of people going about their shopping on black friday and yet you have a huge chunk of the city centre shopping area completely cordoned off after this incident last night. sometimes we use the word shocking to much but this truly seems to be a shocking attack on a 12—year—old girl who was attack on a 12—year—old girl who was a year eight pupil at a school in the city and was in town last night with a group of friends. it appears there has been some sort of altercation between her group of friends and another group of youths in town and a scuffle has taken place during which she has received catastrophic injuries. she was treated at the scene and taken to alder hey children's hospital. sadly the injuries were not survivable in the injuries were not survivable in the family got the terrible knock on the family got the terrible knock on the door last night to say that their daughter who had gone into town for the switching on the christmas lights was not coming home again and to peopl

ava white was stabbed in liverpool city centre on thursday. on when she was attacked. the boy, who's14, cannot be named because of his age. he's due to appear at liverpool crown court on wednesday. a man accused of murdering the police community support officer, julia james, will face trial in may. ms james, who was 53, was found with fatal head injuries by a wood near dover in april. 21—year—old callum wheeler denies murder. the trial will be heard at canterbury crown court. the labour leader sir keir starmer is carrying out a reshuffle of his front bench team. our political correspondent chris mason is in westminster. a bit of drama, quite some thing this morning. angela rayner was giving a speech mid morning about parliamentary standards, her attempt to weaponise this row over the last couple of weeks and pin it on what she sees as conservative corruption. within minutes of her standing up and starting that speech, rumours started flying around on social media that there was a reshuffle under way on labour's front bench. i asked angela rayn

ava white was with friends when she was assaulted yesterday evening.sted on suspicion of her murder. danny savage is in liverpool. a very strange atmosphere here in liverpool city centre with buskers in the main shopping streets singing christmas songs, people going about their shopping on black friday and a huge amount of the shopping area completely cordoned off after this incident last night. sometimes we use the word shocking too much but there seems to be a shocking attack on a 12—year—old girl he was the year eight people in a school in the city who was in town last night with a group of friends. it appears there has been some sort of altercation between her group of friends and another group of youths in and a scuffle has ta ken another group of youths in and a scuffle has taken place during which she has received catastrophic injuries. she was treated at the scene and taken to alder hey children's hospital and sadly she did not survive. herfamily children's hospital and sadly she did not survive. her family was told their 12—year—old daughter w

ava white was stabbed in the city centre on thursday and suffered what police described as "catastrophicbeen held for police sergeant matt ratana who was shot dead in a custody centre in croydon last year. sergeant ratana's funeral took place last november two months after he was killed but had to be kept small due to the pandemic. around 200 officers dressed in full black ceremonial uniform lined the memorial route in central london. in new york a jury has been selected to hear the trial of ghislaine maxwell, accused of grooming and recruiting underaged girls for the late financier and convicted paedophile jeffrey epstein. a former girlfriend of epstein, the 59—year—old faces eight charges of sex—trafficking and other crimes. she denies all the charges but could face the rest of her life injail if convicted. the trial is expected to last six weeks. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, is in the process of reshuffling his shadow cabinet. the move appeared to come as a surprise to the party's deputy leader, angela rayner, who was giving a speech about government conduct when the news emer

police hunting the killer of 12—year—old ava white say they want a van driver who may have witnessedants of the vehicle are in no way suspected of involvement in the schoolgirl�*s death — and they continue to question four boys, arrested on suspicion of murder. now it's time for a look at the weather with alina jenkins. .. hello, storm arwen has been battering a large swathe of the uk and the area of low pressure responsible is now beginning to pull away south and east with pressure building from the west. what that means is through this evening and overnight the strongest winds will ease down but gusts of up to 60mph for some eastern and western coast. a mix of brain sleet and snow becoming confined to east and south—east england, showers in wales, devon and cornwall, rain and sleet and snow in north—west scotland and northern ireland later. in between, clear skies and widespread forest and the risk of ice as well. ice risks remain tomorrow morning and an area of rain and sleet and snow pushing through scotland, northern ireland into the north of england and the midlands and behind

a 14—year—old boy will appear in court today charged with the murder of 12—year—old ava white in liverpool on thursday whilst out with her friends to see the christmas lights being switched on. three other boys, aged between 13 and 15, were also arrested and have now been bailed. sex offenderjeffrey epstein — goes on trial today in new york. the british publishing heiress has been accused of trafficking four unnamed minors and grooming and recruiting them for her former lover to abuse in the late �*90s and early 20005. she's been in a new yorkjail since her arrest injuly 2020 and has pleaded not guilty to all charges. labour is calling for an overhaul of the system regulating ministers�* conduct — accusing the prime minister of failing to enforce the current rules. in a speech later, the party's deputy leader angela rayner will call for a ban on paid work relating to a minister's job for at least five years after leaving government. it comes as the commons standards committee is due to publish its own review of the mps�* code of conduct. the government has said it is committed to reinforci

white." it's directed by ava duvernay, and it's about the former n.f.l. quarterback.erman is also an author. newshour weekend's christopher booker caught up with him in a patch of woods in upstate new york to hear about his latest book. >> reporter: as was the case for many of us, life slowed down for nick offerman when the pandemic arrived. >> when it went down, i never got too freaked out, because my life... always shifts. i keep shifting hats. >> reporter: an actor, a comedian, a carpenter, a furniture maker, a competition reality show host, offerman's version of shape-shifting is an overlapping affair. one day may be spent in his woodshop, and the next, playing the ornery ron swanson on the tv show "parks and recreation." >> i like saying "no." it lowers their enthusiasm. >> reporter: but offerman has also written five books. his latest, "where the deer and antelope play," was written during the slow days of the pandemic. part travelogue, but more meditation on our relationship to the natural world, the book reflects on offerman's time spent outdoors. it opens wit

ava white was stabbed in liverpool city centre on thursday.o's ia, cannot be named because of his age. he's due to appear at liverpool crown court on wednesday. tens of thousands of people have spent another night without power as temperatures dropped to as low as minus six in some parts of the uk. yellow ice warnings remain in place for much of scotland, england and wales, with some schools closed and rail services cancelled, as luxmy gopal reports. the impact of storm arwen continues. snow, ice and gusts of up to 100 mph caused severe damage with thousands of people facing a fourth day without power. worst hit is the north—east of scotland, where a major incident was declared. your viewers will remember the beast from the east in 2018. this is three times worse than that and probably some of the worst conditions we've seen for the electricity network in about 15 years. hundreds of thousands of homes across the country were without electricity for much of the weekend. it's been tough. we've got a couple of kids, one nine, one six, so it's bee

the victim, ava white, was taken to hospital, but died a short time later.ng to pick up across the country. if you're heading out, outbreaks of rain across south of england and wales. cold air follows and notice parts of northern ireland and scotland, showers turning to snow, falling to lower levels across parts of scotland and later today across the north—east we could see blizzards in the mountains. showers continue across northern ireland and england and wales, mixture of sunshine and showers, hailand and wales, mixture of sunshine and showers, hail and sleet in that later. feeling cold out there this afternoon than this morning. by the end of the date the winds really start to pick up, mainly across the north and the west initially as we go into tonight. east of scotland, north—east england as the strongest of the gusts with rain around the coasts, sleet and snow in line, a covering of snow over the pennines. sleet and snow in southern areas tomorrow morning and it will be a cold night. into saturday, it will be a story of strong to gale force winds for

once again, former white house advisor steve bannon was charged on friday with two contempt of congress counts. what are your most important political issues? let us start with ava from columbia, mississippi on the republican line. good morning. caller: yes, i heard that about steve bannon. how come it is only republicans get held up when do stuff, like hillary clinton with emails and all of that, whatever she did? how come they ever go up? we need an attorney general for the people and not for himself. the fbi has been used to do the dirty work for different parties, i think we need a justice department that is fair. thank you. host: charlie calling from roslyn heights, new york on the independent line. good morning. guest: hat -- caller: hello everybody, i am on the independent line but i consider myself a progressive because that benefits the freedoms of the american people today. i do not support you distinguishing between progressives and identity politics and cancel culture and all the other baloney. the mainstream media to puts that -- seems to put that into the progressive camp and we need to distinguish between real progressives, the progressives of the

once again, former white house advisor steve bannon was charged on friday with two contempt of congress counts. what are your most important political issues? let us start with avam columbia, mississippi on the republican line. good morning. caller: yes, i heard that about steve bannon. how come it is only republicans get held up when do stuff, like hillary clinton with emails and all of that, whatever she did? how come they ever go up? we need an attorney general for the people and not for himself. the fbi has been used to do the dirty work for different parties, i think we need a justice department that is fair. thank you. host: charlie calling from roslyn heights, new york on the independent line. good morning. guest: hat -- caller: hello everybody, i am on the independent line but i consider myself a progressive because that benefits the freedoms of the american people today. i do not support you distinguishing between progressives and identity politics and cancel culture and all the other baloney. the mainstream media to puts that -- seems to put that into the progressive camp and we need to distinguish between real progressives, the progressives of the pas