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that was sir mark i rowley speaking to eddie nestor on bbc radio london. the _ us the latest you have there. well, some of the details _ us the latest you have there. well, some of the details in _ us the latest you have there. well, some of the details in this - us the latest you have there. -ii some of the details in this incident are fairly horrific and distressing. what we know is that yesterday evening, a woman and her two young daughters were attacked on this road with what was described at the time as a corrosive substance. the police and emergency services were called earlier this morning and police have confirmed some key details. they say the suspect attacked the family with an alkaline substance. he then tried to escape in a car the car hit another car and then he tried to flee on foot. he escaped on foot towards clapham common short distance away. he also, the police confirmed a few more details, they say the ages of the family, the mother is 31, the two young children are eight and three, the youngest daughter, the three—year—old and her mother

we will go live to bbc radio london studio where we are talking to mark rowley about the attack. e met police commissioner. this go live to be seen in our correspondence to charlie rose is there. what more can you tell us of there. what more can you tell us of the moment from there? the details of this incident _ the moment from there? the details of this incident are _ the moment from there? the details of this incident are distressing - the moment from there? the details of this incident are distressing and i of this incident are distressing and horrific. what we do know is that police were called here at 7:30pm last night to report that a woman and her two young daughters have been attacked. we know that the suspect attacked the family with an alkaline substance.

there's much more on the bbc news app and over on bbc radio london. i'll be back in half an hour.g. preparations for one of the world's biggest sporting spectacles are under way in las vegas, but will taylor swift make it on time? good morning. a cold start to the day with the risk of ice and some frost around. for most of us it will be dry, snow showers fading across scotland but tonight and tomorrow some of us will see some snow. all of the details later in the programme. it's wednesday the 7th of february. proposals to improve access to nhs dentists in england are being announced by the government today. the plans include offering top—up payments for dentists to take on new nhs patients as well as bonuses to work in under—served areas. but health leaders say the measures don't go far enough. here's our health editor, hugh pym. a long queue outside a new dental practice in bristol. local people simply wanting to register as nhs patients. the opening following a public campaign after the previous site closed. the story was covered on bbc breakfast yesterday. the images illustrate

there's more on the bbc news app and on bbc radio london across the morning.d ben thompson. we'll get the latest inflation figures from the office for national statistics in the next half an hour. it'll tell us how quickly prices are rising. nina's here to tell us more. it's not one of those situations where we can ask you what is going to happen because wejust where we can ask you what is going to happen because we just don't know, do we? to happen because we 'ust don't know. do west to happen because we 'ust don't know. do not to happen because we 'ust don't know, do we? no, it has brewed re know, do we? no, it has brewed pretty unpredictable _ know, do we? no, it has brewed pretty unpredictable particularly| pretty unpredictable particularly last month. it will be interesting to see how costs are looking particularly because tomororw we will learn if we officially entered recession. these are big issues affecting every household. we will shortly find out how fast prices were rising injanuary. you might remember in december we saw inflation go up slightly fr

much on the bbc news app and on bbc radio london.e places you are at a market this morning. that is one of the places where you are at a market this morning. that is one of the places where you think about the prices of things, what it is costing. now we know the official statistic, the word recession. put it in some kind of context. a, ., , ., , context. morning to you. it is interesting- _ context. morning to you. it is interesting. you _ context. morning to you. it is interesting. you speak - context. morning to you. it is interesting. you speak to i context. morning to you. it is interesting. you speak to the j interesting. you speak to the traders around the market entry is free. they all say business is pretty good. people are coming in and spending money, even if they are watching the pennies more. what these figures do as they give a picture of the economy as a whole and it is bad news. it is official the uk at the end of 2023 did enter recession. the figures we got this morning for the last three months were worse than most

bbc london. i'm alice salfield. a woman who helped rescue a three—year—old girl after a chemical attack in clapham last week has told bbc radio had a spinal injury, in case she had severe...something on her brain. ijust kept her calm, kept talking to her, kept trying to keep her awake. the daughter of a woman killed in an attack by dogs in essex says two xl bullies were involved. esther martin, from woodford green, died at the scene of the attack injaywick near clacton—on—sea on saturday. a 39—year—old man has been arrested. police say the animals have been destroyed, but they are waiting for the breed to be confirmed by experts. there's a warning that the nightlife sector is in "crisis", with many businesses struggling to survive. it comes as the uk's biggest club operator rekom announced its shutting more than a dozen venues — including pryzm in watford — after going into administration. the trade body for the industry says the past few years have been tough. nightclubs were the first to close and the last to open during the pandemic. they then walked into an environment where the cost of operating just went through the roo

that's it from me — there's more on the bbc news app and on bbc radio london. yesterday. the letter to me last week says i've personally never been instructed to delay on compensation, nor have any of my leadership team to my knowledge. it sounds like he can write that because of the conversation that you had with him after your conversation with sarah. he can write that because i said |to him, we're not going to win.j we're not going to do anything. that's not the morally right decision if you continue i to pay compensation. and i did say to him, and if- anything, we should accelerate it. so you stand by what you've said in public about the message you received from a senior civil servant that compensation payments should be slowed down to minimise the financial liability? yes, i do. alan bates, a former sub—postmaster, said the row was a big distraction and emphasised the importance of keeping the focus on victims getting paid. we keep coming back to this time after time after time. pay people. there's a lot of distractions. a lot of other things are brought

riz lateef is on bbc radio london right now. i'll be back in half an hour. for the labour party and must send a message from northamptonshire to downing street _ two is—year—boys are arrested on suspicion of murder, after a teenager is stabbed to death in bristol. christian bruckner, the main suspect in the disappearance of madeleine mccann, goes on trial today accused of sexual offences near to the area where the toddler went missing. two parents united by loss — brianna ghey�*s mother and molly russell's father — join forces to call for better protection for teenagers on social media in sport, england strike twice, early on day two, in their latest test against india. meanwhile, christian horner says it's business as usual at red bull, on his first public appearance since an allegation of innappropriate behaviour was made against him — one he fully denies. and while we won't hit the 18 celsius many saw yesterday, still pretty mild today. details coming up. good morning. it's friday, 16th february. labour has secured an emphatic double by—election victory,

words at seven in the morning to bbc radio london. now he's spent radio london.ou it back in. i mean, i think, you know, was trying to say there know, he was trying to say there are some people feel are areas where some people feel uncomfortable, maybe in the capital in birmingham. but capital and in birmingham. but he to down that he didn't want to go down that route that he went down. >> a quick >> okay. let's have a quick look. early today we look. because early today we went about in tower went out and about in tower hamlets and sparkle in birmingham locals birmingham to find out if locals there that there were there thought that there were no go areas. 90 areas. >> go areas. >> i moved to bow and >> well, i moved to bow and bromley bow. that particular bromley by bow. that particular area very heavy. um, area was very gang heavy. um, you large of youth you get large numbers of youth gangs and, and um, for a particular people, um, it can be very intimidating. >> it's a great community here. >> it's a great community here. >> it's a great community here. >> i

there's more on the bbc news app and on bbc radio london good morning, welcome to breakfast with sallyal care review if a patient�*s condition worsens in hospital. big cars and bad parking. as vehicle sizes grow, spaces aren't keeping up. you've shared your stories of bumps, prangs and passive aggressions. he's spent his career treating the tiniest babies born in newcastle but then dr nick embleton needed some life—saving treatment of his own. we'll hear his remarkable story. good morning. heavy rain pushing across the uk today heading north and east, behind it it will brighten up and east, behind it it will brighten up but there will be some heavy showers and wherever you are it will be windy with widespread gales. all of the details later in the programme. it's wednesday the 21st of february. the families of three people who were fatally stabbed in nottingham last year say they are "optimistic" that a review of the killer's sentence will provide justice. valdo calocane admitted the manslaughter of ian coates, barnaby webber and grace o'malley—kumar, and was handed a hospital order. n

that's it for now but there's plenty more on our website, salma el—wardany is on bbc london radio rightwith sally nugent and jon kay. police have adopted a new tactic in their fight against anti—social behaviour on public transport — it's called a trojan bus. officers in south shields are using decoy public transport — rather than liveried vehicles — to give them an element of surprise. our north of england reporter, rowan bridge, has the story. behaviour like this causes fear and intimidation for communities across the country. children causing misery for those who are targeted. tonight, we've joined the fight against it in south shields. this is northumbria police's trojan bus. it gives the element of surprise. they've gone on the platform of the train station. it allows them to get close to trouble without being recognised. we're justjumping back on the met — we want to go down towards the, erm, city centre. this is the new front line in tackling anti—social behaviour. we'll quickly go through the briefing for our operation tonight on the trojan bus. tonight's operation began a few h

of london, sadiq khan, was controlled by islamists and he lost the tory whip when he refused to apologise. mr khan said the comments were islamophobic, anti—muslim and racist. speaking on bbc radiowhat has rishi sunak been saying? the conservative's party position on the edison because the deputy prime minister of the weekend was telling interviewers the reason mr anderson had the tory whip suspended was that he hadn't apologised those comments you quoted that he made on gb news on friday. but today the prime minister said quite clearly that the remarks themselves were unacceptable and wrong and that rishi sunak said was widely anderson had the tory whip withdrawn. so it hardens the government's line only anderson and makes it far less likely he will return to the cardiff —— conservative party anytime soon. about an hour a statement was issued put up on gb news from mr anderson in which he says or accuses city carnival was seeing double standards and in the way that pro—palestinian marches a place in london and goes onto say that even things —— even though he thinks his words were clumsy he is not apologising because he thinks is right. so he's doubling down on his view. i don't