jodie chesney, i7 children come home safely.th person injust over a chesney, 17 years old, she is the fifth person in just over a week in london, and as you said earlier, 99 stabbings in birmingham this year. and in 2018, the numbers were... so ina way, and in 2018, the numbers were... so in a way, it comes back to the internet because that is where a lot of these absolutely obscene weapons are being purchased, because you can buy them. i do not know how you bandits, the problem is you get into this of, this terrible, terrible upsurge in completely mindless violence. —— ban it. year weeping pa rents, violence. —— ban it. year weeping parents, broken communities, desperate teachers, police who absolutely racking their brains. —— you here. but until you stop the way in which people are getting hold of weapons, it will continue. the trouble is if you are going out and a nervous and are living in an area where you think you might be likely to be attacked, are you then going to be attacked, are you then going to start carrying a knif

but in a park in romford, who has been named now as jodie chesney.he capital already this year, and we know how bad the problem was last year of course as well. it is raising the issue of what is going to be done about this growing problem of knife crime? exactly that. i mean, what the mail on sunday is quoting is an example of birmingham where there have been 99 stabbings so far this year, and we are onlyjust about to enter the third month this year. that includes three deaths. some of the things they are doing in london is that there is now a police unit, plainclothes police unit, editors london, it looks out for teenagers who are likely to be carrying knives, and then doing some stop and search on the basis of that. they know what to look for. now, they will be a lot of people who would object to that kind of thing, it is completely random, and you are picking people who may not have done something but when they find knives on them, take them away, that is one less knife on the street. we spoke toa less knife on the street. we spoke to a former me

saying a moment ago, a man has appeared in court after being charged with the murder of 17—year—old jodie chesneyd manuel petrovic was arrested in leicester on tuesday. another man, who was also arrested, remains in custody. our correspondent jane—frances kelly gave us an update from outside court. well, manuel petrovic appeared before magistrates. he confirmed his name, his age, which is 20, his address, which is highfield road in romford. and he is charged with the murder ofjodie chesney, who died on the ist of march. she was stabbed in a park while listening to music with friends. police say that she died about an hour later. a postmortem has revealed the cause of death to be trauma and haemorrhage. mr petrovic, who confirmed that he is a croatian national, is to appear at the old bailey on the 11th of march. a second man also remains in custody, on suspicion ofjodie's murder. that was jane—francis kelly. a 15—year—old boy has been charged with the murder of a teenager who was stabbed to death in west london. ayub hassan, aged 17, was found with stab wounds to the chest in lanfrey place, west

a man has arrived at court, charged with the murder of 17—year—old jodie chesney.don last friday. 20—year—old manuel petrovic was arrested in leicester on tuesday. another man, who was also arrested, remains in custody. a 15—year—old boy has been charged with the murder of a teenager who was stabbed to death in west london. ayub hassan, aged 17, was found with stab wounds to the chest in lanfrey place, west kensington, on thursday and died in hospital. scotland yard said the 15—year—old boy was due to appear at westminster magistrates‘ court later. we're just weeks away from the uk's departure from the eu, but both sides are still struggling to agree on changes to the prime minister's brexit deal, because of mps‘ objections to the irish backstop. yesterday, the eu's chief negotiator, michel barnier, said the uk would be free to pull out of the proposed single customs territory, designed to avoid physical checks on the irish border. but the government has rejected this, because northern ireland would have to remain within it. our political correspondent matt cole is

jodie chesney had been in a park in harold hill, also in romford.th friends there listening to music when the attack happened. emergency services were called, but just over an hour after they were alerted to the incident, jodie chesney died of incidents. scotland ya rd chesney died of incidents. scotland yard say that 20—year—old man, manuel petrovic, was arrested on tuesday and he has been charged jodie chesney‘s murder. expect him to appear at barkingside maddiston scored at some point to answer that charge. jodie chesney was of course the fifth teenager to be stabbed in london since the start of this year and scotland yard says a second man was in london on friday on suspicion of murder remains in custody for the moment. john, thank you very much. the baby son of shamima begum, the british teenager who joined the islamic state group, has died in syria. the boy, who was less than three weeks old, is thought to have contracted a lung infection. his mother travelled to syria as a 15—year—old in 2015. the home office had recently taken the decision t

or whoever killed jodie chesney or whoever killed her to justice. killed jodie chesney or whoever killed flowers being laid here at the scene. this isa being laid here at the scene. this is a very sad communities scale this morning. thank you. growth in private firms has stagnated as businesses brace themselves for a possible no—deal brexit — that's according to a new report from the confederation of british industry the research suggests that the balance of companies reporting growth is at its weakest since 2013. the cbi's chief economist, rain newton—smith, said that uncertainty over brexit is making day—to—day business decisions "increasingly problematic". they are not expecting to expand over the course of the next year, so thatis over the course of the next year, so that is really damaging our economy, but into the future if we are investing now that support our growth into the future. rescuers hope to resume their search later today for a british climber who's been missing on one of the world's highest mountains for nearly a week tom ballard and his italian climbing partner, daniel

headlines at 11: the 17—year—old girl stabbed to death in a park in east london has been named as jodie chesneye's the 18th homicide victim in the capital this year. and years old. the fact that this did not shock me, that is quite sad. that should not be a reality, that should not be young people's reality. —— am 23 years old. —— i am 23 years old. the former lord chancellor, lord falconer, has revealed says that he hasn't yet agreed to take up a new anti—semitism role within labour, despite the party's most senior official saying he already has. the us asks britain to embrace us farming methods — dismissing warnings about chlorine—washed chicken and hormone—fed beef as a smear campaign. three, two, one, zero. ignition, liftoff. after a successful launch, the first astronaut capsule launched from american soil in eight years is on course to dock with the international space station tomorrow morning. and at 11:30pm, we'll be taking a look at the papers with our reviewers. good evening and welcome to bbc news. a 17—year—old girl who was stabbed to death in a park in east london last night has be

a 17—year—old girl stabbed in a park in east london has been named by her grandmother as jodie chesneyn has been named by her grandmother as jodie chesneym in east london has been named by her grandmother as jodie chesney. in a appeal, to get witnesses to come forward , appeal, to get witnesses to come forward, the grandmother said it had been an unprovoked attack. london's latest victim of knife crime. 17—year—old jodie chesney, described by those who knew her as a bright and lovely girl. this evening, herfamily named the teenager on social media, as they appealed for information. her grandmother wrote: earlier, friends came to lay flowers. among those paying their respects, a young, local councillor. was i shocked about this today? no, because you're hearing of continuous crime happening, you're hearing of serious youth violence, and that's scary, the fact that it didn't shock me. i'm a young councillor, i'm 23 years old, the fact that this did not shock me, that's quite sad. it shouldn't be... that shouldn't be our reality. that should not be young people's reality. police say no ar

jodie chesney also dominates the front page of the telegraph this morning.gation into sir philip green. i think you are starting with a story about mental health and sport. absolutely. this is going to be brexit free. i have decided none of the... we applaud you for that. all of my friends said that when you go on not one brexit story. you have mentioned it! this one is all about prince william. he is into the mental health. this is for kids and it is in football because he is the president of the fa. he has decided to launch a campaign, how do we get boys and girls, but particularly boys, do talk about issues they have? he has enlisted harry kane at to talk about the problems he had. when he was eight years of age he played for arsenal but was rejected because he was too chubby, would you believe? one of the greatest goalscorers for anyone ever. and it affected him. it sounds trivial to us, but when you are child of eight thatis us, but when you are child of eight that is a substantial thing. so what he talks about is, and harry kane says, "i want to get ki

a 20—year—old man has been charged with the murder of 17—year—old jodie chesney, who was stabbed in a east london last friday. the baby son of shamima begum has died. her family say they're devastated and are calling for an urgent review of the decision to strip her of her british citizenship. no sign of a breakthrough — the government rejects the eu 5 latest offer as mps prepare for a crucial week to decide the future of brexit. more men are being urged to consider a career in nursing, as the nhs tries to plug a shortfall of 40,000 nurses in england. good morning, iam good morning, i am live from murrayfield. can wales keep their grand slam hopes alive? they take on scotla nd grand slam hopes alive? they take on scotland in the six nations championship later. good morning, a busy weekend weather wise and lots going on and windy for most, so feeling colder and we have rain and hill snow, most, so feeling colder and we have rain and hillsnow, but most, so feeling colder and we have rain and hill snow, but sunshine, as well. more detail in around 15 minutes. it's saturday, the 9th march

the 17—year—old girl stabbed to death in a park in east london has been named as jodie chesney.ght only to live in the southern hemisphere, has been found washed up on a beach in california. it took researchers several days to identify the hoodwinker sunfish, which is named for its elusive nature. the species was only discovered in 2014. now marine experts around the world are wondering how it ended up so farfrom home. let's speak to marianne nyegaard from murdoch university in australia, who first discovered the species. thank you so much for your time. tell us about how you discovered this species, and why it is silly this species, and why it is silly this it? first of all, thank you for having me. —— why it is so elusive. i discovered it in 2013, and the two months into my ph.d.. i was still in population genetics, in indonesia, andi population genetics, in indonesia, and i was sampling in australia and new zealand to compare with the population is there. and as i did the analysis, i found there was something there that we didn't know what it was. from then i had to try to ac

we now know victim was jodie chesney. investigation. we now know victim wasjodie chesney.al media. she said it was an unprovoked attack and called it a needless violence. of course, there has been a huge focus on knife crime in london that follows a very high number of homicides last year in the capital city. but police say, the picture is improving, although, events such as this are a reminder for them of the need to carry on that work and of course, jodie chesney was not the only teenager to die over the last couple of days. a17—year—old boy has been stabbed to death in greater manchester in hale barns near altrincham. very few details about that case at the moment. it's still very early days in the investigation we are told from the police but we do believe at the moment, to 17—year—old boys have been arrested on suspicion of murder. here, in romford, today police are saying they are doing whatever they can to bring whoever killed jodie chesney to justice, there will be extra patrols today here in london and in greater manchester but right now, here, there are no arrest

been fatally stabbed twenty seven have been killed in the past twelve months seventeen year old jodie chesney was murdered last week she had never been involved in crime she was with a group of friends in this park when her killer approached he stabbed her in the back and left he didn't say a word. knife crime is no longer confined to criminal gangs in deprived areas it's everywhere jodie chesney charlotte huggins siminoff the names of some of those killed were read out in parliament this week and this opposition labor m.p. stella creasy wants armed service from the government this is an emergency that requires an emergency response here. in recent years police are experienced deep funding cuts leading to the lowest police numbers since the one nine hundred eighty s. the british prime minister denies the resource problem is to blame there's no direct correlation between certain crimes and peace numbers what matters is how we ensure that the police are responding to these criminal acts when they take place that people are brought to justice but what also matters is as a government that we knoc

a man charged with murdering jodie chesney has been remanded in custody.7—year—old was stabbed to death in a park in east london last friday. also this hour, the brexit secretary accuses michel barnier of trying "to rerun old arguments". he's been urged to agree to a "balanced solution" by stephen barclay, as talks continue between the uk and eu. increased activity at a missile site in north korea — satellite images of a facility near pyongyang suggest the country may be preparing to launch a missile or a satellite. we begin with breaking news this hour. rescuers have found the bodies of two climbers who had been missing for almost a fortnight on a mountain in pakistan. tom ballard, who was british, was climbing nanga parbat with italian daniele nardi when they lost contact. a search operation had been under way this week after four spanish rescuers were flown to the area by military helicopter. the deaths were confirmed by the italian ambassador to pakistan. our correspondent sarah campbell is with me now. we have just learned this news in the last few mi

it was the colour of her scout troop, a tribute to 17—year—old jodie chesney.th friends in a park in harold hill. today a 16—year—old faced magistrates, charged with her murder, he spoke only to confirm his name, address and age. as details of the case were read out, the teenager became extremely tearful, crying in the dock. the magistrate told him he could see that he was very upset. he's now been sent to a youth detention centre, ahead of another court appearance tomorrow, this time at the old bailey. and at the old bailey today, 20—year—old manuel petrovic, a croatian national, appeared via video link from prison, also charged withjodie chesney‘s murder. he will go on trial in september. although two people have now been charged, four others have been arrested. one on suspicion of murder, three others on suspicion of assisting an offender. the death ofjodie chesney remains an active police investigation. daniela relph, bbc news, barkingside. the four—hour waiting time target for accident and emergency in england is set to be scrapped and replaced with a whol

police investigating the fatal stabbing of 17—year—old jodie chesney in east london say they've arrestedn leicester. britain's most senior officer, cressida dick, says there is a link between falling police numbers and violent crime. i agree that there is some link between violent crime on the streets obviously and police numbers, of course there is. and i think everybody would see that. counter—terror police are investigating three packages containing explosives found at heathrow airport, london city airport and waterloo station. one of the soldiers on duty on bloody sunday in londonderry in 1972, when 13 civilians were shot dead by the army, tells the bbc he has no regrets. do you feel any guilt about what happened? no, i would do you feel any guilt about what happened? no, iwould do do you feel any guilt about what happened? no, i would do the exact same again. bmw has warned that no—deal brexit could threaten its uk plant. the german car maker says it might consider moving production of the mini from cowley in oxford if the governent fails to agree an exit deal with the eu. and at 11

people in the area‘s response to the death ofjodie people in the area‘s response to the death of jodie chesney ofjodie chesney, and also to yousef makki. it is a complete shock in our community, something that has made our community really wake up and think, do you know what? central government needs to do more, there needs to be more funding implemented into social services, adult social services, youth services, into policing, because this cannot continue. we cannot continue to see young people‘s lives being taken away at such a young age, when they had a whole life ahead of them. it again, we are seeing young people carrying knives, and it is them thinking, why are they carrying knives, what could have been done? is it early intervention? so the community is just shocked, the community is just shocked, the community is just shocked, the community is scared, it is not something that usually happens in oui’ something that usually happens in our community, so everyone is a bit speechless. what is your reaction? well, i am a mother of four, mighty mike the youngest of 15 and 18, and i cannot be

last week it was jodie chesney abbas family who received the worst news. rst news. —— jodie chesney‘s. now the latest victim of knife crime. it was the killing ofjodie and the one in chester that led to a refrain that something must be done. meetings involving the home secretary and police chiefs, calls for more resources for police and greater co—operation across departments in focusing on this issue but any new measures will take time to work three. in the here and now, police say they cannot arrest their way out of this. the challenge by anybody with any influence is how to you stop a young person from picking up a knife in the same way that they pick up their mobile phone and how to you convinced that young person that their life and their future would be better without a knife. british officials and representatives from the eu are preparing to work through the weekend, to try to break the deadlock over brexit. the eu has given theresa may until tomorrow, to come up with fresh proposals on the controversial northern ireland backstop, the mechanism desig

a man charged with murdering jodie chesney has been remanded in custody.year—old was stabbed to death in a park in east london last friday. the brexit secretary accuses michel barnier of trying "to rerun old arguments" — he's been urged to agree to a "balanced solution" by stephen barclay. increased activity at a missile site in north korea — satellite images of a facility near pyongyang suggest the country may be preparing to launch a missile or a satellite. now on bbc news — the actor—director kenneth branagh is talking movies — in the second part of a special interview for the programme's 20th birthday. hello from new york, i'm tom brook. in talking movies, a special edition to celebrate our 20th anniversary, a conversation with top british actor and director kenneth branagh on the changes that have taken place in the film industry during the time that talking movies has been on the air. kenneth branagh joined a special event in new york to mark talking movies‘ two decades on the air. the audience, a media crowd, including former members of the producti

a man has appeared in court, accused of the murder ofjodie chesney. jodies 17, was stabbed in a park in romford in east london, last friday. 0ur correspondent jane—frances kelly is outside barkingside magistrates court. what happened this morning? well, manuel petrovic appeared before magistrates where he confirmed his name, age, which is 20 and his address of highfield road and to confirm he was a croatian national. he is charged with the murder of jodie chesney, stabbed to death in a park in harold hill on the ist of march. she was listening to music with friends and died about an hour later. a postmortem examination revealed she'd died from haemorrhaging. mr petrovic will appear at the old bailey on monday. he was remanded in custody and no application was made for bail. a second man is still in custody on suspicion of murder while the police investigation continues. thanks. jane at barkingside magistrates‘ court. a 15—year—old boy has been charged with the murder of a teenager who was fatally stabbed in west london. ayub hassan, aged 17, was found with

on friday morning, jodie chesney wished her father happy birthday before he went to work. y evening, peter chesney was told that his daughter was dead. today, withjodie‘s sister lucy next to him and her stepmum, joanne, the family spoke about all they've lost. the nicest person any of us know, or knew. everything about her was about being kind and good and thoughtful of others. even if she didn't want to do it, she would do it for you. it'sjust, there's no way you could do this to a nicer person. jodie was in the scouts and studying for her a—levels. she was a conscientious student. i'd ask her to skip classes so she could do my hair for work, and she'd be like, "no, i can't, i can't, i have to go". she was with friends in a park in romford when she was stabbed in the back by a killer who said nothing. she screamed for about a minute and then fell down, but then i think the shock kicked in so then she wasjust moaning and groaning for the next half an hour or so. the ferocity of the attack, how violent it was. it was a long knife. today, scotland yard said they believe up to

a man charged with murdering jodie chesney has been remanded in custody. 17—year—old was stabbed to death in a park in east london last friday. the brexit secretary stephen barclay accuses michel barnier of trying "to rerun old arguments" as talks continue between the uk and eu. increased activity at a missile site in north korea — satellite images of a facility near pyongyang suggest the country may be preparing to launch a missile or a satellite. now on bbc news it's the travel show 7 with flying cars, sausage hotels and the campaign to keep austin, texas weird. coming up on this week's show: we are getting weird in the lone star state. doesn't like being on tv! hejust bit me! why flying taxis and sausage hotels are the future of travel. and in the snow and against the clock, i take on the european sauna marathon. i don't quite know the sauna etiquette — i think i'm just gonna myself in there. —— throw myself in there. we start this week in austin, the state capital of texas. every year, it hosts south by southwest, which has grown from a one—week showca

a man charged with murdering jodie chesney has been remanded in custody.7—year—old was stabbed to death in a park in east london last friday. the brexit secretary accuses michel barnier of trying "to rerun old arguments" — he's been urged to agree to a "balanced solution" by stephen barclay, as talks continue between the uk and eu. increased activity at a missile site in north korea — satellite images of a facility near pyongyang suggest the country may be preparing to launch a missile or a satellite. now on bbc news it's time for click 7 which this week looks at whether your car could be vulnerable to hackers. this week: gone in six seconds with a simple high—tech carjack. scrums and gums. and it's the end of the world as we know it... ..but we feel fine. for many of us, our car is one of the most valuable things that we own. sometimes crazy to think that we just leave them out on the streets but, of course, that is because they are built with good security. but in the last few years we have started to see this happening... newer cars with keyless entry h

is the london parkway jody chesney was murdered stabbed in the back as she played music with friends the victims were both seventeen ten teenagers have been killed in stabbings this year twenty seven in the past twelve months the killings of course outrage and a fierce national debate nine of my friends were shot dead in the last one was shot fifty seven times this is sheldon thomas a former gang member who now advises young people and politicians on violent crime he believes the current debate been heightened because recent victims have been white and middle class why does it take a middle class person to be killed before they use the word crisis when poor whites and blacks are being killed for many years over fifteen twenty years we've had countless of young people stabbed in exactly the same way shot dead and yet that it wasn't considered a crisis where. if you just showed and thomas once the author to pay more attention to the impact of social media and a culture that glorifies guns a knife crime this is drill music to police believe it fuels rival gang violence this group of ten

a man charged with murdering jodie chesney has been remanded in custody.7—year—old was stabbed to death in a park in east london last friday. the brexit secretary accuses michel barnier of trying "to rerun old arguments" — as talks continue between the uk and eu. now, on bbc news — inside out. this week we're in the south west of england — reporting on the battle for devon's airspace, and the debate over changes to the women's pension age. blue sky, light cloud, a perfect day for gliding. the parachute makes me slightly anxious but you say i don t need to worry about this. you don't need to worry about the parachute. i didn t think we were going parachuting so i hope we re not. it s all part of our safety equipment. but clubs like this one near exeter fear they could be squeezed out so we re constantly looking around, if you see another aircraft glider, you tell me about it. what about these? that's the parachute. just these ones here i showed you earlier. i head up there to find out if there s really enough room for everyone. we all want to stay safe, we

london's latest victim of knife crime. 17—year—old jodie chesney, described by those who knew her ast and lovely girl. this evening, herfamily named the teenager on social media as they appealed for information. her grandmother wrote: earlier, friends came to lay flowers. among those paying their respects, a young local councillor. was i shocked about this today? no, because you're hearing of continuous crime happening, you're hearing of serious youth violence, to me — and that's scary, the fact that it didn't shock me. i'm a young councillor, i'm 23 years old, the fact that this didn't shock me, that's quite sad. it shouldn't be... that should not be our reality. that shouldn't be young people's reality. police say no arrests have been made and are appealing for information. a 17—year—old girl lost her life and i want to express my deepest sympathies to herfamily and herfriends. her death is a tragedy. this afternoon, forensic officers searched a nearby wooded area. as another murder investigation is launched in london, the mayor sadiq khan encouraged anyone with information to come

and in the past few moments, police investigating the fatal stabbing of 17—year—old jodie chesney inve arrested a man in leicester. counterterror police are investigating three packages containing explosives which were delivered to heathrow airport, london city airport and waterloo railway station in london. detectives say the "small improvised explosive devices" were found in postal bags. irish detectives are assisting the metropolitan police, as all of the packages had republic of ireland stamps. one of the devices caught fire when staff opened the bag. our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, is at waterloo station. the latest on the days events, daniel? the first of these devices was discovered in the head office building at heathrow airportjust before ten o'clock this morning, and that's the device that went off, slightly melting the packaging. then a second device was discovered in the post room here at waterloo railway station just before 12. a third device was discovered just after midday at london city airport. neither of those devices was opened and neither went off

is the london parkway jodi chesney was murdered stabbed in the back as she played music with friends the victims were both seventeen ten teenagers have been killed in stabbings this year twenty seven in the past twelve months the killings of course outrage and a fierce national debate nine of my friends were shot dead in the last one was shot fifty seven times this is sheldon thomas a former gang member who now advises young people and politicians on violent crime he believes the current debate been heightened because recent victims have been white and middle class why does it take a middle class person to be killed before they use the word crisis when poor whites and blacks are being killed for many years over fifteen twenty years we've had countless of young people stabbed in exactly the same way shot dead and yet that it wasn't considered a crisis when. if you just showed and thomas once the author to pay more attention to the impact of social media and a culture that glorifies guns and knife crime this is drill music the police believe it fuels rival gang violence this group ten

has been remanded in custody by magistrates in east london, charged with murdering the teenager jodie chesneyr—old was stabbed in the back while listening to music with friends in a park in romford. manuel petrovitch, who's 20, will appear at the old bailey on monday. a second suspect remains in custody. the supermarket chain asda has said it will remove all single kitchen knives from sale because of concern over the use of knives in violent attacks. the company says it has a responsibility to try to help in the work to bring violent crime under control. the clock. in the dirt of the clock. now on bbc news: a special edition of global questions from jerusalem — hosted by zeinab badawi. hello and welcome tojerusalem for this edition of global questions. jerusalem is at the heart of the conflict in the middle east and the competing claims for the land that makes up israel and the occupied territorians. these plans have come and gone, but none have succeeded. but now washington says it can break the deadlock and is launching what it calls the deal of the century. can it deliver peace for the isr

one of the tragic death this weekend, joe, was jodie chesney.er ten, posed for pictures out there. not the kind of figure that perhaps some people might associate with this kind of incident, and perhaps that has woken up people to what is actually going on. yes, i think the traditional view of knife crime and the way it has been growing is that it is a gang issue, it is about postcodes. there have been lots of sort of theories around white children are killing other children. essentially they are children, it is horrifying, but jodie chesney was a girl who was sat with her boyfriend on a bench and talking with friends, at the time she was murdered. and that sort of... her death has almost become something that people have looked at in sucha something that people have looked at in such a short amount of time and said, hang on, it doesn't fit with the pattern, and it has i think shopped a lot of people very quickly. —— shocked a lot of people. and it might be that this particular case will suddenly lead to more action. who knows? any one of these

a man charged with murdering jodie chesney has been remanded in custody.he 17—year—old was stabbed to death in a park in east london last friday. the brexit secretary stephen barclay accuses michel barnier of trying "to rerun old arguments" as talks continue between the uk and eu. also coming up this hour... increased activity at a missile site in north korea. satellite images of a facility near pyongyang suggest the country may be preparing to launch a missile or a satellite. hello, good morning and welcome to bbc news. the baby son of shamima begum, the british teenager who joined the islamic state group, has died in syria. the boy, who was less than three weeks old, is thought to have contracted a lung infection. his mother travelled to syria as a 15—year—old in 2015. the home office had recently taken the decision to strip her of her british citizenship. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford has this report. when the bbc first interviewed shamima begum two and a half weeks ago, she'd just given birth to a baby boy, jarrah. in his short life, h

he is charged with murdering jodie chesney and harold hill on march the 1st, he has now been remandedriate youth detention centre. he will be backin youth detention centre. he will be back in court tomorrow but this time, at the old bailey. he is the second person to be charged with the murder ofjodie chesney and this is very much an ongoing inquiry. the metropolitan police say that for other people have been arrested. one on suspicion of murder and three others on suspicion of assisting an offender. thank you. the time is 13:18. our top story this lunchtime. downing street says tomorrow's ‘meaningful vote' on brexit will go ahead — as the prime minister faces the prospect of a defeat in the commons. and still to come...how two towns are trying different strategies to tempt shoppers back onto the high street. coming up on bbc news... ronnie "the rocket" o'sullivan becomes the first player to make 1,000 century breaks in professional snooker, as he seals the player's championship title, beating neil robertson in preston. this week, the bbc is giving the audience the chance to shape our

pictures of the two latest victims, oath of them 17 years old, jodie chesney and josef mackie, described chesney and josef mackie, described as a schoolgirl in schoolboy, both died over the weekend. it is horrendous and the metro headline is "this has to stop". it is a terribly sad story and much —— part of a much bigger sad story that has been happening in britain over the past couple of years, the spike in knife crime involving not —— younger people. i have more questions than anyone has ends is about the situation right now, because there area situation right now, because there are a lot of cities around the world paragraph will with —— that have grappled with a violent crime. there isa grappled with a violent crime. there is a lot of thinking about the best ways to do that, and it has to be a question of notjust how much money the british government can throughout this problem, but make sure that the policymakers can spend that money in the railways, to try and reduce the violence that has such a high cost. the attack on jodie is explained by herfamily as totally random, unprovoked,

jodie chesney had been in the park in romford with five friends when two teenagers approached them onts. jodie's mum, supported by her family, came here today to lay flowers. many came here today, including lucy, one of her closest friends, devastated by the loss. what was she like as a person? we a lwa ys what was she like as a person? we always had a lot of good times together. inside and out, she was beautiful and kind, and she wouldn't hurt anyone. she would do anything to make anyone happy. she was just the most beautiful person i've ever met in my life. jodie was a keen scout, visiting downing street. and here she is at the royal albert hall, taking part in the festival of remembrance last year. forensic officers searched the park and children's playground, looking for any clues. people living here tell me they are scared, shocked and horrified by what has happened in this quiet residential area. jodie's grandmother has pleaded for anyone with information to come forward, saying too many young lives are being cut short by needless violence. jodie is the 15th person to be stabbed

pictures of the two latest victims, oath of them 17 years old, jodie chesney and josef

police investigating the fatal stabbing of 17—year—old jodie chesney in east london say they've arrestedicer, cressida dick, says there is a link between falling police numbers and violent crime. i agree that there is some link between violent crime on the streets obviously and police numbers, of course there is. and i think everybody would see that. counter—terror police are investigating three packages containing explosives found at heathrow airport, london city airport and waterloo station. one of the soldiers on duty on bloody sunday in londonderry in 1972, when 13 civilians were shot dead by the army,

andy moore joins us live from romford in east london, where 17—year—old jodie chesney was stabbed on the police saying about their investigation? well, as you say, the stabbing was on friday night and so far no arrest, the family calling it a random and unprovoked attack. and certainly we have heard nothing about motive from the police. the group of youngsters were here and they saw those two men in the park, but there was no conversation between the two groups. half—an—hour later, the two men came back and jodie was stabbed once in the back. there was no conversation at that stage either. so that is the criminal investigation which is going on. then we have the wider political impact. sajid javid saying this violence has to stop. he is hosting this meeting wednesday with police chief constables around the country, the serious violence task force, that is a preplanned meeting. the government says it already has a strategy in place, it has made 61 commitments, it says, and it is spending £200 million on steering young people away from crime and violence. on that issue, injust over an h

been fatally stabbed twenty seven have been killed in the past twelve months seventeen year old jodie chesney was murdered last week she had never been involved in crime she was with a group of friends in this park when her killer approached he stabbed her in the back and left he didn't say a word knife crime is no longer confined to criminal gangs in deprived areas it's everywhere. judy chesney charlotte huggins chu just siminoff the names of some of those killed were read out in parliament this week and this opposition labor m.p. stella creasy wants from the government this is an emergency that requires an emergency response yeah. every seven years police are experienced deep funding cuts leading to the lowest police numbers since the one nine hundred eighty s. .

is the london parkway jody chesney was murdered stabbed in the back if she played music with friends the victims were both seventeen ten teenagers have been killed in stabbings this year twenty seven in the past twelve months the killings of course outrage and a fierce national debate nine of my friends were shot dead in the last one was shot fifty seven times this is sheldon thomas a former gang member who now advises young people and politicians on violent crime he believes the current debate been heightened because recent victims have been white and middle class why does it take a middle class person to be killed before they use the word crisis when poor whites and blacks are being killed for many years over fifteen twenty years we've had countless of young people stabbed in exactly the same way shot there and yet that it wasn't considered a crisis when. if you just showed and thomas once the author to pay more attention to the impact of social media and a culture that glorifies guns the knife crime this is drill music the police believe it fuels rival gang violence this group ten

on friday morning, jodie chesney wished herfather a happy birthday before he went to work. day evening, peter chesney was told that his daughter was dead. today, withjodie's sister lucy next to him and her stepmum, joanne, the family spoke about all they had lost. the nicest person any of us know, or knew. everything about her was about being kind and good and thoughtful about others. even if she didn't want to do it, she would do it for you. it'sjust, there's no way you could do this to a nicer person. jodie was in the scouts and studying for her a—levels. she was a conscientious student. i'd ask her to skip classes so she could do my hair for work, and she'd be like, "no, i can't, i can't, i have to go". she was with friends in a park in romford when she was stabbed in the back by a killer who said nothing. she screamed for about a minute and then fell down, but then i think shock kicked in so then she was just moaning and groaning for the next half an hour or so. the ferocity of the attack, how violent it was, it was a long knife. today, scotland yard said they believe up

also 16, connor brown, 18, hazrat umar, also 18, 19—year—old kamali gabbidon—lynck, 17—year—old jodie chesneyaccess to nottinghamshire police's knife crime unit, the only force outside london with a dedicated knife crime task force. 0fficers there are dealing with at least two stabbings a day and doctors at a major trauma unit in the city say they resuscitated 28 children with serious knife wounds in 2018.. here's our reporter noel phillips‘ exclusive film next. it has been described as a national emergency. families wrecked, families ruined, communities almost under attack. i lost all my mind after my son died. these cctv images show what the authorities are up against when it comes to tackling knife crime on the streets. i could walk out of here now, and someone could pull a knife or a gun on me. like, it's normal. it normal in nottingham. these violent attacks across the uk all happened in broad daylight, amid concerns that the victims and perpetrators are getting younger. nearly every day, nearly every other day, we are having someone come and who's been the victim of knife violence. one

in the case of jodie chesney.reet today to call on the chancellor to safeguard their future funding. philip hammond, makes his spring statement on wednesday, where he gives an update on the overall health of britain's economy. and the naht — which represents headteachers, including those who run nursery schools — want him to promise money for their nurseries, which they describe as the jewel in the social mobility crown, supporting some of the most disadvantaged children , some of whom arrive at nursery unable to speak, or still in nappies at the age of four. let's talk now to sally leese, who is the head of a maintained nursery, castle vale, in birmingham. she is a member of the naht union and is going to downing street today and will be responsible for handing over the letter. one of the mums that uses sally's nursery is kelly berry, for her sonjack, who has autism. and we also have sacha walker—byrne, the head of fairfield nursery in accrington, which is also a maintained nursery. thank you very much for talkin

june kelly is at the park in romford, where 17—year—old jodie chesney was killed on friday. june.in a residential area and you really feel you could be anywhere in the country but this is now a murder scene. of course these are children who are dying and now the debate is focusing on how we as a country protect our young people. awarning, a country protect our young people. a warning, this piece contains some flashing images. they lived at either end of the country butjodie chesney and yousef makki were the same age on the verge of adulthood. and it was in the suburbs, not the city, that both their young lives were suddenly taken. today at harold hill in romford those who loved jodie came to the park at this playground where she died on friday night. she was with her boyfriend and some other friends when they were approached by two men. jodie was stabbed once in the back. as the hunt for evidence continues, her murderer described as black and in his late teens, remains at large. locally on the night of the murder between the hours of seven and 11pm there are many people who had th

and detectives investigating the murder of 17—year—old jodie chesney, who was stabbed to death on fridaydon, well, they have arrested a man in leicester. he will be transported down to london for questioning in due course. thanks very much. jon donnison for us. at 7:10am, we‘ll speak to sara thornton, chair of the national police chiefs council. let us know what you think about that story today, it is our main story throughout the programme. that story today, it is our main story throughout the programmem is an issue all week that we will talk about. the government is reportedly set to cut tariffs on the vast majority of imports in the event of a no—deal brexit. steph is here with more details. i think you will have a busy day today. welcome back to the sofa. what is the detail on this? this is to try to make sure we suddenly have to try to make sure we suddenly have to pay way more money for the things we buy in this country which come from another country, that is because with some countries there are tariffs which we would have to pay if we come out of the european union with a no—dea

jodie chesney was stabbed to death near a children's playground. abbed to death near a child ren‘s playground. her chesney was stabbed to death near a children's playground. her family say it was an unprovoked attack. for jody's classmates and friends, it's been a horrific shock. inside out, she was beautiful and kind. she wouldn't hurt anyone. she was just the most beautiful person you ever met. so unexpected. for that sort of thing to happen. she was such a bundle ofjoy thing to happen. she was such a bundle of joy and thing to happen. she was such a bundle ofjoy and a good person. but that's why we came today, to pay respects, because she deserved every bit of happiness she got and she will be remembered a nice person. hard to believe. you see it in the news all the time. it's bad enough, but you don't connect yourself with it. you never expected to happen to someone you know. it. you never expected to happen to someone you know. police forensic officers are scouring the spark for clues as a steady stream of people arrive to lay flowers. jodie's

is the london parkway jodi chesney was murdered stabbed in the back a she played music with friends the victims were both seventeen ten teenagers have been killed in stabbings this year twenty seven in the past twelve months the killings of course outrage and a fierce national debate nine of my friends were shot dead in the last one was shot fifty seven times this is sheldon thomas a former gang member who now advises young people and politicians on violent crime he believes the current debate been heightened because recent victims have been white and middle class why does it take a middle class person to be killed before they use the word crisis when poor whites and blacks are being killed for many years over fifteen twenty years we've had countless of young people stabbed in exactly the same way shot there and yet that it wasn't considered a crisis when. if you just showed and thomas one c. or thirty's to pay more attention to the impact of social media and a culture that glorifies guns the knife crime this is drill music the police believe it fuels rival gang violence this group