among the speakers was the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby.the noble calling of politicians in a democracy is to make all manner of sacrifices, seen and unseen, for the freedom and prosperity of our nation. and it is for that reason that across the nation we should be thankful to everyone who is here and throughout especially the house of commons who gives so much despite the cynicism, abuse and cruelty that they so often endure. too often when great tragedies happen, we have to reflect that the best seem to be the first to suffer. in this great tragedy, there is a unanimous conviction amongst all who knew him that sir david was of the best. this afternoon, borisjohnson told the house of commons that sir david's dearest wish and long—standing campaign will be made reality southend on sea, in his constituency, will be given city status. and earlier, sir david's family visited the church hall in leigh—on—sea where the politician was killed. 0ur political editor, laura kuenssberg reports. holding on. at a church that should be a place of sanctuar

, archbishop, thank ou this. justin welby, archbishop, thank you so — this. justin welby, archbishopa backlog in cases to be dealt with by criminal courts will be a problem for many years, leaving victims waiting for justice — that's the warning from the national audio office, which said london is worst affected. waiting times for the average case here increased by 63%. a ministry ofjustice spokesperson pointed to the impact of covid—19 and said the number of outstanding cases in crown courts is now stabilising. on monday, the ultra low emission zone — or ulez — expands. it means drivers on the north and south circulars with older or more polluting vehicles will have to pay a charge. it's one of the mayor's policies to tackle pollution. but some businesses believe it's the wrong time. it's going to cost us £2500 a week — a week! and, on top of that, we are committed to £350,000 worth of expenditure on new vehicles and loss of value on existing vehicles. businesses are on their knees. so we could have done with a little bit of deferment, really, until businesses are back up and runnin

evening service in st margaret's church in westminster, led by the archibishop of canterbury, justin welbyoften, when great tragedies happen, we have to reflect that the best seemed to be the first to suffer. three days into the police investigation we are learning that maybe there was no specific motive for the attack. police are investigating the mp�*s close ties to the middle east, he was the chairman of the all—party parliamentary group on qatar. but they say it is equally possible the suspect, 25—year old ali harbi ali of somali descent, had plotted to kill any mp. and that sir david was stabbed to death simply because he'd agreed to a face—to—face appointment. here's our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford. in a picture taken several years ago, ali harbi ali, the man arrested at the church hall where sir david amess was killed. the murder, just after midday on friday, was initially investigated by essex police, but quickly taken over by scotland yard's counter terrorism command, when a possible extremist motivation was identified. since then, the arrested man has been in custo

condemnation of what we have heard happening today in essex will stop the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby the world of politics. peter sol, i thank you for following development in westminster. i want to speak to leigh milner, our corresponding at the scene now. this confirmation from police are so david amess has died after being stabbed, this will inevitably be without very sharply and very intensely in the community that he represented? i and very intensely in the community that he represented?— that he represented? i have been s-teakin that he represented? i have been speaking to _ that he represented? i have been speaking to a _ that he represented? i have been speaking to a few _ that he represented? i have been speaking to a few of _ that he represented? i have been speaking to a few of those - that he represented? i have been i speaking to a few of those residents here today, yes, shock as one of the many— here today, yes, shock as one of the many things— here today, yes, shock as one of the many things they are feeling. if i 'ust many things they are feeling. if i just pan— many