katy austin reports.e been examining this park in a quiet residential area of romford today, paying particular attention to the children's playpark. it was just before 9:30 last night that emergency services arrived to find a 17—year—old girl who had been stabbed. she was pronounced dead shortly afterwards. a woman whose house overlooks the park told me herfamily heard a commotion last night and she rushed out. she said there was a small group of young people and she was told one of them had been stabbed. she tried to help the girl as she lay bleeding. an ambulance arrived, but the teenager could not be saved. i'm quite shocked, to be honest, that someone died here, because i can with my baby quite often to this part, and i thought it safe. but, from now, i don't think i am ever going to come ever. the london mayor, sadiq khan, said today he was devastated by the fatal stabbing. i've got a daughter aged 17 years old. many londoners, maybe around the country, will know people who are young and but for the

katy austin has more for us. the park where a 17—year—old died last night, the first teenage girl to be fatally stabbed in london this year. it's sad to see this happen. itjust shows kind of the support that is needed in the community and how the community needs to continue reporting, because that's one of the issues we have in havering. the community are not reporting what they're seeing. therefore, havering is not seen as a priority or is not seen as an area of concern. it's been a shock for residents of this quiet residential area. i'm quite shocked, to be honest, that someone died here, because i come with my baby quite often to this park and i thought it's safe. but from now, i don't think i'm going to come ever. police forensic teams have been examining the area around the children's play park where emergency services were called about 9.30pm last night. a woman whose house overlooks the park told me herfamily heard a commotion last night, and she rushed out. she said there was a small group of young people

katy austin, bbc news.ndon has urged britain to embrace us farming methods, dismissing warnings about chlorine—washed chicken and hormone—fed beef as a smear campaign. in a newspaper article, woody johnson compared food production in the eu to a museum of agriculture. downing street has repeatedly denied that it would accept lower food standards. our business correspondent, rob young, reports. the trade landscape could be about to change. as brexit approaches, the uk is looking to do trade deals around the world. the way food is produced could become a sticking point. the united states says it wants to sell more american food in the uk. currently, there are eu—wide bans on american chicken washed in chlorine and cattle given growth hormones. writing in the daily telegraph, the us ambassador in london said... he goes on... british farmers are unhappy. they've rejected the call for them to adopt american farming methods to help secure a transatlantic trade deal. we are asking our politicians to put their prom

katy austin, bbc news.former superintendent with metropolitan police, who served on the force for 30 years. he's now an adviser to the all party parliamentary group on youth violence. he joins us live from woodford in east london. mr logan, thank you very much for joining us here on bbc news. what do the figures of the number of people who have died from stabbings this year and last year tell you 7 who have died from stabbings this year and last year tell you? you've got a growing crisis, and it's not showing any signs of reducing. i think we need to realise that the number of teenagers that have died in the last 15 years, since the 77 bombings, is almost six to seven times more teenagers dying than in the 77 bombings. and i know that the home secretary then called cobra for those terrorism offences and i was a tragedy full to we've got an ongoing tragedy, so the home secretary needs to call cobra to make sure we've got a national approach to this. it's not just a national approach to this. it's notjust lon

katie austin, bbc news.ion to the release by the attorney general is a summary to the special counsel robert mueller investigation into russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. president trump has reacted, as you can imagine, via twitter. this is what he had to say. no collusion, no obstruction, complete and total exoneration. keep america great. so as far as president trump is concerned there was no collusion, there was no obstruction, it was com plete there was no obstruction, it was complete and total exoneration. keep america great. just to point out that the report itself was looking into conspiracy, or conspiring between russia and the us, president trump ear saying no collusion. legally it was conspiring and not colluding, just to make that point very quickly. president trump isn't in washington at the moment, he's been spending the weekend i believe his motorcade hasjust arrived been spending the weekend i believe his motorcade has just arrived at the airport. we will probably see the

that was katy austin there reporting from romford in east london.ritain to embrace us farming methods to help secure a post—brexit trade deal, saying fears over chlorine—washed chicken and hormone—fed beef were "myths". in a newspaper article, woody johnson compared food production in the eu to a museum of agriculture. our business correspondent rob young has been explaining the reaction to the ambassador's comments. us chicken washed in chlorine and beef produced with growth hormone have proven controversial in europe, but the us has been clear that bigger agricultural access in the uk is one of its main aims when it enters into trade talks. so, the us ambassador has written that he thinks there has been a smear campaign against us food, saying that production techniques in europe are like a museum of agriculture. now, the uk government has said that high standards will not be compromised in the pursuit of trade deals, but the national farmers union has said that it says consumers wants to maintain the current standards of food production here, but

katy austin has this report that's right there has been a profound sense of shock in this community atirl died in the park behind me last night. she is the 18th person to be killed in london this year. no arrests have been made over the death as yet. but police say they're continuing to investigate how someone so young came to lose their life here. flowers have been laid by the park where a 17—year—old died last night, the first teenage girl to be fatally stabbed in london this year. the first teenage girl to be fatally stabbed in london this yeahm the first teenage girl to be fatally stabbed in london this year. it is sad to see this happen. it shows kind of the support that is needed in the community and how the community needs to continue reporting, because that is one of theissues reporting, because that is one of the issues that we have, the community are not reporting what they're seeing. it has been a shock for residents of this quiet residential area. i'm quite shocked to be honest, that someone died here, because i come with my baby quite often to this park and i thought it is

saw a black vauxhall astra driven away at speed immediately after the stabbing. 0ur correspondent katy austingone wrong, it isa kt, if this is a robbery gone wrong, it is a fairly shocking attack. what do we know about the shop and the man who died? a very sad tale is emerging here in pinner, behind this expensive police cordon, that is where the newsagent is, where this attack occurred this morning, police believe the man who has died work there and was opening the shop when he was attacked as part of a robbery, one they said was violent and escalated. police were called around 6am to the scene and emergency services attended by the man was pronounced dead shortly after the assault of a murder investigation has since been launched, no arrests have been made. we have seen continuing police activity around the area today, the court and is extensive, up to where residential area of the road, no arrests made but this afternoon, the metropolitan police and renewed their appealfor metropolitan police and renewed their appeal for information and said they think a shop till was stolen as part of the

one resident described pinner as "lovely", but said she was not our correspondent katy austin is in pinneron woke this morning to extensive police cordon is on marsh road. emergency services were called toa road. emergency services were called to a property here at six o'clock this morning. they found a man who had been stabbed and he was pronounced dead at the scene. since then a murder investigation has been launched. no arrests have been made that there has been significant police activity. further down the road towards pinner underground station in the centre of the area, there is an extensive cordon and it is sad that forensic team seem to have been centring their investigations. attempt has been put up investigations. attempt has been put up and they seem to have been concentrating on pavement outside a newsagent. people around here say they are very shocked that something like this could happen in an area like this could happen in an area like pinner but there has been rising concern about knife crime, not just rising concern about knife crime, notjust in the capital, but across the

katy austin reports. forensic investigators at work outside a newsagent‘s in pinner.has not been identified, was murdered this morning as he opened up the shop, the victim of what detectives have called a violent robbery that escalated. the surrounding area was cordoned off. the response from people who live here is sadness and disbelief. i am sad that it seems to be happening all the time, actually. detectives say that the till was stolen and may have since been discarded and appealed for anyone who may have come across it to get in touch, as well as anyone who saw a black vauxhall astra that sped away down cecil park after the attack. a murder probe is now under way as police try to find out who was behind the attack. no arrests have been made. this is the latest incident in a spate of knife crime that police in london and across the country are desperately trying to curb. a leading us democrat has warned president trump not to block the release of any part of findings by the special counsel robert mueller, who's completed his investigation into alleged collusion be

our correspondent katy austin is outside the iranian embassy in south west london. that is right.i—ratcliffe was arrested in iran atan zaghari—ratcliffe was arrested in iran at an airport in tehran. since then, her husband and family and campaigners have been repeatedly pressing for her release. so far that has fallen on deaf ears and she remains injail on charges of plotting against the iranian regime, which she denies. today her family and campaigners have delivered a giant mother's day card to the embassy. no one is expected to come and collected but they have left it on the doorstep behind me along with bunches of flowers, 155 in total, representing one week that nazanin has been behind bars. i am joined by her husband, richard ratcliffe. thank you forjoining us. what message are you trying to send? good morning, exactly as you said, this is the third mother's day that nazanin is away. last year we were in front of the foreign office to remind the british government that the foreign secretary had made this promise to leave no stone unturned in this year we are in front of the