the poverty areas in the city have not changed for decades particularly where the riots were in the madama area that has been a poverty stricken area for generations. and that's not changing it needs to change we'd like it to change so far we have not broken that cycle of poverty and crime and really desperation in those areas. and i think in particular of the street gangs the organized games that are down there they don't want to see these people escape that kind of poverty they want to keep them in there so you meet those people too. if the ministry you're doing starts to hamper drug sales they're going to come after anybody that does that it can be anything from a threatening letter. sometimes a bullet is left in your mailbox or you know on your front porch that's that says that the next political won't here it'll just hit you. it's hard to convince a young man to. continue in high school and to get a job at one of our fast food restaurants and make minimum wage. when he can be recruited by a gang and sell drugs and make hundreds of dollars a day. selling drove an addiction and the addi

marks the 1st ofjune marks the first day of summer at least that is what meteorologists say, although madamain the south to around about 20 in northern scotland. very little happening on the weather front tonight, a case of clear skies and the first signs of a weather front in the very far north—west of the uk and that is a sign of things to come in the coming days. through the course of tuesday we will have increasing amounts of cloud through scotla nd increasing amounts of cloud through scotland and late in the day showers developing over the highlands, but elsewhere tomorrow it will be another very warm and very sunny day but big temperature contrast between the very far north and the far south. hello, this is bbc news, with simon mccoy. the headlines... the biggest easing in lockdown restrictions is underway — primary schools in england re—open and it's back to business too for outdoor markets, car showrooms, and some sports. we are now at the stage of that plan where we can get our lives a little bit more back to normal, but look, that isn't an overnight, big bang thing. it is measured,