the crown prosecution service has authorised merseyside police to charge a 17—year—old boy of banks,ts of murder and ten counts of attempted murder following the tragic incident that took place in southport this week. the 17—year—old's charged with the murders of six—year—old bebe king, seven—year—old elsie dot stancombe and nine—year—old alice dasilva aguiar. those he allegedly attempted to murder were not named. when the attack began. she tried to shield the children from danger. her cousin told the bbc how she's doing now. all we know is she's spoken. she's still definitely not out of the woods yet, but she's definitely talking. yeah, we're not allowed to say too much, but yeah, she's a hero. she is an actual hero. jonathan hayes was stabbed in the leg after he ran into the classroom, his office next door, when he heard the screams. from his hospital bed, he told the bbc he didn't see himself as a hero and wishes he could have done more. southport will be hoping that the charging of the suspect will be a milestone in this tragedy, but the town still has a lot of grieving and heali

in an i unusual move the announcement was made at midnight at merseyside police headquarters, the 17—s court in the morning and crown court as soon as possible after that. it was liam lucas who was leading the dance class on monday morning when the attack began. she tried to shield the children from danger her cousin told the bbc how she was doing now. mi! told the bbc how she was doing now. �* ~ ., , , ,, now. all we know she is ok. she is not out _ now. all we know she is ok. she is not out of _ now. all we know she is ok. she is not out of the _ now. all we know she is ok. she is not out of the woods - now. all we know she is ok. she is not out of the woods yet - now. all we know she is ok. she is not out of the woods yet but i is not out of the woods yet but she is definitely talking. we are not allowed to say too much. she is a natural hero. jonathan hayes was stabbed into the leg after he ran into the classroom from his office next door when he heard the screaming. from the hospital he told the bbc he did not see himself as a hero and wishes he could have done more stop southpor

merseyside police said this is the english _ coordinated?is is the english defence league, and i think on one level that is clearly a reference to people who are historically supporters of the english defence league, a far right organisation whose ideas are effectively anti—immigrant and effectively anti—immigra nt and anti—muslim effectively anti—immigrant and anti—muslim as well. that organisation doesn't really exist any more, it is an idea. it hasn't existed for a decade. you have these networks developing online of minded people —— like—minded people organising themselves. robertjenrick has officially launched his tory leadership bid. speaking at an event in newark — the former immigration minister said he believed the party could win the next election and said he wanted to breathe new life into the party but acknowledged they had a mountain to climb. the world health organization says more than 175,000 people die annually from extreme heat in europe. it says heat—related deaths in the region have increased by 30% over the past two deca

story that merseyside police hasjust said it has made on this story that merseyside police has just saidll be made over the coming weeks after those protests following the southport attack. the detective chief inspector has said that following disorder on tuesday, we have now made seven arrests and further arrests will be made over the coming weeks. goes on to say, extensive work is ongoing to identify all those responsible for the despicable actions and we are determined to find everyone involved this incident. they have also followed up with another statement here that they are saying that they are aware of online speculation about future protests, and they have extensive plans and considerable police resources in place to deal with them. we heard from the prime minister yesterday who said that he was giving police the ability to coordinate with other forces to try to cut down on these protests. our news correspondent alison freeman had sent us the latest from southport. well, here this morning, we have been watching as there is still a steady trickle of people coming to pay their resp

ithink, you know, i can speak specifically about merseyside police.been fantastic and we can't fault them in any way, shape or form. you know, they've been so supportive to the mosques that we represent, 20 or so mosques across the liverpool city region. there's been close correspondence, direct communication, you know, through our channels where they've kept us updated almost hourly, which has been reassuring for the communities, and the police presence and contact with the mosques has been fantastic. our message to communities has been not to confront and not to come out to face these protesters and rioters because that's what they want. they want to fight us on the streets. and, you know, that's the reaction that we're not going to give them. we're going to let the the police take care of the rioters and the disturbance. but we're calling on the government to take strong action, which i'm hopeful that this government will. and just briefly, ibrahim, we're going into the night of saturday. we had a lot of sort of violent events today across the coun

ithink, you know, i can speak specifically about merseyside police. and we can't fault them in any way, shape orform. you know, they've been so supportive to the mosques that we represent, 20 or so mosques across the liverpool city region. there's been close correspondence, direct communication, you know, through our channels where they've kept us updated almost hourly, which has been reassuring for the communities, and the police presence and contact with the mosques has been fantastic. our message to communities has been not to confront and not to come out to face these protesters and rioters, because that's what they want. they want to fight us on the streets. and, you know, that's the reaction that we're not going to give them. we're going to let the police take care of the rioters and the disturbance. but we're calling on the government to take strong action, which i'm hopeful that this government will. and just briefly, ibrahim, we're going into the night of saturday. we had a lot of sort of violent events today across the country. liverpool had

are merseyside police officers four are merseyside police officers four are from lancashire, one from total of 64 of the injuries were sustained on tuesday night in southport, while the remaining 23 from saturday the majority of the injuries to police officers were caused by missiles, and other injuries because some of his injury collision. none of the officers remain in hospital. we mentioned there have been —— has been a cobra meeting going on this morning. the prime minister has been speaking after that meeting. i had morning. the prime minister has been speaking after that meeting.— speaking after that meeting. i had a cobra meeting _ speaking after that meeting. i had a cobra meeting this _ speaking after that meeting. i had a cobra meeting this morning - speaking after that meeting. i had a cobra meeting this morning which i speaking after that meeting. i had a i cobra meeting this morning which was an opportunity i took to thank the police for the work of their last three days, to express my support for the police officer shall have been injured and the communities impacted by

according to merseyside police six year old b.b. to merseyside police six year old bb.iar and seven year old elsie dot stancombe died after a mass stabbing at a taylor swift themes dance class in the seaside town last week. the family of the injured victim , the family of the injured victim, discharged today, expressed gratitude to the royal manchester children's hospital for its support and care during what they called this challenging time . meanwhile, two challenging time. meanwhile, two rioters have each been sentenced to two years and eight months in prison for violent disorder on merseyside. 43 year old john o'malley admitted violent disorder, while 69 year old william morgan admitted to violent disorder and possessing an offensive weapon. more than 50 police officers were injured as protesters hurled bricks, lit fires and threw bottles a day after the southport attacks in london tonight, the prime minister is chairing another cobra meeting with law enforcement officials to reflect on last night and plan for the coming days. the third high level gathering of its k

is highly prosecutor for merseyside is highly unusual and prosecutorfor merseyside is highly unusualcase they are doing with. the case will start in the magistrates�* court but because of the seriousness of the charges it will be transferred to crown court and that could take place later today. the authorities have asked people not to speculate pointing out that this is now a live criminal legal case, so it is very much an ongoing investigation.— it is very much an ongoing investigation. rowan, for the moment. _ investigation. rowan, for the moment, thank _ investigation. rowan, for the moment, thank you. - our correspondent lauren moss is in southport. lauren, good morning. as rowan was saying, this quite unusual move to announce this this is what the community which is already grieving and trying to put into context what has happened will be waking up to. good morning, naga. yes, three days since the attack here left the entire community in shock, and mourning, grieving is still continuing today. as i drove in i counted three shrines surrounding different entrances to hart street w

merseyside police says charged.erseyside police says two more people have been charged following violent disorder in southport and liverpool, bringing the total number of people charged there to 24. a senior police service of northern ireland officer says there will be a significant visible policing operation in place ahead of a planned anti—immigration protest and counter protest in belfast. assistant chief constable melanie jones says the police are expecting a very busy weekend for policing across northern ireland, with a risk of spontaneous protest. around 1000 people gathered in belfast for a counter protest against several hundred anti—immigration demonstrators last night. police responded to several race related hate crime incidents and other disorder on thursday night in what the police said was the fifth night of disorder that officers have dealt with. in other news, the funeral for british teenager jay slater, who died whilst on holiday in tenerife, is being held today . tenerife, is being held today. well

seekers, some groups who work with refugees have been told they are at risk. 0ne organisation in merseysidelosed its offices but will try to protect the premises today. we will also be creating, i suppose, what i would call a peace line, for want of a better expression, so that we and the local community and the priest from the local church, which is part of our building, that we can all come together to demonstrate that we believe that we should have hope in the future, rather than putting up with hate. disperse immediately as force is about to be used against violent individuals. sir keir starmer last night said those who felt threatened would be kept safe. but it's a severe test for a government that's been in office forjust a month. damian grammaticas, bbc news, westminster. let's speak to our correspondent, catherine byaruhanga, who is outside the new scotland yard building. hello. just talk us through what we know about the police hello. just talk us through what we know about the police preparations. good morning. we are hearing messages and statements from key police forces across t

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in a statement, merseyside police said...le who have brought such aggression and destruction into the heart of our communities do not represent the people of merseyside. this is disgraceful and we will not tolerate it." the prime minister, sir keir starmer, said the police have the government's full support to take action against extremists attempting to sow hate. the home secretary has also warned that anyone engaging in unacceptable disorder will pay the price. criminal violence and disorder has no place on britain's streets. we've been clear to the police that they have our full backing in taking the strongest possible action against perpetrators, including we're making sure that there are more prosecutors, there are sufficient prison places, and also that the courts stand ready because anyone who engages in this kind of disorder needs to be clear that they will pay the price. families expecting a trip to the beach in blackpool were met with these scenes. engines rev. people shouting islamophobic and anti—immigration chant

the crown prosecution service has authorised merseyside police to charge a 17—year—old boy of banks,murder and ten counts of attempted murder following the tragic incident that took place in southport this week. the i7—year—old's charged with the murders of six—year—old bebe king, seven—year—old elsie dot stancombe and nine—year—old alice dasilva aguiar. those he allegedly attempted to murder were not named. whilst these charges are a significant milestone within this investigation, this remains very much a live investigation and we continue to work with our partners from lancashire police and counter terrorism policing north west. in a highly unusual move, the announcement was made at midnight here at merseyside police headquarters. the 17—year—old suspect, who by law still can't be named, will appear at the magistrates�* court in the morning and at crown court as soon as possible after that. it was leanne lucas who was leading the dance class on monday morning when the attack began. she tried to shield the children from danger. her cousin told the bbc how she's doing now. all we kn

in a statement released by merseyside police, they paid tribute to genie, who witnessed the attack.and courage and we are so proud of her. her resilience is a testament to the love and bond she shared with her little sister and we will continue to support her as we navigate this painful journey together as a family." the funeral of nine—year—old alice dasilva aguiar will take place tomorrow at the same merseyside church where she had her first communion just three months ago. 0livia richwald, bbc news, southport. well disinformation that the southport suspect was a muslim asylum seeker led to anti—immigrant and far—right riots in the days after the attack. today thousands of people attended anti—racism rallies across the uk. one of the protests today was outside the headquarters of the reform uk party in central london. 0rganisers said they had chosen the venue because of the party's stance on immigration. this was the scene in belfast where anti—racism protesters gathered in the city centre after a week of disorder and racist attacks. the rally was organised by a collective of orga

one of the communities affected by rioting was walton in merseyside.n fire. 0ur reporterjayne mccubbin has been to meet some of those affected by the violence. they are stealing everything, even the chocolate. even toilet paper they have been stealing. dog foods. this man doesn't want to be filmed, but he does want people to see these images. and you watched this on cctv back at home? yes, exactly. while you were on the phone to the police? exactly. scores of people invaded his liverpool store last saturday. very many more were outside, where one person is in a car, live streaming the whole thing. see, that video on the live tiktok it is more than 10k, they are watching this videos. people are pressing love hearts as they watch your shop being looted. he was granted asylum from iraq seven years ago, and until now liverpool has been his refuge. we came to safe country. we were safe, till have seen these things happen. this was the night of the looting. the same night the nearby spellow library was destroyed. that fire's gone up. only a year old, it was

. —— merseyside. let's speak to a corresponding outside the church in southport. john's church in birkdale. this is the end of the funeral service for a seven—year—old elsie dot stancombe. she was one of the three little girls that were killed in a stabbing in southport last month. this is the last of the funeral services that we are seeing. previously we had the funerals of alice da silva aguiar and bebe king. what we had today was that she was passionate about performing, she was a cheerleader and got involved in some charity work in her local community and let's go back to a correspondent in southport. you were describing the mood they are in the town as this funeral service was being held. yes. funeral service was being held. yes, that's right- — funeral service was being held. yes, that's right- we _ funeral service was being held. is: that's right. we apologise for the noise. the community coming together in the service, we have been hearing from elsie's head teacher, readings on behalf of the parents. poignant doesn't even begin to describe a vet. seven—yea

in a statement released by merseyside police, they paid tribute to genie, who witnessed the attack.w at the same merseyside church where she had herfirst communion just three months ago. olivia richwald, bbc news, southport. well, disinformation that the southport suspect was a muslim asylum—seeker led to anti—immigrant and far—right riots in the days after the attack. today, thousands attended anti—racism rallies across the uk. one of the protests was outside the headquarters of the reform uk party in central london. our correspondent emily unia was therer. there's a very heavy police presence here in central london today. but nearly 1,000, possibly more than 1,000 protesters have gathered opposite reform party hq to express their opposition to the violence that has unfolded in recent days and weeks. now with me is one of the organisers of this protest, lewis neilson — he's from stand up to racism. lewis, how are you feeling about the turnout this afternoon? well, we're delighted so many people have come out. this is in london, outside reform's hq - but across the country, we think

in a statement released by merseyside police, they paid tribute to genie, who witnessed the attack.urage and we are so proud of her. her resilience is a testament to the love and bond she shared with her little sister and we will continue to support her as we navigate this painful journey together as a family." the funeral of nine—year—old alice dasilva aguiar will take place tomorrow at the same merseyside church where she had her first communion just three months ago. olivia richwald, bbc news, southport. now to events in russia. russia's defence ministry says its forces are still trying to repel a ukrainian cross— border incursion which is now in its fifth day. russia says it's evacuated more than 76,000 people from the kursk region since tuesday — and strict securit measures have come into place there and in two other regions — bryansk and belgorod. russia's nuclear agency has warned the incursion poses a direct threat to the kursk nuclear power plant. the un nuclear agency has urged both sides to exercise maximum restraint, as fighting moves closer to the plant. reports suggest

police rioting in merseyside.e say members of the public contacted the police , naming contacted the police, naming people they recognise from yesterday's separate photo appeal yesterday's separate photo appeal, which included images of 14 other people. merseyside police have now charged 17 individuals, seven of whom have already been jailed. they're asking the public to contact them directly or crime stoppers anonymously, if they recognise any of the people pictured here in london tonight. the prime minister has chaired another cobra meeting with law enforcement officials to reflect on last night and plan for the coming days. the third high level gathering of its kind. in the last week, he was joined by senior ministers , including the senior ministers, including the home secretary, yvette cooper, who said the ramped up police response to potential further riots would continue and suggested it was having an impact on stemming days of disorder. police had expected more than 100 events and deployed thousands of off

merseyside police also earlier said a number of officers were injured during the serious disorder.e through various items, including bricks and bottles at officers and one officer on a police motorbike, was pushed from his bike and assaulted in hull. around 100 people gathered outside a migrant hotel being guarded by police, where a window was also smashed. at least three people were led away in handcuffs as demonstrators faced counter—protesters in nottingham, and meanwhile police in riot gear were deployed in belfast amid tense exchanges between protesters and an anti—racism rally with a small number of fireworks being thrown . number of fireworks being thrown. while home secretary yvette cooper has warned people taking part in disorder across england that those breaking the law will pay that those breaking the law will pay the price, telling them thuggery has no place on the streets and the prime minister has also said that the police have his full support to take action against extremists who are attempting to sow hate by intimidating communities. as he held emergency talks wit

the statement has come to us from merseyside police.n�*s hospital. let�*s talk to and now to talk more about the recent riots, we have with us the former chief constable of northumbria police, sue sim. hello to you, sue. let�*s talk about what happened last night. there have been these fears that there would be widespread unrest. instead, we saw these antiracism protests. i suppose these antiracism protests. i suppose the fears didn�*t come to fruition. keir starmer was talking about long sentences handed down in the number of police. what do you put it down to? is of police. what do you put it down to? , . . . , , of police. what do you put it down to? ., , ., to? is actually very true that the numbers of _ to? is actually very true that the numbers of police _ to? is actually very true that the numbers of police and _ to? is actually very true that the numbers of police and the - to? is actually very true that the numbers of police and the harsh j numbers of police and the harsh sentences are absolutely going to make people think twic

showers also further south into northern england, northern ireland, some also around merseyside, andt breeze, but pleasant enough 23 in london, around 18 in glasgow, and then on thursday, as one area of low pressure pulls away, the next one comes in. this is going to bring extensive layers of cloud initially to many western and south—western parts of the uk. so it starts off quite bright in the east. but then heavier rain will spread into north—western england, across northern ireland and eventually into parts of scotland. but it does look as though east anglia and the south east could just about stay dry through most of the day and the far north of scotland too. so that's thursday — how about end of the week? well, that low pressure pulls away in its wake. still, a weather front drapes across scotland, so that means thicker cloud and some showers, but also quite blustery weather. once again, 40mph winds to the south of that. it's going to be a breezy day, but a generally sunny day. and despite the wind, still up to about 25 celsius, i think in london and typically the low—20s furthe

lastly, a memorial service, celebration of alice's life, took place at st patrick's church on merseysidenionjust a where alice had celebrated her first communion just a few months ago. family and friends of alice sinkings and read statements in portuguese and english. and today her funeral will take place at the same church. fatherjohn heneghan said herfamily feel she is now in heaven. said her family feel she is now in heaven-— in heaven. they believe that she has gone _ in heaven. they believe that she has gone dancing - in heaven. they believe that she has gone dancing into i she has gone dancing into heaven. that's one of the messages they gave, she has gone dancing into heaven. this funeral is of course profoundly sad but mostly we have the deep i°y sad but mostly we have the deep joy because that's what they believe. they believe she has gone home to heaven, dancing with the angels and saints. shill with the angels and saints. all those injured in the attacks have now been released from hospital. the funerals have not taken place yet for elsie dot stancombe and bebe king. today, it

for accounts that have the great tick next to them, those are the official accounts of see him merseysideester police, metropolitan police, you can easily find them on the platform x. if you are on facebook, some of these organisations are providing updates on facebook as well and you can find them by the blue tick against their names. if you are in a town where the local police are not providing updates online, you can still go to the major news organisations that people know and trust and they are running live updates and are in touch with police forces and there you can get accurate information about what is going on on the ground. about what is going on on the round. ,, . , . about what is going on on the round. ,, ., ., ., ground. shayan sardarizadeh, good to have ou ground. shayan sardarizadeh, good to have you with — ground. shayan sardarizadeh, good to have you with us. _ ground. shayan sardarizadeh, good to have you with us, thank— ground. shayan sardarizadeh, good to have you with us, thank you. - to the us now, where vice president kamala harris has made herfirstjoint appearanc

according to merseyside police six year old b.b. to merseyside police six year old bb. king, nine year old alice dasilva aguiar and seven year old elsie dot stancombe died after a mass stabbing at a taylor swift themes dance class in the seaside town last week. the family of the injured victim , the family of the injured victim, discharged today, expressed gratitude to the royal manchester children's hospital for its support and care during what they called this challenging time . meanwhile, two challenging time. meanwhile, two rioters have each been sentenced to two years and eight months in prison for violent disorder on merseyside. 43 year old john o'malley admitted violent disorder, while 69 year old william morgan admitted to violent disorder and possessing an offensive weapon. more than 50 police officers were injured as protesters hurled bricks, lit fires and threw bottles a day after the southport attacks in london tonight, the prime minister is chairing another cobra meeting with law enforcement officials to reflect on last night and plan for the coming days. t

merseyside police have now charged 17 individuals, seven of whom have already been jailed. they're asking the public to contact them directly or crime stoppers anonymously, if they recognise any of the people pictured here in london tonight . the prime in london tonight. the prime minister has chaired another cobra meeting with law enforcement officials to reflect on last night and plan for the coming days. the third high level gathering of its kind . in level gathering of its kind. in the last week he has joined. he was joined by senior ministers, including the home secretary , including the home secretary, yvette yvette cooper, who says the ramped up police response to potential further riots would continue and suggested it was having an impact on stemming days of disorder. police had expected more than 100 events and deployed thousands of officers last night. the prime minister also said earlier today the additional police presence is having an effect. >> most important lesson is for those involving themselves in disorder because what we've seen is that those that are be

merseyside police have now charged 17 individuals, seven of whom have already been jailed. they're asking the public to contact them directly or crime stoppers anonymously, if they recognise any of the people pictured here in london tonight . the prime in london tonight. the prime minister has chaired another cobra meeting with law enforcement officials to reflect on last night and plan for the coming days. the third high level gathering of its kind . in level gathering of its kind. in the last week he has joined. he was joined by senior ministers, including the home secretary , including the home secretary, yvette yvette cooper, who says the ramped up police response to potential further riots would continue and suggested it was having an impact on stemming days of disorder. police had expected more than 100 events and deployed thousands of officers last night. the prime minister also said earlier today the additional police presence is having an effect. >> most important lesson is for those involving themselves in disorder because what we've seen is that those that are be

and tonight , merseyside police and tonight, merseyside police have said within the last hour that they'veon with the disorder. yesterday after a suspect was recognised from footage filmed at the scene. well, the disorder broke out following speculation circulating on social media about the 17 year old knife attacker suspect who killed the three young girls at the local summer holidays. dance group. today, police were given more time to question him. he remains in police custody . now. the bbc in police custody. now. the bbc has admitted they knew about the arrest of the former newsreader huw edwards. five months before he resigned in april of this yeah he resigned in april of this year. but the corporation says it would have sacked him if he'd been charged while being a member of staff. earlier, the metropolitan police confirmed the man who sent huw edwards indecent images of children was indecent images of children was in fact a convicted paedophile. mr edwards had 41 of the most serious types of abusive, abusive photographs in his whatsapp messages, including one of a child as young as

according to merseyside police six year old b.b.

in the morning, it's actually going to be quite warm first thing — 17 in london, about 15 around merseysideburgh. so showers reaching northern ireland and western scotland. and here's that weather front stretching from northern england through the lakes, into lancashire, wales. maybe the west midlands, could be some spits and spots further south, too. so for a time some of us will catch some rain here, showers there moving into scotland. and big temperature contrasts on wednesday. eastern england, east anglia and the south—east, mid—high 20s. out towards the west, it's a lot fresher temperatures of around 18 in belfast and for glasgow. now this is fresher air that's arriving off the atlantic. in fact, the fresher air will spread right across the country during the course of thursday. so no longer is it going to be so warm in the east and the south—east. temperatures here will be closer to say, around 22 or 3 celsius out in the west around 18 degrees, with that atlantic breeze coming in. just a few showers for scotland. here's a look at the end of the week. high pressure is building off the

three men have beenjailed for violent disorder during riots on merseyside.are being mobilised to tackle any violent break—outs. the uk's most senior officer warns rioters will be met with the full force of the law. some other stories now. shamima begum has lost her final uk court bid over citizenship. ms begum travelled to syria as a teenager to join the islamic state group. the 24—year—old had hoped to overturn the government's decision to revoke her citizenship on national security grounds. and reality tv stars, tasha ghouri and pete wicks, have signed up for this year's strictly. tasha is best known for appearing on love island where fans first saw her dancing skills, and pete first appeared on our televisions from the only way is essex. do you recognise this voice but not the song? # yeah, how many summers did i run? # like 10. # i got a show out in london, when? # where the clock inna london? # yeah, big ben. drake has surprised fans with a mega music dump. the rapper and singer released a huge folder of previously unseen content, including three new so

in a statement released by merseyside police, they paid tribute to genie, who witnessed the attack.we're so proud of her. her resilience is a testament to the love and bond she shared with her little sister, and we will continue to support her as we navigate this painful journey together as a family. the funeral of nine—year—old alice dasilva aguilar will take place tomorrow at the same merseyside church where she had her first communion just three months ago. olivia richwald, bbc news, southport. well, the disinformation that the southport suspect was a muslim asylym seeker led to anti—immigrant and far—right riots in the following days after the attack. today thousands attended anti—racism rallies across the uk to counter any violent disorder. one of the protests was outside the headquarters of the reform uk party in central london. our correspondent emily unia was there earlier. there's a very heavy police presence here in central london today. but nearly a thousand, possibly more than a thousand protesters have gathered opposite reform party hq to express their opposition to the

in the words of that senior police officer in merseyside police. also need to look to what inspired that disorder because in the court yesterday in liverpool crown court, when the judge, mr andrew menary, lifted the anonymity, anonymity restrictions on the suspect in this case, he said he was doing so to fill a vacuum of information which he said was allowing nonsense to spread online. nonsense about the suspect, nonsense about motive. as we know on tuesday , rioters as we know on tuesday, rioters were targeting a mosque in the area about five minutes from where we are now, very close to the scene of the attack on hart street, a mosque that has no link to the incident. and this was fuelled by fake rumours that the attacker was an islamist, and rumours that the judge said he wanted to quash by bringing in some more information by lifting the identity of the alleged murderer and the alleged attempted murder. a ten counts of attempted murder on top of those three girls who were killed on monday. people here also want to fill a vacuum not just of infor

one of the communities affected by rioting in recent days was walton in merseyside.et on fire. our reporterjayne mccubbin has been to meet some of those affected by the violence. they are stealing everything, even the chocolate. even toilet paper they have been stealing. dog foods. this man doesn't want to be filmed, but he does want people to see these images. and you watched this on cctv back at home? yes, exactly. while you were on the phone to the police? exactly. scores of people invaded his liverpool store last saturday. very many more were outside, where one person is in a car, live streaming the whole thing. see, that video on the live tiktok it is more than 10k, they are watching this videos. people are pressing love hearts as they watch your shop being looted. he was granted asylum from iraq seven years ago, and until now liverpool has been his refuge. we came to safe country. we were safe, till have seen these things happen. this was the night of the looting. the same night the nearby spellow library was destroyed. that fire's gone up. only a year old, it

it is funded by the merseyside police and we've just moved up the rankings for child poverty so we alle community in building a community. hundreds of kids pass through our doors every friday and just gives me a new found joy for the game. i cannot get enough. we have a fantastic day where we trained together and it is amazing. and with skills sharpening all the time, luther hopes for a big future on the court. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.com/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello there. the summer holiday season is in full swing, and if you have plans for the weekend, well, it looks likely that the weather is going to behave itself. it will be largely dry, sunny and pretty warm. now, we have got a little bit of rain clearing away from the south and east as we speak and this area of low pressure to the far north—west. that's at risk of driving in a few isolated showers, chiefly to the north—west of the great glen, and here, a brisk wind with it as well. but elsewhere, a lot of

merseyside police said more than 50 police officers were injured and five people were arrested. 0ur reporterin, this community is responding. just hours after they stood shoulder to shoulder in silence at monday night�*s vigil, they came together once more, just as determined to help a neighbour. i�*m just clearing these. sound, no worries. i think everyone�*s just coming together and trying to help everyone out. i think it�*s been brilliant, the last couple of days. it�*s just not what southport�*s about, what last night was. and i don�*t think half of the people here rioting last night were from southport. volunteers from the building trade were going from house to house, offering their time and expertise. walls that has been torn down by the mob being rebuilt by the community. we heard about what had been going on and obviously saw the state that people have caused to the area. we got in contact this morning, cos i�*m from 0rmskirk branch, claire works in the southport one, so we just wanted to come and donate some of our stock that will help clear up the area for them, bring the communit

three men have beenjailed for violent disorder during riots on merseyside.kle any violent break—outs. the uk posed most senior officer warns writers will be met with the full force of the law. some other stories now. show of egham has lost her final uk court debate over citizenship. she travelled to serie a as a teenager to join the islamic state group. the 24—year—old had hoped to overturn the government's decision to revoke her citizenship on national security grounds. and reality tv stars have signed up for this year's strictly. tosha is best known for appearing on love island where fans first saw her dancing skills and pete first appeared on our televisions from the only way as essex. do you recognise the voice but not the song?- voice but not the song? drake has surprised _ voice but not the song? drake has surprised fans _ voice but not the song? drake has surprised fans with - voice but not the song? drake has surprised fans with a - voice but not the song? drake | has surprised fans with a mega music dump. the rapper and singer previously unseen cont

key landmarks across merseyside will be lit up in pink tonight and over the weekend — in tribute to thee body of the hamas political leader, ismail haniyeh — is now in qatar where a special prayer service has been held before his burial north of doha.

i have seen a statement written by the chief constable of merseyside setting out in clear terms of theoffending police resources and effectiveness. and also on the impact of individual officers who are literally on the front line. in addition to the physical and psychological harm caused to those offices and their families, the enforced absence from duty has increased the burden on those officers who remain, those who are fit to be deployed to protect the communities they serve, and the extra cost which must be borne by the public is enormous. southport is a town where families live, work, grow old, and take pride in the closeness and supportive net of the community. liverpool is a dynamic city full of wonderful people who have worked hard to develop a reputation for creativity and enterprise. your actions, together with hundreds of others, have disgraced and damaged reputations of that town and the city. it has long been recognised that there is an obligation on sentencing courts to do what they can to ensure the protection of the public. whether in their homes or in their businesses,

we have free basketball sessions for everybody on friday nights, and it's funded by merseyside police from third to second, so we all feel that we're doing something really important for the community, we're building a community. there's hundreds of kids that pass through our doors every friday, and it'sjust giving me a new found joy for the game, and i can't get enough. and now we've got this fantastic thing where we just train together, and it's amazing. and with his skills sharpening all the time, little luther is hoping for a big future on the court. that is just about it from us. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.com/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello there. the summer holiday season is in full swing, and if you have plans for the weekend, well, it looks likely that the weather is going to behave itself. it will be largely dry, sunny and pretty warm. now, we have got a little bit of rain clearing away from the south and east as we speak and this area of low pressure to the

merseyside support they need.erseyside police have said a number of officers have been injured dunng officers have been injured during serious disorder in liverpool city centre. in hull, around 100 people gathered outside a migrant hotel being guarded by police, where a window was also smashed. at least three people were led away in handcuffs as demonstrators faced counter—protesters in nottingham. meanwhile, police in riot gear were deployed in belfast amid tense exchanges between protesters and an anti—racism rally, with a small number of fireworks also being thrown . northumberland police thrown. northumberland police have accused protesters of unforgivable violence and disorder following rioting in sunderland city centre last night. videos posted on social media showed a former police office ablaze while a mosque was also targeted. vehicles were overturned and set on fire as rioters clashed with officers throwing rocks and bottles. five police officers were injured with four hospitalised and ten people arreste