dal babu is a former chief superintendent in the metropolitan police. 'm very familiar with the area hainault. i was a sergeant there many years ago. it's a relatively quiet area. it's on the outskirts of london. it has relatively little crime and disorder. so this will come as a big shock to the local community. i think what the police will be doing once they've had those calls in at 7:00 in the morning, they would have been responding. you would have had multiple units responding to that. because of the sword that's been seen in the footage you may would have may well have aave's armed response vehicles attending as well. hainault is not that far from essex. so you may actually have essex police officers attending as well as metropolitan police officers — and i think the key thing there would have been the police officers would have been going to the seat of the danger and doing what they can to protect the public. and i think that's worth remembering — the police officers run towards danger when the rest of the public will run away from it. and those

stuart bell is a chief superintendent for the metropolitan police, he gave us this update from the scenee aware that serious incident occurred here at this location this morning. police and ambulance services were called and deployed to a number of casualties. it is with great sadness that i confirm that one of those injured in the incident, a 13—year—old boy, has died from their injuries. he was taken to hospital after being stabbed and sadly died a short while after. the child's family are being supported firstly by my local officers and now with some specialist officers and everyone across the met is keeping them in our thoughts at this unimaginably difficult time. the events of this morning are truly horrific. and i cannot even begin to imagine how those affected must be feeling. my thoughts are with the injured, their families and the wider community as we all begin to come to terms with what has happened and try to understand what has happened here. i know that there will be, clearly and understandably, a desire for answers and an explanation as to what happened. our investigation

now that was the statement that was issued by the metropolitan police. some hours ago now. so this full update will be with much more knowledge than the police had when they made that statement particularly interesting is some of the eyewitness reports that have been reported in the last, hour or so , and particularly hour or so, and particularly suggesting that this attacker was was shouting about belief in god.so was was shouting about belief in god. so all sorts of leads for the police to be looking at and update us on. >> yes, absolutely . that will >> yes, absolutely. that will feed into the ongoing investigation as they try to determine what the potential motivation behind this series of attacks was. mark the police officer is there. >> we're going to interrupt you on the east area bcu commander, responsible for policing this area of london, i'm going to be making a statement about the events that happened here this morning, it is a prepared statement , morning, it is a prepared statement, and afterwards i won't be taking any questions. and if i do,

there metropolitan police commissioner will be meeting with the policing minister later this week, sohere. now it's time for a look at today's sport with jane. the elite races for the london marathon are over. kenya's peresjepchirchir set a new women's only world record as she stormed to victory at the 2024 london marathon. jepchirchir crossed the line in two hours, 16 minutes and sixteen seconds to brek the record by 45 seconds. second—place tigst assefa and joyciline jepkosgei in third were also within that time. in the men's, alexander mutiso munyao made it a kenyan double, beating the legendary kenenisa bekele. britain's emile cairess was third. meanwhile, the wheelchair races were dominated by swiss duo marcel hug and catherine debrunner. yet another victory for max verstappen in what appears to be an unstoppable run to a fourth formula one world title. he started from pole position and went on to win the chinese grand prix in shanghai ahead of mclaren�*s lando norris and verstappen�*s teammate sergio perez. the red bull driver is already 25 points clear at the top of the drivers

so obviously a great deal of concern because i should add some of the detail that the metropolitan policeconfirmed that this suspect was wielding a sword, and it's believed that it was a sword that was used to attack those members of the public and indeed the police. and that video that you alluded to, bev, that we've seen as well, does show a man carrying what is clearly a long bladed weapon in, in and amongst the houses in that area . the houses in that area. >> it's, and as you say, we're in these situations , it's very in these situations, it's very sensitive in terms of what we should or should not show you what we can and can't show you. but just to give you an idea, it's a white male, as we've heard, 36 years old, he's wearing a yellow hooded jumper, and he has, as mark described , a and he has, as mark described, a very, very long sword. and he's in a housing estate knocking on doors, crouching down under windows, mopping his brow. he's clearly agitated. and there's one really shocking , scene of one really shocking, scene of a paramedic wanting to get to somebody that's lay on th

the metropolitan police says it keeps mps' security under continual review.his strange story. henry zeffman, thank you. president biden has promised "ironclad" support for israel in response to concerns that the country could be targeted by iran. the us president was speaking after iran's supreme leader repeated that israel would be punished for last week air strike on tehran�*s consulate in damascus — two senior iranian commanders were killed in the strike. joe biden was asked about the situation during a joint news conference with japan's prime minister. we also want to address the iranian threat, to launch a significant... they're threatening to launch a significant attack on israel. as i told prime minister netanyahu, our commitment to israel's security against these threats from iran and its proxies is ironclad. we say it again, ironclad. we're going to do all we can to protect israel's security. our correspondent tom bateman is in washington. he said that twice, clearly there, tom. tell us more about the thinking at the white house. what tom. tell us mo

well i'm joined now by by former metropolitan police detective peter bleksley, peter, thank you very bleksley, peter, thank you very much forjoining me. how do the police restore trust with regards to the police? >> i think it's an uphill task and i don't think they're ever going to achieve it. i think the modern model of policing that one built on policing by consent is in its death throes. and ten within or maybe 15 years, the policing model, as we know it will be replaced largely by private security firms who are already getting a firm taiwan toehold in terms of policing communities and neighbourhoods. and quite frankly, if we broaden it out, including the prison service, now , where we have a service, now, where we have a majority of prisoners who are under the influence of drugs and a prison estate that is incapable of imposing discipline because it doesn't have the numbers of trained staff. if we then look at the policing of pro—palestinian protests , pro—palestinian protests, whereby, again, the police don't have the numbers , so they have the numbers, so they appease and they

camilla >> so, sustained criticism of the metropolitan police after the metropolitan police after theest a man who was referred to as openly jewish. rishi sunak has significantly failed to back the metropolitan police commissioner, sir mark rowley , commissioner, sir mark rowley, amid calls for him to resign and will rwanda, finally past the deadlock? >> bill is back in the commons today and rishi sunak is determined to make it law. but will he back down over afghan war veterans? we'll be live from the pm's press conference in just under half an hour. >> and remember nigel farage in the royal bank of scotland . the royal bank of scotland. coutts de—banking complaints have surged 44% since nigel's bank account was closed for and these so called xenophobia. he's joining us later in the show. you won't want to miss that. >> and exeter students threatened with expulsion. what did he say to cause such controversy ? i'll tell you, he controversy? i'll tell you, he said. veganism is stupid. >> well, i'm sorry, the university is stupid. >> well , well, they're totally >> well, well, they're t

he thanked the heroic metropolitan police officers who put themselves in harm's way. asked about the police response? i understand it took 22 minutes before the police attended the initial emergency call this morning . i don't think that's morning. i don't think that's quite accurate, they were there quite accurate, they were there quite accurate, they were there quite a bit before then, but it was 22 minutes, before the suspect was tasered and arrested , and that's 22 minutes from the 999 call. so, we can assume , 999 call. so, we can assume, given that, you know, any part of london you're probably within a few minutes at most of police attending the scene that they were on scene relatively quickly. but of course, then as we saw in the video, this man was not giving himself up to officers, had then gone around the back of these houses. he was on a garage roof in a block of garages, and, lock ups at the back of these houses , with back of these houses, with police frantically shouting at him to give himself up, he wasn't doing that. according to the images, certainly,

well i'm joined now by by former metropolitan police detective peter bleksley, peter, thank you very sley, peter, thank you very much forjoining me. how do the police restore trust with regards to the police? >> i think it's an uphill task and i don't think they're ever going to achieve it. i think the modern model of policing that one built on policing by consent is in its death throes. and ten within or maybe 15 years, the policing model, as we know it will be replaced largely by private security firms who are already getting a firm taiwan toehold in terms of policing communities and neighbourhoods. and quite frankly, if we broaden it out, including the prison service, now , where we have a service, now, where we have a majority of prisoners who are under the influence of drugs and a prison estate that is incapable of imposing discipline because it doesn't have the numbers of trained staff. if we then look at the policing of pro—palestinian protests , pro—palestinian protests, whereby, again, the police don't have the numbers , so they have the numbers, so they appease and they allo

well, somejewish groups have been meeting the metropolitan police commissioner this morning.somebody who is there as positive. this all started from footage from one of the pro—palestinian demonstrations when the chief executive of the campaign against antisemitism tried to cross the road, he was wearing a head covering and as you say in a police officer told him we looked quite openlyjewish and therefore couldn't cross. in widerfootage, the officer does agree that he will escort him across the road but the met apologised for what happened and then they had to apologise for their apology because they appeared to say people who were opposed to the demonstrations were being provocative. some of the jewish community organisations, not the campaign against antisemitism, but others met with the commissioner today and others and they said it was a good meeting, that the met said they would take more account of the concerns of the jewish community, pay more attention to what their seniorjewish officers and telling them, be more culturally sensitive. but these jewish groups, like the

the metropolitan police are quite fundamentally sacrificing their independence. say we police without fear or favour, because there appears to be a lot of favour being granted towards certain people, expressing certain people, expressing certain political views . certain political views. >> i mean, the wording of this is really interesting. you look openly jewish. i mean, it sounds as though there's something wrong with looking openly jewish. you can imagine a police officer saying, look, you're openly drunk, you're openly hi, you're you know, there's something wrong with your behaviour. there's wrong behaviour. there's nothing wrong with looking if you with looking religious. if you are. through central are. and walking through central london or being openly black or openly brown or openly gay or openly brown or openly gay or openly straight or openly supporting one football team or another. >> and so it goes on and on and on and on and on. this language is beyond clumsy . it's utterly is beyond clumsy. it's utterly appalling. and this comes from a sergeant , a a

metropolitan police, to resign. a question we're putting out to you today is why? saturday telling what what he said was an openly jewish man trying to cross through this protest at aldwych. and he said, look, sir, you're openly jewish. meaning he looked jewish because he had a skull cap on you shouldn't cross the road. and for your own safety and the fact that this would cause a civil disturbance, disturbance on this. joining us now , former home secretary now, former home secretary suella braverman, suella. good morning to you. what what what on earth was wrong with that police officer ? simply doing his police officer? simply doing his job, trying to keep the peace and everyone safe . and everyone safe. >> well, thank you for having me on. good morning . i think on. good morning. i think there's a crisis here. really? after six months of hundreds of thousands of people regularly taking to the streets to march, now i don't object to the peaceful, the right to peaceful protest. but as we saw in this incident and this is reflective of what's been going on for six mo

it's an incident that's prompted not one, but two apologies from the metropolitan police.the road through a pro—palestinian march, but was stopped by officers. you are quite openlyjewish. it's a pro—palestinian march. i'm not accusing you of anything. i'm worried about the reaction to your presence. when mr falter disagrees, the officer threatens to arrest him, caught on camera by the anti—semitism charity he works for. i was being treated like a criminal for being jewish, and after we'd been stopped by police, people started shouting abuse at us and the police surrounded us and not them. they told us we were threatened with arrest, not them. there were people crossing the road left, right and centre in any direction they wanted to. the incident has led to met chief sir mark rowley apologising twice in three days. he's since been summoned to an urgent meeting today with the mayor of london, sadiq khan. it comes amid calls for the commissioner to resign. sir mark and the met have come under fire for the way pro—palestinian marches have been accused of turning london into a

the metropolitan police commissioner, sir mark rowley will be meeting with the policing minister thisng underway in ecuador in a referendum on proposed tougher measures to tackle a surge in gang—related violence, which has seen two mayors killed in the last week. measures include an expansion of military and police powers that will allow the military to patrol the streets alongside the police. they'll also signicantly boost gun controls and impose harsher prison sentences for "terrorism" and drug trafficking. president daniel noboa also wants to change the constitution so ecuadorans wanted abroad for organised crime—related offences can be extradited. a state of emergency was announced in january after a state of emergency was announced injanuary after a a state of emergency was announced in january after a top a state of emergency was announced injanuary after a top gang leader escaped from jail. in january after a top gang leader escaped from jail.— escaped from “ail. several politicians _ escaped from jail. several politicians were _ escaped from jail. several politicians were murd

the incident has prompted campaigners to call for the metropolitan police commissioner, sir mark rowley down. the force has apologised twice for the remarks. let's see a video clip of the exchange posted on social media. if i could ask you to stand there, please. thank you very much. i know, i heard you. in that case, sir, when the crowd has gone, i'll happily escort you out. no, sir, i don't want anybody antagonising anybody. yeah, and at the moment, sir, you are quite openlyjewish, this is a pro—palestinian march. i'm not accusing you of anything but i'm worried about the reaction to your presence. that was the actual moment. let's talk to aruna iyengar who is in the newsroom. there has been a lot of controversy about how the police dealt with this, and indeed their subsequent response. yes. dealt with this, and indeed their subsequent response.— dealt with this, and indeed their subsequent response. yes. the latest news on that — subsequent response. yes. the latest news on that is _ subsequent response. yes. the latest news on that is that _ subsequent response. yes. the latest news

so yes, the metropolitan police constable was quite right. ise . backwards to apologise. >> okay, gary, how dare they? >> okay, gary, how dare they? >> how dare they apologise to a jew ? jew? >> i well, i don't think that's quite >> i well, i don't think that's quhe he >> i well, i don't think that's quite he meant. i don't quite what he meant. i don't think it's because they're quite what he meant. i don't think iti because they're quite what he meant. i don't think iti thinkjse they're quite what he meant. i don't think iti think it'sthey're quite what he meant. i don't think iti think it's moree quite what he meant. i don't think iti think it's more to do jewish. i think it's more to do with that they believe with the fact that they believe that believes the that kevin believes that the police but police acted correctly. but whilst you, jonathan, carry on with what you're well it with what you're saying. well it was ridiculous response. >> i mean, it doesn't matter what gideon falter was doing out and about, and it doesn't matter how was .

the injuries sustained by the police officers involved will have really affected the whole metropolitan policeread fear and alarm in our community but the police have made an arrest and are not looking for any other suspects. i'm grateful to the place for their visible and reassuring presence in hainault today and their commitment to an ongoing presence in the coming days. i came here this afternoon it straight from a meeting with the mayor of london in ilford, the leading of the borough of redbridge and have been in contact with the police today and will keep local residents as updated as i can. our community deserves answers for what happened and it is vital that we give the police space to do their work and anyone with any information or footage should provide this directly to the police via ioi or footage should provide this directly to the police via 101 and i would urge people to refrain from speculating and posting footage on social media while we wait for the facts to emerge. thank you very much. ,, , . , ,, much. studio: wes streeting the local mp talking _ much. studio: wes streeting

the incident has prompted campaigners to call for the metropolitan police commissioner, sir mark rowleys been posted on social media. if i could ask you to stand there, please. thank you very much. i know, i heard you. in that case, sir, when the crowd has gone, i'll happily escort you out. no, sir, i don't want anybody antagonising anybody. yeah, and at the moment, sir, you are quite openlyjewish, this is a pro—palestinian march. i'm not accusing you of anything but i'm worried about the reaction to your presence. )our correspondent aruna iyengar has more on the calls for the met police chief to resign. the campaign for anti—semitism, of which the man who was being interviewed there is the chief executive have called for the metropolitan police commissioner sir mark rowley to resign, and those comments have been echoed by the former home secretary suella braverman who has been writing today in the sunday telegraph newspaper saying she also feels that the metropolitan police commissioner has not handled these pro—palestinian protests well over the last six months and that he should now

next up, after weeks of the metropolitan police being accused of soft soaping pro—palestine protests sterday , riot police and yesterday, riot police and mounted cops steamed into a saint george's day parade. and then they closed all the pubs in then they closed all the pubs in the area. i know because i was here. is this final proof of two tiered policing in britain and believe me, you will not want to miss this fantastic story. we'll meet the man who served in the special forces during the second world war. he's been celebrating his 102nd birthday in style. look at him. he looks younger than me. and that's all coming up in your next hour. i want to show always a delight to have your company, sir. yesterday we saw scenes of the saint george's day rally and the police tooled up. they got on their horses, they got their riot shields out . they got their riot shields out. they got their batons out. in a way, we would simply never, ever see on a pro—palestine march by the way, there's yet another one of those happening in about two hours time, right outside here. then they close all the

we're told that the university on friday morning wanted the metropolitan police. that's the mean police of the service in washington dc to clear the courtyard after they were called in. if you go back to 2020, remember when that was the metropolitan police, the clear lafayette square of peaceful black lives matter of protest so that donald trump could have a full show up in the show in, in the charts nearby. metropolitan police were absolutely hammered globally, and there was outrage locally that they would do this. and so the optics of moving into a university court yard to move young people who were peacefully protesting was not something that the middle of the met metropolitan police wanted to do. so that is why to degree the people in this way, i feel slightly c for and that's why there's a need of permanence about this and comp and alan official reporting from washington dc. thank you very much. now and, and phil lavelle has this update from university of north carolina at chapel hill. this process is now, well, i'm truly under why we are told by the organizer

both the metropolitan police and leicestershire police are looking into this at the moment.uke evans, the mp who has identified himself as being a victim of having received these messages, he said that he hoped by coming forward it would encourage others to report the same. and the speaker's office in parliament has also encouraged others to come forward if they've received messages of a similar nature. police will spend the weekend searching for further body parts in a salford woodland after finding a torso wrapped in plastic. greater manchester police have not yet identified the victim, but have confirmed he is a man, likely to be older than 40, and has only been dead for a matter of days. they have launched a murder investigation. our reporter yunus mulla has more. kersal wetlands, in salford, a nature reserve and the focus of a murder investigation. a forensic tent is in place where it's believed a human torso was found wrapped in plastic. greater manchester police say a passer—by reported what was said to be an unknown item. we do know these remains are human and it wou

they said the metropolitan police. they said the mayor— the metropolitan police. making excuses— the mayor needs to stop making excuses for these problems. susan harley. _ excuses for these problems. susan harley. the — excuses for these problems. susan harley, the conservative candidate said she _ harley, the conservative candidate said she would return to borrower -based _ said she would return to borrower —based policing, and another issue coming _ —based policing, and another issue coming up — —based policing, and another issue coming up is around the charges based _ coming up is around the charges based by— coming up is around the charges based by drivers, the emission zone which _ based by drivers, the emission zone which was _ based by drivers, the emission zone which was expanded to the whole of london. _ which was expanded to the whole of london, the conservative candidate said she _ london, the conservative candidate said she would scrap it on day one. she has— said she would scrap it on day one. she has also— said she would scrap it on day one. she has

because sadiq khan is ultimately also the commissioner of the metropolitan police . police. so how has the met been doing? in terms of women feeling safe? we had this , report by safe? we had this, report by dame louise casey, which was quite an indictment saying, the institution that is the metropolitan police is institutionally homophobic, sexist and harbouring those with racist attitudes . i'm a bit racist attitudes. i'm a bit sceptical when it comes to structural racism, because we hear so much of it and it's so much ingrained with the with the ideology and the rhetoric of the woke. but nonetheless, this is sadiq khan and he wants to his stance for election next month as the mayor of london. and he he wants to, assure the voters and women that , you know, they and women that, you know, they are safe and they haven't been. and he acknowledges that the question is whether or not they would they would believe he's the right person to make london safer for them , because he safer for them, because he himself acknowledges that i want to london be a 24 hour city. but th

it was five years after clare's murder, i got a phone call. from the metropolitan police.n hours of her murder, i clare's phone had been hacked and my phone had been hacked by the news of the world. - now, it would appear- that there were other papers. well, tricia, thank you for coming in to see my colleague, dan, and i. what we found is an article in the sun on the 15th of september, very shortly after the tragic murder of your daughter, that looks suspicious. it may not be easy for you to hear now and i'm sorry about that, but it says, "psycho on bail. "bloodbath at harvey nichols." and it quotes an unnamed friend of clare's. and that's a sign to us that that may have been material taken from phones, or to cover up the fact that information was taken from phones because it's unlikely, as i understand it, that the people who you knew who were clare's friends were talking randomly to the sun newspaper, within two days. we did think, how can these individuals, whoever those i individuals were, cos we didn't know, could talk to the press? i remember those feelings very, ver

it is notjust the metropolitan police but policing.ce. we know sir mark rowle is families face. we know sir mark rowley is under _ families face. we know sir mark rowley is under pressure - families face. we know sir mark rowley is under pressure over l families face. we know sir mark l rowley is under pressure over the way the met has dealt with pro—palestine marches in london and calls for him to resign after an officer described an anti—semitism campaigner as openlyjewish. what you make of those comments? campaigner as openly jewish. what you make of those comments? openly jewish is not — you make of those comments? openly jewish is not acceptable. _ you make of those comments? openly jewish is not acceptable. i _ you make of those comments? openly jewish is not acceptable. i have - jewish is not acceptable. i have watched the clip of 13 minutes on sky news. it is a totally different encounter to the one that he has reported. you see him attempting to go against the march and trying to push past the officers. in 13 minutes the offic

the metropolitan police said christopher berry from oxfordshire and christopher cash from east londond. yes, christopher barry and christopher cash are both to be charged with offences under section one of the 1911 official secrets act. specifically obtaining a passing on documents or information which could be useful to an enemy, and the rather old—fashioned and the rather old —fashioned language and the rather old—fashioned language of that 1911 act, but specifically here we are talking about china. the head of the counterterrorism command at metropolitan police has said this was a complex investigation into very serious allegations. the men were arrested more than a year ago last march and news are that only emerged last september, and at that time it also emerged that christopher cash was working in parliament as a parliamentary researcher for something of the china research group set up by conservative mps to provoke debate about china. through a solicitor he maintained he was innocent and today also the chinese embassy has also reiterated statement from september saying any alle

the mayor of london, sadiq khan, has arranged an urgent meeting on monday with the metropolitan policejewish man during a pro—palestinian protest in london earlier this month. prime minister — rishi sunak — said he was "appalled" by the incident. here's angus crawford. if i can ask you to stay there, please. thank you very much. gideon falter wants to cross the road — through a pro—palestine march. when the crowd is gone, i will happily escort you out. but he's told that's not possible. but why? you are quite openly jewish, this is a pro—palestinian march. i'm not accusing you of anything, but i am worried about the reaction to your presence. when he challenges police, he's given an ultimatum. if you choose to remain here, because you are causing a breach of peace with all these other people, you will be arrested. that's not acceptable. today, he's calling for the head of the met to resign. after six months of sir mark rowley�*s metropolitan police deciding to curtail the rights of law—abiding londoners, including thejewish community, to appease lawless mobs, i think it's time for sir

. >> well, it was an appalling error by the metropolitan police.le while i don't think you should necessarily criticise the bobby who was actually dealing with it, there are strategic issues for the metropolitan police about how they ensure that people of any faith and no faith can go freely around our capital city. so i have no doubt at all that the home secretary with whom this really rests will be holding. holding, sir to mark account for what happened, and making sure that nothing like this happens again. it was a terrible error of judgement by the police . of judgement by the police. >> thames water is warning that bills could skyrocket by more than 40% as it puts forward an investment plan amid a funding crisis. the troubled water company has proposed an increase in spending worth £1.9 billion on top of its existing five year business plan. it would see extra money spent on environmental projects at an effort to treat sewage spills and chronic leaks. communities secretary michael gove has previously said that customers must not be forced to c

about a year ago were charged today after what was described as a complex investigation by the metropolitan policeinformation which might be directly or indirectly useful to an enemy. that's the language that was used in that official secrets act, which has actually now been replaced by a new piece of legislation, a national security act. but the alleged offences in this case took place before that new act took place, so they come under this 0fficial secrets act. now, the men were arrested nearly a year ago, and news of their arrest emerged last september. at that time, christopher cash was identified as a parliamentary researcher working with the china research group, a body set up by conservative mps in parliament to promote what's called fresh debate on china. now at the time, lawyers for him maintained he was innocent. and as you've heard, the chinese embassy have also dismissed these reports as "malicious slander". music star taylor swift's new album — the tortued poets department — was released on friday and has already been streamed hundreds of millions of times. it has also sparked huge in

the uk prime minister's office says rishi sunak is appalled by the way the metropolitan police treatedch in london last weekend. an officer told gideon falter he might provoke a reaction from the demonstrators because he was "openlyjewish." there have been calls for the met police commissioner, mark rowley, to resign. he is due to meet the london mayor tomorrow and the home secretary during the week to discuss the incident. well, the met police has just issued a statement outlining the steps it is taking address the situation. it also says... here's angus crawford. gideon falter wants to cross the road through a pro—palestine march. when the crowd is gone, i will escort you out. but he's told that's not possible. but why? you are quite openlyjewish. i'm not accusing you of anything but i am worried about the reaction to your preseence. if you choose to remain here,... today, he's calling for the head of the met to resign. after six months of sir mark rowley�*s metropolitan police deciding to curtail the rights of law—abiding londoners, including thejewish community, to appease lawless

staying in the uk, the commissioner of the metropolitan police, sir mark rowley, is to meetjewish groupsver the way one of his officers treated a man during a pro—palestinian march in london. gideon falter was told he might provoke a reaction from the demonstrators because he was �*openlyjewish.’ mr falter has called for the commissioner to resign. here's angus crawford. gideon falter wants to cross the road through a pro—palestine march. when the crowd is gone, i will escort you out. but he's told that's not possible. but why? you are quite openlyjewish. i'm not accusing you of anything but i am worried about the reaction to your presence. when he challenges police, he's given an ultimatum. that's not acceptable. today, he's calling for the head of the met to resign. after six months of sir mark rowley�*s metropolitan police deciding to curtail the rights of law—abiding londoners, including thejewish community, to appease lawless mobs, i think it's time for sir mark rowley to go. sir mark has apologised for the incident, the second apology in three days, saying he wants london to be a c

london metropolitan police have charged two british men were spying for china.has the latest.— has the latest. two men who were arrested _ has the latest. two men who were arrested about - has the latest. two men who were arrested about one - has the latest. two men who | were arrested about one year ago were charged today after what was described as a complex investigation by the metropolitan police. christopher berry, 32 and christopher berry, 32 and christopher cash, 29, charged under the official secrets act of 1911 section one which refers to obtaining all passing documents or information which may be directly or indirectly useful to an enemy. that is the language used in that official secrets act which is now being replaced by a new piece of legislation national security act but the alleged offences in this case took place before the new act took place so they have come under this official secrets act. the men were arrested nearly one year ago and news of their arrest emerged last september and at that time christopher cash was identified as a parliamentar

the metropolitan police have agreed that an independent police force will review the stephen lawrencen he was stabbed to death in a racist attack in south london — 31 years ago today. the force has apologised to stephen's mother, baroness doreen lawrence, for failing to answer questions raised by a bbc investigation into his killing, in which our correspondent, daniel de simone, named matthew white as the sixth suspect in the case. here's daniel's latest report. tonight, scotland yard says it will ask an independent police force to review the stephen lawrence murder investigation. the 18—year—old was stabbed to death in a racist attack 31 years ago this evening at a south london bus stop. two of the original five prime suspects were convicted almost 20 years after the murder, but the met�*s disastrous handling of the case means no one else has been brought to justice. last year, the bbc publicly identified a sixth suspect, matthew white, who died in 2021, and revealed multiple failures by the met to properly investigate him. stephen's mother, baroness doreen lawrence, today told the b

started coming through, images, started coming through, this one was actually tweeted out by the metropolitan policen see there , if you what you can see there, if you ask me anyway, is the police the kettling in, people that are attending this event because heaven forbid, they had the audacity to step out of the pink shaded area where they'd been allowed, to stand. you can see there the police horses in there come charging in. i've got another perspective on this one as well. you can see now, this is film directly from the other side of that police cordon there. really. and i look at that and i think, is there any need?is that and i think, is there any need? is there really any need? was there any need to kettle these people? was there really any need to go charging in with that horse ? i've got a, i've got that horse? i've got a, i've got a strap a text box running so you can't actually see the bottom of that screen. but there was just three fellows standing there against the wall when that police horse kind of charged in, like that, apparently, someone else walloped one of those horses with an um

let's speak to dal babu, former chief superintendent in the metropolitan police. o into what goes into a police response to serious incidents like this? i response to serious incidents like this? ., , response to serious incidents like this? . , ., ., this? i am very familiar with the area, hainault, _ this? i am very familiar with the area, hainault, because- this? i am very familiar with the area, hainault, because i- this? i am very familiar with the area, hainault, because i was. this? i am very familiar with the area, hainault, because i was a| area, hainault, because i was a sergeant there many years ago. it's a relatively quiet area. it is on the outskirts of london. it has relatively little crime. this will come as a big shock to the local community. i think what the police will be doing, once they have had those calls at 7am, they would have been responding and you would have had multiple units responding to that. because of the sword that we have seen in the footage, you may well have had armed response vehicles attending. you may have had essex police of

iranian tv presenter in south london left the uk within hours of the attack, according to the metropolitan policefriday afternoon — he's now been discharged from hospital and is under police protection. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds is here. what more can you tell us? was attacked in broad daylight on an afternoon on fridayjust before three o'clock —— pouria zeraati was a time. this was in a residential street in wimbledon and witnesses saw two people running off in dark clothing and then being driven off in a car. there is cctv in the area and police would have had access to the number plate as well, and the net's counter terrorism command said this was an attack involving two men in this residential street —— the metropolitan police. the car was found three or four miles away in your bolt on and from there they tracked the suspects to heathrow airport where they left the country. airport where they left the country. a passport in somebody�*s name would have been used so they say they have identified three suspects, but what they have not saved is what the motive for this attack was

c. metropolitan police officer, ronald hampton. thank you, gentleman for joining me and thank you for your service to our communities, industries to the united states and keeping law in order. i wanna start with you ronald on this 1st question because as a former officer of the law, how do you feel when you watch the video of the new york police officers being attacked? the 1st one is a good afternoon everyone and say that i have mixed emotions because uh, you know, uh uh, people generally don't attack the police of us, but we have come a long way in a very short period of time as it relates to the relationship between the police and the communities day, sir. and so it may not been as simple as to the did the violence be so i guess to pull this off. so you have to ask the question, what prompted that, what, what was it that took place before the video take started? and, and if it is, then we have to begin to talk about the building and rebuilding the relationship that communities have with the police as well. as addressing the beha

london metropolitan police have charged two british men with spying for china.escribed as a complex investigation by the metropolitan police. christopher berry, 32 and christopher cash, 29, charged under the official secrets act of 1911 section one, which refers to obtaining or passing documents or information which may be directly or indirectly useful to an enemy. that is the language used in that official secrets act which is now being replaced by a new piece of legislation, national security act, but the alleged offences in this case took place before the new act took place so they have come under this official secrets act. the men were arrested nearly one year ago and news of their arrest emerged last september and at that time christopher cash was identified as a parliamentary researcher working with the china research group. a body set up by conservative mps in parliament to promote debate on china. at the time lawyers for him maintained he was innocent and as you heard the chinese embassy have also dismissed these reports as malicious slander. and finally

the uk prime minister's office says rishi sunak is appalled by the way the metropolitan police treatedt weekend. an officer told gideon falter, he might provoke a reaction from the demonstrators, because he was �*openlyjewish'. there have been calls for the met police commissioner, mark rowley, to resign. he is due to meet the london mayor tomorrow and the home secretary during the week to discuss the incident.well the met police has just issued a statement outlining the steps it is taking address the situation. it also says: "we remain focused on doing everything possible to ensure jewish londoners feel safe in this city. we will do everything we can to constantly develop our approach in response to operational challenges to ensure the trust and confidence of all londoners. this is complex, but we will continue to seek the support and insight of all voices who can help us deliver the service london deserves. here's angus crawford. gideon falter wants to cross the road through a pro—palestine march. when the crowd is gone, i will escort you out. but he's told that's not possible. but w

james cleverley has written to the metropolitan police commissioner, i understand they will have a meeting the cabinet minister this morning, should mark rowley have to go. these are questions for the home secretary, i know he will be meeting with ministers in coming days, but the really important thing is we get policing right. if you look at what has happened in this incident, a member of the public has been told they cannot go about their daily life, walk around the streets of london because of their identity. that is not what equality means in society. because of that, do you believe mark rowley should lose his job? i personally wouldn't go that far because i haven't had the conversations with him, i do understand yet what he is going i personally wouldn't go that far because i haven't had the conversations with him, i do understand yet what he is going to say to the home secretary. this compositions need to take place. but it is important we stand by the jewish community and other communities and say we will not stand for this, this is not what equality means in society today. two thi

the bbc, once these allegations were made, did speak to the metropolitan police — the metropolitan policeewsreaders in the country, one of the bbc�*s highest—paid stars, with a bbc salary of over £400,000. yeah, you just started alluding to it there, such a huge figure for the bbc, of course, and bbc news — but also, wider than that, part of the national fabric, because he was the face of so many high—profile major events here in the uk. absolutely, he was the person that the public really associated with big national events — whether it was presenting general election coverage, whether it was great state events. people will, of course, remember he was the person who, on television, delivered the sad news that queen elizabeth ii had passed away. so, for so many members of the audience, millions of people watching, he really was the face of the bbc for so many big, important national events that really had resonance with people at home watching. so, as i say, the statement this afternoon that, after 40 years at the bbc, he has resigned — probably not an unexpected turn of events, but one w