this is almost 40% higher than the crime rate reported by the metropolitan police of london and more than 50% higher than the crime rate in england and wales. the region has the highest crime rate, including sexual assault, the second rate of knife-related crimes, and the fourth and worst rate of drug-related crimes in the country here. you immediately realize the big challenges facing cleveland. we were threatened by several people in broad daylight and in the hamlington area of ​​middlesbrough it didn't take long for the crime to catch up with us. i always have to carry one of these knives with me to keep myself safe. you should always have a knife with you. i always walk with a knife just to be careful of myself, because in each of these streets you walk, maybe one find and hit you with a knife. do you have a knife too? not me he does not have a razor because he is always with me. no, no, i don't need a knife. do you know what i mean? have you ever had to use a knife? many times, but as always, i am not proud of him. when did you use the knife? well, it depends. of course, if someo

considering this, this is almost 40% higher than the crime rate reported by the metropolitan police of london. more than 50% higher than the crime rate in england and belgium, and when you look closer, the picture is even worse. this area has the highest crime rate including sexual assault, the second rate of knife-related crimes, and the fourth and worst rate of drug-related crimes in the country. here you immediately notice the big challenges facing cleveland. we grow by the day. we were threatened by several people and in the hamlington area of ​​middlesbrough it didn't take long for the crime to catch up with us . i always have to carry one of these knives with me to keep myself safe. all the time you must have a knife with you. i always walk with a knife just to be careful with myself, because in any of these streets you walk, someone might find you with a knife. do you have a knife too? no, i don't have it, he doesn't have a knife because it's always with me. no, no , i don't need a knife. do you know what i mean? until now did you have to use a knife? many times, but as always, i am no

of trump were elected. ., ~ ~ ., ~ elected. professor mike clark, ou ve elected. professor mike clark, you very much- _ the metropolitan police in londongations of rape and sexual assault against the former harrods boss mohammed al fayed over the past two decades but no further action was taken. a bbc documentary last thursday has led to many more women coming forward with allegations about al fayed who died last year. now the police say they're exploring whether any other individuals could be pursued for criminal offences. 0ur uk correspondent, daniel sandford, has more. our uk correspondent, - daniel s-s more. our uk correspondent, daniels ., n our uk correspondent, daniels ., m elected. professor mike clark, ou ve elected. professor mike clark, you very much- _ the metropolitan police in london have revealed that 19 women made allegations of rape and sexual assault against the former harrods boss mohammed al fayed over the past two decades but no further action was taken. a bbc documentary last thursday has led to many more women coming forward with allegations about al fayed who died last year. now the police say they're exploring

organizers, but after two weeks of back and forth and pushback from uh organizers, the metropolitan police back down and hence the protest uh started right on time here in central londonum the bbc, the english public broadcaster blocking uh and um and plan by the uh dec, which is the disaster emergency committee, it's a charity that brings together uh 15 other charities that put uh humanitarian aid appeal through the main broadcasters here if there is an urgent humanitarian crisis overseas uh reports that the bbc has withheld uh that has blocked that appeal uh unlike the other broadcasters at this point um for allegedly uh backlash from for israel groups uh in the uk, i asked number of the protesters over the past hour or so what they thought about it and the overall media coverage of this genocide and it was obvious that people are really seeing through um the the biases and the hypocritical coverage that we have seen the media, the mainstream media in particular um display on their screens on their websites. from the absence of the perpetrator in their headlines uh to all the rest of it. um, lot of outrage and anger among the ranks of the protesters that you see beh

of the incident has now raised nearly £25,000. the metropolitan police is cutting part of its volunteer cadet programme across london.ck in half an hour, but now let's cross back to sally and jon. good morning. welcome to breakfast with sally nugent and jon kay. our headlines today — more than 1,700 offenders are released from prison early, under emergency plans to ease overcrowding injails. mps prepare to vote on plans to restrict winter fuel payments to all but the poorest pensioners. we learned this morning the full state pension is set to go up by an estimated £460. the government says this will help offset the fuel benefit losses, but many remain opposed. we'll hear your views. i've been waiting for you, obi—wan. we meet again at last. american actorjames earljones, best known for being the voice of star wars villain darth vader, has died aged 93. after his run to the us open semifinals, tennis ace jack draper will link up with great britain's davis cup squad here in manchester today as the city once again prepares to host the world cup of tennis. # relax, don't do it...# and relax — we'll be joined by frankie g

london, i'mjim wheble. the mistaken arrest of an actor in west london is being investigated by the metropolitan police.eptember after performing in the musical hairspray, when he says he witnessed a car crash and two men fleeing on foot. despite pointing out the direction in which the two men had fled, he says he was pepper—sprayed, kicked and thrown to the ground by officers. the london assembly has warned of a dramatic drop off in new affordable housing in the capital. 1,800 homes have been started under the latest affordable homes programme, which aims to build a minimum of 211,000 by 2026. in its report, the london assembly said challenging market conditions and a delay in funding from the previous government have contributed to the problems. jobs in london, but there are warnings that some of those jobs could be at risk without government suport. ahead of next month's budget, the british beer and pub association is calling for a 5% cut in beer duty, claiming pubs make just 12p on every pint sold after taxes and costs. a treasury spokesperson said the chancellor has been clear that difficult decisi

policing. now, it may be harder in london because there are so many problems in the metropolitan police, but it's not impossible. >> no, i mean, one ofabout our police force is the is the is the extraordinary difference in performance between comparable forces. so you've got sort of shire forces with very similar demographics, and they have completely, stunningly different, you know , stunningly different, you know, rates of things like responding to shoplifting or cleaning, clearing out burglaries that ended up in prosecution. so yvette needs to say supporting the police means putting pressure on those police forces who are underperforming. >> thank you very much. my panel in a moment. ed miliband wants to make life easier for renters by making it harder for them to rent. plus, will pubs be closing earlier? well, don't look to the government for an answer as it's a little bit muddled. thank you to my welcome back. when we were talking about yvette cooper and the male mogs have come in, robert says the trouble with light at the end of the tunnel is that it's usually a train coming. the other way. oh dear. and adrian says, i think whe

london. i'm alice salfield. the metropolitan police has set out plans to try to rebuild trust with london's black communities — which it says have been "let down" over a number ofs on the tubes because of flooding caused by heavy rain. there are part suspensions on the bakerloo, district, metropolitan, 0verground and piccadilly lines. and the central line has severe delays because of a faulty train earlier. so do make sure to check your route before setting out this morning. today's weather a largely cloudy morning with heavy rain gradually spreading westwards. in the afternoon, there will be some sunny spells but these will trigger a few showers. a top temperature of 19 degrees celsius. that's it. you can follow london on the bbc news app or head to our website for all the latest. see you in half an hour. bye— bye. good morning. it is eight o'clock. welcome to breakfast with sally nugent and jon kay. our headlines today... the chancellor rachel reeves defends her decision to means—test winter fuel payments, amid opposition from the unions at the labour party conference. they're the devastating weapons that carry deadly consequences. we have a special report on

london. let's take a listen. today's demonstration, the 18th national one, after few weeks of hiatus uh back with lot of energy uh, the organizers, including palestine solidarity campaign saying that the metropolitan police try to push the start of the protest, the starting time from the usual 12 o'clock midday to two and a half, which would have created a lot of logistical problems for the organizers and also..." for people who have traveled here from other parts of the united kingdom uh, but uh, last moment, after lot of back and forth and the uh pushback from the organizers, the metropolitan police back down and allowed the protest to go ahead at the original time, which was 12 o'clock. as ever, the demands today, one, a permanent immediate ceasefire in the israeli genocidal campaign against the palestinians. and also an end to what they believe is uk complicity uh in the ongoing genocidal campaign uh it comes hot on the heels of the uk government, the new labor government's decision to to spend 30 of its 350 export arms, export licenses. the protesters here saying that is nowhere near enough that the uk will have to move towards suspending all arms trade with that is yet to happen, the step welcome o

the metropolitan police here in london say they will go through the report line by line and look at the evidence they have already gathered. 72 lives lost at grenfell, all of

the metropolitan police here in london say they will go through the report line by line and look at the evidence they have already gathered. 72 lives lost at grenfell, all ofm avoidable. on the context tonight — we'll get to the bottom of what the inquiry found in this six—year investigation, and we'll discuss what it says about the governance and regulation here in the uk. also tonight — a rare chance forforeignjournalists to question israel's prime minister. we will bring news of that unusual press conference with benjamin netenyahu, and what it says about the pressure he is currently under. and we will get into the cabinet reshuffle in ukraine. president zelensky today inviting the resignation of some of his most prominent ministers, just as russia is ramping up attacks on ukrainian cities. lviv the latest to be hit. welcome to the programme. the flames were so fierce, it took the firefights two days to put them out. 72 people died in the grenfell tower fire — more than 70 others were injured. and for more than seven years the families of those who died have been waiting for the inquiry to tell them what exactly went wrong. today, they got their answers

of london are absolutely nothing new. and the depth to which the metropolitan police have sunk are something a little bit new, actually . sound a little bit like some of your right wing guests, now, when you look at the police resources, when you look at the police resources that are devoted to hunting down people who've said things on twitter and actually , things on twitter and actually, i think there should be very, very high threshold for criminality, for things that people say on social media, which can be sometimes akin to saying things in a crowded pub. i don't think it's exactly the same, but i do think that people are being hounded. and i'm also talking about people, you know, like the woman who basically had her life destroyed for holding up a placard at a march saying comparing rishi sunak and suella braverman to coconuts, and she was she was hauled through the courts for that. how much police, how many police , how police, how many police, how much police policing was involved in that? police resources. this is not the kind of thing that the police should be devoting money to. i went to my local tube station

london, according to data obtained by the bbc. more than 8,800 rape incidents were reported to the metropolitan police in 2023 — that's an average ofthat the number of rape charges has more than doubled since 2022. well, we know trust and confidence within policing — victims within policing and the wider criminaljustice system — is at an all—time low. and i do think that's impacting people coming forward and reporting. but we are obviously seeing these high levels of reporting, but i think it is showing the epidemic of male violence against women and girls, which we have to acknowledge and we have to do urgent work to tackle. a campaign group, made up of local parents, is prepared to take havering council to court over continuing fires at a landfill site. clean air in havering says it wants to challenge the council's decision not to designate arnolds field, in launders lane, as contaminated. the land has caught fire more than 100 times in the past five years. havering council has declined to comment. the crystal palace subway will open to the public tomorrow, as part of the open house festival, following years of restoration work.

jewish persons who feel afraid to go into london because of these these menacing, frequently violent protests. a great deal of criticism course of the metropolitan police handling of the protest. also a criticism of the way in which the government has has responded is not being tough enough. after all, is a conservative government. it is it is seen by many in the as far too weak in terms of dealing with the protests. in fact, the french german governments have been significantly tougher in how they've addressed these these in some cases banning outright marches by pro-palestinian, pro-hamas groups. but the british government's approach been has been very, very light in encounter. what's your view on what needs to be done with with the situation on the ground there? after all, you do have an environment where many jewish britains feel afraid to walk the streets lot of the weekend during these these protests. and it's been appalling every saturday, these protests are dominating central london. and jewish people cannot work freely around central london. and that is that should not be allowed. that should not be allowed. and we also had the scene where. th

old boy who was stabbed to death in south—east london has been named, while two men have now been arrested on suspicion of murder. the metropolitan policed the victim was john campbell and his family are being supported by specialist officers. two men, aged 52 and 18, have now been arrested and remain in police custody . now, remain in police custody. now, the government says securing an agreement with striking nurses is an essential step to restoring public services after they turned down a 5.5% pay rise. two thirds of royal college of nursing members voted against the deal, in a record turnout of 145,000. labour minister pat mcfadden insists the government understands the challenge of balancing public spending while trying to treat workers fairly. those are the latest gb news headlines. now it's back to michelle for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> thank you very much for that. i am michelle dewberry and i'm with you until 7:00 tonight alongside me, my panel, annunziata rees—mogg and the former brexit party mep

of our eyes in real life, in the flesh, is unbelievable and amazing. the metropolitan police have charged two men with burglary. 47—year—old larry fraserfrom essex and 53—year—old james love from east londonor anonymity and elusiveness, but has the artist been in touch with the gallery following the theft? my lips are sealed. nickjohnson, bbc news, at the grove gallery, in central london. a teacher who carried a placard at a pro—palestinian protest depicting rishi sunak and suella braverman as coconuts has been found not guilty of a racially—aggravated public—order offence. ajudge ruled that marieha hussain�*s protest was part of the genre of political satire. simonjones reports from westminster magistrates' court. this was the placard that landed marieha hussain in court, showing the faces of the then prime minister and home secretary superimposed on coconuts under a palm tree. but today a judge ruled she was exercising her freedom of expression, it was political satire. miss hussain was one of hundreds of thousands of people taking part in a pro—palestinian protest in central london on remembrance on remembrance weekend last november. the prosecution had argued that coconut is a well—kn

london news now. there is a growing crisis of confidence amongst metropolitan police officers — with a third giving upe pages to read about the capital's first dedicated lgbtq+ cinema, which is due to open in bermondsey. i'm back in half an hour. see you then. good morning. welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. our headlines today... the healthcare regulator calls for urgent maternity service reform, after two thirds of hospitals it inspected failed to meet safety standards. explosion. exploding walkie talkies leave at least 20 dead and more than a50 injured in lebanon, as israel says it's opening a new phase in the war. the late mohamed al—fayed — former owner of harrods — is accused of rape by five female ex—employees. move away from it. i'll absolutely end your life, bro. nearly ao% of customer service workers consider quitting as a result of verbal and physical abuse. will the bank of england cut the cost of borrowing today and follow the us central bank? most economists think not. i'll explain why. and once again a bit cloudy. in this morning _ and once again a bit cloudy. i

of police sergeant matt ruttner of the metropolitan police service. sergeant ruttner, a new zealand born british police officer, was shot and killed in croydon custody centre in london officer was nearing retirement, having served 30 years in the police. louis de soysa opened fire at the croydon custody suite. de soysa, whose autistic had earlier been arrested and searched but officers had failed to find the gun.the officers had failed to find the gun. the 26 year old had in an underarm holster despite discovering bullets in his pocket . phillip schofield has pocket. phillip schofield has announced he will return to television 16 months after his departure from itv's this morning. the former tv star will appear on a channel five special called castaway. in a post on instagram, he said now you know how i spent my summer alone for ten days. no food, no water, no crew. he then goes on to say my story of survival, both on a desert island and off it. the 62 year old resigned from itv last may after he admitted to an unwise but not illegal affair with a younger male colleague . with a younger male colleague. and a new weather warning for heavy rain has been issued by the

old boy who was stabbed to death in south—east london has been named, while two men have now been arrested on suspicion of murder . the metropolitan policeurder. the metropolitan police said the victim was deshawn campbell and his family are being supported by specialist officers. two men, aged 52 and 18, have been arrested and remain in police custody. and finally, it's being reported that x itv presenter phillip schofield is set to make his tv return on channel five's reality show castaway. it's understood he'll be stranded on a madagascan tropical island for ten days. the show that was filmed in secret is expected to dive deep into his past two years of hell since being axed from this morning, after admitting to having a relationship with a much younger male colleague . those are the male colleague. those are the latest gb news headlines. now it's latest gb news headlines. now wsfime latest gb news headlines. now it's time for headliners for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gb news. >> com forward slash alerts . >> com forward slash alerts. >> com forward slash a

of metropolitan police sergeant matt ratana. sergeant ratana, who was nearing retirement after 30 years service, was shot and killed in a police custody centre in south londonago. sergeant ratana's killer, louis de zoysa, is serving life in prison after he'd managed to smuggle a gun into the custody suite. although officers arrested him on drugs charges and possession of ammunition , they failed to ammunition, they failed to discover the weapon in an underarm holster. will the met commissioner, sir mark rowley, has paid tribute to the fallen sergeant ? sergeant? >> the impact of matt's death reverberated across the met and across policing in london and uk and the world, not least because of his own global connections. he is often referred to as a larger than life character , larger than life character, leaving behind his presence in all he met. in all he touched. >> phillip schofield is returning to television 16 months after his departure from itv's this morning. the former tv star will appear on the channel five show castaway. the programme's producers have already released a promotional video of the 62 year old, as he told his followers on instagram now

old boy who was stabbed to death in south east london has been named, while two men have now been arrested on suspicion of murder . the metropolitan policethe victim was dea—john. campbell and his family are being supported by specialists. two men, aged 52 and 18, have been arrested and remain in police custody . and the police custody. and the government says securing an agreement with striking nurses is an essential step to restoring public services after they turned down a 5.5% pay rise . they turned down a 5.5% pay rise. two thirds of royal college of nursing members voted against the deal, in a record turnout of 145,000. labour minister pat mcfadden insists the government understands the challenge of balancing public spending while trying to treat workers fairly. >> prospects for the country are great. britain's a great place in which to invest and if we can get that message out and get that going, then we can generate the wealth that we need to make people better off and to fund the public services that we all depend on. and the two parts to that story are going to be at the heart of the prime minister's speech this afternoon . min

of jesus sandals. yeah entering london and bringing the whole capital city to a standstill whilst the metropolitan policething apart from dance, the macarena . the macarena. and admire the latest rainbow on their police car. it's true. i want my country back. and the country i'm talking about would not tolerate this stupidity. now it's true . what about net zero? it's true. what about net zero? what a load of rubbish that is. yeah, let me tell you . these yeah, let me tell you. these lunatics that keep banging on about net zero. let me tell you about net zero. let me tell you about drax . power station in about drax. power station in yorkshire, north yorkshire. this is a power station that used to burn coal from a nearby coal mine. now what does it burn now? it burns wood . genius. this wood , it burns wood. genius. this wood, this wood, by the way , comes this wood, by the way, comes from america. we are literally chopping down forests and trees and putting them on diesel guzzling cargo ships sailing across the atlantic , setting across the atlantic, setting fire to them in drax power station . and that

on x by the metropolitan police, it does seem that sir mark rowley has got his officers in gear and told them actually go into this, you know, gathering of millions of people in west londonally use it as an opportunity to find, to find the things that we wouldn't otherwise be able to find. >> i think i recall the tweet from the met, they said, because there had been a stabbing or there had been a stabbing or there had been a stabbing or there had been a knife seized, i can't remember. they were able to issue some sort of order, which allowed them basically to do stop and search section without a section 60. >> but correct me if i apologise. yeah, i've got that wrong. >> they could basically do stop and search without permission, which really paul, we should be doing that anyway . do you not doing that anyway. do you not think? >> well, there's a different argument, isn't there, about stop and search and how it is used. and we know it has sometimes been used disproportionately on certain communities. but the point is the carnival is a great thing. yes. it's, you know, in the wrong place in the sense that these are crowded streets, but thatis these are crowded streets, but

metropolitan police, well , why not? police, well, why not? >> it's quite interesting how our police decided well and our government, our politicians, the mayor of london cetera, how they chose to police because other countries in europe just decided to blanket ban these types of protests. i believe france had pretty much a zero tolerance after the first 2 or 3. i'm sure they're still going on in smaller numbers, but they did try to completely stop them. would that have been the right approach, or would that have been too much of an attack on our basic rights to protest? >> well, the police will always say that they will protect the right to protest. and i think of course, that's the absolute right position to adopt . but right position to adopt. but we've had 18 of these now and this report published today has told us what so many of us knew already, and that there is a significant impact on businesses, from shops to restaurants to bars to any other kind of entertainment business in central london, because people in substantial numbers when these marches are on are just going. do you know what? i'm not going to london. i'm not going to spend my money

london to settle scores, and that's when so many of the stabbings occur. when so many of the stabbings occur . unfortunately, when so many of the stabbings occur. unfortunately, because the metropolitan policewhen it comes to matters of race, it was only some months ago described as being institutionally racist , being institutionally racist, and the met police commissioner refuses to accept that description. and we know that police officers of colour were recently making very fervent complaints about racism. within that organisation. if that organisation didn't have such a tarnished and tattered reputation with regards to race, i think it could quite firmly go to the organisers of the carnival and say, look, this is the fact of the matter. we had 7000 police officers this year policing it. this is unsustainable and unless it gets moved , we're going to withdraw moved, we're going to withdraw our cooperation, which i wouldn't want them to do. but even so, the officer in charge of carnival this year, deputy assistant a&e sadiq khan, very senior metropolitan police officer, he said whilst the carnival was going on, words to the effect of we're sick and tired with this violence, we're sick and