we have also heard from the national police chiefs' council, who have said that 147 arrests have beener so far this weekend and made it clear that 147 is only the start and they expect that number to rise in they expect that number to rise in the coming days. the national police chiefs' council have also said that this information has been a big driver of this violence we have seen, and the nspcc say a lot attending these protests are doing it in direct response to what they have seen online. but in terms of police resource and, we understand the npc see have enforced a mutual aid agreement between police forces, whereby for example, south yorkshire police, if it was struggling with one particular pocket of disorder can call on resources from a neighbouring force, perhaps greater manchester police. that hasn't happened, which does suggest that police forces in the country feel confident that they can at this stage deal with the level of disorder that we have seen. but as we have mentioned, police forces and the national police chiefs' council have made it very clear that even if there

we have an update from the national police i an update from the national police chiefs' council and theyharrington, the chair of the council. he blamed disinformation for driving what he described as the appalling violence, adding that often posts were being shared and amplified by high—profile social media accounts. he also had a warning for those involved in the protests, this warning from police forces, that even if there have been only a handful of arrests made at this protest, they are following up on intelligence and the national police chiefs' council says detectives and neighbourhood officers are working around the clock to identify and apprehend those involved and he says, make no mistake, if you haven't had a knock on the door yet, your time will come. that is 147 arrests across the country so far, but in that statement the national police chiefs' council say they do expect that number to rise. the chiefs' council say they do expect that number to rise.— chiefs' council say they do expect that number to rise. we are seeing those analyse _ that number to rise. we are seeing thos

that's according to the national police chiefs council, of which over 300 have been charged . rseyside police says charged. merseyside 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 . tene

let's bring you some breaking news now — we've had an update from the national police chiefs' counciley say the number of people arrested has risen to a83 with 149 charged. they added, "those who have taken part in violent disorder are continuing to face the consequences of their actions as police make further arrests and progress their investigations." three upcoming taylor swift concerts in vienna have been cancelled because of a possible security threat. the shows were part of the singer's eras tour and had been due to start tonight. two people have been arrested on suspicion of planning islamist attacks. a short time ago, authorities released this image of the alleged suspect, a 19—year—old, with north macedonian roots, but did not name him. austria's general director for public security said the man made a full confession in custody. 0ur correspondent lauren moss has the latest. welcome to the eras tour. she's performed more than 100 shows to millions. this has been the most extraordinary experience of my entire. but taylor swift's next three concerts in vienna are now cancelled

that's according to the national police chiefs council, of which over 300 have been charged. rseyside 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 today, 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 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 had to deal with. in other news, dozens of people have been killed in a strike that targeted a school turned shelter in gaza city

the national police chiefs' council told us it's almost impossible to trace most shoplifted goods, but involved are brought to justice. shopkeepers i've spoken to are left exasperated, and they just want to see an end to their profits walking out the door. jim connolly, bbc news. a rise in fuel duty is to be expected in the next budget, according to the motoring organisation the rac. it says it would normally oppose a rise, but claims that retailers haven't passed on the five pence per litre cut introduced in 2022 and instead have boosted their own profits. the prime minister refused to rule out a rise in fuel duty. the chancellor rachel reeves will set out labour's first budget on october 30, which sir keir has warned "will be painful". housing people who are homeless is costing councils over parents in england are being told to ensure their children are fully vaccinated against diseases such as measles, meningitis and polio before they return to school. the uk health security agency said just one case can quickly lead to a wider outbreak, and if children are unvaccinated, they are at

what we have heard from the national police chiefs' council and they told us that one of the big problems to tackling this crime just knowing where the shoplifting goods is ending up and ultimately they have added it is almost impossible to trace and strike it, they said it is a priority of anyone involved with the smell face the full force of the law but they acknowledge that as a real difficulty tackling the problem because it is very important, difficult when it is going from and to. when ross talked about taking items to sell on it is difficult for the authorities to know which goods are stolen and which are legitimate from a wholesaler. when it comes to the government responsively know the government is saying it is tackling theissue government is saying it is tackling the issue with real force, government is saying it is tackling the issue with realforce, that government is saying it is tackling the issue with real force, that at once to crackdown on this and that is specifically looking at this rule of £200 where many shoplifters know if they steel under that limit the chances are

the head of the national police chiefs�* council says the rioting is the worst he's seen in more thane and he acknowledged that police forces are being stretched. the prime minister has said thousands of specialist police officers would be available to deploy over the summer if the unrest continues. the disorder began in southport after the fatal stabbings of three girls. it was sparked by posts on social media which wrongly blamed the stabbings on a muslim migrant. the riots have spread across england and northern ireland with shops looted, police officers assaulted and petrol bombs thrown at hotels housing asylum seekers. the worst of that violence yesterday was in rotherham in south yorkshire — from where our uk affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, is there for us this evening. there were frightening scenes at this holiday inn express yesterday. it's now a hotel that is scarred and empty of migrants, part of what police are calling the worst violence in a decade. police forces and ministers are struggling to control the violence. they hope to arrest their way out of trouble, wit

saw another day of disorder in towns and cities in parts of the uk as the head of the national police chiefs councilound 400 people have been arrested since the violence first erupted last week. the prime minister, sir keir starmer, says thousands of specialist police officers will be available to deploy over the summer if the unrest continues. it began after the fatal stabbings of three girls in southport, near liverpool in northwest england. it followed posts on social media, which wrongly blamed the stabbings on a muslim migrant. the riots have spread across england and northern ireland. in the last few hours, rocks have been thrown at police in south belfast in an area where a supermarket was burnt out on saturday. six people have been arrested in plymouth in southwest england where three police officers have been injured. and in birmingham, britain's second—largest city, there has been trouble from counter—protesters. 0ur uk affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports from rotherham in the north of england, which saw some of the worst of the violence on sunday. after the wanton violence of th

fresh rioting broke out on the streets of england on monday, as the head of the uk's national police chiefs council arrested since the violence first erupted last week. the prime minister, sir keir starmer, says thousands of specialist police officers will be available to deploy over the summer if the unrest continues. the disorder began after the fatal stabbings of three girls in the northwest english town of southport, near liverpool. it followed posts on social media which wrongly blamed the stabbings on a muslim migrant. the riots have spread across england and northern ireland with shops looted, police officers assaulted and petrol—bombs thrown at hotels housing asylum seekers. rocks have been thrown at police in south belfast. in birmingham the second largest city there has been trouble from counter protesters. daniel sandford, has more. after the wanton violence of the night before, today, the meticulous work of gathering evidence, collecting fingerprints at the holiday inn express in wath upon dearne, just outside rotherham, so detectives can bring the rioters to justice. last night's disor

the national police chiefs�* council says 149 suspects have been charged. sir keir starmer is due to share his third emergency meeting in a week. we can show you some live pictures of downing street, i think? we have also had a statement from merseyside police, who say they can confirm that all the children who were injured during the stabbings in southport on monday have now been discharged from hospitals. the last remaining injured girl who was being treated at royal manchester children hospital was released from hospital today and will now continue her recovery at home. her family issued the following statement. "we would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to the hospital for their unwavering support in extra ordinary care they provided to our beloved daughter during this time. we also extend our deepest thanks to the air ambulance team. we know their intervention saved her life. we were deeply saddened by the regent disorder and the attacks on our police force. it�*s important to highlight that when the horrific events unfolded, our police officers

the national police chiefs' council says it is reviewing officer training.s for their annual weigh—in. about 400 of the zoo's 14,000 creatures were weighed, from penguins to camels and monkeys to lions. the data is shared with zoos around the world. the us vice president kamala harris is expected to receive a rapturous reception in chicago this week at the democratic national convention. it's there on thursday that she's due to be confirmed as the party's nominee for november's presidential election, although thousands of people are expected to stage a protest in the city calling on her to take a much tougher line with israel about the war in gaza. our north america editor sarah smith is in chicago. sarah. yes, i'm sure you can see and hear these — sarah. yes, i'm sure you can see and hear these pro-palestinian _ hear these pro—palestinian protesters, who are angry about america's support for israel's war on hamas. they are demanding an end to us backing for israel, though i have to say, they would probably be more angry and hostile ifjoe biden was still the

large scale cannabis growing operations , according to the operations, according to the national police chiefs council, office buildings, cafes and nightclubs have also been targeted by the gangs. have also been targeted by the gangs . more than 3000 cannabis gangs. more than 3000 cannabis plants , with an estimated value plants, with an estimated value of £2 million, were grown in a former department store in newport, south wales , before it newport, south wales, before it was raided by gwent police recently. well, those are the latest gb news headlines for now. i'll be back with more in half an hour 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. mark right up at noon. good afternoon britain with cameron and emily. right. what's coming up on your show. >> good morning. well, the prime minister has been at the control centre of the metropolitan police this morning. he insists that the police need to remain on high alert for further riots, and also said that the swift justice t

the national police chiefs�* council says the number of arrests has risen to a83 with 149 charged.ast night, there had been fears of further disorder but instead mostly peaceful anti—racism gatherings took place across england. two brothers who looted a library in rioting in liverpool last week have been sent to jail. with all the latest our correspondent simonjones reports. they said they were determined to reclaim the streets peacefully. this was walthamstow in east london last night filled with antiracism protesters. where anti—immigration demonstrators did show up, like in brighton, they were generally far outnumbered by those with opposing views. to see so many thousands of people turn up for peace, solidarity, to say that we are united, we stand as one and we will not accept hatred and division, in our community, it was just fantastic. refugees are welcome here. feeling shared in west london, in accrington, a march organised by two mosques, it received a warm welcome from people at the local pub. in liverpool, the rioting scene last week was replaced by a message of hope. jus

. - the national police chiefs' council told us it's almost impossible to trace most shoplifted goodshopkeepers i've spoken to are left exasperated, and they just want to see an end to their profits walking out the door. jim connolly, bbc news. as you were hearing, very rarely does shoplifting result in a fixed penalty or a more severe form of punishment. the times reported this week that police have practically given up the fight. and maybe that's because even if they did prosecute the worst offenders, there is nowhere to put them. the jails have been operating at 99% capacity since the start of last year and the bbc understands there are just 100 spaces left in male prisons. the prime minister said this week they are having to "check the precise number of prison places" every day. in july labour set out legislation to reduce the amount of time inmates will spend injail before they are automatically released, from 50% of their sentence to a0%. it does not apply to those convicted of sex offences, terrorism, domestic abuse or some violent offences but it will result in the release of

the head of the national police chiefs council says the rioting is the worst he's seen in more than aster has said thousands of specialist police officers would be available to deploy over the summer if the unrest continues. the disorder began in southport after the fatal stabbings of three girls. it was sparked by posts on social media which wrongly blamed the stabbings on a muslim migrant. devon and cornwall have just said 150 officers deployed in plymouth city centre tonight... they have also said violence will not be tolerated, hate will not be tolerated. work is ongoing to de—escalate the situation. with more on this our news correspondent chi chi uzundu. it would appear the demonstration started earlier this afternoon and they were largely peaceful. the police congratulated people who operated within the law, which they said was the majority of the demonstrators, but a small pocket of far right protesters came into the area and have started pelting officers with projectiles including bricks, fireworks and stones. we understand a number of officers have sustained injuries. a poli

according to the national police chiefs' council, some landlords have even found themselves pulled intoht in the middle of town, gwent police raid a disused building in abertillery. inside, hundreds of mature cannabis plants fill every room. an industrial scale farm planted between the shops and takeaways. it seems to be one of the larger, um, operations that we've come across. there's certainly, as far as we can see, at least seven large rooms. looking at it, it's probably something that's been going on for some time, and i would be very surprised if that was the first crop of plants that had come from this building. it's the latest farm the force has found in an empty retail property. back in october, 3,000 plants were uncovered growing across every floor of this old department store, right in the centre of newport. they're beautiful buildings, but unfortunately some of them have fallen into disrepair. they're not being used. so i think certainly these gangs, these organised crime groups, can see the opportunity to grow on a scale that they've never had the opportunity to grow before.

cannabis farms in empty shops, cafes and theatres around the uk. in empty shops, cafes the national police chief's councily. our wales correspondent, hywel griffith, has been investigating. retreat! police! just behind the high street, right in the middle of town, gwent police raid a disused building in abertillery. inside, hundreds of mature cannabis plants fill every room. an industrial scale farm planted between the shops and takeaways. it seems to be one of the larger, um, operations that we've come across. there's certainly, as far as we can see, at least seven large rooms. looking at it, it's probably something that's been going on for some time, and i would be very surprised if that was the first crop of plants that had come from this building. it's the latest farm the force has found in an empty retail property. back in october, 3,000 plants were uncovered growing across every floor of this old department store, right in the centre of newport. they're beautiful buildings, but unfortunately some of them have fallen into disrepair. they're not being used. so i think certainly these gangs, these orga

the national police chiefs council has said 595 arrests have been made in relation to disorder acrosstabbings, attack . former labour stabbings, attack. former labour councillor ricky jones has been charged with encouraging violent disorder. it's after he was filmed addressing a crowd at a london demonstration on wednesday evening that, coming from the crown prosecution service, he's appearing at westminster magistrates court shortly and disgraced former bbc news presenter huw edwards has been asked to return his salary by the corporation's board . it by the corporation's board. it comes after the 62 year old admitted in court last week to having indecent images of children. seven of the 41 images were described as being in the most serious category of child abuse pictures and videos. the bbc's board has told him to repay his salary from the time he was arrested in november last yeah he was arrested in november last year, saying the presenter undermined trust in the bbc and brought it into disrepute . and brought it into disrepute. and those are the latest gb news headunes those are t

we've heard from gavin stevens, who's the chair of the national police chiefs council.th young people , teenagers over the people, teenagers over the course of the next few days, really important, he says. they shouldn't get involved. don't go near this stuff. don't get drawn into it. because he says in quotes, it could change the prospects for the rest of your life. and we are seeing a lot of young children caught up in fights here, and it will have a real bearing on their ability to become employed in the future. it's worth comparing. just finally nana. the numbers arrested so far to 2011, the last comparable riots. just, i mean, 500 arrests, a lot of arrests are in nine days, 500 arrests, 2011 arrests are in nine days, 500 arrests, 201! similar riots across the country, 3000 arrests. so very different. barely a sixth of the way there compared to 2011. so and everyone hopes we're not going to get there. but in terms of context, it was much worse in 2011, in terms of arrests than it is now. but it's very bad how. >> now. >> well, we haven't got room in the prisons or w

. >> it comes as the national police chiefs council says so far, 378 arrests have been made over the past week in relation to the unrest. a wave of people have now appeared in court charged over the ongoing riots overnight in rotherham alone. six arrests were made and one person has been charged after at least 12 police officers were injured during disorder outside a hotel. meanwhile merseyside police have said that one child remains in hospital a week on from the stabbing attack in southport, which sparked the riots . meanwhile, several riots. meanwhile, several countries have issued safety warnings to their citizens in the uk due to the riots. nigeria, malaysia and australia have sent out alerts telling people living or visiting the uk to stay away from demonstrations . to stay away from demonstrations. in other news, a hospital in portsmouth reopened after having to close its a&e unit because of a power outage. the queen alexandra declared a major incident this morning, which led to a number of procedures being cancelled. phone lines were also down but they are now back up and run

the job of the domestic security service , m15 and, the security service, m15 and, the national police chiefs councilt a capability for strategic intelligence analysis and deployment already. so it felt a little bit reheated to me. >> do you think, that there is a real strategy to tackle this or we're just hoping for a bit of rain to calm the weather to cool down, and for it to end of a natural way. >> i have to say i'd like that to be true. i'm a little bit pessimistic that we can put this genie back inside the bottle. we've we've got an immediate tactical, challenge here. and incidentally, just just to talk a little bit about tactics, one of the things that we saw, i mean, we talk about two tier policing in some cases, there was virtually no tier policing. there were frontline cops who were overwhelmed, who were subject, as in the case of, rotherham, to savage attacks by individuals who were able to go right up to them and throw masonry on them and really try to hurt them, you know, it is a wonder that police officers haven't been seriously hurt. those tactics seem completely out of sync with the l

the national police chiefs council has said 595 arrests have been made in relation to disorder across the country, following the southport stabbings. sir keir starmer says those committing offences online are still culpable and will be brought to justice. >> those that are thinking about getting involved in disorder of any sort is very clear. if you involve yourself in disorder, then the full force of the law will be applied. and the fact that we've seen this week people not just in court, but being sentenced to significant terms of custody for their behaviour just a few days ago , i think is just a few days ago, i think is a very important message to anyone who's thinking of getting involved in the coming days. >> a man who swore at a police officer before kicking him amid disorder in central london has been sentenced. 20 year old ozzy kirsch swore at officers responding to widespread disorder in westminster on the sist disorder in westminster on the 31st of july. officers with the metropolitan police were walking along whitehall in the direction of trafalgar square, informing demons

and also there are representatives from the national police chiefs council who will be here in particularce chiefs council , police chiefs council, resilience arm. so really looking at the resources that the police have, what what they call mutual aid and mutual aid is the assistance that police forces can give each other right across the country. so if one police force a particularly small police force, has an issue, then it can call on its neighbouring forces to provide that mutual aid in rapid succession. and one of the things we'll be discussing, obviously, is just the robust nature of that response, how they can ensure that right across the country, there are key areas where they can rapidly deploy this extra assistance if it's required and of course, they'll also be looking at any intelligence they have about potential protests or other disorder that might come in the days ahead . the difficulty days ahead. the difficulty they'll always have is that there is often the potential for these, events and disorder and protests to gather a momentum of its own, for one protest to spark anot

. >> it comes as the national police chiefs council says so far, 378 arrests have been made over thepast week. in relation to the unrest. a wave of people have now appeared in court charged over the ongoing riots. meanwhile, merseyside police have said that one child remains in hospital a week on from the stabbing attack in southport, which sparked the riots in birmingham . tensions are high birmingham. tensions are high tonight where it appears some crowds of muslim men are gathering in response to the ongoing unrest. in footage circulating on social media, hundreds of men can be seen taking to the streets . it's taking to the streets. it's understood the muslim community of bordesley green in birmingham have gathered to protect their local mosque and police commissioner sir mark rowley has apologised after he knocked a news journalist microphone out of his hand. this morning. in a statement, he said this is a distraction from the critical events we're dealing with. he also said it was agreed with the prime minister that he would provide an update afterwards, and it was not my place

. >> it comes as the national police chiefs council says so far, 378 arrests have been made over theast week. in relation to the unrest. a wave of people have now appeared in court charged over the ongoing riots. meanwhile, merseyside police have said that one child remains in hospital a week on from the stabbing attack in southport, which sparked the riots in birmingham . tensions are high birmingham. tensions are high tonight where it appears some crowds of muslim men are gathering in response to the ongoing unrest. in footage circulating on social media, hundreds of men can be seen taking to the streets . it's taking to the streets. it's understood the muslim community of bordesley green in birmingham have gathered to protect their local mosque and police commissioner sir mark rowley has apologised after he knocked a news journalist microphone out of his hand. this morning. in a statement, he said this is a distraction from the critical events we're dealing with. he also said it was agreed with the prime minister that he would provide an update afterwards, and it was not my place

the job of the domestic security service , m15 and, the security service, m15 and, the national police chiefs councilave got a capability for strategic intelligence analysis and deployment already. so it felt a little bit reheated to me. >> do you think, that there is a real strategy to tackle this or we're just hoping for a bit of rain to calm the weather to cool down, and for it to end of a natural way. >> i have to say i'd like that to be true. i'm a little bit pessimistic that we can put this genie back inside the bottle. we've we've got an immediate tactical, challenge here. and incidentally, just just to talk a little bit about tactics, one of the things that we saw, i mean, we talk about two tier policing in some cases, there was virtually no tier policing. there were frontline cops who were overwhelmed, who were subject, as in the case of, rotherham, to savage attacks by individuals who were able to go right up to them and throw masonry on them and really try to hurt them, you know, it is a wonder that police officers haven't been seriously hurt. those tactics seem completely out of sync with

today, the national police chiefs' council said a total of 378 arrests had been made around the country total expected to rise every day. from burnley, newsnight spoke to council leader afrasiab anwar about the desecration of muslim gravestones in his town. people have been getting in touch and saying this is appalling what has happened, and it is disgusting that somebody would treat anybody�*s grave like this. i actually went down to the cemetery to speak to the young people, to speak to the community, and what i was hearing and what i was getting from them, that once they had got over the upset on the anger, one of the things, the key message coming from them, was that they are not going to react, and they are going to ensure that there is not a negative reaction to this, because that is exactly what certain people will want to see. to talk about all this, our panel. former conservative mp and education minister dame andrea jenkyns, and the former labour mp and culture secretary ben bradshaw. also here is azeem rafiq. you'll know him as the cricketer whose evidence of institutional ra

the national police chiefs' council says it accepts the report's recommendations and will be reviewinghen it comes to strip searches involving children. adina campbell, bbc news. kamala harris and her running mate tim walz are in chicago today for the start of the democratic national convention. it's where she'll be formally confirmed as the party's presidential candidate during four days of speeches and vip speakers. our correspondent emma vardy is there. leaning out of a 94th floor, the city of skyscrapers is a dramatic sight. now thousands are descending on chicago for the convention. this is an amazingly _ on chicago for the convention. ti 3 is an amazingly important, unprecedented thing that is going on. it will affect how americans will vote in november. to us, this is an important election.— will vote in november. to us, this is an important election. when you stand for freedom, _ is an important election. when you stand for freedom, whether - is an important election. when you stand for freedom, whether it - is an important election. when you stand for freedom, whether it is i

it comes as the national police chiefs council says so far, 378 arrests have been made over the past unrest. a wave of people have now appeared in court charged with the ongoing disorder. overnight in rotherham alone, six arrests were made and one person has been charged after at least 12 police officers were injured dunng police officers were injured during disorder outside a hotel. meanwhile, a 14 year old boy has pleaded guilty to violent disorder in liverpool, while a judge in belfast has described the scenes as absolutely disgraceful . meanwhile, several disgraceful. meanwhile, several countries have issued safety warnings to their citizens in the uk due to the riots. nigeria malaysia and indonesia have sent out alerts telling people living or visiting the uk to stay away from demonstrations. in other news, a hospital in portsmouth reopened after having to close its a&e unit because of a power outage . the queen alexandra outage. the queen alexandra declared a major incident this morning which led to a number of procedures being cancelled . procedures being cancelled. phone line

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you have also had neville kemp of the national police chiefs' council saying that people will still bewill begin across england and wales next week, allowing people to surrender machetes and zombie—style blades safely and legally at police stations. it comes as part of wider government plans to tackle knife crime. frances read has this report. it's terrifying, but knife attacks like this one in south london, are precisely what the government says it is trying to end. from next week, a four week amnesty, so people can legally hand in machetes and zombie—style knives, increasingly linked to violent crime. knives like these had already been banned, but a loophole meant they could be kept and sold if they didn't have images depicting violence on their handles. that will now change. mikey roynon from near bristol was just 16 when he died after being stabbed at a birthday party last summer. his mother says all of this is not enough. i wish the government would ask us and listen to us, because we're the ones living it. if we don't change the way that these kids think, they're still going to c

according to the national police chiefs council, some landlords have even found themselves pulled intont, hywel griffith has been investigating. retreat! police! just behind the high street, right in the middle of town, gwent police raid a disused building in abertillery. inside, hundreds of mature cannabis plants fill every room. an industrial scale farm planted between the shops and takeaways. it seems to be one of the larger, um, operations that we've come across. there's certainly, as far as we can see, at least seven large rooms. looking at it, it's probably something that's been going on for some time, and i would be very surprised if that was the first crop of plants that had come from this building. it's the latest farm the force has found in an empty retail property. back in october, 3,000 plants were uncovered growing across every floor of this old department store, right in the centre of newport. they're beautiful buildings, but unfortunately some of them have fallen into disrepair. they're not being used. so i think certainly these gangs, these organised crime groups, can s

now, the national police chiefs council have said that more than 770 people have been arrested over rioting40 of those already charged, plenty of charges expected still to come. but a turn in attention away from not just those people that maybe had been in attendance at the riots, but the npcc saying that specialist officers had been ordered and tasked to start pursuing online offenders influencers they say, that are responsible for, quote, spreading hate and inciting violence on a large scale. so much of that, of course, that attention coming towards those people that are online as well. shabana mahmood, the shadow, sorry, the justice secretary, saying that this is going to have a long term fallout because of those, of course, these new people now being sentenced, going to the prisons, they've already been problems with capacity beforehand. of course, there's going to be a long term fallout from all of this disorder . disorder. >> absolutely. jack, thank you very much for that update. and i do apologise to viewers for that , do apologise to viewers for that, well, little salute that we saw

last week, the national police chiefs council said that 1127 arrests had been made since the disorderges laid. and of those, 29 people were charged with offences involving social media or other online activity. sentences for crimes such as publishing written material to stir up racial hatred have ranged from a three month custodial sentence to 20 months in prison. so with me now to discuss this is the writer and broadcaster timandra harkness. timandra, thanks so much for joining me on the show. i want to ask you about this because of course, you've written a book called technology is . what's the called technology is. what's the title again? sorry, timandra. what is it? >> technology is not the problem. >> oh, look, there it is. live on screen. >> so if technology is not the problem, why is it that lots of people are being arrested for social media posts at the moment? >> well, that's the that's the perfect question, because i do think it's crazy that people are getting prison sentences for posts on social media that are not that far off the prison sentences for actually throwing bnck

and i did put to members of the national police chiefs council when he came out from the meeting withr yesterday, luke, was there a two tier policing response, a different response to harehills , in, you response to harehills, in, you know, compared to what had happenedin know, compared to what had happened in other communities, chiefly, of course, london were 111 people were arrested following the disorder. there and they said, no, there are absolutely national guidelines about how you deal with the pubuc about how you deal with the public order situation, but it has to be up to the commanders on the ground to take those decisions with what they see in face at the time. the other issue, just briefly, to touch on, that i think is probably a lesson to be learned for the police going forward is what they do about messages that are out there on social media that are clearly false , narratives are clearly false, narratives that do stir up a great deal of concern and anger in communities. could the police be quicker and more , proactive in getting that more, proactive in getting that alter

think a lot of the what has been announced by the prime minister and association with the national police chiefs council more powers for the police to more proactively look at those that might be travelling to cause trouble, to try to stop them doing that, to try to stop them doing that, to try and share more effectively the intelligence between different forces and to put up this, anti—violence unit. i mean, i'm not sure exactly what is going to be new in this, because as far as i'm aware, police forces have shared intelligence between forces very effectively for lots of years. they have a system in place called mutual aid again, which works very effectively where one force can send resources and reinforcements to another force, very rapidly if they so require. so i'm not exactly sure what this new unit is going to bring to the party, if you like. >> well, mark white, thank you very much for bringing us that latest information. let's get more reaction now from the former head of the national counter terrorism security office, chris phillips. chris, this is being treated clearly very seriously by the go

the prime minister he had a phone call with as well as the national police chiefs council , among policeefs council, among others. so later on today, the king is expected to arrive at the town hall here in southport, which is just in front of me, andifs which is just in front of me, and it's there where he is expected to be meeting survivors from that taylor swift themed dance class and their families, as well as some of the other members of the local community. i can see crash barriers have been set up outside the town hall, which suggests to me that he may be wanting to meet ordinary members of the public here local communities. of course, that's not been confirmed by buckingham palace , confirmed by buckingham palace, but i wouldn't be surprised if that does indeed happen. following his visit to the town hall to here hall here, the king is going to be going to the local community fire station here in southport, where he will be meeting emergency service workers who responded to the initial attack on the 29th of july, but also had to respond to the riots, which were sparked by that att

and we know that that's the truth, because the national police chiefs council released figures just recently saying that there were 2 million attacks a year on women, 2 million crimes of violence against women per year. this is huge. and they declared it a national emergency , and i think national emergency, and i think it is. >> do you think i mean , one of >> do you think i mean, one of the suggestions in this report is the fact that women are feeling more confident about reporting these attacks, and these crimes do you think that's why we're seeing the rise, or do you think they are actually happening more? >> i think they're actually happening more. i mean , you happening more. i mean, you know, perhaps women are feeling more confident to report , but is more confident to report, but is thatis more confident to report, but is that is that really the case when, when? so many crimes do not go with an effective punishment? you know, i think a lot of women still do not report . lot of women still do not report. so if they actually were i think these these statistics would be even higher. >>

organised crime groups for large scale cannabis growing operations, according to the national police chiefs councilnpcc said empty pubs, office buildings, cafes and nightclubs have also been targeted by the gangs. more than 3000 cannabis plants, with an estimated value of £2 million, were grown in a former department store in newport in south wales, before it was raided by gwent police recently. the former reality tv star katie price is due to appearin star katie price is due to appear in court this afternoon after being arrested at heathrow airport last night. it comes after a judge issued a warrant following her failure to attend a high court bankruptcy hearing last month. price was declared bankrupt in november 2019 and again in march this year. well, those are the latest gb news headunes those are the latest gb news headlines for now, i'll be back in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone , sign up to news smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com >> forward slash alerts . >> forward slash alerts. >> forward slash alerts. >> good

i've called for a change of leadership, because we need to look at the way in which the national police chiefs councilollege of policing are operating. we need to make sure we're getting the right leaders in, and we're getting the right effects now in somewhere like, our great capital in london, we know that the metropolitan police have two duties. they have one, which is obviously their territorial policing responsibility. you know, keeping people safe on the streets. and then they have the national responsibility , national responsibility, counter—terrorism, policing and so on. now, i think , frankly, so on. now, i think, frankly, that's just too great a span. i'd like to see new police force, a national security police force set up so that it's actually able to operate , actually able to operate, supporting counter—terrorism operations around the united kingdom . and i'm afraid and, kingdom. and i'm afraid and, tom, you've heard me call this out in so many times, supporting us against the state threats that, sadly, we're seeing all too often. you've heard me saying how iranian agents have tried to

and hopefully, you know, the police and they've told me, as much the national police chiefs council,rt and the, the, the very slow nature of some of the information that came out there that allowed this vacuum, to be filled with a lot of online speculation that was not helpful andindeed speculation that was not helpful and indeed was actually wholly inaccurate in many respects . so inaccurate in many respects. so i'm sure a life to that , the i'm sure a life to that, the police will be and we await further word from the metropolitan police. >> i would be very surprised if the if the police didn't release details about this man that they have in custody . i mean, clearly have in custody. i mean, clearly they've got him there . i would they've got him there. i would be very surprised if we didn't see details from that very, very shortly, which of course, we will share here on gb news as soon as we have them. but again, this is such a it's hard to overstate how central this is to the capital city of the united kingdom. you can't get more central london than leicester square. you can't g

the chair of the national police chiefs council saying that we may have turned a tide, but there's nost officers remain ready to be deployed nationwide. excuse me. should disorder occur. but there have been a few nights now without major disorder. i think the last significant event was on tuesday evening in plymouth, because getting involved in this right wing anti—mass immigration disorder has become an extremely lonely affair. i mean, we saw a small protest in crawley yesterday just for people turning up to a hotel said to be housing asylum seekers . hundreds housing asylum seekers. hundreds of counter—demonstrators on the scene there, as has said, the last major incident being plymouth on tuesday. but dame diana johnson, the policing minister, did say that there was intelligence she was aware of upcoming potential disorder at the same time as there has been for much of this week, some counter demonstrations to rumoured or planned right wing protests. today, there are several going on stand up to racism, putting on events they say in edinburgh, birmingham, manchester and here in lon

more than 740 people have now been arrested over rioting, according to the national police chiefs councilch 302 have so far been charged. merseyside police says two more people have also been charged following violent disorder in southport and in liverpool, bringing the total number of people now charged there to 24. >> and that comes as a section 60 order is now in place for 12 hours in liverpool city centre , hours in liverpool city centre, and the family of six year old bebe king, who died after being stabbed in southport, said she was full of joy , light and love was full of joy, light and love and that she will always remain in their hearts. >> and they say she was sweet, kind and a spirited girl that they adore. that statement was released by merseyside police earlier today. released by merseyside police earlier today . of course, she earlier today. of course, she tragically died along with seven year old elsie dot stancombe and alice dasilva aguiar, who was nine. >> meanwhile, up to 500 mourners have attended the funeral service of teenager jay slater, who touched the lives of so m

i think the recent survey done by national police chiefs council reveals that 2 million women will bee violence every year. it's a pervasive problem. it's not about having segregated carriages for women will solve this problem. so i think we need to look at the root cause of this problem. and what is the root cause? let me tell you. let me explain this root cause is there is a culture of misogyny prevalent in police, in british police departments where they're, not believing the victim is just a norm. so many women, they don't want to report, you know, these sexual assault cases and they just try to, pretend as if nothing happened and they don't go to police to report these cases. there is a lack of confidence in the police . in british police. the police. in british police. we need to understand this thing. >> interestingly, caroline, you're nodding your head there. yeah. what do you what do you say to the argument that this is treating a symptom, not a cause ? treating a symptom, not a cause? >> i have a lot of sympathy, actually, and i think that's right. and we need to be really,

and i saw, chief constable stevens , who's the constable stevens, who's the head of the national police chiefs councilndy valentine of the met has been. and he said we need communities to stop it to put their weapons down, to stop breaking the law and to all just go about living peacefully and harmoniously. if we can, alongside one another, very different language. i mean, valentine from the met tonight is talking about the protests that are arranged for wednesday, and he is clearly up for whatever they may face. and my advice to anybody considering going to any of those gatherings on wednesday in london is, please, do you know what? don't. the olympics are on. there's many other things you can do. let's not get involved . let's let's not get involved. let's take the heat out of this and let's all try and live our lives. >> that's brilliant advice indeed.thank >> that's brilliant advice indeed. thank you very much for joining us at former scotland yard detective peter bleksley. thank you very much, okay. well, i mean, you've heard what everyone's saying. listen to people talk to people, engage people.

. >> yeah, this is the national police chiefs council who have issued those statistics and they confirmedof charged within days . sort of charged within days. just to go back to that point about manchester airport and those people who two and a half weeks on still have no indication as to whether they'll be charged with those offences. so justice very swift. clearly there is an imperative on the part of the government and the police to get control of the disorder that we're seeing. so that's why they are rapidly ensuring that people see swift justice. and we've seen already the first convictions with very hefty jail terms handed out of up to three years. >> so far, there is a direct correlation, actually, between the manchester airport incident. and one of those blokes. was it just derek's me who got three years because you played the body cam footage earlier on of what that individual did , and what that individual did, and there was a bank of riot shields with police officers behind them. he's come in swinging at one of them, presumably made contact, etc. so basically he's trying to fig

this was reported by the national council of police chiefs.ted that at least 100 more suspects have been identified. let me remind you that the rallies in the country began almost 2 weeks ago, after a man from a family of migrants brutally killed three girls. the protests escalated into large-scale clashes with the police. against this backdrop , the british prime minister. starmer announced that he would increase police presence in cities and speed up criminal proceedings. as the russian ambassador to the country, andrei kellin, stated on our tv channel, the protests were the result of london's long-standing erroneous policy. if there is another escalation, it is not excluded, it is possible, but then this honeymoon of the new government with the population it will end, then the government borisov will have to really start. somehow solve the fundamental problems of british society, and this is the ill-being of the population, due to the long-term lack of investment in the budget, socio-economic inequality, which has become especially acute ag