that‘s the message from naz shah, who has raised it on her facebook page this evening.severity and they say it is counter—terrorism police who are leading the investigation into this. very quickly, do we know who is receiving them, is it only those from the muslim faith?” who is receiving them, is it only those from the muslim faith? i am told by the organisation who support muslims that it appears to be almost random, but people with muslim sounding names, they say, it is not high—profile figures like the mp but it seems they are targeting people in the community they believe to be muslim. almost random people. the nephew of the actress liz hurley has been stabbed repeatedly in the street in south london by a group of men. myles hurley, a 21—year—old model, was one of two men injured in the knife attack on thursday. remains in hospital. police say his condition is not life threatening. the us department ofjustice has taken the first step towards banning a device which enables why. fire rapidly, like machine guns. it comes as the end begins a challenge against the state

the mp for bradford west, naz shah, has spoken out about a spate of hate mail targeting people in hertters titled "punish a muslim" have caused distress to those who have received them and the wider community as a whole. speaking to me a little earlier, our correspondent simonjones. this is surely quite concerning. a bit of a shock. tell us more. i have spoken this evening to be mp who raised the issue on her facebook page because she felt people needed to know about it and she says it is very worrying, so worrying that not only did she mention on social media but this afternoon, naz shah contacted the police about it in your area and says she has been told by the police that they are taking it extremely seriously and it has been looked at why the counter terrorism unit. you have any idea of how widespread this is, i spoke to one of the organisations which aims to prevent violence and attacks on muslims and set in the past 48 hours alone they have heard of 15 people who have received these letters. it isn't just who have received these letters. it isn'tjust in the bradford area but al

naz shah, telling it like it is.r world of politics, here is our countdown. at five, turning on a penny after an outcry over proposals to reduce small change. downing street said there are no plans to scrap ip and 2p coins. perhaps we should move to finland, the world's happiest country. the uk rolled in 19th. it seems like you would have more fun with a finn. the prime minister adopted a more relaxed approach when she visited the scene of a nerve agent in salisbury. angela merkel was finally sworn in as chancellor of germany after lawmakers voted to re—elect a hat as leader in a close vote. but the corks will be staying in the champagne. it took 171 days for her to be approved after a painful stretch of political deadlock. and now, with a short story, conservative mp bob neill, who gave his colleagues the giggles in westminster hall... i will do my best to be naturally short. laughter at bob neill that. how could anyone stoop so low? julia butler. finally, mps are always anxious to bring a good word about their cons

the blunt conclusion of naz shah. has said she won't be intimidated by letters inciting violence against muslims. on monday, mps condemned the letters encouraging people to take part in a "punish a muslim" day. i received a message, my lords, from a friend, a long message at the end of which she said i urge you please do not go out on the 3rd of april. it is punish a muslim day. my lords, iwill, along with many other muslims, be going out on the 3rd of april because we will not be intimidated in this way. the government condemns the content of the letters, as i said in my original statement, as abhorrent and misplaced in recent society. i know the prime minister who as home secretary took a number of initiatives in partnership with my noble friend will want to reflect on the exchanges yesterday in the other place, the exchange of today, to see whether we can build on some of the initiatives my noble friend has referred to and see whether there is further action we can take in order to counter hate crime in this countr

mp naz shah, who was suspended from the labour party in 2016 for what she calls "anti—semitic languageions, and i think it's really, really important thatjeremy has come out with a stronger statement, with his apology. and protecting your privacy. in an exclusive report, we've learnt that more than half of police forces in england and wales are now routinely

alsojoining us, the labour naz shah from the home affairs committee.e legal basis for it. down any conversation needs to happen. happen. download information from people's phones? phones? there is no real national guidance on this. guidance on this. that points towards the need for a national guidance. national guidance. and greater overview of what is happening. overview of what is happening. don't think a case—by—case basis is working. working. documents you are carrying, if you are arrested? place, the level of intrusion is huge. huge. talk about this, why is this important? important? people safe, have access to this data. data. being stored, who can access it and who is looking at it? who is looking at it? device that will assist it as the investigation. investigation. proportionate investigation, is that ok? proportionate investigation, is that 0k? investigation, is that 0k? necessary and proportionate, that's the problem. the problem. every single time they want to look on side a bone? on side a bone? think it's really important for parliament t