the metro leads with the image of personal trainer patrick hutchinson, who has been hailed a hero afterrried a protester to safety during clashes in london on saturday. as shops reopen from tomorrow in england, the daily mirror urges its reader to ‘shop for britain‘ with shopkeepers assuring customers that it will be safe to visit stores. and encouraging people back to the shops leads the times. the paper reports that the chancellor has hinted at a temporary vat cut to try and tempt shoppers back to the high street. the daily mail has a warning from health leaders that the closure of schools could worsen the obesity crisis for a generation of children. the guardian reports that the world health organization has warned the prime minister not to ease lockdown restrictions further in england until the government's contact tracing procedure is proved to be "robust and effective." the prime minister has written a piece in tomorrow's daily telegraph promising to "fight with every breath in his body" any attempt to remove the statue of winston churchill from parliament square. and on the third

and patrick hutchinson is being hailed as a hero and he's joining us live with a group that formed theation. explain to us something behind the image. can you walk us through what happened on saturday. >> yeah, hi. so, we were down at the demonstrations looking to sort of protect and serve our community. and these gentleman behind me, that you can see, chris, otoketo, germane, and lee russell, these guys were here with me to do what we know best and that's to serve and protect our community. there was an alteration taking place. these guys in front of me ran in, dispersed the crowd, made a shield over the gentleman that had fallen on the ground, was being attacked. and i ducked under them, scooped them up and put them on my shoulder. and we carried them towards police with them shielding me and protecting me from the continued onslaught. >> so, there's been a lot of questioning about who that man is that you carried. do you know? >> i have no idea who this man was. all i know is that he was there. up to no good, let's just say. >> so, he was a counterprotester. he wasn't there in suppo

it shows a black man, patrick hutchinson, coming to the aid of a beaten suspected far-right activist.ing him away from a scuffle that had broken out between black lives matter protesters and counterdemonstrators. the photo quickly spread across social media, and thus around the world. let's bring in nbc news global correspondent helena humphrey live in london. she spoke with hutchinson. what's the story behind the photo? >> reporter: hi there, katy. as you mentioned, i had the opportunity to sit down with patrick hutchinson, as well as four of his friends who were also at that protest, self-proclaimed keepers of the peace, essentially. remarkably, they say, they are not heroes. they were just doing the right thing. but what they did, essentially, was work together, work as a unit to rush forward to surround the injured counterprotester on the floor, allowing mr. hutchinson to move in, scoop the man up, hoist him over his shoulder, and then carry him to safety, essentially. now, i had to ask these men why they did it, why they ran towards the danger to save the life of a man who was pr

patrick hutchinson is one of a group who were out in london looking to help anyone from any backgroundhad become separated from his protest group and was in danger from rival demonstrators. i scooped him up into, like, a fireman‘s carry and sort of marched him out with the guys around me, protecting me and shielding me and protecting this guy from getting further punishment. 0n social media, he said simply, "we saved a life today." the violence yesterday was sparked by those who said they'd come to the heart of london to protect statues and defend british history. instead, they turned into an attack mob and their target was the police. far right supporters were among them. and in the mayhem, a tribute to a modern day hero was defiled. 0ne protester was pictured urinating on the memorial to pc keith palmer, murdered in a terror attack at westminster. what we can't accept is people hijacking peaceful demonstrations and turning them into very ugly attacks on the police or on public monuments. we can't accept that, and people who do 00:14:10,443 --> 2147483051:43:49,937 that will feel the

patrick hutchinson is one of a group who were out in london looking to help anyone from any backgroundbecome separated from his protest group and was in danger from rival demonstrators. i scooped him up into, like, a fireman‘s carry and sort of marched him out with the guys around me, protecting me and shielding me and protecting this guy from getting further punishment. on social media, he said simply, "we saved a life today." the violence yesterday was sparked by those who said they'd come to the heart of london to protect statues and defend british history. instead, they turned into an attack mob and their target was the police. far right supporters were among them. and in the mayhem, a tribute to a modern day hero was defiled. one protester was pictured urinating on the memorial to pc keith palmer, murdered in a terror attack at westminster. what we can't accept is people hijacking peaceful demonstrations and turning them into very ugly attacks on the police or on public monuments. we can't accept that, and people who do that will feel the full force of the law. there was tension t

patrick hutchinson stepped in when the man became separated from his group.arry and sort of marched him out with the guys around me protecting me and shielding me and protecting this guy from getting further punishment. and that's the job patrick says he was there to do. had we allowed something like that to happen with all of us there present, you know, the narrative would have been very different today. and, you know, black lives matters, the media, whoever, would've painted a different picture. thousands turned out in support of separate protests in the capital organised by anti—racism and far right groups. it wasn't long before pockets of violence flared up. protesters clashed with each other and six police officers were injured. patrick, a personal fitness trainer by day stepped in when he saw this man in distress. it was a bit of a melee on the stairs. the guy ended up on the floor. and these guys rushed in to stop him from getting trampled. the government later said that the largely peaceful protests were hijacked by a violent minority. patrick hutchin

patrick hutchinson said he picked the man up after noticing he was injured after the clashes.to cnn about the moments leading up to that moment. >> reporter: is this you in the photograph? >> yes, that is me in that photograph. >> reporter: can you describe to me what's happening in this picture? >> my friends and i put a cordon around this man, he was on the stairs. lying in fetal position, with -- anything about to happen to him. first time i saw him, climbed underneath to pick him up. >> reporter: you could have thought he is my enemy, why did you choose to help him? >> there was a particular thought i had that you know, you have to show some sort of love for your fellow man, okay, regardless. because i was saying if the other three officers that were present when george floyd was unfortunately murdered, if they, just one, had stepped in, and stopped their fellow officer from doing what he did, he would be alive today. >> reporter: put him on your shoulder, carried him over to the police. then what happened? >> i'm carrying him, friends surrounding me, protecting myself and

patrick hutchinson, a black lives matter activist, emerging from one of britain's most violent protest in the wake of george floyd's killing. hoisting over his shoulder an injured man from the other side of the protest, suspected of belonging to the far right. the moment captured an instantly iconic image. the motive, stopping the violence. >> in essence we protected him. but ultimately, i was protecting our young, black children from being incarcerated for murder or whatever crime would have been committed. >> reporter: hutchinson along with his friends, pierre, jamaine, chris, and lee, calls themselves a band of brothers, fighting a peaceful war against racism that pervades the uk as it does the u.s. and coming together today to relive that moment. >> i just felt like if i don't go there and try and do something, it's just going to look bad if anything goes wrong. >> reporter: looking beyond britain, they have a blunt message for america. >> it starts with your leader, america's leader. he needs to -- people need to address him. but it seems that you americans are too scared to speak

the movement had canceled for the weekend but patrick hutchinson said he knew there would be young supporters of the movement that would come out. that they could potentially get into trouble and he wanted to act as a peace keeper. >> can you describe to me what's happening in this picture? >> my friends and i are putting a cord around this man. he was on the stairs. lying in a fetal position. anything was about to happen to him. the first thing was to pick him up. >> you could have looked at this ma'am and thought, he is my enemy. why did you choose to help him? >> there was a particular thought i had that you know, you have to show some sort of, you know, love for your fellow man, okay? regardless. i was saying, if the other three officers that were present when george floyd was unfortunately murdered, if they just one of them had stepped in and stopped their fellow officer from doing what he did, he would be alive today. >> and you put him on your shoulder. you carried him to the police. then what happened? >> i'm carrying him. my friends are protecting me and the man on my shoulder. he wa

patrick hutchinson said he was pleased to protect the reputation of the peaceful majority.o get him to safety. sean dilley, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news. thousands of people have joined the latest black lives matter protests in the us. demonstrators in atlanta gathered outside burnt—out remains of a drive—through restaurant where police shot dead a black man, rayshard brooks, on friday. crowds again gathered in washington near the white house. irish political parties fianna fail, fine gael and the greens will sign a deal on monday on the formation of a new coalition government. talks will resume later to resolve the final issues. it follows the election on february 8th where none of the parties gained enough seats to form a majority government. europe's solar orbiter probe will make its first close pass of the sun on monday, tracking by at a distance of just over 77 million kilometres. the probe was launched in february and is on a mission to understand what drives the sun's behaviour. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: austria to test up to 65,000

patrick hutchinson was photographed carrying an injured man, following clashes between far—right protestersmply he saw his life was under threat. a man accused of urinating on a memorial to the murdered police officer keith palmer, during demonstrations at the weekend, will appear in court today. this photo was widely shared on social media after protests in london on saturday. andrew banks, who's 28 and from stansted, has been charged with outraging public decency. more than 900 blue plaques on buildings across london are to be reviewed by english heritage, in response to concerns that some honour figures linked to racism or slavery. the charity says it hopes to recognise those who have been traditionally under—represented in history, including members of the black community. the headlines on bbc news... back to the high street — queues as thousands of shops in england re—open after nearly three months of lockdown. face coverings are now compulsory for passengers on public transport in england. after two weeks of anti—racism protests, the prime minister announces a commission to examine al

patrick hutchinson, a black lives matter demonstrator in london, carried a suspected far-right counterprotestern saturday. the man was on the ground during a fight between the two sides, and hutchinson explained what went through his mind. >> i wasn't thinking. i was just thinking of, you know, a human being on the floor. it wasn't going to end well had we not intervened. that was it. had no other thoughts in my mind apart from getting him to safety. >> this is how his young daughter and her friends reacted when they saw her dad on tv. and gayle, mr. hutchinson said what compelled him to act was the inaction of those three minneapolis police officers during the killing of george floyd. >> i heard that, vaflad. he said if they had intervened we wouldn't be having the protests we're having today. he's a grandfather and a personal trainer. he said, it's not about black and white, it's about helping each other. what i want to know is what the counterprotesters said after this was all over. what he had to say about the man who helped him. that's the part -- the interview i want to hear. >> more to c

yesterday, we spoke to patrick hutchinson and i asked him the question, we had him and his lovely daughtersn touch? i look at the papers at... this is the man, a millwall fan. he was carried away from the melee by patrick. this is the photograph that went around everyone. we spoke to patrick and his two lovely daughters yesterday on the programme and they have not spoken to the man himself but they did speak to his son and his son said, he has a black eye and askedif his son said, he has a black eye and asked if his dad would want to thank patrick, he probably would, who wouldn't. somebody else said hopefully he should grow up and act his age. they have not spoken to the man himself but that is him.“ you're watching, i hope you are, and you're watching, i hope you are, and you are recovering getting well and if you want to talk to us, get in contact. good morning timing people. we are talking to sean this morning about cash. i have some cash in my purse. i have barely used. are you excited about football? because i know you are a big fan of wolves.|j am excited about them. i go to my footba

this is patrick hutchinson, a black, anti—racist protester, carrying a white stranger to safety.ay to oversee things and make sure things didn't get out of hand, they noticed there was some trouble further away by the steps, down by waterloo leading up to the embankment. it looks as though there was a clash between some of the so—called statue protectors, as you call them and the black lives matter protesters. after that, it looks like some of the far right protesters dispersed and left one solitary person by himself. obviously, it wasn't a good place for him to be with all of those protesters surrounding him. had it escalated to a violent situation between the black lives matter protesters and this one protester? yes, he was on his own and you know, it wasn't a pretty scene. they grabbed hold of him in the next thing he was making his way down the stairs. i noticed there was a rastafarian, middle aged guy i haven't had chance to mention, he was trying to protect this man. one, single person couldn't do that and it got a little bit too much. my quys it got a little bit too much.

we hearfrom patrick hutchinson, who carried an injured man to safety during yesterday's protests in londoni wasn't thinking. i was just thinking of a human being on the floor, it wasn't going to end well had we not intervened. that was it. i had no other thoughts in my mind apart from to safety. in america, protests in atlanta after a white policeman kills another black man. a 20—year—old man dies of a suspected drug overdose, and three others are stabbed after thousands of people attend two and three years on from the grenfell tower fire,

the bbc speaks to patrick hutchinson, who carried an injured man to safety during yesterday's protestsn't thinking. i wasjust thinking of a human being on the floor, it wasn't going to end well had we not intervened. that was it. had no other thoughts in my mind apart from get him to safety. in america, protests in atlanta after a white policeman kills another black man. and three others are stabbed after thousands of people attend two raves in greater manchester despite the lockdown. and three years on from the grenfell tower fire, remembering the 72 people who died. the papers, but in portugal, the senior police source who has seen the evidence in the investigation to madeleine mccann‘s disappearance has told the bbc it is very important and significant. residents in the tourist resort of praia do lucius have criticised the portuguese operation for being too slow. some say whether it were contacted by the police about christian be in recent yea rs. police about christian be in recent years. lucy williamson has been speaking to people who remember him from his time in the resort. new