peterloo was hugely significant for campaigners calling for the right to vote.is a huge inspiration. but also for the suffragettes, it was a kind of key moment in that campaign for democratic rights. so they didn't die in vain? they definitely didn't die in vain and many protesters who were there continued the memory and continued the organisation to make sure that we would never forget the peterloo massacre. today, thousands will gather at the site of st peter's fields to remember the protesters and how much things have changed, but somehow stayed the same. nina warhurst, bbc news. wet and windy has been theed or other the day. across england and wales the rain really set in through this afternoon, we have seen heavy bursts, a different story for northern ireland and parts of scotla nd northern ireland and parts of scotland as that rain cleared eastwards, behind it the skies brightened up. one or two showers here, but for all of us, brightened up. one or two showers here, but forall of us, it brightened up. one or two showers here, but for all of us, it has bee

we look back on the massacre of peterloo. hello, good evening.investigation is under way after a police officer was killed while investigating a burglary. pc andrew harper, who was 28, died late last night, near the village of ufton nervet in berkshire. he was married just four weeks ago. it's thought he may have been dragged along by a vehicle. 10 people have been arrested, all males — one a 13—year—old boy. boris johnson says he's "deeply shocked and appalled" by what happened. our correspondent daniel sandford reports. on a rural stretch of the a4 outside reading, police officers doing what they dread — investigating the death of one of their own. pc andrew harper, 28 years old, married to his wife lissy just four weeks ago, described by his chief constable as highly regarded, popular and a significant loss to the force. the officer was well—known across the force. you know, so, it's felt very personal, despite the size of the force, and it's felt very personally by the whole of the police family. pc harper was responding with his crewmate to

he's the author of "peterloo: the english uprising", and of the graphic novel "peterloo: witnesses to something a lot of younger people will necessarily have heard about? yes, peter lou has rather dropped out of sight in the schools curriculum. i learnt about it in the 60s and early 70s. mike lee learnt about it. it was always considered a bit of industrial trouble up north, something that concerned manchester and not the country. but it was the centrepiece of a national campaign of mass platform, mass democracy meetings, that the eyes of the whole country were on manchester, and there was a political event of national importance, part of a democratic story. why has it taken a while for it to be seen in that context? well, it took a long time before reform actually got under way. in the short term the pro—democracy movement of 1819 was defeated. but in 1832, we got the great reform act. it was only a small advance but the reason that it passed was because the government did not dare again to send in troops against unarmed civilians. we then got about one a generation reform acts. all

in the violent panic that followed the peterloo massacre, 18 people were killed.ppened to their relatives. nina warhurst reports. 0n on these busy streets, you'd never know that this is where they died fighting for nothing more than the rights of men to vote. it was a baking, hot day by the time they arrived here at what was st peter's field. some people had walked for more than 20 miles all through the night, and they couldn't have known about the violence, the panic and the bloodshed they were about to witness. 0ne the bloodshed they were about to witness. one of them is david hilton, standing at the back of this photograph stop ea weaver from east manchester, he met up with peterloo victims every year to remember and to fight on. and this year, manchester metropolitan university is uniting as many descendants as possible. so, this gentle man here, he is your great, great, great, great grandfather. that's amazing. its like goosebumps, isn't it? even hin ‘s 80s he's campaigning for people to get the vote. he looks proud, he looks like the boss, and i think it's a

. —— peterloo veterans.the vote for the poor people. fighting for the working man all those years later. still. it‘s pretty damn amazing. it is, i‘m well chuffed. david did not live to see all working men granted the vote, that didn‘t happen for 100 years. we've also got here a newspaper article from washington, the national... but these newspaper articles in the people‘s history museum showed the global impacts peterloo had and its ripple effects through history. peterloo was hugely significant for campaigners calling for the right to vote. so after the massacre, there‘s a real crackdown on movement, but when the chartists come about in the 1830s, the peterloo massacre is hugely significant. it‘s a huge inspiration. but also for the suffragettes, it was a kind of key moment in that campaign for democratic rights. so they didn‘t die in vain? they definitely didn‘t die in vain, and many protesters who were there continued the memory, continued the organisation to make sure we‘d never forget the peterloo massa

the british people began to learn of an atrocity in manchester that would come to be known as the peterloo massacre it was catalyze a massive crackdown on civil rights and journalism jeremy corbyn leader of western europe's largest socialist movement and hot on the heels of increasing the british labor party's share of the vote by more than any leader since 945 invoked it well before this week's other verse 3 and his bid to be caretaker prime minister next year marks the 200th anniversary of the pizza massacre when 50 peaceful demonstrators were killed and hundreds injured on the streets of manchester by troops sent in by the tories to suppress the struggle with democratic rights. the great english poets. wrote a poem about massacre and that was the origin of last logan for the many not the few ironically given peterloo is remembered not just for shelley but the ensuing media crackdown it is members of corbin's own body and parliament who have attempted to crackdown on media like this t.v. channel and the arguably failed to raise the fate of the world's most famous publisher julian a son s

about the massacre and that was the origin of last logan for the many not the few ironically given peterloo is remembered not just for shelley but the ensuing media crackdown it is members of corbin's own body and parliament who have attempted to crackdown on media like this t.v. channel and the arguably failed to raise the fate of the world's most famous publisher julian a son is currently in solitary confinement in london as for the media landscape in britain and 2019 mainstream media journalists have been taking time out in august to attack this 16 year old swedish environmental activist sailing the atlantic to highlight the threat of global catastrophe every person who fights for the same thing and use voice gets hurt is very important and it doesn't really matter who that person it's what background that person has done and it has dedication and wants to fight for a better well well here in britain goldsmiths part of the university of london has been apparently fighting for a better world too joining me now is dr jason he called who is on the british labor party's task force on interna

and 200 years since peterloo, we look back on the massacre that changed britain. now the sport.ve goalkeeper is hopeful he can start against southampton tomorrow. the spaniard was injured midweek in the super cup win over chelsea. an ankle injury for him after a fan collided with him. if he is not fit third choice andy lonegan could start. he onlyjoined the team as a late free signing after first choice keeper alisson was injured last week. an unuk lucky turn of events for liverpool and klopp explained how the injury happened. when we were all together, a supporter jumped over something, was chased by some security guy, slipped and kicked his ankle. yeah. crazy, so, yesterday it was swollen, today, i spoke to him, he is here, he said it is better, much better, than yesterday, but we have to see. there is no doubt about how much we love oui’ is no doubt about how much we love ourfan, there is no doubt about how much we love our fan, there is is no doubt about how much we love ourfan, there is no doubt about that, but if they could all stop doing that, that is now the worst exampl