apparently so, that is what priti patel is saying.ng that should be discussed publicly and i was always going to say a review, but i did a review for the government but it got kicked into the long grass about three and a half yea rs into the long grass about three and a half years ago and it was a very important review, the things that happened at grenfell and the block of flats at hammersmith. we should be discussing this at a high level are not just having be discussing this at a high level are notjust having the home secretary. but this murder of pc andrew harper, i wonder if public opinion has changed and i think the people will be very dismayed to read thatis people will be very dismayed to read that is the kind of penalty you get. i dare say priti patel will have a lot of support with what she is saying. priti patel, she is a very divisive figure but when she talks law and order, a great many people will be nodding in agreement. and in a way, this may seem like a slightly opportunistic, but a lot of people will say, quite right.

writing in the sunday telegraph, priti patel said... said pc harper was the very best of british policing. the hunt for evidence continues at a council—run caravan site in west berkshire. several road closures in the surrounding area are in place. police have until midnight tonight to question the ten people in custody. the thames valley force described it as a complex investigation, both a professional and personal challenge as they try to solve the murder of a much—loved police officer who was one of their own. in the next few minutes we'll be speaking to the former chief constable of greater manchester police, sir peter fahy, about this. at least 63 people have been killed in an explosion at a wedding reception in the afghan capital of kabul. a suicide bomber detonated the device last night. the blast left nearly 200 people wounded including children. our reporter richard forrest has the details. this is the aftermath inside the wedding hall. it had been packed with people celebrating a marriage, ina minority with people celebrating

the daily mail has an interview with priti patel.sts that killers, kidnappers and violent offenders are claiming thousands of pounds in state benefits. and bad news if you have been cooling off in rivers and ponds during the recent heat wave because the times reveals that toxins in england's waterways have reached their highest levels since testing began. so a nice variety of front pages there but we will start with the guardian and some politics and bad news potentially for boris johnson. that honeymoon did not last for long. i think it was clear from the start he would not be granted a normal honeymoon that prime minister normally gets. but he has been brought back down to earth and now has a majority of one. a big headache with the brecon and radnorshire by—election. and more tory mps of preparing to cross the floor. what you have seen is that the liberal democrats opening up a new faction. they seem to have a fresh and competent leader. they have a distinct message. pro remain, anti— brexit. now you think, yes, they could be a bi

the liberal democrats agreed, saying the conservatives and priti patel are out of touch by taking thispeople afraid of what is going on in other gangs, getting caught up in knife crimes, looking to the police for help, and if they do not feel they can trust the police it will also backfire. trust, project fear, stop and search, it is there, isn't it? you mention draconian powers, how is she handling the return of the comments she made in 2006 and 2010 about capital punishment? you do not hear much about hanging and capital punishment in britain these days. but for priti patel, she was quite clear that she would support the reintroduction of capital punishment asa reintroduction of capital punishment as a deterrent, but none the less the reintroduction of capital punishment, own question time. she is keen to go back on that, saying she is not actively supporting capital punishment now, she would father rather —— far rather frame the debate about police powers. the headlines on bbc news... it is 3:15pm. emergency workers are in a race against time to prevent a catastrophic collapse of th

the home secretary, priti patel, is still meeting with her french counterpart in the interior ministryve come up with. a few days ago priti patel told her home office staff they have 72 hours up until this meeting to come up with a solution. we are waiting to find out, on top of drones and night surveillance systems as well. going back tojuly surveillance systems as well. going back to july this year when surveillance systems as well. going back tojuly this year when sajid javid was home secretary, he described this as a major incident for the described this as a major incident forthe uk, described this as a major incident for the uk, while those numbers have risen. we are talking every single day boats are making it a cross, laurie attempts too, and we will see what they come up with this time. gavin, thank you. people who took out payment protection insurance, or ppi, on loans and credit cards have just a few hours left to put in a claim for compensation. banks have already paid out billions of pounds. a high—profile advertising campaign has encouraged people to claim before the dead

and priti patel wanting to change the image of the party, to be the party of law and order once againe is using herfirst interview here with the mail to say that police officers should be empowered to do the job, and they may relax the regulations stop and search in order to get criminals to feel terror on the streets, and taking a harder line on drug use. she points to cannabis use, which some would consider less bad, if you like on the scale of drug use. she is saying police officers shouldn't turn a blind eye to drug use, even cannabis use. the other area creating interest was that in the past she had declared her support for the reintroduction of the death penalty. something that parliament has blocked for the last 50 years, ever since it was suspended and eventually abolished for the crime of murder. what is she saying on the subject? you don't hear much about capital punishment of the death penalty in britain, do you? feeling the need to say that she is not an active supporter of capital punishment, and saying that quotes that had surfaced from the past, be taken out of context.

what will replace it, we‘re sure, priti patel and the home office are working on top.people who are here already have until the end of 2020 to apply for a set something that was set up by theresa may‘s government. but you‘re right, that —— the fact that priti patel has just been the two ideas that theresa may‘s government was looking at has shown quite a radical departure. quite what the change will look like, we are not sure. paul scully is the deputy chair of the conservative party and joins me now. thank you for being with us. let's talk about at the yellowhammer document, first of all. people are saying that it‘s suggest shortages of the kind that you would expect in wartime rather than peacetime. this is something that has been out of date. the government of gibraltar have said that things have moved on from their section. you will see this from other people, but nonetheless it is the worst case scenario and things have changed sedately in terms of the speed of no deal preparation and that will continue at a pace. what we have got to remember is that the prime min

the lib dems agreed, saying the conservatives are out of touch, priti patel is out of touch taking thisey point specifically to young people who get caught up in knife crime who are afraid of what's going on in other gangs, get caught up in knife crime and look to the police for help. and if they don't feel they can trust the police, it will also backfire. there's this question of trust, project fear, stop and search. it's there. you mentioned draconian powers. how's she handling the return of the comments she made in 2006 and ‘10 about capital punishment? well, you don't hear much about hanging and capital punishment in britain these days. but for priti patel, she was quite clear that she would support the reintroduction of capital punishment as a deterrent, but nonetheless the reintroduction of capital punishment back then on question time. now she's been keen to row back from that and say she was misquoted and says she's not actively supporting capital punishment. she would far rather frame the debate about robust police powers, not about something she says she will not pursue anyway

the home secretary, priti patel, will meet her french counterpart in paris today, to discuss ways toeal with the rise in illegal migrant crossings to the uk by boat. at least 25 people have been killed in a firebomb attack on a nightclub in mexico. several more are seriously hurt. and the survival of bolton wanderers has been secured after football ventures limited completed its takeover of the club. the league one club had been facing liquidation. good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at 9. the government has insisted that mps will have time to debate the uk's departure from the european union — despite plans to suspend parliament for five weeks into october. yesterday, the queen approved the prime minister's request to close parliament until 14th october — less than three weeks before the uk is due to leave the eu. but the move has sparked protests around the country — a legal challenge is underway and a petition against proroging parliament has attracted more than one million signatures. our political correspondent nick eardley reports. outside downing street... ..in cities ac

it's worth remembering that every member of the cabinet except two, priti patel and theresa villiers, voted of delete or another for the deal borisjohnson voted for it at of delete or another for the deal boris johnson voted for it at the third occasion. it isn't theirfault that it was rejected in parliament. the brady amendment, which was passed by the commons, said they wa nted passed by the commons, said they wanted an amendment to the backstop, and the eu says it isn't possible, so the ball is in the court of the eu, not the government. talking about courts, this court of session in edinburgh... that was a dreadful segway! ajudge is going to rule tomorrow morning, we understand, and whether or not to allow this legal intervention put forward by several scottish mps and also other opposition mps as well. if the judge did rule that it is possible to stop proroguing parliament, what do you think the reasoning would be? the reasoning would be that the advice offered to the queen was unlawful because unreasonable because it undermined the rights of parliament, and that seems to me the

it comes a day after the home secretary, priti patel, said urgent action was needed to stem the flow latest arrivals came ashore at kingsdown, near dover — with search and rescue missions in operation along the kent coast. so far this year, more than a thousand migrants have been detained by the uk border force, with 590 picked up by the french authorities, on their way to britain. this month, two people have died trying to cross the channel. there are no figures for migrants arriving in the uk stowed in lorries — the main form of illegal entry. tony smith is a former head of uk border force. it is relatively new that we have seen this number of migrants crossing the english channel. it only really began in any number in october last year, but it is now an almost daily occurrence that we are seeing reports of significant numbers of people — many women and children as well — in small vessels coming across. and increasing resource requirement upon the french authorities and ourselves, the border force, to make sure they don't drown, we have had a couple of drownings, that they are prop

in the next couple of hours the home secretary priti patel is meeting her french counterpart and theyof what they are already looking at with helicopters and drones, something they think could at least stop the small boats and keep them on the side of the border. you have until midnight tonight to make a claim for mis—sold payment protection insurance or ppi. banks have already paid out tens of billions of pounds, but consumer groups say millions of people could miss out, if they don't take action today. despite all the annoying ppi phone calls and publicity there are still millions who hasn't claimed. it's because this is the biggest financial mis—selling scandal that the country has ever seen. the numbers are mind—boggling. this payment protection insurance, sometimes called credit insurance, people got in connection with their mortgages or personal loans or even credit cards and it was supposed to protect you if you got ill or lost yourjob and protect you if you got ill or lost your job and make protect you if you got ill or lost yourjob and make the payments for yourjob and make t

the home secretary, priti patel, says more needs to be done to support the families of police officersndrew harper died of multiple injuries as he responded to a suspected burglary in berkshire on thursday night. charlotte simpson reports. colleagues, friends and the local community pay tribute to police constable andrew harper where he lost his life. almost exactly a month ago, the pc was getting married. he should have been heading off on his honeymoon next week. a postmortem showed that the police officer died from multiple injuries. detectives are still trying to establish why a call to investigate a burglary ended in tragedy. his death has highlighted the danger that officers face in their everyday work. the home secretary says the country must do more to recognise the sacrifice made by officers. writing in the sunday telegraph, priti patel says she has instructed the home office to urgently explore what we can do to better support the families of our brave police officers, who are seriously injured or worse by cowardly criminals. she said pc harper was the very best of british po

and as you mentioned before, the home secretary priti patel said urgent action had to be taken to tacklemigrants using small boats trying to cross the channel, because as we can see, it is extremely dangerous, extremely choppy waters there. and to be fair, following that announcement, british and french ministers have agreed to work together to try and tackle this problem. and speaking to french officials, they say they have seen a rise, particularly over the past couple of months, possibly because of the warm and hot weather. and we have got some figures, since january, more than 1000 migrants have been rescued by either british 01’ have been rescued by either british or french coastguards, more than double the number in comparison to the whole of last year. are migrants now using boats more than lorries when trying to cross the channel? it is important to remember that we are seeing a rise in the number of migrants using small boats, but in comparison, looking at the figures, it seems as though lorries are still the favoured option. a year ago, migrants illegally crossing the channel w

the home secretary, priti patel, says she wants criminals to feel terror at the thought of being caughta day to remember for rory burns, as he hits a first test century to give england the advantage, heading into day three of the first ashes test against australia. and breakfast enters the robot wars — but can our mean machine overcome the heavyweight champion of the world? some drier weather on the way for the majority of the uk, but tomorrow, the prospect of further heavy showers, particularly across northern britain. it's saturday the 3rd of august. our top story: thousands of people in derbyshire have spent a second night away from their homes, as emergency services continue efforts to prevent a dam from collapsing. some residents in whaley bridge will be allowed to return briefly today, to collect essentials. jane—frances kelly has more. the prime ministerflew in to see the dam for himself and to meet displaced residents. nice to see you. some appeared pleased to meet him, enjoying a diversion from the stress of the last few days, but he was also heckled. fix the infrastructure so

they are saying thatis did priti patel.gic wand and give you 20,000 officers back you will be less experienced than the ones you lost. i made it clear when she was prime minister and when she left that the then prime minister had nothing but co nte m pt then prime minister had nothing but contempt for policing and she set the tone of government. i hold her firmly responsible for the damage that has been done. i can either pal blew my pull up the shutters and say, i will not believe anything you say, i will not believe anything you say, or i can raise the concerns which i will be. and i want to see action as well as warm words. i will give them a chance to move forward from the damage that has been done from the damage that has been done from the damage that has been done from the previous prime minister and hopefully we can see some proper law and order in this country and more importantly for me the victims of the product that my crime getting the product that my crime getting the support they need and those dedicated poli

the home secretary, priti patel, is to raise the issue of migrants crossing the channel by boat with french counterpart after more than 60 were intercepted by the border force yesterday. four vessels were stopped off the coast of kent, with two landing on a beach in sussex. another 30 people were picked up by the french authorities. keith doyle has more. it was one of the busiest days yet for the borderforce. for boats it was one of the busiest days yet for the border force. for boats were intercepted off the count coast yesterday carrying 37 people including six children. they said they were from iran, guinea, kuwait and the cote d'ivoire. another 2a people arrived in two boats in sussex and were detained by the authorities. sussex police said it was very concerned for another group, possibly including children, who may had left the beach before border security arrived. at least 80 children have crossed the channel in small boats this year. the home 0ffice small boats this year. the home office says it is working closely with french authorities to stop people making the crossing. th

the home secretary, priti patel, says she wants criminals to feel terror at the thought of committingn offence. a day to remember for rory burns. as he hits a first test century to give england the advantage, heading into day three of the first ashes test against australia. and breakfast enters the robot wars — but can our machine overcome the heavyweight champion of the world? some drier weather on the way for the majority of the uk today, but for tomorrow it looks like we face the prospect of further heavy showers, particularly across northern britain. it's saturday the 3rd of august. our top story — thousands of people in derbyshire have spent a second night away from their homes, as emergency services continue efforts to prevent a dam from collapsing. some residents in whaley bridge will be allowed to return briefly today, to collect essentials. jane—frances kelly has more. the prime ministerflew in to see the dam for himself and to meet displaced residents. nice to see you. some appeared pleased to meet him, enjoying a diversion from the stress of the last few days, but he was al

the home secretary priti patel will announce a raft of measures to bring offenders tojustice after thed to tackle the issue. our reporterjon donnison has more. borisjohnson, seen here meeting with police in the west midlands just days after assuming office, says the time for action on crime has come. he says too many serious violent or sexual offenders are coming out of prison long before they should, and that tougher sentences are needed. 10,000 new prison places will be created through the building of new prisons, and also the expansion of existing ones. the cost: up to £2.5 billion. amid fears over rising knife crime, the government has also confirmed that a pilot scheme allowing police to stop and search someone if they believe a crime may, rather than will, be committed, will be extended to forces across england and wales. stop—and—search works. we hear again and again from police. we hear again and again that our police need to be empowered. as we are recruiting 20,000 more police officers we need our police officers to be out making sure that those who wish to do harm are preven

writing in the sunday telegraph, priti patel said...he said pc harper was the very best of british policing. the hunt for evidence continues at a council run ca rava n evidence continues at a council run caravan site in west berkshire. several road closures in the area are in place. police have until midnight now to question the ten people in custody. thames valley police described it as a complex investigation, as they try to solve the murder of a much loved police officer who was one of their own. and we'll be speaking to the former chief constable of greater manchester police, sir peter fahy, just after 7:00 this morning. borisjohnson will meet angela merkel and president macron in the next few days to present his case for a new brexit deal. it comes as leaked government documents warn that britain could face medicine, food and fuel shortages in the event of a no—deal brexit. let's talk to our political correspondent mark lobel. it's boris johnson's first trip abroad as prime minister, how will he be received? borisjohnson has insist

the home secretary, priti patel, says more needs to be done to support the families of police officersilled or injured at work. pc andrew harper died of multiple injuries as he responded to a suspected burglary in berkshire on thursday night. charlotte simpson reports. colleagues, friends and the local community pay tribute to police constable andrew harper where he lost his life. almost exactly a month ago, the pc was getting married. he should have been heading off on his honeymoon next week. a postmortem showed that the police officer died from multiple injuries. detectives are still trying to establish why a call to investigate a burglary ended in tragedy. his death has highlighted the danger that officers face in their everyday work. lots of police officers feel that they haven't had the same degree of public and support in particular, there have been changes of legislation and the police doesn't have the same ability to deal with serious criminals. and of course that will make officers and families of officers out there on the street feel more vulnerable as they do their difficul

the home secretary, priti patel, has said she wants criminals to feel terror at the thought of committingrfirst interview since being appointed last month, she said her mission was to restore public confidence in policing. ms patel also distanced herself from her past comments supporting the death penalty. who's in whaley bridge. to get more on what is going on. absolutely, i can introduce you now to the canal and river trust, daniel greenhouse, which runs the reservoir. what needs to be done to make the save? three areas of operation, the chinook helicopter from the raf is dropping sandbags into the scabbard section, the damaged section of the spillway. that is going well, 400 bags put in yesterday, in between each drop, we are putting grout into binder material, and additionally pumping significance amounts of water. the canal river trust contractors are pumping significant amounts of water out, we are building a slipway the reservoir to put more pumps on. the third area is, we are doing work to dumb offany third area is, we are doing work to dumb off any inlets into the reservoir. so n

this is a sign that the government under borisjohnson and priti patel are going to pursue and priti patel to those rules and, what we are talking about here is a scenario of a no—deal brexit, which could happen after the 31st of october. the government was drawing up october. the government was drawing up some plans for that eventuality and there were two proposals on the table, one of them as you mentioned was to sort of extended the rules for a period of over 12 months or more to give everyone a bit of time to adapt. the other proposal was for automatic leave for eu nationals coming to britain for around three months, so they would be waved through passport control and then after three months they would have to apply if they wanted to stay in britain for longer and there would bea britain for longer and there would be a visa for up to three years. both of those options have now been ditched, i understand, and he knew proposal is in play. i do not know exactly what the details of that are, but what they are saying, what sources are saying, is that would mean after the 31st of october, fr

|j secretary, priti patel. let‘s listen to what she has had to say.en, or his sacrifice. i will do everything in my power as home secretary to ensure that i support the police, also that our police force are protected to carry on serving the community. the home secretary, priti patel, giving her response to the death of pc andrew harper. this is bbc news. a group of women who‘ve been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer linked to breast implants are taking legal action against pharmaceutical companies and surgeons for compensation. there have been more than 500 confirmed cases of breast implant associated anaplastic lymphoma, including 57 in the uk. 33 women around the world have died. 0ne leading plastic surgeon says that women are almost being used as "human guinea pigs". lauren moss reports. i just wanted to feel a little more womanly... when mum—of—two linzy bromfield paid thousands of pounds for a breast enlargement, she hoped to feel more confident about her body image. but the boost it gave her later turned into a nightmare. i took my bra off a

priti patel has been challenged to visit the area to see the situation for herself. the side of the road, or in this woodland. groups supporting migrants say there are now 2000 in northern france. this man from afghanistan says he is tempted to try and reach the uk by boat even though he cannot swim.|j wa nt to boat even though he cannot swim.|j want to go to england. why? my friends and my cousins and my uncles at there. i do not have anyone here. how will you get there? by truck or by boat. the french authorities rescue 25 migrants who got stuck on the sandbank of cali but over a thousand have succeeded in getting to the uk in small boats this year. the so—called jungle hearing kelly may have been torn down but what has been replaced by a much smaller encampments like this one where people are allowed to stay forjust a day or two before they are moved on by the police. there is no sense of permanence, even though the people remain here. the situation in calais and the drawer of the uk is to be discussed by the home secretary and her opposite number in paris. but ch

team who are there this afternoon and they say government are listening, they feel that gove and priti patelto be on the customs process, on training, providing teams of people that are capable of training businesses and talking them through, educating them, in terms of what that process needs to look like, and that is where the focus needs to be. if we are relying on a truck parking intent to deal with this problem, we have seriously failed i think, fundamentally. 0k, chief executive of the road haulage association, many thanks for being with us, thank you for coming in. meanwhile, foreign secretary dominic raab has been meeting president donald trump and secretary of state mike pompeo on a trip to washington dc — where he says he received a very warm welcome from the president. amazing to hear an american president talk about our country in such warm terms. he expresses high regard for borisjohnson such warm terms. he expresses high regard for boris johnson as the prime minister, and we talked about all the things we want to do together in the post brexit era for the uk, whether getting a

that is the home secretary, priti patel.e released a major report into how to help fight climate change, following discussions in geneva. their findings focus on land use, and the damage done to the world's eco systems through farming and agriculture. the report, prepared by more than 100 scientists for the un's intergovernmental panel on climate change, says that if land is used more effectively, it can store more of the carbon emitted by humans. so what exactly do scientists suggest we do? they say that cutting down on meat and switching to a plant—based diet could help fight climate change — though they've stopped short of calling on people to become vegatarian or vegan. they suggest adopting farming practices that work with what nature offers us, rather than forcing crop production with fertilisers. and they say we should work to halt deforestation and restore the ecosystems we have damaged. 0ur environment analyst roger harrabin has more. this alpine landscape was once covered by forest. the trees sucked carbon dioxide

the home secretary, priti patel, is to raise the issue of migrants crossing the channel by boat withed by the border force yesterday. four vessels were stopped off the coast of kent, and two others were found on a beach in sussex. keith doyle has more. it was one of the busiest days yet for the borderforce. four boats were intercepted off the kent coast yesterday, carrying 37 people, including six children. they said they were from iran, guinea, kuwait and the ivory coast. another 2a people arrived in two boats on winchelsea beach, in sussex, and were detained by the authorities. sussex police said it was very concerned for another group, possibly including children, who may had left the beach before border officials arrived. more than 900 people, including at least 80 children, have crossed the channel in small boats this year. the home office says it is working closely at all levels with the french authorities, to try to stop people making the perilous crossing. the home secretary, priti patel, is due to speak to her french counterpart in the coming days, to discuss what more can b

the home secretary, priti patel, is to seek talks with her french counterpart to address the issue. find out today if it can still compete in the football league, after a last minute deal to buy the club was agreed overnight. the efl had given the club until midnight to show it could afford to continue or be kicked out of the football league. with us now is bbc radio manchester sports reporter, mike minay, who's been following the story. what is the latest? i bet you have not had much sleep. it is an exciting time for bury fans. when i spoke to them yesterday they were buried there but that was it. the man in the ticket office pulls me he close the doors at five o'clock and stared at the ground for an hour so thinking that was the last to busy at the club. late last night i received a text to say the club had been sold, so now we wait this morning for an announcement. they have acknowledged the bed in a statement at midnight, but now they have to suggest whether they will delay the suspension of the football la ke delay the suspension of the football lake which had been living over

yesterday, the home secretary, priti patel, said urgent action was needed to stem the flow.gh milner has more details. so, what we've been told is that 50 migrants were actually spotted in kent this morning by coastguards, trying to cross the english channel. what we don't know is where they've come from. but what we've been told by officials is that they've currently been detained. and also, in fact, several other boats have actually been intercepted. as you can imagine, search and rescue operations will be taking place in that area. so, if you are living in kent today, just expect some activity there. and as you mentioned before, you know, the home secretary said urgent action had to be taken to tackle the migrants crisis. particularly migrants using small boats trying to cross the channel, because that is, as we can see, it's extremely dangerous, extremely choppy waters there. and to be fair, following that announcement, british and french ministers have agreed to work together to try and tackle this problem. and speaking to french officials, they say they have seen a ris

the home secretary, priti patel, has said she wants criminals to feel terror at the thought of committingrfirst interview since being appointed last month, she said her mission was to restore public confidence in policing. ms patel also distanced herself from her past comments supporting the death penalty. heathrow airport is to cancel 172 flights on monday and tuesday after members of the unite union voted go on strike in a row over pay. around 2,500 workers, including engineers, firefighters and security staff, will miss their shifts if the strikes go ahead. last—ditch talks will be held this weekend to avert the action and the airport is advising passengers to check its website for updates. russia's arctic north and far east are being ravaged by huge wildfires with up to 4 million hectares ablaze and vast areas engulfed by smoke. president vladimir putin has sent the army to help prevent the fires spreading to populated areas, a task made harder by strong winds and record—breaking summer temperatures. greenpeace has called the situation "an ecological catastrophe." a 55—year—old ultra—

priti patel, a habit of making strongly worded statements but let's be honest, no clue what she's talkingovement would end overnight on the 31st of october. they were going to do it in the upcoming immigration bill but it's not going to get through parliament in time so they were looking at changing the law without passing legislation and they had legal advice saying it is illegal. a 70% chance of losing in court and edward derail the government no deal agenda. —— and it would derail. you can't change the law without parliament but that's the least of their worries when it comes to ending freedom of movement because eu nationals were told they had until 2020, to apply for settled status. many applications are pending, being wrongly rejected, the home office is handling it abysmally which is why they have done a u—turn. which is why they have done a u-turn. we will keep going on. the observer, crowds filling whitehall during the protests. yes, one of the things that's been interesting, and unfortunately i couldn't go to the demo. i've been to the others. it was nationwide. it's not seen as

boris johnson and priti patel are concerned about rising knife crime and rising reoffending rates andk and sound tough on crime, but the opposition are cynical. they think the groundwork is being prepared for a snap election and even lord heseltine agrees with them. he is afraid of the implications of a no—deal brexit and is accusing the government of trashing money around the place like there is no tomorrow, are specifically clear election target. and criticised too the details of these promises. there was a similar pledge for prison places in 2016 and if you look at stop—and—search there was a three—month trial in seven places and after only initial feedback the government has decided to bring it across england and wales. the question is why now? thank you. an eighteen—year—old man who got into difficulties in the sea off essex on thursday has died. haider shamas and his 14—year—old sister malika were pulled from the sea close to the pier in clacton. police say a 15—year—old girl, a relative of haider and malika who was with them, is expected to make a full recovery. the chinese gov

on monday it became clear the new home secretary, priti patel, had rejected an idea that in the eventely delayed. she's asked officials to quickly come up with a new plan. how you magic that out of thin air in eight weeks, when past changes from kind of design to rollout of big immigration changes have taken four years, we don't even know what this new proposal is yet. it doesn't seem like government knows what this new proposal is yet. government sources insisted that a new plan for a no—deal brexit, one that is tougher on people with criminal records, can be made to work and would be announced in due course. daniel sandford, bbc news. a man who filmed a model of grenfell tower being burned on a bonfire has been found not guilty on two charges of posting grossly offensive material. paul bussetti said it was a joke and he never intended for the video to be shared, after it was circulated on whatsapp groups. the prosecution team was criticised by the judge for the late disclosure of evidence. a woman has been arrested on suspicion of neglect after her ten—year—old son was found dead in

boris johnson and priti patel want to look tough and sound tough on crime.forward and said this is about elections. the government are preparing the groundwork for a snap election and support was found from the tories, michael heseltine, saying money was thrown around, clearly electoral targets. you and we have been looking into some of the details. there are some concerns. if you look at the prison places to start with, the announcement looks similar to one made in 2016. that perhaps is not a new announcement. we started looking in to stop and search, asking what led to the decision for its moving from seven police authorities having a three—month trial, the extension of these sections 60 powers, to all police authorities across england and wales, 43, the home office and downing street have said some initial assessments, feedback was received but are still awaiting a full report on that. in terms of the initial assessment, they pointed us towards a study that shows a drop in knife crime by 15% at under 25s, they met our unable to confirm that is directly re

the home office says priti patel will raise theseissues office says priti patel will raise these issuese a joint security zone in the english channel to tackle the problem. he says, charlie elphick, says the problem is moving from crisis to a state of chaos. the home office says it has three border force cutter is operating in the channel, it is working with a joint programme with the french, coordinated in calais, and it says so far this year since january 65 people who have arrived in england illegally in small boats have been sent back to france. thank you very much. time for a look at the weather. you‘ve been getting the old family photos out. i have, you can guess it‘s a slow weather day! it will be hot and sunny over the next couple of days, so i‘ll be dressing up the weather forecast and thinking of things to talk about. we had a look at the weather watchers. i want to show you one of our favourite clouds. this is quite often mistaken for an unidentified flying object. we picked it because it is from rosewell, not rosewell! this is not a cloaked flying saucer. it is all to do wit

the british home secretary, priti patel, is meeting her french counterpart in paris today, to discussl with the rise in illegal migrants crossings to the uk by boat. according to figures obtained by the bbc, more than 1000 migrants have managed to cross from the french coast to the uk this year, more than three times the figure for the whole of last year. from the coast of northern france, our europe reporter, gavin lee, reports. welcome to graveline. its harbour is now a magnet for migrants at night. translation: they fled like rabbits when they saw the light of the car. they were trying to see if they could steal a boat. this man shows me where his £7,000 motorboat was mauled. all that's left is a severed rope. he says his boat was stolen and discovered in british waters with eight migrants on board. the vessel is still in the hands of uk authorities. translation: we are not rich people, we can't afford to buy a new boat every month because migrants are stealing them. it is sad for those people but what about us? iam sad for those people but what about us? i am telling you, i won't

it comes a day after the home secretary, priti patel, said urgent action was needed to stem the flowshore at kingsdown, near dover, with sea rch—and—rescue missions in operation along the kent coast. the majority of those onboard were understood to be from iran, as well as syrian, iraqi, lebanese and afghan nationals. so far this year, more than 1,000 migrants have been detained by the uk border force with 590 picked up by the french authorities on their way to britain. this month, two people died trying to cross the channel. but, interestingly, there are no figures for migrants arriving stowed away in lorries, which is the main form, of illegal entry. earlier, i spoke to the former head of the uk border force, tony smith. he told me that the number of migrants trying to reach the uk by sea is unprecedented. it is relatively new that we have seen this sort of number of migrants bossing the english channel. it only really began in any number in 0ctober really began in any number in october last year, but it is now an almost daily occurrence that we are seeing reports of significant nu

the home secretary, priti patel, will meet her french counterpart in paris today — to discuss how tose in illegal migrant crossings to the uk by boat. at least 25 people have been killed in a firebomb attack on a nightclub in mexico. several more are seriously hurt. and the survival of bolton wanderers is secured after football ventures limited completed its takeover of the club. good morning. it's august 29th. welcome to bbc newsroom live. in the past few minutes the scottish conservative leader ruth davidson has resigned. tweeting her resignation letter, she said it has been the privilege of her life to serve and she cited the recent birth of her son as the key reason behind her decision. let's cross to edinburgh, where ruth davidson is making a statement about her resignation as the leader of the scottish conservatives. here she is. good afternoon. it has been the privilege of my life to serve as leader of the scottish conservative and unionist party, these past nearly eight years. this has been a remarkable time in politics and i will always be thankfulfor politics and i will alw