priti patel was speaking during a visit to kensington in west london, where she met local police officerswas asked how we can avoid becoming a "stasi—style" informant state following criticism. first of all, if i may, i would disagree with that. because listening to officers, and don't forget i speak to police officers and police leaders every single day of the week, they've been working with us on the guidance with us on the guidance and they actually asked us to simplify the rules as well. so we've been working with them for the guidance being issued today. sorry, the guidance being issued earlier on this week. alongside that as well, the fact of the matter is the police as i've heard today, they are working with local authorities, other bodies around enforcement on noncompliance. so that can be notjust individuals, but obviously premises, noncompliant places of work and businesses. so, it's important that we focus on the non—compliance. and this is notjust about haranguing individuals at all. this is, as policing has shown throughout coronavirus, focused on the for es of engaging, enco

and boris johnson as long —— as well as priti patel and borisjohnson criticising the protestersowers that are being discussed and whether or not extinction rebellion would become a banned organisation, a proscribed organisation, because what they want to do is to protect oi’ what they want to do is to protect or give the police the powers and more assistance to stop demos disrupting things like newspapers, like the printing and distribution of the press along with courts, parliament, council offices and other parts of the establishment going about their business. nigel, cani going about their business. nigel, can i take you straight back to the front page of the observer and desperatejohnson to set up personal tax on keir starmer and his legal record. what's this about? this stems from this disastrous prime minister's questions that boris johnson had on wednesday where he we nt johnson had on wednesday where he went completely over the top, made a ridiculous allegation, well it was a smear against keir starmer about support for the ira, smear against keir starmer about support f

priti patel.t police officers is worrying and it is rising. asjohn apter, the national chair of the police federation said on the weekend, we are seeing more firearms out on the streets. we are doing a lot to combat it, more and more are being seized. so can the home secretary outline what additional steps are now being taken to deal with this increase in possession of firearms and to keep our officers safe? she said the government was working with the intelligence agencies and the national crime agency. they themselves have a great deal of work taking place on firearms being imported into our country but not just weapons but component parts and also ways in which they can intercept and tackle criminals that are facilitating firearms and obviously the harm they undertake. finally, mr speaker, it is worth noting that of course within policing, we are also developing greater legislation to look at more police powers in terms of where they themselves can do more work when it comes to tackling serious

we're joined now by the home secretary priti patel.king at a shortage of actually tests, a backlog in analysing or stuffed problem? we are looking at more local lockdowns and rates of coronavirus go up local lockdowns and rates of coronavirus go up and we have been saying now four months but we are restating this again, if people are symptomatic, it is right that they get a test. demand for testing going up get a test. demand for testing going up correlates with the fact that numbers of people with coronavirus is going up. we want to stop the spread of this disease. the government has been consistently increasing testing capacity but also laboratory capacity as well to make sure we can get the results of those tests. . . sure we can get the results of those tests... alongside that, mobile testing in lockdown areas but also home testing kits sent to people and clearly prioritising those tests for people who absolutely need them, people who absolutely need them, people who absolutely need them, people who are symptomatic and in the areas

i can just pass you that which is from priti patel.id she is deeply shocked and saddened to learn a metropolitan police officer has been shot and killed in the line of duty. my thoughts today are with his family, friends and policing colleagues in london and across the country. this morning i spoke to metropolitan police commissioner cressida dick to express my condolences and offer whatever support is needed at this tragic event is investigated. she finishes by saying, "this is a sad day for our country and another terrible reminder of how our police officers put themselves in danger each and every day to keep the rest of us safe." that was the statement from the home secretary on the police officer who has been shot dead. i think we can show you a tweet from the metropolitan police, . .. just recap what we know about the circumstances in which someone who was detained was able to shoot a police officer and kill that office opened a 23—year—old man being told, at 2:15am, at croydon custody centre, i that was being searched or had been

the home secretary, priti patel, suggested today that two families who mingle on the street in englandd number more than six people, could be breaking the new coronavirus rule of six restriction. the rules are supposed to be clear and less confusing, but as our correspondentjon kay reports from plymouth, the results seems to be rather mixed. the kind of afternoon when you might stop in the sun and chat with friends. but what if you are now breaking the law? if you saw a bunch of six friends over there now, and they said, "sue, come and join us," but it takes it to seven, would you go and chat to them? of course i would. you're not going to ignore your friends, are you? if you are out in the open, you're safe. the home secretary would say that is mingling and therefore against the new rule of six. maybe, but i think most people are going to carry on and talk to their friends. it may not seem like a big deal but it actually is. best friends chloe and amelia say they would not mingle with other groups. it's not worth it. i wouldn't. i would keep to myself and what i know, just help protec

the financial times says the home secretary, priti patel, asked officials to explore the constructionocessing centre on ascension island, a british overseas territory more than 4,000 miles from the uk in the south atlantic for migrants coming to britain. in france, le figaro leads on fears for university students as they return to campus amid a rise in coroa nvirus cases. and the irish times goes with a warning from officials that people should prepare for another six months of covid—i9 restrictions, involving repeated waves of the virus. so, let's begin. shall we start with the mirror. a lot of papers and got these pictures of him scratching his head looking like a schoolboy this place is undone and in his suit sagging in all the wrong place. it still confused? it is clear that boris johnson was confused in this is a story that we are going to see across the papers and it's not the one that he wanted us to be talking about. this is the day with their unfailing the grand plan to increase the scale and uncapping the people going to college and the story is now, why does the prime minis

the home secretary priti patel says it's "unacceptable" that people can't get coronavirus tests — butgovernment is growing its screening capacity every day. she made the comments after hospital bosses in england warned that a lack of testing was leading to staff shortages. they say the situation is putting services at risk and hampering efforts to prepare for winter. greg mackenzie reports. testing has come under intense scrutiny, after people across the uk reported that they were unable to book tests or were being offered tests more than 100 miles away, like these people in plymouth. there is problems getting a test. i was told by the nhs that there was none, there was none in the uk whatsoever. we did it last week for my son and we were able tojust come in. back injuly, walk—in centres like this one in east london, were being promoted but now, walk—in slots are limited each day and, and when they run out, people are simply turned away, including key workers. i need to go back to work and i need to get tested. i have been trying since friday evening. laboratories analysing swab tests

in the past hour, the home secretary priti patel has tweeted, saying...s are with those affected by the shocking incident in birmingham last night. 0ur emergency services are working hard to find whoever is responsible and bring them to justice. anyone with information should contact west midlands police.‘ 0ur correspondent phil mackie is in birmingham. that appealfor that appeal for information really crucial to the police. they were telling us in the news conference, because a lot of people were in the city centre they must have seen what happened, and they are appealing for people who took photographs or videos to come forward. and actually, at that time, the first stabbing took place at around half past midnight, and the next hour and a half, a half, a lot of people would have been making their way home, so people might have been walking past some of these incidents and may have grabbed some footage, taken some pictures that would be of real use to west midlands police and their ongoing enquiry, so it is a developing situation as you know, because the

the home secretary, priti patel, has said she would call the police if her neighbours were hosting aw coronavirus restrictions. under the "rule of six", which came into force yesterday, social gatherings of more than six people are now illegal in england. the home secretary also suggested that families stopping to talk talk in the street could be breaking the new laws too. jon kay reports. the kind of afternoon when you might stop in the sun and chat with friends stop but what if you are now breaking the law? if you saw a bunch of six friends over there now, and they said, come and join us, but it ta kes they said, come and join us, but it takes it to seven, would you go and chat to them? of course i would. you're not going to ignore your friends, are you? if you are out in the open, you're safe. the home secretary would say that is mingling and thus against the new rule of six. maybe, but i think most people are going to carry on and talk to theirfriends. it are going to carry on and talk to their friends. it may not seem like a big deal but it actually is. best friends chloe and am

the financial times says the home secretary, priti patel, asked officials to explore the constructionprocessing centre on ascension island, a british 0verseas territory more than 4,000 miles from the uk in the south atlantic for migrants coming to britain. that was being suggested for migrants coming into britain. well, let's start coming out with that one, kezia, but let's go with the times. the record rates of infection puts britain on red alert. this is very depressing news because the rule of six that had been hoped would have an impactand six that had been hoped would have an impact and it doesn't really seem to have cut through that much. yes, as you see, a high record number of infections, that's a hard number to draw down because we are testing more than we ever have done before and we are —— the worrying statistic is that even over the last seven days, number of people have died has doubled and it's taken ten days for the number of people who have required ventilation to double as well. so it's a really serious developing situation, and you know it's serious because the boffi

attack on the sun tweeted it was an attack on the free press, i view also echoed by home secretary priti patel accuse the newspapers of failing to report on climate change. this morning in a tweet, they said the disruption was needed to expose newspapers with their constant manipulation of the truth. as you can see, everybody has cleared, the clean—up operation has gone under way on the protesters are no longer here. this is bbc world news. the headlines... france has registered its highest daily infection rate of covid—19 since the pandemic began. the latest figures, in the 2a hours from thursday to friday, show almost 9,000 new coronavirus cases. russian scientists have presented the first report on their coronavirus vaccine. the report published in the lancet medicaljournal says every participant developed antibodies to fight the virus and had no serious side effects. hundreds of people have joined anti—lockdown protests in melbourne, as tensions rise over the state's handling of the pandemic. at least 15 people were arrested as some demonstrators clashed with police. one of the world's mos

i know you were very keen to explain to priti patel how that made you feel.l give them that protection, hopefully. lissie, you are in a position where u nfortu nately you you are in a position where unfortunately you now know a lot more about this and the kinds of people who are responsible for andrew‘s death, your husband‘s death. when you talk about that now and you talk to those who are also affected by those, do you think, is it something andrew was prepared for, is it something that he feared? i think with anyjob like that, there are risks. but andrew was the type of person who wanted to protect people, and he felt a sense of duty. whether there were consequences of that, he would have done that time and time again. that‘s why these people running towards danger to protect the public, it‘s why we need to really appreciate what they do for us and put things in place to give them some kind of protection and if necessary justice. give them some kind of protection and if necessaryjustice. do you think, used the word consequences, do you think that this will

minister leading those tributes today to this much loved officer as well as the home secretary, priti patel local mp ca re london mayor, and even the local mp care all gathering and paying their respects, really to this much officer who the met ari yet to officially name or release the details of. we believe his family are still being contacted, hence his name has not been released by the metropolitan police as of yet. greg, for the moment, thank you very much. greg mckenzie in south london. from next week nearly half the population of wales will be under local lockdown restrictions after the welsh government announced new measures. cardiff and swansea will have local lockdowns imposed from sunday. in llanelli, carmarthenshire the rules will come in at 6pm tomorrow. in england, leeds, wigan, blackpool and stockport will see tighter restrictions imposed. from midnight there is a ban on households mixing. london is now on a watch—list after a spike in covid—19 infections and hospital admissions — it means no new restrictions at the moment but it will be monitored as an area of concern. these

the home secretary priti patel has also commented on the shooting. safe. as we've been hearing, the policing minister kit malthouse has called the shooting of a police officer in croydon a heinous cirme. the minister was raising a point of order in the house of commons. mr speaker, with your permission on a point of order i wanted to bring the house's attention to the fact a police officer was sadly shot and killed overnight in croydon. the details are still emerging but the home secretary has spoken to the commissioner of the metropolitan police and offered the help and support of the home office as the force comforts family, friends and colleagues and investigates this crime. we ask our police officers to do an extraordinaryjob and the fact that one of them has fallen in the line of performing that duty is a tragedy for the entire nation. i know the entire house will offer their condolences to his family and friends and colleagues. may he rest in peace and may justice follow this heinous crime. hear, hear. thanks for that point of order. it is shoc

in parliament, the home secretary priti patel promised to crack down on what she call¡' a modern scourge' >> we have established a cross government task force that will be on the ground in leicester that absolutely asks the difficult questions of all institions and all organizations across leicester with regard to this scourge that is taking place in the textile sector. >> reporter: there's support across the aisle. >> more inspectors, more resources, more energy put into these inspections. >> there's no point just taking out a few factories, all that will do is to create a pull factor for people trafficking and illegal migration, so you've got to take down the whole organization. >> reporter: but in this deprived area of leicester, veteran community worker priya thamotheram is skeptical about vernment promises because of previous failures to end malpractices. >> their reports were considered by a parliament select committee but in terms of the actions that arose from that pretty much zilch. it's very difficult to have any confidence in the p down approach that seems to be adopted again.

priti patel agreed to provide material to the us government under what is known as mutual legal assistancethat getting the flu jab is ‘more important than ever‘ this winter to protect against the "double danger" of flu and coronavirus. sport now from the bbc sport centre. good to see you, jane. hello there. we start with covid—19, because the government is postponing the return of fa ns government is postponing the return of fans to sporting events due to start on the 1st of october. michael gove confirmed this morning that plans to gradually reduce spectators will not go ahead at this time. he said they needed to be cautious with cases of coronavirus on the rise. said they needed to be cautious with cases of coronavirus on the risem is in the nature of major sporting events that there is a lot of mingling, people look back now at the beginning of the pandemic and look at some of the major sporting events then and ask the question, why were they allowed to go ahead? well, one that we want to do now, whatever the wisdom of the decisions made then, is to look at sporting events now with caut

priti patel, we'll keep an eye on what she has to say, but let's return to chris mason, we were talkingthan 50 now, who are signed up to the idea that the government must subject itself to more scrutiny and ultimately the will of parliament before it introduces any further coronavirus restrictions. this has come to a head in the commons on wednesday, still a bit of parliamentary chicanery going on, because the conservative rebels, led by sirgraham, have because the conservative rebels, led by sir graham, have this plan, but in orderfor them it to get by sir graham, have this plan, but in order for them it to get this through, they have to get the other parties to back it. at the moment, those parties are saying they are sympathetic to it but not 100% committed to it, not least because labour had their own broadly similar amendment but which is written in their own way and the way that the 0pposition would seek to write these things in order to try and take on a government. so you get the situation we have to wonder whether the tribal nature of the house of commons might yet still stand

last month priti patel agreed to provide material to the american government under what's known as mutualf bungling the american response. his senior party colleague, nancy pelosi, has been at an event to mark what she says are the 200,000 deaths — here's what she had to say. this was preventable. not all of it, but much of it. and what could be lost in the future is preventable too if westminster brace science. science instead of politics. at the centre for disease control, great scientists there demoralised by the political overturning of recommendations, to save lives. we can recommendations, to save lives. we ca n p reve nt recommendations, to save lives. we can prevent this from happening, to so many families, just look at the lives lost and mull ply it. notjust by the number but the family and the sense of community. the loss we have some news coming in from ba rclays we have some news coming in from barclays telling their staff, people working from home if they can work from home, barclays telling their staff to return to working from home, barclays says it will tell hundreds of st

on october 22nd 2019, the home secretary priti patel set up the manchester arena inquiry.ate hearings concerning the security services. they've been speaking to the bbc‘s north of england correspondent judith moritz. she wouldn't keep still all the time, would she? she was like that from the minute she was born first ofa from the minute she was born first of a properfidget. she from the minute she was born first of a proper fidget. she would from the minute she was born first of a properfidget. she would have been the best of whatever she was going to become whether it be a housewife or an astronaut because she was... the qualities that she had. her smile, her eyes. her fund for life. how funny she was. it is three -- it is —— it is three years on, more than three years is not how much his life change? how are you feeling in yourself? it still feels like yesterday every day. every morning you wake up, it happens again. she died that day, every day. that is just how it is that we have to live with that. what do you want from a public enquiry, from this enquiry? it is not ea

the home secretary priti patel described what happened as truly appalling. burning across the northwestern united states. they are doing what they can, but erratic winds are hampering efforts and it's threatening many communities in three different states. well, overnight, two of the biggest fires in oregon merged, and many more evacuation orders have been put in place, including right here, such that, now, more than half a million people in this state have been told to leave their homes. those who fled medford, in oregon, told of having just minutes to grab what they could before their homes were completely engulfed and destroyed. in the last ten years, we see an average of 500,000 acres burn in an entire year. we've seen that nearly double in the past three days. we have never seen this amount of uncontained fire across our state. the governor talked of this being the acute impact of climate change and warned that, as unprecedented as these fires have been, to expect more of the same kind of devastation in the future. and there is still such a long way to