mr; thames college, “ust a few minutes' walk awa . g :, , :, , thames college, “ust a few minutes' walke community, _ walk away. my thoughts are very much with the college community, at - walk away. my thoughts are very much with the college community, at this . with the college community, at this time, and i know that they are, both students and staff there are getting the support and the counselling they need but also with the local school next door, we know there were school pupils and teachers who witnessed the incident and teachers who came to his aid when he was injured, and so my huge thanks to them. tudor; so my huge thanks to them. today friends have _ so my huge thanks to them. today friends have been _ so my huge thanks to them. today friends have been leaving - so my huge thanks to them. today friends have been leaving tribute at the scene. i hope you find a better life, one wrote, wherever you are. john donnison, bbc news, twickenham. the time is 1.17. our top story this lunchtime... the number of people waiting for routine hospital operations reaches a record high in engla

hazrat wali was a student at richmond—upon—thames college.the fifth year in a row, according to official data. there were nearly 614,000 live births in 2020 —— the lowest number since 2002. and almost 30 % of the mothers were born outside the uk — many originally from pakistan or romania. if you put it this way, there were 320 fewer births every day last year than there where the daily rate back in 2012. so yes, a big drop. the 0ns suggests women are having babies later, improved to contraception and declining child mortality in encouraging people to have smaller families. and it has pushed down the fertility rate in england and wales. the current rate is 1.58, and that would have been even lower still without the impact of the foreign—born mothers whose fertility rate is closer to two. data for scotland published in the summer shows an even bigger reduction in live births with a fertility rate of just 1.29. the falls will be welcome by those who argue the global population needs to decline to protect the finite resources of the planet. but t

hazrat vali was a student at richmond upon thames college, just a few minutes' walk away. ounselling they need, but also with the local school next door, we know there were school pupils and teachers who witnessed the incident and teachers who came to his aid when he was injured, and so my huge thanks to them. today friends have been leaving tribute at the scene. i hope you find a better life, one wrote, wherever you are. john donnison, bbc news, twickenham. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines — the number of people waiting for routine hospital operations reaches a record high in england. 5.7 million people need procedures like hip and knee replacements, and waiting times in a&e are also up. and amid concern that it's difficult for patients to see a gp face—to—face, the government pledges money to help. in norway, a man who killed five people using a bow and arrow, was known to the police, who say they'd had concerns he'd been radicalised. heavy gunfire in beirut — at least five people are believed dead, following protests about the investigation into last year's massive