our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds, is at the scene in greenford. tom. 0ver over to you.o you. clive, it is deeply troubling that a long life has ended in murder and doubly so because it happened at four o'clock in the afternoon in front of people on one of london's busiest roads. police are frankly appalled by this crime and have been investigating and streets all around this area to find the killer. they say their investigation is fast moving. thomas 0'halloran, busker, charity collector, well known and much loved in this neighbourhood. his killer left him dying in his mobility scooter as people surrounded him, trying to help. taking the most direct route home would have taken him along this path alongside the busy a40 where drivers would have been able to see him. police are looking to see if they had any dash cam footage but from here it's likely he would have passed down this alleyway, underneath a railway bridge out of sight of the road. we believe that mr 0'halloran was stabbed in western avenue before managing to travel 75 yards or so on his mobility scooter, to r

tom symonds, bbc news, somerset.the cycling in the last hour. nesta mcgregor�*s in munich for us. nesta... yes, good afternoon from munich. and its olympic stadium, first used in 1972 for the summer olympics. i tell you what, i hope that i look this good at 50! what is happening here in a second? but firstly the medals, the track cycling is taking place. today was the men's and women's omnium. four races, eithera today was the men's and women's omnium. four races, either a test of speed or endurance but always grew system i would love to update on the medals but earlier we had a big crash in one of the races so things have been delayed but we will keep you up—to—date. backing as you mention, the session tonight ends with the women's10,000 metres. the eilish mccolgan in action and who could forget the scenes from the commonwealth games when she brought home gold. the race was amazing but it was the scenes afterwards as well. a lap of honour ending with an embrace with her mother, liz, who previously that title as well

tom symonds, bbc news, willesden magistrates' court.rd of their income on rent. housing experts say paying landlords that much is �*unaffordable'. the proportion of young people struggling with high rental costs is now said to be at a five—year high. 0ur consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith reports. megan and richard have been struggling to pay the rent on zero—hours contracts in london. they had been paying £560 a month each in a house share but when their contracts ended a few months ago the landlord upped the rent, by a lot. 0ur rent increased 50% and that was just going to be completely unaffordable. more than half of their pay would have gone straight to the landlord. which would have left us with essentially nothing. hardly anything. and they are not the only ones. outside of london, salford is one of the areas that's seen the biggest increase in rent compared to income. you can go for a nice walk after your tea and you're not worried about things like that. sarah loves her flat here but she is facing a hard decision in t

studio: tom symonds in west london, thank you. offer of £100,000 as an interim compensation payment to victims caught up in the infected blood scandal and their bereaved partners. but they say many people are still missing out. patients with haemophilia and other bleeding disorders were given blood infected with hiv and hepatitis viruses, in the 1970s and 80s. 0ur health editor, hugh pym, is here. yes, clive, this is a highly significant moment. for the first time the government has accepted liability and agreed to pay compensation for loss of earnings and the blight on the lives of victims and theirfamilies. 4,000 of those infected and bereaved partners will get interim payments — the uk's nations all paying out. more is likely to follow after the end of the public inquiry. around 3,000 have died because of their treatment with infected blood. it's thought 400 have died even since the start of the inquiry in 2018, and campaigners feel the latest move has taken too long. so how do those most affected by the scandal feel about toda

tom symonds, bbc news, somerset.over 50% of the vote, narrowly beating his rival raila odinga. but scuffles broke outjust before the results were announced — when some supporters of mr odinga appeared to be trying to block the head of the election commission from speaking. at the european championships this evening scotland's eilish mccolgan took the silver medal in the women's 10,000 metres to add to her commonwealth games gold. nesta mcgregor�*s in munich for us. what a finale today one of the athletics, the seats are empty right now but a few minutes ago the noise was deafening. no repeat of that triumph from just 12 days ago but ailish mccolgan gave it everything she had. a last—minute pep talk, maybe even a reminder to self of the prize that lies ahead. an expert at dictating the pace, early on it was ailish mccolgan who looked in the drivers seat. we ailish mccolgan who looked in the drivers seat-— drivers seat. we are approaching half wa drivers seat. we are approaching halfway and _ drivers seat. we are appro

tom symonds, bbc news, west london. pricesjump by 10.1% in the 12 months tojuly, the highestjump in 40 years with basic food items the biggestjump. business owners so they have to reduce their opening hours and stop taking wages for themselves or keep their livelihoods. police released images of them and they want to identify in connection with the murder of an 87—year—old man in west london. sport, and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here's marc. good evening. in the last half an hour, british billionaire jim ratcliffe has emerged as a potential new owner for manchester united. the majority owner of chemical company ineos wants talks with the current owners, the glazerfamily, over a minority stake with long—term view to taking full control. a spokesperson for ratcliffe told the times on wednesday that, "if the club is for sale, jim is definitely a potential buyer." it follows another billionaire elon muskjoking on twitter that he would buy the club earlier today. there was an all—british match between ca

tom symonds our home affairs correspondent is here.oter last week which i reported on, and these are very unusual age groups to be victims of this kind of violent crime, that is the first thing to say, in the second thing is, if you look at surveys dating back to the 1990s, violence has reduced, actually, but it is not the whole story. let's look at the figures for gun crime, in england and wales, you can see here they have fallen until about 2015, but they have started to go up again and then they have dipped during the pandemic, and so far no sign in these figures of an increase after these figures of an increase after the pandemic, but that doesn't account for the summer. these figures are until march. and now a knife crime, these are violent offences involving a knife and a long—term fall but then an increase until the pandemic and then a dip during the pandemic but then the line is going up again and that is a concern. ~ , ., , line is going up again and that is a concern. ~ , . , , concern. why might that be the case? the governm

our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. shouting. t had been woken by banks and shoutint. ., had been woken by banks and shoutin.. ., , had been woken by banks and shoutin. ., , shouting. i had some bashing, so i looked outside _ shouting. i had some bashing, so i looked outside and _ shouting. i had some bashing, so i looked outside and i _ shouting. i had some bashing, so i looked outside and i saw _ shouting. i had some bashing, so i looked outside and i saw a - shouting. i had some bashing, so i looked outside and i saw a police l looked outside and i saw a police van and loads of police cars. they had like a battering ram to bash the door down. that is probably what i heard. and then moving forward from that i saw loads of guns and loads of riot gear. they came out afterwards and he was in handcuffs and they put him in the car. tb? afterwards and he was in handcuffs and they put him in the car.- and they put him in the car. by day like this have _ and they put him in the car. by day like this have become _ and they put

tom symonds, bbc news, somerset.band for cornwall and parts of north devon. abs, cornwall and parts of north devon. whole pipe will use a thousand leaders in an hour which is much water as a family of four would use for two days without it we can ask people to use buckets of water and hence i would save a lot of water. farmers and businesses are exempt from the band will affect 265,000 households. and at this like one of five large reservoirs for southwest water the problem is all too clear. full it contains 28,000 million litres of water. but it's only at 40%. litres of water. but it's only at 4096. ~ , ., ., litres of water. but it's only at 40x. . , ., ., ., litres of water. but it's only at 4096. ~ , ., ., ., ., litres of water. but it's only at 40x. , ., ., ., ., , ., 4096. why cornwall and north devon? cornwall and — 4096. why cornwall and north devon? cornwall and north _ 4096. why cornwall and north devon? cornwall and north devon _ 4096. why cornwall and north devon? cornwall and north devon have - 4096. why

our home affairs correspondent tom symonds is in greenford for us now.olice say a man ran from the scene carrying a knife and later yesterday, they released cctv images of a man they wanted to trace. they said he was dangerous. early this morning, people in this street were woken by crashing sounds and one of them spotted police carrying an item to get into the house behind me. there was shouting, there were armed police here and someone inside was told to put down what they were holding in the hands. a man was brought out in handcuffs. scotland yard has said that this man remains in custody and that the arrest followed the release of the cctv images they put out yesterday. this shocking murder of a grandfather in a wheelchair has led to a lot of concern in this area, and police are arranging fora concern in this area, and police are arranging for a public meeting to be held later this evening to reassure people. held later this evening to reassure --eole. ., ~' ,, held later this evening to reassure --eole. ., ~ ,, ., ., held later this evening to reass

let's talk to our home affairs correspondent tom symonds about what we know of the extent of gun crimeerseyside, _ what do we know? a nine-year-old girl shot in merseyside, terrible - girl shot in merseyside, terrible thing. last week a 67—year—old disabled grandfather stabbed to death on his mobility scooter. these are not age groups that are generally victims of violent crime and if you look at the surveys that have been done, back to 1994, violence has been falling. but if you look at offences reported to the police, gun offences for example, there is a different story. look at these figures. the gun crime rate in england and wales, you can see it fell until about 20 15 and then started to rise. during the pandemic dropped after. there is no yet no sign of it coming back, but these figures don't include the summer and we have seen shootings in merseyside and in london. another set of figures for assaults using knives, again from 2015 a rise, up to the point of pandemic. a dip during the pandemic. but the number starts to go pandemic. but the number starts to 9° up pandemic. but the

let's speak to our home affairs correspondent tom symonds. this _ this is saying here? there's a lot to explain, this one _ this is saying here? there's a lot to explain, this one goes - this is saying here? there's a lot to explain, this one goes back i this is saying here? there's a lotj to explain, this one goes back to 1987 with the murder of daniel morgan, a private investigator in a south london car park. a police investigation hampered by allegations of police corruption. last year, a major report by an independent panel really laid out what happened over the years, criticising a number of police officers. and amid that, there was a bit of a confrontation with them commissioner of the metropolitan police of the time, dame cressida dick. the powell inquiry said she'd been responsible potentially for a form of institutional corruption because she didn't provide them with information they'd been asking for quickly and extensively enough. what this was about was her trying to prevent secret police intelligence being given to the inquiry or

tom symonds our home affairs correspondentjoins us now. can you tell us more about this? murder. there is much greater focus on the safety of women in the streets, and the cps has never given guidance to its prosecutors about how it should use the existing laws to prosecute street harassment, women, often women, always women, are being abused verbally, touched unwanted in the street. they say existing laws can be used to deal with sexually threatening or abusive behaviour, usually by men, and even one—off single incidents where there are less serious comments or where it is not clear whether the person is trying to be sexually harassing a woman. they can also be charged under public order law and beyond that they are talking about using a new law to ban up skirting, which is the practice of taking pictures of people underneath their clothing without the consent and cyber flashing when you send a message to somebody via bluetooth in your local area, probably on wanted as well. they say that can be dealt with under the guidance of dealing with social media abuse. this all a

our home affairs correspondent tom symonds explained the background. is no suggestion of corruption on her part? know, i information. there is no suggestion l of corruption on her part? know, and the independent _ of corruption on her part? know, and the independent office _ of corruption on her part? know, and the independent office for _ of corruption on her part? know, and the independent office for police i the independent office for police conduct, which has been looking into what to do about the finding, has decided, yes, she may have breached professional standards, but she will not face disciplinary action had she still been serving. she may have simply been prioritising her duties to protect sensitive police information over disclosing to the inquiry panel. so effectively it has said we cannot look into this because it is not clear enough that she would have faced a disciplinary action had she still been in the office. dame cressida dick has said the io pc has recognised that everything she did was for a legitimate purpose and it would not hav