about ten o'clock in walthamstow not too far away, there was another incident in which a 16—year—old and a 15—year—old stabbed. the 16—year—old is currently critical ill in the 15—year—old has serious but not life—threatening injuries. what are the circumstances behind both of these shootings? at the moment we have dedicated detectives investigating the circumstances. it is too early at the moment to speculate as to the motive. we will be looking at the proximity of both offences and that they will be investigated separately at the moment but a line of enquiry will examine if they are linked. and we're keeping an open mind this time to see what the motive was. why was this 17—year—old girl, why was she particularly picked off why was she shot? at this stage we do not know but we are keen to find out and i would appealfor anyone with any information to contact the incident room or crimestoppers where we can give information anonymously. but we're keen know why they were in the area at the time and what the motive was for her to shot. london's murder rate has risen sharply this year —

a 16—year—old boy who was shot on monday night in walthamstow, east london has died in hospital.dead a few miles away in tottenham. the mayor of london, sadiq khan, has promised to fight what he called the "violent scourge" of gun and knife crime in the city. jon donnison reports. another day in london, another murder investigation. this time in walthamstow, where a 16—year—old boy, shot on monday night, succumbed to his injuries. just a few miles away in tottenham, the community is mourning another dead teenager. 17—year—old tanesha melbourne was with friends when she was killed in a drive—by shooting, also on monday evening. those who knew her have described her as a beautiful, lively and bubbly girl. this map shows every murder in the capital this year. 48 now in total. behind each mark, a family bereaved and coming to terms with their loss. some are blaming a lack of police funding. i've never seen resources so scarce on the ground to be able to have the relationships with people to get the community to support what our police are doing. we've lost 100 police from around here

a 16—year—old boy who was shot on monday night in walthamstow, east london has died in hospital.he mayor of london, sadiq khan, has promised to fight what he called the violent scourge of gun and knife crime in the city. jon donnison reports. another day in london, another murder investigation. this time in walthamstow, where a 16—year—old boy, shot on monday night, succumbed to his injuries. just a few miles away in tottenham, a community is mourning another dead teenager. 17—year—old tane5ha melbourne was with friends when she was killed in a drive—by shooting, also on monday evening. those who knew her have described her as a beautiful, lively and bubbly girl. this map shows every murder in the capital this year. 48 now in total. behind each marker, a family bereaved and coming to terms with their loss. some are blaming a lack of police funding. i've never seen resources so scarce on the ground to be able to have the relationships with people to get the community to support what our police are doing. we've lost 100 police from around here already due to the cuts coming through

in a separate incident in walthamstow, a 16—year—old boy was left critically ill after being shot.son is in tottenham now. good morning to you, take us through what happened 7 good morning to you, take us through what happened? two shootings in the space of an hour, just a couple of miles apart. police are not saying at this stage whether they believe the two incidents were related, but firstly police were called here to totte n ha m firstly police were called here to tottenham around 9:30 last night, reports that someone had been shot. a 17—year—old girl, they found her at the scene with a bullet wound. police have erected a tent behind me, she died around an hour later. just after 10pm last night, they got another call, this time in waltha mstow, another call, this time in walthamstow, just to the of here. a 16—year—old boy was also shot there, he is ina 16—year—old boy was also shot there, he is in a critical condition in hospital, and a 17—year—old there was also stabbed, and is also in hospital. police are increasingly concerned about the growing number of murders here in lond

a 16—year—old boy is critically ill after being found with gunshot wounds in walthamstow. space of an hour. london's murder rate has risen sharply this year, with 47 murders so far. richard lister reports. our home editor, mark easton, is here. 47 murders injust a 47 murders in just a few months of this year, it sounds a lot? and it isa this year, it sounds a lot? and it is a lot, any murder, any homicide, is a lot, any murder, any homicide, is clearly a tragedy and one is too many, but i think we need to try and keep things in it and notjust assume what's going on. are the figures rising? yes, as you said there have been more homicides in london in the first three months of this year than last. but even if the rate was to continue as it currently is- rate was to continue as it currently is — and it is rate was to continue as it currently is —and it isa rate was to continue as it currently is — and it is a high rate — it would still mean that at the end of the year we are lower than we were in 2003, for example. the figures do go in 2003, for example. the figures do 9° up

the boy is in a critical condition in hospital in east london after he was shot in walthamstow earlierings come amid concerns over rising violent crime in the capital. so far this year, there have been 47 murders in the city — that's a rate of more than three a week. of those murders, 31 were the result of fatal stabbings. our correspondent alison freeman is in tottenham, at the scene of the shooting. tell us what is known at this stage, alison? well, we understand that officers were called here at about 9:30pm last night to report of a shooting. an eyewitness has described how a 17—year—old girl was outside with her friends when a car drew up and apparently shocked at her indiscriminately. that has come from an eyewitness, and we have not had that confirmed by police. paramedics came to the scene, they tried to save her, but were unable to. you can see where police have been focusing their investigations throughout the day. this is the second of two incidents to happen last night. about half an hour later, three miles away in waltha mstow, later, three miles away in walthamstow, a 16—

an hour earlier, a 16—year—old boy was found with gunshot wounds in walthamstow in a case not thoughtime in the capital saw more murders committed here in february and march than there were in new york. and while new york's murder rate decreased from the end of january, london's has risen markedly. richard lister reports. late last night, and police are responding to the murder of another teenager on the streets of london. the victim here in tottenham, a 17—year—old girl out with friends. she didn't deserve that. her mum didn't deserve to watch her die. what would you say if you saw your child on the floor, she was screaming, she didn't know what to do her leg the victim has she was screaming, she didn't know what to do. the victim has been named locally as tanesha, this picture was put of her on social media. witnesses say a gunman fired on herfrom inside a car. this morning the investigation continues in a community in shock. it'sjust scary, i've got a granddaughter of 12, and she could walk to me in a couple of years' time, she could walk to me at that time of night. it's not safe

a 16—year—old boy is critically ill after being found with gunshot wounds in walthamstow. the space of an hour. london's murder rate has risen sharply this year, with 47 murders so far. richard lister reports. late last night, and police are responding to the murder of another teenager on the streets of london. the victim here in tottenham, a 17—year—old girl out with friends. she didn't deserve that. her mum didn't deserve to watch her die. what would you say if you saw your child on the floor? she was screaming, she didn't know what to do. the victim has been named locally as tanesha melbouurne — this picture was put on social media. witnesses say a gunman fired on herfrom inside a car. this morning, the investigation continues in a community in shock. i'd appeal to anybody with any information to contact us where you can give information anonymously. we are keen to know why they were in the area at the time and what the motive is there to be shot. i've got to granddaughter of 12 and she could walk timmy in a couple of years' time. she could walk timmy at that time. she

a sixteen—year—old boy who was shot on monday night in walthamstow, east london has died in hospital.hort time after a seventeen—year—old girl was shot dead a few miles away in tottenham. the mayor of london, sadiq khan, has promised to fight what he called the "violent scourge" of gun and knife crime in the city. 0ur correspondentjon donnison has the details. another day in london, another murder investigation. this time in wharf murder investigation. this time in wha rf style murder investigation. this time in wharf style where a 16—year—old boy, shot on monday night, succumbed to his industries. —— welcome style just a few miles away in tottenham, a community is mourning another dead teenager. 17—year—old venetia melbourne was with friends when she was killed in a drive—by shooting, also on monday evening. those who knew her have described her as a beautiful, lively and bubbly girl. this map shows every murder in the capital this year. 48 is now in total. behind each market, a family total. behind each market, a family to read and coming to terms with their loss. some are blaming a

in walthamstow, a 16—year—old boy was found with gunshot wounds.aged 15 was taken to hospital with stab wounds. many people say they're shocked but not surprised by what's happened in totte n ha m , not surprised by what's happened in tottenham, they say problems have been building up and getting worse. near to this road near this parade of shops some people have said they're too scared to leave their homes once it gets dark, underlining a real sense of fear in this community. this latest rise in gun and knife crime has caused widespread anger, particularly from local campaigners. a young local campaigners. ayoung girl local campaigners. a young girl has just been shot on the corner there, would you leave your house, would you be afraid? of course you'd be afraid. my thing is the government wasting money and not focusing on what's really needed out there, which is why this keeps happening. so far there have been no arrests but tributes for tanesha continued to grow, another life lost on the streets of london. adina campbell, bbc news, in tottenham.

a 16—year—old boy is also critically ill in hospital after being shot in a separate incident in walthamstow. police do not know if they're connected at this stage. plenty ore on that story to come throughout the programme. julian worricker is in the bbc newsroom with a summary of the rest of the day's news. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has been criticised for attending an event organised by a left—wing jewish group critical of mainstream jewish organisations. it comes hours after mr corbyn promised "watertight" investigations into claims of anti—semitism within his party. photographs on the guido fawkes website appear to show mr corbyn meeting members of the group, called jewdas, to mark seder, part of the passover festival. a labour spokesman said he was there in a personal capacity. our assistant political editor norman smith is in wesmtinster. where does this take this issue?- one level there is nothing controversial about mr corbyn attending a celebration as a guest ofa attending a celebration as a guest of ajewish attending a celebration as a guest of a jewish group on the borders

this time in walthamstow.to terms with their loss. some are blaming a lack of police funding. i have never seen resources so scarce on the ground to be able to have the relationships would be good to have that community intelligence to support what police are doing. we have lost 100 policemen around here in cuts from government. i have begged and pleaded ministers to give us those people so that we can start getting that community intelligence. the government says it is taking measures to break the deadly cycle of violence. in recent years, there has been a rise in violent crime, some of it related to gangs. at the levels are still far below what they we re levels are still far below what they were in say the mid—19 90s. that will be little comfort though for those morning in london this week. police united states have confirmed the identity of the youtube shooting suspect kolasinac al. are three people have been injured in a shooting at youtube‘s headquarters in california. a 36—year—old man is in a critical

having major defects. defects. services to record numbers of passengers. passengers. teenager in walthamstow, 16, died in hospital after a gunshot injury. hospital after a gunshot injury. still need to hear from members of the public who haven't come forward. the public who haven't come forward. after an upsurge in reported cases across the south—east. across the south—east. causing a sore throat, the vat and a rash. rash. an alert after an increase in cases this year. this year. to more serious health conditions if it isn't treated early. it isn't treated early. complications with the heart and the kidneys. 0verground, part suspended between euston and kilburn high road. euston and kilburn high road. down to one lane westbound because of emergency repairs. of emergency repairs. delays are towards limehouse station. towards limehouse station. works with delays towards woodhouse road. let's get a check on the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. of sunshine today and yes, starting to feel quite a bit warmer. to feel quite a bit warmer. lighter than yesterday so the sunshine warming thing

and a 16 year old boy is critically ill after being found with gunshot wounds in north london's walthamstow chief superintendent richard wood gave more details about both those shootings earlier this afternoon. just after 9:30pm last night in tottenham a vehicle drove past

on monday, 16—year—old amaan shakoor was shot in the face in walthamstow, north—east london.he year. 34 of those were stabbings. seven people died from gunshot wounds. and amongst the victims, 11 teenagers, though many in their 405 have also died. police have stepped up patrols, but some locals here in hackney are nervous. i don't really see much police presence. i think they are just dealing directly with calls and incidents they get. in regards to atually seen police officers walking down the street, i can probably count on my hand in the last four years, the number of times i have seen that. the local mp believes that cuts in policing may have contributed to the problem. we have lost one in four police officers since 2010. it is impossible to deal with gang crime, knife crime, gun crime, unless you have the right level of neighbourhood policing. but law enforcement can't solve things on their own — we need to work with schools, social workers, mental health services. the met police say they understand how alarmed the local community are, but they insist the only way to ful

two miles away, in walthamstow, a 16—year—old boy was found with gunshot wounds and is now in a critical5 was taken to hospital with stab wounds. he has been left with life—changing injuries. it is not surprising... this latest rise in gun and knife crime has caused widespread anger, particularly from local campaigners. the government come out and they are very proud about their new websites, anti—knife and anti—violence, and the website is not a representation of where young people are at moment. my thing is that the government are wasting money and not focussing on what is really needed. that is why this keeps happening. so far, there have been no arrests but tributes continue to grow for tanesha. another life lost on the streets of london. so what's the reaction from young people living in tottenham? with me, michael clarke, who is a community worker in the area. in our birmingham studio is 25—year—old ashley bertie, assistant police and crime commissioner for the west midlands. thank you so much for being with us. are you surprised what happened last night? i'm not surprised but it i

continuing to appeal for witnesses and information following the fatal shooting of a 16—year—old boy in walthamstoway night. police have named the victim as amaan shakoor from leyton. relations between britain and russia have worsened againm following the chemical attack on a former russian agent in salisbury. russia is now being accused by britain and other eu countries of attempting to frustrate the official investigation. at an emergency meeting of the opcw — the international chemical weapons regulator — russia's demands for a joint inquiry were rejected. and the eu accused moscow of being responsible for a "flood of insinuations targeting member states". well, the russians have now called an emergency session of the un security council, as our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. more than one month on in salisbury, the investigation continues into a nerve agent attack that britain believes was carried out by russia. an assessment based on science, yes, but also intelligence. no other country has a combination of the capability, the intent and the motive to carry out such an act. bu

continuing to appeal for witnesses and information following the fatal shooting of a 16—year—old boy in walthamstowhe police have named the victim as amaan shakoor from leyton. facebook says a total of 87 million people globally may have had their data accessed improperly by the british firm cambridge analytica. that's much bigger than the 50 million previously estimated. the bbc has been told that about one million of those affected are based in the uk. our technology correspondent, rory cellan—jones, is with me. facebook, for the first time, giving some details. it says it is taking a worst possible scenario, 87 million people around the world, these are people around the world, these are people that are friends, most of them are friends of people that downloaded the personality quiz. 1000 people downloaded that personality quiz in the uk, and if we counted all of their potential friends, that is more than a million people whose data would have been collected. it came from facebook in a blog post, tightening up various loopholes in the way it shares data with outsiders, including one loophole tha

this time in walthamstow, where a 16—year—old boy, shot on monday night, succumbed to his injuries.ommunity is mourning another dead teenager. seventeen—year—old tanesha melbourne was with friends when she was killed in a drive—by shooting, also on monday evening. those who knew her have described her as a beautiful, lively and bubbly girl. this map shows every murder in the capital this year. forty eight now in total. behind each mark, a family bereaved and coming to terms with their loss. some are blaming a lack of police funding. i've never seen resources so scarce on the ground to be able to have the relationships with people to get the community to support what our police are doing. we've lost 100 police from around here already due to the cuts coming through from government. i've stood up in parliament to beg and plead for people so that we can start getting community intelligence. the government says it is taking measures to break the deadly cycle of violence. in recent years across england and wales, there has been a rise in violent crime. some of it related to gangs. but th

shakoor were shot in the face in walthamstow. he died the next day.urne was also gone down this week in what appears to be a drive—by shooting. the latest figures on homicides make stop reading. 52 people have died in violent circumstances since the start of the —— make stark reading. seven people died from gunshot wounds and among the victims, ii teenagers, though many in their 40s have also died. police have stepped up have also died. police have stepped up controls and some locals in hackney are nervous. i do not really see much police presence. i think they are just dealing directly with incidents they get. actually seen police officers walking down the street, i can probably count on my hand in the last four years the number of times i have seen that. cuts in policing may have contributed to the problem, the local mp says. we have lost one in four police officers since 2010. it is impossible to deal with gang crime, knife crime, gun crime, u nless crime, knife crime, gun crime, unless you have the right level of neighbourhood policing. law enforc

two miles away, in walthamstow a 16—year—old boy was found with gunshot wounds and is now in a criticalwas taken to hospital with stab wounds. he has been left with stab wounds. he has been left with life—changing injuries. it is not surprising... this latest rise in gun and knife crime has caused widespread anger, particularly from local campaigner. the government come out and they are very proud about their new websites, anti—knife and anti—violence and the website is not a reputation of where young people are at moment. my thing is that the government are wasting money and not focussing on what is needed. that is high this keeps happening. so far there have been no arrested but tributes continue to grow for tanesha. another life lost on the streets of london. another life lost on the streets of london. our home editor mark easton is here. 47 killings this year alone in this wave of violent crime. what is going on? well, it is, you know, this loss of life is deeply troubling, particularly young people in their teen, after years of the murder rate falling in london, it is understandabl

on monday, 16—year—old amaan shakoor was shot in the face in walthamstow, north—east london.in what appears to be a drive—by shooting. the latest figures on homicides make stark reading. 52 people have died in violent circumstances in the capital since the start of the year. 3a of those were stabbings. seven people died from gunshot wounds and amongst the victims, 11 teenagers, although many in their forties have also died. police have stepped up patrols, but some locals here in hackney are nervous. i don‘t really see much police presence. i think the police are just dealing directly with calls and incidents that they get, but with regards to actually seeing police officers walking down the street, i can probably count on my hand in the last four years since i‘ve seen that. the local mp believes that cuts in policing may have contributed to the problem. here in hackney, we have lost one in four police officers since 2010. it is impossible to deal with gang crime, knife crime, gun crime, unless you have the right level of neighbourhood policing. but law enforcement can‘t solve

only violent crime, in north london last night, in waltha mstow, in north london last night, in walthamstowwas found with gunshot wounds. tonight police have confirmed he has now died from his injuries. another boy aged 15 was taken to hospital with sta b aged 15 was taken to hospital with stab wounds. many people here in totte n ha m stab wounds. many people here in tottenham say they are shocked but not surprised by what has happened. that is because over the years some say that problems have been building and getting worse. here on this road, near to the shops, some people have said they are too scared to leave their homes once it gets dark, underlining a real sense of fear in this community. this latest rise in gun and knife crime has caused widespread anger, particularly from local campaigners. a young girl has just been shot on the corner there, would you leave your house? of course you would be afraid. the government are wasting money and they are not focusing on what is needed out there and that is why this keeps happening. so far there have been no arrests, but tributes pour tanesh

a teenager who was shot in a faith in walthamstow, dying the next day.in what appears to be a drive—by shooting in tottenham. a vast amount of people from different backgrounds being affected by this. the authorities say this is a london wide problem which requires a london wide problem which requires a london wide solution. john, thank you. a 78—year—old man, who was arrested over the fatal stabbing of an intruder during a burglary at his home in south—east london, has been bailed until may pending further inquiries. the man, named locally as richard osborn—brooks, discovered two men in his kitchen. detectives say one was armed with a screwdriver and a struggle ensued. a 38—year—old man was stabbed. he was taken to hospital but later died. the creator of facebook, mark zuckerberg, says he takes personal responsibility for its failures to protect the data of users and to remove provocative content. facebook says the number of its users whose information was improperly shared by political data consultancy firm, cambridge analytica, may have been as high a

at about 1pm a man in his 20s was stabbed in walthamstow in north—east london.t around 7pm a 13—year—old boy was stabbed in new and in the evening a man in his 40s was stabbed at around 10pm in herne hill in south london. this violence seems to continue. luckily none of yesterday's incidents were fatal to those involved but police behind me at new scotland yard are coming under increased pressure to end this violence. the met police commissioner cressida dick says she is announcing a new strategy, a new unit of 120 officers to tackle this issue and also says there will be more intelligence led stop and search operations in areas where trouble might occur. it is expected that the home secretary amber rudd will announce a new anti—violence strategy next week which will focus on prevention, getting an early in the lives of troubled youngsters to make sure they don't develop all go down a path towards violence which will lead to stabbings and shootings later in their lives. the authorities are trying to do something about the issue but the pressure is growing and th

and a 16—year—old boy is critically ill after being found with gunshot wounds in north london's walthamstowwood gave more details. just after 9:30pm last night... sadly, a 17—year—old female was located at the scene who sadly died shortly afterward. our thoughts are with the friends and family at that young lady at the moment. about 10pm, another incident in which a 16—year—old male was shot and a 15—year—old stabbed. the 16—year—old is currently critically ill and the 15—year—old has serious but not life—threatening injuries. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story comes from france. travel chaos in france as railway workers start three months of rolling strikes. let's bring you some of the stories covered by bbc world service. india has been cleared of doping but given a "strong written reprimand" after syringes were found in the commonwealth games athletics village. games officials said the doctor of india's boxing team injected an unwell athlete with vitamins, breaching rules on the use of syringes. russian mps are calling for economic sanctions against latvia

starting at about 1:50pm yesterday, a man in his 20s stabbed in walthamstow in north—east london. 5:30pm poplar, east london, about 30 minutes later two other is—year—olds were stabbed and miley and not very far away and a 16—year—old was also injured. the i6—year—olds taken to hospital and a 16—year—old arrested just before 7pm, before 7pm a 13—year—old was stabbed in new in east london, said to have received critical injuries. 7:05pm a boy in west london in his late teens was stabbed in ealing broadway. just after 10pm last night a man in his 40s was stabbed in herne hill in south london. this violence doesn't seem like it's going to stop any time soon, scotla nd going to stop any time soon, scotland yard and the metropolitan police coming under increasing pressure to do something about it and this morning they held a meeting in the building behind me to decide what they can do in the short term to tackle this. they've just issued a statement about what happened at the meeting and they said they held a community meeting to hear the first—hand concerns of people in the community because

tell their charges of sexual violence against women in waltha mstow. violence against women in walthamstowhis case with him so that we can finally get justice for michelle?” have already met prime minister modi for our bilateral discussions. there we re for our bilateral discussions. there were a number of issues of extradition between the united kingdom and india and i think what we do raise a number of cases with the indian government, as i did this morning. it is important that we recognise the independence of the judiciary in both countries. order! points of order tend to come after urgent questions so we will look forward with eager anticipation and a sense of excitement the contribution of the honourable gentleman at that point. we will leave the house of commons at that stage and that session prime minister's questions at which theresa may again apologised to the members of the windrush generation who were wrongly threatened with deportation. this bbc news. the media regulator ofcom has opened seven investigations into the due impartiality of news and current affairs programmes on t

gunned down in tottenham, fatally shot in waltha mstow, tottenham, fatally shot in walthamstow, fatallyrease in homicide, knife crime and gun crime and what we should do about it. i knew then just as i do now that this is a problem we must get a grip on. today iam problem we must get a grip on. today i am pleased to announce that i am publishing our serious violence strategy. it marks a major shift in the approach to recent rises in knife and gun crime and is being supported by £40 million of home office funding. the strategy represents a real step change in the way we think about and respond to these personal chat tragedies which dominate the front pages of our newspapers with seeming depressing regularity. before i tell you what the evidence shows, i want to start by addressing head—on some of the theories that have been circulating. one of the contentions is that there are not enough officers on the streets. the evidence however does not support this. in the early 2000 is when serious violent crimes were at the highest, police numbers were rising. in 2008, when knife crime was far gr

—year—old died in a drive—by shooting in tottenham, and on the same night a 16—year—old died in walthamstowkingham palace says the duke of edinburgh is in good spirits after a successful hip replacement operation. prince phillip, who is 96, had the planned proceedure on wednesday after suffering with a hip problem for about a month. he is likely to remain in hospital for a number of days. up to 1,000 sure start centres, which provide support for families with young children in england, may have closed in the past eight years — double the government's estimate. research by the sutton trust, which campaigns to improve social mobility, says cuts to local authority budgets have led to the closures. the department for education says it is investing more in childcare support than any other government. we have found that there has been a 30% cut, basically, in the number of early years centres across the country. we also found on particular areas there have been bigger cuts than elsewhere. so there is a bit of a lottery, actually. if you have a young child, where you live determines whether there

on monday, amaan shakoor was shot in the face in waltha mstow, shakoor was shot in the face in walthamstowied. on the same day, the 17—year—old girl was gunned down in tottenham not too far away. a spate of murders and it brings the total number to 50 people who have been killed because of violent incidents in london since the start of the year, a wide variety of people, police say 37 of them were male, ten teenagers, turn were also people in their 405, many were 5topped, people in their 405, many were stopped, there were gun5 used as well, a wide variety of people who are victims of this apparent crimewave —— ten were in their 405, many were stabbed. we will bring you more on this through the morning. julian worricker is in the bbc newsroom with a summary of the rest of the day's new5. the creator of facebook, mark zuckerberg, says he takes personal responsibility for its failures to protect the data of users but insists he remains the right person to lead the social media giant. facebook says the number of its users whose information wa5 improperly shared by political data consultancy fi