labour's david lammy leads 200 mp5 who've signed a letter calling for government promises to windrush migrants to be written into law. kim jong—un promises to close north korea's nuclear test site next month, and invites the world to watch — according to the south. police in northern ireland have taken two wanted men back into custody after they were found tied up on a bench in county armagh. also in the next hour, how to protect one of the world's treasures from pollution... australia is promising to spend 290 million pounds to help restore and protect the great barrier reef. and celtic win the scottish premiership with a thumping 5—0 win over rivals rangers. and officials confirm brazilian surfer rodrigo koxa breaks the world record for the biggest wave ever surfed — an 80ft swell in portugal last november. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the former immigration minister, brandon lewis, is supporting a claim by the home secretary — that she didn't know of targets for the removal of illegal immigrants. amber rudd told a commons committee last week, that she wasn't awar

let's speak to the labour mp david lammy, who co—ordinated the letter. hejoins us from north london. thank you very much for being with us. thank you very much for being with us. first of all, why do you feel that these promises that have been made by the government need to be an shined in law? well, look. we have had an apology and lots of words from the dispatch box, but all of those mps note that in the immigration area, nothing is real until it is legislated on. and the windrush generation and commonwealth citizens now needs guarantees, they need guarantees about compensation, about the burden of proof, the evidence that they are being asked to supply, and also to understand that if they don't meet those thresholds, will there be enforcement to deport them? for all of those reasons, their rights be to be enshrined, and the best way to do that quickly is with a statutory law in parliament. you are saying in a nutshell, you do not believe the government's promises, you don't ta ke government's promises, you don't take their word for it? you don't trust

more than 200 mp5 sign a letter co—ordinated by labour backbencher david lammy, calling for government promises to windrush migrants to be written into law. south korea says kimjong—un has promised to close north korea's nuclear test site next month and has invited the world to watch. there are calls for an investigation by the competition and markets authority into a potential merger between british supermarket chains sainsbury‘s and asda. also in the next hour can you trust that five star rating? a bbc investigation finds fake online reviews are being openly traded on the internet. and the warming of relations on the korean peninsula is discussed by the dateline london panel. that's in half an hour, here on bbc news. good morning and welcome to bbc news. more than 200 mps have written to theresa may calling for assurances given to the windrush generation about their citizenship rights to be written into law. the letter, co—ordinated by the labour mp david lammy, said concerns over compensation, housing and legal rights had not been settled. the home secretary, amber rudd, will

labourmp labour mp david lammy said this. the leader of the house, and realism, tweeted this. —— andre ellington. and in a similar vein, michael gove. let us get back tojohn and ruth on that. immediate reaction to those tweets. obviously from interesting key players, all of them. tweets. obviously from interesting key players, all of themlj tweets. obviously from interesting key players, all of them. i was thinking david lammy, saying that she did not have control of the apartment, i think that is right. he was failing to make this into between genuine illegal immigrants that people want to have control over and that people want to have control overandl that people want to have control overand i see that people want to have control over and i see the windrush generation i think that is one of the major mistakes they could not seem to distinguish what was a genuine illegal immigrants and what wasn't. what about the question day and abbot races of the pressure on the prime minister? there is something called cabinet governm

but we have david lammy saying this is the worst violence he has ever seen. he has been quite compelling on this, understandably it is his constituency particularly affected. what you were saying about comprehensive solutions is incredibly important. the left saying it is because the police cuts and the right saying it is because they can't you stop and search tactics. a bit in the times about the reduction in stop and search. it is very controversial because accusations of racism. that is why theresa may stopped it when she was home secretary. the police have to have a strong relationship with communities they serving. it is very delicate to say that what we need is more and search. more education, more and search. more education, more social community work and a conversation about why this gang warfare has escalated. is it about drugs? do we need to have a conversation about potentially decriminalisation and other ways we can deal with this that is not just a law and order issue. david lammy in this interview in the metro has said it about, you know, gang w

labour's david lammy leads 200 mps who've signed a letter calling for government promises to windrush migrants to be written into law. south korea says kimjong—un has promised to close north korea's nuclear test site next month — and has invited the world to watch. in northern ireland, police have taken two wanted men back into custody after they were found tied up on a bench in a county armagh village. also in the next hour — under attack from rising sea temperatures and pollution, australia is promising to spend £290 million to help restore and protect the great barrier reef celtic win the scottish premiership with a thumping 5—0 win over old rivals rangers and click visits a cryptocurrency mine in iceland and investigates a new and growing crime amongst hackers. that's in half an hour — here on bbc news. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the former immigration minister, brandon lewis, is supporting a claim by the home secretary that she didn't know about home office targets for removing illegal immigrants. amber rudd told a commons committee earlier this week that

labour‘s david lammy leads 200 mps, who‘ve signed a letter, calling for government promises to windrush migrants to be written into law. south korea says kimjong—un has promised to close north korea‘s nuclear test site next month, and has invited the world to watch. in northern ireland, police have taken two wanted men back into custody, after they were found tied up on a bench in a county armagh village. also in the next hour, under attack from rising sea temperatures and pollution, australia is promising to spend £290 million to help restore and protect the great barrier reef. celtic win the scottish premiership, with a thumping 5—0 win over old rivals, rangers. and we look at the highlights of new york‘s tribeca film festival.

david lammy, if anybody knows about knife crime, it is david. 0f lammy, if anybody knows about knife crime, it is david. of course it was acid attacks not so long ago and now it is knife crime. 50 lives have been taken in london. the politicians think about other things and we think of the squabbles in the parties and the attention to brexit. to david lammy, the epidemic of knife crime is not a surprise. he said he was shocked it wasn't making the news earlier and he mentioned the news earlier and he mentioned the prime minister and the home secretary and the labour mayor of london, should have been prioritising it and been aware of it. i think it is that we have come to normalise it he says. we think of gun and knife crime as normal. it is not. he blames a lot on the £11 billion drugs industry we have. the war on drugs didn't actually work. cuts to youth services that are leaving communities to their own devices. incendiary online conversations and stuff that we are seeing on youtube. he doesn't absolve the parts. there are moral choices here. he has a sense that this isn't youth,

reaction from mp david lammy and some of the families affected. also old customs die hard, the government reaffirms its desire to take is that of any eu customs union, but is it up to the government at all? theresa may faces crucial votes in parliament on the issue where pro—europeans are hoping to force her hand and eu has a view as well. it's the issue that could cause mayhem, we'll hear perspective from the brexit side and ireland. and a record number of women are standing for the 2018 us mid—term elections. emily's been to texas, which has seen one of the biggest jumps in the country, to ask why. i've heard this quite a bit before, he may accidentally make america great again. meaning? meaning people are coming out of their shells, they're realising their own power, because they have something to fight for. hello there. having watched the windrush crisis spin out of control for a week, home secretary amber rudd tried to show she's on top of it today. so news came that a statement would be made to parliament this afternoon, and then along i

the headlines on bbc news: labour backbencher david lammy leads 200 mps who've signed a letter calling for for government promises to windrush migrants to be written into law. there are calls for an investigation by the competition and markets authority into a potential merger between british supermarket chains sainsbury‘s and asda. south korea says kimjong—un has promised to close north korea's nuclear test site next month and has invited the world to watch. a bbc radio 5 live investigation has uncovered a boom in fake online breaking news in football. sunderland have sacked their manager, chris coleman. he had left his role as wales national team coach. he succeeded simon grayson at the stadium of light in november, but he could not stop sunderland being relegated. he was only in charge for five months. being relegated. he was only in charge forfive months. he has now been sacked. a statement on the website says that sunderland afc announced that chris coleman has been released from his contract. they want to put on record their thanks for their tireless efforts in what has been

more than 200 mps have signed a letter, coordinated by the labour backbencher david lammy, sent to the prime minister calling for government promises to windrush migrants to be written into law. there are calls for an investigation by the competition and markets authority into a potential merger between british supermarket chains sainsbury‘s and asda. south korea says kimjong—un has promised to close north korea's nuclear test site next month, and has invited the world to watch. members of the united nations security council travel to bangladesh to visit refugee camps in cox's bazaar. the area is home to nearly 700,000 rohingya muslims fleeing violence in neighbouring myanmar. now on bbc news, it's time for talking movies. hello from new york. i'm tom brook, and welcome to this special edition of talking movies, when we look back at some of the highlights from this year's tribeca film festival. the tribeca film festival is now in its 17th year. it began, basically, as a civic restoration project to help the ruined tribeca neighbourhood to get back on its feet after the attacks of s

labour's david lammy leads 200 mps who've signed a letter calling for government promises to windrush migrants to be written into law. kim jong—un promises to close north korea's nuclear test site next month, and invites the world to watch, according to the south. police in northern ireland have taken two wanted men back into custody after they were found tied up on a bench in county armagh. also in the next hour, how to protect one of the world's treasures from pollution. australia is promising to spend £290 million to help restore and protect the great barrier reef. and celtic win the scottish premiership with a thumping 5—0 win over rivals rangers.

we can speak to the labour mp, david lammy, who's been avocal critic of the government on this matter. thank you forjoining us. citizenship fees, language tests waved, a powerful speedy compensation for the home secretary. what do you make of what she said this afternoon? —— a vow for speedy compensation from the home secretary. the children of windrush should never have had to go cap in hand to ask for a right for british citizenship, a right which was a lwa ys citizenship, a right which was always bears in the first place. my pa rents always bears in the first place. my parents came here part of the british empire, of course we were british. this is a moment where i welcome of course what the home secretary has said belatedly, there is detail we must get into, we do not have the detail on the compensation and there are some caribbean islands that will know, places like antigua, st lucia, grenade, think it's, but got their independence after 1973. many people from those islands were wondering whether they too will be able to get this british citizenship as they we re this british

more than 200 mps have signed a letter, coordinated by labour backbencher david lammy, sent to the prime minister, calling for government promises to windrush migrants to be written into law. south korea says kimjong—un has promised to close north korea's nuclear test site next month, and has invited the world to watch. in northern ireland, police have taken two wanted men back into custody after they were found tied up on a bench in a county armagh village. an 18—year—old man has been arrested after four people were taken to hospital, two with potentially life—changing injuries, following a collision in newport. more from me at 3pm. now on bbc news, the week in parliament. hello and welcome to the week in parliament where there's continued pressure on the home secretary over her handling of immigration. she does take full responsibility for this serious issue then perhaps she should do the honourable thing and resign. i do take syria is my responsibility but i do think i am the person i do take it seriously as my responsibility but i do think i am the person that can put it righ

david lammy, who has been the mpfor media. david lammy, who has been the mp for tottenham for a long time, as taught about the prevalence of drugs. from all the work you do, how do you start to expect the people what you think is going on here?|j think what you think is going on here?” think social media does play a significant part in the extension of the violence. in my day, back in the ‘805 the violence. in my day, back in the ‘80s and 90s, if we had an argument with anyone, it was localised. now with anyone, it was localised. now with the invention of social media, it is now national or international. it gets spread to a wider audience and people have to react. these young people have a lot of ingenious ways of posting things which are very disrespectful and putting disrespectful comments on social media. that heightens tension and goats people into doing something. asa goats people into doing something. as a result, we are finding people now stepping up to use violence. for one thing, the technology allows people to

and local mp david lammy also says he's had enough. it'sjust heartbreaking. people are frightened now, frightened for their children to walk the streets. i've not seen the home secretary, i've not seen the mayor. it is unacceptable. why is life in my constituency worth less than lives in other parts of the country? if all these young people had died in a leafy shires they'd be all over it. and those in charge say they are frustrated over the lack of action. that's why a game today i've called on the prime minister to meet with me. it's been six weeks since i made my first request, she said no. meet with me to discuss how we can solve this urgently. it won't be solved overnight, i accept that. complex issues are responsible for the increase in knife crime and gun crime, it's a national problem. tonight, more violence on the capital's streets. in bow, three young men including two aged 15 have been taken to hospital in a stabbing there. while in ealing, west london, a man has been stabbed. the metropolitan police says the number is not unusually high. adina cam

we have already had the campaign by david lammy, the labour mp and former higher education minister about why it is that of universities seem about why it is that of universities seem to be making offers to sell you black british young people. and that seems to reveal that they are actually being discriminated against in the application proceedings because crazy number of applicants are being investigated to see if as are being investigated to see if as a fraudulent application, completely disproportionate, very interesting because when you redo the story they say they must investigate why this is happening, and actually it seems that using software to process some of the applications and is well known already that software can replicate human bias and make bias of worse and discrimination worse. they have to get to the bottom of what is going on here whether it's human error, human bias or whether thatis human error, human bias or whether that is systematically disadvantaging those that is systematically disadva ntaging those who that is systematically disadvantaging those who already un

and that is the point that david lammy picked up on at prime ministers questions today. he did try to press the prime minister to state but compensation are going to offer it and she has it that amber rudd was going to disclose to us at a later stage at some point. soon i'm guessing because this is not going away. also interesting that even cooper brought up interesting that even cooper brought up this question of who is taking responsibility for it, she made quite a passionate pledge to amber rudd i think, saying theresa may, saying the hide behind the cabinet, don't i become policies, it was her response ability to meet or the secretary then. —— to hide behind. to what she did, and said we have apologised and they have. but i think the debate really needs to move on to how they would change our immigration policy ever going to does it at all and what compensation we re does it at all and what compensation were going to offer these people web and wrong. same with the guardian, plastic packaging. a lot of people posit minds at the blue planet. —— after the blue p

the metro leads with tottenham mp david lammy calling for parties to work together to tackle the spate of violence in london. the guardian goes with the same story, with a former senior officer warning the police have lost control of the streets. the financial times reports a call from the equalities commission to punish firms which didn't report their gender pay data in time for the legal deadline on wednesday. the express reports says that someone stabbed entering someone's house has previous burglary convictions. the telegraph says justice secretary david gauke has expressed sympathy with homeowners who defend their property against burglars. the times says the government has identified a russian military research base as the origin of the nerve agent that poisoned a former spy in salisbury. and that's a varied set of front pages. let's discuss some of the stories in more detail. salisbury poison made russia's porton down. how do they know? this is quite an extraordinary turn in this story over the past 24 hours. we have this bizarre press conference with the russian ambassador, som

lammy is with us too. for the latest on what's going on in toronto and the loss of life hello there and welcome to sportsday. i had last night, for one piece of silverware, most are either known as liverpool hope to conquer europe again. —— mo salah. everton win with a performance which will have one sam allardyce‘s critics around. —— which will not have one. and concussion hits hardly again forcing him out of the summer's tour of south africa. good evening. this has to be one of the defining nights in liverpool's season. the defining nights in liverpool's season. mo salah will be at the centre of it. his goal, all 41 of them helping the egyptian forward to them helping the egyptian forward to the pfa player of the year award. and a couple more against roma in the champions league semifinal could see liverpool crowned kings of europe once again. our sports editor brough reports. it's been an exhilarating european adventure that's revived memories of past glories. the ruble have exceeded expectati

mr david lammy. can i say they need. mr david lammy. can i say the relationship between this country and the west indies and caribbean is inextricable. the first british ships arrived at the caribbean in 1623 british ships arrived at the caribbean in1623 and, british ships arrived at the caribbean in 1623 and, despite slavery and despite colonisation, 25,000 caribbeans served in the first world war and second world war alongside british troops. when my parents and their generation arrived in this country in 19a8, they arrived as british citizens. it is inhumane and cruel for so many of that windrush generation to have suffered so long in this condition and for the secretary of state only to have made a statement today on this issue. can she explain how many have been deported? she suggested she would ask the high commissioners. it is heard apartment that deported them. she should know the number, can she tell the house how many have been detained as prisoners in their own country? can she tell the house how many have been denied health

the letter, co—ordinated by the labour mp david lammy, said concerns over compensation, housing and legal rights had not been settled. the home office said that home secretary amber rudd would speak in the commons on monday. peter saull is our political correspondent. he's in our london newsroom. good morning, peter. i know you have a copy of the letter but what does it say? essentially these are 200 mps, mainly labour, accusing the government of making up policy on the hoof, they want some of the measures announced by the home secretary to deal with the wind rushed scandal to be backed by legislation, firstly, more detail on the compensation that will be available and also how they can get the papers that they need desperately so that they can prove their british citizenship. there's been another letter sent to the prime minister about this today from the shadow home secretary diane abbott, who is calling for an investigation into whether amber rudd wrote the ministerial code. the government says they don't believe there is grounds for an investigation over claims that amber rudd misled

the former universities minister david lammy tells us universities need to redouble their efforts to crack down on racism on campus. 0ur reporter ashleyjohn—baptiste has been investigating — his report contains students using racist and offensive language, and it lasts around 15 minutes. a group of students beat me up because of the colour of my skin. british universities are supposed to be forwardthinking places of intellectual debate. it wasjust malicious, it wasjust racism, basically. but some students are abusing others because of their race. we were like, come on, this is like the 21st—century and this is actually happening. according to the national union of students, racism on campus is rife. you know, i speak to students on a daily basis that tell me that they have been called the n—word. the politicians are calling on the universities to clean up their act. so we have seen a spike, it is a problem, and it needs to be cracked down on very aggressively. so, why are ethnic minority students still getting racially abused on campus? universities are places of learning whe

labour's david lammy leads 200 mps who've signed a letter calling for government promises to windrush migrants to be written into law. south korea says kimjong—un has promised to close north korea's nuclear test site next month — and has invited the world to watch. in northern ireland, police have taken two wanted men back into custody after they were found tied up on a bench in a county armagh village. also in the next hour — under attack from rising sea temperatures and pollution. australia is promising to spend 290 million pounds to help restore and protect the great barrier reef. celtic win the scottish premiership with a thumping 5—0 win over old rivals rangers and at 2.30pm the week in parliament looks

this is coming from the labour mp david lammy who says the son of a woman who came to britain as part of the windrush generation is due to be deported tomorrow. david lammy says the mother of the 35—year—old got in touch with him saying her son was going to be removed from the country after two failed applications to stay. david lammy has said it is a national disgrace, what is going on in the home office, it makes me ashamed of our great country, the prime minister must act urgently, he says, to hold the deportation and all of the windrush deportations. we did hearfrom a spokesman all of the windrush deportations. we did hear from a spokesman for the prime minister earlier saying there would not be any deportations or detentions of windrush generation residents while the immigration process is addressed and the failings in the immigration process, the prime minister apologising to caribbean leaders at a downing street meeting earlier. david lammy mps saying the son of a woman who came to britain as part of the windrush generation is due to be deported tomorrow. no doubt we will h

today david lammy tweeted... this has all come during a meeting in london of the leaders of commonwealth countries — these are countries which used to be part of the british empire. the prime minister of jamaica spoke earlier. it is a concerning matter but we take note that the government has given a commitment and we stand ready, as caribbean leaders, to ensure that the commitment is kept. foreign leaders rarely criticise the internal affairs of other countries, but listen to this, from the prime minster of antigua and barbuda, speaking to the bbc earlier. this is a matterfor the british government, but it has turned out to be a major embarrassment. there should be reprisals for sure. yesterday, the home secretary, amber rudd, said the way the government had acted was "appalling". her predecessor in that job was theresa may. the actor david schneider put it... theresa may led the department during its last push to remove illegal migrants — including sending vans around cities with billboards telling them to

more than 200 mps have signed a letter coordinated by the labour backbencher david lammy sent to the prime minister calling for government promises to windrush migrants to be written into law. there are calls for an investigation by the competition and markets authority into a potential merger between british supermarket chains sainsbury‘s and asda. south korea says kimjong—un has promised to close north korea's nuclear test site next month — and has invited the world to watch. on his first visit to the middle east as the new us secretary of state, mike pompeo has bitterly condemned what he called iran's efforts to destabilise the region. now on bbc news, it's time for click. this week we are going cryptocurrency crazy. we'll see how to mine bitcoin in a warehouse of thousands of machines, or in your kitchen, on your blender. welcome to iceland, one of the strangest places i've ever been. it is icecold. and... ..boiling hot. now, that does come with advantages. the volcanic activity that formed the island millions of years ago means it has access to very cheap geothermal electr

but an urgent question by labour mp, david lammy, in the commons area revealed his outrage at the way people have been treated. some of the way these people have been treated has been wrong and appalling but i am sorry. there were heated words from all sides. catches help —— tell the house how many have been detained as prisoners in their owi'i been detained as prisoners in their own country? —— can she. how can she tell the house how many have been denied pensions and how many have lost theirjob? this is a day of national shame. there needs to be an open and honest debate about immigration and if we did that, we might come to the upper conclusion that it is notjust the windrush generation that generations over centuries. tomorrow, theresa may will hold a meeting with commonwealth leaders to discuss the issue. i would like to see them start treating ourjamaica ns issue. i would like to see them start treating ourjamaicans as citizens and not nobody. that‘s all. i‘m not asking for much. we deserve it. we have worked, we have built up this country. and we would like to see i

lammy the london labor m.p. making a lot of headway about this story shocks juhi tweeted this shock to say that the home office actually have a document saying coming home to jamaica and telling people about their new life in jamaica at the age of sixty plus of the living in britain since they were two years old and telling them not to. tell them not to walk around after dark in unfamiliar places in jamaica and actually it was dog you know a low strangers to your destination for the rest of your life yeah try to be jamaican use local accents and dialects so people who been brought up their whole life in some cases from six months old literally been brought over here is babies and i lived their whole lives and perhaps have no surviving relatives in some cases . being told to essentially put on a jamaican accent or to extenuate you know maybe a jamaican accent of course or some might say this is actually about this theoretical idea that immigration costs us money that war doesn't and we can go to this story from t

more than 200 mps sign a letter co—ordinated by labour backbencher david lammy, calling for government promises to windrush migrants to be written into law. there are calls for an investigation by the competition and markets authority into a potential merger between british supermarket chains sainsbury's and asda south korea says kimjong—un has promised to close north korea's nuclear test site next month — and has invited the world to watch. also in the next hour — can you trust that five star rating? a bbc investigation finds fake online reviews are being openly traded on the internet and we look at the highlights of new york's tribeca film festival. that's in ‘talking movies' in half an hour.

the letter, co—ordinated by the labour mp david lammy, said concerns over compensation, housing and legal rights had not been settled. the home secretary, amber rudd, will give a statement to the commons tomorrow afternoon. peter saull is our political correspondent tell us more about this letter. well i think it keeps the pressure on the home secretary, she will give a statement to the commons tomorrow, the letter asked a series of questions, specifically about the compensation scheme, how much the windrush migrants might be entitled to, how it would work, how they would get the papers to prove addition citizenship and it calls for all of us to be backed up by legislation. lots of questions for amber rudd to answer when she returns to the commons tomorrow.l lot of calls for her to resign over targets and what she knew or did not know about targets within the home office, what is the latest on that, how much pressure do you think she is under? once again there is another call for her to resign from diane at that he has written a letter to the prime minister calling foran inquiry as letter

more than 200 mps have signed a letter, coordinated by labour backbencher david lammy, sent to the prime minister, calling for government promises to windrush migrants to be written into law. south korea says kimjong—un has promised to close north korea's nuclear test site next month, and has invited the world to watch. in northern ireland, police have taken two wanted men back into custody after they were found tied up on a bench in a county armagh village. ironman, the hulk and 20 more superheroes unite to fight the most powerful enemy yet in the avengers infinity well. pay award mark kermode thought of it and the rest of this week's cinema and dvd releases in the film review. now on bbc news — sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm james pearce. the headlines this evening. seven in succession for celtic. it's yet another premiership title for them as they put five past past old firm rivals rangers. simply too good. lyon beat manchester city in the champions league semi—final. and a first win of the season for lewis hamilton. everything goes his way in baku at the ajer

labour's david lammy leads 200 mps who've signed a letter calling for for government promises to windrush migrants to be written into law. south korea says kimjong—un has promised to close north korea's nuclear test site next month and has invited the world to watch. there are calls for an investigation by the competition and markets authority into a potential merger between british supermarket chains sainsbury‘s and asda. also in the next hour, can you trust that five star rating? a bbc investigation finds fake online reviews are being openly traded on the internet. and click visits a cryptocurrency mine in iceland and investigates a new and growing crime amongst hackers. that's in half an hour here on bbc news.

and the mp for tottenham, david lammy, says he has also had enough. he has been meeting concerned constituents in his community, where 17—year—old tanesha melbourne was killed in a drive—by shooting on monday. it is just killed in a drive—by shooting on monday. it isjust heartbreaking, people are frightened now, frightened for their children to walk the streets. i've not seen the home secretary, i've not seen the mayor. it's unacceptable. why is life in my constituency with less than lives in other parts of the country? if all young people were dying ina country? if all young people were dying in a leafy shire, they would be all over it. but action is being promised by those in charge. we have announced a violent crime task force, 120 officers, working across london to grapple the issue of gun crime and knife crime. i plead with anybody who has any information to please ring. more than 50 people have been killed in london this year, and some people there things could get worse before they get better. well, this is where israel 0gunsola's body

david lammy, he has been at the forefront of much of the campaigning forefront of much of the campaigning for the windrush family said he welcomed the measures but noted that the government was giving back citizenship to these windrush families who already had been], so there were given back something that they had in his words taken away. whether this will ease the row remains to be seen, but you sense the desire in government is to come forward with a really substantial package of concessions to finally try and put an end to this whole controversy. thank you, norman smith, our assistant political editor, westminster. last week, we spoke to glenda caesar, who came to the uk with her parents from dominica aged just six months. glenda lost herjob of 16 years with the nhs as she was unable to provide the right documentation. it also meant she could not claim any benefits. since then, she has had a meeting with home office officials. shejoins me now. how did the meeting go? it went really well. they gave me my citizenship after seven days. i am happy for that. that is exactly what i wanted.

if you listen to someone like david lammy, who i thought in the house of commons, notwithstanding what he said about tory ministers, but what he said about the scandal of windrush and its effect on britain, i thought he was absolutely right. she also seems to inadvertently make life a debate that the pm herself assumed was closed, when she started talking about the position on british membership of the customs union. i mean, she has invited speculation that it might now change, hasn't she? i think she has cleared that up, it was her misfortune that she was doing a press gallery lunch today of all days, but, you know, rather than undermine her, we should all support. i don't think there is any question whatsoever of her resigning. on this point, though, doesn't it alert you to the fact that, clearly, someone very close to the pm was not entirely sure of her mindset now on this question of customs union membership? i imagine that amber rudd was very focused on the home office issues, and she was likely blindsided by that question, but before she had left the lunch, she corrected it on tw

and the mp for tottenham, david lammy, says he has also had enough. he has been meeting concerned constituents in his community, where 17—year—old tanesha melbourne was killed in a drive—by shooting on monday. it's just heartbreaking. people are frightened now, frightened for their children to walk the streets. i've not seen the home secretary, i've not seen the mayor. it's unacceptable. why is life in my constituency worth less than lives in other parts of the country? if four young people had died in a leafy shire, they would be all over it. but action is being promised by those in charge. we have announced today the violent crime task force, 120 officers working across london to grapple with the issue of gun crime and knife crime. i plead with anybody who has any information at all to please ring. more than 50 people have been killed in london, this year, and some people fear things could get worse before they get better. while politicians and the police have been trying to explain the reasons for the rise in knife and gun deaths in london, o

amongst them was the tottenham mp david lammy — who nodded to the language of the far right he believed had made its way into government thinking, before calling on the prime minister to recognise the company she was keeping and the effect it was having on her policies. the home secretary came to the house to apologise, after testa ment after testa ment had been heard from those who came to britain decades ago at the invitation of the british government, only now to be treated now like foreigners, imposters, in their own home. here's our political editor nick watt. i feel like an alien. what's that word they use for people on the run — a fugitive. i felt a tap on the shoulder with somebody saying to me, you don't belong here. i don't know why they did it, they must know why they did what they did to cause people harm and total upheaval. michael braithwaite came here as a 9—year—old boy, as a proud member of the windrush generation. he went to school here and has worked and paid taxes here all his life. he is british. but when the school he worked at looked to renew some paperwork,

david lammy, the local mp, your platform it murders in your constituency since christmas. this is the worst i have seen it. i have been an mp for 18 years. four murders since christmas, more murders since christmas, more murders by knife crime than weeks in the year and it is not even summer. i have had no phone calls from the home secretary or any ministers. from the mayor. my constituents are frustrated and angry, but also quite scared for their children, and quite rightly they are saying," why does deathin rightly they are saying," why does death in tottenham or hackney walthamstow, why is it treated any differently to other young children losing their lives?" do you really think that is the case? that is what they say to me and quite rightly it is how they feel. four young people... we had a young boy shot in the front of the cinema in wood green in north london, in haringey, and now we have had a victim was her life in the way she has. it goes on and on. today, as i stand here, on the e—mail comes another stabbing, just across the way in walthamstow. p per —— pe

speaking at a meeting in parliament with some of those affected, the labour mp david lammy, described the government's handling of the situation "as "shameful." for people who have been deported back to countries that they never knew, for people who have been detained, prisoners in their own country. for people who have worked, paid their taxes, paid their national insurance and then denied nhs treatment if you now have cancer, denied your pension, that you have contributed to, told her that you were not now able to seek public funds. that you are not able to work in this country, i'm afraid as caribbean people we are not going to forget our history. we don'tjust wa nt to to forget our history. we don'tjust want to hearan to forget our history. we don'tjust want to hear an apology, we want reparation. cheering let's speak to our political correspondent jonathan blake who's in westminster. you are at this meeting, jonathan, tell us more about what was said. there was a lot of anger and frustration as you heard there from the meeting. it was arranged by the labour shadow home secretary

lammy he referred to it as part of a hostile policy do you agree with him is it a hostile policy or is there quite a lot of just good old incompetence from the government on this well this a lot of this comes from what to resume in david cameron described themselves as their hostile environment policies or that was the aim the you know david cameron made in a speech to create a hostile environment in the u.k. and as part of that landlords doctors nurses banks all now ask people for proof of their immigration status and it's been known from the beginning that this is exactly the sort of thing that you would expect to happen if you introduce those kinds of policies because those policies were introduced quite recently whereas obviously a lot of people that we're talking about have literally been here their whole lives and and decades and i guess they were granted indefinite leave to remain but the ones that chose for whatever reason not to actually become british citizens now have a difficult time in proving it yeah i mean all of these people have a legal right to be here because the

at a meeting tonight, labour mp david lammy, described the situation as shameful. for people who have worked, paid the taxes, paid that national insurance, and then denied nhs treatment, if you now have cancer, denied your pension that you have contributed to! told that you are not now able to! told that you are not now able to seek public funds. that you are not able to work in this country. i am afraid, as caribbean people, we are not going to forget our history! we'll just want to hear an apology. we'll just want to hear an apology. we wa nt we'll just want to hear an apology. we want reparation! —— we don't want to just we want reparation! —— we don't want tojust here. this is 0utside source live from the bbc newsroom. 0ur lead story is: the former director of the fbi sacked by donald trump speaks to the bbc. james comey says the president has dangerous impulses and needs to be rained in. some of our other stores we are working on. bbc arabic report that international inspectors are yet to enter the syrian town of douma, to investigate the suspected che

lammy. it is inhumane and cool for so many of that windrush generation to have suffered so long in this condition and for the secretary of state only to have made a statement today. —— inhumane and: the lam not i am not aware of any specific circumstances, that's why i have asked the high commissioner is that if they know of any they should bring it to me, and i ask anyone here if they know of any such circumstances, they should bring them to the home office. the government says people like grandfather michael braithwaite who lost hisjob as grandfather michael braithwaite who lost his job as a special needs teacher and this man who was refused treatment on the nhs for his cancer will now get support. the government admitted terrible mistakes had been made. there are some heartbreaking stories and what is important to me is that we get this right going forward and that we work to make sure that those who have not got a biometric residence card be helped to apply, be able to talk to their

lammy, a very powerful speech talking about a national day of shame. and i think it matters not just national day of shame. and i think it matters notjust for the repercussions in terms of relations with many members of our community and the caribbean but what it says about the home office, and there are serious questions about whether anyone has a grip on what is going on. at the moment it is not clear whether any of the so—called windrush generation has been deported, the government does not think so but they are not absolutely certain. yesterday the home secretary could not say whether some had may lost benefits or lost out on nhs treatment because of the additional checks. the immigration minister seems to say different things from the home secretary and you are just things from the home secretary and you arejust wondering things from the home secretary and you are just wondering who is running this and has a grip on it, and why has it got so much more political salience? lots of people are pointing the finger of blame at mrs may. when she was ho

i want to put to use something that david lammy, the mp says, all it takes is a gift of trainers and a 12—year—old is asked to carry a package and before long he earns more in one week than his parents earn any year. how would you stop him or her from doing that? stop people coming to our communities and buying recreational drugs at the weekend. these people are being sent out to different areas, it's notjust in your area. it goes back to the poverty. it goes back to the fact that they live on estates that apply presence, it goes back to the fact that an education system has failed us, when we are in primary school we wa nt to us, when we are in primary school we want to be doctors and astronauts but between your seven and year 11 something changes. i've witnessed it for myself, as a parent governor, it's like children, take the thing, that child becomes a problem child so that child is labelled for the re st of so that child is labelled for the rest of his life, he will leave the school and you have children at the age of four in a pupil referral unit. i think it's wrong. age of