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Radio 4,30 Jul 2024,45 mins

Violence breaks out in Southport day after knife attack

The World Tonight

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Several officers have been injured and a police van set on fire during a protest just hours after a vigil took place to remember the victims of a knife attack in which three children were killed. We hear the latest on the ground. Also on the programme: Angela Rayner has unveiled an overhaul of England's planning rules to help deliver Labour's promise of 1.5 million new homes by 2029. We discuss with two young renters, and get political reaction from the constituencies of Milton Keynes North and South Cambridgeshire. And with Kamala Harris about to choose her running mate, we ask what the vice-presidential vetters will be looking for…

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