Reached epidemic proportions. They say they had to deal with around 60 spice related incidents over the weekend and have launched extra patrols. Slumped, zombie like and barely conscious. Were told hes just taken spice. Another man metres away with similar symptoms. And everyone we speak to on the streets knows where to get it. Around the central area, just round anywhere, really. Just anywhere. Some in this drop in centre for Homeless People say theyve felt the effects. Just like chill but, like, youre in space and then one minute youre taking it and the next you get hooked and lose control. And others say the problems not going away. Its a lot worse now than it was before, a lot worse. The reason why theyre on this spice is because it is cheap. It is only £5 bag, weed is £10 a bag, so theyre all going for the spice because its cheaper. The drug is a synthetic form of cannabis but can be much more potent and is highly addictive. After being made illegal last year it is now sold on t
southwards in towards the near continent. all areas will feel cool and fresher into the weekend. across the south east, wednesday, thursday is the last of the warmth, then all areas will be in a cooler north westerly wind with sunshine and showers. some of them on the heavy side. and that s bbc news at ten there s more analysis of the days main stories on newsnight, which isjust getting underway on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are but from the ten team it s goodnight. a nurse has been convicted of murdering babies. it s just beyond your imagination that somebody s on a ward killing babies. it s unbelievable. so what turned lucy letby
government can get a hashtag trending, it can drown out the noise of its critics online. and what better way to do that than by financially incentivising people to tweet on behalf of it? now, rafael provided us with evidence of payments he s received through a government app called sistema patria, which gives venezuelans access to things like benefits, state pensions and public salaries. now, this gives you a flavour of how he s receiving payments in the app. as you can see, they re referred to as social media mention awards. and one payment he received was for 39 venezuelan bolivars, which isjust under two us dollars, and varying other payments. as you can see, the more you tweet, the more you make. now, we asked the venezuelan government why they are paying people to tweet online propaganda, but they did not respond.
line of defence, and getting into that street is pretty impossible, unless you have the proper security vetting or a pass that we ll get you in. clearly what s happened as the cars managed to get through the first barricade, which isjust a cars managed to get through the first barricade, which is just a few fences, to be honest, it s been stopped at that iron gate that takes you into downing street proper. i don t know if you can see in the background just behind the car that we have been focusing on in the past 20 minutes or so, there are people starting to leave the cabinet office which is the next building up. that is the sort of amgen of government where a lot of ministers and special advisers and staff will visit over the course of the day for government business. people are starting to leave that building now. it s quite clear that the police have the situation completely under control, it also looks to me like they are starting to take some more off the
following two nights of israeli police raids during ramadan prayers earlier this week at al aqsa mosque, islam s third holiest site. easter, passoverand ramadan overlap only once every 33 years, and are doing so this year again, against a backdrop of violence. anna o neill bbc news. let s hear from our correspondent injerusalem, lucy williamson. prime minister benjamin netanyahu visited the site where the two british israeli women were killed yesterday and vowed to find those responsible, as he said they had done with the other attacks that have been taking place over the past few months in the occupied west bank. just to remind people, these two british israeli women, they were young women, they were sisters. they were from the settlement of efrat, which isjust south ofjerusalem.