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>> it was awful. he's such a kind gentle soul. >> reporter: amos died while helping his community meeting face-to-face with voters, a so-called constituency surgery, answering queries, solving problems. listening to gripes. police say they received a call about a stabbing around noon. they were on the scene of the church within minutes but they say amos had been stabbed multiple times and the emergency services couldn't save him. a knife was found at the scene and a 25-year-old man arrested. police say they are not looking for anyone else at this time. >> the investigation is in its very early...

This has been confirmed by essex police, after a stabbing at the constituency office of the conservative mp sir david amess. a british councillor at the scene of the stabbing has told the news agency, reuters, he is not sure how serious it is but it is not looking good. that line coming to us from the reuters news agency. we will bring you more updates as we get them to stop let spring and our political correspondent who is following developments. peter, it has been said there was a stabbing at the constituency office. hasn't yet been confirmed it was sir david amess himself or do we not know ...

Are a very important part of our democracy, so that voters can go and see their elected representatives, raise concerns of them face—to—face and hope that they can do something about them. so they will be dozens of constituency surgery is happening up of constituency surgery is happening up and down the country today, friday is a very big day for that happening. as you can imagine, mps from all over the country reacting with horror at these reports we are hearing this afternoon. just with horror at these reports we are hearing this afternoon.— hearing this afternoon. just to be cut for a...

This is bbc news — i'm ben boulos. the headlines: there has been a stabbing at the constituency surgery of conservative mp sir david amess — a man has been arrested and officers are not looking for anyone else. more than 40,000 people may have been incorrectly given negative pcr covid test results in south—west england and south—east wales. it is a worry because i was out socialising, seeing people as normal, and possibly spreading the virus without even realising it. an investigation has singled out a lab in wolverhampton, and some scientists have questioned how this happened. i canno...

Tonight at ten, sir david amess, the conservative mp, has been stabbed to death during a constituency surgery. he'd been a member of parliament in essex for almost a0 years and leaves behind a wife and five children. tonight, a 25—year—old man is in custody, held on suspicion of murder. this was a difficult incident but our officers and paramedics from the east of england ambulance service worked extremely hard to save sir david. tragically he died at the scene. a counter terrorism team will lead the investigation. the prime minister was one of many paying fulsome tribute to the backbenche...