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4.57pm BST
According to the latest figures from NHS England, there are now 5,163 Covid patients in hospital in England. That is a rise of 32.6% on the equivalent total a week ago today (3,894).
And 738 of those patients are on mechanical ventilation. That is a 35.7% rise on the equivalent total for a week ago today (544).
4.45pm BST
These are from Prof Stephen Reicher, professor of social psychology at the University of St Andrews, on the PM’s Beating Crime Plan.
So, Johnson is playing the law and order card again, calling for more stop and search –
despite the fact that College of Policing research concludes that it has minimal effect
despite the fact that the best predictor of rioting in 2011 was a high level of stop and search. pic.twitter.com/z9pWR3EqkP
The College of Policing report (https://t.co/KiIs0D29n8) concludes that the relationship between stop and search and crime is inconsistent and weak. Specifically, weapons searches do not reduce violent crime. pic.twitter.com/RBn1YiYKCv
Our own research (https://t.co/wISlc0mjcF) shows that those London boroughs that saw rioting in 2011 had double the number of stops and searches in the previous 30 months compared to those that didn’t. pic.twitter.com/tw2yfB8odG
