The move allows local authorities to request additional resources if needed, the police department says.
Tensions are high as hundreds of people are expected to join the “Unite the Right” rally against plans to remove a statue of a confederate general.
Counter-protesters have also gathered in the city.
Source: Charlottesville: Emergency state over US far-right rally – BBC News
Andy Cunningham, the creator of children’s TV show Bodger and Badger, has died from cancer at the age of 67.
He also starred in the BBC show, in which he played handyman Simon Bodger and provided the voice for the beret-wearing badger that loved mashed potato.
Mr Cunningham died at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton on Monday.
His sister Tessa said he “lived to be loved and to make people laugh, starting with me, his little sister”.
Mr Cunningham, who read English at Cambridge, gave comedian Julian Clary his first job when he was writing and directing for the Covent Garden Community Theatre Group, and he worked as a puppeteer in the Star Wars film Return of the Jedi.
“He had a quicksilver brain, a rebellious attitude, boundless compassion particularly for the underdog, unstinting levels of generosity and, of course, a passion for mashed potato,” Ms Cunningham said…
Source: Bodger and Badger creator Andy Cunningham dies aged 67 – BBC News
