errors at been confirmed they made errors at the parole hearing, basically what the parole hearing, basically what the high court have said, and there have been systemic failings at the pa role have been systemic failings at the parole board. so we will you do have a serious issue because the public must have confidence that people who are in prison are going to stay there until it is safe to release them, rather than being released too early. and the question is transparency. you have a trial, a person is accused, he or she stands trial and is convicted, but how the pa role trial and is convicted, but how the parole board takes its decision we don't know. 25,000 cases of parole board considered every year and there are some thing called rule 25. under rule 25, neither the victims fioi’ under rule 25, neither the victims nor the public are told. canada and new zealand have a summary system, whereby a reason is given, why was worboys meant to be released, on what ground ? worboys meant to be released, on what ground? had we known that, we could have said ok, the victims could have said ok, the victims could have said ok, the victims could have had some assessment. i think 0k

could have had some assessment. i think ok you might say you don't wa nt think ok you might say you don't want the parole board system completely open, it might lead to vigilante is taking over. we need more transparency whole system needs to build that. we know the head of the parole board was told his position was untenable and has resigned. the justice position was untenable and has resigned. thejustice secretary on the front of the telegraph faces calls to resign, but he has told the telegraph he has not considered resigning. i think his position is probably 0k, much of the decision was taken by the previousjustice secretary anyway. it could be that pressure will continue to mount, but i think the fact that the whole of the parole —— the head of the parole board has gone... he was pushed, wasn't he? well, obviously, if there we re wasn't he? well, obviously, if there were failings in the board. according to thejustice secretary, david gauke ‘s's legal advice was that he would weaken the case for the victims of the government did

intervene, which is why he said he didn't, and decided not to do so. clearly this is most unsatisfactory. you have to earn on the side of protecting the public, and the public must have confidence that our system works. we are in a position where the head of the parole board said he followed legal advice and was then told his position was untenable. the justice was then told his position was untenable. thejustice secretary followed legal advice but he is still in hisjob. followed legal advice but he is still in his job. and what we don't know is what the legal advice is. we are ina know is what the legal advice is. we are in a world of darkness where, actually, ourjustice are in a world of darkness where, actually, our justice system are in a world of darkness where, actually, ourjustice system is best to be something we can see and judge and yet we don't know what the decisions are. but the parole board is clearly responsible for decisions about parole and for making sure that the process works properly, and ta kes that the process works properly, and takes into that the process works properly, and ta kes into accou nt that the process works properly, and takes into account the crimes that have been committed and the position of the victims, and that doesn't seem to have been done as well as it should have been. the fact that this has been such a damning verdict on

the high court really is a cause for concern. let's move into another story, skripal poisoned by nerve agent on the front door, this is a developing story tonight into the investigation of the poisoning of the former russian spy in salisbury. yes, because there has been a lot of speculation about how they got inspected dunn infected with this poison, now it seems that actually much of it had been found on their front door. that also is where detective sergeant nick bailey, who has also fallen ill, had visited the house. this may suggest that this may have been somebody of knew, some who defended them, who knows, we don't know, investigations are going oi'i. don't know, investigations are going on. we need to discover how this happened, we know what chemicals we re happened, we know what chemicals were used but we don't quite know how it happened. therefore it is not like the late than the case, we know quite exactly, you know, they were sitting —— like the litvinenko case, here we have to have more details,

this is probably the first detailed we know as to how the whole process took place. the thing that again is of real concern is that this was just apparently a substance left on their front just apparently a substance left on theirfront door. just apparently a substance left on their front door. anybody coming to their front door. anybody coming to their front door. anybody coming to theirfront door could their front door. anybody coming to their front door could have their front door. anybody coming to theirfront door could have been injured in the same way. and the fa ct injured in the same way. and the fact that one of our policeman has been injured, this is notjust an attack against russian people on british soil, this has been an attack on a british policeman as well, and it could have been any other member of the public. litvinenko it seems to be that the poison was administered to him directly. this is much, much more dangerous to the public. indiscriminate killing. but they haven't died. attempted killing. pa pley haven't died. attempted killing. papley said people living nearby are still at a low risk. the daily express, a very striking picture, one year to brexit, and they have an article inside i think with boris

johnson, who is quoted on the front page. yes, boris johnson always likes to be a journalist, so he has written an exclusive article. very difficult for boris johnson to write an exclusive article, one wonders how much they paid him, anyway, they said that train is heading for brexit. one wonders what sort of station brexit is. they doesn't actually explain when we get to brexit what we will find there! all he is telling us as there is a glorious view awaiting us, which is not much use to us. what is at the destination, when we get there, we area destination, when we get there, we are a year on from triggering article 50. we haven't got long to go before we are supposed to be out of the eu, and yet we are hearing there is a glorious view. we actually need a bit more detail than that. horace is a very good journalist but he is struggling, he is telling us there is a commonwealth prime minister's co nfe re nce commonwealth prime minister's conference being held here, as if thatis conference being held here, as if that is exclusive news! pelle there

are 50 countries in the commonwealth and the article says we will have wonderful arrangements with them. through the eu we already have arrangements with 44 of the 50 countries in the commonwealth, two more on the blocks. so we are already global britain. that is not to say we won't have a good future, of course as a great country we will have a great future, but the idea that somehow leaving the eu means we can have brand—new free trade deals as if we don't have any right now is as if we don't have any right now is a little bit misleading. the daily express has an exclusive poll, which says no second referendum. two thirds of people than 11. 6596 of people say no to a second referendum. and it shows that people are optimistic that they are optimistic about the country but they are personally present a stick about how they will be affected. so if you like, in all these polls,

there is a lot of duality, and so while they don't want a second referendum, but the others are not very sure as to how they would be personally affected by brexit. and 44% sinjah think it is a shambles, the current negotiations. they didn't put that on the front page! the financial times, record megadeal surge pushes global takeover is beyond $1 trillion. this seems to me quite a surprising story, mihir, in the light of brexit and political uncertainty in the rest of the world so uncertainty in the rest of the world so what is triggering it? absolutely, what seems to have happen, while there is some of political uncertainty, brexit, russia, north korea, you name it, maybe a trade war between the united states and china, but the people who are doing deals seem to be doing megadeals. there is a japanese drug company buying an irish one, deals in america and so on. and the stock market is booming. either these

money men know something or they are thinking if there is going to be political uncertainty we may as well do it now. if you like acquire debt and buy things and then we will see what happens in the future. they might be taking a risk, but figures quoted by the ft are astonishing. yes, and over the past year what the activity in europe has more than doubled. and of course we have had quantitative easing, printing billions and billions of new money, so billions and billions of new money, so the money is trying to find a home, stock markets have been doing very well, private equity firms are 110w very well, private equity firms are now buying up companies, putting get into those companies because that is more tax efficient, maybe, extracting rewards and then leaving the companies with more debt. in the current environment, that makes a lot of financial sense. let's move on to the times. they are leading with this story, 600,000 foreign visitors lost in border shambles. an

arresting headline so how have they been lost? the government has spent quite a lot of money on a brand—new system, which is supposed to track people who come into the country and then track them when they leave. in then track them when they leave. in the 1990s, we abandoned all exit checks, and then in 2015, the government decided perhaps we ought to keep a track of not only who is coming in but also if they have come m, coming in but also if they have come in, whether they have left as well. but it turns out that the chief inspector of immigration has suggested that this new system is not quite what it's cracked up to be. and 600,000 or so people whose right to remain has expired in the last couple of years have been lost to the system, we have no idea whether they are still here, whether they have gone or not. so clearly they have gone or not. so clearly the money that has been spent on this new border check system has not

delivered what was expected. so this new report is basically saying it is unreliable at the moment, and clearly we need to make some changes. i mean, we should have never really abandon the system of stamping the passport, which is what almost every country you go to do. we rely on information airlines give to the home office. passenger name records. £800 million have been spent track to find out, and it seems of 10 million people whose expiry date of staying on in this country has expired in the last two years, and out of that no records for 600,000. sol years, and out of that no records for 600,000. so i don't know why we're not going back to the system of stamping passports, ijust don't understand it? we will have to have a whole new system anyway, if we do leave the eu, we will need proper border checks, both coming in and going out, and a whole new system. but it looks as if they are going to

have to rethink how they do the ita, because the current process just isn't working. not much time, but i have to ask you about this other story in the times, save one heart and break another with weight loss surgery. and break another with weight loss surgery. how so? it seems if you lose weight, if you have surgery to shrink your stomach and things like lose weight, and therefore you become such a new person that you wa nt become such a new person that you want to find love, or you find love. this is what swedish researchers have been working on, people who are classified as obese and now they are much slimmer, more handsome, and therefore more beautiful, and therefore more beautiful, and therefore they find a new love. and a p pa re ntly therefore they find a new love. and apparently more weight you lose, the more like you that you are to lose —— to find love. you can lose up to half of your excess body weight with this surgery, and not only do people who have been single and have the surgery seem who have been single and have the surgery seem to be much more likely to find love within the first couple of years, to find love within the first couple

of yea rs, u nfortu nately to find love within the first couple of years, unfortunately there is also the finding that if you are married and you have the weight loss surgery, married and you have the weight loss surgery, you also significantly more likely to get divorced soon afterwards. in my case, i am trying to lose weight, and my wife is encouraging me. on that bombshell, thatisit encouraging me. on that bombshell, that is it from the papers tonight. don't forget, you can see the front pages of the papers online, it is all there for you seven days a week. if you missed any of it later you can watch it on the iplayer. thank you both so much, it has been great having your company, thank you for your company too, until next time, goodbye. good evening. a heads up for the easter weekend at the end of this forecast, but for

the end of this forecast, but for the here and now, we have clear skies across the country, and that is allowing for temperatures to start to fall away. so it will be a chilly night with some patchy mist and they be some freezing fog for the north. rain topping until in the country with the showers down to the south—west preventing those temperatures from falling below freezing. elsewhere a light frost first thing in the morning, a chilly start but at least we will season sunshine. favoured spots for the best of the weather, western scotland, maybe northern ireland and north—west england but at the same time the cloud and rain into the south—west will push into wales, northern england and across to the south—east. the disappointing feel out there, rather chilly. now as we move into the easter weekend, it looks as though we will continue to see some rain. it will stay quite cold in the north so some of showers will be wintry on the hills but at least once the rain clears, fingers crossed we will see some sun. this is bbc news. i'm rebecca jones the headlines at 11:00. detectives investigating

the poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter believe the pairfirst came into contact with the nerve agent at the front door of their home in salisbury. the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, says the salisbury attack crystallised a "global wave of revulsion" against the kremlin as 27 countries expel russian diplomats. in the hope you will agree with me that i think the kremlin underestimated the strength of global feeling. the serial sex offenderjohn worboys will remain in prison after two of his victims went to the high court to challenge plans