this is bbc news — these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world: nepal says it is unlikely there are any survivors from sunday's air crash. 68 bodies have been found and four people are still unaccounted for. police in england and wales could be granted powers to intervene in protests before they become highly disruptive under new uk government plans. a 22—year—old—man is arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a seven—year—old girl is seriously injured in a drive—by shooting outside a london church. italian police have arrested the country's most wanted mafia boss, matteo messina denaro, who has been on the run for 30 years. money borrowed for christmas

could take years to repay, a uk advice charity has warned — as a poll for the bbc indicates fear over unmanageable debt. hello, everybody. how you doing? they've arrived! the paparazzi descend on burnley in the north of england, for the premier of the bank of dave — the true story of how a businessman took on the big banks and won. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. nepal is observing a national day of mourning for the country's worst air disaster in three decades. both the cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder of the yeti airlines plane that crashed in the central

pokhara himalayas region have now been found. at least 68 people died when a yeti airlines flight from the capital kathmandu to the tourist town of pokhara crashed close to the runway on sunday. rajini has travelled to the crash site and gave us this update from there. we're standing on the banks as we watch the recovery operation continue. there are hundreds of police officers here who are combing through the wreckage, and you can still smell the smoke in the air. the plane crash landed just as it was about to reach its destination, pokhara international airport, on sunday. it then burst into flames. the pictures that were shared on tv, on social media, showed that huge inferno. now, rescue workers here say it's unlikely that they'll find any survivors. yesterday 68 people were already confirmed as dead. they were holding out hope for the four other people,

who were unaccounted for, but it's looking unlikely that anyone has survived. as you say, the plane crashed into the gorge behind me. i'm on the banks of the river seti and what you can't see on camera are hundreds of people in the area who have come to take a look at this rescue operation. today is a national day of mourning here in nepal, a country thatis of mourning here in nepal, a country that is no stranger to fatal airline accidents. there is an investigation thatis accidents. there is an investigation that is going on at the moment. the government has asked that investigation to report back in 45 days. now, i have spoken to somebody, spokesperson for pokhara international airport, this morning, the airport this airline air plane was heading to. it opened earlier this year and had only been in operation for a number of days. that spokesperson told me the weather conditions were good yesterday, that the winds were normal, but he did say that at the last minute the

pilot asked to switch runways and land at a different runway. he was assigned runway three and asked to land at runway i, and there were no other planes in the airspace of the air airport other planes in the airspace of the airairport did not other planes in the airspace of the air airport did not see an issue with that but they said they did not get any problems reported from the pilot, but it was surely after that decision to switch runways was given the all clear that that plane crash landed, and we still don't know why. in the past, as i mentioned, there had been a number of fatal accidents in the air here in nepal and in the past some of that has been blamed on poor regulation, old aircraft that have not been updated, and of course the terrain in this country. this is a himalayan mountain region where the weather can change at the last minute and that can make for a very tricky flying conditions. but as i say anything anyone has said is pure speculation at the moment as this investigation continues. police in england and wales could be allowed to intervene in protests

before they cause serious disruption, under new government plans. the proposals will have to be approved by mps and peers first — but have already attracted criticism from human rights groups. our political correspondent ione wells has more. no new oil! walking slowly may not be that loud, nor violent or aggressive, but it's the kind of protest that the government now argues is disruptive enough that police should have the power to shut it down. its proposed changes would mean police wouldn't need to wait for a protest to get disruptive and escalate before they shut them down. police would also not need to treat a series of protests by the same group as stand—alone incidents, so campaigns over a period of days or weeks could be seen as enough to warrant police intervention. if passed, this would give police more power to shut down protest groups like insulate britain and just stop oil. the amendments that we're introducing in the lords respond to a request from the police to clarify the threshold above which it is right for the police to intervene. of course, we as a government fully respect the right to protest, but that does need to be properly balanced with the right of the general public to go about their day—to—day lives.

human rights groups have criticised the idea. we have to see these changes for what they are, a government attempt to clamp down on any resistance, on any voice of opposition, and instead to make it impossible for us to stand up to power, for us to make our voices heard when the government do something that we don't agree with. the government will outline its planned changes to this new public order bill today. it would need to pass through parliament before becoming law. labour have opposed the proposed law from the start and say the prime minister should talk more about prosecuting criminals than protests. ione wells, bbc news. earlier i got reaction to these plans from parm sandhu, a former chief superintentent

in the metropolitan police. i recognise the right - to protest in this country and it is a democratic right. which everybody should have, but i also feel the public— are being held to ransom over these protests and with these new laws it will change that balance so that - members of the public can go about their lawful business, l they can get to their place of work, ambulances can get through, - people aren't going to be allowed |to glue themselves to the street. even one protester who glue themselves to the street, i it takes five police officers to take them away. - there is a huge cost— to the taxpayers and also disruption to their normal lives. ithere are a lot of people in thisl country on zero—hours contracts. when they can't get to work i they are suffering, so i actually support the new legislation. i understand it will go - through the mp5 and it may be subject to more amendment i but there are ways and means of protesting and you don't need . to shut down the streets to do that,

you don't need to lock and glue yourself onto property. - ok, but let's just say there are a group of protesters not causing any disruption, not interfering with anyone or anything. do you think it is ok then for the police to intercept those protesters before they do anything based on the idea they may cause disruption? so in effect what you're doing is intercepting a peaceful protest? you're not intercepting a peaceful. protest because you are intercepting a protest that is going to cause disruption... | but how do you know that? it will be based on intelligencel because when those groups get together there are messages - exchanged on whatsapp or twitter or twitter or whatever it is, so they will be based - on intelligence, not on an idea. but you can't always say there will be intelligence regarding every protest. what i am trying to get at here is that there is a line between what is a peaceful protest and one that is disruptive. how are the police going to know where that line is? well, that's where the balancing act comes in and it is normally based i on intelligence because those groups |don't get together without some sort of intelligence exchange so it -

will be based on knowledge and fact. if they are walking to a place and they are not causing - any disruption, fine, _ they will be allowed to walk there. but as soon as they start - doing their disruptive activities, that is where the intervention starts — sure, and forgive me for interrupting you, but you say they can walk somewhere and we know they're not going to disrupt, but how do the police know that? who makes that decision? how is it made? can we 100% trust the police to be able to have the intelligence they need to make that informed decision every time and get it right? because if they don't get it right they are subverting democracy. absolutely right, and there is the right to protest - and i agree with that. police officers will not make those decisions and it will be a senior. officer who balances and make that| decision and has to have a rationale for that so that it can be - explained, it can be transparent after the event as well. so there is that accountability-

and police officers know they have to be accountable to the public. they don't want to be part of that erosion of our right to protest, i but they have to also act for the general public. who want to get to work. ambulances want to get hospitals, fire engines need to get— to where they need to get to, so it's a really difficult - balancing act there. do you agree with human rights activists who say, you know, pushing the police out of this and talking about the government, they say this is a government effort to clamp down on any right to resistance? i don't believe that. i i actually believe this is the righti for people to go about their lawful existence getting to and from work, . and i actually support the police l and the government on this occasion i because this is needed so that we i can all go about our lawful business. - let's speak to jamie klingler, co—founder of reclaim these streets, which was set up

following the murder of sarah everard in 2021. last year high court ruling said that the met police breached their right to freedom of speech and assembly after they organised a vigil following ms everard's death. we are very grateful to you for joining and you are listening there to what parm sandhu was talking about. what do you think about the police point of view that protests become disruptive and it is the police�*s right to pre—empt this so as to save the public from, you know, disruption and misspent tax money? know, disruption and misspent tax mone ? . ., ., ., _ money? that we are in a democracy and it is not — money? that we are in a democracy and it is not minority _ money? that we are in a democracy and it is not minority report. - money? that we are in a democracy and it is not minority report. they l and it is not minority report. they tried to and they did stop us from holding a vigil and it was a moment of silence in a park for somebody one of the run had cold. the police are not in a position to decide who can and cannot protest —— for someone that one of their own had killed. they have shown they can't do that from the health and safety act and time and again they appealed our verdict twice and still won't say how much money they spent. it is

not like they are being transparent and learning from these things. two days ago there was a win quote about them not knowing what to do with press cards. you know, we can't live in a democracy where there is not the right to protest and everything this government is doing is trying to clamp down. first of all, it was noisy and annoying. now it is we can't work too silly, so we can't be too loud, too quiet, we can't hold up too loud, too quiet, we can't hold up blank signs. at what point does it stop a right to protest altogether? might my f for example the police came across a group of people standing next to a motorway on the verge of a motorway —— well, if, for example. carry on glue, carrying banners, carrying equipment that may be construed as something that may be construed as something that would help them create a disruptive protest, should the police at that point stop them, knowing the level of disruption they could potentially cause? or should the police let them carry on because at that point it is peaceful? my at that point it is peaceful? ij�*i understanding at that point it is peaceful? m: understanding is at that point it is peaceful? m; understanding is you can't do it

before the act, at least initially... before the act, at least initially. . ._ before the act, at least initially... before the act, at least initiall ,, ., , , ., ., initially... should they be allowed to pre-empt _ initially... should they be allowed to pre-empt a _ initially... should they be allowed to pre-empt a grow) _ initially... should they be allowed to pre-empt a group they - initially... should they be allowed | to pre-empt a group they consider initially... should they be allowed . to pre-empt a group they consider to to pre—empt a group they consider to be fully equipped for disruption? you can't stop me —— well, you could stop me for having glue and paper and walking around as a first grade teacher. people held up blank signs during the queen's funeral. you know, we have to be able to protest and the idea that we know what someone might do and we... that our intelligence so good. the police intelligence so good. the police intelligence has proved time and again it is not so good. unarmed have been killed.— again it is not so good. unarmed have been killed. what is the answer to this because _ have been killed. what is the answer to this because in _ have been killed. what is the answer to this because in terms _ have been killed. what is the answer to this because in terms of— have been killed. what is the answer to this because in terms of public- to this because in terms of public opinion many people support protests but there are also people out there who believe you have a right to protest, the level of disruption in some of these protests, what they are causing isjust some of these protests, what they are causing is just too some of these protests, what they are causing isjust too much. i think all of it is a bit problematic, especially that they are trying to stop people striking rather than looking at why they are

striking, stop people protesting rather than look at what we were protesting. we were protesting the fact a serving police officer raped, abducted and murdered sarah everard. we needed a moment of silence and we needed women we needed a moment of silence and we to come togetherfor to come together for women's safety. they are not worried about women's safety, they are worried about first might be on brand pages saying the police and the government need to do something to make us safer. let's talk about the problems we are trying to protest about, that things were striking over, nursing pay. this is all about stopping us standing up to the government rather than fixing the problem is that we are trying to fix.— are trying to fix. rishi sunak the prime minister _ are trying to fix. rishi sunak the prime minister said _ are trying to fix. rishi sunak the prime minister said the - are trying to fix. rishi sunak the prime minister said the right - are trying to fix. rishi sunak the prime minister said the right to | prime minister said the right to protest is a fundamental principle of democracy but this is not absolute. do you agree with that? know, i think they are trying to exit away at every point. what is the point of protest if it doesn't disrupt? the point is to make ourselves heard. nobody in parliament knew about that the period tax was until people need noise outside of parliament. we need

to be able to have our voices heard in a democracy and everything they do to make first might not be too loud, not be too quiet, not be too seen as taking away those democratic rights. it seen as taking away those democratic riahts. , ,., ., seen as taking away those democratic riahts. , ., ., ~ seen as taking away those democratic riahts. ., ., ~ ., rights. it is so good to talk to ou, rights. it is so good to talk to you. jamie — rights. it is so good to talk to you, jamie klingler, - rights. it is so good to talk to you, jamie klingler, and - rights. it is so good to talk to you, jamie klingler, and i- you, jamie klingler, and i appreciate you taking the time to talk to us again.— a man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a drive—by shooting in london left a seven—year—old girl fighting for her life. five other people were injured in the incident, which happened outside a catholic church, during a memorial service on saturday. frances read has been at the scene this morning and gave us the details. a crowd of mourners had gathered outside this church on saturday afternoon after a memorial service for that memorial service was for two women, british columbian woman and her mother, who died just weeks apart. scotland yard said a shotgun was fired from a black toyota car

which then drove off soon afterwards. fourwomen which then drove off soon afterwards. four women were injured along with two little girls, 12—year—old girl and a seven—year—old girl. the 12—year—old has now been released from hospital but the seven—year—old girl is said to be in a serious but stable condition. a22—year—old man has now been arrested, according to police. they have released that information over the last 2a hours. they said a man was stopped in barnet in north london and that was when this man was arrested and held. he has been held on suspicion of attempted murder. the met police are still asking anybody that saw anything in the area at the time to come forward with that information. italy's most wanted mafia boss, matteo messina denaro, has been arrested. he's considered to be the leading figure in the cosa nostra and was reportedly captured when he visited a day clinic in the city of palermo.

denaro has been on the run since the mid—1990s when the sicilian mafia stepped up their bombing and murder campaign that included the killing of two prosecutors. let's talk to our reporter in rome, davide ghiglione. first can you give a flavour of who this man is and why he has been so important?— this man is and why he has been so im ortant? ,., ., ., , , important? good morning. yes, this mornin: important? good morning. yes, this morning italians _ important? good morning. yes, this morning italians are _ important? good morning. yes, this morning italians are glued _ important? good morning. yes, this morning italians are glued to - important? good morning. yes, this morning italians are glued to the - morning italians are glued to the news because everyone is trying to understand how it was possible for this man to escape for so long. matteo messina denaro was one of the most important criminals in the country and according to europro was one of the most wanted men in europe. he was sentenced, as you said, to a life term for his role in the murders of two anti—mafia prosecutors who eventually became a symbol of the fight of the state

against organised crime. now, it was really difficult to chase and follow and capture this man and there was and capture this man and there was an air of mystery surrounding him because no one has seen him publicly for the last 30 years. this dated back to the early 90s, and this aura of mystery surrounded him for years. it is a very support —— very important symbol for italians and for sicilians who over the years almost accepted the fact they have to live with organised crime surrounding them, so this man was really important because even though he wasn't seen publicly and was physically unavailable he was still controlling and influencing the organised crime in sicily, in cosa nostra, and was controlling part of the region, so it is a very, very important symbol for italy, for the community and for italian

authorities, finally showing they are fighting back.— authorities, finally showing they are fighting back. davide, what do we know about _ are fighting back. davide, what do we know about what _ are fighting back. davide, what do we know about what he _ are fighting back. davide, what do we know about what he has - are fighting back. davide, what do we know about what he has been l are fighting back. davide, what do - we know about what he has been opted to last 30 years? more importantly, how was he caught? he to last 30 years? more importantly, how was he caught?— how was he caught? he went to a rivate how was he caught? he went to a private clinic _ how was he caught? he went to a private clinic this _ how was he caught? he went to a private clinic this morning - how was he caught? he went to a private clinic this morning in - how was he caught? he went to a private clinic this morning in the i private clinic this morning in the city of palermo and he was arrested while he was he went to a cafe, quintessentially italian thing. he was reportedly having a coffee, so the police, a squad of more than 100 policemen, where they are to arrest him, and he has been taken into custody but nobody knows where he was taken because evident lack of security reasons. so over the last 30 years no one really knew where he was and there was this mystery surrounding him. people were saying that he may have resorted to plastic surgery. nobody knew what he looked

like, and nobody knows what he looks like, and nobody knows what he looks like today. there was this photo that has been photoshopped by authorities which were circulating, has always been circulating, but that became the symbol of the impossibility of catching powerful mafia bosses in italy, and nobody was expecting this in the country. so it's really, really important. now, this man has been sentenced to a life term for the murders of the anti—mafia prosecutors. as you said, he is also believed to be responsible for many bomb attacks over the country and italian cities, and is also perceived as very, very violent, and he is believed to have strangled his own wife with his own hands, so it is quite shocking for italians today.— hands, so it is quite shocking for

italians today. davide ghiglione, a re orter in italians today. davide ghiglione, a reporter in rome, _ italians today. davide ghiglione, a reporter in rome, absolutely- reporter in rome, absolutely shocking, and thank you for giving an update on the mafia boss who has been arrested today.— an update on the mafia boss who has| been arrested today._ back been arrested today. thank you. back ou're in been arrested today. thank you. back you're in the — been arrested today. thank you. back you're in the uk... _ been arrested today. thank you. back you're in the uk... -- _ been arrested today. thank you. back you're in the uk... -- back— been arrested today. thank you. back you're in the uk... -- back here. - money borrowed to fund christmas celebrations could take years to repay back. that's a warning from the debt charity, stepchange, who advised more people on the first working day of 2023, than on any day last year. from stepchange, here's richard lane. the 1st of january was the busiest day we had, busier than it will be in 2022 and i think that words we are hearing from our clients, perfect storm. they felt they were just about getting back on their feet after the pandemic. a lot of people had lost theirjobs, faced a reduction in hours, where potentially being furloughed and had bothered to get by during pandemic and i dislike facing what is called and i dislike facing what is called a once in a generation cost of living crisis, food and mortgage and energy bills going up and they are struggling to get by. people are making choices between heating or

eating at the moment. that is as bad as things have got lots of people who are working potentially on minimum wagejobs are even higher are struggling to pay those bills. what we would say, there is help out there. if you are struggling nature you have spoken to your energy provider. often they can have schemes you might be able to access, pots of funds or grants you might be able to use to be able to kind of make sure you have your heating on. his comments come as a poll of more than 4,000 adults carried out for bbc news suggests concern over unmanageable debt. of those surveyed, almost half said they used credit to fund some of their festive spending with about a third of those saying they are not confident they'll be able to pay it back. worries around bills are part of most people's lives now. more than 80% of respondents said they are concerned by the rising cost of living. and with further strains on the economy, the survey shows 40% of people are now worried about losing theirjob this year. the survey was carried out between the fourth and sixth of january. our correspondent colletta smith has been speaking to some

parents in west yorkshire. music it's showtime at the castleford tigers dance class. and like so many people, parents here are working hard to make sure their children still have something to cheer about while keeping a lid on spending. for me, it's the shopping, the bills. you try... something that you used to get for £3.50, for some chicken breasts, are now £4.50. and if you're doing that, that's a big thing for me. nearly half the people in our survey said they changed where they shopped to try and save money. and when it comes to the girls and things like, they've gone previous years and we've not had to say no to them. but now we are having to say no because obviously for the kids, they all think, well, everything's free. christmas is always a big spending point. but with budgets already stretched with the basics, 31% of people told us they spent

less than planned this christmas. but it's not easy for those with children. i personally sometimes feel the pressure of social media and you see all your friends doing stuff with all their children doing this, doing that, and sometimes it's a bit overwhelming. and i had to say, no, i'm only doing a few things over christmas period. activies? yeah, like so going to see santa or going to see the lights or doing something christmassy. but i did cut it down a lot this year. nearly half of those surveyed said they'd paid for at least some christmas spending on credit. nowadays, who does carry cash? so you're spending on your card and it's literallyjust a tap for everything and you don't realise how much you're spending. and almost a third of that group said they're not confident they'll

be able to pay the debt back. more than half the people that we spoke to for this survey said in the last six months they've struggled to pay for essential bills for their household. so finding activities that are cheap and free, particularly for children, is becoming increasingly important for lots of people. whereas we might get a nicer pizza, we'd have to get a cheaper one and all those kind of things. you know, takeaways are just kind of a special treat now, rather than kind of once or twice a month. and so, yeah, there's some deliberate choices that we just had to make in terms of cutting back. for alistair, with three children at home, the energy bills have gone through the roof. it's kind of like november blankets. i'm not putting the heating on. it's not going to happen. and he's not alone. in fact, nearly seven in ten people in our survey said they've turned the thermostat down on their heating this winter. households across the country are continuing to change habits and trim spending across almost

every area of life. salami slicing the family cutbacks to keep the show on the road. coletta smith, bbc news in castleford. earlier i spoke to peter smith, director of policy and advocacy at national energy action, who told us more about people struggling to go through this crisis. sadly, we're hearing from people every day that are regularly skipping meals, haven't had a hot meal for weeks and haven't heated their home over the course of the whole winter. this is a desperate situation. rocket—high energy prices combined with the soaring cost of other essentials, as well as low income, stagnating incomes, is really combining to put some people really at the end of their at the end of the road in terms of their mental health and well—being. now, we've had a response from the treasury, who we spoke to earlier, and they said we are providing significant support to help people through these tough times by holding down energy bills, delivering up to £1,350 in direct cash payments to millions of vulnerable households. on top of those changes in national insurance, which save £500 on average

for around 30 million people a year. the government says it's doing all it can. the government have provided very significant levels of support and that is to be welcomed. the government says it's doing all it can. the government have provided very significant levels of support and that is to be welcomed. but we are finding many households that really that their situation coming into this crisis was so severe that the depth of that support isn't providing adequate help to get them through it. we also know that this situation is going to get far worse in april when the government reduces some of the support that it's providing to help households that are managing those sky—high energy prices and in some cases reduces some forms of support altogether. that's going to result, we think, in about one and a half extra million households across the uk living in fuel poverty, putting further strain on their health and wellbeing at this very, very difficult time. let's speak now to our bbc cost of

living correspondent, kevin peachey. we had a little but there about the issues but what i try to maxing out the big problems here? the;i issues but what i try to maxing out the big problems here?— the big problems here? they are sa in: we the big problems here? they are saying we have _ the big problems here? they are saying we have a _ the big problems here? they are saying we have a festive - the big problems here? they are. saying we have a festive hangover and many— saying we have a festive hangover and many people feeling the effects of that _ and many people feeling the effects of that in_ and many people feeling the effects of that in january with a credit card _ of that in january with a credit card bills _ of that in january with a credit card bills and so on and this is backed — card bills and so on and this is backed up— card bills and so on and this is backed up by thats for the bbc which is showing _ backed up by thats for the bbc which is showing that half of people asked used credit to pay for christmas, at least _ used credit to pay for christmas, at least in _ used credit to pay for christmas, at least in part. — used credit to pay for christmas, at least in part, to pay for christmas and the _ least in part, to pay for christmas and the holiday season —— backed up by that— and the holiday season —— backed up by that first — and the holiday season —— backed up by that first night for the bbc. a third _ by that first night for the bbc. a third of— by that first night for the bbc. a third of those are not confident about— third of those are not confident about how to repay that money. —— that bott— about how to repay that money. —— that boil for— about how to repay that money. —— that poll for the bbc. that is because _ that poll for the bbc. that is because bills and prices have been rising _ because bills and prices have been rising and — because bills and prices have been rising and people simply don't have the money— rising and people simply don't have the money from their income to get through— the money from their income to get through and make those repayments, and clearly _ through and make those repayments, and clearly that is a cause for concern — and clearly that is a cause for concern to— and clearly that is a cause for concern to everybody.- and clearly that is a cause for concern to everybody. kevin, how are --eole concern to everybody. kevin, how are peeple trying — concern to everybody. kevin, how are peeple trying to _ concern to everybody. kevin, how are peeple trying to cape? _ concern to everybody. kevin, how are people trying to cope? there - concern to everybody. kevin, how are people trying to cope? there are - concern to everybody. kevin, how are people trying to cope? there are a i people trying to cope? there are a whole range _ people trying to cope? there are a whole range of— people trying to cope? there are a whole range of things, _ people trying to cope? there are a whole range of things, as - people trying to cope? there are a whole range of things, as colletta| whole range of things, as colletta mentioned. people trying to find different— mentioned. people trying to find different ways to cut back on their spending. — different ways to cut back on their spending, ease the strain on their

finances. — spending, ease the strain on their finances. if— spending, ease the strain on their finances, if you like. to give some examples. — finances, if you like. to give some examples, buying clothes, travelling less. maybe putting off some of those _ less. maybe putting off some of those big purchases planned. so a car, fridge. — those big purchases planned. so a car, fridge, something like that. all of— car, fridge, something like that. all of those things, and there is evidence — all of those things, and there is evidence of that in that survey for the bbc — evidence of that in that survey for the bbc. interestingly, also charity donations— the bbc. interestingly, also charity donations are being reduced by a number— donations are being reduced by a number of— donations are being reduced by a number of people and we are seeing the effects— number of people and we are seeing the effects of that, aren't we? when we talk— the effects of that, aren't we? when we talk to— the effects of that, aren't we? when we talk to food banks and someone we are hearing _ we talk to food banks and someone we are hearing their donations have been _ are hearing their donations have been in — are hearing their donations have been in many cases at any time at which _ been in many cases at any time at which their— been in many cases at any time at which their demand for their services _ which their demand for their services is very high, and what charities— services is very high, and what charities will say, ok, we understand that not everybody can donate, _ understand that not everybody can donate, everybody is feeling a financial— donate, everybody is feeling a financial pinch, but maybe you can donate _ financial pinch, but maybe you can donate your— financial pinch, but maybe you can donate your time or something like that too? _ donate your time or something like that too? ~ ., donate your time or something like that too? ~ . , , ., ., that too? what help is out there for eo - le that too? what help is out there for peeple who — that too? what help is out there for peeple who need — that too? what help is out there for people who need it. _ that too? what help is out there for people who need it. ? _ that too? what help is out there for people who need it. ? a— that too? what help is out there for people who need it. ? a lot - that too? what help is out there for people who need it. ? a lot of - that too? what help is out there for| people who need it. ? a lot of help, orto people who need it. ? a lot of help, or to free debt _ people who need it. ? a lot of help, or to free debt advice _ people who need it. ? a lot of help, or to free debt advice from - or to free debt advice from charities _ or to free debt advice from charities. what they will say first of all. _ charities. what they will say first of all. talk — charities. what they will say first of all, talk about it. people are tending — of all, talk about it. people are tending to— of all, talk about it. people are tending to talk about it a bit more. it is

tending to talk about it a bit more. it is quite — tending to talk about it a bit more. it is quite a — tending to talk about it a bit more. it is quite a difficult subject for people — it is quite a difficult subject for people to open up about, but pay those _ people to open up about, but pay those priority debts first. things like energy, rent, mortgage, council tax, like energy, rent, mortgage, council tax. they— like energy, rent, mortgage, council tax. they are — like energy, rent, mortgage, council tax, they are the priority debts, then— tax, they are the priority debts, then work— tax, they are the priority debts, then work out what you owe and also what you _ then work out what you owe and also what you are — then work out what you owe and also what you are entitled to. and that takes _ what you are entitled to. and that takes us _ what you are entitled to. and that takes us to— what you are entitled to. and that takes us to some of the government support, _ takes us to some of the government support, because people who are claiming — support, because people who are claiming benefits, 8 million people on means— claiming benefits, 8 million people on means tested benefits on a low income. _ on means tested benefits on a low income, they are receiving the cost of living _ income, they are receiving the cost of living payments we got used to last year— of living payments we got used to last year and we will see three more of those _ last year and we will see three more of those in _ last year and we will see three more of those in the next 18 months or so and also _ of those in the next 18 months or so and also help for pensioners and for people _ and also help for pensioners and for people with disabilities, so there are some — people with disabilities, so there are some direct automatic support out there. — are some direct automatic support out there, but clearly it is still a difficult — out there, but clearly it is still a difficult time for lots of people. like my— difficult time for lots of people. like my absolutely, it is. great advice. — like my absolutely, it is. great advice, kevin peachey, are cost—of—living correspondent —— yes, absolutely, it is. download the bbc app for more information on energy bills and price rises.

a man in his 60s has been arrested on suspicion of a terrorism offence after traces of uranium were found at heathrow airport last month. the radioactive material was discovered by border force officers in a shipment of scrap metal during routine screening. the man has been released on bail until april. more western countries could soon supply weapons to ukraine — following the uk's commitment to send 1a tanks to the front line. nato's secretary general said he expected more countries to offer help in the nearfuture — and poland has also promised at least 1a german—made leopard tanks for ukraine. there are concerns belarus might join the war as the country's forces enter military drills with russia. andrew harding reports. yet another ukrainian apartment block devoured by a huge russian missile. in the morning, rescue workers in the city of dnipro were still bringing out

a few more survivors. a young woman, katerina, lifted carefully from the ruins and into the freezing daylight. she and her neighbours victims of a brutal and blundering russian campaign that shows no signs of easing. further east in the donbas, we drive towards the front lines through more towns and villages targeted daily by the kremlin's artillery. and yet, civilians still cling on here. "aren't you scared?" i ask. "sure, wouldn't you be?" he replies. "how can we not be scared living in the donbas?" "it's terrifying," she adds, "especially for the children. we've got used to it." but russia's military is struggling too. even closer to the front in territory recently liberated by ukrainian forces, we come across acres of destroyed russian hardware.

the russians have experienced so many losses in the past few months, and yet despite all this, they still have far more men, far more equipment than the ukrainians do, which is why the fate of this conflict still hangs very much in the balance. to tip that balance, ukraine needs more western weapons like this one. we've been given rare access to a powerful british—supplied rocket launcher hidden in a forest. as we arrive, the unit is rushing to prepare for another mission. they're getting ready to fire now for the third time this morning, attacking russian targets along the front line just a few kilometres from here. these weapons, these foreign weapons have made an extraordinary difference for ukraine in this conflict, but it's not enough any more.

a hurried launch, then an even quicker departure before russian artillery tries to target our position. back in the forest, the commander, face hidden, talks of a catastrophic shortage of equipment, of tanks, weapons and more basic supplies. "western help has got us this far," he says, "but we can't liberate more territory without a lot more assistance." back in the rubble of dnipro, the search for survivors has continued. rescue workers shouting out, "it is anyone there?" then, "yes," when a small voice is heard. and another woman is brought to safety or what passes for safety here after almost a year of war. andrew harding, bbc news, ukraine. belarus has begun carrying outjoint

air force drills with russia. the exercises will last two weeks — and come amid concerns that moscow may be pressuring minsk tojoin the war in ukraine. the belarusian defence ministry says it is preparing for possible combat missions. romanian police are expanding their investigation of former kick—boxer andrew tate. over the weekend, they seized a fleet of luxury cars and raided a luxury villa north of the capital. investigators have been looking into allegations that the british—american citizen was running a human trafficking operation from his compound in bucharest. our correspondent lucy williamson has this report. weeks after police came for their owner, they returned for his cars. the power of a ferrari paralysed in the grip of a dowdy police truck. insurance against any future compensation claims from victims. but also a sign that investigators here are confident. whatever the truth about life behind

these walls, its secrets are now being scrutinised by investigators. this fleet of luxury cars, the toys of a successful businessman, or the proceeds of a trafficking ring. police raided seven more properties last week, including this villa owned by the tates near the carpathian mountains. neighbours say it was fully renovated last year with a swimming pool added. one neighbour, an electrician, says the builders asked him to help rewire the place. when they explained what they wanted, i told them, "that's way beyond what i know how to do." the house is extremely luxurious with things that people like us can't even dare to dream of. if you're living in the western world, this is probably 40% of the reason i moved to romania.

in an online video, andrew tate said he moved to romania in 2017, in part for what he saw as its relaxed approach to sexual assault claims. police want to know whether he and his brother tristan lured women here with promises of a relationship before forcing them to work online in adult chat rooms. they're also investigating an allegation of rape. i've never seen any of them being aggressive. police have identified six women as potential victims, but last week, two of those women publicly denied any mistreatment by the tate brothers. translation: no, i've never been threatened. if i had been, i wouldn't have been stupid enough to stay in that house. i have a tattoo on my left arm that says tate girl, which i got out of respect for them. andrew tate's reputation hangs on this case, but romania's does too. its message, that trafficking claims

will be investigated no matter how rich or famous you are. lucy williamson, bbc news, bucharest. a former afghan mp and her bodyguard have been shot dead at her home in the capital kabul. 32—year—old mursal nabizada was one of the few female mps who stayed in kabul after the taliban seized power in august 2021. her brother and a second security guard were wounded in the attack on sunday. since the taliban returned to power, life has become increasingly difficult for women, who have been removed from nearly all areas of public life. let's talk to mahjooba nowrouzi, journalist with the bbc afghan service. tell me a bit more about what she did before and what she was doing staying in kabul.— staying in kabul. thank you for havin: staying in kabul. thank you for having me- _ staying in kabul. thank you for having me. as _ staying in kabul. thank you for having me. as we _ staying in kabul. thank you for having me. as we said, - staying in kabul. thank you for having me. as we said, the - staying in kabul. thank you for i having me. as we said, the kabul police say the former mp, her

security guard were shot dead on sunday morning. the local police chief told media that the shooting took place around 3am local time on sunday. speaking to a national tv station in kabul, her mother said she heard gunshots and she went down the stairs and saw her daughter lying in a pool of blood. the security guard was also killed and her son, the brother, was also wounded. so far no group has claimed responsibility for this killing. mursal nabizada was an mp from 2019 until the fall of the former government in august 2021. she was one of the few female former mps who remained in afghanistan, as we said, after the taliban to go after ——

took over. herfamily after the taliban to go after —— took over. her family said she did not want to leave the country and wanted to serve the people, all sticking tv debates and criticise the taliban's increasing reflections on women. her sister told local media the motive could be political. e—mailformer mp said on media the motive could be political. e—mail former mp said on twitter that the killing so if the worrying reality of the growth of extremism in afghanistan shows no one is safe, and prominent figures are murdered in some mysterious ways. i am in regular contact with women's rights activists in afghanistan, and they all say only one thing, that they are scared and very worried for their own and for their family's

safety and security, because every time they tried to protest against any restrictions on women put in place by the taliban, they and their families receive threats, they are arrested, tortured and subjected to extreme violence. and ijust spoke to another prominent former mp who lives in london now, and she believes that the taliban themselves are involved in these killings, and she says that it has been going on since they had taken power. thank ou ve since they had taken power. thank you very much. — since they had taken power. thank you very much, indeed. _ global leaders are descending on davos today for the opening of the world economic forum. the theme for this year's meeting is "co—operation in a fragmented world". one of the issues which will be discussed is that of financial inequality. to coincide with the event, oxfam has released its survival of the richest report.

the report highlights the widening gap between rich and poor. for the first time in 25 years, extreme wealth and extreme poverty have increased simultaneously. the number and wealth of billionaires has doubled in the last ten years. while on the other end of the spectrum, the report shows at least 1.7 billion workers now live in countries where inflation is outpacing wages... ..and roughly one in ten people on earth are going hungry. i'm joined now by dutch historian and author of humankind: a hopeful history, rutger bregman. rutger you shot to fame in 2019 for your criticism of davos when you were there at the summit. let's just take a quick look at the clip. this is my first time at davos and i find it quite a bewildering experience, to be honest. i mean 1,500 privatejets flown in here to hear sir david attenborough speak about how we are wrecking the planet.

i mean, i hear people talking, the language of participation and justice and equality and transparency, but then almost no one raises the real issue of tax avoidance, right? and of the rich just not paying theirfair share. it feels like i am at a firefighters conference and nobody is allowed to speak about water. has anything changed for you since? well, looks, they have not invited me back, so i don't know what is going on this year. still hundreds of private jets flying in there, even though europe is facing its warmest winter on record, so the hypocrisy, in my view, is still astounding. this is a safe space for billionaires where they pretend to care a lot about inclusion and equality and feminism and you name it, but, yeah, the hypocrisy is quite something.— it, but, yeah, the hypocrisy is quite something. you say hypocrisy and some would _ quite something. you say hypocrisy and some would argue _ quite something. you say hypocrisy and some would argue that - quite something. you say hypocrisy and some would argue that may . quite something. you say hypocrisy and some would argue that may be j quite something. you say hypocrisy i and some would argue that may be a fair argument but on the flip side

of the world economic forum themselves and people who support this would say this is an opportunity for people who have real power to get together and to focus on some of these issues. they may not focus on exactly what you want them to focus on, but otherwise what choices the? what alternatives is there? that no one talks there is no cohesion? ~ ., , ii' ' cohesion? when i was there in 2019 there was only _ cohesion? when i was there in 2019 there was only one _ cohesion? when i was there in 2019 there was only one panel _ cohesion? when i was there in 2019 there was only one panel about - cohesion? when i was there in 2019 there was only one panel about tax| there was only one panel about tax avoidance and tax evasion, which i think should be the main topic of an event like that, because we got a huge amount of super—rich people who barely pay anything in taxes, and thatis barely pay anything in taxes, and that is what they really should be talking about. so if that is different this year, maybe that will change my opinion, but as i say, they have not invited me. you have to someone else about that. what they have not invited me. you have to someone else about that. what you think the to someone else about that. what you thinkthe main — to someone else about that. what you think the main issue _ to someone else about that. what you think the main issue is _ to someone else about that. what you think the main issue is here? - to someone else about that. what you think the main issue is here? the - think the main issue is here? the number of billionaires, as we've seenin number of billionaires, as we've seen in that has doubled. poverty,

extreme poverty, extreme wealth, they have both increased simultaneously and there clearly is a problem here, tax avoidance is not going to be the answer on its own, so what is?— going to be the answer on its own, so what is? ., ., ~ , ., ., ., so what is? look, when you are in a whole, the — so what is? look, when you are in a whole, the first _ so what is? look, when you are in a whole, the first thing _ so what is? look, when you are in a whole, the first thing you _ so what is? look, when you are in a whole, the first thing you have - so what is? look, when you are in a whole, the first thing you have to i whole, the first thing you have to do is to stop digging. and in that respect, i do see some ground for optimism. if you now look at what the eu is doing, for example, the european union is leading the way in establishing a corporate minimum tax. foryears establishing a corporate minimum tax. for years and years, taxation on the corporations and multinationals has been going down, some companies like amazon on barely pay anything these days, but now for the first time we do see a trend change. i don't think it is nearly we still have ten gillian in enough, we still have ten gillian in tax havens today —— 10 trillion.

many individuals attending davos have millions and billions of wealth, basically, stashed away. so there is a lot of progress we still need. but there is some progress. sure, but one could argue there are billions and billions of dollars in tax wealth are hidden in various different areas in the world, but evenif different areas in the world, but even if we were to free up all that money, even if we were to pay everyone, everyone pay the taxes they are supposed to, that will not solve the problems of the world, will it miss the problems go and run much deeper than that, there are political problems, geo— political problems, problems in terms of governing and spending money. are the answer is perhaps, do they go a little bit deeper than just tax? i little bit deeper thanjust tax? i think it is a great place to start because education, health care, you name it, so it seems like a logical

place to start, especially for these people, who pretend to care a lot about all these issues that you just mentioned. about all these issues that you 'ust mentioned. ., ., about all these issues that you 'ust mentioned. ., ,, , ., about all these issues that you 'ust mentioned.— about all these issues that you 'ust mentioned. ., ,, , . ., mentioned. thank you very much for takin: the mentioned. thank you very much for taking the time _ mentioned. thank you very much for taking the time to _ mentioned. thank you very much for taking the time to speak— mentioned. thank you very much for taking the time to speak to - mentioned. thank you very much for taking the time to speak to is - mentioned. thank you very much for taking the time to speak to is on - taking the time to speak to is on the bbc. nearly a metre of snow has fallen in califorinia, as the us state endures its ninth successive storm in three weeks. at least 19 people have been killed in the bad weather since the start of december — and a state of emergency has been declared. our correspondent sophie long reports from california. in the few short hours between the last storm and the next, people do their best to mitigate the damage and shore up their defences. some are forced to venture out on foot. roads to their homes, cut off by mudslides and boulders the size of cars that have tumbled down the mountain during one of so many storms, they're starting to lose count. hi, hold on. tom and diana latimer�*s daughter has

bought them medication and supplies. it could be months before vehicle access to their house is restored. their power went out and the water main broke. and then my dad was trying to go down into the canyon on their property to fix the water main and got stuck. and so all that kind of worried me. and i was in the house and i couldn't hear him yell, but he finally got out. he was yelling for help. oh, wow! you got caught? yeah, it was just - about two feet of muck. the cause of the storm parade, something meteorologists call atmospheric rivers. you can see them on satellite images flowing thousands of miles from the tropics into california, like rivers in the sky. this is not a new phenomenon.

but now there's another factor at play. climate change is warming the atmosphere across the whole world. and what that basically means is we're seeing more extreme events on both sides of the spectrum, both really severe droughts and really severe rain events, simply because the atmosphere is able to hold more water when it rains and then it dries out and is warmer when it's not raining. the lull in the storm provided a brief opportunity for the more adventurous to assess the erosion. the extreme weather has been so unrelenting for so long, there are fears that even when the rain stops, the dangers it's caused will continue. i've seen a lot of potentiality for continued trees falling and continued mudslides. so it's scary looking up at this world that's above you that could potentially come crashing down. i guess we'lljust have to see what that's like. i'm not scared, but i am disappointed and sad for our community that continues to be devastated by these very severe storm accidents. for now people here and across california brace themselves once more for the next river in the sky to make landfall. sophie long, bbc

news, santa barbara. now to peru, where people have come together in the capital lima, to mourn victims killed during five weeks of violent protests against the president, dina boluarte. at least 42 people have died in clashes with the police. peru's government has declared a state of emergency in several regions sofia bettiza (pron: bett—itz—aa has this report. a procession to remember and celebrate those who lost their lives protesting against peru's new government. there is pain, but also anger at the brutality of the police. this young man lost his dad. transition back the police. this young man lost his dad. transition bac— transition back the use of weapons is excessive. _ transition back the use of weapons is excessive, the _ transition back the use of weapons is excessive, the police _ transition back the use of weapons is excessive, the police cannot - is excessive, the police cannot confront the civilian population like that, they have to respect our

lives. white the violence was triggered by the impeachment and the rest of the former president of peru in december. his supporters are demanding new elections and want his successor to resign. these have become some of the most violent protests in the country in decades. at least 42 people have died, and many more have been injured. at this vigil, mourners wore white t—shirts to symbolise peace. but with the president refusing to sit down and more mathematicians announced for monday, peace seems a long way off —— refusing to step down. thor the walrus captivated residents of southampton, scarborough and blyth last month, when he made a very rare appearance on the english coast.

why he travelled so far from home remains a mystery — but scientists are using satellite technology to track others like him — and they want your help. our climate correspondent jonah fisher has more. the way he was all curled up was so cute. like, he almost looked like a little pussycat. it's been an extraordinary last month for molly gray. you don't really expect to get a call for a walrus! of course, it wasn't actually thor who picked up the phone, but molly's job is to protect marine mammals, so she was kept closely informed as this rarest of uk visitor criss—crossed the channel and made his way round the coast. so he was in dieppe, and then in brittany, then came over to southampton, went back to dieppe, and then went up to scarborough. and then he was last sighted in blythe in northumberland. as he hauled himself out onto beaches and into harbours, it was molly and her colleagues who made the crowds keep their distance from the two—tusked, one tonne wandering walrus. he didn't really seem to be bothered

by the people at all. so yeah, he just snuggled down just for another rest. say hello to the adventurous walrus named thor. there's been an unusual visitor to one hampshire beach. - in north yorkshire, they cancelled scarborough's fireworks display so he wasn't disturbed. but thor didn't really care. he vanished into the north sea before the festivities were due to start. no one's seen thor for more than ten days. so the hope is he's now on his way back to the arctic. but questions remain as to what he was doing here, and whether it was in any way linked to climate change. we'll probably never know why thor came to the shores of the uk. he's a vagrant. that means a species that has left its normal range. he may have been foraging for new food sources. we simply don't know.

however, we do know that in the arctic, the walrus, and many other species, are facing the full reality of the climate crisis. so, the arctic is warming about three times as fast as the rest of the planet. sea ice, that's frozen ocean, is in very rapid decline. it's perhaps the most visible sign of the climate crisis on our planet. and sea ice is critical habitat for walrus. knowing how many walruses there are, and how the melting of the arctic sea ice is affecting them, is vital for efforts to protect them. walrus from space! and this is where you come in. we are creating a 215t century detective story, and you could be the detective. we want you... two years ago, thousands of people helped the wwf to go through half a million satellite images, spotting the ones with walruses in them.

now it's time for the next phase on the wwf website — counting them. so, with this counting campaign what we're asking people to do is, either put a point when you can see walrus, like here, because they're quite spread out, you can see each individual walrus. so we just set that option and then put points around. and what is the value of getting normal people to count walruses? for us, it's because the arctic is big. and so we have a lot of satellite images to go through. and with the first campaign, which was a search campaign, we've seen the value of it. we've been able to go through it much quicker than if it was just one person. and are you offering a special prize if someone spots thor? we should do one! but, to be honest, if it's satellite images, we can spot walrus, but identifying individuals, good luck. yeah, exactly. that's advanced level

walrus detective work. this one could be thor. that one could be thor. i don't know. but i know they're all walruses! jonah fisher, bbc news. thank you for watching bbc news. stay with us, now it is time for a look at the weather. some of us have seen some snow this morning and it has been a bitterly cold start to the day. as we go through this week what you'll find as it is going to remain called by day and night, widespread frost, the risk of icy patches, and some wintry showers are indeed servicing some snow. the hughes represent the cold air right across her shoulders, and as we go through much of this week, and when we had to the weekend we see something warmer coming our way with temperatures actually eventually getting above average for the time of year. at the moment they are very much below average. rain, sleet and snow clearing from the south—east, some snow moving out of scotland and

northern england, a weak band defragmenting all the time, one or two showers in the midlands and south—east through the afternoon, more significant snow across the north and west of scotland, a lot of dry weather and a fair bit of sunshine with the wind is easing. through this evening and under the clear skies temperatures will fall away quite rapidly, there will still be snow showers around, but a new system will bring in some rain, sleet and snow to devon and devon and cornwall and also the channel islands. it is going to be called, in parts of the highlands will be a lying snow temperature is follow a 2-10, lying snow temperature is follow a 2—10, so once again, a widespread frost and the risk of ice and untreated services. we could see snow tomorrow at lower levels in the channel islands. that will happen as we go through the course of the day, a lot of dry weather, a fair bit of sunshine, still some snow falling across the north and west of scotland and some wintry showers coming in across northern ireland, wales and north—west england. some of those could have hail and thunder embedded in them. whichever way you look at it, tomorrow's want to be

another cold day with gales across the northern isles. heading on from tuesday into wednesday, the slow pressure looks like it's going to drift down the north sea coast. if it does move a little bit closer to the east coast we could see some wintry showers across eastern parts of england and it will be windy, but for many of us, we are looking at you tried it with a fair bit of sunshine, still some snow showers coming in across north and west, exposed to the wind, so if you're are writing about it will fuel calls. the on that as we had from thursday into friday we fight the cold and unsettled them, it's on today see temperatures rise once again. —— into the weekend we see temperatures rise once again.

this is bbc news. the headlines at 11: police in england and wales could be granted powers to intervene in protests before they become highly disruptive — under new government plans. italian police have arrested the country's most wanted mafia boss, matteo messina denaro, who has been on the run for thirty years. money borrowed for christmas could take years to repay, an advice charity has warned — as a poll for the bbc indicates fear over unmanageable debt. nepal says it is unlikely there are any survivors from sunday's air crash. 68 bodies have been found, and four people are still unaccounted for. romanian police widen their investigation into the controversial influencer andrew tate — seizing a fleet of luxury cars from his property in bucharest over the weekend.

britain's cameron norrie and emma raducanu are both through to the second round of the australian open — butjack draper is out, beaten by the defending champion rafa nadal. police in england and wales could be allowed to intervene in protests before they cause serious disruption, under new government plans. the proposals will have to be approved by mps and peers first — but have already attracted criticism from human rights groups. our political correspondent ione wells has more. no new oil! walking slowly may not be that loud, nor violent or aggressive, but it's the kind of protest that the government now argues is disruptive enough that police

should have the power to shut it down. its proposed changes would mean police wouldn't need to wait for a protest to get disruptive and escalate before they shut them down. police would also not need to treat a series of protests by the same group as stand—alone incidents, so campaigns over a period of days or weeks could be seen as enough to warrant police intervention. if passed, this would give police more power to shut down protest groups like insulate britain and just stop oil. the amendments that we're introducing in the lords respond to a request from the police to clarify the threshold above which it is right for the police to intervene. of course, we as a government fully respect the right to protest, but that does need to be properly balanced with the right of the general public to go about their day—to—day lives. human rights groups have criticised the idea. we have to see these changes for what they are, a government attempt to clamp down on any resistance, on any voice of opposition,

and instead to make it impossible for us to stand up to power, for us to make our voices heard when the government do something that we don't agree with. the government will outline its planned changes to this new public order bill today. it would need to pass through parliament before becoming law. labour have opposed the proposed law from the start and say the prime minister should talk more about prosecuting criminals than protests. ione wells, bbc news. let's talk to our political correspondent iain watson. tell us more about where the threshold is and the reaction to it. this is the difficulty. it is not clear the definition of disruptive behaviour. the government are saying they need to strike a better balance between protecting the public and the right to protest. they are not stopping the right to protest, what they are doing is tightening their

own legislation. we haven't seen detail of it yet but in the next couple of weeks, this is likely to emerge and what they are suggesting is to try to make sure the police have the powers to intervene and prevent disruptive behaviour taking place before it takes place. i think thatis place before it takes place. i think that is why it is proving controversial but we should say two things. first of all, this would have to be approved in the house of lords because of the late nature of the government changing its own legislation, it would mean the lords have a right to veto this and there will be a lot of criticism in the upper chamber about this approach. secondly, what labour are arguing is this legislation isn't necessary. what you need to provide clarity for the police if they are worried about how or when to intervene is to say, let's get the chief constables to gather and discuss the existing law to prevent the kind of disruption that would concern people, for

example, if there are ways around legislation that stops people gluing themselves to things, perhaps they could do slow marches through whitehall or parliament square. if that was going to stop ambulances getting through, what labour are saying is that of 16 laws obstructing the highway could be used instead. from the government's point of view they want to make sure the police feel confident they are able to intervene to prevent some of the disruption we have seen with some of the protest groups in recent weeks and months. what some of the protest groups in recent weeks and months.— weeks and months. what are the --rosects weeks and months. what are the prospects than — weeks and months. what are the prospects than for _ weeks and months. what are the prospects than for this _ weeks and months. what are the prospects than for this becoming | prospects than for this becoming law? you mention the lords and obviously there is opposition but the government has a majority. the the government has a ma'ority. the government — the government has a majority. tue: government has a majority in the house of commons but they don't have a majority in the house of lords. it is not absolutely guaranteed this would pass. effectively the lords can be overruled if something is in

the manifesto for example can invoke the manifesto for example can invoke the parliament act, otherwise effectively it is a process of ping-pong, effectively it is a process of ping—pong, because the government is late in the day changing its legislation, that would allow the lords to vote against this should they so choose. they tend to be very sceptical of this kind of approach where the government perhaps jammies in new moves into existing legislation. 50 in new moves into existing legislation-— in new moves into existing leaislation. , ., legislation. so it is not something that will happen _ legislation. so it is not something that will happen quickly _ legislation. so it is not something that will happen quickly if - legislation. so it is not something that will happen quickly if it - legislation. so it is not something that will happen quickly if it does| that will happen quickly if it does happen? it that will happen quickly if it does ha en? . ., that will happen quickly if it does ha en? ., ,, that will happen quickly if it does hauen? happen? it could happen quickly if the lord save _ happen? it could happen quickly if the lord save they _ happen? it could happen quickly if the lord save they will— happen? it could happen quickly if the lord save they will go - happen? it could happen quickly if the lord save they will go ahead l the lord save they will go ahead with it. what will happen i think, where the government will get a majority is what they are initially suggesting which is to try to make sure noisy protests, people gluing themselves to public transport, people tunnelling, a whole range of things the government will be able to make sure the nature of protests

become less disruptive but whether they are able to go that step further and decide in advance to give the police the powers to intervene on the assumption that something might be disruptive, and then to search people without any reasonable cause for suspicion, that is a kind of area where the lords have been sceptical.— is a kind of area where the lords have been sceptical. thank you very much. raj chada is a lawyer with hodgejones & allen who has defended protesters from insulate britain and extinction rebellion. he's also a former labour councillor who led camden council for a number of years. welcome. thank you forjoining us. what is your view of this legislation? it what is your view of this legislation?— what is your view of this legislation? what is your view of this leaislation? , ., , ., , , legislation? it is absolute nonsense and a real attack— legislation? it is absolute nonsense and a real attack on _ legislation? it is absolute nonsense and a real attack on the _ legislation? it is absolute nonsense and a real attack on the right - legislation? it is absolute nonsense and a real attack on the right to - and a real attack on the right to protest and our democratic values. the idea that the police can now make it up as they go along as to what constitutes a serious disruption, which allows them to ban

protest before they even begin, it is really draconian stuff.— is really draconian stuff. labour sa it is is really draconian stuff. labour say it is not _ is really draconian stuff. labour say it is not actually _ is really draconian stuff. labour say it is not actually necessary i say it is not actually necessary anyway because existing laws already give police the powers that are being talked about. what is the balance of the law currently versus right to protest?— right to protest? that's really a fascinating _ right to protest? that's really a fascinating question _ right to protest? that's really a fascinating question because i right to protest? that's really a fascinating question because it| right to protest? that's really a - fascinating question because it was only last year that we had a re—ballot in favour of the state by way of the police and crime sentencing act which is incredibly draconian and the question has to be asked, what has happened in the last six, seven months, what protests do the police say they do not have the power to deal with that they could have dealt with in the last six months? all the cases i have dealt with where the police have made arrests, there are prosecutions ongoing, if they say there is disruption, this is to deter protest. to deter people exercising

those democratic rights and it is a really worrying trend. the government _ really worrying trend. the government is _ really worrying trend. the government is very - really worrying trend. the government is very strongly defending the right of the general public to go about their lives and we have seen protests where they have caused enormous disruption to people, people unable to get to hospital, unable to do all sorts of things that have had a serious impact on what they need to do. do you have sympathy with that perspective and how should it be tackled? i perspective and how should it be tackled? ., perspective and how should it be tackled? ~' ., perspective and how should it be tackled? ~ ., , , , , tackled? i think not 'ust myself but m clients tackled? i think not 'ust myself but my clients have — tackled? i think notjust myself but my clients have always _ tackled? i think notjust myself but my clients have always had - tackled? i think notjust myself but l my clients have always had sympathy where people are inconvenienced by protests. but every case should be judged according to evidence as to what actually happened there, rather than use paper headlines about what might have happened. and should be judged on those specific facts rather than have a balance which is

tilted towards the state. it should be looked at in relation to each individual set of circumstances, thatis individual set of circumstances, that is what the supreme court said only a matter of 18 months ago and yet, this government is trying to undermine the ruling is not only of the supreme court but also the european court of human rights. thank you forjoining us. let me bring you some breaking news. a high courtjudge has ruled nhs waiting times for specialist gender services are legal. a challenge was brought about by a group of transgender adults and parents of transgender adults and parents of transgender children. it had sought for the courts to the waiting times which are up to five years in some of the complainant blue waltz illegal. they will seek permission to appeal. waiting times are legal.

money borrowed to fund christmas celebrations could take years to repay back. that's a warning from the debt charity, stepchange, who advised more people on the first working day of 2023, than on any day last year. from stepchange, here's richard lane. the first day of january was the busiest day we have had. the words we are hearing our perfect storm. people are just about getting back on their feet after the pandemic, a lot of people have lost theirjobs, may be borrowed to get by through the pandemic and now they are facing a once in a generation cost of living crisis where their food is going up, their mortgages going up and they are really struggling to get by now. people are making choices between heating or eating at the moment. that is as bad as things have got and lots of people who are working potentially on minimum wage jobs are struggling to pay those bills. there is help out there. if you are struggling to make sure you

have spoken to your energy provider, often they can have you can access, parts of funds and grants you might use to make sure you have your heating on. his comments come as a poll of more than 4,000 adults carried out for bbc news suggests concern over unmanageable debt. of those surveyed, almost half said they used credit to fund some of their festive spending with about a third of those saying they are not confident they'll be able to pay it back. worries around bills are part of most people's lives now. more than 80% of respondents said they are concerned by the rising cost of living. and with further strains on the economy, the survey shows 40% of people are now worried about losing theirjob this year. the survey was carried out between the 4th and 6th of january. a serving metropolitan police officer david carrick has pleaded

guilty to 49 offences, including 2a counts of rape against 12 women between 2003 and 2020. he has admitted those _ between 2003 and 2020. he has admitted those offences - between 2003 and 2020. he has admitted those offences over - between 2003 and 2020. he has admitted those offences over an | between 2003 and 2020. he has | admitted those offences over an 18 year period. he appeared at southern crown court this morning. he was initially charged in october 2021 and at that point he was suspended from the metropolitan police, but it meant he is still a serving metropolitan police officer and he has admitted now those 49 offences, including 2a counts of rape after carrying out sex attacks over a dozen women over an 18 year period. he pleaded guilty this morning to four counts of rape, false imprisonment and indecent assault relating to a ao—year—old woman in 2003. the old bailey heard that he

had served in the army before joining the met in 2001 and he had admitted 43 charges relating to 11 other women between march 2004 and july 2020. the charges he has pleaded guilty of relate to 12 women over an 18 year period. there were 20 counts of rape, nine counts of sexual assault, five counts of assault by penetration, three counts of coercive and controlling behaviour, two counts of false imprisonment, two counts of attempted rape, one count of attempted rape, one count of attempted sexual assault by penetration and one count of causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent. he denied activity without consent. he denied a further count of rape in september 2020 relating to a 13th woman and the crown prosecution service

decided it was not in the public interest to proceed on trial on that charge. so this catalogue of charges that david carrick has now pleaded guilty to this morning at southwark crown court, having originally been arrested in 2021. just to remind you, those attacks that he has admitted, a serving metropolitan police officer has admitted 49 offences including 24 counts of rape. they relate to attacks on 12 women over an 18 year period. these detailsjust coming women over an 18 year period. these details just coming through to us now. this is the scene live at southwark crown court. hoping to speak to our correspondence there in just a moment, to hear what has happened inside that court room. dramatic scenes no doubt as david

carrick, admitted 49 offences. he stood in the dock, the 48—year—old, to plead guilty to four counts of rape, false imprisonment and indecent assault relating to 140—year—old woman in 2003, and admitting charges relating to 11 other women —— 40—year—old woman. he admitted those charges in december, so this hearing this morning relates to him pleading guilty to four counts of rape, false imprisonment and indecent assault. barbara gray is an assistant commissioner at the metropolitan police and she has given us her reaction. this metropolitan police and she has given us her reaction.— given us her reaction. this is devastating. _ given us her reaction. this is devastating. it _ given us her reaction. this is devastating. it is _ given us her reaction. this is| devastating. it is devastating given us her reaction. this is - devastating. it is devastating for the victims that have had to go through the pain and suffering at the hands of a serving police

officer. it is devastating to the trust and confidence that we are working so hard to earn from women and girls across london. it is devastating to colleagues of david carrick, but we know this is a day that policing has definitely taken a step back, but we are absolutely committed and determined to go forward. the commissioner has clearly set out our mission on higher standards and rooting out corrupt officers, and we are committed and will continue to do that to identify as many officers and staff as we can. and get them before the courts and get them out of this job. let before the courts and get them out of this 'ob. , , ., of this 'ob. let me 'ust remind you, we of this job. let me 'ust remind you, we are of this job. let me 'ust remind you, we reporting _ of this job. let me just remind you, we are reporting on _ of this job. let me just remind you, we are reporting on a _ of this job. let me just remind you, we are reporting on a metropolitan | we are reporting on a metropolitan police officer david carrick,

48—year—old officer, who served with the parliamentary and diplomatic protection command, he has admitted 253 charges, including —— 53 charges. including 49 offences including 24 counts of rape after carrying out sex attacks on a dozen women over an 18 year period. we can go now to hell wilkinson at southwark crown court for us. this is obviously a very dramatic situation that we are reporting on, with a serving metropolitan police officer admitting all of these counts. talk us through what has happened there. we counts. talk us through what has happened there.— counts. talk us through what has happened there. we can now report about this story, _ happened there. we can now report about this story, pc— happened there. we can now report about this story, pc david _ happened there. we can now report about this story, pc david carrick, l about this story, pc david carrick, who lives in hertfordshire, a serving metropolitan police officer,

he has today pleaded guilty to a number of sexual offences. but he already had pleaded guilty in december to the bulk of the offences, the charges that were laid against him. we are talking about a serving metropolitan police officer who is a serial rapist and a violent sexual predator. david carrick today pleaded guilty to a number of offences. he has admitted to more than 20 rapes and other sexual offences and his offending took place over a period of 17 years. in his private life he was raping women, he was sexually assaulting them and all the while he was putting on his uniform, working as an officerfor the putting on his uniform, working as an officer for the metropolitan police. just to bring you a statement from the metropolitan police assistant commissioner, just one quote from her is that the

duration and nature of the character's offending is unprecedented in policing. let's repeat what we can report now. a serving metropolitan police officer, pc david carrick, has pleaded guilty to 49 offences, including more than 20 rapes. there were 12 victims, 12 women in relation to those offences, there were 13 women though who came forward and made complaints against him. this is a case that has been going on for around 14 months. initially david carrick pleaded guilty to all of those charges but suddenly in december he decided to change his pleas from not guilty to guilty. we couldn't report those at the time in december but we can now report them because he has pleaded guilty to the remaining charges that

he was facing. as i mentioned, david carrick lived in hertfordshire, that is where the majority of the offending took place. some of that offending took place. some of that offending took place in london. in terms of the sexual offences, as well as those sexual offences, hertfordshire police say pc david carrick intimidated his victims, he used his position as a police officer to put fear into the women and that is why they didn't come forward for some time to give their accounts of what he did to them. he also controlled them. he was coercive and just to give you some examples of that, he would tell the women when some of them could eat, when they could sleep, he also stop some of them from speaking to their own children. such is the horrific detail, the controlling nature of

david carrick�*s offending. in one incident we know one woman in her account said that david carrick also put her on a number of occasions in a cupboard, under some stairs in his house. he kept out there, she was left intimidated and humiliated by him and it was david carrick who chose when she would come out. absolutely horrific details of what a serving metropolitan police officer, a man whosejob it was a serving metropolitan police officer, a man whose job it was to protect the public, who was to be trusted by the public, behind—the—scenes he was carrying out the most horrific violence attacks on many women over a 17 year period. attacks on many women over a 17 year reriod. ~ ., attacks on many women over a 17 year reriod. . . .., ., ., period. what did the court to hear about how he _ period. what did the court to hear about how he was _ period. what did the court to hear about how he was meeting - period. what did the court to hear about how he was meeting these i about how he was meeting these women? we about how he was meeting these women? ~ ., �* about how he was meeting these women? . . �* ., , ., women? we haven't actually had details from _ women? we haven't actually had details from the _ women? we haven't actually had details from the court _ women? we haven't actually had details from the court itself - women? we haven't actually had details from the court itself and l details from the court itself and the reason for that is there hasn't been a trial, so the case hasn't

been a trial, so the case hasn't been opened. but we have had details from hertfordshire police who have said from accounts given from these women that david carrick attacked, that he met some of them on dating appsi that he met some of them on dating apps, he met some of them socially as well. most of the offending happened in hertfordshire, some of it in london. in terms of the response from the metropolitan police, we know when they have admitted that mistakes were made in terms of david carrick, they missed opportunities to spot his abusive behaviour and the assistant commissioner of the metropolitan police has said that those missed opportunities would have prolonged the trauma that these women had to endure at the hands of pc david carrick. we know that there were a

number of occasions that pc david carrick came to the attention of the police during his period as a police officer, he is currently suspended as an officer, there will be an accelerated misconduct hearing we understand tomorrow. but he did come to the attention of the police on nine separate occasions. there were no criminal charges in respect of those nine separate occasions but in 2021, on one of those occasions, david carrick was questioned, arrested on suspicion of rape. the complainant withdrew that allegation but at the time, the metropolitan police did not suspend pc david carrick. they put him on restricted duties and they should have reverted him at that point but that did not happen. the metropolitan police today, a very dark day for them,

once again having to apologise that they were harbouring a serial rapist within their ranks. we are expecting fairly shortly to hear from hertfordshire police outside court, they are the ones who carried out they are the ones who carried out the investigation into david carrick. as i say that is because he carried out most of his offending in that county. just carried out most of his offending in that county-— that county. just reading some detail here. — that county. just reading some detail here, you _ that county. just reading some detail here, you mentioned - that county. just reading some detail here, you mentioned he| that county. just reading some - detail here, you mentioned he served with the parliamentary and diplomatic protection command and when meeting one woman, at least he showed her his warrant card and boasted of the sorts of people he met, presumably to win the trust of these women. met, presumably to win the trust of these women-— met, presumably to win the trust of these women. yes, exactly. that was one woman — these women. yes, exactly. that was

one woman he _ these women. yes, exactly. that was one woman he met _ these women. yes, exactly. that was one woman he met on _ these women. yes, exactly. that was one woman he met on a _ these women. yes, exactly. that was one woman he met on a dating - these women. yes, exactly. that was one woman he met on a dating site. i one woman he met on a dating site. they went out for a drink. we know these details because we attended these details because we attended the bbc attended his first magistrates' court appearance and the details from that art that, as you say, that pc carrick showed this woman his warrant card, he said he had met the prime minister to this woman. so the crown prosecution service has said david carrick very much told these women from the start that he was a serving police officer, and he did that to intimidate them, to put fear into them and to stop them really from going to the authorities to report him. he used his position as a serving metropolitan police officer to put fear into the women he attacked. let'sjust to put fear into the women he attacked. let's just repeat what we can now report for those viewers justjoining us. a serving metropolitan police officer, pc

david carrick, has admitted to 49 offences, sexual offences and other offences, sexual offences and other offences as well. he committed these offences as well. he committed these offences over a 17 year period, all the while he was putting on his metropolitan police uniform, he was going out as a serving metropolitan police officer behind closed doors, he was a serial rapist, a violent sexual predator. he would intimidate his victims, he would coerce and control them, he would dictate to some of them when they would sleep, when they would eat. he called them prostitutes and in messages he said to the women, you are my slave. it is quite beyond belief really to imagine that a serving police officer committed such horrific acts. ., ., officer committed such horrific acts. ., ~' , .,

officer committed such horrific acts. ., ~' . officer committed such horrific acts. . ,, . , ., acts. thank you. we will be about therefore that _ acts. thank you. we will be about therefore that briefing _ acts. thank you. we will be about therefore that briefing from - therefore that briefing from hertfordshire police, expected to speak to the media shortly following that knows that serving metropolitan police officer david carrick has pleaded guilty to 49 offences including 24 counts of rape. a man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, after a drive—by shooting in london left a seven—year—old girl fighting for her life. five other people were injured in the incident, which happened outside a catholic church, during a memorial service on saturday. a drive—by shooting in broad daylight in one of the busiest boroughs of london, hitting four women and two children. as yet, no motives are understood. this was already a difficult day for those attending the church here in euston. they were here for a memorial service. this video was taken after the shooting outside. people scrambling to

get away from danger. these, the women whose lives they were trying to celebrate. sara sanchez, who described herself as a proud british columbian, and had recently died from cancer, and her mother, fresia ibarra, who had died just weeks before. a gofundme page had been set up for sara's treatment. but what we don't know is why anyone would want to fire into a crowd at the end of their memorial. i can promise that we are doing everything we can to identify and bring to justice those who were responsible for this attack. the investigation is being led by the met�*s specialist crime command. we have a significant number of specialist detectives and local officers working around the clock, but we also need the public�*s help. it's that help that may now be crucial. this, the type of car they are looking for, that police think the shots were fired from. but the way in which this

happened has concerned many. the mayor of london are among those who have tweeted about what happened. sadiq khan said... and police will stay in this area until people feel safe again. frances read has been at the scene this morning and gave us the details. a crowd of mourners had gathered to see doves being released after a memorial service. that was for two women, colombian woman, and her mother, that died just weeks apart. scotland yard says a shotgun was fired from a black toyota car, which then drove off soon afterwards. four

women were injured, along with two little girls, a 12—year—old girl and a seven—year—old girl. the 12—year—old has been released from hospital. the seven—year—old is said to be in a serious but stable condition. a 22—year—old man has now been arrested, that is according to police. they have released that information over the last few hours. they have said a man was stopped in barnet in north london, and that is when this man was arrested and held. he is being held on suspicion of attempted murder. the met police are still asking that anybody who saw anything in the area at the time, to come forward with that information. a man in his sixties has been arrested on suspicion of a terrorism offence after traces of uranium were found at heathrow airport last month. the radioactive material was discovered by border force officers in a shipment of scrap metal during routine screening. the man has been released on bail until april.

now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. hello again. as we go through this week, the weather is certainly going to be much colder, notjust by day, but also by night than it was last week. we've got rain, sleet and snow clearing away from the southeast, a band of snow which has pushed southwards through the course of the morning, fragmenting all the time. so one or two wintry flurries across the midlands and the southeast and more significant snow across the north and west of scotland with snow showers coming in across northern ireland, but in between, a lot of dry conditions and sunshine. now the winds will ease as we go through the afternoon. and under clear skies tonight, you'll find that the temperatures will fall away quite rapidly. we've got a new weather front coming in, bringing in some rain, sleet and snow across devon and cornwall and the channel islands. and once again, a widespread frost with the risk of ice first thing. so tomorrow the rain pushes down into the channel islands where we could see snow for a time, even at lower levels. the snow continues across the north and the west. but in between, a lot of dry

weather, a fair bit of sunshine, but still cold.

hello this is bbc news. the headlines: serving metropolitan police officer david carrick, has pleaded guilty to multiple sexual offences, including 24 counts of rape against 12 women, over two decades. police in england and wales could be granted powers to intervene in protests before they become highly disruptive — under new government plans. italian police have arrested the country's most wanted mafia boss matteo messina denaro, who has been on the run for 30 years. money borrowed for christmas could take years to repay, an advice charity has warned — as a poll for the bbc indicates fear over unmanageable debt. nepal says it is unlikely there are any survivors from sunday's air crash. 68 bodies have been found, and four people are still unaccounted for.

sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. there has been british success on day1 of the first grand slam of the tennis season, the austrlian open. world number 12, cameron norrie beat the french wildcard entry luca van ashe in straight sets. norrie has been in great form so far this season — this is his seventh win of the year. world number one iga swiatek survived an early scare in the tournament to beat germanjule niemeier. there was little to choose between the pair with niemeier serving for the second set only for swiatek to fight back and claim a 6—4 7—5 victory. also this morning, 20—year—old emma raducanu beat tamara korpatsch in straight sets. the bbc�*s tennis correspondent, russell fuller, has the details. a rudder car new was beaming when she came off court, having won her first round match. ten days ago she

wasn't even sure whether she would be able to start the australian open, having turned her ankle while playing on the tour in auckland. a straight sets win, admittedly a limited opponent on the evidence of today, but emma, not unduly troubled by the ankle, played aggressively. quite a few errors because she is a bit rusty, but a comfortable winner, and now we have to look forward to a second round match against coco gauff. jack draper pushed rafael nadal hard for three sets. nadal led to — one, draper got an early one on the fourth, but physically draper got into a few problems. we had a long week in adelaide last week. that body is still developing at the age of 21, and he has not yet ready to go the distance, five sets with nadal, who was relieved to get his first win of the season. kyle edmund was beaten byjannik sinner as he tried to build a comeback. no

surprise with a 15 seem to such fine up—and—coming player. nick kyrgios is open out of the australian open. he came into the conference room to explain the ad assist growing in his meniscus. he is going to need arthroscopic surgery and will be out of action for around six weeks, which is a huge disappointment to people of australia, because this is a man who was a wimbledon runner—up and got a lot of people thinking he would be able to win the title. snooker, and judd trump won a second masters title after battling back against mark williams to win by 10 frames to 8 at alexandra palace. trump admitted that he wasn't at his best during the tournament but used every one of his nine lives to stay in the event and lift the trophy for the second time. i should have been out first round, should have been out second row, should have been out second row, should have been out second row, should have lost this one. i’m should have been out second row, should have lost this one.- should have lost this one. i'm like a cat! it should have lost this one. i'm like a cat! it is — should have lost this one. i'm like a cat! it is easy — should have lost this one. i'm like a cat! it is easy to _ should have lost this one. i'm like a cat! it is easy to say, _ should have lost this one. i'm like a cat! it is easy to say, but - should have lost this one. i'm like a cat! it is easy to say, but i - a cat! it is easy to say, but i think the way i played this week,

not my best, this is my best ever performance to grind out to win this. england head coach steve borthwick has named his 36 man squad for the six nations. there are some noticeable omissions including billy vunipola, jonny may and jack nowell. he has confirmed that owen farrell will captain the side. there has been a recall for veteran prop dan cole. the 35—year—old last played for england in the 2019 rugby world cup final. northampton fly—half fin smith is one of five uncapped players in the squad. and always one for making headlines, the former england rugby union head coach eddiejones has become the australia head coach with just eight months to go to the men's world cup. just weeks after being sacked by england, jones will replace the outgoing head coach dave rennie, australia finished last year with a record of four wins and nine defeats, their worst performance since the �*50s, but change in a world cup year is unusual. jones previously coached the wallabies between 2001 and 2005,

leading them to the 2003 world cup final on home soil, when they lost to england. that's all the sport for now. a serving metropolitan police officer has admitted 49 offences, including 24 counts of rape, after carrying out sex attacks on a dozen women over an 18—year period. pc david carrick, an armed officer with the parliamentary and diplomatic protection command, who had worked on the parliamentary estate in westminster, appeared at southwark crown court in december, carrick, who served in the army before joining the met in 2001, admitted 43 charges relating to 11 other women between march 2004 and july 2020 at the old bailey.they were 20 counts of rape, nine counts of sexual assault, five counts of assault by penetration, three counts of coercive and controlling

behaviour, two counts of false imprisonment, two counts of attempted rape, one count of attempted sexual assault by penetration, and one count of causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent. faced with overwhelming evidence, i'm very relieved for the victims, that david carrick has entered guilty pleas for the 49 offences, including rape, false and present, coercive console and sexual assault. it means they won't have to face the ordeal of giving evidence to see justice served. the serving officer with the metropolitan police, david carrick was arrested by hertfordshire officers in october 2021 following a report of rape. with subsequent press interest more victims came forward, and while being supported by specialist officers, reported further offences. the weight of the evidence was extremely powerful and today we pay tribute to them. we commend the

victims for their bravery and would like to thank them for the courage in being prepared to take the stand to see justice served. i hope this case will give anyone who has been a victim of sexual assault or rape in the past, and for ever whatever reason hasn't reported, the courage to come forward. i would like to commend my team who have worked hard to bring characterjustice. the police is committed to tackling violence against women and girls and i hope our response serves to reassure victims of our commitment to them. the details of these crimes are truly shocking. i expect many will be appalled and sickened by his actions. i hope the victims, and the public more widely, are assured that no one is above the law and the police service will relentlessly pursue those offenders who target women in this way. this pursue those offenders who target women in this way.— women in this way. this is one of the most shocking _ women in this way. this is one of the most shocking cases - women in this way. this is one of the most shocking cases the - women in this way. this is one of i the most shocking cases the crown prosecution service is dealt with involving — prosecution service is dealt with involving a serving police officer. anyone _ involving a serving police officer. anyone hearing of the 49 counts david _ anyone hearing of the 49 counts david carrick has pleaded guilty to, against _ david carrick has pleaded guilty to, against 12_ david carrick has pleaded guilty to, against 12 victims, would agree the

sheer— against 12 victims, would agree the sheer magnitude of his offending is horrifying — sheer magnitude of his offending is horrifying. today the victims, who suffered _ horrifying. today the victims, who suffered at — horrifying. today the victims, who suffered at the hands of david carrick, — suffered at the hands of david carrick, have finally seen justice. it is carrick, have finally seen justice. it is their— carrick, have finally seen justice. it is their courage in standing up against— it is their courage in standing up against this heinously abusive man, against this heinously abusive man, a police _ against this heinously abusive man, a police officer, who has helped to secure _ a police officer, who has helped to secure this— a police officer, who has helped to secure this conviction. and, ultimately breaking his power and control— ultimately breaking his power and control over women. carrick held a role where — control over women. carrick held a role where he was trusted with the responsibility of protecting the public, — responsibility of protecting the public, yet over 17 years, in his private — public, yet over 17 years, in his private life. _ public, yet over 17 years, in his private life, he did the exact opposite. this is a man who relentlessly degraded, billeted, sexually assaulted and raped women. as time _ sexually assaulted and raped women. as time went on, the severity of his offending _ as time went on, the severity of his offending intensified as he became emboldened, thinking he would get away with— emboldened, thinking he would get away with it. the scale of the degradation carrick subjected his victims _ degradation carrick subjected his victims to— degradation carrick subjected his victims to is unlikely to be my unlike — victims to is unlikely to be my unlike anything i have encountered in my— unlike anything i have encountered in my years — unlike anything i have encountered in my years with the crown prosecution service is. he manipulated and assaulted these

women _ manipulated and assaulted these women and committed the very worst offences— women and committed the very worst offences against them. carrick was persuasive — offences against them. carrick was persuasive but also incredibly manipulative. on first meeting his victims _ manipulative. on first meeting his victims he — manipulative. on first meeting his victims he would charm them, then he would _ victims he would charm them, then he would try— victims he would charm them, then he would try to _ victims he would charm them, then he would try to control them. he would often _ would try to control them. he would often use _ would try to control them. he would often use his position as a police officer— often use his position as a police officer to — often use his position as a police officer to stop them as living or reporting — officer to stop them as living or reporting him, suggesting it would be their— reporting him, suggesting it would be their word against his, and they wouldn't _ be their word against his, and they wouldn't be — be their word against his, and they wouldn't be believed. to overcome all of— wouldn't be believed. to overcome all of that— wouldn't be believed. to overcome all of that and report what carrick had done — all of that and report what carrick had done to them took incredible strength — had done to them took incredible strength. i commend every single woman— strength. i commend every single woman who courageously shared their traumatic— woman who courageously shared their traumatic experience and enabled us to bring _ traumatic experience and enabled us to bring this case to court and see justice _ to bring this case to court and see justice served. i would also like to justice served. ! would also like to thank— justice served. ! would also like to thank my— justice served. i would also like to thank my cps team, prosecution counsel, — thank my cps team, prosecution counsel, and the police investigation team, who have worked hard and _ investigation team, who have worked hard and quickly to build an extremely strong case. it left carrick— extremely strong case. it left carrick with no option but to admit his crimes — carrick with no option but to admit his crimes. at the crown prosecution service _ his crimes. at the crown prosecution service we _ his crimes. at the crown prosecution service we are continuing our efforts — service we are continuing our

efforts to _ service we are continuing our efforts to improve every aspect of how offences of violence against women — how offences of violence against women and girls are handled. women have the _ women and girls are handled. women have the right to be safe and feel safer _ have the right to be safe and feel safe, now — have the right to be safe and feel safe, now more than ever it is vital that all— safe, now more than ever it is vital that all criminaljustice agencies work— that all criminaljustice agencies work together to tackle these appalling crimes. we hope the outcome — appalling crimes. we hope the outcome of this case will encourage other— outcome of this case will encourage other women who may be in a similar position. _ other women who may be in a similar position. to _ other women who may be in a similar position, to come forward, knowing we will— position, to come forward, knowing we will do _ position, to come forward, knowing we will do all we can to secure justice — we will do all we can to secure justice for— we will do all we can to secure justice for them. thank you very much _ justice for them. thank you very much. ., , ., ., much. comments there from the crown prosecution service _ much. comments there from the crown prosecution service and _ prosecution service and hertfordshire police, both paying tribute to the victims of david carrick, saying they were extremely brave in coming forward, and we heard from the crown prosecution service saying one of the reasons it was particularly difficult was that he was incredibly manipulative and would use his position as a police officer to intimidate his victims from leaving him or speaking up

against him, because he said it would be their word against his. he used his position as a police officer in that context. the case, the cps said, was extremely strong and that left david carrick with no option but to admit his crimes. just a reminder, there has been no trial, he has admitted multiple sexual offences, including 24 counts of rape against 12 women over two decades. those guilty pleas we heard from hertfordshire police do mean that that for his victims at least, they will not have to face the ordeal of giving evidence to see justice served. again, strong tribute played to those victims in coming forward, and both the police and the cps saying that they hope this will encourage others to come forward, others who have suffered similar crimes and have not come

forward. they hope this will reassure the public that no one is above the law. the police there saying the details of this are truly shocking and many will be sickened by what has emerged in terms of the behaviour of david carrick, a serving police officer, abusing, raping a 12 women over two decades as he went about his duties as a serving metropolitan police officer. let's get more now from our correspondent helena wilkinson who's outside southwark crown court. these details haven't appeared in court because he has pleaded guilty, but the detail we are getting is shocking, serving police officer. we were hearing there described is sickening in his behaviour. yes.

were hearing there described is sickening in his behaviour. yes, a servinr sickening in his behaviour. yes, a serving metropolitan _ sickening in his behaviour. yes, a serving metropolitan police - sickening in his behaviour. yes, a| serving metropolitan police officer who is a serial rapist, who is a violent sexual predator. the scale of his offending, and the duration of his offending, and the duration of that offending, that took place over 17 years, at least a 17 year period. wejust over 17 years, at least a 17 year period. we just heard from dc! over 17 years, at least a 17 year period. wejust heard from dc! ian moore from hertfordshire constabulary, and from the cps as well, and you heard in the words that they used, the shop at what david carrick had done. what we heard today here in court, at southwark crown court, david carrick had pleaded not guilty throughout, over the last 14 months or so, to all of the charges he faced. but in december he pleaded guilty, he changed his pleas to guilty on the bulk of the offences that he was

facing, and we couldn't report those because there was going to be a retrial on a number of other charges that he was facing. —— trial. he was re—arraigned and changed his pleas on those other charges, on six of those charges that were going to trial. he has in total now pleaded guilty to 49 offences, more than 20 rapes included that and the sexual offences as well. he started offending around 17 years ago, but the officers from hertfordshire constabulary, who led this investigation, that is where the majority of pc carrick�*s offending took place, they believe that there may be more women out there. there were 12 women in relation to the offences that david carrick committed, but 13 women did come forward, and as we heard in that press conference, their bravery has been praised, because hertfordshire

constabulary said that pc carrick intimidated these women, he put fear into them, he used his position as a police officer, to scare them, in order that they did not report what he had done to them to the authorities. as well as the sexual offences, pc carrick would control and be coercive towards these women. we have been given some examples by hertfordshire police, who, from accounts that women have given to them, he would tell some of them when they could sleep, when they could eat. for one woman, he forced her into a cupboard under the stairs in his house on multiple occasions. dci ian moore, who wejust in his house on multiple occasions. dci ian moore, who we just heard from, said he had seen a dog crate, bigger than the space she was put in. pc carrick would keep that woman in. pc carrick would keep that woman in there. she was intimidated,

humiliated, and he decided when she could come out. he would call the women in messages, prostitutes, and he would say in messages, you are my slave. we know that three of the women, he was in coercive relationships with them. others he met on dating apps or in social situations. all the while, over those 17 years, he was putting on his metropolitan police uniform, he was carrying out his duties, protecting the public as a serving metropolitan police officer, but behind—the—scenes, in his private life, he was raping women, he was violently sexually assaulting women, he was falsely imprisoning women. the details of this case are truly shocking. i the details of this case are truly shockinr. . . the details of this case are truly shockinr. , ., ., , shocking. i 'ust want to bring in some shocking. i just want to bring in some reaction _ shocking. i just want to bring in some reaction from _ shocking. i just want to bring in some reaction from barbara - shocking. i just want to bring in i some reaction from barbara gray, shocking. i just want to bring in - some reaction from barbara gray, an assistant commissioner at the metropolitan police. it is

devastating _ metropolitan police. it is devastating for - metropolitan police. it is devastating for the - metropolitan police. it is devastating for the victims that have _ devastating for the victims that have had — devastating for the victims that have had to go through the pain and suffering _ have had to go through the pain and suffering at the hands of a serving police _ suffering at the hands of a serving police officer. it is devastating devastating to the trust and confidence that we are working so hard to _ confidence that we are working so hard to earn from women and girls across— hard to earn from women and girls across london. it is devastating to colleagues — across london. it is devastating to colleagues of david carrick, but we know _ colleagues of david carrick, but we know this — colleagues of david carrick, but we know this is — colleagues of david carrick, but we know this is a day that policing has definitely— know this is a day that policing has definitely taken a step back. we are absolutely _ definitely taken a step back. we are absolutely committed and determined to -o absolutely committed and determined to go forward. the commissioner has clearly— to go forward. the commissioner has clearly set _ to go forward. the commissioner has clearly set out our mission on higher— clearly set out our mission on higher standards and rooting out corrupt— higher standards and rooting out corrupt officers, and we are committed, and we will continue to do that— committed, and we will continue to do that to _ committed, and we will continue to do that to identify as many officers and staff— do that to identify as many officers and staff as we can, and get them before _ and staff as we can, and get them before the — and staff as we can, and get them before the courts, and get them out of this— before the courts, and get them out of thisjob — hell in what happens now now he has

leaded hell in what happens now now he has pleaded guilty- _ hell in what happens now now he has pleaded guilty. there _ hell in what happens now now he has pleaded guilty. there are _ hell in what happens now now he has pleaded guilty. there are very - pleaded guilty. there are very serious questions _ pleaded guilty. there are very serious questions for - pleaded guilty. there are very serious questions for the - serious questions for the metropolitan police. this is a very dark day for the force. again, they are apologising for missing opportunities in this case with pc david carrick. it has emerged that the serving metropolitan police officer came to the attention of police in over nine incidents, including rape allegations, including rape allegations, including in the year 2000 and 2021. he was on the radar and came to the attention of the police on multiple occasions. the metropolitan police assistant commissioner has said that they did miss opportunities and that would have prolonged the offending that pc david carrick carried out over so many years. what we know from the metropolitan police, in terms going forward, is what they

have said is that they are going to be reviewing all current officers and staff who have previously been subject to of alec occasions of domestic abuse where allegations could be proven and were not subject of misconduct hearings. that is something they are going to be looking at, reviewing all current officers and staff, who have previously been subject of allegations of sexual offending or domestic abuse, where allegations couldn't be proven, and were not subject of misconduct hearings. the response from the assistant commissioner, as we have heard, barbara gray, she is the met�*s lead for professionalism. she has, in terms of pc carrick, said that he is a prolific serial sex offender who preyed on women over a period of 17 years, abusing his position as a police officer, and committing the

most horrific and degrading crimes. he has devastated women's lives, the statement goes on, and he has had a devastating impact on the trust and confidence of women and girls that we are working so hard to earn. he has devastated colleagues. helena, thank ou. has devastated colleagues. helena, thank you. let's _ has devastated colleagues. helena, thank you. let's bring _ has devastated colleagues. helena, thank you. let's bring in _ has devastated colleagues. helena, thank you. let's bring in dr- has devastated colleagues. helena, thank you. let's bring in dr leroy i thank you. let's bring in dr leroy logan. what is your reaction to this. i logan. what is your reaction to this. .. . logan. what is your reaction to this. ~' , ., , ., logan. what is your reaction to this. ~ , ., , ., , this. i think it is devastating news for the police _ this. i think it is devastating news for the police service, _ this. i think it is devastating news for the police service, not - this. i think it is devastating news for the police service, notjust - this. i think it is devastating news for the police service, notjust forj for the police service, notjust for the met. — for the police service, notjust for the met, anyone who is currently wearing — the met, anyone who is currently wearing a — the met, anyone who is currently wearing a uniform to protect and serve. _ wearing a uniform to protect and serve. and — wearing a uniform to protect and serve, and even those in retirement, like myself, — serve, and even those in retirement, like myself, are beyond words and how you _ like myself, are beyond words and how you know that an officer has abused _ how you know that an officer has abused his — how you know that an officer has abused his power. he should held at

the highest standard, and now we see him in _ the highest standard, and now we see him in literally led the lowest form of human— him in literally led the lowest form of human behaviour that they can think— of human behaviour that they can think of — of human behaviour that they can think of. my thoughts are for those victims _ think of. my thoughts are for those victims and — think of. my thoughts are for those victims and how their bravery brought— victims and how their bravery brought him tojustice. and, i might say, brought him tojustice. and, i might say. there _ brought him tojustice. and, i might say, there might be other officers who think— say, there might be other officers who think they are getting away with it, who think they are getting away with it. but— who think they are getting away with it, but brave women come forward and brin- it, but brave women come forward and bring them _ it, but brave women come forward and bring them to the courts. we it, but brave women come forward and bring them to the courts.— bring them to the courts. we know now that more _ bring them to the courts. we know now that more than _ bring them to the courts. we know now that more than 1600 - bring them to the courts. we know now that more than 1600 cases - bring them to the courts. we know now that more than 1600 cases of| now that more than 1600 cases of alleged sexual offences are now being reviewed in the wake of this case. they aren't looking at accusations ranging from arguments to the most serious sexual crimes from the last ten years, to check that appropriate decisions were made in cases where allegations were made but not proven and not subject to misconduct hearings. it is shocking to know that there have been that

many cases within the metropolitan police. ~ ,,., , , .,, many cases within the metropolitan police. ~ , , , .,, , police. absolutely. this has been hi . hli . hted police. absolutely. this has been highlighted by — police. absolutely. this has been highlighted by the _ police. absolutely. this has been highlighted by the report - police. absolutely. this has been highlighted by the report that - police. absolutely. this has been i highlighted by the report that came out last— highlighted by the report that came out last year, although it was an interim — out last year, although it was an interim report, full report will follow — interim report, full report will follow it _ interim report, full report will follow. it showed that the met police — follow. it showed that the met police is — follow. it showed that the met police is not only institutionally misogynistic, but also racist. it shows— misogynistic, but also racist. it shows that the culture of the organisation, in particular the met, is really— organisation, in particular the met, is really toxic. it is really allowing _ is really toxic. it is really allowing predators to exist in its safe havens, and the parliamentary and diplomatic protection is one such— and diplomatic protection is one such example. i dare say there will be others — such example. i dare say there will be others. senior leadership really have let _ be others. senior leadership really have let things slip for years, and all those — have let things slip for years, and all those internal checks between the sergeants and inspectors, who

are supposed to be supervising officers. — are supposed to be supervising officers, and it's notjust supervising at work, but they need to know— supervising at work, but they need to know all— supervising at work, but they need to know all aspects of their officers _ to know all aspects of their officers. you need to be able to pick these — officers. you need to be able to pick these things up early, early prevention, intervention, to ensure you get— prevention, intervention, to ensure you get those offices highlighted and if— you get those offices highlighted and if they can't be developed out of that— and if they can't be developed out of that the toxic culture, which can lead to— of that the toxic culture, which can lead to predator behaviour, then you have to _ lead to predator behaviour, then you have to get _ lead to predator behaviour, then you have to get rid of them. and pretty fast. have to get rid of them. and pretty fast i_ have to get rid of them. and pretty fast i am — have to get rid of them. and pretty fast. lam really have to get rid of them. and pretty fast. i am really concerned at how bad it is, how many bad cops are in the organisation, and the good cops are not— the organisation, and the good cops are not calling them out. that is what _ are not calling them out. that is what really _ are not calling them out. that is what really concerns me. why would that be? what really concerns me. why would that he? are — what really concerns me. why would that be? are you _ what really concerns me. why would that be? are you saying, _ what really concerns me. why would that be? are you saying, why - what really concerns me. why would that be? are you saying, why aren'tl that be? are you saying, why aren't the good cops calling them out, how would they know what is going on? these people don't live in a bubble.

they all— these people don't live in a bubble. they all interact socially. they can make _ they all interact socially. they can make things slip. the standards are lower. _ make things slip. the standards are lower. and — make things slip. the standards are lower, and people think it isjust a joke _ lower, and people think it isjust a joke i_ lower, and people think it isjust a joke. i remember, even in the organisation in the early days, you shouldn't— organisation in the early days, you shouldn't have joined if you couldn't— shouldn't have joined if you couldn't take a joke. in the name of humour. _ couldn't take a joke. in the name of humour, they can be sexist, racist, homophobic. — humour, they can be sexist, racist, homophobic, because, it is only a joke _ homophobic, because, it is only a joke that— homophobic, because, it is only a joke that is— homophobic, because, it is only a joke. that is why i truly believe the standards have lowered, even quite _ the standards have lowered, even quite extreme sexual behaviour, racist _ quite extreme sexual behaviour, racist behaviour, is being condoned asj'ust _ racist behaviour, is being condoned asj'ust a _ racist behaviour, is being condoned asjust a joke. it is racist behaviour, is being condoned as just a joke. it is all racist behaviour, is being condoned asjust a joke. it is all part of the _ asjust a joke. it is all part of the rough _ asjust a joke. it is all part of the rough and tumble of being in the police _ the rough and tumble of being in the police service. i'm not saying it's exclusive — police service. i'm not saying it's exclusive to _ police service. i'm not saying it's exclusive to policing, there will be other— exclusive to policing, there will be other organisations that the strong culture _ other organisations that the strong culture allows these things to happeh — culture allows these things to happen. we are seeing this permeating in the public, especially in social— permeating in the public, especially in social media, people can say

anything — in social media, people can say anything and it can lead to certain extreme _ anything and it can lead to certain extreme behaviour. this is a perfect storm _ extreme behaviour. this is a perfect storm in _ extreme behaviour. this is a perfect storm in the — extreme behaviour. this is a perfect storm in the police service, where they haven't got a grip of it. they need _ they haven't got a grip of it. they need to— they haven't got a grip of it. they need to get a grip of it, and fast. former— need to get a grip of it, and fast. former met _ need to get a grip of it, and fast. former met superintendent, dr leroy logan, thank you forjoining us. we are talking about the guilty pleas of a serving metropolitan police officer, 48—year—old pc david carrick, who has admitted 49 offences, including 24 counts of rape, after carrying out sex attacks on a dozen women, open 18 year period. allegations had been made over the years, but on no occasion did anything go beyond being an allegation, and he continued to serve as a police officer, working as a firearms officer. during that period he met women via dating apps,

we know there was not a court case, but we know from hertfordshire police that he would use his warrant card to win the trust of people who he went on to abuse. this is bbc news. the headlines: a serving metropolitan police officer has pleaded guilty to multiple sexual offences. this officer has pleaded guilty to multiple sexual offences. this is a man who relentlessly _ multiple sexual offences. this is a man who relentlessly degraded, l man who relentlessly degraded, belittled, sexually assaulted and raped women. as time went on the severity of his offending intensified as he became emboldened, thinking he would get away with it. this is devastating. it's devastating for the victims that have _ devastating for the victims that have had — devastating for the victims that have had to go through pain and suffering — have had to go through pain and suffering at the hands of a serving police officer. suffering at the hands of a serving police officer-— suffering at the hands of a serving police officer. money borrowed for christmas to _ police officer. money borrowed for

christmas to could _ police officer. money borrowed for christmas to could take _ police officer. money borrowed for christmas to could take years - police officer. money borrowed for christmas to could take years to i christmas to could take years to repay. nepal says it is unlikely there are any survivors from sunday's air crash. 68 bodies have been found and four people are still unaccounted for. britten's cameron norrie and emma raducanu are through to the second round of the australian open but jack draper is out eaten by rafa nadal. —— beaten by rafa nadal. a metropolitan police officer has admitted multiple rapes and sexual assaults against 12 women over an 18—year period. david carrick pleaded guilty to 49 offences, including 24 counts of rape. carrick was an armed officer with the parliamentary and diplomatic protection command, who had worked on the parliamentary estate in westminster.

he was suspended from duty as an armed officer when he was arrested in october 2021. the met has apologised after it emerged he had come to the attention of police over nine incidents, including rape allegations, between 2000 and 2021. outside southwark court we heard from jaswant narwal from the crown prosecution service, and dc! iain moor of bedfordshire, cambridgeshire, hertfordshire major crime unit. it has been a very intensive and fast moving investigation. faced with overwhelming evidence i am relieved for the victims in this case that david carrick has entered guilty pleas for 49 offences. it means the victims will not face the ordeal of giving evidence. a serving officer with the metropolitan police, david carrick was arrested

in october 2021 following reports of rape. more victims came forward and was being supported by specialist officers, reported further offences against him. the weight of the evidence was powerful and today we pay tribute to them. we commend all the victims for their bravery and would like to thank them for their courage in being prepared to take the stand to see justice being served. i hope this case will give anyone a victim of sexual assault or rape in the past and for whatever reason hasn't reported it, the courage to come forward. i would like to commend my team who have worked hard to bring carrick to justice. i hope our response in this case serves to reassure victims of our commitment. the commitment of the crimes are shocking. i suspect many will be appalled by his actions. but i hope the victims and the public more widely are reassured that no one is above the law and the police service will relentlessly pursue those offenders who target

women in this way. this pursue those offenders who target women in this way.— women in this way. this is one of the most shocking _ women in this way. this is one of the most shocking cases - women in this way. this is one of the most shocking cases the - women in this way. this is one of i the most shocking cases the crown prosecution service has dealt with involving a serving police officer. anyone hearing of the 49 counts david carrick has pleaded guilty to against 12 victims would agree the shear magnitude of his offending is horrifying. today the victims who suffered at the hands of david carrick of finally seeing justice. it is their courage in standing up against this heinously abusive man, against this heinously abusive man, a police officer, that has helped secure his conviction. ultimately breaking his power and control over women. carrick held a role where he was trusted with a responsibility of protecting the public yet over 17 years, in his private life he did the exact opposite. this is a man who relentlessly degraded, belittled and sexually assaulted and raped women. as time went on the severity of his offending intensified as he

became emboldened, thinking he would get away with it. the scale of the degradation carrick subjected victims to is unlikely anything i have encountered in my 34 years. he manipulated and assaulted these women and committed the worst offences against them. carrick was persuasive but also incredibly manipulative. on first meeting his victims he would charm them then would try to control them. he would often use his position as a police officer to stop them leaving or reporting him. suggesting it would be their word against his and they wouldn't be believed. to overcome all of that and reports what carrick had done to them took incredible strength. and i commend every single woman who courageously shared their traumatic experience and enabled us to bring this case to court and see justice served. i would also like to thank my cps team, prosecution counsel and the police investigation

team who have worked so hard and quickly to build an extremely strong case. one which left carrick with no option but to admit his crimes. we are continuing our efforts to improve every aspect of how offences of violence against women and girls are handled. women have a right to be safe and feel safe. now more than ever it is vital that all criminal justice agencies work together to tackle these appalling crimes. we hope the outcome of this case will encourage other women who may be in a similar position to come forward, knowing we will do all we can to secure justice for them. some reaction from sadiq khan, he said, i am sickened and appalled by the apparent offences derek carrick has committed. londoners will be

shot this man was able to work for the met for so long and questions must be answered as to how he was able to abuse his position. he says, i remain in close contact with the new met commissioner about this case and the work to reform the culture and the work to reform the culture and standards of the amount that has already started. barbara gray is an assistant commissioner at the metropolitan police — she gave us her reaction. this is devastating. it is devastating for the victims that have had to go through the pain and suffering at the hands of a serving police officer. it is devastating to the trust and confidence that we are working so hard to and from women and girls across london. it's devastating to colleagues of david carrick but we know this is a day that policing has definitely taken a step back, but we are absolutely committed and determined to go

forward. the commissioner has clearly set out our mission on higher standards and rooting out corrupt officers, and we are committed and we will continue to do that to identify as many officers and staff as we can and get them before the courts and get them out of this job. let's get more now from our correspondent helena wilkinson who's outside southwark crown court. in terms of the proceedings, what happens now? he has pleaded guilty, what happens in terms of sentencing? he will be sentenced next month, probably on the 6th of february. there is also expected to be an accelerated misconduct hearing for pc david carrick. so we still had to wait for that sentencing but what happened today here at southwark crown court is that over the last 14 months or so, the serving

metropolitan police officer had pleaded not guilty to all the charges. in december at a hearing at the old bailey, he changed his pleas to the bulk of those charges and today, at southwark crown court he once again changed his pleas for not guilty to guilty to six further charges, those were in relation to a woman. the case is shocking, as we have heard, and we heard from the hertfordshire constabulary who have led this investigation into pc carrick and also from the cps. you could hear in their words just how shocked they are at the scale of the police officer's offending. he has admitted in total 49 offences, included in that he admitted to more than 20 rapes, sexual assaults and

also false imprisonment as well. we had from the cps about how he would use his position to intimidate the women that he was violently attacking, and just to give you some examples of what we have been told by hertfordshire police. in terms of not only the sexual offences but also his controlling and coercive behaviour towards these women, he would regularly threaten his victims with violence, he would control what they wore, what they ate, where they slept. he would stop them from speaking to other men or even their own children and he would force, this is very shocking, he would force many into positions almost to the point where they fought for breath. in one of the instances in relation to one woman, pc carrick

put her in a cupboard under the stairs in his house stop he did so on multiple occasions and he kept turned there, humiliated, intimidated and it was up to him, he was the one who decided when the woman was able to come out. we heard from detective chief inspector ian moore from the hertfordshire constabulary who said in relation to the size of that cupboard that the woman was kept in, that he had seen a big dog crate than that. absolutely shocking and horrific offences that this metropolitan police officer has carried out over 17 years. on the public side he was putting on his uniform, carrying out his duty to protect the public. he was going about that business but behind the scenes in his private life, he was raping women multiple times, he was violently sexually

assaulting them and the details of this case that we can now report are shocking to say the least, and the metropolitan police, as we have heard, has said there were missed opportunities in terms of carrick�*s behaviour, abusive behaviour that they should have picked up over the years. the fact they miss those opportunities meant it prolongs the abuse that the victims suffered at the hands of pc carrick. he abuse that the victims suffered at the hands of pc carrick.— abuse that the victims suffered at the hands of pc carrick. he was very aware of how _ the hands of pc carrick. he was very aware of how that _ the hands of pc carrick. he was very aware of how that uniform _ the hands of pc carrick. he was very aware of how that uniform helped i the hands of pc carrick. he was very i aware of how that uniform helped him to win the trust of these victims and helped to keep them in a position where they felt they could not speak up against him and couldn't leave him.— not speak up against him and couldn't leave him. yes. we heard from the crown _ couldn't leave him. yes. we heard from the crown prosecution - couldn't leave him. yes. we heard i from the crown prosecution service, who said that pc carrick would tell the women when he first met them what hisjob was.

the women when he first met them what his job was. one of the women who came forward to officers, she said that when she met pc carrick, he told her about the job he did, said that when she met pc carrick, he told her about thejob he did, he was a police officer, that he showed her his warrant card and that he would use his position to intimidate these women, to put fear into them and that is why they were unable for so long to come forward. he was controlling, he was coercive and he used that position, his position as a police officer to try and stop them from going to the authorities and reporting what he had done to them. . .. and reporting what he had done to them. ., ,, ,~. and reporting what he had done to them. . ~' ,, , and reporting what he had done to them. ., ,, ,~. , . and reporting what he had done to them. . ,, ,, , . ., them. thank you very much. the crown prosecution _ them. thank you very much. the crown prosecution service _ them. thank you very much. the crown prosecution service have _ them. thank you very much. the crown prosecution service have said _ them. thank you very much. the crown prosecution service have said this - prosecution service have said this is one of the most shocking cases it has dealt with, involving a serving police officer. anyone hearing of the 49 counts david carrick has pleaded guilty to against 12 victims would agree the shear magnitude of his offending is horrifying. the

crown prosecution service and the police paying tribute to the brave victims who came forward and have seen justice now victims who came forward and have seenjustice now done today. you're watching bbc news. let's bring in danny shaw, a policing and justice commentator and former bbc home affairs correspondent. beyond belief to hear the details. it’s correspondent. beyond belief to hear the details. 3 . correspondent. beyond belief to hear the details. �*, ., , the details. it's a shocking case. david carrick _ the details. it's a shocking case. david carrick is _ the details. it's a shocking case. david carrick is one _ the details. it's a shocking case. david carrick is one of _ the details. it's a shocking case. david carrick is one of the - the details. it's a shocking case. david carrick is one of the most| david carrick is one of the most prolific sex offenders this country has ever seen. he is the most prolific sex vendor in the history of the police service, and that he was allowed to enter the police service and stay in the police service and stay in the police service despite a string of allegations and complaints against him is truly devastating for the victims to hear and particularly for the reputation of the police

service. he should not have been allowed to become a police officer in 2001 because there were two macro allegations made against him before that, and for some reason the betting checks failed and yet he became a police officer and then there were another seven occasions in which details of allegations or possible offending came to light and yet, he was allowed to continue. it really is the most appalling case. talk us through that then, because as you are describing, it is not like there were procedures in place to catch someone like this and stop him entering the police. what with the procedure is?— the procedure is? when someone a- rlies the procedure is? when someone a . rlies to the procedure is? when someone applies to become _ the procedure is? when someone applies to become a _ the procedure is? when someone applies to become a police - the procedure is? when someone | applies to become a police officer, there is a requirement to undergo certain vetting checks. you have to see whether there has been a criminal record, that is not necessarily a bar from

criminal record, that is not necessarily a barfrom joining criminal record, that is not necessarily a bar from joining the police, but in his case, there were two allegations against him made by a former partner. apparently he couldn't accept the relationship ended, two allegations were made. there was intelligence on the police databases about that and yet, somehow he was allowed to enter the police service. that is the clear point at which you say, that person shouldn't enter the police. once you are in it becomes more difficult. ii are in it becomes more difficult. if it is an allegation and their one proceedings, there is no conviction, thatis proceedings, there is no conviction, that is still enough?— that is still enough? absolutely. if it is a serious _ that is still enough? absolutely. if it is a serious allegation _ that is still enough? absolutely. if it is a serious allegation that - that is still enough? absolutely. if it is a serious allegation that is - it is a serious allegation that is made by a former partner and it appears he entered the police and then within a few years, there were a string of other allegations made against him. i will give you the example of one of them which came about in 2019. this was allegation

to hertfordshire police that carrick had assaulted a woman during a domestic incident and that he grab this one by the neck. no further action was taken but the metropolitan police, where carrick was working, was informed and carrick was given words of advice about not informing his commanders about not informing his commanders about an off duty incident. he wasn't given words of advice about the allegation, it was about a procedural issue. no further action was taken against him in terms of the criminal matter, no case to answer in terms of misconduct. what was the metropolitan police doing on that occasion? there are others as well. what were the directorate of professional standards, the internal unit that deals with complaints, what inquiries were they making about this man? were they looking to see whether there were past allegations? there is no sense here of curiosity, ofjoining the dots. it's absolutely appalling. the more

you read about it, the worse it becomes. you read about it, the worse it becomes-— you read about it, the worse it becomes. ., , , , becomes. not 'ust him because we know becomes. not 'ust him because we knew there — becomes. notjust him because we know there are _ becomes. notjust him because we know there are more _ becomes. notjust him because we know there are more than - becomes. notjust him because we know there are more than 1600 - becomes. notjust him because we i know there are more than 1600 cases of alleged sexual offences or domestic violence involving met police officers and staff are being reviewed in the wake of this case. there is already an inquiry under way into the culture and what was going on. but that number is absolutely staggering. it is going on. but that number is absolutely staggering.- going on. but that number is absolutely staggering. it is a very bi rolice absolutely staggering. it is a very big police service, _ absolutely staggering. it is a very big police service, 46,000 - absolutely staggering. it is a very big police service, 46,000 police officers and staff. you are going to get amongst a workforce of that size some allegations, some complaints are made, some may not be substantiated, some trivial, some may not be but what we have seen from this, if this man could get away with it for so long, over a course of about 20 years, with the number of complaints made against him, there will be others. we hope they will never be on the scale of this but there will be other people in the met and it's a terrible

failure of vetting. he was meant to be reverted after ten years, he wasn't. the inspectorate of constabulary warned that across the country there were backlogs in vetting taking place, vetting wasn't robust enough and when he was reverted in 2017, the met admitted its checks were not robust enough. the one thing i would say, there met have said, our procedures are different now. if this happened now, he would be root it out. i am not confident about that because the matter is we are dealing with are not ancient history, we are not talking about things that happened in the 80s or 90s, or the early 20005. in the 80s or 90s, or the early 2000s. we are talking about matters that took place in the last few years. even in early 2021 a complaint was made against him. he was placed on restricted duties and then allowed back into the met service until october when he was arrested and charged. it doesn't

give me a lot of confidence that the met has robust enough procedures in place even now. i met has robust enough procedures in place even now-— place even now. i was talking to a former met _ place even now. i was talking to a former met officer _ place even now. i was talking to a former met officer who _ place even now. i was talking to a former met officer who was - place even now. i was talking to a | former met officer who was talking about the culture and the way quite serious things get brushed off as, you can't take a joke, the sort of language around the web some officers have got a nickname, might imply that it should raise concerns and we have heard david carrick, he bragged to one person that he met, when he showed his warrant card, it's a term that would imply he is not someone to be trusted, but he said that is his nickname. the fact he thought it was ok to say to a woman that he was trying to impress. we are told that nickname was given to him because he had a reputation for being cruel and mean. you know,

where their supervisors who were curious about that? about his personal life? about things that were going on? there is a sense of curiosity in any workplace about what people are like but you would have thought in the police service particularly, investigators, detectives might be curious about some of their colleagues. why they have that nickname. are they like that at work? is that appropriate? are they like that in domestic settings? we are told no concerns were raised among colleagues about him which is alarming in itself. got a statement _ him which is alarming in itself. got a statement or a comet from the prime minister's official spokesman who said we are in no doubt the public�*s trust has been affected by these high—profile cases. we know these high—profile cases. we know the commissioner understands the seriousness of this and has talked about it. what is being done in terms of culture change and how

difficult a job is that within an organisation as big as this, where are there are these problems that have been discussed for some time? there is an ongoing review by baroness dame louise casey. the interim report came out before christmas and one of them, one of the key points it made was the failure tojoin the the key points it made was the failure to join the dots, where a specific complaint was looked at in isolation rather than someone being more curious and looking at the overall character of someone. that was one concern she raised. this report that will be published in march, we are told by the met police, will look around the culture of the service. mark rowley, the new met commissioner, has talked about the met needing to be tougher on some of the people who shouldn't be in the police, and he is lobbying, not lobbying, he is in conversations with the home secretary to see if she can change some of the procedure

is around misconduct to make it easier to dismiss officers. i think thatis easier to dismiss officers. i think that is one element of it but i think the much wider element is why does the police service attract certain types of people who are really shouldn't be in policing at all? people who pull ups like discipline, like tough action and enjoyed that sort of notoriety, people like david carrick quite clearly shouldn't be in there. there are pockets within the met police, for example, the parliamentary diplomatic protection group which has a bit of a reputation for misogyny, it attracts a lot of male officers. there is a lack of diversity in that group and there are other squads as well in the police, what is being done to try and change the culture around that? it is a really difficult issue because it is true that there are thousands of fantastic police

officers in the met, dedicated, full officers in the met, dedicated, full of integrity, professional and so on, but there are pockets of units that really attract these types of individuals and where they are allowed to carry on in this way. thank you very much. police in england and wales could be allowed to intervene in protests before they cause serious disruption, under new government plans. the proposals will have to be approved by mps and peers first — but have already attracted criticism from human rights groups. our political correspondent ione wells has more. no new oil! walking slowly may not be that loud, nor violent or aggressive, but it's the kind of protest that the government now argues is disruptive enough that police should have the power to shut it down. its proposed changes would mean police wouldn't need to wait for a protest to get disruptive and escalate before

they shut them down. police would also not need to treat a series of protests by the same group as stand—alone incidents, so campaigns over a period of days or weeks could be seen as enough to warrant police intervention. if passed, this would give police more power to shut down protest groups like insulate britain and just stop oil. the amendments that we're introducing in the lords respond to a request from the police to clarify the threshold above which it is right for the police to intervene. of course, we as a government fully respect the right to protest, but that does need to be properly balanced with the right of the general public to go about their day—to—day lives. human rights groups have criticised the idea. we have to see these changes for what they are, a government attempt to clamp down on any resistance, on any voice of opposition, and instead to make it impossible for us to stand up to power, for us to make our voices heard

when the government do something that we don't agree with. the government will outline its planned changes to this new public order bill today. it would need to pass through parliament before becoming law. labour have opposed the proposed law from the start and say the prime minister should talk more about prosecuting criminals than protests. ione wells, bbc news. money borrowed to fund christmas celebrations could take years to repay back. that's a warning from the debt charity, stepchange, who advised more people on the first working day of 2023, than on any day last year. richard lane is from stepchange. the first day of january this year was the busiest day we have ever had. the words we are hearing is perfect storm. they felt they were getting back on their feet after the pandemic, of people have lost their jobs, faced a reduction in their hours and may be borrowed to get by through the pandemic, how they are

facing a once in a generation cost of living crisis. theirfood is going up, their rent is going up, their mortgage is going up and they are struggling to get by. people are making choices between heating or eating. lots of people who are working, potentially on minimum wage or even higher are struggling to pay those bills. there is help out there. if you are struggling, make sure you are spoken to your energy provider, often they can have schemes you can access, pots of funds and grants you might be able to use to make sure you have your heating on. his comments come as a poll of more than 4,000 adults carried out for bbc news suggests concern over unmanageable debt. of those surveyed, almost half said they used credit to fund some of their festive spending with about a third of those saying they are not confident they'll be

able to pay it back. worries around bills are part of most people's lives now. more than 80% of respondents said they are concerned by the rising cost of living. and with further strains on the economy, the survey shows 40% of people are now worried about losing theirjob this year. the survey was carried out between the 4th and 6th of january. our correspondent colletta smith has been speaking to some parents in west yorkshire. it's show time at the castleford tigers dance class. and like so many people, parents here are working hard to make sure their children still have something to cheer about while keeping a lid on spending. for me, it's the shopping, the bills. you try... something that you used to get for £3.50, for some chicken breasts, are now £4.50. and if you're doing that, that's a big thing for me. nearly half the people in our survey said they changed where they shopped to try and save money. and when it comes to the girls and things like, they've gone previous years and we've not had to say no to them.

but now we are having to say no because obviously for the kids, they all think, well, everything's free. christmas is always a big spending point. but with budgets already stretched with the basics, 31% of people told us they spent less than planned this christmas. but it's not easy for those with children. i personally sometimes feel the pressure of social media and you see all your friends doing stuff with all their children doing this, doing that, and sometimes it's a bit overwhelming. and i had to say, no, i'm only doing a few things over christmas period. activies? yeah, like so going to see santa or going to see the lights or doing something christmassy. but i did cut it down a lot this year. nearly half of those surveyed said they'd paid for at least some christmas spending on credit. nowadays, who does carry cash? so you're spending on your card and it's literallyjust a tap for everything and you don't realise

how much you're spending. and almost a third of that group said they're not confident they'll be able to pay the debt back. more than half the people that we spoke to for this survey said in the last six months they've struggled to pay for essential bills for their household. so finding activities that are cheap and free, particularly for children, is becoming increasingly important for lots of people. whereas we might get a nicer pizza, we'd have to get a cheaper one and all those kind of things. you know, takeaways are just kind of a special treat now, rather than kind of once or twice a month. and so, yeah, there's some deliberate choices that we just had to make in terms of cutting back. deliberate choices that we just had for alistair, with three children at home, the energy bills have gone through the roof. it's kind of like november blankets. i'm not putting the heating on. it's not going to happen. and he's not alone. in fact, nearly seven in ten people in our survey said they've

turned the thermostat down on their heating this winter. households across the country are continuing to change habits and trim spending across almost every area of life. salami slicing the family cutbacks to keep the show on the road. coletta smith, bbc news in castleford. let's speak now to jane tully, director of external affairs and partnerships at the money advice trust — a charity that offers support to those worried about debt. welcome. how many people are coming to you through this, and how does that compare with previously? it is an that compare with previously? it 3 an exceptionally busyjanuary for us an exceptionally busy january for us this year. january and february are almost the busiest times of year, post—christmas spending, and a lot of people look at their finances afresh. at the cost of living crisis it is particularly tough and challenging for people. we are seeing, like a severe saying, much

higher levels of anxiety and stress. people who have been getting by or just about managing for the last four or five just about managing for the last four orfive months, who are really facing the point where they have spent their savings and they have reached the point where they are in debt, they are in financial difficulty, and need help. . debt, they are in financial difficulty, and need help. , as you sa , difficulty, and need help. , as you say. some — difficulty, and need help. , as you say. some people _ difficulty, and need help. , as you say, some people are _ difficulty, and need help. , as you say, some people are really - difficulty, and need help. , as you say, some people are really at - difficulty, and need help. , as you i say, some people are really at their limits, and we were hearing that people have been making changes, to cut their outgoings, doing everything they can to trim things, but one somebody has done everything they can, when their savings have dried up, what advice can you give them? ~ . dried up, what advice can you give them? . . ., ., dried up, what advice can you give them? . ., ., , them? what we would say to people, if the are them? what we would say to people, if they are really _ them? what we would say to people, if they are really concerned _ them? what we would say to people, if they are really concerned and - if they are really concerned and worried about their finances, is to reach out for a free charitable debt advice service, like com because our advisers are able to help someone work through their budget and help them understand what options are available to them, help them understand how they can go about

having conversations with their creditors, and importantly, help people feel like they are not on their own on this. it can be hugely overwhelming to find yourself in financial difficulty, and be in a situation where people are unable to see how they can pay for bills, for activities for their kids, for things that are part and parcel of their normal life. pare things that are part and parcel of their normal life.— their normal life. are you saying that anybody — their normal life. are you saying that anybody can _ their normal life. are you saying that anybody can be _ their normal life. are you saying that anybody can be helped, - their normal life. are you saying - that anybody can be helped, because there will no doubt be people at home watching, who say, there is nothing i can do. you are looking at talking at the budget, and they have done that? . talking at the budget, and they have done that? , ., ., , , done that? there is no doubt, it is an incredibly _ done that? there is no doubt, it is an incredibly tough _ done that? there is no doubt, it is an incredibly tough time, - done that? there is no doubt, it is an incredibly tough time, and - done that? there is no doubt, it is| an incredibly tough time, and there are difficult months ahead. i think for some people, we will need to look at some of the debt options, and perhaps people have not ever thought of bank relief, or will need

creditors to take further action. it is definitely going to be tough. there are ways the government can step up more, perhaps in supporting those on the lowest incomes with energy bills, and there is no getting away from the fact that it is a very, very tough time ahead for many. is a very, very tough time ahead for man . . ~' is a very, very tough time ahead for man . . ~ , ., y is a very, very tough time ahead for man. .g , . is a very, very tough time ahead for man. .mg , . is a very, very tough time ahead for man. .mg., , . many. thank you very much with the messa . e many. thank you very much with the message saying. _ many. thank you very much with the message saying. if _ many. thank you very much with the message saying, if you _ many. thank you very much with the message saying, if you are - message saying, if you are struggling, get help. we are standing on the banks as we watch the recovery operation

continue. there are hundreds of police officers here, who are combing through the wreckage. you can still smell the smoke in the air. the plane crash landed just as it was about to reach its destination, the international airport, on sunday. and then burst into flames and pictures that were shared on tv, and social media, show that huge inferno. rescue workers here say it is unlikely they will find any survivors. yesterday 68 people were already confirmed as dead. they were holding out hope for four other people who had been unaccounted for, but it is looking unlikely anyone has survived this crash. as you say, the plane crashed into the gorge behind me. i am on the banks of the river con, and what you can't see on camera, are hundreds of people who have come to take a look at this rescue operation. today is a national day of mourning, here in nepal, a country which is no stranger to

fatal airline accidents. there is an investigation which is going on at the moment. the government has asked the moment. the government has asked the investigation to report back in 45 days. i have spoken to somebody for the international airport, it is an airport that only opened at the start of this year. it had only been open, in operation for a number of days. that spokesperson told me that the weather conditions were good yesterday, the winds were normal. he did say that at the last minute, the pilot asked to switch runways and land at a different runway. he was assigned runway three and he asked for runway one. there were no other planes in the air space, so the airport didn't see an issue with that. they said they didn't get any problems reported from the pilot, but it was shortly after that decision to switch runways, that that plane crash landed. we still don't know why. in the past, as i

mentioned, there have been a number of fatal accidents in the air here in nepal. some of that has been blamed on poor regulation, old aircrafts that haven't been updated, and, of course, the terrain in this country. this is a himalayan mountain region, where the weather can change at the last minute. that can change at the last minute. that can make for tricky flying conditions. anyone dilly anything anyone is saying is pure speculation as this investigation continues. let's get more on our top story, a metropolitan police officer has admitted multiple rapes and sexual assaults against 12 women over an 18—year period.

the statement says our thoughts are with the many victims of the victims of the shocking offending. we acknowledge their courage in reporting this offending to the police. the cattle, breadth and depth of his offending, and the impact on all of the women affected, cannot be underestimated. the conduct of pc carrick was first referred to a syndrome lie 2020 by the metropolitan police service, after it was advised by the bedfordshire, cambridgeshire and hertfordshire major crime unit, that carrick was being investigated for an allegation of rape and coercive behaviour of a former partner. we decided that the major crime unit should continue with it an investigation, as it provided a level of independence. since his arrest and subsequent charge in october 2021, we received 22 further referrals from the metropolitan police service, relating to his conduct, as more allegations and

charges were laid against him. we decided that the bedfordshire, cambridgeshire and hertfordshire major crime unit should continue to investigate those matters. to determine whether there may have been chances to bring him to justice earlier, given the extended period of time over which is offending took place, we wrote to a number of forces who may have had some involvement in previous allegations made against him. we ask them to review any dealings they may have had, and to consider whether any matters should be referred to us. no referrals have been received to date. we have, however, written to the metropolitan police service regarding its assessment of a 2002 incidents, allegations of assault and harassment, which was brought to the false's attention at the time. pc carrick was a probationer and dealt with by words of advice. the conduct of the officers whose decision was to deal with those allegations in this manner may have amounted to misconduct. the matter has not been referred, but given the

two officers have retired, and cannot now face sanction at misconduct level, we have decided it is not in the public interest to take any further action. a very interesting statement there from the independent office for police conduct. it gives some sense of the work that is being done to look into those missed opportunities that date back a very long way, regarding allegations against david carrick. a number of allegations were made over the years that he was offending and on each of those occasions, when allegations came to the attention of the metropolitan police service, and they were raised, nothing happened, and he was free to go on working as and he was free to go on working as a metropolitan police officer and to go on offending. we heard earlier from the crown accretion service, saying that as time went on, he became even more emboldened that by the fact he would believe he would

continue to get away with it. i spoke to dr leroy logan, former superintendent in the metropolitan police and chairman of the black police association, and he gave me his reaction to this case. i think it is devastating news for the police service, notjust for the met, anyone who is currently wearing a uniform to protect and serve. bend a uniform to protect and serve. and even those — a uniform to protect and serve. and even those in _ a uniform to protect and serve. jific even those in retirement a uniform to protect and serve. elic even those in retirement like myself, are beyond words, and how you know that an officer has abused his power. he should be held at the highest standard, and now we see him in literally the lowest form of human behaviour they can think of. my human behaviour they can think of. my thoughts of for those victims and how their bravery brought him to justice. i might say there may be other officers who think they are getting away with it, but brave

women come forward and bring them to the courts. brute women come forward and bring them to the courts. . ~ ., ., ., ., the courts. we know now that more than 1600 cases _ the courts. we know now that more than 1600 cases of _ the courts. we know now that more than 1600 cases of alleged - the courts. we know now that more than 1600 cases of alleged sexual. than 1600 cases of alleged sexual offences or... are being reviewed in the wake of this case. they are looking at accusations ranging from arguments to the most serious sexual crimes from the last ten years, to check that appropriate decisions were made in cases where allegations were made in cases where allegations were made in cases where allegations were made but not proven and not subject to misconduct hearings. it's shocking to know that there have been that many cases within the metropolitan police. absolutely. this has been _ metropolitan police. absolutely. this has been highlighted - metropolitan police. absolutely. this has been highlighted by - metropolitan police. absolutely. this has been highlighted by the casey report that came out last year, although an interim report, a full report will follow. it shows

that the met police are not only institutionally misogynist and sexist but also racist. it really shows that the culture of the organisation, in particular at the met, is really toxic. it is really allowing predators to exist in these safe havens, and the parliamentary and diplomatic protection is one such example. i dare say there will be others. itjust shows that senior leadership really have let things slip for years, and all those internal checks between the sergeants and inspectors, who are supposed to be supervising officers, and it is notjust supervising at work, but they need to know all aspects of their officers. you need to be able to pick these things up early, early prevention, intervention, to ensure you get those officers highlighted and

developed, and if they can't be developed, and if they can't be developed, out of that toxic culture, which can lead to predator behaviour, you have to get rid of them. and pretty fast. i am really concerned at how bad it is, how many bad cops are in the organisation and the good cops are not calling them out. that is what really concerns me. ~ , ., ., out. that is what really concerns me. . , ., ., , out. that is what really concerns me. , ., ., out. that is what really concerns me. why would that be? are you sa inr me. why would that be? are you saying that _ me. why would that be? are you saying that you _ me. why would that be? are you saying that you think _ me. why would that be? are you saying that you think there - me. why would that be? are you saying that you think there are i saying that you think there are people, obviously can't cast aspersions, but why on the good cops calling them out, how would they know what is going on?— calling them out, how would they know what is going on? these people don't live in — know what is going on? these people don't live in a — know what is going on? these people don't live in a bubble. _ know what is going on? these people don't live in a bubble. they _ know what is going on? these people don't live in a bubble. they all - don't live in a bubble. they all interact socially, they can let things slip. the standards are lower, people think, it isjust things slip. the standards are lower, people think, it is just a joke. i remember even in the organisation in the early days, you should join if you can't take a joke. in the name of humour, they

can be sexist, racist, homophobic, because, it isjust can be sexist, racist, homophobic, because, it is just a joke. that is why i truly believe the standards have lowered, even quite extreme sexual behaviour, racist behaviour, is being condoned asjust a joke. it is being condoned asjust a joke. it is part of the rough—and—tumble as being part of the police service. i'm not saying it is exclusive to policing, there will be other organisations where the strong culture allows these things to happen. we are seeing this permeating in the public, especially from social media, they think they can say anything, and it can lead to certain extreme behaviour. this is a perfect storm in the police service, where they haven't got a grip of it, and they need to get a grip of it, and they need to get a grip of it, and fast. . . . . and they need to get a grip of it, and fast. ., ., , , ., ., and fast. that was dr leroy logan former superintendent _ and fast. that was dr leroy logan former superintendent in - and fast. that was dr leroy logan former superintendent in the - former superintendent in the metropolitan police, talking to me about the case of david carrick, who

has admitted he is a serial rapist who carried out sex attacks over almost two decades, are serving much polity police officer. more of that coming up in the one o'clock news. italy's most wanted mafia boss matteo messina denaro has been arrested. he's considered to be the leading figure in the cosa nostra and was reportedly captured when he visited a day clinic in the city of palermo. denaro has been on the run since the mid 1990s, when the sicilian mafia stepped up their bombing and murder campaign that included the killing of two prosecutors. our reporter davide ghiglione has the latest in rome. this morning, italians are glued to the news because everyone's trying to understand how it was possible for this man to escape for so long. matteo messina denaro, was one of the most important criminals in the country, and according to europol, was one of the most

wanted men in europe. he was sentenced, as you said, to a life term for his role in the in the murders of falcone and borsellino, two anti—mafia prosecutors who eventually became the symbol of the fight of the state against the organized crime. now, it was really, really difficult to chase and follow and capture this man. and there was an aura of mystery surrounding him, because no one has seen him publicly for the last 30 years. there was a photo dating back to the early 90s of him, and this aura of mystery surrounded him for years and years. this is a very important symbol for italians and for sicilians who over the years almost accepted the fact that they have to live with the organized crime surrounding them. so this man was really, really important

because even though it wasn't seen publicly and was physically unavailable, it was still controlling and influencing the the organized crime in sicily, in cosa nostra, and was controlling part of the region. so it's a very, very important symbol for italy, for the community and for italian authorities finally showing that they are fighting back. a man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, after a drive—by shooting in london left a seven—year—old girl fighting for her life. five other people were injured in the incident, which happened outside a catholic church, during a memorial service on saturday. frances read has been at the scene this morning and gave us the details. well, a crowd of mourners had gathered outside this church on saturday afternoon to see doves being released after a memorial service. that memorial service was for two women, a british colombian woman named sarah sanchez and her mother, fresier barra. they died just weeks apart. scotland yard says that a shotgun was fired from a black toyota car,

which then drove off soon afterwards. four women were injured along with two little girls, a 12 —year—old girl and a seven —year—old girl. the 12 —year—old has now been released from hospital, but the seven—year—old girl is said to be in a serious but stable condition. a 22—year—old man has now been arrested. that's according to police. they've released that information over the last few hours. they've said that a man was stopped in barnet in north london, and that's when this man was arrested and held. he's been held on suspicion of attempted murder. the met police is still asking anybody that saw anything in the area at the time to come forward with that information. romanian police are expanding their investigation of former kick—boxer andrew tate. over the weekend, they seized a fleet of luxury cars and raided a luxury villa north of the capital. investigators have been looking into allegations that the british—american citizen

was running a human trafficking operation from his compound in bucharest. our correspondent lucy williamson has this report. weeks after police came for their owner, they returned for his cars. the power of a ferrari paralysed in the grip of a dowdy police truck. insurance against any future compensation claims from victims. but also a sign that investigators here are confident. whatever the truth about life behind these walls, its secrets are now being scrutinised by investigators. this fleet of luxury cars, the toys of a successful businessman, or the proceeds of a trafficking ring. police raided seven more properties last week, including this villa owned by the tates near the carpathian mountains. neighbours say it was fully renovated last year with a swimming pool added. one neighbour, an electrician, says the builders asked him to help rewire the place.

when they explained what they wanted, i told them, "that's way beyond what i know how to do." the house is extremely luxurious with things that people like us can't even dare to dream of. if you're living in the western world, this is probably 40% of the reason i moved to romania. in an online video, andrew tate said he moved to romania in 2017, in part for what he saw as its relaxed approach to sexual assault claims. police want to know whether he and his brother tristan lured women here with promises of a relationship before forcing them to work online in adult chat rooms. they're also investigating an allegation of rape. i've never seen any of them being aggressive. police have identified six women as potential victims, but last week, two of those women publicly denied any mistreatment by the tate brothers.

translation: no, i've never been threatened. if i had been, i wouldn't have been stupid enough to stay in that house. i have a tattoo on my left arm that says tate girl, which i got out of respect for them. andrew tate's reputation hangs on this case, but romania's does too. its message, that trafficking claims will be investigated no matter how rich or famous you are. lucy williamson, bbc news, bucharest. the iconic italian actor gina lollobrigida has died at the age of 95. she shot to fame in the 1950s as a sultry mediterranean sex symbol and later became a photographer and sculptor after stepping away from the movie world. she was one of the highest—profile european actors of the �*50s and early �*60s, and at the time of her death, gina was among the last living, high—profile international actors from the golden age

of hollywood cinema. more western countries could soon supply weapons to ukraine, following the uk's commitment to send 14 tanks to the frontline. nato's secretary general said he expected more countries to offer help in the nearfuture — and poland has also promised at least 14 german—made leopard tanks for ukraine. there are concerns belarus might join the war as the country's forces enter military drills with russia. andrew harding reports. yet another ukrainian apartment block devoured by a huge russian missile. in the morning, rescue workers in the city of dnipro were still bringing out a few more survivors. a young woman, katerina, lifted carefully from the ruins and into the freezing daylight. she and her neighbours victims of a brutal and blundering russian campaign that shows no signs of easing. further east in the donbas,

we drive towards the front lines through more towns and villages targeted daily by the kremlin's artillery. and yet, civilians still cling on here. "aren't you scared?" i ask. "sure, wouldn't you be?" he replies. "how can we not be scared living in the donbas?" "it's terrifying," she adds, "especially for the children. we've got used to it." but russia's military is struggling too. even closer to the front in territory recently liberated by ukrainian forces, we come across acres of destroyed russian hardware. the russians have experienced so many losses in the past few months, and yet despite all this, they still have far more men, far more equipment than the ukrainians do, which is why the fate of this conflict still hangs very much in the balance. to tip that balance, ukraine needs more western weapons like this one.

we've been given rare access to a powerful british—supplied rocket launcher hidden in a forest. as we arrive, the unit is rushing to prepare for another mission. they're getting ready to fire now for the third time this morning, attacking russian targets along the front line just a few kilometres from here. these weapons, these foreign weapons have made an extraordinary difference for ukraine in this conflict, but it's not enough any more. a hurried launch, then an even quicker departure before russian artillery tries to target our position. back in the forest, the commander, face hidden, talks of a catastrophic shortage of equipment, of tanks, weapons and more basic supplies. "western help has got us this far," he says, "but we can't

liberate more territory without a lot more assistance." back in the rubble of dnipro, the search for survivors has continued. rescue workers shouting out, "is anyone there?" then, "yes," when a small voice is heard. and another woman is brought to safety or what passes for safety here after almost a year of war. andrew harding, bbc news, ukraine. good afternoon, a cold but thankfully dreyer weather for us. we have clear skies and sunshine around. this was a picture from

perth and king ross. still some wintry flows, that is how it looks for the next few days. we stick with a colder theme for the weather, some dry, sunny conditions. some sharp frosts, wintry showers and a risk of ice for some areas. the blue colours show as this cold air mass which is driving in from the arctic. waiting in the wings, something milder, and that will push in from the west as we head to the end of this week. the rest of the afternoon, a fair bit of clear and dry weather. we've got some early rain and sleetjust clearing away from the south—east for the rest of the day. still snow showers for northern scotland, few for northern ireland on the wales and northern england. this is 6pm and northern england. this is 6pm and those temperatures drop really quickly once the sun sets, so sub zero conditions, do watch out for icy stretches, particularly in the north—west after the showers, and in the far south—west, some higher ground and there could be icy conditions. elsewhere it is cold across the board, and fairly clear, around about —2 to —6 in the towns

and cities but cold in the countryside. for tuesday, low—pressure sets out to the north—east, we still have those wins coming from the arctic, driving and further snow flurries, particular for northern scotland, and a few for northern ireland, northern ireland and north—west england. some early mist and freezing fog patches for central and southern areas but they should clear away. through the day, plenty of wintry sunshine for many others, still sticking with those wintry showers in the north and west. temperatures are on the cold side, between about two to perhaps 5 degrees. not much changes we head into the middle of the week. we still have this area of low pressure in the north sea and that will drive closer to parts of eastern scotland and north—east england. through the course of wednesday there is the potential for more snow, even to low levels, quite brisk winds near that area of low pressure. elsewhere we see another day of sunny spells, if you wintry flows in the north and west, and temperatures up a little bit on tuesday, around four to 7 degrees. staying lively chilly but

dry into thursday, a hint that things turn more unsettled from the west, into friday and the weekend.

rapist who carried out sex attacks over almost two decades. pc david carrick has pleaded guilty to 49 offences including 24 counts of rape. the metropolitan police have apologised to his victims. this is a man who relentlessly degraded, belittled, sexually assaulted and raped women. as time went on the severity of his offending intensified as he became emboldened, thinking he would get away with it.

the met has apologised to carrick�*s victims