regarded warmly and fondly how she regarded her as another one of her daughters. her aunt has three daughters but very much saw elianne as a fourth as she spent so much time with our own daughters and she talks so fondly of all of the time she spent with her and she would regularly go round to her house and she said that elianne was a bright light. she left school, she was much valued at school. she loved herfamily she was much valued at school. she loved her family and friends, she was popular and everybody knew that elianne was someone who had big dreams. she had a bright future ahead of her and for her aunt, who has been in court every day, because it's been so difficult for her parents who have been in court threw out some of the trial and she has been a support for them but also a support in the community because there was such a big community reaction to the death. you had a vigil held in the weeks following her death, attended by hundreds of

people and followed by the funeral, of course and then last september, to mark a year on from elianne's death, the bureau was unveiled on the side of the shopping centre in croydon where she sadly passed away and that is a permanent reminder to everyone in the community to celebrate her life but also remind people to put their knives down according to community activists who are fighting hard to make sure people understood the consequences of knife crime.— people understood the consequences of knife crime. croydon has had some horrific deaths _ of knife crime. croydon has had some horrific deaths and _ of knife crime. croydon has had some horrific deaths and injuries _ of knife crime. croydon has had some horrific deaths and injuries from - of knife crime. croydon has had some horrific deaths and injuries from a - horrific deaths and injuries from a knife crime amongst young people. croydon has and continues to be a bar in london that has a high level of knife crime and you look back at what happened in 2021 as five teenagers were stabbed to death in croydon that year, the worst london borough when it came to knife crime.

and it has kind of gone up and down but there is still a problem and community activists acknowledged more work needs to be done and they are working closely with the local policing teams, youth groups to drive those messages through about the consequences of knife crime and of course with what happened to elianne it's a stark reminder of what the immediate family and the whole community go through. find it whole community go through. and it is another case _ whole community go through. and it is another case of _ whole community go through. and it is another case of violence _ whole community go through. and it is another case of violence against women and girls, which this government said fairly soon after they came into office in the last year was going to be a priority for them after the police chief said it was such a bad state of affairs. that it should be regarded like terrorism and a national emergency. what makes this case different to other cases you hear about, this happened in broad daylight at half

past eight in the morning during rush hour. when elianne and her friends were on the way to school. she was brutally murdered in public in front of buses, off this busy high street, and in most cases with violence against women and girls it happens behind closed doors at night in most cases but this is what made the case more unusual but you are absolutely right in terms of the government plan to halve violence against women and girls and they are hoping to strive towards that. thank ou ve hoping to strive towards that. thank you very much. _ hoping to strive towards that. thank you very much, adina _ hoping to strive towards that. thank you very much, adina campbell- hoping to strive towards that. thank you very much, adina campbell who has been following the case, we expect to hear from has been following the case, we expect to hearfrom hassan has been following the case, we expect to hear from hassan sentamu's father michael shortly on bbc news outside the old bailey. martin outside the old bailey. martin outside the old bailey. martin outside the old bailey and as she said, we will be back with her as soon as her father speaks and you can get more on the background to the case on the bbc news website and app. ijust want the case on the bbc news website and app. i just want to take the case on the bbc news website and app. ijust want to take you to the case on the bbc news website and app. i just want to take you to the

commons now because very shortly we are expecting the home secretary to give a statement. we have seen yvette cooper is sat in the commons and we expect her to announce a plan to implement a new local inquiries into grooming gangs. you will of course know that for weeks the government has faced calls for a new national inquiry into grooming gangs. and it was partly reintroduced because a post by elon musk but when it was emerging that the safeguarding ministerjess phillips turned down a request for government help with an inquiry in 0ldham, the conservatives and a handful of labour mps and the billionaire elon musk have all called for new inquiries. the conservative _ called for new inquiries. the conservative leader - called for new inquiries. tie: conservative leader kemi badenoch earlier when she was giving her first major speech on 2025 said again that local inquiries would not

be enough and repeated her call for a full nationally inquiry. find be enough and repeated her call for a full nationally inquiry.— a full nationally inquiry. and we exect a full nationally inquiry. and we meet yvette _ a full nationally inquiry. and we expect yvette yvette _ a full nationally inquiry. and we expect yvette yvette cooper . a full nationally inquiry. and we expect yvette yvette cooper to | a full nationally inquiry. and we - expect yvette yvette cooper to talk about what the government will do. and i can also report that yvette cooper has been threatened with legal action by a former greater manchester police detective who set “p manchester police detective who set up a charity to help abuse survivors. her name is maggie 0liver, survivors. her name is maggie oliver, and she resigned in 2012 saying victims were being let down and she has sent a pre—action letter to the home secretary yvette cooper, warning she would take her to court unless she takes urgent steps to allay widespread public concern over gangs sexually exploiting children. she has now said she has put the home secretary on notice and that she will commence legal action if yvette cooper fails to publish a timeline, she says, for implementing

all 20 recommendations in alexisj's report in 2022. so we are now waiting for yvette cooper to address the commons and we have already reported that some local inquiries have already taken place but yvette cooper is expected to announce new inquiries into child sexual abuse and it comes after three labour mps publicly expressed support for a national inquiry. the rotherham mp, sarah champion and the rochdale mp, paul vaughan. sarah champion and the rochdale mp, paulvaughan. 0thersenior sarah champion and the rochdale mp, paul vaughan. other senior labour figures, the manchester mayor, andy burnham havejoined figures, the manchester mayor, andy burnham have joined the cause saying they would support a limited new inquiry and we are expecting the home secretary to announce those details very shortly, but let's go

to westminster and our political correspondent alex forsyth. giant —— just outline what we expect from the home secretary? it is just outline what we expect from the home secretary?— home secretary? it is scant details at the moment _ home secretary? it is scant details at the moment and _ home secretary? it is scant details at the moment and yvette - home secretary? it is scant details at the moment and yvette cooperl home secretary? it is scant detailsl at the moment and yvette cooper is sat in the house of commons divorce against her feet but the broad expectation issue will announce locally led inquiry a series of them but crucially with national backing but crucially with national backing but this matters because it was brought to the fore again after 0ldham council requested the home office support them with an office support them with an investigation into this issue of grooming gangs stop that request was rejected by the home office at the time which sparked a huge wave of calls for national inquiry into the issue and the conservatives, the parties, reform and elon musk wading into the debate on social media. the government position is they did not think there should be a national inquiry and said there had been a suite of investigations in the

interview including a report by alexis jay which reported back in 2022 and ministers claimed they thought the focus should be on implementing the recommendations of that report. it seems there has been a slight shift in position and we will hear more from yvette cooper in the next few minutes, but the focus we are told is about locally led inquiries but with national backing, similar to what the labour mp for rotherham, sarah champion, has called for and she says there needs to be more investigation and a level of accountability as much as anything else and she was making the case earlier that the way to do that was to allow the inquiries to be led locally but with the power and backing of the support of the government which means they can do things like summon witnesses ensure people turn up and give evidence, so we think something broadly similar to the model is what yvette cooper will announce when she gets her feet into the commons but the details at the moment are a little scant and we

are waiting for confirmation of what the current approach will be and when yvette cooper stands up and makes the statement, we will be watching closely the details about how much the government has moved on this and any subsequent inquiries —— inquiries and investigations might be but more importantly what all of this will mean for the victims of the horrendous crimes. basically, a national review, _ the horrendous crimes. basically, a national review, nasa _ the horrendous crimes. basically, a national review, nasa national- national review, nasa national inquiry although kemi badenoch already during her questioning after her speech was saying that local inquiries are not enough so the pressure is on the government from the conservatives. we pressure is on the government from the conservatives.— the conservatives. we have to wait and see what _ the conservatives. we have to wait and see what yvette _ the conservatives. we have to wait and see what yvette cooper - the conservatives. we have to wait and see what yvette cooper says . the conservatives. we have to wait l and see what yvette cooper says and other parties in response to it but you are complete rewrite. the call from those who have been saying there needs to be a national inquiries for exactly that, something that will look at the picture across the uk and well in their words that she said previously join the dots to get to the bottom

of the issue and the complexities around it, so we will see what the responses when we know what the home secretary has announced, but when it came to the fore at the beginning of the year keir starmer was asked about it and was clear that he did not think there should be a another national inquiry. and then there was a slight softening of the government position when he said he understood that the victims in these cases had different views and the government would always consider what the views and perspectives were and then this update from yvette cooper, where the government is going to be clear that they are not doing a full national inquiry and instead they want it to be led from the ground up, locally led and you might rememberjess phillips who is one of the home office ministers, the one that 0ffice ministers, the one that initially said to 0ldham council that she didn't think the government should undertake the inquiry, she has made the case in the past that she thinks the inquiries work best when they are locally led and has

pointed to the example of telford where there was a local inquiry and jess phillips made the ottomans in her mind that that led to some changes that she thinks make a difference, so it's that sort of model we will see yvette cooper outlined today but the big question around that is going to be, what is the response, notjust on the other political parties, which is important, but more importantly from victims and those who support and work with the victims of these crimes around the country. alex, for the moment. _ crimes around the country. alex, for the moment, thank— crimes around the country. alex, for the moment, thank you _ crimes around the country. alex, for the moment, thank you very - crimes around the country. alex, for the moment, thank you very much l crimes around the country. alex, for i the moment, thank you very much and we will be back at the commons as soon as yvette cooper gets to her feet. first though we will pause for a look at the weather with helen willetts. good afternoon. fairly stagnant weather at the moment with high pressure around, which means only subtle changes in the weather from day to day. where we keep the clear skies and sunshine by day we will get patchy fog at night and a touch of frost but it's mainly dry touch of frost but it's mainly dry to many of us, right the way through the weekend under this area of high pressure which is keeping the

weather fronts update. however, interestingly, over the coming days we lose the south—westerly wind and draw in the cold air across the low countries, france and germany and temperatures will start to dip away. and so temperatures actually will start to dip away and it will be quite chilly, probably the coldest day being sunday. and the fog of course is a real issue for travellers. this was nuneaton earlier on. it's taken a long time for that fog to clear through the morning. in contrast, llandrindod wells in powys enjoying lots of sunshine. as i say, it is really contrasting our weather today. we've got hazy sunshine as well across scotland, parts of northern ireland and even some glimmers of sunshine coming through under this cloud band in the south. but generally it's rather grey, but plenty of sunshine for much of the midlands, wales and northern england. it's not helping our temperatures. of course, we haven't got much strength from the sun at this time of year, just 4 or 5 degrees where the low cloud lingers. seven in the sunshine. the highest temperatures with the milder air. the southwesterly wind in the north and west, which will escalate a little

further as we go through the night, bringing in some the night, bringing in some patchy rain and drizzle. patchy rain and drizzle. the cloud elsewhere will tend the cloud elsewhere will tend to fill in with fog and mist, to fill in with fog and mist, and there could be a touch and there could be a touch of frost again come morning, of frost again come morning, but it looks less likely but it looks less likely to be as widespread to be as widespread as it was this morning. as it was this morning. nevertheless, there could be nevertheless, there could be some some frost around first some some frost around first thing in the morning. thing in the morning. and of course, that fog, and of course, that fog, which will take its time which will take its time to clear our weak weather to clear our weak weather front, is more prevalent front, is more prevalent during tomorrow with some during tomorrow with some patchy rain and drizzle patchy rain and drizzle in the north, so more in the north, so more cloud generally. cloud generally. but again, the sunshine but again, the sunshine may well break through may well break through in northern ireland, eastern scotland, east of the pennines, east of the pennines, eastern parts of wales. eastern parts of wales. but in some places it but in some places it could linger that grey could linger that grey weather all day and some weather all day and some of the fog too. of the fog too. and that's where we'll and that's where we'll just see 4 or 5 degrees. just see 4 or 5 degrees. i'm going to take you straight to i'm going to take you straight to the commons because yvette cooper is the commons because yvette cooper is on her feet. on her feet. crimes of child sexual exploitation and abuse. including mandatory crimes of child sexual exploitation and abuse. including mandatory reporting, and new victims and reporting, and new victims and survivors panel, an overhaul of data survivors panel, an overhaul of data on police requirements, tougher on police requirements, tougher sentences for perpetrators and sentences for perpetrators and support for local inquiries support for local inquiries including in 0ulton. the including in 0ulton. the

safeguarding minister is this safeguarding minister is this morning meeting with morning meeting with survivors from 0ldham, and earlier this week she and i met professor alexis jay, who chaired both the seven year national independent inquiry into child sexual abuse and the first local independent inquiry into grooming gangs in rotherham. professorjay�*s strongest message to us was that the survivors who bravely testified to terrible crimes committed against them must not be left to feel that their efforts were in vain because despite all the inquiries, no one listened and nothing was done. following those discussions i therefore want to update the house on our next steps, but to take forward inquiry recommendations and to go further in tackling sexual exploitation and grooming both on the streets and online to keep children safe. the independent national inquiry into child