the chairman of the parole board, nick hardwick, has since resigned.lier phillippa kaufmann, the barrister for the two women who brought the case, told my colleague huw edwards that nick hardwick has been made a scapegoat. what happened here was not down to failings on the part of nick hardwick or systemic failings in his department apart from this is a department apart from this is a department that is so under resourced that at the end of the day you begin to see problems with the operation of the system as an inevitable consequence of under resourcing. you can see at each stage the officials in the ministry ofjustice who should have got this material before the parole board, they overlook it, they don't do it, they overlook it, they don't do it, they are too overworked. the parole board itself is not chaired by a judge. that has changed in the last number of years as the parole board resources have become more and more squeezed because of the amount of cases they have today because of the decisions of politicians skyrocket and they don't have the re

parole board to release black cab rapist john worboys has been quashed — prompting its chairman nick hardwicko resign. getting the green light — plans to charge consumers a refundable deposit for recycling bottles and cans. he did go to see xi. confirmation that north korea's president kim jong un went to beijing — his first foreign trip since coming to power seven years ago. coming up on afternoon live all the sport with hugh... and it's not great news for the aussie captain... and it has can tenured, former captain steve smith has been banned for a year captain steve smith has been banned fora yearand captain steve smith has been banned for a year and bulldoze the captaincy for at least two years and david warner also banned and cameron ba ncroft david warner also banned and cameron bancroft out for nine months. all the details later. all the details later. thanks hugh — and ben rich has all the weather — mixed and pretty cool in the run—up to the easter weekend. details on that but also i'll take you to a pa rt that but also i'll take you to a part of the world not so far away things are f

nick hardwick — chairman of the parole board — has been forced to resign.ation letter, mr hardwick apologised for mistakes that had been made in the case. but he said it raised questions about the independence of the parole board. angus crawford is at the high court for us. tell us about this decision at the high court. it to just ten minutes to hand down and read out the summary to hand down and read out the summary of this judgment, and to hand down and read out the summary of thisjudgment, and it to hand down and read out the summary of this judgment, and it was made very clear that the judges' view that the decision of the parole board last year to grant parole to john worboys was irrational, and that the parole board had not considered all of the information surrounding his offending. both the offending he was convicted for, 19 charges against 12 women, but also the wider circumstances around other offences. it is. he possibly attacked as many as 100 women. the result is that the parole board decision has been quashed. they must reconsider the case. it

the chairman of the parole board, nick hardwick, has resigned.ndent june kelly has more details. john worboys is one of the country's most notorious sexual predators. a decade ago the black cab rapist, as he's known, was finally convicted of drugging and sexually assaulting 12 of his passengers. but it's believed he'd done the same to more than 100 more. i believe that a lot of women can sleep a little bit happier tonight. for these women there was no justice and they include this victim, who helped bring today's legal challenge. he has conned the parole board and it's clear that he conned the parole board. and the fact that he's still doing that and able to deceive people is quite clear indication he hasn't changed because that is what he was like when we got into that cab. at the heart of this case was whetherjohn worboys had acknowledged the scale of his offending and shown true remorse for his crimes. today's court ruling said the parole board had failed to examine these issues properly. after the judgment, lawyers for his victims said even n

even before the decision was made public, there came the news that nick hardwick, head of the paroleeen forced to resign, a result of what is now seen as a terrible decision by the board. that is disappointing. it looks as though he's been scapegoated the something that's not the sole responsibility of the parole board, and even to the extent the parole board went wrong, it was the failure of an individual panel that didn't have the benefit of illegal chairman. and once again, questions as to why worboys was only prosecuted for a fraction of his crimes, and revelations of previously unreported allegations against him. i've been approached by numerous other victims of worboys. in excess of ten women who were attacked by him, many of whom never reported it before, and i really hope this is an opportunity to learn lessons. three months ago, john worboys, the serial six attacker, was looking forward to life on the outside. now, for the immediate future at least, he will be staying in prison. in his letter of resignation, nick hardwick said he had no role in the decision of the panel, and

the chairman of the parole board, nick hardwick, resigned earlier today.affairs correspondent june kelly has more details. john worboys is one of the country's most notorious sexual predators. a decade ago the black cab rapist, as he's known, was finally convicted of drugging and sexually assaulting 12 of his passengers. but it's believed he'd done the same to more than 100 more. i believe that a lot of women can sleep a little bit happier tonight. for these women there was no justice and they include this victim, who helped bring today's legal challenge. he has conned the parole board and it's clear that he conned the parole board. and the fact that he's still doing that and able to deceive people is quite clear indication he hasn't changed because that is what he was like when we got into that cab. at the heart of this case was whetherjohn worboys had acknowledged the scale of his offending and shown true remorse for his crimes. today's court ruling said the parole board had failed to examine these issues properly. after the judgment, lawyers for his vic

the chairman of the parole board — nick hardwick — resigned earlier today.correspondent june kelly reports. for years, john worboys was the master manipulator, as he cruised the streets, targeting, sexually abusing and humiliating women. with this court victory, his victims have taken control of this case and john worboys‘ immediate future. two women brought this case, but standing behind and supporting them were scores of others he sexually assaulted down the years — crimes for which he was never tried or convicted and sentenced. this was the reaction from one of the two women at the heart of the case. just so happy that justice was served today and they realise they made a mistake. and thejudge made the right decision, really, didn't he? and i think a lot of women will be sleeping a lot easier tonight, knowing the results of this. during the court hearings, questions were raised about the scale of worboys‘ offending and whetherjohn radford, as he is now known, had truly showed remorse for what he did. in their ruling, the judges said, overall, the possibil

we have just learned that nick hardwick, chairman of the pa role nick hardwick, chairman of the parolem. the update is from danny shaw, our home affairs correspondent. we can now go live to a committee of mps who are taking evidence on the use of nondisclosure agreements and sexual harassment. the former assistant to harvey weinstein is giving evidence to mps about it now. . we considered ourselves constructively dismissed at that point. thank you. that is an enormous episode of your life distilled into something very brief. you said in your evidence that you wa nted you said in your evidence that you wanted to ensure that mr weinstein was prosecuted, but that you advised that this was not an option, and that this was not an option, and that you should pursue a financial settle m e nt that you should pursue a financial settlement instead. can you tell us briefly the reasons you were given as to why this was not an option. firstly because the incident had not happened in the uk, so it was not under uk jurisdiction. secondly, because of the disparity of power between the two parties. and

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the head of the parole board nick hardwick resigned.pon victims, victims of a serial predatory sex offender to keep us safe. the primary role of government is to keep the people safe. will the minister to this opportunity to apologise to the victims for the many failures that have left them having to pursue justice because nobody will do it for them? i share the anger that he does that victims had to go through this process and i am sorry that that happened. the president‘s club later announced it was too closed following claims that women were grouped at the men only event. organisers chose to make a men only event. they chose to treat the hostesses to make them parade across the stage in front of men to make them wear black skimpy outfits and specify the colour of their underwear. women have the right to feel safe wherever they work. and allegations of this type of behaviour are completely unacceptable. there was a celebrations across parliament to mark 100 years of women getting the right to vote. it didn‘t apply to all, it was a his

there was drama even before the court convened with the news that nick hardwick, the head of the parole made to resign. in his resignation letter to the tour —— justice secretary, his bitterness at being forced out was clear. one of the victims‘ lawyers was among those regretting his departure. that is very disappointing. it looks as if he has been scapegoated for something that is not solely the responsibility of the parole board. and even to the extent the parole board were wrong, it was a failure on the part of an individual panel who didn't have the benefit of a legal chairman. in the house of commons thejustice secretary who made him go was having to admit failings in his own department. a dossier on worboys‘ passed from the ministry ofjustice to the parole panel had lacked vital information. i apologise for that. but i think we also should be clear that the ministry for justice, working through the national probation service, recommended that worboys was not released. four years john worboys was the master manipulator as he manipulated and abused scores of women. his victims have

parole board to release black cab rapist john worboys has been quashed — prompting its chairman nick hardwickndable deposit for recycling bottles and cans. he did go to see xi. confirmation that north korea's president kim jong un went to beijing — his first foreign trip since coming to power seven years ago. coming up on afternoon live all the sport with hugh... and it's not great news for the aussie captain... and it has can tenured, former captain steve smith has been banned for a year captain steve smith has been banned fora yearand captain steve smith has been banned for a year and bulldoze the captaincy for at least two years and david warner also banned and cameron ba ncroft david warner also banned and cameron bancroft out for nine months.

the chairman of the parole board, nick hardwick has resigned.ative mp raised the ruling with the prime minister. you should share my admiration for the brave victims who challenged this decision in court. does she agree that this gigantic decision must now provoke a rethink of a criminaljustice system in which many of us to not have confidence and 7 the prime minister expressed her sympathy for worboys' victims. one of the issues they have raised is that they have found it is unlawful to a blanket prohibition of disclosing parole board information. what will now happen is that the parole board decision will be reverted back to the parole board but the evidence that the board has will be updated and will take account of the findings of the court. later the justice secretary defended his decision not to challenge the release ofjohn worboys. the device i received was an argument like i was highly unlikely to succeed and indeed this argument did not succeed. he said he would be examining the current system. when i addressed this injanuary i said i w

the board's chairmain, nick hardwick, was forced to resign yesterday but says the justice departmentlings in the case. june kelly reports. asjohn worboys remains inside waiting for a new parole hearing, outside in the political arena, the row over his case continues. the head of the parole board has been forced out of his job by the worboys shambles. in the commons yesterday, the justice secretary, david gauke, admitted mistakes in his own department, but made clear he thought the blame for the mess lay at the doors of the parole board. and this morning, he raised more questions about its performance. john worboys has been in wakefield, a top security category a prison. the minister is now asking for a review of six cases where offenders were freed straight from category ajails. the now ex—head of the parole board made plain his anger at this. well, one of the concerns i have had about this matter is about the independence of the parole board, and thejustice secretary should back off. i think if people have got concerns about a decision that the parole board made, then there are prop

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the chairman of the parole board, nick hardwick, was forced to resign but he's said that the justicebel peace prize winner malala yousafzai has returned to pakistan for the first time since she was shot by taliban militants in 2012. malala, who is now 20, was shot in the head because she was campaigning for girl's education. alison freeman has more details. under the cover of darkness and amid tight security malala yousafzai returned home to pakistan. it was the first visit by the human rights activist since she was shot by the taliban in 2012. malala met the prime minister, and went on to take the stage at his office to give an emotional speech, often wiping away tears. it was broadcast on state tv. i still can't believe it, that this is actually happening. malala was shot in the head by gunmen five and a half years ago. she has been campaigning for girls' education in the swat valley which at the time was a militant stronghold. now an oxford university student having lived in the uk ever since, in 2014 she became the youngest person to win the nobel peace prize. but today she recog

there was drama even before the court convened, with the news that nick hardwick, the head of the parolerd, had been made to resign. in his resignation letter to the justice secretary his bitterness at being forced out was clear. one of the victims‘ lawyers was among those regretting his departure. that's very disappointing. it looks as if he has been scapegoated for something that is not solely the responsibility of the parole board. and even to the extent the parole board were wrong, it was a failure on the part of an individual panel which didn't have the benefit of a legal chairman. in the house of commons thejustice secretary who made him go was having to admit failings in his own department. a dossier on worboys‘ passed from the ministry ofjustice to the parole panel had lacked vital information. i apologise for that. but i think we also should be clear that the moj, working through the national probation service, recommended that worboys was not released. for years, john worboys was the master manipulator as he manipulated and abused scores of women. his victims have now taken con

its chairman nick hardwick has resigned.tion. the case will be resubmitted to the parole board. a new panel will be constituted and updated evidence of his risk from prison and probation officials will be provided. the panel will then assess anew whether worboys is suitable for release. those victims, covered by the victim contact scheme, will be fully informed and involved in this process. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story. detectives investigating the attempted murders of a former spy and his daughter say they believe the russians first came into contact with the nerve agent at their home. syrian government forces have massed around the last rebel—held town in the eastern ghouta. local media are reporting that troops are preparing for a "huge" operation. the first funerals are taking place for those who died in the shopping centre fire in the siberian city of kemerovo. at least 64 people died in the on sunday, 41 of them were children. relatives are saying dozens of people are still missing.

the boa rd's chairman nick hardwick was forced to resign yesterday but says the ministry ofjustice shouldnew parole hearing, outside in the political arena, the row over his case continues. the head of the parole board has been forced out of his job by the worboys shambles. in the commons yesterday, the justice secretary, david gauke, admitted mistakes in his own department, but made clear he thought the blame for the mess lay at the doors of the parole board. and this morning, he raised more questions about its performance. john worboys has been in wakefield, a top security category a prison. the minister is now asking for a review of six cases where offenders were freed straight from category ajails. the now ex—head of the parole board made plain his anger at this. well, one of the concerns i have had about this matter is about the independence of the parole board, and thejustice secretary should back off. i think if people have got concerns about a decision that the parole board made, then there are proper ways of dealing with this. worboys, known as the black cab rapist, was convicted

it's worth saying we will be speaking to nick hardwick, the parole board chairman, who resigned fromwill be interesting to hear from is doing interviews today, it will be interesting to hearfrom him today live what he makes of who was responsible for the mistakes that took place. we will be talking to dominic rabb, who was in thejustice department when the parole board initial decision was made. front page of the sun is looking at this big 3a worboys‘s victims, who sought justice, and the daily mail going on to the conversation that's happening today and will be happening for some timei today and will be happening for some time i imagine, is the parole system fit for purpose? saying it is in crisis after the top judges attacked the decision to freejohn worboys. 0n the decision to freejohn worboys. on this day, one year before brexit, the front page of the times, looking at immigration issues and obviously this is in relation to many of the claims in the run—up to the referendum, the home office has lost track of more than 600,000 foreigners who should have left the uk. the government