michael spurr has been in charge for almost nine years.at the end of march 2019. the foreign secretary has raised the case of the two jailed reuters journalists with aung san suu kyi during a trip to myanmar. jeremy hunt says he asked myanmar‘s de factor leader to consider giving them a pardon. the reporters were arrested last december while investigating a massacre against rohingya muslims in rakhine state. they were sentenced to seven years in prison after being convicted under the colonial—era official secrets act. this is something that has caused us enormous concern. the british embassy here attended most of the trial. we are supporters and believers in freedom of the press all over the world. i raised with aung san suu kyi my concern is that due process had not been followed in this particular case. she said that she would look into it. britain is to step up its military support for ukraine as hostilities continue with russia. the defence secretary, gavin williamson, has been on a visit to the frontline of the fighting in the east of

michael spurr has been in charge for almost nine years.2019. the world anti—doping agency has lifted its suspension on russia, imposed three years ago after accusations of widespread, state—sponsored drugs cheating in sport. it means russia will again be free to test its own athletes, and may pave the way for their return to international competition. let's speak to our sports editor, dan roan. this decision has provoked a lot of criticism. yes, it's been described asa criticism. yes, it's been described as a devastating blow to clean athletes by the head of the us anti—doping agency. this is one of the most controversial decisions reached by wada, defying an unprecedented outcry from athletes and figures in the anti—doping community. russia was published three years ago for a state—sponsored doping scandal and we re state—sponsored doping scandal and were found to have sabotaged events like the london 2012 games across 1000 athletes but this ruling means it can test its own athletes, bid for events, its track and field team will be back t

michael spurr has been in charge for almost nine years.oing prisons crisis. neil was a prison officer for 15 years and is the author of a book entitled strangeways: a prison officer's story. welcome, good evening. good evening. welcome, good evening. good evening. we see a change here, michael moving on, he has been told to move on or asked to, we are told what difference will that make it any? for me, if you are at the top of the latter and things aren't going right, then you are always going to be in the firing line, really, it should not be about any sort of money thing or any present minister it should be about what's happening now and resolving it and staff and prisoners being assaulted daily. for me, that the priority over everything. if you have the chance to recommend how to combat that what will you say? you need to start building isner staff relationships. for me, i would give control back to prison governors, and individual prisons and let them use the stopover they need to to bring these levels of violence down which for me is

the chief executive of the prison and probation service, michael spurr, has been told to leave his postomes as a number ofjails in england and wales face record levels of violence, drug—taking and self—harm. mr spurr has agreed to step down — and will leave next march. a total ban on advertisements for gambling during live sporting events is being proposed by the labour party as a way to combat addiction. the party‘s deputy leader tom watson says problem gambling has now become a "a public health emergency". our sports correspondent richard conway has more. voice over: think fast, act fast, in play. you can watch it and you can get involved in it. it matters more when there‘s money on it — that‘s the message gambling companies often sell to viewers of live sport, but labour are concerned problem gambling has become a public health emergency and are pledging limits on when ads can be shown during sporting events. with nearly half a million gambling addicts and the gambling commission telling us that sitting behind them there are 2 million problem gamblers who are at risk of becoming gamb

the ministry ofjustice announced that michael spurr will leave his role as chief executive of the hmunprecedented violence" in britishjails. the best album of the last 12 months will be named at the 27th mercury prize tonight. whoever wins will receive £25,000 and almost certainly a boost in sales. previous winners include the likes of arctic monkeys, elbow and pj harvey. but in the age of streaming individual tracks, does the album still matter? 0ur entertainment correspondent, colin paterson has been to find out. # now i‘m stuck in a rut, kicking stones... lily allen, 12 years and four albums into a career, thrilled to have finally made a mercury prize shortlist with no shame, and she‘s out to win. it would mean everything to me. i mean, i‘d absolutely love for that to happen. it‘s not going to, but...! it‘s a heartfelt record, which... previous albums have been honest, but maybe a bit, like, finger—waggy, telling other people what i think about them, whereas this is me thinking about what i am. # four stars out of five... she‘s up against albums by some very established acts, incl

the chief executive of the prison and probation service, michael spurr, has been told to leave his postumber of prisons in england and wales face record levels of violence, drug—taking and self—harm. mr spurr has agreed to step down, and will leave next march. police investigating a suspected poisoning at a restaurant in salisbury on sunday are examining whether it was a hoax. the emergency services declared a major incident, after alex king and his wife, anna shapiro, were apparently taken ill. they were admitted to hospital and later discharged. police say the so—called croydon cat killer doesn't exist. the metropolitan police began an investigation three years ago, after several reports of mutilated cats being found. 25 postmortem examinations were carried out, but no evidence was found of "human involvement". scotland yard now says the injuries were likely to be "the result of predation or scavenging by wildlife on cats, killed in vehicle collisions." a total ban on advertisements for gambling during live sporting events is being proposed by the labour party, as a way to combat addi

the chief executive of the prison and probation service, michael spurr, has been told to leave his postharm. mr spurr has agreed to step down, and will leave next march. now, a look at the weather. what on earth is that? i am not sure it is going to work. we are getting towards the storm season and i wa nted towards the storm season and i wanted to talk to people about warnings. we actually call this the grid matrix, invented by the met office. have you seen the movie, the matrix? it is pretty complicated. it isa matrix? it is pretty complicated. it is a cult classic with piano reeves. it isa is a cult classic with piano reeves. it is a brilliant movie, but very complicate it. this is collocated as well. there are three tiers of warning system, yellow, amber and red. the red warning system we only get around 12 issued across the uk ina year. get around 12 issued across the uk in a year. the higher up in the grid system you are, the more likely you are of the issues and the further along, the greater the impact. if we are talking about an amber that is higher up are talking about an ambe