what the iopc are saying is because of the level of public interest and also because of the concernstigation hopefully will give them. last month, the government ordered a public inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the handling of andrew —— andrew malkinson�*s case, saying this is not to review the original criminal investigation, and mr malkinson responded to this announcement by the iopc. he's welcome to the new investigation, but what he's also saying is that he didn't really have any faith in the system. he said that was like allowing them to mark their own homework. he's hoping his investigation will hold individual officers to account now. the police have been approached for comments. yunus, thank you. when medicinal cannabis was legalised in 2018, the move was hailed as a breakthrough for people with illnesses such as epilepsy, chronic pain and neurological disorders. but now some patients say they are still being blocked from getting it on the nhs. more details from our health correspondent alastair fee. jasper is 13 and these days is a typical teenager, but much of hi

independent 0ffice itself to the police watchdog, the iopc. independent office for police conduct.ive police constable, they are facing allegations of breaching professional standards of police conduct, if they are proven, they could lose theirjobs, they all deny any wrongdoing. rounded the world and across the uk, we are hearing that a 16—year—old boy has been arrested, in connection with the felling of the sycamore gap tree, this is according to northumbria police, you might remember that police have been investigating the deliberate felling of that tree, which is one of the uk's most iconic tree, which appeared to have been cut down in an act of vandalism, it was apparently cut down overnight, police say they believe the tree, which is also known as robin hood's tree because it made an appearance in that film was felled deliberately. that is the breaks new, a 16—year—old boy has been arrested in connection with that incident. you are live with bbc some other breaking news from netherlands t police say three people have been wounded, in two shooting incidents in the dutch city of

she goes on to say that the met fully supported the iopc investigation and their thoughts are with everyones to run its course" so it would not be appropriate for her to say any more at this stage. now, as for the officer who remains suspended, he will appear at westminster magistrates court tomorrow morning. let's turn to iran now — where the government has passed a bill that increases the punishment to up to 10 years in prison for women who don't obey the country's strict islamic dress code. it comes just days after the one year anniversary of the death of mahsa amini — who died after being detained by iran's morality police for allegedy violating rules around wearing a headscarf. the bbc�*s parham ghobadi is in our newsroom. iran has finally passed this controversial bill which is going to be implemented for a trial period. some of the feet of this bill is nowadays if iranians were men don't abide by hijab regulations, they will be fined and that has increased tremendously to 7000 us dollars. that as the amount people pay to buy a brand—new car. nowadays they will be arrested for not wea

secretary suella braverman at lining he wants greater legal protection and raising the threshold the iopcovernight by demonstrating he is on the side demanding change he will hope that those firearms officers who have withdrawn will return to duty. let's get some of the day's other news now. the philippines says it�*ll take �*all appropriate actions�* to remove a floating barrier installed by china to stop fishing boats from entering a disputed area in the south china sea. coast guards say it�*s preventing fishermen from working. china claims more than 90% of the area as its own territory. the public prosecutor in libya has ordered the arrest of several officials over the flood that killed thousands of people in the city of derna. those detained are involved in water resources and the management of two dams that broke, sweeping away a quarter of the city two weeks ago. a statement said they were suspected of bad management and negligence. the notorious italian mafia boss matteo messina denaro has died in custody at the age of 61. he was being treated for cancer. messina denaro was arreste

i know there's an issue, the iopc, and even the internal of personal standards, how they take thingshe cps looks at things. in terms of processes and practices, the legislation as well. these things i believe have been put in place in the past. let me say, these officers are taking this action having threatened to do it in 2011 with the mark duggan issue when an officer may have faced the courts. they didn't use it because he didn't go to court. on this occasion they decided to pull out this tactic, which i think is unprofessional and shouldn't be done, and is holding people to ransom. hopefully it will stop soon. let's turn to another important story now. ukraine's special forces have claimed that the commander of russia's black sea fleet was killed in a missile strike on the navy�*s headquarters in occupied crimea on friday. in a statement, a military spokesman claimed admiral viktor sokolov — the commander of russia's black sea fleet — died in the attack, but wouldn't name him directly when approached by the bbc for confirmation. the building in sevastopol suffered a direct hit by

i know there's an issue, the iopc, and even the personal standards, how they take things forward and looks at things. in terms of processes and practices, the legislation as well. these things i believe have been put in place in the past. let me say, these officers are taking this the mark duggan issue when an officer may have faced the courts. they didn't use it because he didn't go to court. on this occasion they decided to pull out this tactic, which i think is unprofessional and shouldn't be done, and is holding people to ransom. hopefully it will stop soon. what do you make of the intervention of the home secretary, given that there is a criminal case, and the intervention of the commissioner? it is interesting the former director of prosecution spoke to the bbc and said the commissioner needs to provide evidence for claims of glaring unfairness. absolutely. spot on. the commissioner and the home secretary need to understand if interfering in this way can prejudice proper trial at the old bailey for the officer facing the murder case. you don't want to influence a jury. unless y

the independent office for police conduct, the iopc, investigated the shooting and handed their evidenceke to the bbc earlier this month, one year on from their son's death. so what about us? what about us? when i have to do the proper mourning for chris? it's very disappointing. very. so we demand to the cps, we need a decision. today, the crown prosecution service authorised a charge of murder against the officer. he will be formally charged tomorrow and will then appear at westminster magistrates court. he has not been named for unspecific legal reasons and remains suspended. greg mckenzie, bbc news. for the first time in the history of the nhs, consultants and junior doctors in england are on strike at the same time. the walkout by members of the british medical association marks an escalation of their pay dispute. hospital leaders have expressed "profound concern" about the impact the strikes will have on patients and have called on ministers and the unions to find a solution. 0ur health correspondent sharon barbour reports. it's a strike never seen before in the history of the nhs.

she goes on to say that the met fully supported the iopc investigation and therefore is are with everyone run its course so would not be appropriate for her to say any more at this stage. as for the officer who remains suspended, he will appear at westminster magistrates' court. . ~ appear at westminster magistrates' court. ., ~ i. azerbaijan says it has now halted its military operation in nagorno karabakh, after separatist forces there agreed to lay down their arms. the local administration in the enclave has also agreed to start talks on how to integrate the territory into azerbaijan. the separatists say 32 people were killed injust over a day of fighting, including two children. these latest pictures show around 2000 people being moved to safety. russia, a former power in the region, says it has offered humanitarian and medical assistance. the fighting has been intense. this is video filmed in stepanakert, which is the capital of armenian—controlled nagorno—karabakh. the sound of shelling can be heard in the distance. let's get more on this with our correspondent in tbilisi, rayhan de

the iopc referred itself to the independent office for police conduct and the five officers and actingbreaches include whether or not excessive force was used, breaches over equality and diversity and other breaches over respect, authority and courtesy. they all deny any wrongdoing and the hearing continues.— hearing continues. thank you, adina cambell hearing continues. thank you, adina campbell reporting _ hearing continues. thank you, adina campbell reporting there. _ now a look at some other stories making the news today. new laws have come into force in northern ireland which will grant anonymity to people suspected of sexual offences until they are charged. members of the public will also be excluded from the crown court during sexual offence cases. northern ireland is the first part of the uk to put these measures into law. an independent health think—tank is calling for nhs workers in england to have their student loans written off after ten years' service. the idea has been put forward by the nuffield trust to try to retain staff and reduce the number of students who fail to f

she goes on to say that the met fully supported the iopc investigation and their thoughts are with everyonecurig has seen a significant amount of rainfall in the last few days. just take a look at this. this is our september rainfall total so far. 226 millimetres, and i suspect we could be threatening the record before this month is through, with 366. shap, as well, seeing 202 millimetres of rainfall in the last few days. now, this was the story earlier on today, as we've seen this weather front sweeping its way steadily south and east, bringing some heavier pulses of rain at times. that still has to clear away, but centred close to this area of low pressure, we keep some showers in the far north—west. clearer skies elsewhere. it is going to be a chilly start to our thursday morning, with single figures for many. but as we go through the morning, there will be some sunshine around as well. so early—morning rain in the south—east clears away. sunny spells elsewhere and scattered showers developing from the west. closest to this low pressure, we see a frequent rash of showers, and gales still

and the cps and now we have it.then iopc and the cps and now we have it.nprofessional all in the way they've dealt with this . i know they've dealt with this. i know they've dealt with this. i know the federation has a lot to do with it. >> and so you so you do think you think that the handing in you do think that the handing in of their their weapons and their cards was was unprofessional . cards was was unprofessional. yeah. you think that was. yeah. because yeah. >> because that's their it's just like a general duty officer saying okay i'm going to hand in my appointment and i'm not going to, um. okay all right. for traffic offences or anything like that. okay. we cannot do that. >> all right. well, stephen, you don't think it was unprofessional ? unprofessional? >> i think it was entirely. understand i think the professionality of it or not is beside the point . this is the beside the point. this is the way that officers who we ask to risk their lives on a daily bafis risk their lives on a daily basis feel that has to be dealt with. and it has to be dea

our one went to, they looked at it and reviewed it and said actually this is not an iopc matter, and ., that? well, i was one of the officers that _ that? well, i was one of the officers that was _ that? well, i was one of the officers that was doing - that? well, i was one of the officers that was doing with | that? well, i was one of the - officers that was doing with 999 calls, i was a response officer on a response team and we would go out to 999 is, i am a qualified response driver. and when you've done that for 60 years and you get told actually you are now working in an office it is quite hard. put on a lot of weight because i wasn't going out dealing with day—to—day stuff, wasn't being reactive, just literally coming in, sitting behind a desk, sitting behind a computer and just doing stuff that i didn't really want to do, and i found and just doing stuff that i didn't really want to do, and ifound it very hard to come in every day to motivate myself. and it was so repetitive just doing the same thing all the time. and it took its toll. it has taken its toll on me. i have now

and also, i also, there's information, i think, actually think, that the iopc actually knew this.e didn't knew about this. she didn't know, about seven know, but they knew about seven years ago and didn't her. years ago and didn't tell her. well genuinely well this this is genuinely a crazy story. obviously, my initial reaction is officer deceived woman into a 19 year relationship. that's just a normal relations ship. but but it's so like like lewis said, it's so like like lewis said, it's so like like lewis said, it's so in—depth. it's like, you know, it's a five pages long. but she was happy with it until and she didn't know it was happening. then the police told her he was undercover , finally, her he was undercover, finally, finally. but she didn't have a clue and he'd already left the police, so there was no need for them to rat them out. it was like it was like being found out. you've been cheating on facebook like two years after the like, let the fact. like, give up, let me be. so? years is be. you think so? two years is your limit. is it? yeah. >> don't know. i just think

but now the iopc, an independent police watchdog, has told scotland yard he must face gross misconductceedings. the met, though, says it's reviewing the decision . there's some more breaking news. the teenage girl who died after a school coach crashed on the m53 motonnay in the wirral on friday has been named as jessica baker, a coach driver also died when the bus overturned . pupils were on their overturned. pupils were on their way to colleagues range and west kirby grammar schools earlier today. the bus was carrying 54 people when it collided with a car and struck a central reservation . ten children were reservation. ten children were taken to hospital , two of them taken to hospital, two of them with serious injuries . a 17 year with serious injuries. a 17 year old boy charged with the murder of a 15 year old girl has been reprimanded in custody after appearing in court. elianne andam was stabbed to death in croydon on wednesday when she was on her way to school. the teenager, who can't be for teenager, who can't be named for legal reasons , also legal reasons, has also been charg

but now the iopc, an independent police watchdog, has told scotland yard he must face gross misconductceedings. the met, though, says it's reviewing the decision . there's some more breaking news. the teenage girl who died after a school coach crashed on the m53 motonnay in the wirral on friday has been named as jessica baker, a coach driver also died when the bus overturned . pupils were on their overturned. pupils were on their way to colleagues range and west kirby grammar schools earlier today. the bus was carrying 54 people when it collided with a car and struck a central reservation . ten children were reservation. ten children were taken to hospital , two of them taken to hospital, two of them with serious injuries . a 17 year with serious injuries. a 17 year old boy charged with the murder of a 15 year old girl has been reprimanded in custody after appearing in court. elianne andam was stabbed to death in croydon on wednesday when she was on her way to school. the teenager, who can't be for teenager, who can't be named for legal reasons , also legal reasons, has also been charg

so a lot of the iopc investigation is can take a number of years.hat we're going to get to apart from that because we're not going to change the law . the law going to change the law. the law is law that is, you act is the law that is, you act within the law if you break the law, we can't allow police officers or soldiers to be involved in arbitrary extrajudicial murder. so it is a difficult judgement. but the two key things when you are trained as a firearms officer and you judgemental training is what would you do now? and is it legal to fire? and that's going to be uppermost in your mind . to be uppermost in your mind. now in the case that we are talking about here, of course we think at the moment that the protagonist on the other side was unarmed. that doesn't really justify you opening fire with lethal force and chip in general terms, when there is a terrorist incident . incident. >> you mentioned a list of them there. how on stand by are the armed forces ordinarily or are the firearms officers within the metropolitan police or other forces ,