in other news, the national police chiefs council spokesperson said police officers and staff should always be held to the highest standards and we must ensure that only those who are suitable to wear the uniform enter and remain in policing. the comments come as the high court ruled the met police cannot dismiss officers by removing their vetting clearance. sergeant lino di maria successfully mounted a legal challenge after having his vetting removed over sexual assault allegations, which he denies. he was found to have no case to answer in respect of the allegations, and argued that having his vetting removed without the accusations being proved is a breach of his right to a fair trial. met police commissioner sir mark rowley said the force will be seeking an appeal on the judgement. >> today's ruling on the law has left policing in a hopeless position. we now have no mechanism to rid the met officers who are not fit to hold, vetting those who cannot be trusted to work with women, or those who cannot be trusted to enter the homes of vulnerable people. it is absolutely absurd that w

we've got institutions like the college of policing and the national police chiefs council making absolutely decisions around what the policing priorities are at the moment. we've only seen some of that being executed over the weekend in rather bizarre circumstances. so i think really what this comes down to is strong leadership, good guidance by those senior leaders making clear decisions that the priorities at the moment are fighting crime. there are thousands of incredible, brave men and women on the front line of policing who want to be able to carry out these roles, but they're hampered because they're being told to investigate and prioritise non hate crime, speech and other things that we seem to appear on on facebook and social media. so for me it's about policing priorities. it's about policing priorities. it's about supporting the men and women on the front line and giving them the funding that they need. >> and you think then front line police officers will look at this and say, if this comes about, this would really free up ourjobs about, this would really free up our jobs and abo

the top stories the national police chiefs council spokesperson says police officers and staff shoulde held to the highest standards, and we must ensure that only those who are suitable to wear the uniform, enter and remain in policing. well, those comments come as the high court ruled the met police cannot dismiss officers by removing their vetting clearance. sergeant lino di maria successfully mounted a legal challenge after having his vetting removed over sexual assault allegations, which he denies. he was found to have no case to answer in respect of the allegations, and argued that having his vetting removed without the accusations being proved is a breach of his right to a fair trial. met police commissioner sir mark rowley said the force will be seeking an appeal on the judgement. in other news, two bodies found in a river in aberdeen have been identified as those of sisters eliza and henrietta hudson, who went missing in january. the sisters, both aged 32, were last seen on cctv on market street at victoria bridge over the river dee. police also say there do not appear to be a

. >> in other news, the national police chiefs council spokesperson says police officers and staff shouldays be held to the highest standards and we must ensure that only those who are suitable to wear the uniform enter and remain in policing. those comments come as the high court ruled the met police cannot dismiss officers by removing their vetting clearance. sergeant lino di maria successfully mounted a legal challenge after having his vetting removed over sexual assault allegations, which he denies. he was found to have no case to answer in respect of those allegations, and argued that having his vetting removed without the accusations being proved is a breach of his right to a fair trial. israel's prime minister says the gaza ceasefire will end if hamas does not return israeli hostages by midday on saturday. benjamin netanyahu warned of intense fighting if the hostages are not released. his comments echo those of us president donald trump, who earlier said the israel—hamas ceasefire should be cancelled if hostages held in gaza are not returned on time. terror group hamas announced la

. >> in other news, the national police chiefs council spokesperson says police officers and staff should always be held to the highest standards and we must ensure that only those who are suitable to wear the uniform enter and remain in policing. those comments come as the high court ruled the met police cannot dismiss officers by removing their vetting clearance. sergeant lino di maria successfully mounted a legal challenge after having his vetting removed over sexual assault allegations, which he denies. he was found to have no case to answer in respect of those allegations, and argued that having his vetting removed without the accusations being proved is a breach of his right to a fair trial. israel's prime minister says the gaza ceasefire will end if hamas does not return israeli hostages by midday on saturday, benjamin netanyahu warned of intense fighting if the hostages are not released. his comments echo those of us president donald trump, who earlier said the israel—hamas ceasefire should be cancelled if hostages held in gaza are not returned on time. terror group hamas announce

. >> in other news, a national police chiefs council spokesperson says police officers and staff shouldlways be held to the highest standards and we must ensure that only those who are suitable to wear the uniform enter and remain in policing. the comments come as the high court ruled the met police cannot dismiss officers by removing their vetting clearance. sergeant lino di maria successfully mounted a legal challenge after having his vetting removed over sexual assault allegations, which he denies. he was found to have no case to answer in respect of the allegations, and argued that having his vetting removed without the accusations being proved is a breach of his right to a fair trial. israel's prime minister says the gaza ceasefire will end if hamas does not return israeli hostages by midday on saturday, benjamin netanyahu warned of intense fighting if the hostages are not released. his comments echo those of us president donald trump, who earlier said the israel—hamas ceasefire should be cancelled if hostages held in gaza are not returned on time. terror group hamas announced last

assistant chief constable tim metcalfe is from the national police chiefs council. >> we're seeing thelence of the turkish weapons being used in crime more and more. so last year, 86% of criminal or recovered converted back firearms were within those four. those four makes we believe there are thousands out there. one operation alone at the tail end of last year , recovered over end of last year, recovered over 400 of these weapons from one organised crime group. we did the testing just before christmas. we found that they were readily convertible and therefore moving quickly with this amnesty to remove them from pubuc this amnesty to remove them from public circulation and deny criminals access to these weapons so that they're not able to convert them and, and commit, commit serious criminal offences with them. >> importers and traders have been told to stop selling them, and border force are now on alert and will seize further importations of the specified models. police say removing these guns from circulation is a significant step and better protects the public. but with these guns