ben ando has more.s, marie mccourt has been fighting for helen's law, named after her daughter, who was just 22 when she was abducted and murdered in 1988. her killer, pub landlord ian simms. he has never revealed the whereabouts of helen's body. to have this law means that other families will not have to hopefully go through the pain and grief for as long as i have. i believe that these killers now have to face up to what they have done, because to take a life is horrendous, but then to take the lives of the family of that loved one, and not let them know where their loved one's body is, there is no torture worse than that. marie led a campaign demanding that murderers who refuse to disclose the whereabouts of a victim's remains spend longer behind bars. in 2016, mps voted in favour of helen's law, but it didn't receive government backing until now. with thejustice secretary david gauke proposing that it be introduced as soon as is practicable. the parole board can also use withholding information as a

ben ando reports.s, marie mccourt has been fighting for helen's law, named after her daughter who was just 22 when she was abducted and murdered in 1988. her killer, pub landlord ian simms. he has never reveal the whereabouts of helen's body. marie led a campaign demanding that murderers who refused to disclose the whereabouts of a victim's remains spend longer behind bars. in 2016, mps voted in favour of helen's law, but it did not receive government backing until now. withjustice secretary david gauke proposing that it be introduced as soon as practicable. the parole board can already use withholding information as a reason not to release a prisoner because it suggests there is still an ongoing risk to the public. but it's optional. helen's law changes that. it makes factoring it in a legal requirement. even now, marie lights candles every week at her home in merseyside. although she still does not know where her daughter's remains are, the creation of helen's law may provide some comfort — especiall

our correspondent, ben ando, sent us the latest on the growing diplomatic row from the chinese embassyy tense. at the moment there seems to be no sign of that tension decreasing. we are used to the chinese being very circumspect, very nuanced in their approach to diplomatic language. here they are being very clear. their message is simply that britain should butt out. as far as they're concerned, hong kong is a domestic issue. that is not how it is seen in westminster in the foreign office. for more than 150 years, hong kong was a british colony. it was returned to chinese rule in 1997, with the caveat that the people they would continue to enjoy some of the freedoms and civil liberties that they had become used to. now it's changes being proposed by beijing, particularly around extradition, that is causing all the problems. people in hong kong are worried that political dissidents could be more easily extradited to mainland china than they have been in the past. that is what has caused these quite violent demonstrations. at the moment in hong kong it seems things have calmed down a li

beijing's ambassador in london accusing the uk of having a "colonial mindset". 0ur correspondent ben andoembassy in london for us this morning. ben, what damage could this cause to britain's relationship with china? if there is damage being done diplomatically, it certainly already is because relations between britain and china are definitely cooler than they have been for a few years. of course, is unusual for the chinese to speak so directly. normally their languages very diplomatic, almost opaque. in this, they couldn't be clearer. effectively, they are telling britain to butt out. this is all about the fact that over 150 yea rs all about the fact that over 150 years hong kong was the british colony and was returned to chinese rule in 1997 and part of that was the agreement that people in hong kong would have more freedoms and rights than perhaps those on mainland china. the proposed introduction on the extradition treaty said people in hong kong would make it too easy to extradite political dissidents back to the mainland and that is whatjeremy hunt, the foreign secretary, says britai

our correspondent, ben ando is at a fanszone in battersea tell us how fans have reacted to tonight's the same sentiment here, there was certainly a huge joy towards the end of that second half when they gave england that penalty after the penalty box and when that was missed, i think that was the moment a lot of people figured that was it and ironically, once again, it is penalties that do for england albeit not in the usual way, but during the match. that could have been an equaliser and certainly people thought that england played better, give a better account of themselves and that second half, but i think the consensus, even among the most senior parties, the usa where the better side and it was whether england could do something in those reserves, a fortitude of strength and they came really close and the fancier disc felt that this wasn't quite enough. var, playing a prominent role in this second half. this is something that fans have very mixed feelings about, there are a lot of people who certainly when that goal went in, there were huge cheers, massivejubilation that goal we

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ben ando is watching the game with fans in battersea park in south—west london.es are jangling a little bit. england 2—1 down, even the most zealous feel like they're being outplayed, but they're hoping that they've got reserves of strength to forcibly get it. how's it going and you think is going to happen? we need to get super into it, we have lost momentum completely. we really need to get it going. it's a little bit tense, isn't it shallow nervous? very!. and it's been good, really well. thank you very much indeed, as i have said, people are nervous and hoping that england can get one back to extra time. plenty of time, we will see. we will keep you up—to—date still 2-1 to us. nike has withdrawn this pairof trainers — it features an early version of the us flag known as the betsy ross flag and was designed to celebrate american independence day later this week. the flag dates back to the late 18th century — but has been linked to the far right. in the past half hour nike has told the bbc the withdrawal was "based on concerns that it could unintentionally offe

our home affairs correspondent ben ando sent this update from new scotland yard.d by five former commissioners of the metropolitan police, covering apb from 1993 to 2017, when cressida dick, he was doing thejob now, took over. if they become victims of crime they feel their chances of getting a resolution precariously low, they say these problems have been caused notjust by 30,000 cuts in police and police staff numbers but also because of what they say is lawful police techniques like stop and search being undermined, particularly, i suppose, by politicians. the second part of the latter is a question of what we do about this, they don't believe the current structure of 43 different forces in england and wales is equipped to make the kind of changes needed to police britain in the 21st—century and they suggest the possibility of and they suggest the possibility of a royal commission to examine all sorts of different ways that the police might be organised to be more functional and successful and to restore public confidence going forward. in response, the home 0f

our home affairs correspondent ben ando sent this update from new scotland yard.e country. they are five former commissioners of the metropolitan police, covering a period from 1993 to 2017 when cressida dick, who is doing thejob now, took over. so i think their views will be given, certainly, some respect in the home office. now, what they are saying in the letter is really two things. the first point they make is that public confidence in the police is falling. people, when they become the victims of a crime, have a precariously low expectation of a good resolution. this is partly because, they say, of the 30,000 cuts in police numbers and police staff numbers, but also because of what they describe as legitimate police tactics, like stop and search, being undermined politically. now, the second part of the letter is a question of what do we do about this? they do not believe that the current structure of a3 different forces in england and wales is equipped to make the kinds of changes that are needed to police in britain in the 21st century —— to police in brit

ben ando sent us the latest on the growing diplomatic row from the chinese embassy in london. no sign of that tension decreasing. we are used to the chinese being very circumspect, very nuanced in their approach to diplomatic language. here they are being very clear. their message is simply that britain should butt out. as far as they're concerned, hong kong is a domestic issue. that is not how it is seen in westminster in the foreign office. for more than 150 years, hong kong was a british colony. it was returned to chinese rule in 1997, with the caveat that the people they would continue to enjoy some of the freedoms and civil liberties that they had become used to. now it is changes being proposed by beijing, particularly around extradition, thatis particularly around extradition, that is causing all the problems. people in hong kong are worried that political dissidents could be more easily extradited to mainland china than they have been in the past. that is what has caused these quite violent demonstrations. at the moment in hong kong it seems things have calmed down a l

beijing's ambassador in london has accused the uk of having a "colonial mindset". 0ur correspondent ben andohe moment there seems to be no sign of that tension decreasing. we are used to the changes being very circumspect —— circumspect, very nuanced in their approach to democratic language but they are being very clear and their message is simply britain should but out as far as they are concerned, hong kong isa far as they are concerned, hong kong is a domestic issue. that's not how it seen in westminster in the foreign office because of course for more than 150 years, hong kong was a british colony, it was returned to chinese rule in 1997. with the caveat of that time the people there would continue to enjoy some of the freedoms and civil liberties that they have become used to. it's changes they are being proposed by beijing aaron lynch extradition that's causing all the problems, people in hong kong are worried that political dissidents could more easily be extradited to mainland china than they have been in the past. that is what is causing the violent demonstrations at the moment in h

beijing's ambassador in london has accused the uk of having a "colonial mindset". 0ur correspondent ben andothe chinese embassy in london. the situation is very tense and at the moment there seems to be no sign of that tension decreasing. we are used to the chinese being very circumspect, very nuanced in their approach to diplomatic language, here, they are being very clear and their message is simply britain should butt out as far as they are concerned. hong kong is a domestic issue. that's not how it seen in westminster in the foreign office because of course, for more than 150 yea rs, because of course, for more than 150 years, hong kong was a british colony, it was returned to chinese rule in 97 but with the caveat at that time, that the people there would continue to enjoy some of the freedoms and civil liberty is that they had become used to. now, it's changes being proposed by pitching particularly around extradition that's causing all the problems, people in hong kong are worried that political dissidents for example could be more easily extradited to mainland china than they have be

our news correspondent ben ando is outside new scotland yard. ben, what's behind this letter?ood morning charlie. when you have for officers of the callum calibre of paul condon, ian blair, bernard hogan—howe, serve france stevenson and john stevens, four now elevated to the house of lords and four former metropolitan police commissioner is covering the period from 1993 to 2017 when cressida dick was appointed. they are saying the 30,000 or so police staff and cutbacks have left the public feeling confidence in police is perilously low. they are talking about lawlessness in part spurred by knife crime, other difficulties the police is having and they are saying the current structure of police can't cope with this, in order to restore public confidence no matter how much money is spent. there talking about now being a royal commission to talk about how the police is structured. ben, for the moment, thank you. the british car manufacturer jaguar land rover is expected to announce it is investing hundreds of millions of pounds in the west midlands in order to build electric vehic