now aged 61, colin pitchfork has been found not to be a danger to the public. bbc news. downing street has defended the home secretary after the england footballer tyrone mings criticised her comments about the abuse his team—mates received after the euro 2020 final. tyrone mings accused priti patel of pretending to be disgusted after describing the team's decision to take the knee before matches as gesture politics when the tournament began. here's our community affairs correspondent adina campbell. supporting their man on and off the pitch. a community in defiance. i think the racist abuse marcus suffered is a systemic of what it's like to be a black person in the uk, i think our value is completely mitigated by what we bring to point to as soon as he was doing well in football he was like a great british icon and as soon as he made one mistake his colour was brought into it and i think that is the perfect metaphorfor it and i think that is the perfect metaphor for what it's like to be black and british.— metaphor for what it's like to be black and british. t

but it is a sad day that colin pitchfork, he was only 61, that colin pitchfork, he was only 61. he _ing us. the conservative mp for leicestershire itself. the headlines on bbc news... england footballer tyrone mings criticises the home secretary, saying she's "pretending" to be disgusted by the racist abuse directed at players after the euro 2020 final. the government has defended priti patel. mps have backed a controversial decision to cut the overseas aid budget by £4 billion, the government won with a majority of 35 votes. covid rules in scotland will be relaxed next week. face masks will remain mandatory, but rules for weddings and funerals will be eased. and hospitality. a shortage of hgv drivers is hitting crisis level in the uk — with demand increasing across supply chains as the country recovers from covid—19. from this week, the government is allowing drivers to work slightly longer hours in order to deal with the shortage but the industry has criticised the move, and said it's not nearly enough to deal with the situation. earlier, i asked our reality check correspondent chr

colin pitchfork will be released from prison.o move the whole country to the lowest level of restrictions from the 19th ofjuly, however it's since been hit by a record—breaking wave of infections. nicola sturgeon says she's still hopeful some changes will go ahead. let's talk to our scotland correspondent james shaw. james, what is the expectation? as you say, the expectation had been that there would be significant and locking, significant easing next monday and then a removal of the bulk of legal controls on the 9th of august. but since those announcements were made at the end of last month, there has been at this wave of infections in scotland. at one point scotland have the highest infection rate in europe. clearly, that has led to nicola sturgeon and her cabinet having a rethink of those decisions they made a few weeks ago. we don't know exactly the extent to which they will hold back on the unlocking that had been expected. that is the possibility that some of that unlocking will not happen. in fact, it is already the case

now aged 61, colin pitchfork has been found not to be a danger to the public.ave died in south africa as violent unrest and looting continues — it was sparked by the jailing of the former president, jacob zuma. ten people were killed in a stampede last night at a shopping centre in the country's biggest township, soweto. the sdlp leader colum eastwood has used parliamentary privilege to identify a former soldier facing two murder charges over his actions on bloody sunday. the foyle mp named soldier f during a debate in the house of commons on the armed forces bill this afternoon. the soldier is also facing five attempted murder charges. he had been granted anonymity by the judge hearing the case. the bbc is not naming soldier f for legal reasons. a senior eu official has warned the greek government to stop the alleged deportation of migrants arriving at its borders. some migrants trying to seek asylum in europe claim that greek coastguards have forced their small boats back into turkish waters. others allege that even after landing in greece they've been taken

colin pitchfork has served 33 years injailfor raping and murdering 15—year—olds lynda mann and dawn ashworth month, the parole board said it was safe to release the 61—year—old, who was the first murderer to be convicted using dna evidence. now on bbc news, click. this week — the hajj through digital art. sd glasses and sd houses. and how about a glass of wine made with al? hey, welcome to click! hope you've had a good week. lara, how are you doing? i'm good — just trying to plan for another summer of the unknown! chuckles yep! another one of those is on its way, isn't it? summer is gonna be different for everyone once again this year, and that includes the many muslims who would normally be about to undertake hajj. hajj is the pilgrimage that's made by around 2.5 million muslims every year from all across the globe to mecca, saudi arabia, and this year, it's happening injuly. it's one of the most important acts of faith that a muslim can undertake, and it's said to amaze those who do. but of course, in the last couple of years, the coronavirus has led the saudi authorities to severely limit

colin pitchfork has served 33 years injailfor raping and murdering 15—year—olds lynda mann and dawn ashworthelease the 61—year—old, who was the first murderer to be convicted using dna evidence. it was an extraordinary escape — carlos ghosn — the former boss of the car making giant, nissan — has been describing how he fled house arrest injapan by hiding in a box that was then loaded on to a private jet. he'd been arrested in tokyo in 2018 and charged with financial misconduct offences. he denies the charges and says he believes he is being treated as collateral damage. he is now in exile in lebanon from where he has been speaking exclusively to our business editor, simon jack from folk hero to fugitive. carlos ghosn was the rock star of the business world. at one time the boss of renault, nissan, and a giant manufacturing alliance that included mitsubishi. mingling with heads of state, his image was found in the society pages in france, and comics injapan. citizen of the world with homes across the globe. but that opulent lifestyle came to an abrupt halt when he landed injapan in november 20

colin pitchfork, who's his early 60s, was jailed for life in 1988 after raping and strangling 15—year—oldsained what's happened today. well, the grounds for his releases that the case is being considered by the parole board and that he is safe to release. that is the main decision the parole board took, but what has happened today is that a challenge to that decision, which came from thejustice secretary, robert buckland, has been rejected by a seniorjudge. now, when pitchfork�*s release was announced or became public, robert buckland, thejustice secretary, was very concerned. there was a lot of media coverage and concern for the families of the two girls who died in the 1980s. he appealed against the decision, saying it was procedurally unfair or irrational. now a judge has decided today that this is a case of considerable seriousness, complexity and notoriety, in his words, terrible consequences of brutal rapes and murders of two innocent girls will forever darken the lives of the families concerned, but he said he was satisfied the decision to release this man was justified. now, thejus