a high courtjudge arrest poppi's father on day one.ge ruled that paul worthington probably sexually assaulted his daughter just worthington probably sexually assaulted his daughterjust before her death. he denies this and has never been charged, and there is strong criticism of the slowness to investigate him. his dna is there. paul worthington's sister says it means he cannot clear his name. they have lost the evidence, it has ruined his life, he cannot prove his innocence without the evidence and they have lost it. they've ruined his life, he's lost his children over it. he only wanted to know what happened to poppi and he doesn't know that. the ipcc found that both of the cumbria police detectives who led the investigation had cases to a nswer led the investigation had cases to answer for led the investigation had cases to a nswer for gi’oss led the investigation had cases to answer for gross misconduct but one retired before any action could be taken and the other was demoted on lesser grounds and has also since taken retirement. t

another big hearing today, neale course edge, do we expect him to be blocked as a supreme courtjudget is a the democrats russian market is a question as to whether they invoke the filibuster, talking out that. the nominee by barack 0bama was not given a hearing by republicans, they 95. waged» given a hearing by republicans, they ‘é‘h‘ counted given a hearing by republicans, they j‘éjfl” counted that they could correctly counted that they could win the election and have the chance to fill the vacancy. what he does isn't changing the ideological balance of the court. the court would still be split 4—1; with a swing justice. it is the possibility of more vacancies opening up in the next couple of years that could tip the balance. do they go for broke now, or do the democrats wait and save their energy for the next fight? that is big question, he is doing his best to appear like the bestjudge you can appealing to centtal bestjudge you can appealing to central democrats. thank you. and as we saw earlier, much of the world's media attention was focused on congressional hearings but donald

last year, lord thomas and two high courtjudges were described as "enemies of the people" by the daily that parliament had the right to vote on triggering article 50, formally beginning the uk's exit from the eu. earlier this month liz truss told the lords constitution committee that she was a "huge believer" in the independence of the judiciary, but drew the line at saying what the press should print. a view put to lord thomas. i think criticism is very healthy. if you've got something wrong, fine. but there is a difference between criticism and abuse and i don't think that is understood. i don't think it is understood either how absolutely essential it is that we are protected because we have to act as our oath requires us, without fear or favour, affection or ill will. and it is the only time in the whole of myjudicial career that i had to ask for the police to give us a measure of advice and protection in relation to the emotions that were being stirred up. and i think it is very wrong that judges should feel it. the circuitjudges were very concerned. they wrote to the lord chancel

appeal courtjudges ruled two years ago that scotland yard did not properly investigatejohn worboys, who. our home affairs correspondent june kelly is at the supreme court. women's groups are here protesting over the police's decision to bring this case. the met police were heavily criticised over their failure to catchjohn worboys down the years and in 2014, two of his victims brought a case using the human rights act and one competition and basic is excessively sued on the ground that the met had breached their human rights. —— and they sued successfully. it talks about it being illegal to inflict human and degrading treatment on people. the ruling meant police could be sued if they failed to identify or apprehend an unnamed suspect and over the effectiveness of their investigation. the met police decided to challenge this in the courts because they said it had ramifications for policing generally and they say they are not doubting what the women involved, the victims, went through, but they save the case raises important argument regarding the boundaries of police responsibility and l

but paul worthington has neverfaced charges although a high courtjudge ruled he had probably sexuallyfore her death. he has always denied this. for most people, this is incomprehensible that the father was not investigated immediately. by the time the trail was picked up, it had gone cold and so was picked up, it had gone cold and so probably, there will never be justice for poppi worthington and thatis justice for poppi worthington and that is a terrible thing. the ipcc found that two detectives who led the investigation had cases to a nswer the investigation had cases to answer for the investigation had cases to a nswer for gross the investigation had cases to answer for gross misconduct. both are now retired. they waited until they got a firm report by the pathologist with firm conclusions. that took seven months and in that seven months, the whole investigation went into suspended animation. that was wholly unacceptable because that was seven months lost. a new inquest will be held in may and poppi's mother says that the failings have left her deeply and profoundly distressed. don

but paul worthington has never faced charges, although a high courtjudge ruled he had probably sexually her death. he has always denied this. for most people, this is incomprehensible that the father was not investigated immediately. by the time the trail was picked up, it had gone cold and so probably, there will never be justice for poppi worthington and that is a terrible thing. the ipcc found that two detectives who led the investigation had cases to answer for gross misconduct. both are now retired. they waited until they got a firm report by the pathologist with firm conclusions. that took seven months and in that seven months, the whole investigation went into suspended animation. that was wholly unacceptable because that was seven months lost. a new inquest will be held in may and poppi's mother says that the police failings have left her deeply and profoundly distressed. the government says it's likely to refer a proposed £12 billion merger between sky and 21st century fox to the media regulator ofcom. concerns about broadcasting standards and competition have been raised over

sirjames munby, the most senior family courtjudge in england and wales, said parliament has decreed thatnd for divorce that you find yourself in a wretchedly unhappy marriage, though some people may say it should be". to get a divorce in england and wales, you must prove that a marriage has broken down irretrievably. there are five ways to show this — adultery, unreasonable behaviour, desertion, living apart for two years and both sides agreeing to a divorce, or living apart for at least five years, even if your partner disagrees. this has been the law since 1969. the case has certainly highlighted a peculiar quirk in english and welsh divorce law. joining us in the studio isjo edwards, head of family law at forsters. jo, jo, first of all, did thejudges make the correct decision in this case? based on the law as it presently stands the judges made absolutely the right decision and effectively what the court of appeal said yesterday is, we are hands strung, we're not happy about it, but we're hand strung by the present state of the law. this led to a wider debate about why the law present

but paul worthington has neverfaced charges although a high courtjudge ruled he had probably sexuallyied this. for most people, this is incomprehensible that the father was not investigated immediately. by the time the trail was picked up, it had gone cold and so probably, there will never be justice for poppi worthington and that is a terrible thing. the ipcc found that two detectives who led the investigation had cases to answer for gross misconduct. both are now retired. they waited until they got a firm report by the pathologist with firm conclusions. that took seven months and in that seven months, the whole investigation went into suspended animation. that was wholly unacceptable because that was seven months lost. a new inquest will be held in may and poppi's mother says that the failings have left her deeply and profoundly distressed. donald trump has defended his attorney generaljeff sessions as an honest man and dismissed calls for his resignation. senior us democrats have demanded the attorney general step down, saying he had lied on oath at his confirmation hearing over hi

the courtjudgment concluded that we are content to proceed on that basis, without expressing any viewf justice. arbiter on this issue is the european court ofjustice. there is a case in dublin at the moment that is seeking to refer this question to the european court to get a definitive answer. 0ne the european court to get a definitive answer. one other point worth remembering, everyone is talking about a two—year period for negotiation on article 50 and then we leave. but if all 28 eu countries agreed, the uk and all the rest, that two—year period could be extended. no one is advocating that, but it remains a possibility. that was chris morris going through some of the options. the entrepreneur richard tice is co—chair of leave means leave and is here with me now. and professor ted malloch — an expert on business and governance and the man widely expected to be appointed as the next us ambassador to the european union. we shall see, gentlemen. good to have you both with us. can we start on this letter? notjust the content, but the tone, richard? speak the tone is very constructive a

it was noted in the ipcc report that in 2014 family courtjudge said that mr worthington had, on the balanceoppi before her death. paul worthington has consistently and strenuously denied the allegations against him. a second inquest into the death of poppi will get under way injune. pressure onjeff sessions is expected to continue today despite his decision yesterday to remind —— remove himself from an fbi investigation into alleged russian interference in the us elections. his democrat opponents in congress sayjeff sessions lied under oath. that was about his contacts with russian diplomats. donald trump has called it a witchhunt. he is the country's most senior prosecutor butjeff sessions stands accused by senior democrats of lying under oath over meetings with the russian ambassador during the election campaign. with pressure mounting on the attorney general to stand down, he hastily set up a news conference to categorically deny the claims. i never had meetings with russian operatives or russian intermediaries about the trump campaign and the idea that i was part of a quote "continuing

have been followed, but there was also intelligence pertinent to the father, a man who the family courtjudgmentt the police, it is good they have apologised again, but they need to be able to show and be scrutinised that the safeguards they say they have put in place to ensure that this cannot happen again. how do you explain how all of that happened ? there was, i mean, there was gross, catastrophic incompetence at individual level and i'm going to be pressing the home secretary and the prime minister, who was home secretary at the time, to be changing the rules so people cannot either retire, as happened in this case, or actually be given another job after being found guilty of incompetence. but there was simplyjust not the system which allowed the work of individual officers on such an important case to be properly checked and that is as shocking as the individual failures. the police say they have put that right but we need to be really vigilant to ensure that has happened because of course, poppi is now unlikely to ever receive justice, if it is true, as the family court judgment thought,

cumbria police have apologised for not doing that but i should remind viewers that earlier a family courtjudgeng doctor services in england. andy moore reports. more than a0 companies offer online prescriptions in england, but today the cqc says they could be putting patients at risk. dan is about to run out of his medicine. he can just visit treated.com. it suspended the registration of this online company back in december, partially as a result of a bbc investigation which looked at its sale of antibiotics. the company said it has made many changes to its processes and systems, that will eventually satisfy the regulators. get better — get treated.com. but the cqc is worried more widely about the safety of online services. they say there is a risk of people being prescribed unsuitable medication, the treatment causing complications to existing health conditions, and a lack of monitoring of follow—ups for patients. we have now looked at 11 providers, two of which have been published today, and we are quite shocked about what we‘ve found. and indeed, in those other providers, we‘ve also found s

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