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look, i was a colleague with cressida dick for decades.hat cressida is a friend of mine and i don't want to get into that debate. but what i would say is that my leader, the leader of the liberal democrats, ed davey, last night wrote to cressida dick asking her to consider her position and i absolutely agree that that was the right thing for ed davey to do. there has been cross—party condemnation of the met�*s handling of the event last night. i've been getting more details from our political correspondent helen catt. this week, in the last few days, we've seen this real outpouring from women about what it is like to be a woman walking down the street on your own and how women can feel safer about the issue of violence against women. the home office reopened its call for evidence for violence against women and girls on friday evening. in the first 2a hours of that, they say they got just under 20,000 responses, so there's been a huge reaction. and the political language about this, the political reaction has been to say, ok, we're listenin

yes, we have to remember cressida dick _ that? yes, we have to remember cressida dick to _ that? not _ that? yes, we have to remember cressida dick to not put - that? yes, we have to remember cressida dick to not put the - that? yes, we have to remember cressida dick to not put the plan | cressida dick to not put the plan together, it would have been done by a gold commander, senior officer and then you would have had a senior officer who would have been silver so we have to ask why those decisions were made and in a lot of ways it is systemic of how the attitudes towards women, i think this is a wider problem than one individual. there has been cross—party criticism of the met�*s handling of the vigil in south london last night. 0ur political correspondent helen cattjoins me now this has become a political issue now. it has. in the last few days we have seen this outpouring of feeling from women about how it feels to be a woman walking down the street on your own and how women can feel safer on the issue of violence towards women. the home office reopened its call for evidence a

so should dame cressida dick _ independently.ependently. so should dame - cressida dick consider her position? no, i think it is quite ridiculous to say that we are going to question the futures of a senior police officers, based on images, however dramatic they are. clearly, a full report needs to be submitted an submitted, issues need to be investigated, but as i say i think the metropolitan police are faced with a really difficult decision and it is really unfortunate part is that during the period of the vigil and the court case on friday, that the government didn't move to try to clarify the legislation and make the public and particularly the organisers fully aware of what the legislation said and make sure they are aware of it. do legislation said and make sure they are aware of it.— are aware of it. do police officers have a high _ are aware of it. do police officers have a high regard _ are aware of it. do police officers have a high regard for _ are aware of it. do police officers have a high regard for dame - are aware

they are saying the must dame cressida dick. they are saying they must been _ dame cressida dick.must been told _ dame cressida dick. they are saying they must been told to _ dame cressida dick. they are saying they must been told to enforce - dame cressida dick. they are saying they must been told to enforce the i they must been told to enforce the unenforceable, but i suppose if you go unenforceable, but i suppose if you 9° by unenforceable, but i suppose if you go by the strict letter of the law what is happening there behind you at the moment is flouting the law. well, this is a problem, of course. this is not an officially organised event behind me. clearly there are a large number of people. eat one of them could argue, i'm on a walk with one other person, taking my daily recreation. yes, we are pausing, laying some flowers and moving on. the question is is this an organised event? would the police want to intervene again, considering what happened last night? it is an incredibly delicate situation and feelings are running incredibly high. there are a lot of people hear it v

dame cressida dick defending — did not. dame cressida dick defending her _ did not.fending her officers - did not. dame cressida dick defending her officers last l did not. dame cressida dick- defending her officers last night, interesting scene that hadn't been lawful, she would have attended the vigil for sarah lawful, she would have attended the vigilfor sarah everard lawful, she would have attended the vigil for sarah everard at clapham common as well. incidentally, the home secretary priti patel has asked for a report to be sent to her, that report has arrived, priti patel says she has confidence, still has confidence in the met commissioner. that is despite the leader of the liberal democrats calling for her to consider position. more protests today. let's go to parliament square. our correspondent vishala sri pathnam is there. there has been a protest which has moved from new scott when you're down to where you are now. have the numbers thinned? they seem to be socially distancing as well. —— new scotland yard. explain what is happening. irate scotland yard. e

, the director— include him cressida dick, the director of— include him cressida dick, the director office — director of public the home office has_ director of public the home office has reopened a home consultation. they say they received tens of— consultation. they say they received tens of thousands of responses, even since _ tens of thousands of responses, even since friday— tens of thousands of responses, even since friday when it was re—open. that_ since friday when it was re—open. that is— since friday when it was re—open. that is the — since friday when it was re—open. that is the first part. the second part is— that is the first part. the second part is the — that is the first part. the second part is the investigation into the met police's actions over the weekend which is going to be carried out by— weekend which is going to be carried out by that— weekend which is going to be carried out by that independent police watchdog. that will probably take about _ watchdog. that will probably take about two weeks to report. that means _ about two weeks to report. that means in—

but what is not completely clear is whether this means that cressida dick, the commissioner, is underre pressure now because clearly her political masters are not happy with the way that if this has been dealt with or it actually it might buy a bit time for the simple reason that these reports need to be done before a conclusion can be drawn. we have still not heard from the commissioner. the only thing we have heard from the met so far with that late—night statement at about one in —— on 30 am this morning. i suspect that will change in the next few hours, now that we know that these home secretary anime are not happy. we've been speaking to former police commissioners and they saying that they are in in possible situation. they are having to enforce the unenforceable and they come in to criticism whatever they do. during the black lives matter tests priti patel was, i think it is not too strong to say, furious that the police had stood back from those demonstrations. find police had stood back from those demonstrations.— police had stood back from those demonstrations. �* , ., _ demo

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there will be an independent review of police tactics, which the met commissioner cressida dick says she welcomes.. they have to make these really difficult calls, and i don't think anybody should be sitting back in an armchair and saying, "well, that was done badly," or "i would've done it differently," without actually understanding what was going through their minds. police have been accused of manhandling protestors who say they just wanted to pay their respects. as i was sat in the van, as my hands were handcuffed, i wasjust thinking, "gosh, all i wanted was to stand with other women." tomorrow, mps are due to debate a bill giving the police wider powers in dealing with public gatherings and demonstrations. also tonight: nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe appears in court in iran on new charges, having just served a five—year sentence. one of the deadliest days in myanmar during protests against the military coup. at least 30 are dead, at the hands of the security forces. and a late penalty gives ireland victory over scotland in the six nations. good evening. the commissioner of the metr

i think cressida dick was writing _ shocking. i think cressida dick was writing in— shocking.and trying — writing in appeal for calm and trying to— writing in appeal for calm and trying to put things in a degree of context_ trying to put things in a degree of context to — trying to put things in a degree of context to make clear that police are out _ context to make clear that police are out to — context to make clear that police are out to protect people. and she did absolutely _ are out to protect people. and she did absolutely stressed _ are out to protect people. and she did absolutely stressed that - are out to protect people. and she did absolutely stressed that it - are out to protect people. and she did absolutely stressed that it is i did absolutely stressed that it is rare for something like this to happen, it's rare. a very disturbing story. let's look at the daily telegraph now. focusing on the police. a report by a watchdog, just talk us through the findings of theirs. , ., talk us through the findings of theirs. ,., , , ., , theirs. the report seems to be sa in:

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i have known cressida dick for decades _ she go? i have known cressida dick for decades.er to consider her position and i can absolutely understand why he has written to her in those terms, for the reasons you have just explained. in normal circumstances, when you are trying to reassure women in london how is that approach to that vigil going to help? the london how is that approach to that vigil going to help?— vigil going to help? the optics of these are wrong, _ vigil going to help? the optics of these are wrong, how _ vigil going to help? the optics of these are wrong, how does - vigil going to help? the optics of these are wrong, how does lastl vigil going to help? the optics of- these are wrong, how does last night reinforce or remind people that it is safe to go out given what you have organised and at the protest and the vigil you wanted to hold is not the case? this and the vigil you wanted to hold is not the case?— and the vigil you wanted to hold is not the case? this is a great shame because we — not the case? this is a great shame because we gave — not the ca

say i feel sorry for cressida dick~ she is _ must say i feel sorry for cressida dick. s is an issue _ of the metropolitan police. this is an issue that i'm sure she feels passionately about. but i do think there _ passionately about. but i do think there are — passionately about. but i do think there are questions, serious questions _ there are questions, serious questions to be asked and answered, when _ questions to be asked and answered, when a _ questions to be asked and answered, when a protest goes ahead, which is apparently— when a protest goes ahead, which is apparently against the law, and certainly— apparently against the law, and certainly the police seemed to believe — certainly the police seemed to believe it was against the law. when people _ believe it was against the law. when people were getting too close, and that is— people were getting too close, and that is against the current rules, and when — that is against the current rules, and when there is a stay at home advice. _ and when there is a stay at home advice, which again, in this country. _ advice

this afternoon, they met with metropolitan police commissoner dame cressida dick.ence and the confidence, i think, of women in the capital. this morning, we didn't want to call on her to resign until we had at least had a meeting and given her a chance to engage with us. we feel that that chance was wasted. without organisation, the vigil was much more difficult to control. when some women moved to make speeches, it appears police tactics changed. perhaps it was felt this turned a legal vigil into an unlawful demo. passions exploded, there was anti—police chanting. chanting: nojustice, no peace! and a group of anti—lockdown protesters joined the crowds. mistakes were made, but there is no map for policing in a pandemic. the insensitivity shown on clapham common on saturday night may have been a side effect of covid—i9. mark easton, bbc news. senior government ministers and officials have told the bbc there should have been a lockdown in england at an earlier period last autumn, to contain the second wave of the pandemic that claimed tens of thousands of lives. on t

commissioner cressida dick to resin. . ~' ,. time for a look at the weather.t. clouds expected to increase and rain is in the forecast. quite early in the morning it will already start to rain across some western areas of the uk. as one weather system pulls away, a bit of a gap through the early hours and then the weather front pushing in on sunday. the forecast through the early hours shows the clear skies across most of the uk. some scattered showers. the wind is light and by early on sunday morning temperatures close to freezing in some of the northern towns and cities. in the south, it is closer to 4 degrees for example in plymouth and cardiff. here is the sunny morning crescent many parts of the uk but cloud quickly increasing from the west, so rain in belfast and rain in the northern parts of the lake district. rain reaching birmingham sometime in the afternoon. not the extreme south—east of england or the north or east of scotland. in aberdeen it might stay sunny through the day. southern england and east anglia, you will get rain later on sunday. the f

vigil were distressing, but he still had full confidence in the head of the metropolitan police cressida dickick. people must feel, women in particular. must — dick. people must feel, women in particular, must feel _ dick. people must feel, women in particular, must feel that - dick. people must feel, women in particular, must feel that when i dick. people must feel, women in l particular, must feel that when they make serious complaints about violence, about assault that they are properly heard and properly addressed. ih are properly heard and properly addressed-— are properly heard and properly addressed. ~ , , ., addressed. in westminster, a few hundred peeple — addressed. in westminster, a few hundred people gathered - addressed. in westminster, a few hundred people gathered to - hundred people gathered to demonstrate against attacks on women and about a commons debate this evening on new laws for the police and courts. evening on new laws for the police and courts-— and courts. too many of us have walked home — and courts. too many of us have walked home from _ and courts. too many of us

there are calls, here in the uk, for london's metropolitan police commissioner, dame cressida dick, toter firerce criticism over how her force handled a vigil in memory of sarah everard — the 33—year—old woman whose body was found in woodland days after she disappeared. police were seen scuffling with women at the event on clapham common, in south london, close to where sarah was last seen alive. some of them were handcuffed. the met has defended its actions, saying that with hundreds of people packed together, there was a risk of spreading coronavirus. but the home secretary priti patel has asked for full details about exactly what happened. simonjones has the latest and his report contains flashing images. shouting. police move in to try to break up an unofficial vigil to mark the life of sarah everard near to the spot where she was last seen. more than 1,000 people had gathered. the police said it wasn't safe under lockdown restrictions. but the organisation reclaim these streets, which had cancelled its own plans a vigil, said it was deeply saddened and angered by scenes of officer

it is interesting that cressida dick talking about armchair critics.i was there at the time. for the police to move in and be heavy—handed seen very counterproductive. the evidence for that is that there were lots of other vigils around the country that did not end up with these kind of scenes. and there was a protest yesterday in westminster with regular post textures —— with regular post textures —— with regular protesters and we did not end up with these kinds of scenes. were you there to pay your respects as well as doing yourjob? because people who went to work criticised because it was called off, it was an illegal gathering in the end. i was there to write _ illegal gathering in the end. i was there to write about _ illegal gathering in the end. i was there to write about it. _ illegal gathering in the end. i was there to write about it. i - illegal gathering in the end. i —" there to write about it. i think it is a really interesting movement for britain and the feminist movement. following on from the metoo movement. we have these outpouring o

aisha, one think that cressida dick did l one think that cressida dick did stress is it is rare for this women feeling anxious especially in the area there will be an extra police presence. but she absolutely stressed that it is rare for this to happen.— for this to happen. yes, it is rare but that doesn't _ for this to happen. yes, it is rare but that doesn't stop _ for this to happen. yes, it is rare but that doesn't stop it _ for this to happen. yes, it is rare but that doesn't stop it being - for this to happen. yes, it is rare l but that doesn't stop it being very, very frightening for women. as christopher said, i myself tweeted today _ christopher said, i myself tweeted today. every woman has been talking about _ today. every woman has been talking about this _ today. every woman has been talking about this today. recounting their own stories of how they keep themselves safe whether it's wearing trainers _ themselves safe whether it's wearing trainers when you get a taxi, having your keys _ trainers when you get a taxi, having your keys in — trainers when you get a taxi, having yo

, we have had the leader of the liberal democrats saying he feels that the commissioner cressida dick is the first female who has held the top job at the metropolitan police of that criticism will be fairly stinging. what response has there been so far than from the much about the police themselves? lip than from the much about the police themselves?— themselves? up until now, no resnonse _ themselves? up until now, no response from _ themselves? up until now, no response from the _ themselves? up until now, no response from the met - themselves? up until now, no response from the met in - themselves? up until now, no i response from the met in terms themselves? up until now, no - response from the met in terms of the policing, they have simply referred me to tweets they have put out earlier in the evening where effectively they were saying hundreds of people had gathered for this demonstration that it was not safe, people were closely packed together and that was not safe in times of covid and of course these demonstrations are not allowed at a time of knock down here in the uk. i th

but you know, cressida dick is an officer of superlative achievement in her life and she's been closeinvestigations and i know she is very dedicated and committed to this issue of dealing with violence against women and girls in an assertive way as we possibly can. the crime and justice task force will meet this afternoon, the meeting will look into what further action can be taken to ensure women are safe on the streets of this country. are safe on the streets of this count . ~ �* ., ., are safe on the streets of this count .~ �* ., ., , ., country. we've got to recognise that the tragedy. — country. we've got to recognise that the tragedy. the _ country. we've got to recognise that the tragedy, the horrific— country. we've got to recognise that the tragedy, the horrific crime - country. we've got to recognise that the tragedy, the horrific crime that i the tragedy, the horrific crime that we've seen in the case of sarah everard has triggered, unleashed a wave of feeling from people, from women above all, who worry about their safety at night. in women above all, who worry about thei

this afternoon, they met with metropolitan police commissioner dame cressida dick.t want to call on her to resign until we had at least had a meeting and given her a chance to engage with us. we feel that that chance was wasted. without organisation, the vigil was much more difficult to control. when some women moved to make speeches, it appears police tactics changed. perhaps it was felt this turned a legal vigil into an unlawful demo. passions exploded, there was anti—police chanting. chanting: nojustice, no peace! and a group of anti—lockdown protesters joined the crowds. mistakes were made, but there is no map for policing in a pandemic. the insensitivity shown on clapham common on saturday night may have been a side effect of covid—19. mark easton, bbc news. let's return to the police, crime, sentencing and courts bill which mps are debating today. critics say it could lead to crackdowns on people's right to protest and limit noisy but peaceful demonstrations. shabnam chaudhri is a former scotland yard detective superintendent. could we just start with saturday

dame cressida dick said she welcomed an independent review into what happened.ne "who wasn't in the operation, cannot pass detailed comment". officers made several arrests, saying the gathering risked covid infections, but critics say police tactics were heavy handed. mps will debate a new bill this week giving forces wider powers, in dealing with public gatherings and demonstrations. this report from our home editor mark easton contains flash photography. within moments of being taken, this picture of police holding down a woman on clapham common last night became a symbol of female defiance against male aggression. as darkness descended on the vigil for sarah everard, what had been a peaceful and respectful demonstration of female solidarity turned ugly. police moved in to disperse the crowd, there was pushing and shoving, with a number of women taken away in handcuffs. four were arrested for public order and coronavirus regulation breaches — among them, dania. as i was sat in the van, as my hands were handcuffed, i wasjust thinking... "gosh, all i wanted was

if i can make that sort of prediction, as cressida dick said, an armchair— prediction, as cressida dickprediction that it's going to have _ make that prediction that it's going to have initially someone with experience in these matters ought to be able _ experience in these matters ought to be able to— experience in these matters ought to be able to take that into account and think. — be able to take that into account and think, ok, we may be facing something — and think, ok, we may be facing something like this, well has should we handle _ something like this, well has should we handle it and what should we do? cieariy _ we handle it and what should we do? cieariy was _ we handle it and what should we do? clearly was not done because as the metro— clearly was not done because as the metro said _ clearly was not done because as the metro said patty stephenson is five foot two _ metro said patty stephenson is five foot two and there she is on the floor— foot two and there she is on the floor being manhandled by a couple of buriy— floor being manhandled by a couple of burly officers. a te

, who is already under the cosh— cressida dick, who is already under the cosh because of her force'smon vigil last saturday. this is an investigation by the observer based on freedom of information requests, and it— on freedom of information requests, and it details 600 odd complaints against _ and it details 600 odd complaints against police officers, people employed by scotland yard. only 119 of those _ employed by scotland yard. only 119 of those cases were upheld. they range _ of those cases were upheld. they range from — of those cases were upheld. they range from rape to a variety of other— range from rape to a variety of other sexual assaults and attacks on women _ other sexual assaults and attacks on women by— other sexual assaults and attacks on women. by serving police officers. unfortunately it doesn't disclose how many of these actually entered the criminaljustice system. but it is a damning indictment of what some campaigners have accused the met of bein- campaigners have accused the met of being institutionalised misogyny. it is quite _ being institutionalised misogyny.

for a political the department said they were unanswered questions after she met the mic chief cressida dick and london's mayor city carm from the opposition labor party says he's unsatisfied with her account insisting the met didn't honor its assurances the vigil would be policed sensitively but despite calls from some for cressida dick to resign she standing firm and strongly defending what happened with her. big crowd that gathered lots of speeches. quite rightly as far as i can see felt this is now unlawful 3 which poses a considerable risk to people's health cordin to the regulations. really invidious position for most is defined. labor's now set to vote against a new policing bill in the coming days this week in parliament we start policing bell 300 or so pages 170. something called this and almost nothing almost nothing if you can believe it. the gaping hole in this bill is what will be voting against it on a complete missed opportunity by the government civil rights groups have also criticised the legislation saying it gives police too many powers to ban demonstrations if the cause d

. —— cressida dick. in any heard — off the street. —— cressida dick.ur leader say violence — any heard the labour leader say violence against women and girls is anything _ violence against women and girls is anything but rare. and then you saw the comments about some of the figures _ the comments about some of the figures that came out today which are deeply shocking. and for me, then— are deeply shocking. and for me, then the — are deeply shocking. and for me, then the most moving part of the day was to— then the most moving part of the day was to hear— then the most moving part of the day was to hearjess phillips, who is a birmingham mp from not far from where _ birmingham mp from not far from where i_ birmingham mp from not far from where i am— birmingham mp from not far from where i am sitting now, reading out the names— where i am sitting now, reading out the names of 118 women, a list of 118 women — the names of 118 women, a list of 118 women who have died in the past year at _ 118 women who have died in the past year at the _ 118 women who have

your calling for cressida dick's kvesic calling for cressida dick�*s kvesic nation.this? she is the boss and she needs to be _ over something like this? she is the boss and she needs to be held i boss and she needs to be held accountable. as i stated there were 24 hours in which she and the home secretary and the london metropolitan police all had that 24 hours which is a long time. 24 hours in which they could have decided to engage with the organisers and they could have organised a socially distant vigil and they could have organised something else to happen and they could have had ropes where people could have walked through and there were all sorts of measures they could have taken but they refused to engage and be allowed this seems to go ahead and the police waited until it got dark and then they started to forcibly remove women who were trying to breathe and i think that is a catalogue of disasters and it was completely avoidable and somebody has to be held to account.— held to account. thank you very much. held to account. thank you very much- that _ held to

of course, the met commissioner cressida dick must resign.ve that it is highly regrettable that members of the opposition demand that the first female commissioner of the metropolitan police resign in this situation. i'm shocked at the way in which saturday night's vigil was policed. the situation demanded sensitivity and compassion — something which was evidently lacking — but i'm also shocked that what started as a peaceful and important vigil turned into a protest, with photographs showing acab signs — which stands for "all cops are bustards". madam deputy speaker, i'm concerned that a young woman's murder could be hijacked by those who would seek to defund the police and destabilise our society, making it even harder for women to come forward and report assaults. she's made a very, very important point that a peaceful vigil on saturday turned into some pretty ugly scenes. so we'll wait for the report. and there is no question that where there are lessons to be learned, they will be learned. priti patel. the calls for tougher action to pro

cressida dick said the duchess was carrying out her royal duties. about her attendance there. b, she's in the course of her duties, she's working, so of course... really, it was legal for her because you think she was there for work? let me go back, at that point, people had a whole series of potentially reasonable excuses for being away from home. we didn't all have them for everything. i've picked out one that may well apply to her. but let's be clear, there was a very, very calm vigil that she attended where lots and lots of people came... but you have said that it was illegal. no, the vigil itself started off in a socially distanced manner. i don't understand because you have said yourself you would have attended the vigil had it been legal. so it was illegal, from your perspective, including when the duchess attended? i think you need to go back to the beginning. what we knew and what matt parr said was that it was quite clear that whatever the organisers wanted to arrange, the numbers were going to be overwhelming, there was not an ability in

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we are seeing call is this morning for cressida dick, the metropolitan police chief, to resign cross—partyhy delay, this will do nothing to reassure women who already feel that they don't feel safe walking the streets of london at night and going home in the dark. and the police behaviour yesterday will do nothing to help them feel safer or more sure the police are there to protect them. so i think it was a catastrophic and disastrous way of policing that event yesterday. and also my heart goes out to the family of sarah everard who have so much to deal with this already and are looking at these headlines this morning. looking at these headlines this morninu. �* �* , looking at these headlines this morninu. �* �*, ., ., ., morning. ben, let's have a look at similar picture _ morning. ben, let's have a look at similar picture on _ morning. ben, let's have a look at similar picture on the _ morning. ben, let's have a look at similar picture on the front - morning. ben, let's have a look at similar picture on the front of - morning. ben, let's have a look at similar picture on the front of th

people _ metropolitan police cressida dick.hundred people gathered to demonstrate against attacks on women and about the commons debate this evening on new laws for the police and courts. tao laws for the police and courts. too man of laws for the police and courts. too many of us — laws for the police and courts. too many of us have _ laws for the police and courts. trrr: many of us have walked home from school or work alone on wheat to hear footsteps uncomfortably close behind us. too many of us have pretended to be on the phone to a friend to scare someone off. too many of us have clutched our keys and our fists many of us have clutched our keys and ourfists in case many of us have clutched our keys and our fists in case we needed to defend ourselves, and that is not ok. it defend ourselves, and that is not ok. , , defend ourselves, and that is not ok. ,, ., ., ._ 0k. it is still so emotionally charted 0k. it is still so emotionally charged here. _ 0k. it is still so emotionally charged here. men - 0k. it is still so emotion

yes, cressida dick, when she soke to today? yes, cressida dick, when she spoke to the — today?ly shocked and appalled that this can happen to somebody simply walking home alone. londoners _ somebody simply walking home alone. londoners will want to know that it is, thankfully, incredibly rare for a woman to be abducted from our streets. but i completely understand that despite that, women in london and the wider public, but perhaps particularly those in the area where sarah went missing, will be worried and may be feeling scared. so patrols will be stepped up in south _ so patrols will be stepped up in south london. they also may be needed — south london. they also may be needed for— south london. they also may be needed for reassurance further afield — needed for reassurance further afield because certainly speaking to people _ afield because certainly speaking to people in— afield because certainly speaking to people in kent and yesterday in deal. _ people in kent and yesterday in deal, where the house is being searched — deal, where the house is being searched of the suspect

dame cressida dick is facing calls to resign, after officers handcuffed and dragged women away.les. she was previously police and crime commissioner for northumbria and is a former solicitor general. she told me the met�*s actions last night were wrong and disproportionate. i look forward to the home secretary's comments on the report she has requested from the metropolitan police commissioner, but as an inadvertent message to send out to women, in particular,

are still on says to be forthcoming they are not satisfied either now they're not talking about cressida dick resigning which is something that the leader of the liberal democrat party here has called for and many activists are calling for but clearly in the the next few hours there are so many more questions on the police a poll are going to have to answer not just to the home office but to the british not to to the politicians but to the british public to reassure them that a their right to protest will be upheld but be that they're taking their concerns seriously in terms of what they're doing to make paly women feel safe in general there's a new policing bill coming in in the next couple of days the labor opposition now will vote against it saying it goes too far in for it in cringing people's civil liberties i think there is a mood now over that the police really has got it wrong in terms of its imaging its messaging but we're probably you know seriousness given them a government majority in parliament they will get that bill through people here are very unhappy at the prospect of that o

we have heard calls from cressida dick to resign, but the prime minister saying they have confidencen her. where do you stand on this? i don't think she should _ where do you stand on this? i don't think she should resign _ where do you stand on this? i don't think she should resign but - where do you stand on this? i don't think she should resign but i - where do you stand on this? i don't think she should resign but i think. think she should resign but i think the offence on saturday in clapham that were badly handled. i think people have to understand that the water is even though there are coronavirus regulations, proportionate demonstrations are permitted and the best way to work at what is proportionate which depends on the facts in every case should be for the police and people organising the demonstration to work out a sensible means of having a demonstration to express what they feel. and the problem i think in relation to what happened on saturday was the organisers kept coming to the police and saying "let's talk about how we can have a vigil that expresses people's feelin

the way cressida dick and her police force have handled violence against women and violence against our ever art is violence against humanity because i'm assuming you're probably the man in natural cast as well i would hope so it is it's unconscionable it's unconscionable it's wrong and what boris johnson is trying to pass under the guise of one white house is absurd it's taken lee absurd and we all can see what it is it's about keeping it going and taken his down so we know that crimes against women in general aren't taken seriously and instead of cleaning up her own house crescents yes response is to connect more violence against well in fairness to the british government which denies its police bill is anything to do it that she she said that well the government says there's going to be an inquiry and she said it's easy for people in their armchairs to watch the pictures being beamed around the world and not realize and understand what was really going on there. well i personally have been and involved intro checks where the police should crack down and i understand what's going on t

picture of a woman being held by officers, and adds that there are now calls for the met chief cressida dicko resign. the telegraph reports on the duchess of cambridge�*s visit to the vigil earlier in the evening. a source told the paper that she wanted to pay her respects to sarah and herfamily. the sunday express also leads with catherine's visit, adding that she said she remembered what it felt like to walk around london at night before she got married. the mail on sunday adds that the duchess laid daffodils from kensington palace at the south london vigil and mingled discreetly with others paying their respects. the daily star leads on the death of murray walker, writing that the legendary tv commentator was the voice of formula 1 for decades so, let's begin, then with the mail on sunday. it says kate joins the vigil first mail on sunday. it says kate joins the vigilfirst guerra, mail on sunday. it says kate joins the vigil first guerra, mingling to pay her respects —— for sarah. before she became the duchess of cambridge, she had to navigate london as a single woman like millions of oth

police watchdog to look into the the overall policing and the actions of individual police officers cressida dick is writing a report for pretty patel the home secretary. and the reclaim the streets organizers say that they want to meet urgently with president dick before that meeting happens to try to come to some kind of understanding they're really upset that the police didn't work with them to make the the vigil legal the police had said that it was unlawful that people would risk for secu ssion or or fines so many people did turn up and the courts actually said that they should have discussed how to make it happen some kind of compromise which is seen vigils in other cities in the u.k. go ahead perfectly police peacefully without any disruption without arrest so the labor opposition is saying that they're not calling for crusted addict to resign but they've now changed their stance on a new bill coming into parliament next week which critics of the government say will drastically reduce people's rights to protest and that all feeds into this feeling that the police despite the copied 1000 re