thenjustice secretary alex chalk was pretty shocked and wanted to see the chair of the criminal cases review commissionre has been a general election and his successor labour's shabana mahmood has taken the same view. the chair will not quit so there has to be a formal bureaucratic process but ministers have no confidence in her at all. we wanted to interview the chair, helen pitcher. she said she couldn't speak before this report is out. she is unavailable today for personal reasons and we are not sure if she will speak in the future. but ministers have a real problem now with this agency because it started a separate internal review and it believes there may be other dna cases it has to look at in light of this. that's a big problem it has to solve in the years ahead, and that means cash, resources, and that is a question for government.— question for government. dominic casciani, thank _ question for government. dominic casciani, thank you. _ the time is 6:19. our top story this evening... the inquiry into the uk's readiness for the covid pandemic finds the public was "failed" by a government that w

today, an independent report has revealed majorfailings by the criminal cases review commission, thee victim's vest top that had to be from the true attacker. by 2009, greater manchester police prosecutors and the ccrc all knew of its importance. but the miscarriages body rejected the first of three appeals by andy malkinson for help. five years into my imprisonment they knew about another man's dna, they knew. the cps knew and greater manchester police knew. and ccrc knew. but they did nothing. today, the report author said that his plight exposed failings throughout criminal justice and specifically by the miscarriages body. there was a complete failure to understand the evidence at the time of the first application, and the significance of the new dna evidence was completely missed. the second application, the approach to that was too rigid. even at the time of the third application, when everything had been made clear, the heavy lifting had been done by the charity representing mr malkinson. in a statement, the chair apologised to mr malkinson, but he says it's too little, too la

the justice secretary is calling for the chair of the criminal cases review commission to step down after into the case of andrew malkinson, who was wrongly convicted of rape and spent 17 years injail found an appalling miscarriage of justice which took an unconscionable amount of time to put right. he repeatedly asked the criminal cases review commission to consider new evidence that would have proved his innocence, but it didn't. 0ur legal correspondent dominic casciani reports. this was the scene when andrew malkinson won his campaign to be exonerated. jailed in 2004 for a rate he never committed, his case was quashed after compelling evidence that the case was untenable from top to bottom. his innocence proven, but his battle for the full truth has continued. today, an independent report has revealed major failings independent report has revealed majorfailings by independent report has revealed major failings by the criminal cases review commission, the body that investigates wrongful convictions. in 2007, forensic scientists found dna on the victim's vest top that had to be from the

in light of the findings, andrew malkinson says the criminal cases review commission obstructed his fightrisoned justice secretary shabana mahmood says the chairwoman of the criminal cases review commission is unfit to fulfil her duties. it's understood she wants helen pitcher to be removed from that position after the failings in the case. a football club in hertfordshire has paid tribute to one of the british men who's gone missing in sweden, juan cifuentes used to play for will and garden city before disappearing alongside farouk abdul razak, their families are appealing for information on their whereabouts amid fears the men might have been victims of a double murder. men might have been victims of a double murder . a report has double murder. a report has found that officers with greater manchester police have been abusing their power by carrying out unlawful arrests and treating victims as criminals. it was set up after complaints about the treatment of three women in custody and found unlawful. arrests and strip searches are being carried out. author dame vera baird has made a seri

thejustice secretary is to push for the sacking of the chair of the criminal cases review commission,n prison after being falsely convicted of rape. an independent review says he was completely failed by the key agency that should have exonerated him sooner. the wrong leadership is there. they need to be removed and it needs reforming. there's too much, actually, human rights atrocities going on. innocent citizens in jail for life. what, really? that's a serious matter. a spokesperson for the former strictly professional dancer graziano di prima has confirmed the star did kick his celebrity partner zara mcdermott during a training session last year. speaking to the bbc, his publicist said graziano knew he made a mistake, apologised at the time, and thought the matter had been resolved. but video of the incident is believed to have been brought to the bbc�*s attention last week, and the dancer was then dropped from this year's line up. katie razzall has the latest. to people at home, it looked like a showbiz fairy tale, but a rehearsal room video recently surfaced and graziano di prima

he was failed by the criminal cases review commission and could've been exonerated many years ago. and revolting _ commission. it's quite despicable and revolting that _ commission. it's quite despicable and revolting that they _ commission. it's quite despicable and revolting that they take - commission. it's quite despicable and revolting that they take such | commission. it's quite despicable i and revolting that they take such an attitude to people, desperate people in prison like myself, absolutely desperate, you know? thinking of suicide, suffering every minute and they are nonchalantly dismissing people, finding ways to dismiss with clever meeting arguments. it's nonsense and it makes me so angry. prison is dehumanizing. they further dehumanize you by not treating you like a bona fide claimant. what is your message to like a bona fide claimant. what is your message— i - your message to the cc rc? i would sa i think your message to the cc rc? i would say i think your _ your message to the cc rc? i would say i think your time _ your message to the cc rc? i would say i think yo

in light of those findings, andrew malkinson says a criminal cases review commission obstructed his fightost me an extra decade wrongly imprisoned justice secretary shabana mahmood says that the chairwoman of the criminal cases review commission is now unfit to fulfil her duties. it's understood that she wants helen pitcher to be removed from that position after the findings . a position after the findings. a football club in hertfordshire has paid tribute to one of the british men who's gone missing in sweden . juan cifuentes used in sweden. juan cifuentes used to play for welwyn garden city before disappearing alongside farouk abdul razak. their families are now appealing for information on their whereabouts, amid fears that the men might have been victims of a double murder. men might have been victims of a double murder . and finally, double murder. and finally, a report has found that officers within the greater manchester police force have been abusing their power by carrying out unlawful arrests and treating victims as criminals. it was set up after complaints about the treatment o

the ccrc, the criminal cases review commission, had commenced an investigation into the safety of someat it in the round, how do you think it is that horizon barely came across your desk in that five year period? i think the general reason is that the officials who were briefing the ministers on the subject hadn't seen it as a particular problem. i think with hindsight i should have been told at the outset about horizon, what it was. it was just a word. i should have been told that people were querying, good, competent people, and computer weekly for example, i was told nothing of their work. people were suggesting there was a risk factor and i should have been told about alan bates and the justice group. i never heard his name until i had been in thejob five years, at the end when the whole issue came to a head. but certainly i wasn't briefed on them and i think probably this came down to civil servants making a judgment. studio: vince cable giving evidence to the post of his inquiry, the former business secretary who was one of the ministers responsible for the post office. he said t

she's the chair of the criminal cases review commission, okay?at poor guy locked up for seven years for a rape that he did not commit. and it seems to me that they've now got a manoeuvre. apparently, they have to go through a procedure to remove her. the government thinks she should go. the minister thinks he should go. she should go, but for some reason or other, she doesn't take the hint. no. >> well, probably the money, i imagine, but. >> oh, i wouldn't say that. that's shocking. >> oh. all right, get me back for the old livestock comment . for the old livestock comment. right. okay, suzanne, who's your who's your union? jackass? please >> very simple. it's the appalling rioters in leeds. >> yeah. fair enough. go, michael. >> mine is benjamin netanyahu, and that is because he has today or israel has today been found guilty of the crime of apartheid and of illegally occupying palestinian territories at the international court of justice, the highest court in the world. >> okay, actually is very not biased at all. >> well, i mean, it has been il