and the guardian says the crown prosecution service is to crack down on social media hate crimes, makings offences carried out face to face. that is one of the stories will be talking about in a moment. however, good evening do you both. we start off with the times. this fascinating link, the latest information on the spend terror attacks. to brussels, how is this be made? there it is an times, who is suspected. and good on the times, this is the first ever that has this on the front page. so an imam suspected of masterminding the us learn attack also travelled often to belgium, a connections to paris, and seems to have been a major, kind of, dark figure, a groomer, almost, of young men, into jihadism and terror. but they have made a number of links. what is fascinating is this a3, the audi, caught in cambrils, that has also been seen in france, as well. it is interesting, because one of the boys' father says that this imam spent a lot of time with the boys. the youngest attic was 18, that has been involved in thisjihadi terrorist attack. it is terrifying to think that someone who is sup

now the crown prosecution service says these kind of crimes must be dealt with as robustly as offencesomising a tougher response to build public confidence. there were more than 15,000 hate—crime prosecutions in 2015— 2016, the highest number ever. a third of those convicted saw their sentence increased. the number of cases referred to police by persecutors fell by almost 10%, eight drop the cps says it is investigating. the people who think that might be an increase in hate—crime throughout oui’ increase in hate—crime throughout our society, i think increased reporting, and an increased awareness that victims need not suffer in silence, means that there will be a rise in these figures. that is a good thing, because people are coming forward and having the courage to speak to the authorities about it. some critics say the police and prosecutors moved too slowly to apprehend online abusers. and that means hitler reluctant to come forward. but the cps hopes its new guidance will create the best possible chance of achieving justice for all victims. dominic casciani, bbc news. coming up at

yes, we have seen a shift in attitude by the crown prosecution service.serious or should not be investigated as thoroughly as off—line abuse. we are thrilled that there is a change in approach here. however, we used to talk about victimless crime. now we probably talk about suspect less crime. the problem of course is not with how many people are recording his crimes, which are clearly on the increase, but what do we do to make it much easierfor increase, but what do we do to make it much easier for victims and for the police to identify those responsible for the abuse? because they hide behind the anonymity, the very anonymity that gives them the courage for these cowards to do what they do? indeed. it is very difficult for most victims of online abuse to take steps to identify their abusers. what we say is let's go one step further, and make it easierfor go one step further, and make it easier for victims go one step further, and make it easierfor victims of go one step further, and make it easier for victims of online abuse andindeed easier for victims

now, the crown prosecution service says these kinds of crimes must be dealt with as robustly as offences public confidence. there were more than 15,000 hate crime prosecutions in 2015—2016, the highest number ever, and a third of those convicted saw their sentence increased. but the number of cases referred by police to persecutors fell by almost 10%, a drop the cps says it is investigating. with the explosion in the use of social media over the last few years, it is very important that the prosecuting authorities, the cps, the police, are as up to date as possible in making sure that they're using the law to its fullest extent. there's no hiding place for these perpetrators. the law is clear, and if you persist in this sort of behaviour, you'll be detected, caught and punished. some critics say that police and prosecutors moved too slowly to apprehend online abusers, and that means people are reluctant to come forward. but the cps hopes its new guidance will create the best possible chance of achieving justice for all victims. dominic casciani, bbc news. to get more on this story, i'm j

now, the crown prosecution service says these kinds of crimes must be dealt with as robustly as offencesit is promising a tougher response, to build public confidence. there were more than 15,000 hate crime prosecutions in 2015—2016, the highest number ever, and a third of those convicted saw their sentence increased. but the number of cases referred by police to persecutors fell by almost 10%, a drop the cps says it is investigating. with the explosion in the use of social media in recent years, it is very important the prosecuting authorities, the cps, the police, are as up—to—date as possible in making sure they are using the law to its fullest extent. there is no hiding place for these perpetrators. the law is clear. and if you persist in this sort of behaviour, you will be detected, caught and punished. some critics say police and prosecutors moved too slowly to apprehend online abusers. that means people are reluctant to come forward. the cps hopes new guidance will create the best possible chance of achieving justice for all victims. the cps says the campaign is not just aimed at

new guidelines for england and wales mean the crown prosecution service will seek tougher penalties for, claiming the impact of tweeting abuse, can be just as devastating, as shouting it. here's our home affairs correspondent dominic casciani. rhodri colwyn philipps, the fourth viscount st davids, jailed last month for racially aggravated threats on facebook against gina miller, the businesswoman behind the brexit legal challenge. she said she felt violated by his shocking comments, just one of many online attacks she suffered. now, the crown prosecution service says these kinds of crimes must be dealt with as robustly as offences on the street. it's promising a tougher response, to build public confidence. there were more than 15,000 hate crime prosecutions in 2015—2016, the highest number ever, and a third of those convicted saw their sentence increased. but the number of cases referred by police to prosecutors fell by almost 10%, a drop the cps says it is investigating. i hope that the difference is that the guidance and the public statements will make is that people will feel more c

now, the crown prosecution service says these kinds of crimes must be dealt with as robustly as offenceset. it is promising a tougher response, to build public confidence. there were more than 15,000 hate—crime prosecutions in 2015-2016, the highest number ever. and a third of those convicted saw their sentence increased. but the number of cases referred to police by persecutors fell by almost 10%, a drop the cps says it is investigating. with the explosion in the use of social media over the last few yea rs, social media over the last few years, it is very important that the prosecuting authorities, the cps, the police, are as up—to—date as possible in making sure that they are using the law to its fullest extent. there is no hiding place for these perpetrators. the law is clear, and if you persist in these sorts of behaviour, you will be detected, caught and punished. some critics say the police and prosecutors moved too slowly to apprehend online abusers, and that means people are reluctant to come forward. but the cps hopes its new guidance will create the best possible chance of ach

new guidelines for england and wales mean the crown prosecution service will seek tougher penalties forhe impact of tweeting abuse can be just as devastating as shouting it. here's our home affairs correspondent dominic casciani. rhodri colwyn philipps, the fourth viscount st davids, jailed last month for racially aggravated threats on facebook against gina miller, the businesswoman behind the brexit legal challenge. she said she felt violated by his shocking comments, just one of many online attacks she suffered. now, the crown prosecution service says these kinds of crimes must be dealt with as robustly as offences on the street. it's promising a tougher response, to build public confidence. there were more than 15,000 hate crime prosecutions in 2015—2016, the highest number ever, and a third of those convicted saw their sentence increased. but the number of cases referred by police to prosecutors fell by almost io%, a drop the cps says it is investigating. i hope that the difference that the guidance and the public statements will make is that people will feel more confident to repor

new guidelines for england and wales mean the crown prosecution service will seek tougher penalties foredia, claiming the impact of tweeting abuse, can be just as devastating, as shouting it. here's our home affairs correspondent dominic casciani. rhodri colwyn philipps, the fourth viscount st davids, jailed last month for racially aggravated threats on facebook against gina miller, the businesswoman behind the brexit legal challenge. she said she felt violated by his shocking comments, just one of many online attacks she suffered. now, the crown prosecution service says these kinds of crimes must be dealt with as robustly as offences on the street. it's promising a tougher response, to build public confidence. there were more than 15,000 hate crime prosecutions in 2015—2016, the highest number ever, and a third of those convicted saw their sentence increased. but the number of cases referred by police to prosecutors fell by almost 10%, a drop the cps says it is investigating. i hope that the difference that the guidance and the public statements will make is that people will feel more

and the guardian says that the crown prosecution service ‘s needs to crack down on social media and hatee serious as offences carried out face—to—face. that was appalled poster of the front pages. we will staff of our chart, good morning, not morning, good evening. laughter morning soon. let staff at the times, fascinating new link in the times, fascinating new link in the barcelona attacks, being made with brussels. they say that this man, who got blown up in the explosion happened at london 25 miles away from barcelona was involved with the brussels bombings, was possibly also involved with french terror attacks because a p pa re ntly french terror attacks because apparently he'd been to france often. the car that was involved in the terror attack had been in france only a few weeks ago. and, it seems there is a group of people who, obviously there were quite a group of people they wanted to have a text on the coast, those gas canisters which luckily never exploited. side of course, he in amman. and this is very important. —— of course, he in amman. and this is very important. -- of co

tougher guidelines have been announced by the crown prosecution service.ow on bbc news all the latest business news live from singapore. we'll see mining giant shine bright? posting strong annual profits. helping prepare for the afterlife. good morning, asia. hello, world. glad you could join us. we start off with bhp billiton and it posted a fivefold rise in annual profits at this morning on the back of a recovery in the industrial comity is set. analysts looking at this.” think for the underlying profit results, they were looking for 7 billion and that did not come in. they expected an increase which was also lower. fortescue‘s earnings reported yesterday, a 300 increase %...0f reported yesterday, a 300 increase %. .. of those reported yesterday, a 300 increase 96... of those numbers reported yesterday, a 300 increase %. .. of those numbers are sizzling four fortescue. when you look at some of the miners, they have gone through a rough patch. cutting expenses. it starts to pay off. commodity prices start to rise. and they have indeed, bouncing back from

a law banning so—called legal highs in the uk are to be reviewed by the crown prosecution service aftersupply laughing gas the music festivals we re laughing gas the music festivals were stopped when it was found to be exempt due to being used as a medicinal product. they claim that the new law is flawed. new york's gugenheim museum has been the venue for some provocative works of art over the years, but there has probably never been an exhibit quite like this. it's called "america" and is a fully functioning toilet made of 18 carat gold. the golden throne, designed by an italian artist, has replaced a traditional porcelain version in one of the museum's restrooms. so you can use that? more than 100,000 visitors have queued up to spend a penny or should that be a cent with the million dollar work of art. incredible. lino on the floor. that is ridiculous. that is quite cool. cool? it would suit my house... wearing my slippers. i can see it. i can see it. you would get one.” have one already, i have four.” wonder how many alex 0xlade—chamberlains could you get? 40 golden toilets! you are

a law banning so—called legal highs in the uk is to be reviewed by the crown prosecution service, afterhe first ever contested cases under the new legislation. two separate trials of people accused of intending to supply nitrous oxide — more commonly known as laughing gas — at music festivals were stopped after the courts heard the drug is exempt because it is used as a medicinal product. the drug charity, release, claims the new law is "fundamentally flawed". the brother of the manchester arena bomber will go on trial in libya in the next two months in connection with the attack that left 22 people dead. hashim amla a deep was arrested shortly after the bombing in may, by his brother, salman. his father has been released. rescuers are searching for up to a0 people thought to be trapped in a collapsed building in india's financial capital, mumbai. the four—storey building gave way after two days of heavy monsoon rains, which have already resulted in at least ten deaths. the governor of texas has warned the amount of federal government aid it will need in the aftermath of hurricane harve

the crown prosecution service, the cps, they allege that relate to the telling lies about his involvementof fans. another man in the dock is graham mackrell, sheffield wednesday's former club secretary. he was responsible for health and safety and security at hillsborough. that is where the tragedy happened between those football clu bs, tragedy happened between those football clubs, liverpool and nottingham forest. in relation to his role, is accused of failing to carry out his duties of health and safety, and bridging them. peter metcalf, a third man, is a lawyer who acted for south yorkshire police that he is accused of perverting the course of justice, and that he is accused of perverting the course ofjustice, and the cps alleges that is in relation to tampering with and changing witness statements. the final two people who arrived, all denton, former chief superintendent with south yorkshire police, and alan foster, former detective chief inspector. —— donald denton. both are accused of perverting the course ofjustice through changing witness statements. somebody hasn't been in court

origin the fact that they targeted mainly white british girls us or the former head of the crown prosecution service brad did a profoundly racist crime and we put the whole issue up for debate on a mass scale and it may not be every single case but on the my scale these men are muslim and the thing that when people are afraid of say it isn't that people are afraid to say the word agent they're afraid of saying the word morsi between eighty and ninety percent of child sex exploitation perpetrators are white non muslims i'm not saying you know i also absolutely i also know you're not you are someone in your view that you know muslims should be held to some kind of superior moral standard because i happen to be a muslim and even one muslim doing something reprehensible is one too many for me but i think. i would be actually. but focusing disproportionately on i don't these but when muslims do it is doing nothing but allowing the this deep problem which with deep roots throughout the establishment to perpetrate further and to claim that it's some kind of. gang just merely because i really agree with if

the crown prosecution service has updated its rules following the growing number of cases occurring.

it is about one month since the crown prosecution service said they wa nted crown prosecution service with various different offences relating to hillsborough. david duckenfield faces the most serious charges. 95 individual councils manslaughter. but prosecutors need to apply to the high court to lift a court order banning him from being prosecuted before they can take that case forward. the remaining five include the secretary and safety officer from sheffield wednesday football clu b from sheffield wednesday football club at the time of the disaster. he and david duckenfield were the only two who face charges relating to be fatal crushing itself. three men as you say face charges of perverting the course of justice. you say face charges of perverting the course ofjustice. they are two police officers from south yorkshire police and a lawyer, who was providing advice to the police force. and the fifth man we are expecting is sir norman peterson, a former chief constable who ran both merseyside and west york police forces. —— sir norman george bettison. it is expected to be a brief he

the crown prosecution service is understood to be conducting a full review of the legislation.han normal summer. we are squeezing in a bit more rain. this is the scene from cumbria. many of us is the scene from cumbria. many of us have had some lovely sunshine so far today. clouds are building, a sign of things to come. earlier satellite pictures showed the cloud into north—west england, north and west wales with intense downpours. for most of us a dry start. the cloud is building, showers breaking out more widely. there will be some slow—moving, heavy, thundery downpours around. by late afternoon into the evening it will become few and far between in northern ireland and far between in northern ireland and western scotland. it could be through north—east england we see some of the heaviest downpours. western coastal parts, wales and the western coastal parts, wales and the west coast of england will see increasing amounts of sunshine. as is ever the case, some of us will miss the showers and stay dry. it will stay pleasant in the sunshine. warm for east anglia and south—east e

there were 96 victims but regarding the crown prosecution service.cted by sickness at the world championships, but only botswana‘s isaac makwala has been prevented from competing, as andy swiss reports. as wayde van niekerk charged to the 400 metres title, the first gold of a potential double at these championships, much of the focus was still on his absent challenger. isaac makwala was told he couldn‘t compete after his sickness because organisers had to protect the welfare of the athletes, but his botswanan team were left frustrated. we respect the decision if it is based on public health issues, however, it is the manner in which this decision was arrived at which is quite disturbing and, as we have indicated, this matter has been approached in dribs and drabs. we feel very sorry for the athletes that have to be withdrawn from the competition, but we have a responsibility for all of the athletes and if we allowed them all to sit, it's a tight close community and we need to make sure that all of the athletes are protected as well. meanwhile, britai

centre of that part of that criminal justice system, which in our country is occupied by the crown prosecution serviceomething the americans call probable cause. that is a similar test of the one that we have here. the cps have to decide if there is a realistic prospect of conviction. but it is done by citizens in a grand jury, not by provisional lawyers employed by the state. how does it work? it works by being grand, that's the first thing to say! normally there will be between 16 to 23 citizens who sit on a grand jury, that is why it is called a grand jury, because it is bigger than a normal trialjury, which is normally 12. hearings are held in secret. those under investigation are not allowed to be present. they can apply to be present. critically, anyone who does appear, either as a witness or somebody under investigation who does appear, they are not allowed to have a lawyer present with them. that has been one of the great criticisms of the system. a famous judge of the great criticisms of the system. a famousjudge in new york once said that a grand jury could indicta hand once said that a gran

2012 with the prosecution then that's all the suggestions that councils, police and the crown prosecution service to intervene to stop and there were concerns that maybe they had not done that because ofa maybe they had not done that because of a concern about a racist backlash. we the chief constable saying there was no political correctness here. i think that is something that people are aware of, there has been much soul—searching as to what should be done and what more can be done to prevent this kind of thing going on. police forces now routinely briefed officers on how to spot this kind of abuse. the likely victims, the likely locations, different kinds of grooming behaviour, the way these gangs operate. and prosecutors are advised that victims have to be careful, they're advised that victims have to be careful, they‘ re often advised that victims have to be careful, they're often people who distrust the authorities and they may have been in trouble with the police themselves, they may be used to not telling the truth. not everything that they say is going to be correct. and also they may n

crown prosecution service has also given its reaction.ge girls and young women over a number of years, for their own sexual gratification. others were not directly involved in that abuse and facilitated both offences. despite the abuses, they have suffered, the teams have demonstrated great bravery in recounting their own distressing experiences in court. with their assistance, the cps has successfully secured convictions against a team of offenders. we are aware of the profound impact that these offences have had on the young girls at the centre of this operation, and it is our sincere hope that they will draw some comfort from the convictions. through their courageous actions, they may well have prevented other vulnerable women and girls from falling victim to this group. i would also like to praise those who have devoted themselves to the case over the past three years. the protection of vulnerable people is a central concern of all of those working in this criminaljustice system, and the police officers and officers involved have work

the qc, former director of the crown prosecution service, a beautifully argued piece, now we know wheremust give ground to david davis. new talks kicking off. the feeling that brussels needs to be more flexible. is this pie in the sky? there are two separate discussions that we need to have. what is the politics at what is the policy? they are separate. we can agree that it is good politics, opening up a flank in which tory mps might slip and voters could come through. i don't know how david davis can declare that brussels needs to be more flexible and have it be true. britain has its interests and so does the european union. brussels could come back and they britain should do this. these are two sides negotiating on opposite sides of the table.|j are two sides negotiating on opposite sides of the table. i have a question, if you don't mind. i feel passionately about this. you are business and economics correspondent and editor with a pan—european view. what is so interesting in the british debate, politically and journalistically, we are hearing far too little about europe. there is a

nazir afzal, former chief prosecutor for north west crown prosecution service is here to tell us what's yes, it's covered in a number of places. policing facing substantial challenges with resources . substantial challenges with resources. craig mackey the deputy commissioner of the met yesterday said that they would have to prioritise who they visit. amongst the priorities are those with difficulties and the elderly bottles are those who don't speaking be as a first language. the daily mail are concentrating on that in a story. 0thers concentrating on that in a story. others are too. somehow if you speak english you'll be discriminated against. i think it's another good example of how a realistic message is being misinterpreted or poorly communicated. the reality is that 999 isn't affected, they will come to anyone who requires an emergency response. when it comes to car crime, when you want to report a relatively low level but impactful crime, the police will say well, generally you fill in online or make a call but if you can't speak the language we are prepared to come out to you. i

we havejust had a statement from the crown prosecution service.s have demonstrated the kind of horror these defendants could have caused had they not been stopped. recent unrest in english and welsh jails is causing "grave concern", according to the prison governors association. in an open letter, the president of the organisation said governors were facing "unacceptable stress". the letter comes after two days of unrest at the mount establishment in hertfordshire. mark lobel reports. there have been days of disorder at prisons in wiltshire and hertfordshire where riot trained officers were deployed to subdue unruly prisoners. this past year has brought an average of 20 attacks a day on staff in prisons in england and wales, following a decline in the number of prison officers over the past few years and complaints over pay. now the president of prison governors' association is publicly blaming the government for what she calls a crisis in many jails and unacceptable stress and anxiety amongst workers. in an open letter to prison governors, andrea

the crown prosecution service said there was not enough evidence to bring criminal charges against anyho organised the training was fired from the force. the man who shot ian terry was disciplined but still works for the police. we would have liked there to have been rather more disciplinary action against the officers who ran the exercise. he was a good friend of ian and hejust could not explain why he had gone with all that was happening. he had just gone into what he would have done in a live situation. we got the impression that the firearms officers were more or less allowed just to get on and do their own thing. john buttress has met the two police officers who organised the ill—fated training. they had borne some responsibility but everybody else involved needs to accept their portion of the blame and it simply has not happened. there were a number of officers who failed in their duty and a police officer, a very talented individual who i know personally, who is dead as a result. but ian terry's family think greater manchester police responded well. we have been treated as well

the crown prosecution service are unsure and say their analysis is ongoing.ger term interventions that even longer term interventions that take place over months and years can have an effect, but it can be very difficult to tackle the psychological abuse, because if control, that we know is the reality for many women. so that's one of the things that has come from this. we are looking forward to looking at the details, but it can send alarm bells, the idea that injust a few short hours that can be a meaningful reduction in harm. we are also concerned about the survivors and by questions about this would be safe and effective work with perpetrators has to be conducted alongside really meaningful involvement of the survivors. that's about their safety, taking sure that a person in training isn't saying one thing and carrying on with a different course of action at home. the timescale and the lack of concentration on survivors, what about that? first and foremost what i would say is that this was not set up to be a behaviour change programme. this is targeting a