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mrjohnson also said he was "absolutely" standing by the head of scotland yard, dame cressida dick, despiteer calls for her resignation. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. wayne couzens, the police officer turned killer, who has so damaged public trust. today, beginning of the life sentence in prison from which he will never be released. his abduction, rape and murder of sarah everard, using his police warrant card and handcuffs, risks undermining confidence in officers right across the uk. i think it's very important that people should have confidence in policing and what the police do. and i do, let me stress that. but what i want to do is to use this moment to make sure that we deal with what i think is a huge and justified feeling, by millions of people up and down the country, and i'm afraid overwhelmingly women, that their complaints, their anxieties, are not taken seriously enough by the police. the wider problem is illustrated by a whatsapp group in which wayne couzens swapped misogynistic messages with officers from the metropolitan police, the civil nuclear co

couzens's horrific crimes have left the head of london's police force, dame cressida dick, in a precariousion. her force had failed to link wayne couzens to at least two incidents of indecent exposure, one before he joined the force and one just three days before he killed sarah everard. women who now feel concerned when stopped by officers are being advised to ask to speak to the control room on the police radio, and, if still concerned, just run, but labour want to hear more on what the police will be doing. what we need right now is clear communication to women, who are particularly concerned not about what they have to do differently but what the police are going to do to reassure them about the way that they're going to police the situation. she's ready to take action, to do the right thing. and while the force has been celebrating 100 years of women in policing, some former officers have said misogyny, contempt for women, is widespread, and people are afraid to report it. there are some people who challenge, and they become marginalised, and they become almost like the pariahs of the

although there is some pressure, we have seen that pressure before and it doesn't look likely that dame cressida dick khan. d0 cressida dick is going anywhere at the moment -- saddiq khan. do you think the police _ the moment -- saddiq khan. do you think the police will— the moment -- saddiq khan. do you think the police will now _ the moment -- saddiq khan. do you think the police will now be - the moment -- saddiq khan. do you think the police will now be saying i think the police will now be saying to the government you need to think about our budgets, if we are going to really seriously look at the safety of women and girls, we need more money to put more police officers on the beat, for example? i imagine that will be part of the conversation. we know the met was talking overnight about 650 new police in london to monitor some of those areas where women and girls have reported feeling unsafe. i think the bigger pressure politically is going to come on the government to take some firm action, frankly. we heard kit malthouse saying that this had been a devastating blow for the police and fought tr

dame cressida dick speaking a little earlier.are afg hanistan�*s children are continuing afghanistan's children are continuing to pay the price of the conflict as unemployment rates and poverty saw. to avoid hunger, hundreds of afghan children are travelling to neighbouring countries hidden under lorries, carrying goods to sell to try to make money for theirfamilies. this report from the border crossing between pakistan and afghanistan. this little afghan girl has just entered pakistan holding baggage heavier than her own weight. and while she is trying to run before she is caught by the border guards, another lorry has arrived with more afghan children carrying luggage. this practice is not new, but many believe that now its scale is much bigger than before. translation: we are forced to do this because of poverty. _ my father is unwell. it's better to earn something than stay idle and waste time. we deal with suppliers who give us the goods and tell us where to drop them. when we deliver the stuff, we take receipts from shopkee

couzens�*s horrific crimes have left the head of london's police force, dame cressida dick, in a precarious link wayne couzens to at least two incidents of indecent exposure, one before he joined the force and one just three days before he killed sarah everard. women who now feel concerned when stopped by officers are being advised to ask to speak to the control room on the police radio, and, if still concerned, just run, but labour want to hear more on what the police will be doing. what we need right now is clear communication to women, who are particularly concerned not about what they have to do differently but what the police are going to do to reassure them about the way that they're going to police this situation. she's ready to take action, to do the right thing. and while the force has been celebrating 100 years of women in policing, some former officers have said misogyny, contempt for women, is widespread, and people are afraid to report it. there are some people who challenge, and they become marginalised, and they become almost like the pariahs of the team. that needs to stop.

london's top police officer, dame cressida dick, has announced an independent review, into the metropolitanwho was a serving officer, when he kidnapped, raped and murdered, sarah everard in march. cressida dick says she won't resign over what happened, but admits the way recruits are vetted before joining the force, should be looked at. she's been speaking to our special correspondent, lucy manning. the metropolitan police commissioner on patrol this morning, on the same streets that some women feel scared to walk down alone at night. she and herforce have been rocked by wayne couzens' crimes, and are now promising to restore trust, in the first interview since couzens was sentenced. your officer kidnapped, raped and murdered a lone female, sarah everard. you were his ultimate boss. it was on your watch. why won't you resign? these events have been absolutely dreadful. they have made everybody in the met furious. and we depend on public trust, so today, i am announcing that we will be doing a review that will be led by a high profile independent person, and the review will look at our inter

commissioner dame cressida dick announced the appointment after earlier this week setting out plans forat the force's leadership, recruitment, vetting, training and communications. she was one of the most photographed figures of the late 20th century. diana, princess of wales remains a continuing source of intense fascination, nearly a quarter of a century after her death. now a new film, spencer, hasjust had its uk premiere at the london film festival. it looks at the strained relationship between the late princess, her husband prince charles and the royal family. our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba spoke to the star of the film, kristen stewart. three days, that's it. it's set over christmas 1991, a period where diana felt trapped by the royalfamily. taking on the role was empowering, says kristen stewart. to play her, even though it was sad and torturous, it was sad and tumultuous, ironically, i felt taller. i felt like somebody who could lead with love and make people feel good, and it's really contagious. it comes right back at you. do you think i got delayed by someone? oh

commissioner dame cressida dick announced the appointment after earlier this week setting out plans forthe force's leadership, recruitment, vetting, training and communications. at half past seven i will be back with the panel for dateline london. first, for a full ——at half past seven it's dateline london, but first a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, after weeks of negotiations, the english cricket board have confirmed this evening that the men's ashes tour of australia will go ahead. the ecb released a statement saying that the players will tour, on the basis that "several critical conditions" are met. as far as we know it, this tour is going ahead. it will start in brisbane on the eighth of december, but, of course, it subject to these critical conditions being met and we are not entirely sure what those are. but it is interesting that they clearly have enough players that seem happy to go that they are talking about a squad selection, but clearly they needed to get some sort of update today on their position on their point of view from an ecb perspective. wales kick off the

london stop police officer dame cressida dick has announced an independent review into the metropolitanards. the move follows the conviction of rain cousins it was a serving officer when he kidnapped, raped and murdered sarah everard in march. a secretive russian whose businesses have backed 3a members of parliament from the uk's ruling conservative party has been involved in a russian corruption scandal according to an investigation by the bbc news penrod do not panorama programme. leaked documents show that the former oil ask that you have secretly benefited from the ledge for billion—dollar fog. his lawyers told the bbc there is no evidence whatsoever that he behaved improperly. the revelations come from the pandora papers, a leak of 12,000,000 offshore documents. these are the beaches, a russian businessman has big plans for them. france is 100 miles across the channel. laterthis france is 100 miles across the channel. later this month the uk government will decide whether or not to approve in ambitious plan to link the two within underwater energy and communication cable. the billi

harriet harman again calling for, as labour have been doing, of late, calling for dame cressida dick,overnment has done all it can to improve the situation and make sure police forces have better vetting procedures in place when it comes to recruitment. that is just happened. we have also got some breaking news that has just come into us and that concerns write to and from morocco in north africa. morocco says it will suspend flights to the uk on the national carrier royal air maroc. to the uk on the national carrier royalair maroc. it to the uk on the national carrier royal air maroc. it has been tweeting that it will be suspending its flights between the uk, germany and the netherlands from midnight tonight. the twitter thread goes on tonight. the twitter thread goes on to say that by decision of the authorities and due to the evolution of the pandemic, so it is covid related, flights to and from germany, the netherlands and uk will suspended today from midnight. reimbursement of tickets, in case you are hoping to fly off to morocco or fly you are hoping to fly off to morocco orfly

the metropolitan police commissioner, dame cressida dick, has admitted that the level of service providedas expected and had officers acted differently, then they could have been saved immeasurable pain. she has now offered to meet the family in person at a time of their choosing to say sorry. but in a statement, the womens' mother said: "we are not the only parties who suffered mental anguish "at the hands of the met�*s incompetent, reprehensible "and blatant disregard of agreed procedures "regarding missing persons. "sorry is something you say when you comprehend the wrong you do "and take full responsibility for it. "demonstrating that by taking appropriate, proportionate action, "which, to our minds, is not going to happen." this is not an isolated issue. so i think unless there is a fundamental review of how missing persons are reported and there is a fundamental review around the whole process, the danger is this will happen elsewhere. following the failings in the investigation, an officer and two members of police staff will now face action over their performance. the man who kill

mrjohnson also said he was absolutely standing by the head of scotland yard, dame cressida dick, despiteor her resignation. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. wayne couzens, the police officer turned killer, who has so damaged public trust. today, beginning of the life sentence in prison from which he will never be released. his abduction, rape and murder of sarah everard, using his police warrant card and handcuffs, risks undermining confidence in officers right across the uk. n undermining confidence in officers right across the uk.— right across the uk. i think it's very important _ right across the uk. i think it's very important that _ right across the uk. i think it's very important that people - right across the uk. i think it's - very important that people should have confidence in policing and what the police do. and i do, let me stress that. but what i want to do is to use this moment to make sure that we deal with what i think is a huge and justified feeling, by millions of people up and down the country, and i'm afraid overwhelmingly women, that their com

kit malthouse was also asked about whether a dame cressida dick, the metropolitan police commissionerws a recent jump in wholesale gas prices which led to the collapse of several energy firms. irate led to the collapse of several energy firms-— led to the collapse of several ener: firms. ~ . . , ., energy firms. we are really worried about making _ energy firms. we are really worried about making sure _ energy firms. we are really worried about making sure customers - energy firms. we are really worried about making sure customers get l about making sure customers get through this period, sol about making sure customers get through this period, so i don't think is ending — and anyone is asking for the price cap to be increased again. so it is what it is, we are doing our best to get customers through it, we are trying to support well—run businesses through this period and otherwise if we need to do anything else we are talking to the guv—mac. we need to do anything else we are talking to the guv-mac._ we need to do anything else we are talking to the guv-mac. people have re orted talk

commissioner dame cressida dick announced the appointment after earlier this week setting out plans for the force's leadership, recruitment, vetting, training and communications. and another piece of breaking news. a 67—year—old man has admitted the 1987 killings and caroline pierce in tunbridge wells. david fuller accepted he killed the two women, "subject to the issue of diminished responsibility". his trial is due to start on november the 1st. it's emerged at the inquest for the four men murdered by the serial killer stephen port that he was identified early on in the police investigation into the killings as a "significa nt witness". the four young men were murdered by stephen port in 2014 and 2015. they were killed by fatal doses of a date rape drug. inquests are now examining whether the police made mistakes our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford has been detailing what was said in court today. thejury have been hearing that the first of stephen port�*s four victims was found dead just after four in the morning on the 19th ofjune 2014 outside the block of flats where port

the head of the force, dame cressida dick, has faced repeated calls to resign — but she says lessonst. let's look at how the met is trying to reassure the public. anyone stopped by a lone plain clothes police officer can challenge their legitimacy, and request to speak to an operator on a police radio to check if the stop is genuine. plain clothes officers will not be deployed on their own, and will be in pairs. an extra 650 new officers will patrol busy public areas in london where women have concerns about their safety. and the independent office for police conduct is investigating a group of officers who allegedly shared "discriminatory" messages on a whatsapp group — which were discovered during the investigation into the sarah everard's murder. serious questions are now being asked about whether opportunities were missed before sarah everard's murder. the met has admitted a vetting check on couzens was not done correctly when he joined the force. it meant an incident of indecent exposure in kent in 2015, involving a vehicle linked to couzens, was missed. and around 72 hours befo

speaking last year, the met commissioner, dame cressida dick, said no one is above the law.ment, the met say they have concluded their review and will be taking no further action. ms giuffre is alleged to have been trafficked to the uk by the american financier and sex offenderjeffrey epstein. epstein took his own life in a new yorkjailhouse in 2019. epstein and prince andrew were friends for a number of years. there have been previous reviews into the allegations against prince andrew and jeffrey epstein. explaining their decision to take no further action in those cases, the met said, "any investigation into human trafficking would be largely focused on activities and relationships outside the uk", and that the metropolitan police service was not the appropriate authority to conduct inquiries in these circumstances. prince andrew has retired from royal duties. he is rarely seen in public. the outcome of this review means there is no prospect of a formal criminal investigation here in the uk. but the met say they will continue to liaise with other law enforcement agencies.

the metropolitan police commissioner, dame cressida dick, has admitted that the level of service providede has now offered to meet the family in person at a time of their choosing to say sorry. but in a statement, the womens' mother said: "we are not the only parties who suffered mental anguish "at the hands of the met�*s incompetent, reprehensible "and blatant disregard of agreed procedures "regarding missing persons. "sorry is something you say when you comprehend the wrong you do "and take full responsibility for it. "demonstrating that by taking appropriate, proportionate action, "which, to our minds, is not going to happen." this is not an isolated issue. so i think unless there is a fundamental review of how missing persons are reported and there is a fundamental review around the whole process, the danger is this will happen elsewhere. following the failings in the investigation, an officer and two members of police staff will now face action over their performance. the man who killed nicole smallman and bibaa henry, danyal hussein, will be sentenced for their murders this week. si

the metropolitan police commissioner, dame cressida dick, has admitted that the level of service providedn at a time of their choosing to say sorry. but in a statement, the women's mother said: this is not an isolated issue. so i think unless there is a fundamental review of how missing persons are reported and there is a fundamental review around the whole process, the danger is this will happen elsewhere. following the failings in the investigation, an officer and two members of police staff will now face action over their performance. the man who killed nicole smallman and bibaa henry, danyal hussein, will be sentenced for their murders this week. simon jones, bbc news. let's take a look now at the latest coronavirus data for the uk. almost 41,000 new cases have been recorded in the past 24 hours. a further 263 people have died within 28 days of testing positive for covid—19. and more than 79% of the uk population aged 12 and over have now had two coronavirus vaccinations. millions of workers will get a pay rise next year, as the government ends its public sector pay freeze. unions are

dame cressida dick wants to say sorry in person to the relatives of bibaa henry and nicole smallman,lt with the case, no misconduct action will follow. separately, two officers have apologised for sharing pictures of the crime scene. a man from north london who suffers from non—hodgkin lymphoma, a rare blood cancer, is urging people tojoin the stem cell register. he says it's to help the many people who need it — although his own mauritian heritage means finding a donor to help him — is slimmer than if he was from a white ethnic group. nevertheless, hedley dindoyal wants people of all ethnicities to come forward. if you could get yourself on a register, it would help, not necessarilyjust me, but it would help people like me, you know. because it can happen to anyone. before a look at the tube board, a reminder that if you're travelling by car anywhere within the north or south circular roads, in a vehicle considered to be more polluting, you do now have to pay £12.50 per day for doing so. the extended ultra low emission zone came into effect yesterday. now the tube board. there are t

the met commissioner, dame cressida dick, said she's deeply concerned that such a serious offence shouldin custody by the sitting magistrate, and he will appear in court again at the beginning of next month. graham satchell reporting _ beginning of next month. graham satchell reporting there. - beginning of next month. graham satchell reporting there. our- beginning of next month. graham satchell reporting there. our top | satchell reporting there. our top stories for you! he says he will only better cutting taxes when the economy is back on track. the military has been called into distribute fuel to petrol stations. more revelations from the leaked pandora papers, a secretive russian whose businesses have backed 34 conservative mps was involved in a russian corruption scandal. rules rules on foreign travel change today with the old traffic life system scrapped. there will now be one list of red countries, and anyone travelling to them will have to quarantine for ten days in a hotel. but most fully vaccinated travellers coming from other destinations will no longer need to take a covid t

the metropolitan police commissioner, dame cressida dick, has said she is deeply concerned that suchpublic would be concerned as well. david carrick bowed his head as he was remanded in custody by the sitting magistrate, and he will appear in court again at the beginning of next month. graham satchell reported. a former facebook employee, who anonymously leaked compromising documents about the company, has revealed her identity. the documents highlighted internal research by the company research by the firm, which suggested its instagram platform was impacting the mental health of teenagers. facebook said the leaks were misleading. in an interview on the us network cbs, frances haugen accused the social media company of putting its profits above everything else. you have your phone. you might see only 100 pieces of content, if you sit and scroll for five minutes. but facebook has thousands of options it could show you. how facebook is picking up that content today is that it is optimising for content that gets engagement, a reaction. but its own research is showing that content that

the met commissioner dame cressida dick has said she is deeply concerned that such a serious offenceic would be concerned as well. david carrick bowed his head as he was remanded in custody ijy head as he was remanded in custody by the city man —— with a sitting magistrate and he will appear in court again at the beginning of next month. the biden administration has sent thousands of haitian migrants back to haiti in recent weeks. many of them were rounded up at texan mexico is also repatriating haitians, putting additional pressure on an already impoverished caribbean country. those who return have been off—loaded with no money or housing, no work, some have no money. with the assassination of the present three months ago, the security situation has been worsening. many have not set foot on haitian soil in a decade full stop now they are being sent back in their droves, every day planeloads of haitian deportees arrive, returning from the border camp in texas, exhausted and disappointed, most own nothing in haiti but the clothes on their back. daniela and her family spent five years

the head of the metropolitan police, dame cressida dick, said the new system is being introduced after in inflation. in september, the slight fall resulted from the comparison with last september's high inflation number, when prices for eating outjumped after taxpayer—funded discounts ended. that flattered this year's figures — all of which shows the numbers during the pandemic are volatile. but from this month, they will inevitably resume their upwards trajectory, which to families up and down the country facing energy price hikes will come as no surprise. the biggest one for us is energy bill, because we are with people's energy, who went bust. so the energy bill is doubling every month. the prices are higher for the overall shop, but where prices stay the same for things like grapes and strawberries and things that come in a punnet, the punnets have shrunk, so you don't get as much. industry, unlike ordinary consumers, has no protection from energy price rises, contributing to a perfect storm alongside shortages of hauliers and warehouse workers. a food industry boss warned mps yest

speaking last year, the met commissioner dame cressida dick said no one is above the law.in a statement, the met say they have concluded that the review and will be taking no further action. ms giuffre is alleged to have been trafficked to the uk by the american financier and sex offenderjeffrey epstein. epstein took his own life in a new yorkjailhouse in 2019. epstein and prince andrew were friends for a number of years. there have been previous reviews into the allegations against prince andrew and jeffrey epstein. explaining their decision to take no further action in those cases, the met said, "an investigation into human trafficking would be largely focused on activities and relationships outside of the uk", and that the metropolitan police was not the appropriate authority to conduct inquiries in these circumstances. prince andrew has retired from royal duties. he is rarely seen in public. the outcome of this review means there is no prospect of a formal criminal investigation here in the uk. but the met say they will continue to liaise with other law enforcement age

speaking for the first time since that conviction, the commission of the met police, dame cressida dick we will rebuild public trust as soon as we possibly can. rebuild public trust as soon as we possibly can-— rebuild public trust as soon as we possibly can. some people will say that that is — possibly can. some people will say that that is not _ possibly can. some people will say that that is not enough, _ possibly can. some people will say that that is not enough, that i possibly can. some people will say that that is not enough, that you l that that is not enough, that you should resign.— should resign. people will be entitled to _ should resign. people will be entitled to their _ should resign. people will be entitled to their opinion, i i should resign. people will be i entitled to their opinion, i have a job to do, i need to get on with it and myjob now is to lead the met through a difficult time and rebuild public trust, which i am redoing through bringing in an independent person to do a review of our standards and culture. did person to do a review of our standards and culture

that's the statement from dame cressida dick, the commission of the metropolitan police on the news thatnusualforthis with temperatures up into the lower 20s. unusualfor this time with temperatures up into the lower 20s. unusual for this time of year. for many of us it will last into the weekend, but slowly eroded, that mild air. persistent rain. some of it really quite relentless for the last couple of days across northern ireland, western scotland in general. through the night tonight, one lot of cloud, the clearer skies may linger across east anglia, likely to seek the best of the early morning sunshine on saturday. cloud thickening through northern england and wales. that weather front makes its way out of scotland and into the north of england. a band of showery rain. a fresherfeel north of england. a band of showery rain. a fresher feel starting to develop in the north. sunshine, dreyer, 16 celsius is the high here. highs of 19 celsius in the south. sunday, dry weather around. highs of 19 celsius in the south. sunday, dry weatheraround. starting to get fresher again from the north.

the labour mayor of london saying that he still has confidence in dame cressida dick to lead the police i to lead the police. what is your view? ., , . ., view? i do share the view of the ma or of view? i do share the view of the mayor of london _ view? i do share the view of the mayor of london but _ view? i do share the view of the mayor of london but today - view? i do share the view of the l mayor of london but today should view? i do share the view of the - mayor of london but today should not be a debate about one individual. firstly, we think of sarah everard's friends and family today, particularly having gone through that harrowing experience of the sentence and hearing. we then must have action. the government first of all needs to appoint a full, independent enquiry to look at how on earth it was that the perpetrator, i will not name him, perpetrator, i will not name him, perpetrator of this heinous crime slipped the net, notjust once but on a number of occasions. to look also at the whole structure of vetting and misconduct hearings. right across police and to look at the wi