our correspondent daniel de simone reports from pretoria.uperstar known as the blade runner. it's gold again for oscar pistorius! a paralympic and olympic athlete. since 2015, a convicted murderer. his victim was girlfriend reeva steenkamp, a law graduate and successful model. pistorius shot her multiple times on valentine's day 2013 through a toilet door at his home. the case dominated headlines around the world. he was eventuallyjailed for over 13 years. today, after a parole board hearing in this prison outside pretoria, oscar pistorius was told his conditional early release had been approved. he'll walk out of these prison gates in early january. "i miss my partner..." a family friend read a victim impact statement on behalf of reeva steenkamp's mother, june, in the hearing and outside the prison. "i'm not convinced that oscar has been rehabilitated. if someone does not show remorse, they cannot be considered to be rehabilitated." her statement detailed pistorius�* history of abusive conduct. "i do not know to what extent his behaviour s

daniel de simone reports.ruption has long haunted the stephen lawrence murder. for three decades, scotland yard kept the secret we now expose. the met knew about it. that's what's so shocking. today we reveal a met police report concluded that a senior officer involved in the case, ray adams, was corrupt. the early failure to bring stephen's killers to justice led to suspicion that corruption infected the investigation. father of one killer was clifford norris, a gangsterfrom a criminalfamily known for suspicious contact with police. the public inquiry into the murder probed the issue. it didn't find corruption. somebody contacted us this morning... ray adams, a former commander, appeared as a witness. but i've now seen a secret scotland yard report into the stephen lawrence case that concludes ray adams was corrupt. it says ray adams was cleared by a flawed corruption probe which relied on lies from an informant linked to the family headed by the father of one of stephen's killers. it says a totally fictitiou

daniel de simone, bbc news, eltham. now a look at some other stories making the news today.senter holly willoughby has appeared in court and pleaded not guilty to both charges. 36—year—old gavin plumb appeared at chelmsford crown court to hear the charges against him relating to an alleged plot in early october involving the former this morning presenter. a man who killed a trainee solicitor as she walked home from a night out in east london last year has won an appeal to reduce the minimum term of his life sentence. jordan mcsweeney was jailed for at least 38 years for murdering and sexually assaulting zara aleena, but appeal courtjudges have now reduced that to a minimum of 33 years. bob stewart, the conservative mp for beckenham, has been found guilty of racially abusing an activist by telling him to "go back to bahrain." mr stewart also told sayed ahmed alwadaei "you're taking money off my country, go away," during a row in westminster last year. it's been called one of the biggest financialfrauds in us history. sam bankman—fried, a former cryptocurrency billionaire, has

daniel de simone reports. three decades, scotland yard kept the secret we now expose. the met knew about it. that's what's so shocking. today, we reveal a met police report concluded that a senior officer involved in the case, ray adams, was corrupt. the early failure to bring stephen's killers to justice led to suspicion that corruption infected the investigation. father of one killer was clifford norris, a gangsterfrom a criminalfamily known for suspicious contact with police. the public inquiry into the murder probed the issue. it didn't find corruption. somebody contacted us this morning... ray adams, a former commander, appeared as a witness. but i've now seen a secret scotland yard report into the stephen lawrence case that concludes ray adams was corrupt. the report says ray adams was cleared by a flawed corruption probe, which relied on lies from an informant linked to the norris crime family. it says a totally fictitious account by the informant discredittted a witness against ray adams. the informant

daniel de simone reports.rs ago, stephen lawrence was stabbed to death while waiting for a bus by a gang of young white men in eltham, south london. five prime suspects became infamous. two were finallyjailed in 2012. a lead attacker with fair hair was never identified, but this year, a bbc investigation named matthew white, who died two years ago, as a sixth suspect and exposed the met�*s repeated failure to properly investigate him. i've now found new evidence which poses serious questions for the force. i told him to stop, then he used — i don't want to say — n word. bethel ikpeze was racially abused and almost stabbed with a dirty syringe by matthew white. the security officer prevented white from stealing from an eltham supermarket. next thing i saw was his hand up with a needle. he wasjust coming. and if he had hit you, what do you think the result would have been? he would kill me. i pulled him down, iasked him, "do you want to kill me?" he said, "yes, i will kill you." he said white then made an alarmi

daniel de simone reports., stephen lawrence was stabbed to death while waiting for a bus by a gang of young white men in eltham, south london. five prime suspects became infamous. two were finallyjailed in 2012. a lead attacker with fair hair was never identified. but, this year, a bbc investigation named matthew white, who died two years ago, as a sixth suspect and exposed the met�*s repeated failure to properly investigate him. i've now found new evidence which poses serious questions for the force. i told him to stop, then he used — i don't want to say — the n word. bethel ikpeze was racially abused and almost stabbed with a dirty syringe by matthew white. the security officer prevented white from stealing from an eltham supermarket. the next thing i saw was he sat up with a needle. he wasjust coming. and if he had hit you, what do you think the result would have been? he came in. put him down. iasked him, "do you want to kill me?" he said, "yes, i will kill you." he says white then made an alarming admissi

our correspondent daniel de simone reports from pretoria.t's gold again for oscar pistorius! a paralympic and olympic athlete. since 2015, a convicted murderer. his victim was girlfriend reeva steenkamp, a law graduate and successful model. pistorius shot her multiple times on valentine's day 2013 through a toilet door at his home. the case dominated headlines around the world. he was eventuallyjailed for over 13 years. today, after a parole board hearing in this prison outside pretoria, oscar pistorius was told his conditional early release had been approved. he'll walk out of the prison gates in early january. "i miss my partner..." a family friend read a victim impact statement on behalf of reeva steenkamp's mother, june, in the hearing and outside the prison. "i'm not convinced that oscar has been rehabilitated. if someone does not show remorse, they cannot be considered to be rehabilitated." her statement detailed pistorius' history of abusive conduct. "i do not know to what extent his behaviour still exists or were evident during his t

our correspondent daniel de simone reports from pretoria.own as the blade runner. it's gold again for oscar pistorius! a paralympic and olympic athlete. since 2015, a convicted murderer. his victim was girlfriend reeva steenkamp, a law graduate and successful model. pistorius shot her multiple times on valentine's day 2013 through a toilet door at his home. the case dominated headlines around the world. he was eventuallyjailed for over 13 years. today, after a parole board hearing in this prison outside pretoria, oscar pistorius was told his conditional early release had been approved. he'll walk out of the prison gates in early january. "i miss my partner..." a family friend read a victim impact statement on behalf of reeva steenkamp's mother, june, in the hearing and outside the prison. "i'm not convinced that oscar has been rehabilitated." "if someone does not show remorse, they cannot be considered to be rehabilitated." her statement detailed pistorius�* history of abusive conduct. "i do not know to what extent his behaviour still exists

daniel de simone reports. lawrence murder. for three decades, scotland yard kept the secret we now expose. the met knew about it, that's what's so shocking. today we reveal a met police report concluded that a senior officer involved in the case, ray adams, was corrupt. the early failure to bring stephen's killers to justice has led to suspicion that corruption infected the investigation. the father of one killer was clifford norris, a gangsterfrom a criminalfamily known for suspicious contact with police. the public inquiry into the murder probed the issue. it didn't find corruption. somebody contacted us this morning... ray adams, a former commander, appeared as a witness. but i've now seen a secret scotland yard report into the stephen lawrence case that concludes ray adams was corrupt. it says ray adams was cleared by a flawed corruption probe which relied on lies from an informant linked to the family headed by the father of one of stephen's killers. it says a totally fictitious account by the informant w

daniel de simone reports.he stephen lawrence murder. for three decades, scotland yard kept the secret we now expose. the met knew about it, that's what's so shocking. today we reveal a met police report concluded that a senior officer involved in the case, ray adams, was corrupt. the early failure to bring stephen's killers to justice has led to suspicion that corruption infected the investigation. the father of one killer was clifford norris, a gangsterfrom a criminalfamily known for suspicious contact with police. the public inquiry into the murder probed the issue. it didn't find corruption. somebody contacted us this morning... ray adams, a former commander, appeared as a witness. but i've now seen a secret scotland yard report into the stephen lawrence case that concludes ray adams was corrupt. it says ray adams was cleared by a flawed corruption probe which relied on lies from an informant linked to the family headed by the father of one of stephen's killers. it says a totally fictitious account by the i

daniel de simone reports.go, stephen lawrence was stabbed to death while waiting for a bus, by a gang of young white men in eltham, south london. five prime suspects became infamous. two were finallyjailed in 2012. a lead attacker with fair hair was never identified. but this year, a bbc investigation named matthew white, who died two years ago, as a sixth suspect and exposed the met�*s repeated failure to properly investigate him. i've now found new evidence which poses serious questions for the force. i told him to stop, then he used — i don't want to say — the n—word. bethel ikpeze was racially abused and almost stabbed with a dirty syringe by matthew white. the security officer prevented white from stealing from an eltham supermarket. the next thing i saw was, he sat up with a needle. he wasjust coming. and if he had hit you, what do you think the result would have been? he would kill me. i pull him down. i ask him, "do you want to kill me?" he said, "yes, i will kill you." he says white then made an alarm

our correspondent daniel de simone reports.o death while waiting for a bus, by a gang of young white men in eltham, south london. five prime suspects became infamous. two were finallyjailed in 2012. a lead attacker with fair hair was never identified, but this year, a bbc investigation named matthew white, who died two years ago, as a sixth suspect and exposed the met�*s repeated failure to properly investigate him. i've now found new evidence which poses serious questions for the force. i told him to stop, then he used — i don't want to say — the n—word. bethel ikpeze was racially abused and almost stabbed with a dirty syringe by matthew white. the security officer prevented white from stealing from an eltham supermarket. the next thing i saw was, he sat up with a needle. he wasjust coming. and if he had hit you, what do you think the result would have been? he would kill me. i pull him down. i ask him, "do you want to kill me?" he said, "yes, i will kill you." he says white then made an alarming admission. he said, ok, can i

daniel de simone reports.d kept the secret we now expose. the met knew about it. that's what's so shocking. today we reveal a met police report concluded that a senior officer involved in the case, ray adams, was corrupt. the early failure to bring stephen's killers to justice led to suspicion that corruption infected the investigation. father of one killer was clifford norris, a gangsterfrom a criminalfamily known for suspicious contact with police. the public inquiry into the murder probed the issue. it didn't find corruption. somebody contacted us this morning... ray adams, a former commander, appeared as a witness. but i've now seen a secret scotland yard report into the stephen lawrence case that concludes ray adams was corrupt. it says ray adams was cleared by a flawed corruption probe which relied on lies from an informant linked to the family headed by the father of one of stephen's killers. it says a totally fictitious account by the informant was used to discredit a witness against ray adams. the inf

daniel de simone reports.pectre of police corruption has long haunted the stephen lawrence murder. for three decades, scotland yard kept the secret we now expose. the met knew about it, that's what's so shocking. today we reveal a met police report concluded that a senior officer involved in the case, ray adams, was corrupt. the early failure to bring stephen's killers to justice has led to suspicion that corruption infected the investigation. the father of one killer was clifford norris, a gangsterfrom a criminalfamily known for suspicious contact with police. the public inquiry into the murder probe to the issue. it didn't find corruption. somebody contacted us this morning... ray adams, a former commander, appeared as a witness. but i've now seen a secret scotland yard report into the stephen lawrence case that concludes ray adams was corrupt. it says ray adams was cleared by a flawed corruption probe which relied on lies from an informant linked to the family headed by the father of one of stephen's killer

our correspondent daniel de simone reports from pretoria.ar pistorius, once a superstar known as the blade runner. it's gold again for oscar pistorius. a paralympic and olympic athlete. since 2015, a convicted murderer. his victim was girlfriend reeva steenkamp, a law graduate and successful model. pistorius shot her multiple times on valentine's day 2013 through a toilet door at his home. the case dominated headlines around the world. he was eventuallyjailed for over 13 years. today, after a parole board hearing in this prison outside pretoria, oscar pistorius was told his conditional early release had been approved. he'll walk out of the prison gates in early january. i miss my partner. a family friend read a victim impact statement on behalf of reeva steenkamp�*s mother, june, in the hearing and outside the prison. i'm not convinced that oscar has been rehabilitated. if someone does not show remorse, they cannot be considered to be rehabilitated. her statement detailed pistorius�*s history of abusive conduct. i do not know to what extent

thank you very | much, daniel de simone. a clean-up much, daniel de simone.d behind me, you can see it still cordoned off and there is still a police presence here. he said that mob was driven by right—wing ideology. yesterday he called them a lunatic hooligan function. today he described them as thugs, looters and arsonists ryan it is filled with hate. he said he had very strong words. —— riotous. he described the scenes last night as terrible, he said there was huge destruction, 3a arrests, 32 people due in court this morning as a result of those, and he gave us some more figures as well. 13 shops were significantly damaged or looted in that rioting and violence last night, 11 garda vehicles destroyed, three buses and a tram destroyed, too. interestingly, he was asked if he was may be expecting any more trouble today or how police were planning for that and he said there was a planned assumption, given yesterday, that they would be further protests and the police are preparing for that. but he did also concede that there needs to be a bit of an overall in p

daniel de simone, bbc news, eltham. southern england and the channel islands after up to 100 miles an article stop hundreds of schools were closed. storm ciaran crashed into southern and south west england and the channel islands, with winds gusting to 100 miles per hour, creating huge waves, and damaging homes and businesses. trees were brought down. this one narrowly missing a home. it fell in a straight line. and there was major travel disruption. thousands saw their power cut and hundreds of schools were closed. injersey, damage to property saw some residents seeking refuge in a hotel. we spent the night moving people and evacuating people from their homes, and moving them into hotels, and giving people some shelter at the parish hall. we're still doing that because fire brigade and various agencies are going into houses and giving professional opinions as to the availability of people moving back in. it's not happening. more of them are being evacuated, even now. in falmouth in cornwall, katie marsh was woken when

with more on this we can speak to our news correspondent daniel de simone.t of questions have been asked about the conduct of the police into this investigation. now we know that an investigation is under way. that's right. this has been a very long road to get here. the four victims were killed, were murdered, between june 2014 and september 2015. next year it will be ten years since the first victim was killed. none of the four murders were treated as murders until weeks after the final one. it was only when the police were really forced to consider the possibility that these were suspicious by families of the victims that they ultimately did so. that was weeks after the final murder. that then triggered a major murder. that then triggered a major murder investigation. steven port was convicted of the four murders in 2016 and jailed, to spend the rest of his life in prison. he killed the victims by lowering them to his flat and murdering them with fatal overdoses of the drug ghb, often used as a date rape drug. the iop sea, the police watchdog, and its pre

for the latest — i spoke earlier to our correspondent in johannesburg, daniel de simone.rlier this afternoon here in south africa. the motion was actually proposed by one of the opposition parties, but it was ultimately backed by the ruling african national congress, albeit they added an amendment and the motion called for the closure of the israeli embassy here and the suspension moon of all diplomatic relations. what the amendment that was added by the anc said until they basically want those measures to be taken, until such time as there's a cease fire and israel commits to un led binding negotiations. the motion that was passed isn't binding on the government here. but as you as you've heard, president cyril ramaphosa has... about his criticisms of israel's actions in gaza. he previously referred israel to the international criminal court. south africa removed its diplomats from israel quite recently, and last night, in advance of this vote, israel actually recalled its ambassador from south africa to south africa, back to israel — for what it called what it said were

daniel de simone, bbc news. adamjohnson adam johnson was injured by skating a game.ts currents when it. of what happened on that day question mark is was a tragic incident that happened three weeks ago now any match between the nottingham panthers and sheffield steelers. �* ., nottingham panthers and sheffield steelers. ., steelers. adam johnson was a 29-year-old — steelers. adam johnson was a 29-year-old american - steelers. adam johnson was a 29-year-old american ice - steelers. adam johnson was a i 29-year-old american ice hockey 29—year—old american ice hockey player than his first season in nottingham, injured from a boot from a steelers player, a hybrid that cuts his neck was stop he was treated on the ice, taken to a local hospital and later died from his injuries, the postmortem examination confirming he died as as a result of a fatal neck injury. south yorkshire police have announced they arrested a man on suspicion of manslaughter and added he remains in custody stop they released a statement which says from detective chief superintendent, it says the inves

live now to our correspondent daniel de simone, who's at atteridgeville prison outside pretoria, whered south africa and the world, give us a sense what the reaction is going to be to the news that 0scar pistorius is going to walk out of that prison behind you in january? the news has only come within the last hour, so we are still getting reaction. we a reaction that you saw from a family friend of the steenkamp family. we did get a victim impact statement this morning from june steenkamp, the mother of reeva steenkamp, expressing scepticism about whether he had been the she expressed concern about the safety of women if his abusive behaviour has not been addressed in prison. that then was part of the evidence that was being considered by the parole board, which did not take very long to make a decision that he will be released on conditions on the 5th of january. 0scar pistorius was a world superstar prior to the murder of reeva steenkamp. he had one multiple paralympic gold medals. he also competed at the london 2012 olympics against non—disabled athletes. as people will remember, h

daniel de simone reports.r. 30 years ago he was stabbed to death awaiting for a bus by a gang of young white man in south london. five prime suspects became infamous. two were finally jailed in 2012. a lead attacker with fair hair was never identified but this year's and bbc investigation named a sixth suspect and expose the met�*s repeated failure to properly investigate him. i've now found new evidence which poses serious questions for the force. i don't want to say — questions for the force. i don't want to say the _ questions for the force. i don't want to say the word. - questions for the force. i don't want to say the word. this - questions for the force. i don't| want to say the word. this man questions for the force. i don't - want to say the word. this man was racially abused _ want to say the word. this man was racially abused and _ want to say the word. this man was racially abused and almost - want to say the word. this man was racially abused and almost stabbed | racially abused and almost stabbed

our correspondent daniel de simone is in pretoria. what happened this morning?rd hearing took place. oscar pistorius attended the hearing and the parole board considered various issues including his conduct in prison, whether he prevented an ongoing risk. it also heard a victim impact statement from the mother of reeva steenkamp. she couldn�*t be here but a family friend read it. it expressed scepticism about whether he is really rehabilitated and expressed concern about the threat to women if his violent behaviour and his abusive behaviour has not been addressed in prison. people will remember that oscar pistorius was once a global superstar. he won multiple paralympic golds, competed at london 2012 olympics against non—disabled athletes. is victim reeva steenkamp was a very well—known model in her own right here in south africa and his murder of her generated headlines around the world. he was ultimately convicted of murder. he was sentenced to over 13 years in prison and the parole hearing that took place today happened because he had served over half his sen

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live now to our correspondent, daniel de simone, who's at atteridgeville prison outside pretoria, whererius's version of events that night and she says he has not rehabilitated. she also says she has concerns for the safety of heavy —— any woman he may come into contact with or be in a relationship with if his behaviour has not been addressed in prison. that victim impact statement will be part of the considerations for the parole board. if is taken that oscar pistorius qualifies for parole he would then be set free and that date would have to be within the next 30 days. just remind us the _ to be within the next 30 days. just remind us the reason you have a and why there is a global focus on this particular case, it's because 11 years ago oscar pistorius was a global superstar, years ago oscar pistorius was a globalsuperstar, running years ago oscar pistorius was a global superstar, running against able—bodied athletes in the london olympics and then this happened a short time later. just take us through the background. oscar pistorius had _ through the background. oscar pistorius had

daniel de simone, bbc news, eltham. and daniel is with us now. good morning.nactive phase of the murder investigation. that means no active inquiries are taking place. and really, no witnesses are being contacted, no appeals are taking place. they did say earlier this year that they are doing a routine forensic review of certain exhibits, but they have said that matthew white, who we have named as the six suspect, and was a suspect for the met while he was alive, that they are not investigating anything further about him. we have outstanding suspects in the case, particularly three well—known prime suspects. they are just wandering around and not being actively investigated.— investigated. what has the metropolitan _ investigated. what has the metropolitan police - investigated. what has the metropolitan police said i investigated. what has the i metropolitan police said when investigated. what has the - metropolitan police said when it has assessed how it has handled this case, particularly over the past 30 years? case, particularly over the past 30 ears? .,