dominic casciani, bbc news.et's go back to westminster, we are expecting the second vote in the lords. the ayes 381, the noes, 286. the ayes 381, the noes, 286. so the ayes have it. the ayes habit. let me go back to westminster, and put those figures into context for us, that was the second lords amendment, that the commons were voting on so what does that mean? edge that was the one calling for a meaningful vote on a deal that theresa may gets from bus. the other ina theresa may gets from bus. the other in a couple of years‘ time. that is another resounding government win. throwing out the lords amendment, that change made by the house of lords which now means that again, the brexit bill has gone through the commons unchanged. so what happens now? immediately go straight up the corridor to the house of lords where they will now look at those again. they will discuss it again for a couple of hours and aside whether they would dig their heels in. or whether they are going to back down and let the elected chamber

dominic casciani, bbc news.he government has protected police funding, through the 2015 spending review. it adds there can be no excuse for any force that fails to deliver on its obligations. the government says it will seek to overturn a demand by the house of lords that eu citizens living in the uk should be allowed to stay in the country after brexit. peers defied ministers when they voted by a large margin to guarantee their rights but the prime minister, theresa may, has said that should be negotiated alongside a deal for british citizens living in the eu. the bill will return to the commons later this month. nearly two—thirds of england's hospitals have been rated as inadequate or needing improvement in a major new study by health inspectors. the report by the care quality commission also found that four out of five trusts need to improve patient safety. but more than 90% were judged to be good or outstanding for the caring attitude of staff. the department of health has welcomed the inspections, saying th

our home affairs correspondent dominic casciani reports.ut one of the countries most dangerous rapist. john worboys attacked more than 100 women, hunting them down late in london with an elaborate trick. he would show them a bag of cash claiming it was a big gambling win and offered them champagne. few remembered what happened next and police it not take their complaint seriously. one of his victims and her recount the smiths. seriously. one of his victims and her recount the smithslj seriously. one of his victims and her recount the smiths. i had the officers who looked at my case taken it seriously, they would have known substantial pieces of evidence. they did not do that and so many more women went on to get harmed. ruling by the hardcourt says scotla nd ruling by the hardcourt says scotland yard breached the human rights of the women. the court is challenging that unprecedented ruling. this case is really important because women need to be able to hold police to account when they fail as catastrophically as they fail as catastrophicall

dominic casciani, bbc news. are hearing from reuters that several patients at a hospital in johannesburg still trapped after a roof. emergency workers telling what is that rescue workers are at the scene. no word yet as to why the roof has caved in or indeed how many people are trapped or injured. we know only that a number of people trapped. we will keep you up—to—date as we get further details from johannesburg. one of donald trump's closest advisors, the attorney general, jeff sessions, has been accused of lying under oath to the senate after it emerged he had two undisclosed meetings with the russian ambassador during the american presidential campaign. the senior democrat in the house of representatives, nancy pelosi, has called on him to resign. our correspondent richard galpin reports. sessions was already a controversial choice as attorney general because of allegations which he denies of racism. and now it's been revealed that during the presidential election campaign last year, he had two undisclosed m

dominic casciani, bbc news.hill have called on the us attorney generaljeff sessions to resign. he has been accused of lying under oath after he failed to disclose meetings with russia's ambassador during the presidential campaign. the play standards watchdog has warned of the potentially perilous state of the service in england and wales. the french presidential candidate and leader of the front national marine le pen loses immunity from prosecution for tweeting so—called islamic state images. in sport, british cycling needs to sort out its problems forced that is the call from uk sport, following negative headlines over doping and culture issues. andy is on court against philipp kohlschreiber in dubai. he is currently 2—1 up in the first set. sam billings is likely to open for england in their one—day international against the west indies in antigua tomorrow. steven finn will also play with jake ball and alex hales out of the side. i will be back with more on those stories just after half past. the family of ma

our home affairs correspondent dominic casciani reports.cornerstone of british policing, the bobby on the beat. part of the frontline neighbourhood services that solve so many crimes. but are posts like this being eroded? one of the warnings contained in a stark report. laura beale was the pride of devon and cornwall police. after 1a years, she's had enough and resigned and says she cannot deal any more with the workload. the team covering her patch went from 17 officers to six. we need to focus on the front line. you want to see a police officer and if somebody came up to me and said, "officer i need help", i'd be able to go and have the time to with it. hmic says after five years of cuts to the budget and workforce, some chiefs are not making the right tough calls and in some areas, the inspectors found 999 calls being downgraded to help manage the pressure on officers left behind. hmic also said some domestic violence calls are not being treated seriously enough. otherforces have ignored leads on organised crime and only durham is delive

dominic casciani, bbc news.en tight security for a second day outside the dutch embassy in istanbul. relations between the two countries have continued to sour after the turkish president called the netherlands a "banana republic". yesterday, riot police used water cannons to break up crowds protesting in rotterdam after two turkish ministers were prevented from speaking in the city over the weekend. the government says it will investigate claims that a document outlining theresa may's schedule for a visit to the north—west of england was left on a train. the daily mirror has published a note which it says was found by a member of the public in january. it appears to identify a hotel where the prime minister was due to work that afternoon and gives a private address for where she was due to attend dinner. somebody will be in trouble over that. if you thought boaty mcboatface had sunk without a trace, after the decision was taken not to give a research vessel the name which had been chosen by the public — fear no

dominic casciani, bbc news.as the only police force inadequate, it's chief constable has rejected the grading. we have less cloth than anybody else. we are a small rural force with the challenges of of london, manchester or birmingham. it's really difficult. we have a very, very thin blue line. in the report it starts off by saying an effective police force, this report is about effectiveness, is a police force that reduces harm and reduces crime. the report then reflects that last year all crime was up 7.8% across the country. of in bedfordshire, it was only up 3%. the report then, this is the himc data, says compared with 2011-2016, this is the himc data, says compared with 2011—2016, dates they have chosen, all crime nationally is down 0.5%. in bedfordshire it's down 4.796. 0.5%. in bedfordshire it's down 4.7%. that 0.5%. in bedfordshire it's down 4.796. that was the very forceful response from the chief constable of bedfordshire to this report. let's speak now to sir peter fahy, who has spent 34 years as a p

dominic casciani, bbc news.nt, the home office said that "a number of forces still have more work to do." president trump's newly appointed attorney generaljeff sessions is under mounting pressure over two undisclosed encounters with the russian ambassador to the us late last year. mr sessions denied having met any russian officials to discuss issues of the presidential campaign. but the house democratic leader nancy pelosi accused him of "lying under oath". as attorney general, he is in charge of the fbi, which is currently investigating that alleged russian interference. during his confirmation hearing injanuary, mr sessions was asked directly about contacts with russia by the minnesota senator al franken. if there is any evidence that any one affiliated with the trump campaign communicated with the russian government, in the course of this campaign, what will you do? i'm not aware at all venues those activities, i have been called a circuit in that campaign and i did not have communications with the russians

our home affairs correspondent dominic casciani reports.ornerstone of british policing — the bobby on the beat. pa rt part of the neighbourhood front line services that solve so many crimes. one of the warnings contained in a stark report. laura beale was the pride of devon and cornwall police. after 1a years, she's had enough and resigned and says she cannot deal any more with the workload. her patch went from 17 officers to six. we need to focus on the front line. you want to see a police officer and if somebody came up to me and said, officer i needs help, i'd be able to go and have the time to with it. hmic says after five years of cuts to the budget and workforce, some chiefs are not making the right tough calls and in some areas, inspectors found 999 calls being downgraded because they could not manage the pressure with officers left behind. hmi is a also said some domestic violence calls are not being treated seriously enough. other forces have ignored being treated seriously enough. otherforces have ignored leads on organised crime

dominic casciani, bbc news. headlines on bbc news: nicola sturgeon announces plans to trigger a second independence referendum in scotland. she wants a vote after brexit towns become clearer from the autumn of 2018. it comes as mps at westminster prepared to vote again on whether to give the prime minister the power to start the brexit process. and the queen launches the baton relay for the 2018 commonwealth games in australia. in the business news... energy supplier sse is to raise the price of electricity by 15%. it will cost an average user an extra £73 a year. the increase is the latest in a series of big price hikes for energy customers and comes into force at the end of april. sse says it last raised prices 3.5 years ago. shares in bovis homes have soared as the troubled housebuilder remains mired in takeover talk which could see it become a £2.4 billion business. shares in the companyjumped 7% on the london stock exchange as the market digested a flurry of weekend announcements, confirming that rivals gal

our home affairs correspondent dominic casciani reports.ne of the country's most dangerous rapists. john worboys attacked more than 100 women over six years, hunting them down late at night in london with an elaborate trick. he'd show off a bag of cash claiming it was a big gambling win and offer them drug—laced champagne. few of his victims could entirely remember what happened next and police didn't take their complaints seriously. one of his victims from 2007 had her account dismissed. had the officers who looked at my case taken my allegations seriously, they would've found substantial pieces of evidence. they didn't do that, and as a result so many more women went on to get harmed. the botched investigation led to a landmark ruling by the high court that scotland yard had breached the human rights of the women, and that means police can be sued. the force is now challenging that unprecedented ruling. this case is really important because women need to be able to hold police to account when they fail as catastrophically as they failed i

dominic casciani, bbc news.e a special report on why london has a shortfall of 700 detectives. right now, the rest of the news with rebecca jones in the newsroom. nearly two thirds of england's hospitals have been rated as adequate or needing improvement. the report, by the care quality commission, also found that four out of five trusts need to improve patient safety. but more than 90% were judged to be "good" or "outstanding" for the caring attitude of staff. here's our health editor hugh pym. it's the first wide—ranging snapshot of the state of england's major hospitals. the regulator for the care quality commission spent nearly three years carrying out inspections following the mid staffordshire patient care scandal. this is the first annual report on all of them. one of the key findings is the wide variation in the quality of services. across the major hospital trusts in england, 68% have been rated as inadequate or requiring improvement. 81% of trusts are said to need to improve safety. but 93% were rated

dominic casciani is our home affairs correspondent who made that film for us.upports arming more police officers. leroy logan served 30 years in the met police and he's opposed to an expansion of arming the police. there was criticism from our audience. by putting this film out it is sanitising the use of firearms. i understand where people are coming from. there are concerns about how we portray armed policing and we thought long and hard about whether or not to make this film. we felt for some time we wanted to see inafly felt for some time we wanted to see in a fly on the wall weight what kind of training officers go through if they are at the serious end of armed policing. that means notjust the guys hanging around at manchester or heathrow airport, but the men and women who have to go to critical incidents. what are they trained to do? when we got the access, trained to do? when we got the access , we trained to do? when we got the access, we made clear we wanted to fill whatever we wanted to film and speak to whoever we wanted to speak to. the guys in the

dominic casciani, bbc news. morning, victoria will be talking to a former met dectective inspector, who was with the met at the time worboys committed his early crimes, and a woman who was raped by two strangers two years ago, when she 18 years old. aid agencies are warning that time is running out to save an estimated 20 million people facing famine in four african countries. there's growing concern about four countries in particular, nigeria, south sudan, yemen and somalia. it's been described as the worst humanitarian crisis in 60 years and experts say that without urgent help many will simply starve. after 10.00, victoria will be talking to aid agencies in nigeria, south sudan, yemen and somalia. nhs trials are currently assessing if dogs could also be used to detect cancer at an early stage. one study shows that specially trained dogs can pick up the presence of such cancer in urine samples in 93 % of cases. samples in 93% of cases. coming up on victoria derbyshire, we have an exclusive film with the former