tulip mazumdar, bbc news, writtle in essex.n bbc news, it's time for the travel show with rajan datar. in the past few decades, the skyline of doha, qatar's capital city, has changed beyond recognition. the discovery of oil in the 1930s, and then natural gas in the early 1970s, marked a seismic change in the fortunes of qatar. and at a turbocharged pace, qatar's hopes, dreams and buildings have risen high above the desert sands. since this small but mighty gulf nation won the right to host the fifa world cup back in 2010, it has spent billions on state—of—the—art stadia and infrastructure. and with the first match set to kick off this november, all eyes will be on qatar as it makes history, becoming the first ever middle eastern country to host the world cup. and i am here to meet some real players, both on and off the pitch. i asked someone here how much each of these were worth, and his answer was "priceless". this is the perspective that players will have as they walk out onto the game for the first match of the tournament h

tulip mazumdur, bbc news, writtle in essex.at the age of 7a. he was known for refashioning that gonzo journalism of the 19605 counterculture into a distinctive brand of conservative and libertarian commentary. that's all we have time for. thank you so much for watching the gonzo journalism of 19605 counterculture into a distinctive brand of conservative and libertarian commentary. that's all we have time for. thank you so much for watching newsday. hello there. it's going to be a stormy few days ahead. the first of two named 5torms arrives during wednesday, that is a storm dudley. and ahead of dudley we have seen this stream of cloud pushing in on those stronger winds from the atlantic bringing yet more rain across from the west. by the time we get to wednesday morning, most of that wetter weather is out of the way. still some wetness there acro55 northern scotland, but away from here, it's a mild start, and there may be some early sunshine, but it will cloud over quickly. we've got the rain coming in from dudley, soon arriving

earlier we spoke to a family in essex, a 200—year—old oak tree came crashing down onto their house onwere sitting in the house working. all of us were working from home. it was at about 11:30 yesterday morning, probably the height of the wind speed, i would say. we just felt the house move and that was a big gust of wind. and seconds later, the tree just crashed into the house and we were covered in dust and just general debris, and we ran outside to see what had happened and we were confronted with what you can see behind us. and, sven, i mean, it must have been pretty scary, wasn't it? yeah, it was absolutely terrifying. i was actually working in the room just there below where it hit and i was on a conference call as well and ijust heard this creak and then this huge bang and you could feel the whole house vibrating. at that point, just sort of picked up, ran underneath the doorway and then sort of... i mean, you're in absolute shock at something like that. you don't really know what's going on. iran outside, see my carjust completely destroyed and then ran upstairs to my bedroom,

essex police said they were aware of the incident and enquiries are ongoing.m. this is such a serious case of animal cruelty. it was a man kicking and slapping a defenceless, fragile animal. - the chorus of condemnation grows ever louder for west ham. fans in the london stadium made their feelings known from the moment kurt zouma touched the ball last night. bo0ing. but with the defender playing, west ham won the match and kept a clean sheet. i'm a human being and also a great animal lover, so i understand how people feel. but again, as i said, i'm the football manager here, and i have to find a way of getting the results here. and kurt zouma is one of the key players to us. the video, which we've decided not to fully show, decided not to fully show, is upsetting. zouma can be seen kicking his cat across the kitchen while his brotherfilms, laughing. zouma also slaps the cat in the face in front of one of his children. in a statement, zouma apologised, saying, "there are no excuses for my behaviour, which i sincerely regret. i also want to say how deeply sorry

tulip mazumdar, bbc news, essex.bsite. next week, we'll be focusing on the impact of miscarriage on women's mental health, and how technology is being trialled as one way of helping. the inquest into the death of the footballer emiliano sala has begun at bournemouth coroner's court. emiliano sala died in a plane crash in the english channel injanuary 2019, after being bought by cardiff city from nantes in a £15 million transfer deal. the footballer�*s brother, dario sala, has flown over from argentina to be at the inquest. in northern ireland, all the remaining legal covid regulations are being lifted — from today they become guidance only. stormont ministers say the omicron variant isn't putting significant pressure on hospitals — though they've warned that covid hasn't gone away. our ireland correspondent, chris page, joins me from stormont. yes, this is something of a landmark day in northern ireland after almost two years of legal regulations while the covid rules are gone from the law. the political leaders at s

tulip mazumdur, bbc news, writtle in essex.n behaviour. ministers at stormont say the spread of the omicron variant isn't putting significant pressure on hospitals. but there is a warning that covid has not gone away. where does it become the first uk nation to the uk'sjoint committee on vaccination and immunisation. for some, the lost ship of antarctic explorer sir ernest shackleton is the greatest of all undiscovered wrecks. endurance sank in 1915, and all 28 crew survived. now a major scientific expedition is trying to find the wreckage, in the weddell sea off antarctica. the search ship, endurance 22, left cape town ten days ago, and after a tricky voyage on rough seas, is now in position. well, the historian dan snow is on board the ship, and joins us live. good evening. i am on board all endurance _ good evening. i am on board all endurance 22. _ good evening. i am on board all endurance 22. we _ good evening. i am on board all endurance 22. we are _ good evening. i am on board all endurance 22. we are in - good evening.

as the mediator talks ship between foreign ministers and all of that is now over a secretary state essex in lincoln and also the french side saying that they're basing nothing's talk about since the french excuse me, since the russians have recognized those separatist regions and a sense that basically right now, as long as ukraine is not going to give much way, isn't going to kind of capitulate as they would sit here and keep on its sovereignty. there's basically nothing to talk about with russia given that russia is, is, you know, seemingly intent on pushing through it, sir. demands on the full front of issues he w as an economy mtf rosser appears to be continuing its military build up along ukraine's borders images for a u. s. satellite company claim to show an enlarged base in southern bella rose just a few 100 kilometers from the ukrainian capital p. f. u. s. president joe biden says, russia's evasion of ukraine has already begun. russian troops on the move, the heading towards ukraine's east and border as fighting between ukrainian and separatist forces continues far away from the

essex police are investigating, as is the rspca — it's taken both of zouma's cats away from him.pping zouma from the side that beat watford last night. a number of sponsors have threatened to cut ties with the club. adidas have ended their own association with zouma, saying he is no longer a contracted athlete with them. the manager, david moyes, said zouma played because he's one of their better players. it makes it hard because footballers are commodities that can be bought and sold. so therefore, that has to be taken into consideration. and also, if a footballer is good — and there's no doubting that zouma is a good footballer — the rewards they can bring to a football club. west him are trying hard to qualify for champions league — if they do that, it's worth a minimum of £30 million. if they proceed in the tournament, he could be worth up to £100 million, and that is something that the owners of the club in senior management have to take into consideration. andy murray has made a winning return to action after his second round exit at the australian open. the three—time gran

essex police are liaising with the rspca and say "urgent enquiries are ongoing".h sides created little until west ham went ahead mid way through the second half when jarrod bowen's shot was deflected in. it proved to be the winning goal, lifting west ham back into the top four. manchester united drop to fifth place tonight. they went ahead at burnley when paul pogba scored in the first half. but the league's bottom side fought back and jay rodriguez earned them a precious point in theirfight against the drop. they're four points from safety with two games in hand over the teams immediately above them. frank lampard's first premier league game in charge of everton has ended in defeat — as newcastle moved out of the relegation zone. everton took the lead through an own goal — jamal lascelles turning into his own net. but he was involved in the equlaiser that followed just a minute later, another own goal, this time from mason holgate but the second half belonged to eddie howe's side — ryan fraser put them in the lead before kieran trippier settled it with a stunning

tulip mazumdur, bbc news, writtle in essex. years before the grenfell fire killed 72 people injune 2017. an official from the building killed 72 people injune 2017. an officialfrom the building research establishment told inquiry that results were passed to the government to alert and identify the problem. one of the uk's oldest zoos, bristol zoo, has announced that it's leaving its current home at the start of september. it's been at the site in clifton for 186 years, but from the autumn will relocate to the wild place near cribbs causeway. here's laura jones. not the best morning for a trip to the zoo — but the flamingos at least don't seem to mind the rain. like many of the animals here, they've been a firm favourite with generations of bristolians — but things are changing. we've known for a while that this place will be closing — but today we found out exactly when. it is an emotional day. saturday, the 3rd of september is going to be the last day that visitors can come to bristol zoo gardens, and we're really keen to capt

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debbie is best known as lydia's mum on the only way is essex but behind the scenes, she has looked afterble children. itell you, being here, i'm like, debbie, i wish you fostered me. aw, i wish i did as well! it's so homely. i've fostered many sibling groups and i fought a lot to keep siblings together. when i first started fostering, you was not... ..you was allowed to have siblings sharing bedrooms. now, there's so many rules and regulations about all foster children having their own bedroom and i understand the reasons why but who has got a spare bedroom? who? what about the emotional capacity as well? they may not have the capacity to look after more than one child? no, but then there should be support in place so they can facilitate that sibling group. in england, foster carer numbers are at their highest but the increase is not keeping up with the amount of children in care. debbie has been supporting a new recruit. hi. ijust let myself in, the door was open. reilly and her girlfriend have recently been approved as a foster family. a lot of people say the process is quite invasive,

essex police says it is investigating and working with the rspca.he vets and will remain in rspca care while the investigation continues. natalie pirks, bbc news. the mayor of london, sadiq khan, has cast further doubt on the future of the metropolitan police commissioner, dame cressida dick. he says she has "days and weeks" to show him she can tackle problems within the force, and restore public trust. the comments follow a highly critical report which found evidence of racism, sexism and misogyny in parts of the force. the met has apologised, but nine of the 12 officers involved in sending offensive messages are still in the force. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. it's been nearly a year. the devastating murder of sarah everard by a serving police officer was a crisis for the met. we have been rocked. then, week after week, with accusation after accusation, a picture emerged of a police force with a culture problem, headed by a commissioner some believe can't fix it. now the mayor of london has ramped up the pressure. my expecta

debbie is best known as lydia's mum on the only way is essex but behind the scenes, she has looked after 200 vulnerable children. itell you, being here, i'm like, debbie, i wish you fostered me. aw, i wish i did as well! it's so homely. i've fostered many sibling groups and i fought a lot to keep siblings together. when i first started fostering, you was not... ..you was allowed to have siblings sharing bedrooms. now, there's so many rules and regulations about all foster children having their own bedroom and i understand the reasons why but who has got a spare bedroom? who? what about the emotional capacity as well? they may not have the capacity to look after more than one child? no, but then there should be support in place so they can facilitate that sibling group. in england, foster carer numbers are at their highest but the increase is not keeping up with the amount of children in care. debbie has been supporting a new recruit. hi. ijust let myself in, the door was open. reilly and her girlfriend have recently been approved as a foster family. a lot of people say the process is qui

we know that essex police have also been involved.n 1—0, moving into the top four. no suggestion from the statement whether it will affect his playing career, they go to leicester on sunday. that is their next match, theyjust sunday. that is their next match, they just want to see how this separate investigation that plays out between the essex police and the rspca. as you were saying, his two cats have been taken into care, we have had a study the ongoing statement from the rspca this afternoon as well. they say they have been taken for checkups at a vet's and they will remain in the care while the investigation continues. they are grateful for everyone who expressed their concern for the cats, dealing with that issue before the video went viral online, they were dealing with it, and are leading the investigation. the are continuing to investigate, so will not comment further at this time. it is worth saying under the animal welfare act, it is a criminal offence, cruelty to animals, but we will see how this plays out. briefly, how di

in brentwood in essex, a 400—year—old oak tree came crashing down on a family home, causing extensiveably the height of the wind speed, i would say, we just felt the house move, and that was a big gust of wind, and seconds later, the tree just crashed into the house, and we were covered in dust and just general debris, and we ran outside to see what had happened and we were confronted with what you can see behind us. 140 miles away in gloucestershire, aston on carrant near tewkesbury is just one of many places which has been without power since yesterday afternoon. the storm here didn'tjust knock over one tree. it destroyed a whole coppice, and when the bigger ones came down, they took out that electricity wire, knocking out power for everyone around here. it just went like that. this all happened in pauline's garden. very very bad. i have never seen the trees moving like they were yesterday. i shouted to my husband, "look at the trees," and i walked back into the kitchen, and said, they are going, they are going, it's gone. it was the needles on the isle of wight where a gust of 122m

kurt zouma was again named in west ham's starting line—up despite being investigated by the rspca and essexk—off and played no part in their 2—2 draw at leicester. celtic are into to the scottish cup quarterfinals. they beat raith rovers 4—0 liam scales scored the pick of their goals against the championship side, the opener midway through the first half. the quarterfinal draw is tomorrow. hibs also made it through today beating arbroath. it was the manchester derby in the women's super league and city have moved up to fifth in the table following their 1—0 win over united. substitute caroline weir with the one moment of real quality in the match. united have dropped to fourth after today's results. great britain's curlers are still on course for the semi—finals at the winter olympics. the women lie third in the standings after victory over denmark, and the men's team played twice today, edging out china and they also faced denmark, beating them comfortably 8—2. they're second in their round robin group with four more to play. the top four go through to the medal matches. heavy snow and fog

the professor at the university of essex. >> fighting has broken out on the streets of kharkiv. >> sure. good to be with you. as pointed out, it is ukraine's second largest city. very russian speaking but no less patriotic. it is a center of learning and innovation. a lot of folks will be moved to flee are those young people. i could also mention about lviv. this is far away from the fighting but feeling more like a city under siege. on my way here, i talked to a lot of ukrainians making molotov cocktails. it is more difficult to get money and food. many received messages from people who are close to intelligence sources and as a reminder taking over ukraine. one more quick thing. when you go through someone's home, the first thing you do is go down to see where their bomb shelter is. >> as noted, there may be some sort of sign from vladamir putin. the expelling of russian banks. they are considering targeting russian banks. how badly do these steps hurt vladamir putin. >> referring this move from banning the banks from some sort of financial weapon. this would really, really hurt the r

votes are being counted in the southend west by—election in essex.in a seat that should be held by the conservatives. that's the third—lowest turnout for a uk by election since 1945 no other main party took part in the poll — a mark of respect because the previous mp, david amess, was stabbed during a constituency surgery last october. a result is expected in the next couple of hours. the winter olympics are getting fully under way in beijing, with the opening ceremony in a few hours�* time. almost 3,000 athletes from 91 nations will compete, with over 100 gold medals to be won. but the run—up to the games has been fraught with controversy. many countries have announced a diplomatic boycott of the event, citing human rights abuses in china. and there are covid cases inside beijing's "olympic bubble." our china correspondent robin brant has the very latest. she is one of china's olympians of tomorrow — maybe. she hadn't even been born the first time the olympics came to town. but now, the six—year—old skater is inspired by the games. translation: it's

votes are being counted in the southend west by—election in essex.servatives. that's the third lowest turnout for a uk by election since 19115. no other main party took part in the poll — a mark of respect because the previous mp david amess was stabbed during a constituency surgery last october. a result is expected in the next couple of hours president biden has been giving details of how the leader of the islamic state group was killed during a night raid by us special forces in syria. the president said that abu ibrahim al-qurayshi, also known as hajji abdullah, blew himself up, along with four members of his family, as us troops approached the building. 13 people, including children, died in the raid. no us casualties were reported. the bbc�*s state department correspondent barbara plett usher reports. in a corner of northwest syria where a forgotten conflict simmers, america reminded the islamic state group that its leaders were still a target. the raid took place in the dead of night and lasted two hours. us special forces landed in helicopter

we had from some of the french protest, essex. i determined to fight ellen for their freedoms, plano, so useless for sub my should is when i had to do my duty during the locked down. so i went to work and i caught covered there. i was one of the heroes back then, but now i'm not even treated like a citizen and i don't understand how we went from that side to this one. and if i say no to thank you so vaccine, the, every one who's been vaccinated has had health problems. what we want is for the journalists, the media to finally tell the truth. we're supporting the freedom con blight. we're so glad to see this happening in canada and now in europe in the world. we're here to support all those who are speaking out in support of our freedoms. britton's preparing to expand and strengthen it. sanctions against russia, despite yesterday so called push for diplomacy talks in moscow on the ukraine crisis. the new legislation gives the u. k. the power to target russian businesses and individuals. britain justifies the move as confronting rus

essex police and the rspca are investigating.d and jeered by both sets of fans throughout the game. west ham boss david moyes said he is "human being and an animal lover" but "responsible for getting results". he should be prosecuted, sacked. i am absolutely amazed that west ham paid him last night. it is basically condoning what he is done and saying, we will let you off, that is fine. if he assaulted someone in the street, he would not have played, so why is he playing just because it is an an animal? i am amazed at west ham, ithought an an animal? i am amazed at west ham, i thought they had a chance to make a stand and it is irrelevant that he is a footballer, this is about a human being and for him to play at last night in front of people, it is shocking. formula one driver lando norris has signed a new deal that will see him stay at mclaren until the end of 2025. the 22 year old brit finished sixth in last seasons standings with four podium finishes and he also claimed his first pole position as the team finished fourth in t

in my team we've got people coming in from kent, from essex, and i'd say a good at least 25% of them very crowded, trains are randomly being cancelled. trains are one every half an hour at the moment, but i turned up to get the one that would got me to work on time and it was just cancelled. so, yeah, i was down to one an hour. i had to change my plan, go home and work from home. going into his workplace will soon become compulsory, so that's a worry. the pandemic and remote working have changed travel habits, and people's use of the railways hasn't recovered as much as cars or buses. rail timetables across the country were cut back again over the winter, with operators blaming high numbers of staff isolating due to omicron. overall, about 79% of pre—pandemic services are now running. train companies insist they are starting to reinstate more, and 85% should be running by the end of the month. but they say there are enough trains for the amount of people using them. passenger use is only at about 64% of pre—covid. how timetables will look in future is still unclear. while leisure tra

the conservative party has won a byelection in the english constituency of southend west, in essex.tical parties who marked their respect to sir david by not contesting this by—election. it is inspiring to see politicians come together from across the political divide to respect a great man and a great parliamentarian. i'm joined now by our political reporter simon dedman who has been following the by—election for us. anna firth mentioned briefly there butjust anna firth mentioned briefly there but just for our anna firth mentioned briefly there butjust for our viewers around the world, it was tragic circumstances that led to this seat being vacated. it circumstances that led to this seat being vacated.— seat being vacated. it was indeed. six _ seat being vacated. it was indeed. six months - seat being vacated. it was indeed. six months ago i seat being vacated. it was i indeed. six months ago anna firth could not imagine she would be here being elected the mp for south and west. this was called after the former mp, sir david amess was stabbed to death while carrying out a constitue

essex police are liaising with the rspca and say �*urgent inquiries are ongoing�*.camilla should become queen consort when charles becomes king. the message for the queen�*s platinum jubilee ended years of debate and controversy over camilla�*s future title and some commentators say the public mood towards the duchess has changed in recent years. our royal correspondent daniela relph has ther story. an arrival fit for a queen... ..even a future one, at round hill primary school, in bath. a royal hand to hold as the duchess of cornwall met pupils. you can�*t really put it into words, how you�*re meeting the future queen, because they�*re a really important person. and for you meeting the future queen? l it was amazing to be able to see someone in the royal family. it's a once—in—a—lifetime thing. a school visit and a tree planting. this is the classic stuff of royal engagements but there was a time when it would have been unthinkable for camilla to be out and about like this representing the royal family. after the break down of charles and diana�*s marriage, the hea

now a chairman of the english democrats party joining us a lie from essex. great to see this afternoon. thanks so much for joining us. you've heard you've heard by wallace. they're addressing soldiers and joking about going to war with russia. not all of them seemed entirely amused. do you think, comments like that? could be a cause for concern? let's face it is part of consistent publication, right? as far as concern, ever since the full or the soviet union. when those talk about how russia in fact what, what, what was actually happened is consistent attempts to try and sort of clamped down a rush or push the boundaries back. incorporate many former soviet countries into nato. and there was talk quite recently of bringing the ukraine into nato. is there is a consistent hypocrisy in the way that russia is treated by comparison. if you think of china, china and all sorts of things that the west would be saying is acceptable, but in fact, nothing happens in the way of sanctions from it. those war business been done that has a business ruling the day that so mu

the conservative party has won a by—election in the english constituency of southend west, in essex.rk of respects because the previous mp sir david amess was stabbed while he was meeting with constituents last october. turnout was less than 25% — the third lowest since the war. in northern morocco, efforts are continuing to rescue a 5—year—old boy who fell into a well. rayan has been stuck in a 32—meter deep water well since tuesday. aru na iyengar report. bulldozers work flat—out in tamrout, in the northern tourist province of chefchaouen, racing to dig a 32—metre deep hole alongside the shaft of a well. waiting inside is five—year—old rayan, who fell in last tuesday, falling in after his father was repairing the well. translation: the closer we get, the well gets narrower, _ making it hard for volunteers to say the child. this is why we had to come up with another technique, which is digging. rescuers have been able to send oxygen and water to rayan through pipes, a tricky painstaking maneouvre. it is a long way down on the diameter of the water well with less than 45 centimetres.

the conservative party has won a by—election in the english constituency of southend west, in essex.ted with just under 13,000 votes. the vote came after the previous mp sir david amess was killed while meeting with constituents last october. out of respect, none of the other main parties put forward any candidates. turnout was less than 25%, the third lowest since the war, and many ballot papers were spoiled. the winter olympics are getting underway in beijing, with the opening ceremony in a few hours' time. almost 3,000 athletes from 91 nations will compete, across seven sports. but the run—up to the games has been fraught with controversy. many countries have announced a diplomatic boycott of the event, citing human rights abuses in china. added to that, cases of coronavirus have been found inside beijing's "olympic bubble." our china correspondent robin brant reports. she is one of china's olympians of tomorrow — maybe. she hadn't even been born the first time the olympics came to town. but now, the six—year—old skater is inspired by the games. translation: it's very - exhausting

thank you so much for talking to us, dominic and sven good there from essex.tuation where you live, tune into your local bbc radio station — you can find details of your nearest station on bbc sounds. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise leah. there has still been plenty to talk about today, it has been a really messy story because some people have had beautiful blue sky and sunshine, and others have seen heavy rain and even some snow. and there is more rain to come in the forecast as we move into sunday, and still plenty of isobars on the chart. that means it's still going to be very windy indeed. in fact, the winds are set to strengthen tomorrow. so, outbreaks of light rain to start with, but heavier bursts moving out of ireland into northern england will gradually drift east, so heavier rain into wales and the midlands by the middle part of the afternoon. scotland and northern ireland sunny spells with scattered showers, but still gusts inland of 50 mph, and up to 60 or stronger on exposed coasts. so another blustery day out there. mild with

polls have closed in the southend west by—election in essex.parties are challenging the tory candidate. the result is expected overnight. the 2022 winter olympics are getting under way in beijing. almost 3,000 athletes from 91 nations will compete — with over 100 gold medals on offer across seven sports. the opening ceremony will take place tomorrow in the famous bird's nest national stadium, with the curler eve muirhead and dave ryding, who made history last month in kitzbuhel as the first british athlete to win an alpine skiing world cup, sharing flag—bearing duties for great britain. but it's been a troubled build—up to the games — with china dealing with the covid pandemic and accusations of human rights abuses. 0ur china correspondent robin brant has the latest. she is one of china's 0lympians of tomorrow — maybe. she hadn't even been born the first time the olympics came to town. but now the six—year—old skater is inspired by the games. translation: it's very - exhausting but she presses on. she won't leave until she's learned how to do a

let's go back to the clean—up after storm eunice, and over to essex, where a 200—year—old oak tree came tree there behind you. what happened?— the tree there behind you. what ha ened? ~ , happened? well, we were sitting in the house working, _ happened? well, we were sitting in the house working, all— happened? well, we were sitting in the house working, all of _ happened? well, we were sitting in the house working, all of us - happened? well, we were sitting in the house working, all of us were i the house working, all of us were working from home. it was about 11:30am yesterday. probably the height of the wind speed, i would say. wejust height of the wind speed, i would say. we just felt the house move, and that was a big gust of wind, seconds later the tree just crashed into the house. we were covered in dust and just general degree and we ran outside to see what had happened. and we were confronted with what you can see behind us. spain, it must have been pretty scary, wasn't it?— scary, wasn't it? yeah, it was absolutely — scary, wasn't it? yeah, it was absolutely terrifying. - sca

essex police says it is investigating and working with the rspca. in rspca care while the investigation continues. natalie pirks, bbc news. the charity commission is looking into the accounts of the foundation set up by the family of the ww2 veteran sir captain tom. accounts published by the captain tom foundation show that in its first year it spent more than £200,000 on running costs a nd co nsulta nts. it gave out £160,000 to charities in grants. the commission started looking into the foundation almost a year ago. the foundation says it's working closely with the regulator, and welcomes its input. the mayor of london, sadiq khan, has cast further doubt on the future of the metropolitan police commissioner, dame cressida dick, saying she has "days and weeks" to show him she can tackle problems with the culture of the force, and restore public trust in it. mr khan's comments follow a damning report which found there was evidence of racism, sexism and misogyny at charing cross police station in london. the met apologised, but nine of the 12 officer

. >> that's our souls in new orleans with you at the super bowl -- >> at the essex festival. >> at the >> yes, but before we get, before she tears the place down tonight let's deal with building up the country. so let's get right here to the initial investments with the bipartisan infrastructure framework that are underway. with the white house having cast the b.i.f. as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for america to rebuild materially and modernize for the future, what makes this plan so transformative? >> well, first of all, it is in fact a once-in-a-generation opportunity. i mean, you and i, and i'm a little bit older than you, but you can remember back to the day the last time we did something like this was when president eisenhower was around, last time a major investment was fixing the stuff that was broken, now you don't need to be a rocket scientist to feel the bumps on the roads and what's broken, so trains, buses, everything that is broken down, this is an opportunity to fix it back up, and on top of that, the major investments in connecting kids, to things that they don't ha

in my team we have got people coming in from kent, from essex, and i would say a good at least 25% ofins are one every half an hour at the moment, | but i turned up to get the one thatl would have got me to work on time and it wasjust cancelled, - so i was down to one an hour. i had to change my plan and go home and work from home. - going into his workplace will soon become compulsory, so that is a worry. the pandemic and remote working have changed travel habits and people's use of the railways has not recovered as much as cars or buses. rail timetables across the country were cut back again over the winter, with operators blaming high numbers of staff isolating due to omicron. overall, about 79% of pre—pandemic services are now running. train companies insist they are starting to reinstate more, and 85% should be running by the end of the month, but they say there are enough trains for the amount of people using them. passenger use is only at about 64% of pre—covid. how timetables will look in future is still unclear. while leisure travel has fared better, fewer commuters means les

essex police are investigating, as is the rspca — it's taken both of zouma's cats away from him.moyes, said zouma played because he's one of their better players. it makes it hard because footballers are commodities that can be bought and sold. so therefore, that has to be taken into consideration. and also, if a footballer is good — and there's no doubting that kurt zouma is a good footballer — the rewards they can bring to a football club. west ham are trying hard to qualify for champions league — if they do that, it's worth a minimum of £30 million. if they proceed in the tournament, it could be worth up to £100 million. and that is something that the owners of the club and senior management have to take into consideration. andy murray has made a winning return to action after his second round exit at the australian open. the three—time grand slam champion has beaten alexander bublik, of kazakhstan in the first round of the rotterdam open. murray won in straight sets. the british formula one driver lando norris has signed a new deal that will see him stay at mclaren until the

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essex police are liaising with the rspca and say "urgent enquiries are ongoing". in the first half. but the league�*s bottom side fought back and jay rodriguez earned them a precious point in theirfight against the drop. they�*re four points from safety with two games in hand over the teams immediately above them. frank lampard�*s first premier league game in charge of everton has ended in defeat — as newcastle moved out of the relegation zone. everton took the lead through an own goal — jamal lascelles turning into his own net. but he was involved in the equlaiser that followed just a minute later, another own goal, this time from mason holgate but the second half belonged to eddie howe�*s side — ryan fraser put them in the lead before kieran trippier settled it with a stunning free—kick. newcastle are two points clear of the drop zone, and just a point behind everton. fulham are eight points clear at the top of the championship tonight, after a 3—0 win over millwall. meanwhile, at the opposite end of the table derby county beat hull city 3—1. festy ebosele with