then bishop murphy—o'connor decided to redeploy him as a chaplain at gatwick airport.ldren and was jailed in 1997. cormac murphy—o'connor refused to resign, but described his management of hill as a grave mistake. out of that terrible case came his decision to ask lord nolan to help him rethink how the catholic church in this country dealt with child abuse issues, to try and avoid such terrible things happening again. although he did not engage directly in politics, it was his careful nurturing that led tony blair to convert to catholicism in 2007, after he had stepped down as prime minister. a year later, cormac murphy—o'connor published a book entitled faith in the nation, in which he argued against the erosion of religious values in public life. it was this assertion, that the christian faith must play a role in the public square, that cormac murphy—o'connor had contended for throughout his life. the former archbishop of westminster, cardinal cormac murphy—o'connor, who's died at the age of 85. the former england football captain, wayne rooney, has been charged with

at an immigration removal centre near gatwick airport. a panorama investigation found officers "mocking, and assaulting" people. nine people have failed my standards, the establishment's standards and the company's standards, we need to reflect on that, learn from that, and see what we're going to do. it's also alleged there was "widespread self—harm and attempted suicides" at the centre, and that dr also tonight. at least 1,400 people have now died after heavy monsoon rains, across large parts of south asia. more than 500 people have died just in this one indian state, 17 million affected. the former england football captain wayne rooney, has been charged with drink—driving. two years after admitting rigging emissions tests, volkswagen is now offering a diesel scrappage scheme for older models. there's more misery for householders in birmingham, as refuse collectors go back on strike, in a dispute overjobs. and england's footballers play malta in a world cup qualifier tonight, after a record final day of business, in the summer transfer

the panorama programme went undercover at the facility near gatwick airport. officers are alleged to have mocked and assaulted those they were watching over. i'm absolutely disgusted by the alleged behaviour. it's totally unacceptable to me, to the organisation, to anyone else who would work in this kind of location. in this kind of vocation. tonight a home office official, who used to work for gas, has also been suspended. we'll have the latest. also on the programme... a historic day for kenya, as the country's supreme court declares last month's presidential election was rigged and orders a rerun. at least m00 people have now died after heavy monsoon rains rains across large parts of south asia, including india. more than 500 people have died just in this one indian state. 17 million affected. the former england captain wayne rooney has been charged with drink driving. he's been released on bail. and a flurry of late goals sees england convincingly beat malta in their world cup qualifier, while there were also good wins for scotland and northern ireland. an

gas suspends nine members of staff from an immigration removal centre near gatwick airport — after abc panorama investigation shows officers "mocking, abusing and assaulting" people being held there. nearly half of young, low—paid parents are struggling to juggle childcare with work and two in five are penalised for asking for flexitime, according to a new survey. also in the next hour. more than 1200 people dead and 41 million affected by monsoon rains. the impact of floods in south asia becomes clearer — an estimated 16 million have been forced from their homes in india, nepal and bangladesh — with a third of bangladesh still under water. president trump is to ask congress for £45 billion to help people affected by storm harvey in texas. everton striker wayne rooney is arrested on suspicion of drink—driving, the bbc understands. he was stopped by police in cheshire in the early hours of this morning. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. in the last hour, brexit secretary david davis has said that he is a"determined optimist" about britain's withdrawal from the eu. his comments f

it is a centre near gatwick airport.s have been rejected, and others who have overstayed their visas who the government are trying to remove. the problem is that some of them aren't just there for hours or days, but weeks or months. there isa or days, but weeks or months. there is a huge amounts of frustration being built up, so it is a difficult centre to manage. there are around 1a,000 people coming and going through the centre throughout the year. a big chernove people. it's clearly a difficultjob year. a big chernove people. it's clearly a difficult job for the year. a big chernove people. it's clearly a difficultjob for the 200 plus staff to manage the people there. what the panorama investigation has uncovered is very disturbing. the footage, which was filmed by a member of staff who was working there, who approached the bbc and filmed undercover, suggests that some of the staff are not treating the dk knees with respect, and in some cases are abusing them. there is some evidence of violence and so on —— the detain

suspends nine members of staff, after complaints about conduct at an immigration removal centre at gatwick airport. the private security firm responds to undercoverfilming by the bbc‘s panorama. it says there is no place in its company for poor behaviour. i'm absolutely disgusted by the alleged behaviour. it is totally unacceptable to me, to the organisation, to anyone else who would work in this kind of vocation. the company says it's begun an investigation — we'll have the latest. also this lunchtime. britain's trade secretary warns that the uk won't be blackmailed into paying a high price to leave the eu. it's clear that businesses, notjust in europe but investors in places like here injapan, are getting impatient and want to see what that final shape of that arrangement‘s going to be. president trump is to ask congress for £45 billion to help people affected by storm harvey in texas. the birmingham bin strike is back on — some workers have received redundancy notices, and there are fears the rubbish will mount up again. at last, the lady can make light of the house work. and, customers are tol

just metres from the runway at gatwick airport is brook house, an immigration removal centre run by thegn national prisoners facing deportation at the end of their sentence are detained alongside asylum seekers, illegal migrants and those who have overstayed their visas. undercover filming as part of a panorama investigation to be broadcast this monday alleges that some staff at brook house, mock, abuse and even assault detainees. it exposes a place awash with drugs, with self—harm commonplace amongst the men held there. the company says it's waiting to see the footage but has suspended nine staff and alerted the police. my initial reaction is i'm absolutely disgusted by the alleged behaviour. it's totally unacceptable to me, to the organisation, to anyone else who would work in this kind of vocation. it is the home office that decides who is detained at centres like brook house, whilst their immigration case is decided. it says in a statement: we condemn any actions that put the safety or dignity of immigration removal centre detainees at risk. it also says that gas needs to ensure the

— wearing a hidden camera — captures life inside brook house immigration removal centre, near gatwick airportdened former prisoners, alongside asylum—seekers, visa over—stayers and others. the undercover filming for panorama shows drugs are rife. self—harm is common, and officers struggle to cope, many doing their best with detainees in real mental distress. but others reacting with abuse, bullying and threats. 21—year—old callum has worked at the centre for two years. he became so worried by what he was seeing, he decided to whistle—blow. when you feel like you've been a cog in that machine, you need to have some level of closure. i mean, i don't think i could havejust walked away from it and just left. don't do it, mate! stop! and on one day, while wearing a hidden camera, he called other offices in to help him restrain a detainee who was trying to harm himself. the situation quickly escalated. and this officer comes in and just chokes him, basically. and he just exerts all his pressure from his hands and arms onto this guy's neck. and you see his eyes roll back. i had to try and look as if

go online. at an immigration removal centre near gatwick airport.n found officers "mocking, and a55aulting" people. nine people have failed my standards, the establishment's standards and the company's standards, we need to reflect on that, learn from that, and see what we're going to do. it's also alleged there wa5 "widespread self—harm and attempted 5uicide5" at the centre, and that dr also tonight. at least 1,400 people have now died after heavy monsoon rains, across large parts of south asia.

investigation to expose the realities of life at brook house immigration removal centre, near gatwick airportm. with some officers reacting to detainees with bullying, abuse, even violence. failings which, today, jerry petherick, who runs the company's detention services, and gas uk boss, peter neden, had to account for to mps. i was ashamed of what i saw and i'm very sorry for what we saw. i can assure you that if we were in any way aware of any of that behaviour, we would have taken action. but former gas senior manager nathan ward, now a priest, told the committee how he raised issues about bullying before leaving. he also described the intimidation he'd faced since speaking out. i've had my car tyres slashed four times, i've had four anonymous letters and, in the last week, received 12 anonymous phone calls. it's the home office that pays for services at brook house and next door tinsley house immigration removal centre. nathan ward told mps that financial and other information supplied to government officials about the places was not always complete. i'm also aware of inaccurate staffing

this is brook house immigration removal centre near gatwick airport.d a place when drugs and self—harm are commonplace. with offices struggling under huge pressure, many doing their best, but some were seen bullying, abusing even allegedly assaulting detainees. the home office pays the security firm gas to provide safe and humane accommodation at brook house. this is for asylum seekers and others awaiting deportation. the bbc has seen financial documents from between 2009 and 2016, which suggests the company has been making significant profits on the running of the centre. working out the exact figure is not easy, but slides from an internal presentation given to managers suggests a profit of about 20% in 2013, more than £2.a million, a higher profit that was envisaged by the original home office agreement. nathan wood is a priest who, until three years ago, was a senior gas manager. separately to the documents, he says he sat in meetings where profits at that sort of level were discussed. profit margins at the end of the year i left were declared at a

to mps following an undercover investigation by the bbc‘s panorama programme at a centre near gatwick airportorts. it took an undercover panorama investigation to expose the realities of life at brook house immigration removal centre, near gatwick airport. run by gas, it's plagued by drugs and self—harm. with some officers reacting to detainees with bullying, abuse, even violence. failings which today jerry petherick, who runs the company's detention services, and gas uk boss, peter neden, had to account for to mp5. i was ashamed of what i saw and i'm very sorry for what we saw. i can assure you that if we were in any way aware of any of that behaviour, we would have taken action. but former gas senior manager, nathan ward, now a priest, told the committee how he raised issues about bullying before leaving. he also described the intimidation he'd faced since speaking out. i've had my car tyres slashed four times, i've had four anonymous letters and, in the last week, received 12 anonymous phone calls. it's the home office that pays for services at brook house and next door tinsley house immig

the behaviour of some of its staff towards detainees at an immigration detention centre near gatwick airportmer senior manager. undercover filming for tonight's bbc panorama has already led to the suspension of ten staff, after allegations of abuse and violence. the company says there's no place for such behaviour in its workforce. our social affairs correspondent, alison holt, reports. detainee custody officer callum tulley — wearing a hidden camera — captures life inside brook house immigration removal centre, near gatwick airport. it's a volatile mix of hardened former prisoners, alongside asylum—seekers, visa over—stayers and others. the undercover filming for panorama shows drugs are rife. self—harm is common, and officers struggle to cope, many doing their best with detainees in real mental distress. but others reacting with abuse, bullying and threats. 21—year—old callum has worked at the centre for two years. he became so worried by what he was seeing, he decided to whistle—blow. when you feel like you've been a cog in that machine, you need to have some level of closure. i mean, i d

of violent and abusive behaviour by some of its staff at an immigration detention centre near gatwick airportnorama programme included secret filming of staff mocking and abusing detainees, and in one case a detainee allegedly being choked. it happened at brook house, one of two centres run by gas. the company has suspended several staff pending an internal investigation, as our social affairs correspondent, alison holt, reports. detainee custody officer callum tulley, wearing a hidden camera, captures life inside inside brook house immigration removal centre near gatwick airport. it's a volatile mix of hard and former prisoners, alongside asylum seekers, visa over stayers and others. the undercover filming for panorama shows drugs are rife, self harm is common and officers struggle to cope, many doing their best with detainees in real mental distress, but others reacting with abuse, bullying and threats. 21—year—old callum has worked at the centre for two years. he became so worried by what he was seeing, he decided to whistle—blowe. when you feel like you've been a cog in that machine, you

this is brook house immigration removal centre near gatwick airport.self—harm are common place. with officers struggling under huge pressure, many doing their best, but some were seen bullying, abusing, even allegedly assaulting detainees. the home office pays the security firm gas to provide safe and humane accommodation at brook house for a mix of foreign national prisoners, visa overstayers, asylum seekers and others awaiting deportation. the bbc has seen financial documents for a number of years between 2009 and 2016 which suggest the company has been making significant profits on the running of the centre. working out exactly how much isn't straight—forward, but slides from an internal presentation, given to senior managers, suggests a profit ofjust under 20% in 2013 that's more that's more than £2.a million, we're told a substantially higher profit than was envisaged by the original home office agreement. nathan wood is a priest who, until three years ago, was a senior gas manager. separately to the documents, he says he sat in high—level meeting

investigation to expose the realities of life at brook house immigration removal centre near gatwick airportrm. with some officers reacting to detainees with bullying, abuse, even violence. failing switched today jerry petherick, who runs the detention services, and gas uk boss peter neden, had to account for two mps. i was ashamed at what i saw and i'm very sorry for what saw. i can assure you that if we were in any way aware of any of that behaviour, we would have taken action. but former gas senior manager nathan ward, now a priest, told the committee how he raised issues about bullying before leaving. he also described the intimidation he had faced since speaking out. i've had my car tyre slashed four times, i've had four anonymous letters in the last week, and in the last week received 12 anonymous phone calls. it's the home office that pays for services at brook house and next door tinsley house immigration removal centre. nathan ward told mps that financial and other information supplied to government officials about the places was not always complete. i'm also aware of inaccurate sta

a bbc investigation at brook house, near gatwick airport, found a toxic, brutal and failing environment. now on bbc news, all the latest business news live from singapore. global leaders debate whether economic sanctions will be enough to stop pyongyang in its tracks. and it kind takes a tumble after china cracks down on crypto currencies. it isa cracks down on crypto currencies. it is a tuesday, everyone —— bitcoin ta kes a is a tuesday, everyone —— bitcoin takes a tumble. glad you could join us takes a tumble. glad you could join us for this edition of asia business report. i'm rico hizon. we start off with united nations, and the security council is considering tough new sanctions against north korea, as a way to isolate the regime which continues to test nuclear weapons. this comes hours after president trump tweeted the us may stop trading with any country doing business with north korea. that includes india, russia, pakistan and especially china. let's ta ke pakistan and especially china. let's take a look at the trade between these two economic him it. the us and china, it is wor

they were waiting for their family to arrive at gatwick airport earlier. it is very sad.less people. very sad. i'm still worried, i have a lot of family there. hull at the moment, you are not worried about money, just about comfort. but everybody will come together. we will get better, i know we will get better but it is emotional. in terms of travel advice going forward, it is advised that anyone on a package holiday checks with their tour operators or airlines to monitor ongoing news reports and to keep in touch with local authorities too. the same advice goes for people who travelled independently and the key advisers to ensure that they keep up—to—date with ongoing news reports. the foreign office has set up reports. the foreign office has set upa reports. the foreign office has set up a hotline for people affected by the disaster, or any friends and family who would like to keep in touch with what is going on. that number is 0207, 008, 00 00. some travel companies and operators are beginning to make amendments, their schedules are offering free cancellations and amen

the bbc has learned the man in charge of the two g4s run immigration removal centres at gatwick airportders was director of brook house and tinsley house when an undercover bbc panorama investigation exposed brook house as a place where drug use and self harm were common and there was bullying and abuse by some staff. that‘s a summary of the news. now it‘s newsnight, with evan davis. for passengers waiting to leave the eu, we apologise that the planned 2019 brexit service has been delayed. britain will now depart europe in 2021. that‘s not a bad summary of theresa may‘s speech today. we are heading for a two—year transition on european terms. as for the long term big picture, it was a little short on detail. the uk and the eu, side by side, delivering prosperity and opportunity for all our people. we‘ll ask an irish mep and a british brexiteer over who should be more cheerful at the prime minister‘s words.

are west jet and norwegian who will offer flights to north and south america and sing bore from gatwick airport. up 1.5% on the news. >>> still to come, jamie dimon, barry sternlich, insight from some powerful players on wall street. >>> first here's the national weather forecast from bill karins >>> good morning to you. still watching what's left of irma, just some clouds right now and a bit of rain. this will spark showers over the next two days. first today in the ohio valley, it's not going to cause flooding concerns, just causing some cool temperatures for this time of year by the time we get to thursday, this thing slides into areas of the northeast. has not rained in the northeast in a while can use some of those showers for the lawns and grass and gardens. not heavy rainfall forecast temperatures for highs, san antonio to dallas, very w m warm no problems on the west coast. in florida, upper 70s and low 80s. still watching jose. not causing problems over the next couple of days. still to watch for the east coast for about a week from now. that's your sibuness travel forecast more "world

a serious collision at gatwick airport has left the lace.s is how it looks on the m23, issues southbound. the a406 northbound is closed. the tubes. the number of teenagers in london being hurt with knives has gone up almost a third in the last five years. according to figures obtained by the bbc, there were more than 1,200 injuries to people under 20 last year. despite this, some teenagers believe knife crime is not something to worry about and have instead learned to avoid getting into situations that put them at risk. some people obviously i have had altercations with. after a shift with my friends they will look at me and give me that look. i will not argue with them. they might have a knife. there is no point for me to step into that situation because i cannot get out. i will ignore it and get out of the situation. let's have a check on the weather now. good morning. a thoroughly wet and miserable night. nearly an inch of rain in places through the night. still some to the east of london. pulling away nicely. drying up this morning and b

the behaviour of some of its staff towards detainees at an immigration detention centre near gatwick airportt's bbc panorama has already led to the suspension of ten staff after allegations of abuse and violence. the company says there's no place for such behaviour in its workforce. 0ur social affair correspondent alison holt reports. detainee custody officer callum tulley — wearing a hidden camera — captures life inside brook house immigration removal centre, near gatwick airport. it's a volatile mix of hardened former prisoners, alongside asylum—seekers, visa over—stayers and others. the undercover filming for panorama shows drugs are rife. self—harm is common, and officers struggle to cope, many doing their best with detainees in real mental distress. but others reacting with abuse, bullying and threats. 21—year—old callum has worked at the centre for two years. he became so worried by what he was seeing, he decided to whistle—blow. when you feel like you've been a cog in that machine, you need to have some level of closure. i mean, i don't think i could have just walked away from it and

this brook house immigration removal centre near gatwick airport.ling under huge pressure, many doing their best, but some were seen bullying, abusing, even allegedly assaulting detainees. the home office pays the security firm gas to provide this. the bbc has seen financial don‘tings ial documents for a number of years which suggest the company has been making significant profits on the the running of the centre. working out how much is not straight forward. but slides from an internal presentation suggest a profit of just under 20%. that is more than £2.a million. we are told a substantially higher profit than was envisaged by the original home 0ffice agreement. nathan wood is a priest who until three years ago was a senior gas management. he said he sat in high level meetings where that was discussed. profits were declared at around 20% for the brook house contract. that was far in excess of what was meant to be made in the contract. 645 disputes the figures. a government spokesperson said we don‘t recognise the profit margins quoted. tomorrow, g

appeared to show abusive and violent behaviour by staff towards detainees at the centre near gatwick airporthe centre has told the bbc that he warned gas about the behaviour of some staff three years ago. the company says there's no place for such behaviour in it's workforce. i should warn you that there are some distressing scenes in alison holt‘s report. detainees custody officer calum tully wearing a hidden camera ca ptu res tully wearing a hidden camera captures life inside brookhouse immigration removal centre near gatwick airport. it's a volatile mix of hardened former prisoners alongside asylum seekers, visa over stayers and others. the undercover filming shows drugs are rife. self harm is common and officers struggled to cope. many doing their best with detainees in real mental distress. others reacting with bullying, abuse and bullying. —— and threats. 21—year—old callum has worked at the centre for two years. he became so worried about what he was saying that he decided to whistle—blower. once you are according in that machine, you need a level of closure. i couldn't havejust machi

security company gas has suspended nine members of staff from an immigration removal centre near gatwick airport an investigation by the bbc‘s panorama. the programme says it has covert footage recorded at brook house showing officers "mocking, abusing and assaulting" people being held there. gas has said there was "no place for the type of conduct described in the allegations" and that it would "continue to focus on the care and well—being at brook house". our social affairs correspondent alison holtjoins me. what more can you tell us? this is an investigation by the bbc panorama programme, and an investigating officer was undercover there. these are people who have finished their prison sentence and are due to be deported from the country at this centre. the others are people who have overstayed their visas, asylum seekers, and people who haven't done anything criminal in terms of overstaying in terms of immigration offences, so it is quite a toxic mix, ideas described by the programme, within that centre. we know that the officers found widespread drug use, particularly the drug spice, and hi

brook house immigration removal centre sits a couple of hundred metres from the runway at gatwick airport run by the global security firm gas. here foreign national prisoners facing deportation at the end of their sentence are detained alongside asylum seekers, illegal migrants and those who have overstayed their visas. covert filming by the bbc‘s panorama programme shows a chaotic place awash with drugs. with self harm commonplace among the men held there. there are officers doing their best, but the undercover investigation alleges some staff mock, abuse, or even assault detainees. the incidents picked up by the hidden camera worn by another officer. callum tulley has worked at brook house for two years. there is a culture of violence at brook house, when i started working there, i was, i quite quickly became disturbed by what i was seeing and hearing about. it is the latest scandal to hit gas. last year another panorama investigation at medway secure training centre in kent led to allegations of the mistreatment of some teenagers held there. the company says it is waiting to see the br

the panorama programme went undercover at the facility near gatwick airport.y the alleged behaviour. it's totally unacceptable to me, to the organisation, to anyone else who would work in this kind of location. in this kind of vocation. tonight a home office official, who used to work for gas, has also been suspended. we'll have the latest. also on the programme...

brook house immigration removal centre sits a couple of hundred metres from the runway at gatwick airport, foreign national prisoners facing deportation at the end of their sentence are detained alongside asylum seekers, illegal migrants and those who‘ve overstayed their visas. covert filming by the bbc‘s panorama programme shows a chaotic place awash with drugs, with self harm commonplace amongst the men held there. there are officers doing their best, but the undercover investigation alleges some staff mock, abuse or even assault detainees. the incidents picked up by the hidden camera worn by another officer. callum tully has worked at brook house for two years. there‘s a culture of violence at brook house. when i started working there i was just... quite quickly became just disturbed by what i was seeing and hearing about. it‘s the latest scandal to hit gas. last year, another panorama investigation at medway secure training centre in kent led to allegations of the mistreatment of some teenagers held there. the company says it‘s waiting to see the brook house footage, but has suspended

tourists fleeing the caribbean are arriving at gatwick airport this morning.nt adina campbell is there. dozens of flights from the caribbean and florida have already arrived here at gatwick, and many more are expected throughout the day. it's as thousands of british holiday—makers are being told to follow evacuation orders as a result of hurricane irma. and many now face big disruption and to their travel arrangements. in terms of travel advice, the british association of travel agent is advising anyone on a package holiday did check with their airline ortour package holiday did check with their airline or tour operator, keep up—to—date with ongoing news report and keep in touch with the local authorities. and the same advice goes for anyone travelling independently. some travel companies are offering travel waivers and free moments to cancellations and bookings. and the foreign office has also set up a hotline for those affected by hurricane irma which friends and families can also contact as well, that is 0207 008800. the experiences of some of the traveller

work quickly, investigating allegations of abuse at brook house immigration removal centre near gatwick airportnce and chaos at the centre. first to give evidence was a former gas manager at brook house. i wasn't surprised but was shocked that the level of abuse that was going on, so i have been raising concerns about practice within gas since 2001. and in particular raised concerns tojerry petherick upon my resignation. jerry petherwick is the gas executive in charge of detention centres. would you have been aware of any of these things, or taken any action on them, had there not been a panorama programme? well, i was ashamed of what i saw and very sorry for what we saw. i can assure you that if we were in any way aware of any of that behaviour, we would have taken action. of course, since the panorama programme we have taken action. we've immediately suspended ten members of staff and have now dismissed three of those members of staff, and there are ongoing investigations into the conduct of the other people involved. you clearly have a system failure, to allow those things to happen in the f

the bbc has learned that the man in charge of the two g4s—run immigration removal centres at gatwick airportse and tinsley house when an undercover bbc panorama investigation exposed brook house as a place where drug use and self harm were common — and there was bullying and abuse by some staff. in germany, angela merkel and her political rivals are holding their final campaign rallies ahead of sunday's election. chancellor merkel is widely expected to win a fourth consecutive term in office, but growing support for the far—right afd or alternative for germany party could see them become the largest opposition in parliament, as our correspondentjenny hill reports from munich. the voice of discontent defines this election. angela merkel knows she's likely to win, but it doesn't feel like much of a victory. "she doesn't care about her own country," he says. "we have enough problems of our own." "we don't want her any more," she says, "she made the wrong decision in 2015 and sent all these refugees into our country. " translation: i want to help all of those who help with this humanitarian emer

brook house immigration removal centre sits a couple of hundred metres from the runway at gatwick airport is run by the global security firm gas. here, foreign national prisoners facing deportation at the end of their sentence are detained alongside asylum seekers, illegal migrants, and those who have overstayed their visas. covert filming by the bbc‘s panorama programme shows a chaotic place awash with drugs, with self—harm commonplace amongst the men held there. there are officers doing their best, but the undercover investigation alleges some staff mock, abuse, or even assault detainees. the incidents picked up by the hidden camera worn by another officer. callum tully has worked at brook house for two years. there's a culture of violence at brook house. when i started working there, i wasjust... ..quite quickly became just disturbed by what i was seeing and hearing about. it is the latest scandal to hit gas. last year, another panorama investigation at medway secure training centre in kent led to allegations of the mistreatment of some teenagers held there. the company says it is wait

a man wanted for questioning about a car parking scam at gatwick airport which left hundreds of holidaymakers, but instead they were abandoned in fields, public roads, and even supermarket car parks. now, the director of gatwickfirstparking, umar irshad, is thought to be in pakistan, and west sussex trading standards is warning there is now little chance of him being prosecuted. currently i would say a very slim chance, unfortunately, for us to pursue any action, and equally for consumers to get any recompense back orany consumers to get any recompense back or any refunds associated with their contract. almost three quarters of london companies who employ workers from the eu have rated the uncertainty of the uk's future role in europe as one of their top concerns, according to a recent survey by the cbi. a similar number said they have developed or are developing a contingency plan for when the uk leaves the eu. it comes ahead of a meeting between the european council's president, donald tusk, and theresa may in london next tuesday to discuss the deal. a new sculpture has appeared in woods in

security company gas has suspended nine members of staff from an immigration removal centre near gatwick airport the programme says it has covert footage recorded at brook house showing officers "mocking, abusing and assaulting" people being held there. well, let's get a taste of the programme being shown on monday. on the front line of britain's fight to control immigration, a secretive world of drugs, violence and abuse. where some foreign nationals are locked up for as long as two years. panorama — undercover: britain's immigration secrets. monday at nine on bbc one. earlier my colleague annita mcveigh spoke tojerry petherick, managing director for g4s‘s custodial and detention services, about the allegations contained in the panorama programme. i haven't seen the footage yet. i am only responding to the written allegations. if it is as described i am completely disgusted by the behaviour that has been described. it is unacceptable to me, the company, unacceptable to the vast majority of my staff who work in a highly professional way, sometimes dealing with some very dangerous and very seriou

the bbc has learned the man in charge of the two g4s—run immigration removal centres at gatwick airport house when an undercover bbc panorama investigation exposed brook house as a place where drug use and self harm were common and there was bullying and abuse by some staff. in germany, angela merkel and her political rivals are holding their final campaign rallies ahead of sunday's election. chancellor merkel is widely expected to win a fourth consecutive term in office. but growing support for the far—right afd or alternative for germany party, could see them become the largest opposition in parliament, as our correspondentjenny hill reports from munich. the voice of discontent defines this election. angela merkel knows she's likely to win, but it doesn't feel like much of a victory. she doesn't care about her own country, he says. we have enough problems of our own. we don't want her any more, she says, she made the wrong decision in 2015 and sent all these refugees into our country. translation: i want to help all of those who help with this humanitarian emergency but i will also sa

which exposed scenes of violence and chaos at the brook house immigration removal centre, near gatwick airport what‘s more has the committee been hearing? peter betham, the boss of gas in the uk, said he was ashamed of what he‘d seen in panorama. that followed a rebuke from mps for what they described as a system failure that was exposed by the undercover filming in the programme. he described, he said they had taken action as a result but overall, he felt ashamed by the actions he‘d seen. in an earlier session, the reverend nathan ward, who was a gas manager until three years ago, gave evidence to the committee. he told them how he had tried to raise concerns in the past, but they had gone nowhere. he also talked about, he was also questioned about the finances of brook house. the levels of profit. this follows on from a bbc news report last night. he said that he had sat in a presentation where a fit of between 20 and 30% we re where a fit of between 20 and 30% were discussed for both —— where profits of between 20 and 30% were discussed for both brook house and the centre next door. this wa

panorama programme exposed violence and chaos at brook house immigration removal centre near gatwick airportce to mps was a former gas manager at brook house. i wasn't surprised, but shocked at the level of abuse going on, so i have been raising concerns about practice within gas since 2001. and in particular raising concerns tojerry petherwick upon my resignation. jerry petherwick is the gas executive in charge of detention centres. nathan ward said he had no faith in the gas whistleblowing system and stated "categorically" that the company had boosted its profits by charging for staff and equipment it did not have. he thought the relationship between gas and the home office was too close. why is it the home office is allowing gas to do their own investigation. i would ask, who is doing an independent investigation into this? this is a humanitarian crisis in what is supposed to be a civilised country and it demands a response from government. it is a shame the minister hasn't spoken to parliament about this today. it is a shame no statement has been made on the home office website. it is a

studio: the bbc has learned the man in charge of the two g4s run immigration removal centres at gatwick airport house when an undercover bbc panorama investigation exposed brook house as a place where drug use and self harm were common, and there was bullying and abuse by some staff. a man and woman have appeared in court charged with murder after the discovery of a badly burned body in a garden in south—west london. police have been unable to determine the age and gender of the dead person, she has been named as a french nanny who worked for the family in some reports. in a dramatic new raising of the stakes, north korea has said it may detonate a hydrogen bomb over the pacific. the country's leader kim jong un stepped up his war of words, calling president trump a "mentally deranged dotard". for those of you not familiar with the term, dotard means someone who is senile. the us leader, who has threatened to "totally destroy" north korea, responded by calling kim jong—un a "madman" who would be "tested like never before". for the first time ever today, kim jong—un stared into a camera and addr

gatwick airport, heavy traffic on the a23 due to an accident at north terminal roundabout. more like autumn today. quite windy at times. plenty of cloud, very little in the way of brightness and there will be some showery outbreaks of rain on and off through the day too. quite a blustery start, a mild start to the day and some places seeing quite a bit of dry weather through the morning, especially in eastern areas and a bit of brightness to the north as well but that reigned in a far away and having said that it will be raining all the time and drier spells through the day and that rain will become more widespread. into the afternoon, maybe some embedded thunderstorms, the rain will ease down a touch and temperatures largely academic because it will feel quite cool in that rain. a cool night tonight, the rain will play away in the rush—hour, clear skies, single figures away from the towns and soa single figures away from the towns and so a chilly start to the weekend but saturday, a nice day of weather. yes, some showers developing in the afternoon but for much of the morn

the bbc has learned the man in charge of the two g4s run immigration removal centres at gatwick airportrook house and tinsley house when an undercover bbc panorama investigation exposed brook house as a place where drug use and self harm were common, and there was bullying and abuse by some staff. a glorious start to many parts of the british isles apart from in northern ireland but this time the weather front has pushed closer lane across scotland through parts of northern england and the west midlands to wales and onto towards the south—west. 0vernight pushing what is left of that weather front down towards the south—eastern quarter of the british isles, it would be a cold night in many spots, save perhaps for the north—western quarter of scotland with clear skies here we might end up with four or 5 degrees. and to saturday, a bit of cloud in the is initially, rain from that as well but this mass of cloud gradually drifts further north allowing brighter skies into the south, brightness as well about the moray coast, ten pitchers around 18 01’ moray coast, ten pitchers around 18 or 19.