they authorised the cs dispersal canister, a device which greater manchester police had procured some degree of professional competence. although anthony grainger and his companions we re anthony grainger and his companions were in the area for an unlawful purpose, they were unarmed and no intelligence existed to suggest otherwise. contrary to the expectation of police investigators, the men were probably not intending to commita the men were probably not intending to commit a robbery that day. i have concluded that the officer who shot anthony grainger did not act unlawfully because the honestly believed he was reaching for a gun. in fact, anthony grainger was probably trying to get out of the car. the main reason the officer jumped to the wrong conclusion was the misleading way in which his superiors had briefed him beforehand. i have made a number of recommendations that i hope will reduce the chance of such a catastrophic series of failings and errors ever being repeated. let's now hear from the family and their representatives outside court. this enquiry has concluded that anthon

a public inquiry has blamed greater manchester police for a ‘catastrophic‘ series of errors which leded man being shot dead. anthony grainger, a father of two from bolton, was in a stolen car in cheshire seven years ago when police shot and killed him with a submachine gun. they believed he was planning an armed robbery. but thejudge heading the inquiry has concluded that the police operation was planned incompetently. our correspondent danny savage is in liverpool. anthony grainger‘s family say the ruling handed down today proves his death could and should have been prevented. yes, he was in a stolen car, yes he had a criminal record but an assumption made by the police that he was part of an organised crime gang and that he was armed that day was incorrect and that wrongly influenced the decision making by the officer who shot him dead. this inquiry has lasted some two years, dead. this inquiry has lasted some two yea rs, heard dead. this inquiry has lasted some two years, heard from more than 80 witnesses, and the chairman said it was an open and fearless investigation. this is wha

so to sit and listen to the judge say in open court for the greater manchester police to have to hearse, it needs to be a full shake—up and i hope this report will do that. police issued a statement yesterday on behalf of the force, singly undertake to take each of these findings and criticism of the utmost care reflection, we will assess what more can be done now and in the future to further improve the safety of firearms operations. is that enough, do you trust the force? when they return to court in 2018 they made a statement saying they don't need to learn lessons, it is printed on the report because the judge found it shocking, they do not need to learn lessons because lessons have been learnt already, but the report shows there is so much more they need to learn, so much more they need to learn, so much more they need to learn, so much more action to take and it should not take another seven years. they need to strike while the iron is hot, these changes need to be made to make people safe on the streets of manchester. obviously you have been grieving, you have been through terr

a public inquiry has blamed greater manchester police for a ‘catastrophic‘ series of errors which ledanthony grainger, a 36—year—old father of two from bolton, was in a stolen car in cheshire seven years ago when police shot and killed him with a submachine gun. they believed he was planning an armed robbery. but thejudge heading the inquiry has concluded that the police operation was planned incompetently. our correspondent, danny savage is at liverpool crown court. very strong condemnation of the tactical firearms unit at greater manchester police surrounding what happened, back in 2012. anthony grainger was happened, back in 2012. anthony graingerwas in happened, back in 2012. anthony grainger was in the front seat of a stolen red audi part in a car park when armed police swept in, boxed in the car and one of the first officers quickly fired a single bullet through the windscreen killing anthony grainger. that police officer believed anthony grainger was reaching for a gun and today thejudge said grainger was reaching for a gun and today the judge said actually it appears he may ha

|j for greater manchester police, this is what he had to say. uded that greater manchester police is to blame for the death of mrgrainger, police is to blame for the death of mr grainger, because it failed to authorise, plan or conduct the firearms operation in such a way as to minimise records to the use of lethal false. firearms command is authorised and planned the operation incompetently and in breach of national guidance. i have made a numberof national guidance. i have made a number of recommendations that i hope will reduce the chance of such a catastrophic series of failings and errors ever being repeated. a catastrophic series of failings and errors ever being repeatedlj have and errors ever being repeated.” have been joined by and errors ever being repeated.” have beenjoined by marina schofield, outside liverpool crown court, she is anthony grainger‘s mother, and has been following this very closely. it must have been quite emotionalfor you in court very closely. it must have been quite emotional for you in court to hear those conclusio

only now, today, greater manchester police today, greater manchester police today confirmed that he 22t back to the uk by british police officers and the chief constable in is explained the charges he will face —— the chief constable, ian hopkins. greater manchester police officers have arrested hashem abedi for murder, attempted murder and conspiracy to cause an explosion likely to endanger life. he will be transferred to a custody facility in london. previously, the crown prosecution service authorised the charge of hashem abedi in respect of the murder of 22 victims. the attempted murder of persons other than the 22 deceased victims, and conspiracy to cause an explosion likely to endanger life. after processing at the police station, he will appear at westminster magistrates' court in relation to those charges. of course, this is a very important day for the families affected by the manchester arena attack. they were told first by the police today and they were the people, the people the chief constable spoke about at the very beauty of this news conference this afternoon. they can

a public inquiry has blamed greater manchester police for a ‘catastrophic‘ series of errors which led man being shot dead. 36—year—old anthony grainger was sitting in a stolen car in a car park in cheshire when police shot him dead seven years ago. danny savage reports. anthony grainger, shot dead by police seven years ago. a judge today blamed a catastrophic series of errors by police for his death. it was a saturday in march 2012, when armed police drove into this car park and blocked in a red audi which was parked in this space. they believed the men in the vehicle were planning an armed robbery. one officer quickly fired one shot through the windscreen, killing anthony grainger, who was sitting in the front. that officer later said he thought that mr grainger was reaching for a gun. the judge said he was probably reaching for the door handle and there was no intelligence to suggest he was armed. greater manchester police is to blame for the death of mr grainger because it failed to authorise, plan or conduct the firearms operation in such a way as to minimise recourse to the use o

a public inquiry has blamed greater manchester police for a "catastrophic" series of errors which ledan being shot dead. 36—year—old anthony grainger was sitting in a stolen car in a car park in cheshire when police shot him dead seven years ago. danny savage reports. anthony grainger, shot dead by police seven years ago. a judge today blamed a catastrophic series of errors by police for his death. it was a saturday in march 2012, when armed police drove into this car park and blocked in a red audi which was parked in this space. they believed the men in the vehicle were planning an armed robbery. one officer quickly fired one shot through the windscreen, killing anthony grainger, who was sitting in the front. that officer later said he thought that mr grainger was reaching for a gun. the judge said he was probably reaching for the door handle and there was no intelligence to suggest he was armed. greater manchester police is to blame for the death of mr grainger because it failed to authorise, plan or conduct the firearms operation in such a way as to minimise recourse to the use of

a public inquiry has blamed greater manchester police for a "catastrophic" series of errors which led unarmed man being shot dead. 36—year—old anthony grainger was in a stolen car in cheshire when police shot him seven years ago. the officer believed he was about to reach for a gun. no firearm was found. thejudge heading the inquiry concluded today that the police operation was incompentently planned, as our correspondent danny savage reports. anthony grainger, shot dead by police seven years ago. a judge today blamed a catastrophic series of errors by police for his death. it was a saturday in march 2012, when armed police drove into this car park and blocked in a red audi which was parked in this space. they believed the men in the vehicle were planning an armed robbery. one officer quickly fired one shot through the windscreen, killing anthony grainger, who was sitting in the front. that officer later said he thought that mr grainger was reaching for a gun. but no weapon was found in the vehicle. the judge today said mr grainger was probably reaching for the door handle and there w

police station in south london. he will be charged with the murder of the 22 victims of the attack at a pop concert in manchester two years ago. greater manchester police officers had arrested hashem abedi for murder, attempted murder, and conspiracy to cause an explosion likely to endanger life. abedi is expected to appear in court tomorrow. we'll have the details. also tonight, under attack again — the four us congress members called "the four horsewomen of the apocalpyse" by president trump, who claims he's not a racist. we'll report on the final hustings in the conservative leadership contest ahead of next week's result. the story of the twin girls joined at the head at birth and the pioneering operation which saved them eight years ago. and rory mcilroy is hoping to win the first open to be held in his native northern ireland since the 19505. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news, england continue their winning run at the netball world cup — they're through to the semifinals with a game to spare. good evening. the younger brother of the man who bombed the manchester arena is to appear in court charged with the murder of the 22 v

manchester bomber is extradited to britain. hashem abedi left the uk for libya in the weeks before the attack. he's now in police custody in london after being flown to britain. greater manchester police officers had arrested hashem abedi for murder, attempted murder and conspiracy to cause an explosion likely to endanger life. 22 people were killed and more than 100 injured at the end of an ariana grande concert. hashem abedi is expected to appear in court tomorrow. also tonight... guilty of attempted murder — the man who ploughed his ford fiesta into cyclists and police outside parliament. the resolution is adopted. in america, the house of representatives formally condemns president trump for "racist comments". so the dream came true? exactly, yeah. i'm a very proud dad now. the conjoined twins who can now live full and separate lives. rital and ritaj meet the surgeons who made it all possible — our latest report. and can rory repeat his 2014 victory on home soil at the open? he says he'll burst out crying if it happened. and coming up on bbc news, tracey neville‘s england side are all but through to the netball world cup semifinal after a convincing win over trin

(pres)sir peter fahy was the chief constable sir peter fahy was the chief constable of greater manchester policeyou for your time. i'm interested what went through your mind when you heard that there are going to be, or certainly there is going to be, or certainly there is going to be an attempt to recruit an extra 20,000 officers. the first thing is i think the police service will finally feel it is being loved again. there has been a big hit on police morale, a lot of police officers feel they have been neglected, that the government has not valued the police service. at the same time as the cuts, the police have had to take on new duties around mental health, often filling in for other agencies. so this is very welcome news. there are a number of people in your package saying it will be much more than about police numbers. you may remember recently, i think five retired commissioners at the metropolitan police wrote to the times to say there now needs to be fundamental reform of the police service. it is great that this recruitment is going to be moving forward , recruitment is going to be mo

enquiry concludes this father of two was shot dead after a catastrophic series of failings by greater manchester police. firearms commanders authorised in breach of national guidance. labour rejects thatjeremy national guidance. labour rejects thatjeremy corbyn‘s national guidance. labour rejects that jeremy corbyn‘s team national guidance. labour rejects thatjeremy corbyn‘s team interfered in investigations into anti—semitism. england into the world cup cricket final for the first time in 27 years. simona halep through to the wimbledon final she will face sitting in william's. s face serena williams. after britain raises the threat level for uk shipping to its highest levels in iranian waters we discussed the growing tensions and the gulf with the secretary general of the international chamber of shipping. we speak at 815 about anti—semitic allegations and the labour party and join us for the papers all ahead and bbc news. no time for sports day. hello and welcome to sportsday. live from edgbaston where england have booked a place in the world cup final after thrashing australia by eight wickets and s

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the judge criticised greater manchester police for a catastrophic series of failings and errors.l talk to her after 10.30 on bbc two, the bbc news channel and online. time for a look at the weather. we have had quite a few heavy showers over the last few days, but things quietened down as we go into the weekend. still a few showers in the forecast, but for many of us, there will be dry weather with sunny spells. the focus of the showers today will be across eastern scotland, down the eastern side of england. they could be on the heavy side. but for many, dry with sunny spells. more clout in northern ireland and western scotland. tonight, we continue with a few showers before they slowly fade away and into tomorrow morning, there will be clear spells, overnight temperatures getting down to 1a degrees. over the weekend, the risk of one or two showers down the spine of one or two showers down the spine of the uk, but for many, it will be a dry day with sunny spells. temperatures will be rising in the west. but on sunday, for most of us it is dry, with some sunshine. hello this is bb

an inquiry contains the police shooting of an unarmed man in greater manchester.r manchester. tommy robinson has been jailed for nine months at the old bailey or content of court. —— for contempt of court. now the business news. a no—deal brexit would cause the pound to plummet and be worth the same as the dollar, virgin boss sir richard branson has said. in an interview with the bbc he said, this would be "devastating" for virgin, and force the group to shift investment out of the uk. the bank of england says the uk banking system is still resilient to the financial impact of a worst—case disorderly the comment came in its regular health check on the banks, the financial stability report. the central bank says this should be enough to ensure that credit continues to flow even if the uk is cut off from international markets for a few months. us president donald trump has ordered an investigation into france's planned tax on tech giants — a move that could result in retaliatory tariffs. his trade representative said the us was "very concerned" that the tax "unfairl

greater manchester police officers have arrested hashem abedi for murder, attempted murder, and conspiracy to cause an explosion likely to endanger life. the us house of representatives votes to condemn president trump for comments made against four female current congresswoman. we'll report on the final hustings in the conservative leadership contest ahead of next week's result. charges laid for attempted murder outside the houses of parliament. and, stay with us for the papers. good evening. the younger brother of the man who bombed the manchester arena is to appear in court charged with the murder of the 22 victims of the attack. hashem abedi, detained in libya two years ago, was extradited to the uk today and arrested by police on arrival. abedi left the uk some weeks before his older brother, salman, carried out the suicide bombing. as our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. siren wails. a high—security convoy sweeping through south london, carrying the younger brother of the manchester bomber salman abedi, who killed 22 people at a pop concert two years ago. hashem ab

greater manchester police officers have arrested hashem abedi for murder, attempted murder, and conspiracyikely to endanger life. the us house of representatives votes to condemn president donald trump for "racist comments" aimed at four congresswomen. boris johnson and jeremy hunt make their final pitches to conservative party members in the last hustings of the leadership contest. a student from birmingham is found guilty of attempted murder after driving his ford fiesta into cyclists and police outside parliament. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are conservative peer baroness newlove and features writer from the independent, james rampton. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the telegraph leads on the debate around free tv licences for over—75s. it reports on comments made by bbc executives who were asked about the corporation's postion on the issue. it also also features a photo of borisjohnson holding a kipper at the final hustings of the conservative leadership race. the independent also leads on domestic pol

inquiry concludes a father of two was shot dead after a catastrophic series of failings by greater manchester policefirearms commander is authorised and planned the operation incompetently and in breach of national guidelines. labour rejects accusations that senior members ofjeremy corbyn‘s team interfered during investigations into alleged anti—semitism. jubilation as england power into the cricket world cup final for the first time in 27 years after thrashing australia at edgbaston. serena williams has made it to the wimbledon final and is within one victory of equalling margaret court's record tally of 2a grand slams. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are grace blakeley — economics commentator at the new statesman and owen bennett, the head of politics at city am. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in and the cricket world cup is pictured across many of the front pages. all eyes on england as they meet new zealand in an historic final is the lead on tomorrow's times. the paper also reports prisoners are to get keys to their own ce

those figures exclude greater manchester police were police counting reasons, there were 43,000 knifeer increase of the year before so there might be some positive signs it could be slowing. there is also some other evidence that knife attacks which result in someone that knife attacks which result in someone being killed are also coming down a bit. although overall the number of cases of murder and manslaughter has gone up to 701, if you exclude the terror attacks of the previous year. so, knife violence is still a major problem. violence overall is still a major problem and the increasing caseload for police but some signs the increases might be slowing a bit. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with simon king. we have some heavy showers around at the moment across northern ireland and scotland. for england and wales, quite cloudy this morning, this was in hampshire from one of our weather watchers. some rain in eastern england but that is clearing away and there will be sunny spells developing widely across england and wales. if you showers in the north and west. the heavy sho

the inquiry is also exposing that even though in 2012 the greater manchester police is unfit.es at risk. this is 0utside source live from the bbc newsroom. 0ur lead story is... the uk government says one of its warships intervened in the gulf to protect a british oil tanker, after fast boats sent by iran came near. us prosecutors are calling for the mexican drug lord el chapo to spend the rest of his life in prison. they did this after hearing from a victim who survived an assassination attempt that he's accused of plotting. sentencing comes later this month. bbc mundo. seven people have been killed in a violent storm in northern greece overnight. more than a hundred people were injured. england cricket fans have been celebrating after their team powered into the world cup final for the first time in 27 years after thrashing australia at edgbaston. england will play new zealand in the final. amazon is going to pay $700 million to retrain its workforce by 2025. that'll cover about a third of all employees — and means an average of $7000 spent on each of them. samira hussain is

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they say they are still investigating this, greater manchester police.ey say they haven't uncovered does make uncovered suspicious circumstances and they believe she got into trouble going into deep water. as you say, it looks like they are still looking into the case. two they are, absolutely was a bitjust feels like one of those stories where there was a lot of people holding back from investigating because she was a refugee, she was a black, muslim woman from somalia. --s black, muslim woman from somalia. ——s they are. there has been a lot of backlash from that. absolutely. this is in the sunday times this morning. it talks about harassment at work but also how hr policy means that people actually can't meet potential partners at work anymore. this is interesting. firstly, the headline. i thought it was a strange headline. i thought it was a strange headline to use. it talks about people not being able to meet at work anymore because of sexual harassment. which there is, you know, that is a positive thing. in many ways, if they are moving towards fixi

police station in south london. he will be charged with the murder of the 22 victims of the attack at a pop concert in manchester two years ago. greatero endanger life. abedi is expected to appear in court tomorrow. we'll have the details. also tonight, under attack again — the four us congress members called "the four horsewomen of the apocalpyse" by president trump, who claims he's not a racist. we'll report on the final hustings in the conservative leadership

greater manchester police say hashem abedi will be at the court for charges to murder, and the conspiracyfore his brother carried out the attack. a high—security convoy sweeping through south london, carrying the brother of the manchester bomber salman abedi, who killed 22 people at a pop concert two years ago. hashem abedi had been held in libya since the time of the attack, but has now been flown back to britain. today, he has been extradited for offences relating to the manchester arena attack. he was handed over by libyan authorities to british police officers this morning. they escorted him on the flight back and they landed in the united kingdom a short while ago. the bomb, which killed 22 and seriously injured many more, was detonated by salman abedi. police believe he‘d stored the parts for making the bomb in this car, in plastic barrels. he was caught on cctv moving the bomb parts in a suitcase in the days before the attack. at this time, his brother was out of the country, but hashem abedi has been detained on an arrest warrant for the murder of 22 people, the attempted murder o

greater manchester police for his arrest has been issued and they believe they have enough evidence toyears. let's hear a reminder of the song. # we'll do it all # everything # on ourown i spoke earlier to our music reporter mark savage about why the song is just so successful. i think the secret to it as it is very simple, beautiful, unaffected love song — there is no filter, no pretension to be anything else. it is just a very emotional song. did he tell you what "let's chase cars around our heads" means? he didn't have a good answer. he did say the song was written in the middle of the night, fuelled by a couple of bottles of wine. apparently they recorded ten songs that night and five ended up on the album eyes open and chasing cars was really the one that really stood out. but i think it was almost like a stream of consciousness. and it's funny because, as i said, it was never number one in this country but it stayed in the charts for three years. it is interesting how that can happen with songs, the slow burn. yeah, exactly. 166 weeks on the charts in total. it is an incredible a

police numbers. the home office has rejected some of the committee's findings. danny shaw reports. a young life cut short. yousef makki from greater manchestered in the heart. he was only 17. the knife violence which led to the death of yousef and a growing number of other teenagers is described in a new report as an epidemic. the home affairs committee says young people are being failed by agencies and whitehall departments that are meant to keep them safe. teenagers are dying on our streets and families are being devastated. but the government's response is just completely inadequate. we have had a perfect storm of youth service cuts, police cuts, county lines drug networks and school exclusions, and the government is not taking strong enough action on any of them. in april, theresa may held a summit on youth violence and set up a ministerial task force. but the committee is concerned momentum is being lost and says the new prime minister must take the lead. the report says borisjohnson must drive activity to reduce youth violence. it says schools in the worst affected areas should have dedicated police officers, and it calls for a youth s

police numbers. the home office has rejected some of the committee's findings. danny shaw reports. a young life cut short. yousef makki from greater manchestere was only 17. the knife violence which led to the death of yousef and a growing number of other teenagers is described in a new report as an epidemic. the home affairs committee says young people are being failed by agencies and whitehall departments that are meant to keep them safe. teenagers are dying on our streets and families are being devastated. but the government's response is just completely inadequate. we have had a perfect storm of youth service cuts, police cuts, county lines drug networks and school exclusions, and the government is not taking strong enough action on any of them. in april, theresa may held a summit on youth violence and set up a ministerial task force. but the committee is concerned momentum is being lost and says the new prime minister must take the lead. the report says borisjohnson must drive activity to reduce youth violence. it says schools in the worst affected areas should have dedicated police officers, and it calls for a youth service guarantee,

police numbers. the home office has rejected some of the committee's findings. danny shaw reports. a young life cut short. yousef makki from greater manchestere death of yousef and a growing number of other teenagers is described in a new report as an epidemic. the home affairs committee says young people are being failed by agencies and whitehall departments that are meant to keep them safe. teenagers are dying on our streets and families are being devastated. but the government's response is just completely inadequate. we have had a perfect storm of youth service cuts, police cuts, county lines drug networks and school exclusions, and the government is not taking strong enough action on any of them. in april, theresa may held a summit on youth violence and set up a ministerial task force. but the committee is concerned momentum is being lost and says the new prime minister must take the lead. the report says borisjohnson must drive activity to reduce youth violence. it says schools in the worst affected areas should have dedicated police officers, and it calls for a youth service guarantee, to ensure funding is provided for outreach worker

greater manchester police officers have arrested hashem abedi for murder, attempted murder and conspiracy