thank you, zoe and to the detective superintendent from greater manchester police. deo link from prison, he kept his head bowed as he said guilty, sir, to both kidnapping and rape charges. sarah everard disappeared walking home in the south london in early march. her body was found in kent a week later. wayne couzens has pleaded guilty to the kidnapping and rape of sarah everard. he is also charged with the murder of the 33—year—old and he expects —— he accepts responsibility for the killing, we are told, but was not asked to enter a plea whilst medical reports are gathered. breaking news from the last few minutes. wayne couzens has pleaded guilty to the kidnapping and rape of sarah everard. it is a few minutes before 10am. the latest news and sport on the hour. before that, here is carol. hello again. as we go through the next few days, the weather is not only getting warmer — you'll find it's also going to turn much more humid, notjust actually by day but also by night. and we still hang onto some patchy rain in the north and also the west of the country. that's wh

current and former officers at greater manchester police have said problems which caused it to be putn't feel confident reporting a crime to their own force. the bbc has also learned huge numbers of officers have requested to be transferred elsewhere. north west tonight's abbiejones reports. i am a police officer- and i won't feel comfortable in reporting a crime to my own force. i we have been told to do the bare minimum on crimes. people are literally walking the streets not being arrested. the reality is so bad that cops are leaving in their droves to join the armed forces. the views of serving police officers at greater manchester police speaking out to a newsnight investigation about what they say are serious failings in their own force. months after it was placed in special measures. last year, an inspection found the second largest force in england and wales had failed to record more than 80,000 crimes in a year. one—in—five of all crimes reported were not making it onto the books. it is a very, very defensive culture. scott winters left gmp in 2017. his relationship with the f

greater manchester _ further. former chief constable of greater manchester police, - further. w speak tojohn cooper qc who is representing some of the bereaved families. we are grateful for your time. i we are gratefulfor your time. i can imagine it is a very difficult day and i can imagine this report will be difficult reading for the families. what of those families that you represent have made of what you have seen in this report? i think the first thing to say is i just listen to your last contributor and i am concerned he hasn�*t read the report because in a minute he will be given the opportunity to correct him on a number of levels. the response of him is something i need to be developed on. i will develop that later. i don�*t really see how he has read the report and what he is said to you. this is a damning report. it is a damning report by the chair about the level of security at the arena. it is not just a matter, if i may say so, of training and a matter of 16 or 17—year—old people doing the job. training and a matter of 16 or 17—year—old people doing thejob. it is

this is a feature _ greater manchester police. this is a feature that — greater manchester police.needs to — becoming retail centres and there needs to be clarity on who is responsible. the other issue is the security— responsible. the other issue is the security agencies and how they prepare — security agencies and how they prepare for what is likely to be the next type — prepare for what is likely to be the next type of attack. this was a very unusual _ next type of attack. this was a very unusual attack in terms of the way this individual targeted young people — this individual targeted young people coming out of the concert vehue _ people coming out of the concert venue with an explosive device. the agencies, _ venue with an explosive device. the agencies, police, security agencies had been _ agencies, police, security agencies had been focusing on things that had happehed _ had been focusing on things that had happened in mumbai in india and in frante— happened in mumbai in india and in france where people go in with fire arms— france where people go in with fire arms and _ fr

live now to staffordshire where we can speak to sir peter fahy, a former chief constable of greater manchester policeh day forfamilies. yes, a very tough day for the families, bringing it all back and of course the inquiry is continuing and there are more reports to come out. this report will look at these security arrangements around the venue. number one, it was quite complicated because the venue was on part of a building owned by network rail said came under the british transport police whereas the surrounding area and general approach to terrorism was under the greater manchester police. we have seen this as a feature that all the stations are becoming retail centres and there needs to be clarity on who is responsible. the other issue is on the security agencies and how they prepare for what is likely to be the next type of attack. this was an unusual attack in terms of the way this individual targeted young people coming out of the concert venue with an explosive device, the agencies, the police and security agencies, the police and security agencies had been focusing on things as had happened

news: areas of greater manchester and lancashire are to get extra testing and military support, after a rise in covid cases. the death of sarah everard in march — a serving metropolitan police of suspected criminals are arrested worldwide after being tricked into using an fbi—run encrypted messaging app that lured them into police hands. when the former us president bill clinton wrote a novel with the authorjames patterson three years ago it became an instant best—seller. now the pair have teamed up again to write �*the president's daughter�* — a thriller about a former president who embarks on a dramatic mission to rescue his kidnapped daughter. so how much of their fiction is based on fact? they have given their only uk interview to our arts correspondent rebecca jones. ready? she wanted to laugh and joke at the thought of being kidnapped, but the hard look in that secret service agent's eyes, so much like dad's, kept her mouth shut. so, how did the writing process work? master patterson here would give me a list of assignments, which were basically, tell us how we're going to say this without screwing it up. he was so shocked that somebody would actually give him some th

areas of greater manchester and lancashire are to get extra testing and military support, after a rise in covid cases. the death of sarah everard in march — a serving metropolitan policesays they have a responsibility to use their voice, and said it was their �*duty to interact with the public on matters such as equality, inclusivity and racial injustice'. defender luke shaw says their stance is clear. it's really simple. we've had discussions about it, we've chosen what we wanted to do and we agreed it was the right thing to carry on taking the knee and it's a simple as that. we will keep doing that and we believe in that and we won't stop. wales defender connor roberts says they're convinced they can at least match their performance five years ago in paris at the upcoming european championship. they're in baku, ahead of three group games in nine days, starting against switzerland on saturday. they also have italy and turkey to come. they had a fantastic run at euro 2016, reaching the semi—finals and roberts know this will be a tournament like no other. obviously, it is a lot different compared to last time, there were fans here, it was all in one place kind of thing