minister who is after all the primacy of all of india due to come out not doing it in politics and hardwick nice and there is no shame in a democracy where leaders listen to people's voices and it was close right next younger that's very relieved for the time being thank you so much for speaking to us if. for some it's a life long quest to search for a soulmate but if you're in a hut it is always speed dating in japan how about some aspect in your pants have another different patterns the singles looking for love in our next report afterthought to remain and not. in a nondescript banquet room in the world's largest metropolis a group of japanese men and women search for the spark that could change their lives it's a speed dating event with a twist the singles have come with their parents to support them in their hunt 1st suitable partner. that was the really bad she had boyfriends when she was a student but those relationships didn't work so i told myself maybe now it's up to me to give her a hand. if. i came here today after being pushed by my mother because it's true that so far i've had

elisabeth hardwick certainly had a near. that's the kind of prose i am most drone to.that isn't afraid to be literary performance. we write for different reasons for different audiences only kind of writing a no assumes a literary audience. just what i grew up in. from the people i learned from and the things that me to love. because poetry was the first things i read, i would always stick with that. the people who can write poetry, i find very compelling. in the way they express themselves. the good ones. doesn't make any sense. i worry that i ramble. there is. >> used tours together athletic democracy. what is that. stigma that was women's. whitman. did he mean this kind of you know, brotherhood. in his imagination. i say so. he wasn't sort of thinking about the women's vote, and the way that frederick douglass eventually did. i hope i'm not doing him in justice. >> i'm intrigued by your feeling that identity politics can be somewhat limiting. partially for two reasons but one is that i say that historically whether it is black identity politics are women politics. b

nick hardwick talking to our correspondent, june kelly.christian fraser is in maidstone where the debate is being held. high, christian. yeah mech hello, jane. we are in the spin room, which is filling up nicely. you can see the massed ranks of the media who are here will be watching the debate tonight on these television screens. it will be quite cosy and here i think. come eight o'clock when everybody crimson here, they tend to be quite functional spaces, these big television studios, but this one has a rather quirky diner, where they are serving cups of tea to everyone tonight. you are about to go into your film review, aren't you? this one looks a bit like back to the future. i wonder if we are going to get back to the future moment tonight to though. are we going to get a big tv moment that shifts the polls in any one direction or another? there were lots of people saying jeremy corbyn needs something tonight to move the narrative. let's take a seat next to chris morris from a reality check, who is playing the role of marty mcfly toni

nick hardwick was sacked because the parole board decided just that.ight way to deal with these allegations was to have them at last properly investigated by the police and then dealt with in public, in front of a judge. the parole board is only going to be as good as the evidence that is put before it and, in this case, the information it had was incomplete. john worboys will appeal his sentence, but demand a judge called "manipulative and dangerous" will now return to prison. he could have been walking free last year had it not been for the courage and determination of his victims. lucy manning, bbc news. lucy is at the old bailey for us. it has been argued that this case exposes several failings of the justice system. well, it is hard to stress enough the failures at every level. to start with, the police, who were criticised originally for not investigating john worboys when people came to them and it left him free to commit other crimes, and some officers were disciplined. then the prosecutors, who were criticised for not bringing enough cases aga

hardwick thank you for being here. the chairman gave an uncharacteristic opening and went on for 40 minutes and produced lent thigthy e-mails. when i read your summary, you didn't find either of them to be in charge, did you? >> on this investigation, we did not. >> when it comes to expletives, on page 339 in the report found some agents of the fbi who had opposite viewpoints and positive towards candidate trump and open on their expertists to demonstrate that. >> we are in a different field office. >> we don't believe anyone in the capacity with life-changing decision like every single day should be so politically bias to call into question of their values and character. >> that's correct and i made this point last year when this issue came up. individual of the usjustice department. they can't go tie their personal use to theirnvestigative. >> that's one of the things you sheared with director wray. >> correct. >> the chairman made a point talking about the fact that the trump campaign was not notified of this ongoin

nick hardwick was sacked because the parole board decided just that.o deal with these allegations was to have them at last properly investigated by the police and then dealt with in public, in front of a judge. the parole board is only going to be as good as the evidence that is put before it and, in this case, the information it had was incomplete. john worboys will appeal his sentence, but demand a judge called "manipulative and dangerous" will now return to prison. he could have been walking free last year had it not been for the courage and determination of his victims. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — borisjohnson has addressed his new cabinet for the first time, and promised to work "flat out" to repay the trust of those who voted for him. but labour has issued a warning about the prime minister's first significant move — adding a new clause to the withdrawal bill to ensure that further brexit talks will have to be concluded by ths time next year. here's our deputy political editor, john pienaar. are we here? not a hair in pl

we can talk to nick hardwick, former parole board chair and former her majesty's prison inspectoratet know saskia jones orjack merritt personally, but i know about the programme and i have taught on some of those programmes myself. i think friends of jack and saskia and the people who loved them should know that this was incredibly important and effective work, and they should be very proud of what they were doing at learning together, and a lot of us at learning together, and a lot of us will try to make sure that this now continues and grows, and i think thatis now continues and grows, and i think that is a proper tribute to what they did. and i share the dismay of others that on all sides, really, there seems to be at least a period of making political points out of this which are misinformed, i think, sometimes, and disrespectful. so what in particular would you say is misinformed and disrespectful? i mean, obviously lots of things have been said in the immediate aftermath of it. what is deeply misinformed is the suggestion that there is some easy a nswer to the suggestion that t

yes, indeed, they will, and i listen to present hardwick, the former chair of the parole board who endorsedations were not as they ought to have been, clearly, and people were under pressure and it appears mistakes were made by staff and my sympathies go out to the families and the vic aims of this terrible, terrible situation —— victims. ian lawrence, thank you for your time this morning. it is half past seven and we will be back with 01:30:45,566 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 the headlines shortly. hello, this is breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. there are calls for an independent review into the shocking failures that meant a serial rapist was released from jail by accident. he then carried out a series of attacks on women and children. joseph mccann was released earlier this year after an error by the probation service. his 11 victims over a two—week period included a pensioner and an 11—year—old boy. he is due to be sentenced on monday. borisjohnson and jeremy corbyn have gone head—to—head in a tv debate, f