and we'll be speaking to helen's mother, marie mccourt, just after 8 o'clock.britain's most senior female asian police officers has accused the metropolitan police of discrimination. parm sandhu has begun legal action against the force, claiming she was denied promotion on the basis of her race and gender. last month, she was cleared of allegations that she'd breached rules about the police honours process. the met said it was "inappropriate" to comment. the hiv prevention drug prep is a step closer to being made available to anyone who needs it through the nhs in england. currently, places on a three—year trial are limited, but sexual health campaigners say there are still many barriers to overcome before the drug can be offered more widely. the duke and duchess of sussex will christen their son later today. archie harrison mountbatten—windsor will be baptised by the archbishop of canterbury in the private chapel of windsor castle. however, there's been criticism of the couple for keeping the details of the ceremony private, as aisling mcveigh reports. when ar

for 31 years, marie mccourt has been fighting for helen's law, named after her daughter, who was just was abducted and murdered in 1988. her killer, pub landlord ian simms. he has never revealed the whereabouts of helen's body. to have this law means that other families will not have to hopefully go through the pain and grief for as long as i have. i believe that these killers now have to face up to what they have done, because to take a life is horrendous, but then to take the lives of the family of that loved one, and not let them know where their loved one's body is, there is no torture worse than that. marie led a campaign demanding that murderers who refuse to disclose the whereabouts of a victim's remains spend longer behind bars. in 2016, mps voted in favour of helen's law, but it didn't receive government backing until now. with thejustice secretary david gauke proposing that it be introduced as soon as is practicable. the parole board can also use withholding information as a reason not to release a prisoner, because it suggests they are still an ongoing risk to the public. b

and we'll be speaking to helen's mother, marie mccourt, in ten minutes.tive party members have been sent two ballot papers for the leadership contest instead of one, the bbc has uncovered. it's estimated more than 1,000 people have been affected. the papers have been sent out to conservatives around the uk to allow them to vote for the next party leader — and prime minister. 0ur political correspondent peter saull is in our london newsroom with more on this. explain what the problem is. well, basically, over the last two years the conservatives have been trying to boost the number of members and their party and we think around 160,000 people are going to be voting in the elections. that figure is an estimate and it may be distorted by the fact some members have signed up to two or more different local associations, there is an estimate and it may be distorted by the fact some members have signed up to two or more different local associations, there's also an issue about women who have dropped their maiden names after getting married. these two groups are

and we'll be speaking to helen's mother, marie mccourt, just after 8 o'clock.ervative party members have been sent two ballot papers for the leadership contest instead of one, the bbc has uncovered. it's estimated more than 1,000 people have been affected. the papers have been sent out to conservatives around the uk to allow them to vote for the next party leader and prime minister. 0ur political correspondent peter saull is in our london newsroom with more on this. so what have we found out here, peter? i think the next few days are crucial in the race to become at the next prime minister with the conservative members mulling over where to put their cross on the ballot paper but as you say, a lot of them have got two through the post and it appears to be an administrative error in many cases so administrative error in many cases so it is people who are registered in two different conservative associations or live in one area and work in another, for example, some people may have changed their maiden name after getting married. you hear about this in general, s

"helen's law" follows a campaign by the mother of helen mccourt, who was killed 31 years ago — but whosever been found. dan johnson reports. for marie mccourt, the grief of more than 30 years has been compounded by the added pain of being unable to bury her daughter. helen was 22 when she disappeared. she was murdered by ian simms, a pub landlord who is still serving a life sentence and refuses to say what he did with helen's body. marie took her campaign to downing street, calling for helen's law to prevent murderers like simms being eligible for early release. now the justice secretary has agreed to the change across england and wales. to have this law means that other families will not have to hopefully go through the pain and grief for as long as i have. i believe that these killers now have to face up to what they have done, because to take a life is horrendous, but then to take the lives of the family of that loved one and not let them know where their loved one's body is, there is no torture worse than that. the parole board can already use withholding information as a reason not

helen's law follows a campaign by the mother of helen mccourt who was killed 31 years ago but whose bodyfound. dan johnson reports. for marie mccourt, the grief of more than 30 years has been compounded by the added pain of being unable to bury her daughter. helen was 22 when she disappeared. she was murdered by ian simms, a pub landlord who is still serving a life sentence and refuses to say what he did with helen's body. marie took her campaign to downing street, calling for helen's law to prevent murderers like simms being eligible for early release. now, thejustice secretary has agreed to the change across england and wales. to have this law means that other families will not have to hopefully go through the pain and grief for as long as i have. i believe that these killers now have to face up to what they have done, because to take a life is horrendous, but then to take the lives of the family of that loved one and not let them know where their loved one's body is, there is no torture worse than that. the parole board can already use withholding information as a reason not to releas

three years, it has been a major campaign by the daily mirror, it is called helen's law because of helen mccourt he left her body. her parents, her mother i should say, has been putting very strongly for a change in the law which would basically mean that parole board must take account of the fact that murderers have not helped police find the bodies of their victims, and if that were proven to be the case then they should not get parole. so this is now confirmed that this will become law and it will become much harderfor these killers to be let out if they have not given parents some comfort. and how deceit to many objections to that. let's look at the sun front page," that. let's look at the sun front page, " tot secret is the headline, looking to the christening of little archie tomorrow which we will a p pa re ntly archie tomorrow which we will apparently not see much of. this is not going down too well, all the other papers have been telling us throughout the week really that it was megan's doing, behind the secrecy was megan's doing, behind the secrecy ellipses will it be not revealing who