thank you very much for joining us on the news out this evening leroy logan. and i want to move on to our other top stories and they've been isolated deaths and hospital admissions in several european nations now island has halted the rollout of astra zeneca as coronavirus vaccine it follows several other nations and regions with investigations underway into the incidence of blood clots in people who've received but the world health organization says there's no proven link china how reports on this now from london arlen's decision to call a temporary halt to the use of the oxford astra zeneca vaccine could have far reaching consequences the country's immunization north already pointed to a safety alert raised this week by the norwegian medicines agency after 4 health care workers suffered serious blood clotting events within 14 days of receiving the astra zeneca jab denmark and iceland have raised similar concerns with the ripple effect extending to bowl garia and as far afield as thailand. the irish move was described as precautionary we will continue to moni

i'm joined now by leroy logan — the founder of the black police association.yjohn but steve mcqueen and the cast and crew, not only that but all other episodes of the series. important is it to you that your study has been told in this way? it is all was important to have that human story and people identify with a compelling story and when i knew steve mcqueen wanted to translate it on the small screen and then have an a—list actor likejohn boyega, i thought it was going to be really special and i have not in anyway being disappointed, it has gone from strength to strength and i love how it has given that opportunity for certain conversations to be had about inequality and injustice and let us all come together especially unless black lives matter era and even the covid pandemic, let's work together and get that positivity to make changes for the better. your history with the police goes back many years and it was a difficult time for you starting out in the police after your dad was actually caught up and an altercation with police officers, he was beaten up

let's talk to the former met police superintendent, leroy logan, who also once chaired the black policei think for 30 years. it is good to l have what is your response to this report because in the last five minutes we have had two very different reactions? that has been caused by people who —— i am not surprised by the out race cause. brute surprised by the out race cause. we have surprised by the out race cause. 2 have had this commission stands out in the way just have had this commission stands out in the wayjust sanitise those details in even a report which i gave written and oral evidence too. i notice that it recommendations to improve policing and we for the first time in ten years with the independent oversight to monitor progress, because what gets measured gets done, and that this commission is research it is going to cause an outrage, because we know they are undermining our intelligence. there is no way we are just going to just for the sake of it has been done by number ten. for the sake of it has been done by numberten. has for the sake of it has been done by number ten-—

a quote from i issue can i read you a quote from the former metropolitan police superintendent leroy logantims of crime. and i'm thinking in particular of drugs and county lines gangs, which often involve the exploitation of people. police are getting more savvy about how they deal with this problem. it is sometimes easy to point the finger and treat everybody as a criminal, whereas a lot of these particularly younger people are victims themselves of control and abuse. i am saying that will be scaled up and i have been hugely impressed by operations notjust in the metropolitan police but across the metropolitan police but across the country and targeting that kind of crime and protecting young people on that a cycle of criminality. fine on that a cycle of criminality. one other issue. _ on that a cycle of criminality. one other issue, mr _ on that a cycle of criminality. one other issue, mr buchan. lots of our viewers have been contacting us and contacting you as mps about, about theissue contacting you as mps about, about the issue of nhs pay. just to run through the history. the governmen