seven months later christine and lucy lee were shot dead with one of the weapons. nd sister to lucy said the police had been warned aboutjohn lowe. and sister to lucy said the police had been warned aboutjohn lowelj told the police how dangerous he was. i told the police that he would kill. and he did. surrey police have admitted mistakes were made in this case. they say the medical records ofjohn lowe will not properly investigated and that a full risk assessment was not carried out before the guns were given back to him. senior officers say they have apologised to the family of christine and lucy lee. to accept that if the guns had not been returned then christine and lucy lee could still be alive? clearly he used those shotguns in a double murder, a horrific case, seven months after they were returned. i do not think we can ever be asked to see into the future but clearly what should happen in this case is a better risk assessment should have been done and those guns should not been done and those guns should not been returned. one member of staff from surrey pol

but for the family of christine and lucy lee, any tighter gun controls have come too late. in surrey. much more on our website as always. if you want to get in touch with us here at bbc world news, you can do so on social media. i'm @bbckasiamadera on twitter. time now for all the sports news in sport today. hello, i'm marc edwards, and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: eriksen the magic man. the dane on the scoresheet as spurs cut chelsea's lead at the top of the premier league to four points with a win at crystal palace. after seven years, there's a first ever goal in a barca shirt forjavier mascherano, as the catalan giants blow 0sasuna away. and maria sharapova makes a winning return to tennis, following her 15 month doping ban. hello, and thanks forjoining us. spurs have kept their title aspirations alive with a hard fought 1—0 win against crystal palace at selhurst park. tottenham cutting chelsea's lead at the top of the english premier league to four points with five matches remaining. in a game of few clear cut chances

john lowe murdered christine and lucy lee at a puppy murdered christine and lucy lee at a puppy farmhem. she was later arrested. something the independent police complaints commission says should not have happened. three police officers and two staff have cases to answer. we need to take into account all available information, they are checked and double checked. that didn't happen and that is a matter of deep regret. it has led to significant pain and suffering and loss for many people. not least stacey banner the sister of lucy lee. good morning to you, thank you for talking to us. i gather you watch the interview and what would you like to say about it? there are still a lot of questions that need answering. i want to know what rafferty knows when my sister made the 999 call. he's quite strong in saying we are going to make changes. and this won't happen again. it's happened. i can't change that. you told the police seven months before the guns were returned that they shouldn't. what did you say to them? i told the police had dangerous he was. i told the police that he would kill

seven months later christine and lucy lee were shot dead with one of the weapons. to lucy, said the police had been warned aboutjohn lowe. i told the police how dangerous he was. i told the police that he would kill. and he did. surrey police have admitted mistakes were made in this case. they say the medical records ofjohn lowe were not properly investigated and that a full risk assessment was not carried out before the guns were given back to him. senior officers say they have apologised to the family of christine and lucy lee. do you accept that if the guns had not been returned then christine and lucy lee could still be alive? clearly he used those shotguns in a double murder, a horrific case, seven months after they were returned. i do not think we can ever be asked to see into the future, but clearly what should happen in this case is a better risk assessment should have been done and those guns should not have been returned. one member of staff from surrey police was sacked over the case, another retired. the deaths of christine and lucy lee have traumatised

seven months later christine and lucy lee were shot dead with one of the weapons. been warned aboutjohn lowe. i told the police how dangerous he was. i told the police that he would kill. and he did. surrey police have admitted mistakes were made in this case. they say the medical records ofjohn lowe were not properly investigated and that a full risk assessment was not carried out before the guns were given back to him. senior officers say they have apologised to the family of christine and lucy lee. do you accept that if those guns had not been returned then christine and lucy lee could still be alive? well, clearly he used those shotguns in a double murder, a horrific case, seven months after they were returned. i don't think we can ever be asked to see into the future, but clearly what should happen in this case is a better risk assessment should have been done and those guns should not have been returned. one member of staff from surrey police was sacked over the case, another retired. the deaths of christine and lucy lee have traumatised the family and change

this wasjohn lowe moments after he shot dead christine and lucy lee at his puppy farm in surrey. un. this shotgun, one of several returned to lowe by surrey police after they'd earlier seized them. lowe, seen here in custody, was jailed for life. today's official report says surrey police's gun licensing team failed. their training wasn't sufficient, how they were supervised wasn't as we would have expected, and how those crucial decisions, when it comes to returning firearms, did not have the sign off appropriately higher up the organisations. just after lowe's trial, stacy banner, christine's daughter and lucy's sister, also told me the police were wrong to return his guns. the police should have never have given an 82—year—old man seven loaded shotguns back. what was the reason? why didn't they do theirjob? john lowe's puppy farm was once investigated by the bbc. today, surrey police admitted mistakes were made when his guns were returned. do you accept that if those guns hadn't been returned, christine and lucy could still be alive? well, clearly, he used those shotguns in a d

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seven months later, christine lee and lucy liu were shot dead with one of the weapons.police should have never given an 82—year—old man seven loaded shotguns back. what was the reason? why didn't they do theirjob? john lowe's puppy farm was once investigated by the bbc. today, surrey police admitted mistakes were made when his guns were returned. do you accept that if those guns hadn't been returned, christine and lucy could still be alive? well clearly he used those shotguns in a double murder, a horrific case, seven months after they were returned. i don't think we can ever be asked to foresee the future, but clearly what should have happened in this case was that a better risk assessment should have been done, and those guns should not have been returned. one member of surrey police was sacked over this case. another retired. but today's report about the shootings here atjohn lowe's farm doesn'tjust call on surrey to make changes. it says there are lessons for all of britain's police forces about the way gun licences are issued, and who they are issued to. but for th

surrey police have apologised to the family of christine and lucy lee, saying that the decision to hander had been sacked and another retired. today's report said the death of christine and lucy was a shocking event and that while these incidents were rare, all forces had to check carefully anybody who wanted a gun. with me is our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford. the daughter of christine lee, the sister of lucy lee, still looking forjustice. the issue is that when the firearms officers were asked to decide whether or not these shotguns should be returned, it is quite clear that all they looked at was whether or not this complaint about what had happened, a threat to shoot another person previously, had gone forward. because that was dropped, because the complainant did not want to pursue any father, the licensing officers did not look at the bigger picture ofjohn lowe. stacy banner, speaking to victoria derbyshire today, said it was a terrible sequence of events that led to her mother's death. i called the police are dangerously was. i told the police that he would kill and

christine and lucy lee were shot by 82—year—old john lowe in 2014. the independent police complaints commission has highlighted serious failings by the force and said the way firearms are licensed across the country needs to be improved. an annual survey of people treated in accident and emergency units after being assaulted suggests there's been a significant fall in violence across england and wales. 188,000 people attended a&e in 2016 — 10% down on the previous year. but the results are at odds with police statistics which show an increase in violent crime. as our home affairs correspondent danny shaw reports. across the police there is huge concern about levels of violent crime. in some areas like london, stabbings and shootings are on the increase. while the most recent set of figures for england and wales showdown of rural rise in violence of 22%. but a survey of casual to units and clinics which treat victims of violence paints a very different picture. it suggests that fewer people are suffering violent assaults. according to the survey, 188,

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lee gee is live in springfield. joanne, the chief of police made it quite clear via facebook, right. >> that's right, lucy. no more warnings. police here mean business when it comes to fighting, drinking, drugs or vandalism of any sort. they say kids and teens will be arrested. >> on the warmer nights of the past week, police in springfield township have been busy. they say they've respond to do calls about rock throwing at trolley cars and fights and assaults in williams park. and now they are cracking down. >> i think the parents alone can do it and the police can back it up but the parents should house their own kids and make sure they know what they're doing and where they're at at all times. >> reporter: police caught teens drinking and drunk and they responded to a call about an assault on middle school kids. >> boys will be boys, and we've gotten in fist fights when you're younger but when you're getting more than one kid a group of kids getting jumped, um, or jumping another, another child or two children, it goes a little bit too far. >> reporter: colleen collins usually let's her son come to the

lucy over here. the tom child that we talked about and back there on the cover of science magazine, so she was discovered in 2008 in south africa by a professor lee burger actually his son tripped over fossil. which is another great origin story for a fossil, and so he's been on cover of science magazine three times which is unrepeated in any discipline any scientific dispin no one and no scientist has had their research on the coffer of science more than lee burger has with fossil. and so i was interested in exploring this fossil how does it -- this is a fossil that came of age in social media it has its own twitter handle. it has its, you know, publicity marketing and sort of well what does that mean for our fossil to be famousesome does that take -- up just to throw out how absolutely permeating oh, i forgot the seventh one there. have flow or -- [inaudible conversations] also known as hobbit popularly e i see lots of folks nodding that's awesome. so -- three kinds of people and low and behold there's a short sort of three-foot tall hobbity looking fossil that comes out of indonesia so i found that it was this really interesting mix of science

lee gifford and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> i was in such a great mood. >>. ♪ lucy goosy was thrilled >> i think we get the idea. >> what is that from? >> i had the biggest surprise. it's april 18th. i know you don't care, because