peter clarke, thank you very much.orning charged with attempted murder after driving a car into barriers outside parliament last tuesday hitting several cyclists. our correspondent helena lee is at westminster magistrates‘ court. what has happened there this morning? salih khater, appeared at manchester magistrates‘ court. it was a short hearing and lasted just under six minutes or so which is typicalfor a under six minutes or so which is typical for a defendant‘s first appearance. he was in the dock, he was asked to stand by the magistrate. he was asked to confirm his name, his age and also his address. he was then asked to confirm his nationality, to which he responded british. then the prosecutor formally read out at those charges in court to him. one of attempted, one charge of attempting to murder members of the public and another charge, attempting to murder police officers. last tuesday, a car, travelling at speed, veered off the road and onto the pavement and it hit a number of cyclists before heading towards p

the sense that there are a number of prisons with similar problems, not quite on this scale, but peter clarkent notification letters, warning notices to the government on publicly run prisons — nottingham, exeter. he was also very concerned about the conditions at liverpool and wormwood scrubs in london. so the problems you are seeing at birmingham are replicated elsewhere, it is not just birmingham are replicated elsewhere, it is notjust private versus public. the problems are about drugs, a population that is transient, very violent, and also staff reductions. since 2010, we have seen huge cutbacks, resources have seen huge cutbacks, resources have been stretched, and although more staff have gone in in the last couple of years, what you have got isa couple of years, what you have got is a very inexperienced staff workforce, so a lot of the experience has gone from the prison service, and that used to stop a lot of problems in its tracks. koke, danny, thank you. the woman who fell into the sea from a cruise ship and survived in the water for ten hours has left hospital. kay longstaff was pu

in a letter to thejustice secretary david gauke, the chief inspector of prisons, peter clarke, said therelence amongst some inmates who refused to come out of their cells. some staff were found to have found to have locked themselves in their offices and he said conditions were filthy with blood, vomit and rat droppings on the floor. the appalling state of hmp birmingham comes as no surprise to regular visitors. the headcount needs to be reduced. managers need to be able to manage and be visible on the wings and the whole issue of violence and drug ingress need to be addressed. now the government is taking over the running of birmingham from gas. there were protests when the company won the contract seven years ago and they won't get the prison back until ministers are satisfied there have been improvements. that is likely to take at least six months. gas said it welcomed the opportunity to work with the government to address the problems at birmingham. danny shaw, bbc news. our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw is here. a couple of pretty grim example is the chief inspector highligh

these are the serious questions peter clarke once addressed.s this leave the investment private firms in running prisons? it does raise questions about gas and this company has attracted controversy in the past in terms of the justice system. at medway secure training centre in kent, there was undercover filming by bc —— bbc, aroma which resulted in gas losing the contract, it was taken over in gas losing the contract, it was ta ken over by in gas losing the contract, it was taken over by the government. also concerns at brockhaus removal centre at gatwick airport which is run by gas, but the company runs other prisons successfully. oak—wood prison, near birmingham, a prison in merseyside, and other private companies in the system also do or do —— also do a decentjob and are also publicly run jails which are struggling. there was a lot of coverage about liverpool prison and the cousins cashed the conditions there, which is run by the public sector. it is a mixed picture. there are some underlying problems of overcrowding, lack of staffing, cutb

the chief inspector of prisons peter clarke described the privately—run prison as the worst he's evenyears. he's also written a book on competition between private and public sector prisons, and joins me from oxford. thank you for being with us. do you think what is going on and at birmingham is the result of it being in private hands by being run by gas? many say that actually gas to run some prisons that are pretty good. indeed. it runs one of the very best. i do not think it is the difference between public and private sectors. birmingham was taken over private sectors. birmingham was ta ken over by private sectors. birmingham was taken over by gas in 2007 because of they were not doing a good enough job. very good at research efforts from the institute in cambridge that in the first year it was making market improvement. so initially, it was successful. something seems to have happened in the last few years. last year, 2017, the chief inspector went there and it was struggling. they had just had a massive riot. but he described a team that was determined to revealed, that was dete

the chief inspector of prisons, peter clarke, says someone has been "asleep at the wheel" after he found inmates at the jail fear for their own safety. birmingham prison had been run by gas — but now ministers have taken the unusual of handing over control instead to the prison service. downing street says improvements will be seen very quickly". our home affairs correspondent danny shaw has more. birmingham prison has had a long and troubled history. it was the scene of a riot in 2016 which left four wings badly damaged. 500 offenders were moved out, after the worst prison disturbances for decades. since then, inspectors say conditions have deteriorated to the point of crisis. it's forced the government to take over the running of birmingham from the private firm gas. this is a fundamental failure of leadership and management. we had hoped that gas bringing in a new, experienced governor would make a difference. it didn't, which is why we've had to make the difficult decision to step in ourselves. prison inspectors said there was a lack of order and control at birmingham, with violent i

in a letter to thejustice secretary, the chief inspector of prisons, peter clarke, said there was a fearheadcount needs to be reduced. managers need to be able to manage and be visible on the wings and the whole issue of violence and drug issues need to be addressed. now the government is taking over the running of birmingham from g4s. there were protests when the company won the contract seven years ago and they won‘t get the prison back until ministers are satisfied there have been improvements. that is likely to take at least six months. g4s said it welcomed the opportunity to work with the government to address the problems at birmingham. danny shaw, bbc news. a british woman is recovering this morning after being pulled from the sea off the coast of croatia, after falling from a cruise ship. kay longstaff was in the adriatic sea for 10 hours, after she fell from the norwegian star liner. our correspondentjon donnison can bring us up to date. it is an incredible story. you just wa nt it is an incredible story. you just want more and more detail about how it happened. the good news is

forrest clark is accused of arson and other crimes in connection with a fast—moving blaze near lake elsinore in orange county, where more than 21,000 people have been evacuated from their homes. petererno. a rapidly moving wildfire fuelled by high temperatures, gusty winds, and tinder dry brush. named after a local hiking trail, the holy fire broke out on monday, about 70 miles south—east of los angeles. dangerously close to homes, the fla mes dangerously close to homes, the fla m es leave dangerously close to homes, the flames leave residents with no choice. the police told usjust a few minutes ago that it is time to leave. yesterday was mandatory evacuations. i left for the night and came back up. in the matter of about an hour were they were driving around with their sirens on forcing residents to leave, so all of us down at the park steep, inaccessible to rein has hampered firefighters and the blaze is still out of control —— to rain. and the blaze is still out of control -- to rain. worsening weather conditions with thunderstorms in the forecast will lead to extreme fire behaviour over the next few days. there are a lot of resources available nationwide, but we are in conditio

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