the prisons minister, rory stewart, really wa nts the prisons minister, rory stewart, really wants tom p the prisons minister, rory stewart, really wants to clamp down on that in the next 12 months. here we see the crisis, the impact it is having on inmates. yes, this is the growing abuse of drugs like spice which has led to a huge rise in 999 callouts. steve bu rt led to a huge rise in 999 callouts. steve burt on a very good reporter, says there is one every a0 minutes into an english jail. says there is one every a0 minutes into an englishjail. so lags says there is one every a0 minutes into an english jail. so lags are looking for more ingenious ways to get out ofjail. here is one of them, they are being taken out in an ambulance, really. again, it kind of relates back to the story in the observer, where there are problems in society. this is a big problem in society. again, on the outside, but ironically, on the inside as well. and rehabilitation schemes are in p i’essu i’e and rehabilitation schemes are in pressure short supply? it is another example of a knock—on effect because

rory stewart told mps the situation in birmingham was shocking.tion in hmp birmingham was simply unacceptable. shocking in terms of the levels of violence, it was shocking in terms of the response to those levels of violence. shocking in terms of the drugs. shocking in terms of basic these and seek. the conclusion that we reluctantly reached in the week before the inspector published his urgent notification was that gas would not be able on their own to turn around the significant problems of birmingham —— basic decency. therefore the decision was made to ta ke therefore the decision was made to take the unprecedented step of the government stepping in and taking over control. that means in effect, mr speaker, three things. firstly, we have brought in a highly experienced governor from the we have brought in a highly experienced governorfrom the public sector, mr paul newton, who has taken over as the governor of the prison. secondly, we have reduced by 300 prisoners the number of prisoners in birmingham prison, which has allowed us to take key ce

association that there has been as they describe it meaningful engagement with the prisons minister rory stewarto work. thereafter the details which suggest there is perhaps an issue still to be resolved so it appears we will get more detail about this later in the afternoon but for now the prison officers association telling staff to go back to work. this was sparked by that particularly damning report about bedford prison, which really was grim reading. that is how this walk—out took place in the first place today. but it would appear the association is telling staff to go back to work and perhaps we will hear more from the union later in the afternoon. a reminder of the headlines. hurricane florence makes landfall on east coast of the united states, with high winds and torrential rain. five million people are in the direct path of typhoon mangkhut, due to make landfall in the philippines. and as we have been discussing, prison officers have called off protest action across england and wales. it began after a damning report that described a dangerous lack of control at bedford prison. the busi

the ministerfor prisons in england, rory stewart, has ruled out setting up an independent commissionngham jail. last month, the chief inspector of prisons, peter clark, called it the worst he had ever been to. inspectors found blood, vomit, and rat droppings on the floor, sleeping staff, cockroaches, and an overpowering smell of drugs. in august, ministers announced that government was taking over the prison from gas, bringing in extra staff and cutting inmate numbers. a labour mp didn't think it should be handed act of the firm to run. a month ago, mr speaker, my constituent was beaten to within an inch of his life at hmp birmingham, not once but twice. not in a dark corner but on a video that was then posted to social media. the chaos that gas presided over in hmp birmingham was dark, dangerous, and violent. and i have to say to the minister, it is very hard to square a future where this prison is returned to gas, with the level of investment and staffing which is needed in order to ensure birmingham is a present that is safe. now, parliament cost £550 million to run last year and

rory stewart.ursday to discuss in more detail how to deal with a no—deal brexit. the trade secretary hurried out of that meeting to get to the commons for his regular round of trade questions. over the summer, liam fox set out the uk's post brexit ambitions, saying brexit could be a 21st—century means for exporting power. labour reckons small business plans were a bit vague. they describe the export strategy as lacking definitive interventions and he would do well to take note what they say. they are vital to our export success so before he gets carried away by his own complacency, why not listen to what small businesses are saying. we spent a great deal of time doing so and in fact i was deeply encoded by the welcome we received from the fsb, the ayodi, the cbi, who unlike the party budget do not share the anti trade, anti—capitalist agenda and the party opposite increasingly seems to see the model they prefer for britain as the venezuelan model. a report from the university of sussex three days a

i have called earlier for rory stewart to film the association and speak to them.reed to have further discussions and so far as officers that retreated last week in parliament when referred to be government ministers as heroes, the government tried to portray them as villains and they are not the villains in this. what actually he was trying to keep prisons safe in the absence of prison officers, his view is they are putting their collea g u es view is they are putting their colleagues at risk and other inmates who are not violent? both inmates and prison officers are at risk unnecessarily every day, largely because the conservative government decided to cut the number of prison officers by 7000 so this is an emergency situation. the prison officers felt they were left with no choice other than to take this protest action rather than condemning them people should be thanking them for the job they do to keep society safe every day at a very difficult and demanding job which is very difficult and demanding but should not necessarily dangerous. they deserve the resour

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prisons minister rory stewart said the action was illegal.400 managerial, professional and administrative roles across its uk, ireland, france and the netherlands operations "as part of the company s ongoing transformation." the company doesn't plan to close any of its sites. the funeral has been held for four children who were murdered in a firebomb attack on their home in greater manchester. demi, brandon, lacie and lia pearson, who lived in walkden near salford, were aged between three and 15. their mother is still being treated for her injuries and wasnt able to attend the service. two men who targeted their home with petrol bombs last december have been jailed for life. a fundraiser convicted of fraud after pocketing money raised for the son of murdered soldier, lee rigby, has beenjailed. gary gardner was told he will serve half of a two—and—a—half year sentence for two counts of fraud. gardner raised at least £24,000 for lee rigby‘s son after a series of high—profile events, but only £4,000 made its way to any organisation. more than on

this is what rory stewart had to say about the problem.ike is not appropriate for prison officers. we have put in a lot of investment bringing in new prison officers, body cameras and a new purpose straight and a new law to support prison officers. i'm joined now by alex hewson prison reform trust thank you for coming. the minister said there was a lot of investment in the prison system, where do you stand on that? the chairman of the prison 0fficers stand on that? the chairman of the prison officers association was talking about the cuts recently. that is right. it is correct to acknowledge that they are trying to do with the consequences of the cuts which were made by the previous secretary of state. it has led to huge instability in prisons over the last six or seven years and ministers are trying to turn around the situation in prisons. i think pa rt the situation in prisons. i think part of the problem now is there is a huge loss of experienced staff. 0nly yesterday at bedford prison was given urgent notification by the chief inspecto

i am heartened by rory stewart, the mp for prisons, has put his own career on the line to try and sortterms of facing up to the drugs problems in prisons and found knock—on effects in terms of violence and all sorts of things that come from that but we really had to address this seriously and not— the fact that it's notjust prisoners during the wrong thing, it is also guides. what do you make of this argument peter dawson was putting forward that the issue is around demand and if he had effectively happier more content prisoners, prisoners with things to look forward to, they wouldn't take the drugs. that's definitely been backed up by science. read lots of research about rats, showing that they are given a happier environment where they have things to do, where they are not bored, they are less likely to look to drugs and that kind of thing in laboratory experiments but i think you just can't put it down to something as simple as that. when people are locked up and kept away from their families and they have troubled backgrounds, they will be susceptible to drugs and don't think it's

we've had a strong response to the prisons minister rory stewart who says this is irresponsible of theice will take legal action today to try to enforce a court injunction in order to stop the protests a nd injunction in order to stop the protests and i imagine there will be a court hearing today and i am pretty sure the court will demand the prison officers stop this protest a nd the prison officers stop this protest and probably. later today. danny, thank you. let's get the latest weather update — with simon king let's start off with florence offshore north carolina, 30 miles towards the east of wilmington and you can see from this mass of cloud, due to amount of rainfall falling across north carolina, significant storms at reported this morning, ten feet. this storm, hurricane will continue to skirt around the coast, moving inland eventually, continuing to dumpa moving inland eventually, continuing to dump a huge amount of rainfall and bringing significant flooding. for the uk some sunshine at the moment, this is in norfolk, an unusual cloud spotted why are weather watcher, this is

the relevant minister rory stewart, the prisons and probation minister, said the government was takings down to ten. with restructured contracts. there is an opportunity to be cast these contracts to make it much more clear what is expected in these sorts of cases. but that said, my point is that things need to happen in the meantime, so the government can for example develop a strategy for domestic abuse probation services. it is not there at the moment. it can put pressure on these companies to improve their training for staff and certainly the national probation service that provides advice to courts can be more clear more often when it is appropriate to order building better relationships programme attendance. the chief inspector of probation, dame glenys stacey. the government has decided that eu citizens should face the same immigration rules as those from elsewhere in the world. that is after brexit. it follows a recommendation from the independent migration advisory committee, which was also backed by labour. it means any immigration system will be based on skills rather than n

the prisons minister, rory stewart, recently said he‘ll resign if these jails haven‘t improved withinry easy. see drugs on a daily occurrence. it causes major problems for not only as inmates but for staff as well. stretching almost three miles, lindholme near doncaster has the largest perimeter fence of any prison in the country and faces a huge challenge to keep the drugs out. this was found yesterday, how did it get in? this were thrown over in the industrial area. just thrown over the. . ? thrown over the fence. and then you‘ve got these tiny mobile phones. yeah, they‘re quite popular within the prison. they‘re obviously a lot easier to conceal, they‘ll be a lot less obvious than carrying the likes of a samsung around. the phones help inmates get hold of more drugs, and with the drugs comes increasing violence. you can never actually feel 100% safe in prison. you‘re in a very volatile environment. but with this introduction of spice, this new synthetic drug, prisons have become ultra—dangerous. on the day we filmed at lindholme, a prisoner was found dead in his cell. a link to dru

rory burns widely tipped for an england call—up and a ringing endorsement today from a man who knows about opening the batting for his country, alec stewart discussion, i know they have got to pick the squad but rory burns should be into that squad straightaway. he has done it for four years and this year, he is an even better player and he has scored heavily and when it matters both at the oval and away from home which is nearly 90 away from the oval this year which against big volumes. here'sa year which against big volumes. here's a quick learner and he has earned the right to play. what season earned the right to play. what seasonit earned the right to play. what season it has been for the burns! and four surrey. the last time they won the title in 2002, it was their third title in four years and they we re third title in four years and they were the kings of county cricket. they will now hope that this title can be the springboard to another in a row of domestic dominance. yes, the kings again. and you can read about the game and surrey‘s triumph on the bbc website and you will find the league tables because after losing, worcester 2