very difficult month or so for the met, the charging of one of their officers with the murder of sarah everardvestigation for allegedly raping two of his female colleagues and now the conviction of an officer for membership of a neo—nazi terrorist organisation. individually these are all very unusual or unprecedented and i think it really is a bit of a coincidence that they have kind of hit the front pages in quick succession. they also come amid an ongoing debate about the way scotland yard has been policing protests during the pandemic, not least the vigil for protests during the pandemic, not least the vigilfor sarah protests during the pandemic, not least the vigil for sarah everard on clapham common. the question though i think is whether there is an underlying problem in terms of public trust in the met and while the situation is not disastrous, the data collected by the greater london authority suggests that things have been deteriorating. overall, victim satisfaction down from 77% to 64%. the proportion of londoners who say police are doing a good job in the local area down from 68% to

a few weeks ago, which _ for sarah everard a few weeks ago, which again— for sarah everard a few weeks know the police in _ just does not look good. i know the police in this place spoke to the clergy— police in this place spoke to the clergy outside a church before the entered, — clergy outside a church before the entered, but any thoughts of the police _ entered, but any thoughts of the police at — entered, but any thoughts of the police at the pulp dictating to people — police at the pulp dictating to people that they have to break up a good _ people that they have to break up a good friday service is not a good look _ the sunday times, shyama, they have got to boris johnson the sunday times, shyama, they have got to borisjohnson and his concern of illiteracy. so many ramifications from the pandemic, of course, in terms of education, people talking about a lost generation of young children. but illiteracy is what the government are particularly worried about. , , ., ., ., ., about. yes, they are worried that of the 200.000 — about. yes, they are worried that of the 200,000 pupils _

a woman who was arrested in connection with sarah everard's abduction and death, has had her bail extendednd near ashford in kent, a week later. metropolitan police officer, wayne couzens has been charged with her kidnap and murder. the woman who was arrested at the same time on suspicion of assisting an offender, is now bailed to visit a police station in earlyjune. a hundred mps and peers have written to borisjohnson asking him to intervene to help families access medicinal cannabis for their seriously ill children. the law was changed in november 2018 to allow nhs doctors to prescribe the drug, following the high profile campaign run by alfie dingley�*s family, but only three prescriptions have been issued. many families are having to pay thousands of pounds for private treatment. the government says it's considering what further action it could take to broaden access to unlicensed cannabis—based products. monkey embryos containing human cells have been made in a laboratory china says it's willing to co—operate with some european countries over the issue of climate change is the argumen

the charging of one of their officers with the murder of sarah everard, another officer being investigated colleagues, and now a serving officer convicted of being a member of a neo—nazi terrorist organisation. individually, these are all very unusual, or unprecedented. and i do think it is just coincidence that they have all hit the front pages in quick succession. the question though is whether there is an underlying problem, in terms of public trust in the matter. while the situation is not disastrous, i think we ought to look at the data, the official figures. it does show a deteriorating picture. 0verall victim satisfaction is down from 77%, to 64% in three years. the proportion of londoners who say the police are doing a good job in their local area, also down from 68%, to 56%. on the proportion who agree that the police can be relied upon to be there when needed, also down from 76%, to 67%. public trust in the police is really a measure of their legitimacy. and legitimacy is their legitimacy. and legitimacy is the bedrock of the whole british system of policing by consent. that is w

a woman who was arrested in connection with sarah everard's death has been arrested. her body was found hidden in an area of woodland in ashton, in kent. a police officer has been charged with her kidnap and murder. the woman, who was arrested at the same time on charges of assisting an offender, has been granted bail until earlyjune. 100 mps and peers have written to boris johnson asking him to intervene to help families access additional cannabis for their seriously ill children. the law was changed in november 2018 to allow health service doctors to prescribe the drug following the high—profile campaign. 0nly the high—profile campaign. only three prescriptions have been issued. many families are having to pay thousands of pounds for private treatment. the government says it is considering what further action it could take to broaden access to unlicensed cannabis based product. now on bbc news, our world presents hong kong: jimmy lai's last stand. and a warning: this film contains images of flash photography. jimmy lai — billionaire, activist and a staunch critic of

a woman who was arrested in connection with sarah everard's abduction and death, has had her bail extendedr body was found hidden in an area of woodland near ashford in kent, a week later. metropolitan police officer, wayne couzens has been charged with her kidnap and murder. the woman who was arrested at the same time on suspicion of assisting an offender, is now bailed to visit a police station in earlyjune. after months of empty stadiums, fans will return to watching major sports events this weekend with both the world snooker championships and the fa cup semi—finals admitting limited, socially distanced crowds. all spectators will have to meet government requirements to prove they're free of coronavirus, as laura scott reports. remember when sporting moments were celebrated like this? they may soon be again. snooker is leading the way in trying to get fans back. ronnie 0'sullivan begins his world championship title defence tomorrow in similar circumstances to how he won the tournament last year — playing to a crowd of 300 at the crucible. that number will climb to a full house come the

sarah everard went missing on march the 3rd, you will remember she had been visiting a friend in southman of course charged with abduction and murder. the headlines on bbc news: the archbishop of canterbury calls for believers to pray for the queen in the run up to prince philip's funeral tomorrow. justin welby says he hopes the nation will sympathise. labour has said there are "serious questions to answer" after it emerged the health secretary, matt hancock, has shares in a potential supplier for nhs trusts in england. there are appeals for calm in chicago, as footage emerges of a 13—year—old boy being shot dead by police. prosecutors in northern ireland are to bring charges against seven people in connection with the alleged ill—treatment of patients in a hospital psychiatric unit. it's understood those being prosecuted are staff members at muckamore abbey hospital in county antrim. 0ur correspondent chris page is in belfast. explain more about what the police are saying. explain more about what the police are sa inc. , , explain more about what the police aresa inc. , , ., , are say