two women arrested during a vigil for sarah everard on clapham common receive substantial damages from the metropolitan police. and, rumours of the death of cash are greatly exaggerated — payments with notes and coins rose last year. coming up on bbc news, trending in the right direction. england's captain says ben stokes's record innings is timely with just three weeks to go until their world cup defence begins. hello and welcome to the bbc news at one. in the last hour, the prime minister has acknowledged that his target of reducing nhs waiting lists in england is in doubt. his comments come as it's revealed that the number of people waiting to start routine hospital treatment in england has risen to a new record high. an estimated 7.68 million people were waiting at the end ofjuly. the prime minister called the figures "obviously disappointing" but said industrial action by doctors was a significant cause. 0ur health correspondent dominic hughes is in salford. good afternoon. waiting lists hitting nearly 7.7 million people in england, that represents around one in seven of the popul

hundreds of women gathered in march two years ago on clapham common to remember sarah everard, but theame on you, shame on you. i was putting a candle down for sarah. a woman held her hand out and asked me to come up to the bandstand to help. the police were very heavy— handed with a lot of women. we just didn't expect to be arrested. ijust wanted to show my support for other women. it sounds like it's still really distressing for you to talk about. yeah. i think it's been a huge part of my life for the past two and a half years. as dania listened, she realised she was the woman who patsy was describing trying to help as police moved in. i'd just found out she was the woman putting her hand out, and i didn't even know. i didn't know that was you. she sobs. you said it there, and it clicked. we never really spoke about it. we didn't know each other before the vigil. i sort of held my hand out. and we grabbed each other�*s arms, and she climbed over with me. and then we put our arms around each other. and you've onlyjust realised now. yeah. just realised, yeah. we've never really spoken

hundreds of women gathered in march two years ago on clapham common to remember sarah everard. women there. shame on you! i was putting a candle down for sarah. a woman held her hand out and asked me to come up to the bandstand to help. the police were very heavy—handed with a lot of women. we just didn't expect to be arrested. ijust wanted to show my support for other women. sounds like it's still really distressing for you to talk about. yeah. i think it's been a huge part of my life for the past two—and—a—half years. as dania listened, she realised she was the woman who patsy was describing trying to help as police moved in. i just found out, she was the woman putting her hand out and i didn't even know. i didn't know that it was you. oh, my god! you said it there and it clicked, you'd never really spoken about it? we didn't know each other. before the vigil. i held my hand out and we grabbed each other's arms and she climbed over with me, and then we put our arms around each other. and you've onlyjust realised now? just realised, yeah. yeah. we'd never really spoken about i

hundreds of women gathered in march two years ago on clapham common to remember sarah everard. andle down for sarah. a woman held her hand out and asked me to come up to the bandstand to help. the police were very heavy— handed with a lot of women. we just didn't expect to be arrested. ijust wanted to show my support for other women. sounds like it's still really distressing for you to talk about. yeah. i think it's been a huge part of my life for the past two and a half years. as dania listened, she realised she was the woman who patsy was describing trying to help as police moved in. ijust found out she was the woman putting her hand out, and i didn't even know. i didn't know that it was you. oh, my god! you said it there and it clicked. we never really spoke about it. we didn't know each other before the vigil. i held my hand out and we grabbed each other�*s arms, and she climbed over with me, and then we put our arms around each other. and you've onlyjust realised now? just realised, yeah. yeah. we'd never really spoken about it because we hadn't oh, my god. hey... but despi

_ response to the murders of sarah everard have instigated a movement of women _ everard have instigatedthe steps the scottish government is taking to criminalise misogynistic abuse and improve _ criminalise misogynistic abuse and improve our criminaljustice system improve our criminal justice system are in— improve our criminaljustice system are in part — improve our criminaljustice system are in part a — improve our criminaljustice system are in part a response to that but they— are in part a response to that but they cannot be the only response. there _ they cannot be the only response. there is— they cannot be the only response. there is a — they cannot be the only response. there is a much bigger responsibility on our society as a whole _ responsibility on our society as a whole and — responsibility on our society as a whole and particularly in all men to create _ whole and particularly in all men to create positive change. myself inctuded — create positive change. myself included need to do more than call outs negative male behaviour. we need _ outs negative male behaviour. we need

a woman arrested at the sarah everard vigil in 2021 says she still feels traumatised, has nightmaresith her. patsy stevenson says for the last few years have been very overwhelming. the met police has paid damages to her and another woman after they sued the force over their treatment. and football shirts collected by a mystery ex—england player during the 1990 world cup are going on sale. the eight shirts were collected during england's seven games in the tournament, which saw the team defeated in the semi—finals by west germany. time now to leave you with 10 seconds of abseiling. 102—year—old colin bell, an raf veteran has sailed 280 feet down the royal london hospital from the helipad to the pavement below. you're all caught up. bye for now. hello, i'm mark edwards. welcome to sportsday. here's what's coming up on our show. sensational century from sciver—brunt helps england seal a series win against sri lanka. sancho sent away. the manchester united winger won't train with the first team until his issues with ten hag are resolved. and you'll find out why francis tiafoe was somewh

two women arrested at a vigil for the murdered woman sarah everard secure what their lawyer describesbstantial payouts from the metropolitan police force. hello, i'm lukwesa burak. more international help is arriving for libya, where it's feared as many as 20,000 people may have died following catastrophic floods. the mayor of derna says the figure is based on the number of districts completely destroyed by sunday's disaster, when a tsunami—like river of floodwater swept through the port city. 5,300 people are known to have died, but thousands remain missing. joe inwood has this report. derna is a city overwhelmed. first by water, then by the scale of the humanitarian catastrophe the flooding has caused. and finally, overwhelmed by grief at the loss of life. "god give me patience. my heart is with you," this man cries as he sees the body of his young son. it's now becoming clearer that this was a natural disaster, but enabled by human actions. the wadi derna river had two dams — both failed. the upper one, ten kilometres from the town, had a capacity of about 1.5 million cubic metres

sarah everard had been murdered by serving officer wayne couzens.ebuilding in england. ministers said their proposals would help create 100,000 homes by 2030. labour says the government now needs to come up with a "workable solution". that's a look at some of the key stories in the uk today. you're live with bbc news. tech heavyweights have gathered in washington, along with us senators, to discuss the regulation of artificial intelligence. the bosses attending the meeting included meta's mark zuckerbeg, tesla's ceo, elon musk, and google chief sundai pichai. microsoft's former ceo bill gates was also there. the meeting was held behind closed doors. there are fears that al technology could lead to mass lay—offs, turbo charge fraud and make misinformation more convincing. 0ur north america correspondent nomia iqbal was on capitol hill and spoke to people who were in that closed—door session. this was a real who's who of tech tycoons gathered behind me. they met all 100 senators in order to discuss ai, discuss the benefits, the risks and how to regula

crackdown follows the conviction of the serial rapist david carrick, and wayne couzens, who murdered sarah everardhe met�*s leaders say hundreds of officers could face the sack. here's our home editor, mark easton. at the absolute heart of our plan is renewing our contract with londoners, our contract with the leadership lower down. both served in the armed _ leadership lower down. both served in the armed parliamentary - leadership lower down. both served in the armed parliamentary and - in the armed parliamentary and diplomatic protection command. the unit is being overhauled with a new leadership team and a plan to recruit 20% women and 20% from ethnic backgrounds. recruit 20% women and 2096 from ethnic backgrounds.— recruit 2096 women and 2096 from ethnic backgrounds. 34,000 men and women in the — ethnic backgrounds. 34,000 men and women in the metropolitan _ ethnic backgrounds. 34,000 men and women in the metropolitan police - ethnic backgrounds. 34,000 men and women in the metropolitan police and one of— women in the metropolitan police and one of the _ women in the metropolitan police and o

the metropolitan police has paid damages to two women arrested at a london vigil for sarah everard ,stevenson sarah everard, patsy stevenson and danielle al—ubaid took legal action against the force over their arrests at a protest dunng their arrests at a protest during covid restrictions as hundreds of people attended the vigil in march 2021 to pay their respects to ms everard, who was kidnapped , raped and murdered by kidnapped, raped and murdered by police officer wayne cousins. he was sentenced to a whole life term payment . s using cash have term payment. s using cash have risen for the first time in a decade. risen for the first time in a decade . ad that's according to decade. ad that's according to trading body uk finance . it says trading body uk finance. it says the number of payments made using notes and coins increased by 7% last year. it's thought people are making greater use of cash as a way of managing budgets during the cost of living crisis . and house prices living crisis. and house prices declined in august at their fastest rate since 2009. that's according to the

the metropolitan police has paid damages to two women who were arrested at a vigil for sarah everard in march 2021. the vigil had been cancelled by the met, who said the event was illegal under lockdown restrictions, and threatened the organisers with £10,000 fines. but by the evening, hundreds had gathered, leading to clashes between police and some of those in attendance. patsy stevenson — pictured here being pinned to the ground by two male offcers — and dania al—obeid sued the force over their detention. karen findlay, commanderfor major events and public order policing for london, said the pandemic had presented an extremely difficult challenge for officers needing to balance the potential risk to public health. and... earlier, my colleague lukwesa burak spoke to patsy stevenson and dania al—obeid and started by asking them how they felt. we are very happy but at the same time, it is not a full apology. there is that part of it. we're very happy this has come to an end. fiend happy this has come to an end. and we will come _ happy this has come to an end. and we will come to _ ha

two women who were arrested at a vigil for the murdered woman sarah everard have secured payouts frompham common in march 2021 when covid restrictions were in place. the met was criticised for its policing of the the vigil with some women bundled to the ground. in a statement the met said "we tried to achieve a balance that recognised the rights of the public to protest while also continuing to enforce the relevant covid legislation." more than 200 drivers were arrested in essex last month after a week—long drink and drug driving campaign. the force was supporting a national campaign in the last week of august, conducting roadside drink and drug tests, pulling over around 300 drivers. they say the message that driving under the influence is against the law is still not getting through. london mps from across the political divide have condemned plans to close the majority of ticket offices at rail stations across the country. rail operators and the government say they want staff out from behind the glass and helping people on station platforms. but critics say that would damage service

two women arrested during a vigil for sarah everard on clapham common receive substantial damages fromwith notes and coins rose last year. coming up on bbc news, trending in the right direction. england's captain says ben stokes's record innings is timely with just three weeks to go until their world cup defence begins.

two years since former met constable wayne couzens was given a whole life order for murdering sarah everardiven 36 life sentences for a series of rapes. at the absolute heart of our plan is renewing our contract with londoners, our contract with the public. we police by consent in this country, we know we've got so much to do to rebuild that trust and to rebuild that connection. 100 officers have been sacked in the past year, up 66% from the normal rate and 275 are still due to face gross misconduct hearings — many relating to violence against women and girls, including allegations of rape. the yard says they intend holding 60 misconduct hearings every month over the next few years. 0ne officer currently suspended and facing a gross misconduct case called bbc radio 5 live this morning. yes, there are some wrong officers in the force and there are wrong officers in every force. but there's a lack of common sense, there's a lack of leadership lower down, not higher up, lower down. both couzens and carrick served in the armed parliamentary and diplomatic protection command. the unit is being o

it's two years since wayne couzens was given a whole life order for murdering sarah everard and morees of rapes.— for a series of rapes. at the heart ofthe for a series of rapes. at the heart of the plan _ for a series of rapes. at the heart of the plan is _ for a series of rapes. at the heart of the plan is renewing _ for a series of rapes. at the heart of the plan is renewing our- for a series of rapes. at the heart i of the plan is renewing our contract with the _ of the plan is renewing our contract with the public. we police by consent— with the public. we police by consent in this country. we know we have so _ consent in this country. we know we have so much— consent in this country. we know we have so much to do to rebuild that trust _ have so much to do to rebuild that trust and — have so much to do to rebuild that trust and rebuild that connection. 100 officers have been sacked in the past year, up 66% on the normal rate, and 275 are still due to face gross misconduct hearings, many relating to violence against women and girls, including allegations of rape. the yard say the

two women arrested during a vigil for sarah everard receive "substantial" damages from the metropolitan government funding to help england's most endangered species. sport, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's mark edwards. hello from the bbc sport centre. we start with cricket and a scintillating century from nat siver brunt has seen her write her name

but the met police has paid damages to two women arrested at a london vigil for sarah everard , patsyenson sarah everard, patsy stevenson and dania al—obeid took legal action against the force over their arrests at a protest dunng their arrests at a protest during covid restrictions as hundreds of people attended the vigil in march 2021 to pay their respects to ms everard, who was kidnapped , raped and murdered by kidnapped, raped and murdered by a police officer , wayne couzens. a police officer, wayne couzens. he was sentenced to a whole life term . the uk government's to term. the uk government's to introduce martha's rule in hospitals across england, allowing patients to seek a second opinion if their concerns are ignored. it's named after a 13 year old girl, martha, who tragically died due to a missed diagnosis. she passed away in 2021 from sepsis . a coroner has 2021 from sepsis. a coroner has ruled she might have survived with earlier intervention action. health secretary steve barclay says he's committed to the swift implementation of the rule, particularly in paediatric paedi

trust in the met police in particular in the look of controversies, well, awful situations like sarah everardhere _ are not allowed to go on strike, but there is— are not allowed to go on strike, but there is an — are not allowed to go on strike, but there is an element of refusing to id there is an element of refusing to go to— there is an element of refusing to go to work— there is an element of refusing to go to work which is a sort of quasi—of industrial action. so they -et quasi—of industrial action. so they get to— quasi—of industrial action. so they get to deal— quasi—of industrial action. so they get to deal with this very acute problem — get to deal with this very acute problem that was threatening to require — problem that was threatening to require the army to be brought in. on the _ require the army to be brought in. on the other side, they get to 0n the other side, they get to protect— 0n the other side, they get to protect the public from the possibility that elite force could be used — possibility that elite force could be used wrongly by police with impunity— be used wrongly b

two women arrested at a vigil for the murdered woman sarah everard secure what their lawyer describes