.— knew and love jack merritt and saskia jones. ~ . ., , , ~ saskia jones. jones. what was striking in the conclusions by _ saskia jones. what was striking in the conclusions by the _ saskia jones. what was striking in the conclusions by the jury - saskia jones. what was striking in the conclusions by the jury today | the conclusions by the jury today was that they were utterly unequivocal. the agencies that were supposed to be protecting the public from usman khan failed. there was a deficiency in the management of usman khan by the probation service and the police they said, and that the agencies who are responsible for monitoring him, mi five, and the west midlands counterterrorism police also failed. they were asked a series of questions. they were asked whether they'd been failure in the management of usman khan in a —— as and offender. they said yes. they also said there was insufficient training of those involved in his case and there had been a blind spot to this unique risk due to his image. neverasked to this unique risk due to his image. never ask

jack merritt i and saskia jones had been murdered and saskia jones had been murdered by a man he waso have had a terrorist past and was still under active investigation by mi5. of course, usman khan was responsible for saskia jones and jack merritt�*s death and that is why there was an unlawful killing conclusion by the jury, but it is striking that in their written conclusions, they talked about a lack of accountability by agencies of the state, not only had they nobody stood up and said, are we really going to allow usman khan to travel to london alonejust going to allow usman khan to travel to london alone just a year after his release, but also, that key bit of intelligence, he intends to carry out an attack after his release hadn't been widely shared. daniel sandford, thank you very much. and you can see much more on that over the course of the afternoon on the bbc news channel. time for a look at the weather. here's tomasz shafernaker. hello, and good afternoon, i am so delighted to bring you a forecast full of optimism, we have been advertising for days that the weather is set

saskia took place. joneswere young saskia jones and jack merritt were young people with their lives ahead of them, both committed to helping others in their different ways. the man who murdered them was living under a curfew afterjust coming out of prison for terrorism fences. he was still being investigated by mi5 but still he managed to travel alone to london to kill. convicted terrorists, usman khan, travelling to london alone on a train. only recently out of prison, there had been intelligence that he was planning an attack but the trip had been authorised. it ended with hand fighting on london bridgejust outside fishmongers�* hall, while inside two young people, saskia jones and jack merritt were dying. the inquest said the unacceptable management of khan and poor sharing of vital intelligence had contributed to their deaths. for those who _ contributed to their deaths. igrr' those who hide behind the cloak of secrecy, to search their own conscience and review their own potential failings. conscience and

saskia jones and jack merritt were extremely bright and talented young people.to do something good with their lives, to make tremendously positive contributions to our society. the fact that, as the jury determined, there were omissions or failures in the management of the attacker, and in the sharing of information and guidance by the agencies responsible, is simply unacceptable and i am so deeply sorry we weren't better than this in november 2019. usman khan was jailed as a teenager for trying to set up a terrorist training camp. after eight years in prison, he was still a high—risk category a inmate, seen as a violent, radicalising leader of prison extremists. a month before he was freed, there was intelligence recorded in capital letters that he intended to carry out an attack after his release. in prison, he had mixed with michael adebolajo, who killed lee rigby, leaders of two major al-qaeda bomb plots and the infamous preacher abu hamza. jack merritt�*s parents told me their son's death was the result of an unforgivable failure by a system that was not fi

jack merritt and saskia jones were "unlawfully killed" by usman khan in 2019.heir families say the authorities let them down. they had this hugely dangerous person— they had this hugely dangerous person and they lost sight of him being _ person and they lost sight of him being dangerous, really, from the beginning — being dangerous, really, from the beaainnin. ~ ., being dangerous, really, from the beaainnin. ~ . ., beginning. with all that information, _ beginning. with all that information, you - beginning. with all that information, you would | beginning. with all that - information, you would have beginning. with all that _ information, you would have thought that the authorities would have put in place a system to monitor and manage them effectively and keep the public safe, and they fail to do that. as the number of new uk coronavirus cases rises to more than 4,000, there's growing concern over whether restrictions can be lifted next month. the downing street flat refurbishment — an independent adviser says the prime minister didn't break the ministerial

the fact that saskia jones and jack may were trying _ saskia jones and jack may were trying to— saskiailled them makes it even more horrific. —— jack merritt. in even more horrific. —— jack merritt. in behatf— even more horrific. —— jack merritt. in behalf of— even more horrific. —— jack merritt. in behalf of the city of london police. — in behalf of the city of london police. i— in behalf of the city of london police, i would like to once again extend _ police, i would like to once again extend our— police, i would like to once again extend our most sincere sympathy and condolences to their family and friends — condolences to their family and friends and to others who were injured — friends and to others who were injured or— friends and to others who were injured or caught up in the attack. as emergency services, we constantly exercise _ as emergency services, we constantly exercise and _ as emergency services, we constantly exercise and train for incidents such— exercise and train for incidents such as — exercise and train for incidents such as this. whilst, of course, hoping — such

jack merritt and saskia jones _ dead, i wanted it over.still under active investigation by m15. of course, usman khan was responsible for saskia jones and jack merritt�*s death and that is why there was an unlawful killing conclusion by the jury, but it is striking that in their written conclusions, they talked about a lack of accountability by agencies of the state, not only had they nobody stood up and said, are we really going to allow usman khan to travel to london alonejust going to allow usman khan to travel to london alone just a year after his release, but also, that key bit of intelligence, he intends to carry out an attack after his release hadn't been widely shared.

jack merritt and saskia jones were unlawfully killed' by usman khan in 2019.heir families say the authorities let them down. the belarusian leader, alexander lukashenko accuses the west of trying to destabilise his country during talks with president putin. facing up to its colonial past. for the first time, germany formally recognises it committed genocide in namibia, and promises over a billion dollars in aid. and, the $6 trillion plan. president biden pushes the biggest spending programme since world war two to reboot the us economy and fend off competition from china. hello and welcome. inquests have ruled that two young cambridge graduates were unlawfully killed by a convicted terrorist at a prisoner rehabilitation event in london after a string of failures by police, the security services and probation service. jack merritt and saskia jones were stabbed to death by usman khan during the attack at fishmongers�* hall in 2019. he'd been released from prison on licence less than a year earlier — and was allowed to travel alone to the event in london — where

saskia jones and jack merritt were extremely bright and talented young people.th chosen to do something good with their lives, to make tremendously positive contributions to society. the fact, that as the jury determined, there were omissions or failures in the management of the attack and in the sharing of information and guidance by the agencies responsible is simply unacceptable, and i am deeply sorry we went better than this in 2019. we weren't better than this in 2019. usman khan was jailed as a teenager for trying to set up a terrorist training camp. after eight years in prison he was still a high—risk category a inmate, seen as a violent, radicalising extremist. before he was released there were a recording in capital letters he intended to carry out an attack. in prison, he mixed with one of the murderers of lee rigby, and abu hamza. jack merritt�*s parents told me there some�*s death was as a jack merritt�*s parents told me their son's death was as a result of a system not fit for purpose. they had this hugely dangerous person and they lost sight of him

an inquestjury finds jack merritt and saskia jones were �*unlawfully killed' at fishmongers hall by convictedrorist usman khan. a report into borisjohnson's refurbishment of his downing street flat says he didn't break the ministerial code, but did act unwisely. as the number of new uk coronavirus cases rises to more than a—thousand, there's growing concern over the further easing of restrictions due next month now on bbc news, the film review. i , it's a friday, and that means only one thing. hello and welcome to the film review with me, mark kermode, rounding up the best new movies available for viewing both in cinemas and in the home. back in 1961, disney scored an animated hit with 101 dominations adapted from the novel by dodie smith. a live—action remake starring glenn close as cruela devile followed in 1996 with a sequel 102 dalmations a few years later. now, as disney's campaign to recycle and reboot its back catalogue continues apace, we have cruella, a live—action prequel that's been in the works for almost a decade and which glenn close gets an executive producer credit. do you hav

saskia jones and jack merritt had been involved with learning together, a prison education organisation had been attending. khan had been a difficult prisoner, involved in violence against other inmates and radicalisation. he had improved his behaviour but there was intelligence suggesting that he might go back to his old ways. the inquests into the deaths of saskia jones and jack merritt have heard that it was usman khan's probation officer, ken skelton, who authorised his trip to the learning together event. but today, he insisted that he didn't make that decision alone. he said that a mapper panel, a panel of experts responsible for public protection, had backed the decision. ken skelton told the jury that although there is no written record of the mapper experts positively agreeing to the trip, they had been aware of it and had not objected. "they must have said he can go," he explained, "that decision would not have been made alone by me." either way, khan did travelm by himself, on a train to the capital, despite what saskia jones�*s family's lawyer said today was a remarkable num

saskia jones and jack merritt had been involved with learning together, a prison education organisationan had been attending. khan had been a difficult prisoner, involved in violence against other inmates and radicalisation. he had improved his behaviour but there was intelligence suggesting that he might go back to his old ways. the inquests into the deaths of saskia jones and jack merritt have heard that it was usman khan's probation officer, ken skelton, who authorised his trip to the learning together event. but today, he insisted that he didn't make that decision alone. he said that a mapper panel, a panel of experts responsible for public protection, had backed the decision. ken skelton told the jury that although there is no written record of the mapper experts positively agreeing to the trip, they had been aware of it and had not objected. "they must have said he can go," he explained, "that decision would not have been made alone by me." either way, khan did travelm by himself, on a train to the capital, despite what saskia jones�*s family's lawyer said today was a remarkable n

saskia jones and jack merritt had been involved with learning together, a prison education organisation had been attending. khan had been a difficult prisoner, involved in violence against other inmates and radicalisation. he had improved his behaviour but there was intelligence suggesting that he might go back to his old ways. the inquests into the deaths of saskia jones and jack merritt have heard that it was usman khan's probation officer, ken skelton, who authorised his trip to the learning together event. but today, he insisted that he didn't make that decision alone. he said that a mapper panel, a panel of experts responsible for public protection, had backed the decision. ken skelton told the jury that although there is no written record of the mapper experts positively agreeing to the trip, they had been aware of it and had not objected. "they must have said he can go," he explained, "that decision would not have been made alone by me." either way, khan did travelm by himself, on a train to the capital, despite what saskia jones�*s family's lawyer said today was a remarkable num

saskia jones and jack merritt had been involved with learning together, a prison education organisationnmates and radicalisation. he had improved his behaviour but there was intelligence suggesting that he might go back to his old ways. the inquests into the deaths of saskia jones and jack merritt have heard that it was usman khan's probation officer, ken skelton, who authorised his trip to the learning together event. but today, he insisted that he didn't make that decision alone. he said that a mapper panel, a panel of experts responsible for public protection, had backed the decision. ken skelton told the jury that although there is no written record of the mapper experts positively agreeing to the trip, they had been aware of it and had not objected. "they must have said he can go," he explained, "that decision would not have been made alone by me." either way, khan did travel by himself, on a train to the capital, despite what saskia jones's family's lawyer said today was a remarkable number of red flags waving. daniel sandford, bbc news. a woman from mali in west africa may have m

jack merritt and saskia jones were unlawfully killed' by usman khan in 2019.n leader, alexander lukashenko accuses the west of trying to destabilise his country during talks with president putin. facing up to its colonial past. for the first time, germany formally recognises it committed genocide in namibia, and promises over a billion dollars in aid. and, the $6 trillion plan. president biden pushes the biggest spending programme since world war two to reboot the us economy and fend off competition from china.

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initial tack concluding that nothing could've been done to stop him from killing jack merritt and saskia joneshile the evidence presented at the inquest seriously cast doubt on that and suggests that there were enormous missed opportunities for people with expertise to have stopped this and numerous chances, you know, numerous warning signs about his behaviour, his state of mind in the run—up to the attack, and that people were put at risk when they did not need to be put at risk, which is a really serious issue. , ., , risk, which is a really serious issue. g . , ., , risk, which is a really serious issue. ., , . issue. jasmine, always difficult, these stories, _ issue. jasmine, always difficult, these stories, because - issue. jasmine, always difficult, these stories, because the - issue. jasmine, always difficult, l these stories, because the actual incident happened two years ago, not too full calendar years, but 2019, which feels, after covid, like a lifetime ago. it was a genuinely shocking, awful incident when it happened, but sometimes the further you get away from these things, someho

saskia jones was one of two people killed by usman khan at the event in november 2019.ore. prosecutors are being asked to consider whether to charge a man arrested on suspicion of murdering 31—year—old stuart lubbock, who died at the entertainer michael barrymore's home in essex two decades ago. his body was found in the former television presenter�*s swimming pool. two years after the government set up a compensation scheme for the windrush scandal, campaigners say they're concerned about the low number of payouts. the latest figures show that up to february, the home office has received almost 2,000 applications. just over 400 claims have resulted in a payment. the average claim takes about 1k months to process. the government has promised to right the wrongs and ensure the windrush generation get the compensation they deserve for the injustices they faced. our community affairs correspondent adina campbell has the story. anthony williams arrived in birmingham from jamaica when he was seven. he laterjoined the army and spent 13 years serving with the royal artillery.

it was he who ultimately signed off as khan's trip to london which ended up with the deaths of saskia jonesengthy discussions with a panel responsible for public protection. but today he was asked if he had been aware that mi5 had an open priority investigation into usman khan, who had recently been released from prison, and he said he didn't. he was asked, if he had known that, would it have twitched his antennae? he said it certainly would have done, had he been told that mis would have done, had he been told that mi5 had actually increased the priority of usman khan on his release from prison because of intelligence that he had been radicalising other prisoners and that he might possibly be planning an attack, he said no, and that if he had have known, it would have had a huge impact upon his decision—making. he said that the whole management process would have altered potentially. he was then also asked if he was aware that mi5 had been present at these multi—agency public protection meetings, when the case was being discussed, and he said that he had had no idea that mi5 were even pres

an inquestjury says jack merritt and saskia jones were unlawfully killed by usman khan at a prisoner let them down. probation and police teams directly responsible for khan's supervision were staffed by officers with little or no experience of terrorism offenders. there was praise for the bravery of those who tackled khan on london bridge, and an apology to the victims'

zoe, thank you, following the inquest into the death of jack merritt and saskia jones.he pandemic closed so many workplaces. now, with lockdown easing, many businesses are planning for their employees to return — but will it be the same? 43 out of 50 firms questioned by the bbc, including some of the uk's biggest employers, said they don't plan to bring staff back to the office full time, that there will be a mixture of home and office working. ben thompson has been looking at how the world of work could change. back in the office after 1a months at home. i took on my role in march 2020. it was kind of a baptism by pandemic. for monica, who started her newjob just as the crisis began, getting back to the office is a chance to change how she and her team can work. when you come into the office, there are going to be open spaces, collaboration spaces. before, very much, we came into the office, we sat at our desks. sometimes we had meetings, but often, we were sitting at our desk. now we are reconfiguring to make sure we have spaces that facilitate that collaboration. tha

jack merritt and saskia jones were "unlawfully killed" by usman khan in 2019.

speaking at the inquest into the deaths of khan's victims jack merritt and saskia jones, ken skelton?— tell us more about what mr skelton has been saying, zoe? the inquest is heafina has been saying, zoe? the inquest is hearin: all has been saying, zoe? the inquest is hearing all day _ has been saying, zoe? the inquest is hearing all day today _ has been saying, zoe? the inquest is hearing all day today from _ has been saying, zoe? the inquest is hearing all day today from ken i hearing all day today from ken skelton, the probation officer who was responsible for managing usman khan in the community. but he didn't do thatjob on his own, he worked with other probation officers, and the police, and in fact they would all get together in meetings to discuss usman khan. there could be 15 of them in the room, and the purpose of those meetings was public protection, to protect the public from usman khan. and so, he was asked, why was it that at the three meetings leading up to the fishmongers' hall attack, why was it that the risk associated with usman khan attending that event was never di