such as wandsworth-— in a local cat to be present such as wandsworth. �* ., , ., , wandsworth.rstaffing - wandsworth. and there are questions about possible understaffing at - wandsworth. and there are questions about possible understaffing at the i about possible understaffing at the facilities. that is something you have noticed during your time as a prison officer. fill. have noticed during your time as a prison officer-— prison officer. oh, yes. the prison service is in _ prison officer. oh, yes. the prison service is in crisis, _ prison officer. oh, yes. the prison service is in crisis, and _ prison officer. oh, yes. the prison service is in crisis, and we - prison officer. oh, yes. the prison service is in crisis, and we are - prison officer. oh, yes. the prison service is in crisis, and we are not| service is in crisis, and we are not just talking wandsworth here, we are talking england and wales. there is understaffing, there is no staff retention. the prison service lead up retention. the prison service lead up experienced staff, like myself, over the last 20 years. swa

he was spotted walking towards wandsworth town centre.— wandsworth town centre._ wandsworth town centre. and where has that information come _ wandsworth town centre. and where has that information come from? - wandsworth town centre. and where l has that information come from? that is a call from — has that information come from? that is a call from a — has that information come from? trisgt is a call from a member of the public thanks to the appeal work we have been doing with the media. typically this member of the public saw him getting out from underneath the lorry and walking along? yes. do ou think the lorry and walking along? yes. do you think at — the lorry and walking along? yes do you think at this stage the lorry and walking along? 1673 do you think at this stage he might have gone across the common, is that the route that he too, have you any other idea? he the route that he too, have you any other idea?— the route that he too, have you any other idea? he was walking towards the town centre _ other idea? he was walking towards the town centre when _

i prisons says wandsworth should be close? ~ �* , , prisons says wandsworth should be close?k it's very difficult for the public _ close? i think it's very difficult for the public to _ close? i think it's very difficult for the public to have - close? i think it's very difficult for the public to have faith - close? i think it's very difficult for the public to have faith in i close? i think it's very difficult i for the public to have faith in the prison system. and what we have recklessly done is push up the prison population without putting in place the resources to manage that. so far from making place the resources to manage that. so farfrom making us place the resources to manage that. so far from making us safer, place the resources to manage that. so farfrom making us safer, it place the resources to manage that. so far from making us safer, it has made us less safe. is not merely that staff in the long term have been cut in any case, they have huge absences the staff in post, it's that the staff that are there simply lack experience, they have lost the most experien

or escape from wandsworth of wandsworth or escape from wa|that)rth of wandsworth or escape from wa|that, early 80s. the late 70s, early 80s. >> it's a very secure prison. >> so it's a very secure prison. >> so it's a very secure prison. >> bordered on one side by >> it's bordered on one side by the railway line, which many people right away people will know goes right away into clapham junction. >> um, so i think that will be one the, one of reviews, one of the, one of the reviews, one of the, one of the reviews, one investigate is one of the investigate is currently underway the prison currently underway in the prison as he's managed as to exactly how he's managed to escape from the prison and be on it indicate you the >> does it indicate to you the attire this individual was attire that this individual was wearing may well have wearing that he may well have been some kind of been working in some kind of kitchen roll? we've red and kitchen roll? we've got red and white trousers. we've white chequered trousers. we've got brown steel cap boots. got brown steel toe cap boots. >> yeah. onl

wandsworth prison.ame to escape from wandsworth prison. in terms of the manor. — from wandsworth prison. in terms of the manor. in _ from wandsworth prison. in terms of the manor, in terms _ from wandsworth prison. in terms of the manor, in terms of _ from wandsworth prison. in terms of the manor, in terms of the _ from wandsworth prison. in terms of the manor, in terms of the capture, l the manor, in terms of the capture, how many officers are we talking, and why hone in on chiswick? what is the change there? last and why hone in on chiswick? what is the change there?— the change there? last night and durin: the the change there? last night and during the night, _ the change there? last night and during the night, we _ the change there? last night andl during the night, we conducted an intelligence led search of the premises in the richmond area. we had cautioned several members of the public— had cautioned several members of the public in _ had cautioned several members of the public in various locati

from wandsworth prison.h prison.— prisoner daniel khalife who escaped from wandsworth prison. by the name of daniel abbot _ from wandsworth prison. by the name of daniel abbot cal. _ from wandsworth prison. by the name of daniel abbot cal. daniel— from wandsworth prison. by the name of daniel abbot cal. daniel khalife - of daniel abbot cal. daniel khalife was remanded in custody at hmp wandsworth on the 28th of january this year. —— daniel khalife. having been charged with offensive and is to have taken place during january of 2021 while serving in the armed forces. —— charged with offences. you will understand that while there is a live criminal investigation and progress, there are limits on what i can properly say. daniel khalife will be caught in due course, and will be caught in due course, and will face a trial. nothing should be said in this house or elsewhere this might prejudice those proceedings. so, let me assist the health of what i can say. at approximately 730 yesterday morning, a vehicle which

and wandsworth. and we put him in wandsworth. that it's a very commonly thing , that commonly known thing, that wandsworth pretty leaky, is wandsworth is pretty leaky, is that it's not very well organised. people go missing internally. people have tried to get out in the past and then we give him a job in the kitchen and that's supposed to for be people deemed a quote people who aren't deemed a quote unquote risk. but unquote flight risk. but from what you've said to me, it's highly your view, as highly likely in your view, as somebody inside somebody who's been inside there, either decided there, that he's either decided to or if a state to do it himself or if a state like iran decided they wanted to get this guy out of there, they would fancy their chances of being able to do that . i think, being able to do that. i think, yeah, in a way that somewhere like belmarsh, which is built for holding terrorism suspects, there would be no chance of getting out of there. >> you know, the security there is much better the regime is much

simonjones is outside wandsworth prison. what happened? it outside wandsworth prison. what ha ened?h prison. what hauened? , , w, ., , happened? it seems extraordinary, somethin: happened? it seems extraordinary, something you _ happened? it seems extraordinary, something you might _ happened? it seems extraordinary, something you might hear- happened? it seems extraordinary, something you might hear in - happened? it seems extraordinary, something you might hear in a - happened? it seems extraordinary, | something you might hear in a film. so it was yesterday morning, just over 2a hours ago when this prisoner, danielabed khalife, over 2a hours ago when this prisoner, daniel abed khalife, who was working as a chef, managed to make his escape by clinging to the bottom of a van that had gone into the prison delivering food. in theory, that van should have been checked notjust when it went in, but when it was leaving. so some real questions about how this actually happened. and in terms of the police investigation, that man hunt is very much continuing today. i have spoken to the metro

daniel khalife was being held at hmp wandsworth - what happened?alife wasi being held at hmp wandsworth and what happened? daniel khalife was - being held at hmp wandsworth and had been there for a few months after having been charged injanuary with terrorism offences and also offences against the official secrets act. he is alleged to be working for a hostile state. he was working in the kitchen at hmp wandsworth this morning wearing the uniform of a cook this morning in red and white checked trousers and white t—shirt. what people think happened is that he simply clung onto the bottom of a food delivery van and was driven out of hmp wandsworth. that seems to have been the way he made his escape. obviously investigations are going on as to how that happened but the working theory is he was literally driven out of the prison strapped to the underside of a food delivery van. in the last hour i have been speaking to commander dominic murphy of counterterrorism command and i asked him how hard police are working to find daniel khalife. , . , ., , , ,

high street or wandsworth high street or wandsworth town centre .was wandsworth town centre. it was then obviously . martin and then obviously. martin and nothing was really heard until a bit later or well into the evening on on friday night when the search activity itself switched out to the chiswick area and then very fast moving overnight and into this morning with lots of police activity and multiple confirmed sightings of this man, changed his clothing . this man, changed his clothing. by this man, changed his clothing. by this time, he was out of his chef's uniform. that white top and the red and white checked trousers and was instead wearing a black baseball cap. clearly in a black baseball cap. clearly in a bid to hide his face and other dark clothing, including dark bottoms . and he was spotted bottoms. and he was spotted multiple times in the chiswick area . the police responded en area. the police responded en masse and they got their man . masse and they got their man. according to scotland yard , just according to scotland yard, just be

i wandsworth? let me address the specific issue of wandsworth. as | wandsworth?senior prison service staff on site, that is why a former governor has specific involvement... former governor has specific involvement. . ._ former governor has specific involvement... that is not my question- _ involvement... that is not my question. this _ involvement... that is not my question. this is _ involvement... that is not my question. this is an _ involvement... that is not myj question. this is an important question. this is an important question. i am asking you, my question. i am asking you, my question is whether or not your department received recent requests for help from the london prison service or from the for help from the london prison service orfrom the jail for help from the london prison service or from the jail itself to do with the situation there. we soke a do with the situation there. - spoke a few months ago about pentonville and belmarsh, we are very close contact with all of these dozens, of course we are. t very close contact with all of these dozens,

wandsworth prison holds around — khalife's escape.olds around 1600 _ khalife's escape. wandsworth prison holds around 1600 people, - khalife's escape. wandsworth prison holds around 1600 people, well- khalife's escape. wandsworth prison holds around 1600 people, well in l holds around 1600 people, well in excess of standard operating capacity. and, a lot of people in the prison system, and a lot of experts on the outside say that this is a kind of prison which ultimately has to be closed, it is dark, victorian, unfit for the modern world. they said that the sooner it closes, the better. but of course, the building programme is a very complicated matter. the government is committed to building more prisons. there is also the matter of morale. there is a high turnover of prison officers across england and wales. high levels of sickness. there has been a loss over the last few years, an awful lot of experienced prison officers leaving. lots of those staff are inexperienced because they have not beenin inexperienced because they have not

wandsworth prison holds many prisoners, 1600.of that stuff available. so, there should have been hundred and 20 on duty for looking after 1600 prisoners, but they are decimated. safety and security comes first and foremost. tote safety and security comes first and foremost. ~ , ., _ safety and security comes first and foremost. ~ , ., ., foremost. we should say that risoner foremost. we should say that prisoner escapes _ foremost. we should say that prisoner escapes like - foremost. we should say that prisoner escapes like this - foremost. we should say that prisoner escapes like this are | prisoner escapes like this are extremely rare compote of decades past. but what is the solution to this? isjust more past. but what is the solution to this? is just more funding? past. but what is the solution to this? isjust more funding? tia. past. but what is the solution to this? isjust more funding? no. -- compared — this? isjust more funding? no. -- compared to _ this? isjust more funding? no. -- compared to decades _ this? isjust more f

we inspected wandsworth in 2021.ere were insufficient numbers of staff in the jail . on one of of staff in the jail. on one of those inspections, 30% were unavailable for full work. they were either off sick or they were either off sick or they were on light duties and consequently the whole jail , as consequently the whole jail, as we found in a number of prisons across the country, was simply creaking because there weren't enough staff. and what that meant is prisoners were locked in their cells for very long penods in their cells for very long periods of time. >> recorded a poignant >> the kings recorded a poignant message to mark first message to mark the first anniversary of queen elizabeth's death. king charles, who also released a photo his mother, released a photo of his mother, will commemorate her life and service with private prayers at balmoral. the prince and princess of wales are expected to attend a special service at saint cathedral in saint david's cathedral in pembrokeshire. audio pembrokeshire. in

wandsworth high street. a2 oh five. now that that's the route and where the actual van was stopped at that location, stopped . at at that location, stopped. at 837 on that. the police stopped this van on upper richmond road and they discovered after they carried out a detailed search of the vehicle, this scrapping under beneath the vehicle . the under beneath the vehicle. the senior officer saying that they are convinced that he managed to use that to suspend himself under the vehicle. now, what it does not say in this new information that's come out from scotland yard is any indication as to what point at this terror suspect it managed to free himself from underneath that vehicle and run off back . but vehicle and run off back. but what they are saying is the enquiries, which currently are involving 150 specialist officers , those officers are officers, those officers are concentrating their enquiries along this route, the route that the vehicle took right up to upper richmond road where the vehicle was sto

what we do know is that wandsworth is a prison under immense pressure. of the prison population, how it goes up and down. wandsworth is a big prison in london, the second most overcrowded prison in england and wales and at the end ofjuly it is designed to hold no more than 950 men, but was holding 1600 at that time. as your correspondent has rightly identified, staffing shortages as well. everyone in one's ward has been working under extreme pressure, so i'm not surprised something like this has happened, although prison escapes being quite rare. in this has happened, although prison escapes being quite rare.— escapes being quite rare. in terms of a staffing _ escapes being quite rare. in terms of a staffing shortages, _ escapes being quite rare. in terms of a staffing shortages, what - escapes being quite rare. in terms of a staffing shortages, what are l of a staffing shortages, what are the sort of numbers we are actually talking about here. 17 the sort of numbers we are actually talking about here.— the sort of numbers we are actually talking about h

what does this| mean for officials and wandsworth and the management of wandsworth?tions and serious failures at the prison. we have heard from a member of parliament saying that the prison service is understaffed. so what was anyone doing about it? if they knew there was only seven members of staff on a night duty, how was that being addressed by the prison service? i think the prison governor has serious questions to answer and the supervisors and the staff on duty at that time. i know there will be questions raised why this man was in the cat b prison and not in say belmarsh and how has he had access to the kitchen and potentially access to weapons, with his military background where they could have access to weapons and having contact with a delivery van.— here are some pictures from the house of commons. we are expecting a statement from the lord chancellor about the position at wandsworth and the hunt for daniel khalife. meanwhile, there's another ongoing manhunt — this time in the us. a convicted murderer is still at large, more than a week after he escaped fr

hagar towards wandsworth towne centre. how siinificant towards wandsworth towne centre.towards wandsworth towne centre. how significant is this development? the - significant is this development? the first significant is this development? iie: first sighting is significant is this development? i"i9 first sighting is significant, significant is this development? ii9 first sighting is significant, it helps us build a picture of where daniel khalife may have travelled after the sighting. we have a lot of members of staff working through some of that and we are still dealing with lots of calls from the members of the public, over 100 calls so we are really grateful for the public support so far. ieiiii calls so we are really grateful for the public support so far.- calls so we are really grateful for the public support so far. tell us a bit more about _ the public support so far. tell us a bit more about the _ the public support so far. tell us a bit more about the reward - the public support so far. tell us a bit more about the reward your. bit more about the reward your of

what we do know is that wandsworth is a prison under immense pressure.ague keep a record of the prison population and how it goes up and down. wandsworth, a big old prison in london, is the second most overcrowded prison in england and wales, and at the end ofjuly — it's designed to hold no more than 950 men, but it was holding more than 1600 at that time. and as your correspondent has rightly identified, staffing shortages as well a big problem. so everyone in wandsworth has been working under extreme pressure. and, unfortunately, i'm not surprised that something like this has happened, albeit prison escapes being quite rare. in terms of staffing shortages, what are the sort of numbers were actually talking about here? we are seeing more people leaving the service thanjoining in some prisons. and in wandsworth we are hearing of very small numbers. i can't go into precise details. it varies at different times of the week. we've seen reports on weekends where staffing is much smaller and in the evenings as well. but what we do know is that staffing shorta

so there has been ongoing staffing issues at wandsworth prison. was that on shifts like that that were so understaffed people were then asked to stay to do double shifts to make up the shortfall. now, undoubtedly, when you have situations like this, things are going to happen, mistakes are going to be made. it is really, really disconcerting that there is now someone on the loose who was able to escape. i actually raised this with thejustice secretary as well many months ago when i was alerted to this. live now to the bbc�*s mark lobel who is outside wandsworth prison in south london. what's the latest on the search for daniel khalife?— daniel khalife? well, 27 hours on, the manhunt _ daniel khalife? well, 27 hours on, the manhunt continues _ daniel khalife? well, 27 hours on, the manhunt continues after- daniel khalife? well, 27 hours on, the manhunt continues after that l the manhunt continues after that unimaginable escape from the building which you can see behind me where daniel khalife, a terror suspect, crawled under a food delivery van and

so now, where is wandsworth in relation to london?ndon, westminster in this direction, then interestingly here is richmond park, where police had been searching — that search has now concluded. and you can see for reference, wandsworth is just concluded. and you can see for reference, wandsworth isjust here. so these are the kinds of locations — we should point out that this sighting was on wednesday morning, so some time ago. but now police have said it could be very significant. but they are still considering that he may have made his way out of the uk, so a very broad search under way. courtney, thank you. — broad search under way. courtney, thank you, that's _ broad search under way. courtney, thank you, that's very _ broad search under way. courtney, thank you, that's very helpful. - live now to mel thomas, who has over 30 years in experience at leicester police. and you may have seen him on channel 4's hunted, great to have you on the programme. we were looking at a map there with courtney, it brought home he could be anywhere.

and the metropolitan police were not told by wandsworth i yard.our? . .. that they have had an escape for an hour? , ~ ., that they have had an escape for an hour? w ., , that they have had an escape for an hour? , ~ ., , ,., hour? this kind of escape where you have a prisoner— hour? this kind of escape where you have a prisoner or _ hour? this kind of escape where you have a prisoner or a _ hour? this kind of escape where you have a prisoner or a suspected i have a prisoner or a suspected terrorist who has escaped from prison, there is an issue of public confidence. people have to be confident that once somebody has been arrested and facing charges, that they no longer pose a threat. you can imagine that they will have been enormous resource thrown at trying to identify where he was and arrest him. he was arrested just before iiam arrest him. he was arrested just before ”am this morning, actually not that far from wandsworth prison in chiswick, so i think there will be enormous relief that this matter has been resolved relatively quickly, but i h

wandsworth holds 1600 prisoners.ion i have there is 50% of that stuff available. so there should have been 120 on duty for looking after 1600 prisoners, but they are decimated. they are trying to run normal regimes, which they shouldn't be. security and safety comes foremost. we should say that prisoner escapes like this are extremely rare compared with decades past. but what is the solution to this? is just more funding? no. funding is paramount, because they have cut hundreds of millions of pounds for the budget since 2010. and we have been saying for a while that cuts have consequences. but you know what i actually believe? my union believes there should be a royal commission, an urgen royal commission notjust into prisons, but the whole criminal justice system. you can't be slashing police numbers, and you can't be slashing courts and closing courts, and then have a backlog. the system is in crisis, and my members are picking up the pieces from poor policies. that is the reality of this. we have just had some inf

this walking towards wandsworth town centre, along swann's way. _ centre, along swann's way. this is food truck khalife used _ centre, along swann's way. this is food truck khalife used to - centre, along swann's way. this is food truck khalife used to escape i food truck khalife used to escape caught on cctv that morning. the footage we filmed of an almost identical vehicle shows there are several places underneath it where he could have concealed himself. school friends and army friends of khalife have told us that he went to teddington school in south london and was a talented 100m runner. in the army, he had a reputation as a joker who messed around in basic training. forthe joker who messed around in basic training. for the rest of his army career, he was based at the stafford barracks, working with the high—tech royal signals regiment. it is here that he is accused of trying to spy for iran last year. wandsworth prison where he was being held is not a high security prison. it is category b, not category a. the government's independent advise

alex chalk wandsworth prison. alex chalk gave a statement in the commons a short while ago following concern lines about security at the jail . the hunt continues for the jail. the hunt continues for former british army soldier daniel abd khalif, who is awaiting trial, accused of leaving fake bombs at a military base. leaving fake bombs at a military base . it's believed he escaped base. it's believed he escaped from the prison kitchen by hiding under a food delivery van. security checks are being tightened at ports and police have now closed a stretch of the m20 in kent . have now closed a stretch of the m20 in kent. mr have now closed a stretch of the m20 in kent . mr chalk told mps m20 in kent. mr chalk told mps no stone will be left unturned . no stone will be left unturned. >> and who was on duty that morning in what roles ranging from the kitchen to the prison gate, what protocols were in place were they followed .7 place were they followed? second, i have ordered an investigation into the categorisation dec

we heard yesterday there was a sighting in wandsworth by a well—known roundabout in wandsworth in, asaid they had seen him, clearly that was then seen a sort of a starting point for the police to work on. that was just last night. it has been quite quick work in terms of tracing that route and tracing daniel khalife to chiswick. absolutely. they did not know if he was working alone, had someone come to pick him up, nobody knows. he is being interviewed as we speak at a west london police station but what is evident, the police were out, searching local parks in wandsworth meticulously searching parks, people double cards, people asked for id in various areas, overnight helicopters overhead searching for daniel khalife. the 21—year—old former soldier who was awaiting trial on a number of terrorism charges. as for his capture, it was at 1041 am, that was the moment the huge manhunt came to an end and much relief for the metropolitan police, the public and all agencies involved.— all agencies involved. thank you. you can read _ all agencies involved. thank you. you can read more _ all a

firstly, what was this man doing wandsworth prison?resent so it's not an obvious place for somebody who is being charged under terrorism offences who is a potential national security risk. counterterrorism detectives here at scotland yard are keen to stress that they do not believe daniel khalife poses a particular threat to the public. the charges he faced did not relate to something like a knife or bomb attack but they are advising people that if they see him, that should not approach him, rather they should dial 999. nonetheless, the public were affected by the all ports and airports alert which lead to extra checks. this, in turn can lead to huge queues building up at airports including stansted, gatwick, heathrow, manchester and glasgow. wansworth was at the centre of one of the most famous prison break up when the great train robber ronnie biggs scaled the wall with a rope ladder in 1965 and started a new life in rio de janeiro. 1994 saw the last escape by inmates linked to terrorism when ira members broke out of whitemoor prison

a nationwide manhunt continues for an escapee who broke out of wandsworth prison.k to a former inmate who knew daniel khalife. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. a huge manhunt is under way for the former soldier who escaped from wandsworth prison yesterday morning. more than 150 officers and staff from the metropolitan police's counterterrorism unit are trying to track down daniel khalife, who was accused of gathering information for iran. he strapped himself under a food delivery van, still dressed as a prison chef. tonight, police say he has not been seen, but they have been giving more details about how he got out. we begin with our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford. wandsworth prison this afternoon, the day after the infamous escape, and a clear view of the kitchen block and the short route to freedom that daniel khalife took yesterday while strapped to the underside of a food delivery truck. he was in the prison while awaiting trial for charges that included allegedly trying to spy for iran or obtain information useful to an enemy, to u

live now to the bbc�*s mark lobel who is outside wandsworth prison in south london.t? nearly 30 hours on, the manhunt continues and gives us her new details about what happened from thejustice secretary who said at 730 am yesterday morning, wednesday, the delivery van left the kitchen inside that prison where the terrorist, suspected terrorist daniel khalife was working as a chef and they found strapping underneath the truck which was found there and it was stopped and searched, that truck. suddenly there was a search on for the former member of the british army who was meant to be facing a court case on the 13th of november where he has been accused of planting fake bombs and collecting information useful to and collecting information useful to an enemy. this manhunt, as i say, continues and all police forces in border points have been asked to help around the country and there have been no sightings reported to us so far but the metropolitan police say they he probably remains in london and that update was given over 20 hours ago, around 20 hours ago. so we've nowj

wandsworth prison, where he was being held, is not a high security prison. category a. the government's independent adviser on terrorism legislation has suggested that that was a poor decision. when you have someone who's suspected of espionage, of a crime against the state, who may have a network with a hostile state, at that stage, how do you deal with them? i would have thought that someone who's charged with espionage ought to be held more securely. there are certainly questions about the security culture at the prison. 0ne driver who made regular trips into wandsworth has told the bbc that his vehicle was never checked underneath. tonight, detectives released these pictures of the style of prison kitchen clothes that khalife was wearing when he escaped, as they urged more members of the public to come forward and help them in their manhunt. so the race is really on. we have just got back from wandsworth where detectives were still doing door—to—door inquiries until it was too late to bother people. there will still be problems with some double footage d

former soldier daniel cunliffe escaped from wandsworth pfison cunliffe escaped from wandsworth prisonn wednesday by strapping himself to the bottom of a food delivery van. a close relative of caliph is urging him to give himself up and police are offering a £20,000 reward for any information given that may lead to his arrest. but from reports received, khalifa is believed to be wearing a black baseball cap, black t—shirt and dark coloured bottoms and carrying a small bag or case. former counter—terrorism officer chris phillips told gb news the police heavily rely on the public. >> i think they're following up leads and i think that's all they can do really, is he would clearly have got away quite quickly from the roundabout wandsworth roundabout when he when he got out from the bottom of the van and then his which direction did he go? and then it's really just following up leads, following up contacts, people knew . he may well people that he knew. he may well have contacts in chiswick that the have been looking at. the police have been looking at. and of course, the key here and of c

two areas in wandsworth. yeah. >> not wandsworth itself. >> no, not in wandsworth itself.now been did i how they realised he i wonder how they realised he was lorry ? that's the was under the lorry? that's the thing. because if they didn't check under the lorry in the first instance it must have been cctv . cctv. >> it must have been. >> it must have been. >> no was clearly >> well, no one was clearly watching was watching watching it. no one was watching it no one was thinking. it or no one was thinking. >> guy who is being >> but here's a guy who is being he's up for trial in november. he was initially sent to belmarsh prison, which is a category a violent category a for violent prisoners, he then prisoners, and he was then transferred to transferred from belmarsh to wandsworth august of this wandsworth in august of this year , is category b, and year, which is a category b, and given a job in the kitchen where he's got access to naive sexcetera and doors opening for deliveries , as you would have deliveries, as you would have thought. hmm. this is slightly suspect. why

just now simply escaped from wandsworth rison., , ., , now simply escaped from wandsworth rison. , ., to reiterate, i prison. just finally, 'ust to reiterate, what i prison. just finally, just to reiterate, what should i prison. just finally, just to i reiterate, what should members prison. just finally, just to - reiterate, what should members of the public do if they have any information?— the public do if they have any information? . , ., information? the police is asking --eole information? the police is asking eo - le to information? the police is asking peeple to call — information? the police is asking people to call them _ information? the police is asking people to call them if _ information? the police is asking people to call them if they i information? the police is asking people to call them if they spot l people to call them if they spot daniel khalife, who is 21, and simply call them. they are saying do not approach him. his picture is here. if you do see him, the advice is to contact the police immediately, letting them know where you have spotted him so they can take

wandsworth in the first place? and back wandsworth in the first place?t place? an belmarsh where back wandsworth in the first place? anbelmarsh where perhaps he to belmarsh now where perhaps he belonged. along. belonged. he belonged all along. but about the but what does this say about the . british prison system? huge calls for more money, huge calls for reform. >> well, that's what always happens, isn't there, martin? every a going every time there's a i was going to say this lunchtime television every time there's a i was going to say this time|time television every time there's a i was going to say this time there's levision , but every time there's a mistake of big proportions, you know, mistake of big proportions, you know labour criticised. from labour is criticised. tories. it's all the tories fault. for fault. not enough funding for prisons. fault. not enough funding for prison that they bandy about is figure that they bandy about is 900 reduction in 900 million reduction in spending since the tories took office service. office on the prison ser

prison last week , where wandsworth last week, where wandsworth pfison last week, where wandsworth prisonws today because mark, what have we now learned? >> well , yes, learned? >> well, yes, a question to the justice minister from dr. rosena allin—khan, the local mp in that area, about what the staffing levels were at wandsworth prison on the 6th of september, that day when daniel khalife disappeared from custody . and we disappeared from custody. and we are told and it seems really quite shocking that 88 zero members of staff staff did not show up for work that day. it equates . to 39% of the workforce equates. to 39% of the workforce who didn't show up. 125 officers did show up 61% of the workforce is to deal with just under 6600 prisoners being held at wandsworth at that time. now damian hinds, the justice minister, responding to that question, said that even at 39% staff absence on that day, it was not below the minimum threshold . and that's threshold. and that's extraordinary, isn't it, that the prison would be unsafe ? he the prison would be unsafe? he said that there were still p

near wandsworth with roundabout.e crawling out from under that vehicle, so that was a major lead for the police, and in the last few days they have been coming various parts of south and west london. let's talk to our home affairs corresponding to is following all the updates for us. this confirmation no doubt a huge relief to the authorities in the last few minutes confirming that daniel khalife has been arrested. hi, dominic, can you hear me? ...i think we are having problems with the line there. just to reiterate, daniel khalife, a 21—year—old ex soldier who was on wandsworth prison, due to stand trial in november, accused of trying to spy for an enemy state, obtaining information likely to be useful to a person preparing or committing an act of terrorism, and plotting a fake bomb hoax, he escaped prison on wednesday. he was working in the kitchen at the prison, and he managed to cling onto the underside of a delivery vehicle as it left the prison. we have now established connection with our home affairs correspon

yesterday morning, daniel khalife was working in the kitchen at wandsworth prison. around 50 metres from the nearest gate. at 7.32, a food truck that had been making a delivery drove out of the prison through that gate. it will have passed through the airlock, where it should have been stopped for a security check. soon afterwards, it became clear that khalife was missing. the prison went into lockdown, and when there was no sign of him, the police were called. the police stopped and searched the truck. they found strapping underneath which he is thought to have used to hold himself under the vehicle, but there was no sign of khalife. this is the kind of truck that he was hanging under as he made his escape, and this the journey that the vehicle took across south—west london before being stopped at 8.37. khalife must escaped somewhere on this route. we have some of the highest trained military in the world here in the uk, and daniel khalife was trained by the uk military. he will be a resourceful individual. that's important to remember when trying to find him. as t

it looks as if he escaped from wandsworth prison by essentially clinging on to, perhaps being strapped he was effectively driven out of the prison. he was wearing the uniform of kitchen staff. the kitchen workers have checked trousers and a white t—shirt, it looks as if he was working in the kitchen and he climbed under a delivery van and was driven out of the prison. i am at scotland yard where we have been talking to the commander, the head of counterterrorism, dominic murphy. i asked him what he could tell us about daniel khalife. we i asked him what he could tell us about daniel khalife.— i asked him what he could tell us about daniel khalife. we are talking toda about about daniel khalife. we are talking today about daniel _ about daniel khalife. we are talking today about daniel khalife, - about daniel khalife. we are talking today about daniel khalife, a - today about daniel khalife, a 21—year—old man. this morning at around _ 21—year—old man. this morning at around 750, _ 21—year—old man. this morning at around 7.50, he escaped from prison. he was_ around 7.50, he escaped from

firstly, what was this man doing wandsworth prison? reception present so it's not an obvious place for somebody who is being charged under terrorism offences who is a potential national security risk. counterterrorism detectives here at scotland yard are keen to stress that they do not believe daniel khalife poses a particular threat to the public. the charges he faced did not relate to something like a knife or bomb attack but they are advising people that if they see him, that should not approach him, rather they should not approach him, rather they should dial 999. nonetheless, the public were affected by the all ports and airports alert which lead to extra checks. this, in turn can lead to huge queues building up at airports including stansted, airports including sta nsted, gatwick, airports including stansted, gatwick, heathrow, manchesterand gatwick, heathrow, manchester and glasgow. gatwick, heathrow, manchesterand glasgow. once with was at the centre of one of the most famous prison break up when the great train robber ronnie b

daniel sandford, bbc news, at wandsworth prison.scapes, what exactly do the police do? we asked a former counter—terrorism officer, simon harding, to take us through what happens in the first hours and days of a nationwide manhunt. in the first hour, the police will be looking for that quick win to try and find him as quickly as possible. that would come straightaway with the cctv that is inside the prison and also outside the prison. local officers in the wandsworth area and probably other areas would come to help to try and find him, and then of course the counter—terrorism police who are responsible for him, who are the people that are taking him to court for the offences which he's committed, would be involved. the presumption is that he has no money and nothing else with him to be able to travel. so they will monitor the 999 system to see if there have been any incidents in that vicinity at that time. for example, you know, he's taken a car by force or robbed somebody, whatever it might be, in an ability to get either clothing

prison wandsworth prison. were authorities, we understand, were alerted within minutes of his disappearance . disappearance. >> questions remain, however, about why khalifa was being held in a category b prison in wandsworth, rather than a high security facility. the shadow justice secretary, shabana mahmood, says the government's lost control of the justice system is. >> i think the government has very serious questions to answer. we know that the criminal justice system, after 13 years of tory government is in a state of disrepair where we know that there are huge problems with prisons and prison places in particular there. and as we've seen, there is now a terror suspect on the loose, having escaped from wandsworth prison so big questions for the government to answer. frankly, rishi sunak needs to get a grip, sir keir starmer's claimed cowboys are running the country as he criticised rishi sunaks handung as he criticised rishi sunaks handling of the school's concrete crisis . concrete crisis. >> earlier, he

suspect from from wandsworth pfison suspect from from wandsworth prison london.rison in london. do you have confidence in the prison, governor there? >> yeah, this is obviously something that people will be focussed reassure focussed on. i want to reassure people the are people that the police are working day to working night and day to recapture the individual. thankfully these incidents are extremely rare and that's i know people will be anxious about it, but working very hard to recapture the individual concerned. and the justice secretary has initiated already an internal inquiry to the specific circumstances around his escape. and it would be right to just let that go through. so we know exactly what happens and no confidence , happens and no confidence, though, in the prison governor expressed just more expressed directly just more broadly, i wouldn't i wouldn't take detail of take that away as the detail of what's is being what's happening is being established the established as i speak by the justice secretary right now. so we should establish the facts f

joe inwood there at wandsworth prison, thank you very much.e say a number of russian drones have attacked the danube river port of izmail for the fourth time in five days. the regional governor said the assault lasted for three hours and saw civil and port infrastructure facilities, an elevator and an administrative building damaged. one person sustained minor injuries. meanwhile, russia says it downed several ukrainian drones during attempted attacks on the capital moscow and the rostov and bryansk regions in the early hours of thursday. the latest overnight attacks come as the us secretary of state, antony blinken, continues a two—day visit to kyiv, during which he announced a further package of aid for ukraine worth more than a billion dollars. 0ur diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, is in kyiv and gave us an update on the drone attacks. yeah, this is very much a pattern, as you just indicated, matthew. it's been going on for more than a month now and it seems to be intensifying so that we've had, for the last several nights, attacks on t

so that's what our people's panel here in wandsworth say this wandsworth have to say this morning. comingrning. we'll be coming back to us heard from us after we've heard from camilla's this morning. camilla's guests this morning. but now, to you in the studio. >> great job, olivia. thank you so and thank you all of so much. and thank you to all of our panellists. now, so much. and thank you to all of our delightedianellists. now, so much. and thank you to all of our delightedian be sts. now, so much. and thank you to all of our delightedian be joined w, i'm delighted to be joined by alex , the justice alex chalk, the justice secretary conservative alex chalk, the justice sec cheltenham. inservative alex chalk, the justice seccheltenham. lovelytive alex chalk, the justice seccheltenham. lovely toe alex chalk, the justice seccheltenham. lovely to speak for cheltenham. lovely to speak to you morning, minister. to you this morning, minister. i know had a very busy week know you've had a very busy week andindeed know you've had a very busy week and indeed weekend. let's start with daniel cali

that is very different from the close he escaped from wandsworth then.hite t—shirt and checked trousers, a sort of cook uniform so at some point he has had some close he has managed to carry with them or has obtained a from somewhere. clearly this is now a very focused manhunt in a specific area and i sense a police must be pretty close to tracking him down. irate police must be pretty close to tracking him down.— police must be pretty close to tracking him down. police must be pretty close to trackin: him down. ~ ., . tracking him down. we are looking at aerial pictures _ tracking him down. we are looking at aerial pictures of _ tracking him down. we are looking at aerial pictures of chiswick. _ tracking him down. we are looking at aerial pictures of chiswick. as - tracking him down. we are looking at aerial pictures of chiswick. as you - aerial pictures of chiswick. as you say, they may be confident but how do they go about conducting a search of what is still a pretty loggia? first of all, members of the public, people will be on alert in that area to

it is no different to _ wandsworth is at fault? it is no different to any _ wandsworth is at fault?s are in place before the vehicle leaves the gate. obviously something has gone wrong. has it gone wrong because staff have not received the adequate training? in the kitchen area, it is run by civilians, not prison officers. it used to be before we became privatised. has that civilian member of staff in the kitchen area received any training? operational support grades in charge are supposed to get a full training package before they go live. i do not know of anyone who has recently been recruited he receives any training at all. they rely on experience to teach them what to do. that is unacceptable and needs to be addressed. . ~ that is unacceptable and needs to be addressed. ., ,, , ., ., , , ., ,, ., addressed. thank you for speaking to us, the national _ addressed. thank you for speaking to us, the national chair _ addressed. thank you for speaking to us, the national chair of _ addressed. thank you for speaking to us, the national chair of the - addressed. thank you for speaking

at wandsworth _ days. thank you so much. at wandsworth prison _ days. thank you so much.prison officer noj days. thank you so much. at - wandsworth prison officer no source did not turn up for their expected shifts. —— 80 wandsworth prison officers did not turn up for the shifts on the day that daniel khalife escaped but it is said that the prison that still meet the minimum requirement. we arejoined from wandsworth. what details have you heard about what happened that day in terms of staffing? hello you heard about what happened that day in terms of staffing?— day in terms of staffing? hello and thanks for having _ day in terms of staffing? hello and thanks for having me. _ day in terms of staffing? hello and thanks for having me. i _ day in terms of staffing? hello and thanks for having me. i put - day in terms of staffing? hello and thanks for having me. i put in - day in terms of staffing? hello and thanks for having me. i put in a - thanks for having me. i put in a parliamentary question to the government because i was very concerned about what staffing levels had be

yesterday morning, daniel khalife was working in the kitchen at wandsworth prison.is around 50 metres from the nearest gate. at 7:32, a food truck that had been making a delivery drove out of the prison through that gate. it will have passed through the airlock, where it should have been stopped for a security check. soon afterwards, it became clear that khalife was missing. the prison went into lockdown and when there was no sign of him, the police were called. the police stopped and searched the truck. they found strapping underneath which he is thought to have used to hold himself under the vehicle, but there was no sign of khalife. this is the kind of truck that he was hanging under as he made his escape, and this the journey that the vehicle took across south—west london before being stopped at 8.37. khalife must�*ve escaped somewhere on this route. we have some of the highest trained military in the world here in the uk, and daniel khalife was trained by the uk military. he will be a resourceful individual. that's important to remember when trying to find him.

this is the food delivery lorry daniel khalife used to make his escape from wandsworth prison.ter, that officers caught up with its innocent driver — but the prisoner had vanished without a trace. police want to know if he had help to abscond. it's always part of an investigation, in this case, that other people may have been involved. and we will continue to investigate that. what i would say, if there is anybody out there who is supporting and assisting daniel khalife — you are committing a serious criminal offense if you do so, and we will be investigating you and i will try to find you. daniel khalife has been described by police as resourceful, a former soldier who may use his military skills to avoid being found. he was in wandsworth awaiting trial on terror charges, including an accusation that he tried to spy for iran. and this is how he got out. on wednesday morning, he'd been working in the prison kitchen — that's around 50 metres from the nearest gate. at 7.32am, the food lorry, which had been making a delivery, drove out of the prison through that gate. it would hav

wandsworth prison yesterday. pincher quits. >> another headache for rishi sunak this morning. the disgraced mp chris pincher has announced that he is quitting his seat, meaning another by—election for the conservatives and to make universities more than 650 academics have signed an open letter to banish me. >> you heard it right. banish me from campuses which they want to go vegan instead . go vegan instead. >> nuclear threats. russia warns of escalation if america returns its nukes to british bases for the first time in 15 years. we'll bring you the very latest on that missing meghan . on that missing meghan. >> all good. prince harry is back in the uk to present an award for a charities patron of later today, but no sign of his wife . wife. >> so why would meghan markle not want to be here, do you think? >> i suspect she fears she might be booed if she's in britain and i think she'd be right. not that i'm not that i'd be organising it. there'd be plenty of others. would she will be the would she will be at the