thatis anything to do with wayne couzens, that is down to poor investigation.resent of a misconduct hearing is? i constables will present of a misconduct hearing is? i think it will be returned _ misconduct hearing is? i think it will be returned to _ misconduct hearing is? i think it will be returned to the - misconduct hearing is? i think it will be returned to the bad - misconduct hearing is? i think it will be returned to the bad old | misconduct hearing is? i think it. will be returned to the bad old days and as your previous commentators had we believe it will return to a kangaroo court where people, such as the chief constables with a ride with a preconceived set of ideas and will have already found colleagues guilty irrespective of evidence to stop it is simply wrong, it is biased, not independent, these are comments that came to the government when we had changes to the current 2020 regulations about the old regulations so we are taking a retrograde step, to some extent. but ou have retrograde step, to some extent. but you have people who brought these

public trust in the police has fallen in recent years after the failure to expose wayne couzens, whor and the deputy chair of the assembly police committee. thank you for being on the programme. i mean, there has been a crisis in policing and we clearly need to rebuild public trust. is this the way to do it?- need to rebuild public trust. is this the way to do it? indeed. look at my public— this the way to do it? indeed. look at my public trust _ this the way to do it? indeed. look at my public trust in _ this the way to do it? indeed. look at my public trust in policing i this the way to do it? indeed. look at my public trust in policing in i at my public trust in policing in our country is at an all—time low. we have had cases like wayne couzens, michael carrick, the two sisters and in case after case, there have been police officers, corrupt police officers who have been living down the police force. there is pressure for change. the report actually makes a very strong recommendations, and one of the recommendations, and one of the recommendations was that the to get rid of police

disciplinary processes was prompted by the convictions of former metropolitan police officers wayne couzensred sarah everard — and the serial rapist, david carrick. live now to our home editor, mark easton. mark, just bring us up to date on what the announcement is. lintiii mark, just bring us up to date on what the announcement is. until now, or certainly since _ what the announcement is. until now, or certainly since 2016, _ what the announcement is. until now, or certainly since 2016, the _ or certainly since 2016, the disciplinary hearings that decide whether or not an officer is guilty of gross misconduct and what the sanction should be, they have been independent since a mac of the police, and have been run by legal professionals. a number of police constables, including sir mark rowley, the head of the metropolitan police in london, has said this is right. they should have got the control over who is in theirforce, they should be able to sack people. after the scandals, which you have mentioned, and other scandals which are merged in the last few years, the home office conducted a re

but a series of scandals, including the jailing of former met officers wayne couzens and david carrickto give top cops more say in what should happen to bent officers in their ranks. this package of measures will make sure that there is nowhere to hide for officers who don't deserve to wear the uniform. the new rules mean that instead of a completely independent panel, a chief constable or a deputy will chair the misconduct hearing, attended by an independent lawyer and a lay person. if they conclude an officer is guilty of gross misconduct, the individual will be subject to automatic dismissal. the mother of two sisters whose murdered bodies were photographed by a policeman, nowjailed, has welcomed to the new approach. we need this, this process needs to be speeded up, it needs to be changed, it needs to be more open and transparent, and so i'm really very pleased. but the police federation, representing rank and file officers, has said the changes will mark a return to what it calls the dark ages of kangaroo courts. you're going to be marking your own homework, you're going to bejudg

but a series of scandals, including the jailing of former met officers wayne couzens and david carrickrely damaged public confidence, and now the home office has agreed to give top cops more say in what should happen to bent officers in their ranks. this package of measures will make sure that there is nowhere to hide for officers who don't deserve to wear the uniform. the new rules mean that instead of a completely independent panel, a chief constable or a deputy will chair the misconduct hearing, attended by an independent lawyer and a lay person. if they conclude an officer is guilty of gross misconduct, the individual will be subject to automatic dismissal. the mother of two sisters whose murdered bodies were photographed by a policeman, nowjailed, is welcome now jailed, has welcomed to the new approach. we need this, this process needs to be speeded up, it needs to be changed, it needs to be more open and transparent, and so i'm really very pleased. but the police federation, representing rank and file officers, has said the changes will mark a return to what it calls the dark age

processes in england and wales was prompted by the convictions of former metropolitan police officers wayne couzensrick. our home editor, mark easton explained what the changes will mean in practice. well, until now, certainly since 2016, the disciplinary hearings that decide whether an officer is guilty of misconduct or gross misconduct and what the sanction should be have been independent of the police, basically run by legal professionals. but the number of chief constables, including some mark rowley, the commissioner of the metropolitan police in london, have said that this isn't right, that they should have the control over who is in their in theirforce, that they should be able to sack people. and after those scandals, which you mentioned and other scandals which have emerged in the last few years, the home office conducted a review and have decided that they're going to change the way those panels work. so instead of having three lawyers, you're going to have in the in the chair, as it were, a senior police officer, a chief constable or one of his or her deputies. and then you will still ha

given new powers to sack rogue officers — it follows the convictions of former met constables wayne couzenst expected to bring in a ban on installing new oil boilers in off—grid homes in just three years' time, we've been speaking to people in rural areas who will be affected. in sport, it's a nightmare in the netherlands for rangers. they miss out on qualifying for the champions league. a big defeat by psv eindhoven has them heading for the europa league instead. and what a view! the blue supermoon has lit up skies across the world. and the clearest skies last night were across central and eastern parts of the uk. starting with sunshine. in the west and south expect rain, some of it will be heavy and thundery. all of the details later on in the programme. it's thursday, 31st august.

processes in england and wales was prompted by the convictions of former metropolitan police officers wayne couzens home editor mark easton reports. frustration of pursuing bent coppers has echoed late—night tv dramas. the head of scotland yard a number of police chiefs have been pushing the government is to give them more powers to sack rogue officers. the further people are away from it, the more _ further people are away from it, the more forgiving they are. i want the powers— more forgiving they are. i want the powers to — more forgiving they are. i want the powers to be able to deal with this. the appalling crimes by serving officers have damaged public confidence. the mother of these two women photographed have said something needs to be done. we need this rocess something needs to be done. we need this process to — something needs to be done. we need this process to be _ something needs to be done. we need this process to be speeded _ something needs to be done. we need this process to be speeded up, - something needs to be done. we need this process to be speeded up, it - this process to be

the overhaul was prompted by the convictions of former metropolitan police forces, wayne couzens, who the metropolitan police commissioner has been very vocal in calling for exactly this type of change, so take us through it. exactly this type of change, so take us through it— us through it. calling for the sort of change. _ us through it. calling for the sort of change. i _ us through it. calling for the sort of change, i think. _ us through it. calling for the sort of change, i think. it _ us through it. calling for the sort of change, i think. it is _ of change, i think. it is interesting where we have got to, because when you look at how the police have responded, two very different verdicts on the changes that have been brought in. i think senior officers, chief constables, probably publicly they will be supportive, but privately they don't think that this goes far enough, that the new rules will mean that, yes, you will have a police officer, instead of a purely discipline and the independent panel, that will preside over the proceedings with a lay person and a lawyer. but they

disciplinary processes was prompted by the convictions of former metropolitan police officers wayne couzenso murdered sarah everard, and the serial rapist, david carrick. our home editor mark easton reports. what is your relationship with malhotra? he's my cousin. i never knew it was so bad what he was doing. otherwise, i'd never have gone along with it. frustration of pursuing bent coppers has seen sunday night tv drama echo the real world of policing. the head of scotland yard, sir mark rowley, is among a number of police chiefs, who've been pushing the government to give them more powers to identify and sack rogue officers. the further people are away from it, the more forgiving they are of the behaviour is what i've seen. so i want... i want the powers to be able to deal with this. the appalling crimes committed by the serving met officers, wayne cousins and david carrick, have damaged public confidence. today, the home office has agreed to give top cops more say in who gets dismissed for misconduct. new rules mean that instead of a completely independent panel, a chief constable or a d

the change has been prompted by the convictions of former met police officers wayne couzens — who murdereddhoven beat rangers 7—3 over two legs, and go through to the champions league group stage. midfielder matheus nunes has been cleared to have a medical after a formal agreement was reached over his move from wolves to manchester city. the transfer fee of £53 million will be a club record sale for wolves. elsewhere, the 20 year old spain forward, ansu fati, is set to complete a season—long loan move to brighton from barcelona. 5th seed casper ruud and 7th seed stefanos tsitsipas were the two biggest seeds to fall on day 3 of the us open tennis. novak djokovic, iga swiatek and caroline wozniaki are all through. british qualifier lily miyazaki lost to switzerland's belinda bencic. and england's cricketers cruised to a seven wicket victory over new zealand in the first t20 at chester—le—street. pace bowler brydon carse took three wickets on debut as england won with six overs to spare. good morning. welcome to the programme. if you'rejustjoining programme. if you're just joining us, program

officer david carrick , police officer david carrick, and the conviction of former police officer wayne couzensah everard. now this man, adam provan , was a police adam provan, was a police officer in the east area command in east london for almost or more than a decade and a half. in 2010, he was in his early 30s at that time, and had gone on a blind date with a 16 year old girl who he had claimed to this girl who he had claimed to this girl that he was 22 at that time. now the prosecution said that he raped this 16 year old girl twice , but it was years girl twice, but it was years really before she could pluck up the courage to actually pursue a prosecution, to make formal complaints because of his status as a police officer, officer . it as a police officer, officer. it went to trial, though, when she finally came forward in 2016 on that occasion, though, there was a hung jury. they couldn't decide . so it went to a retrial decide. so it went to a retrial and he was convicted in 2018 and sent to nine years in prison . on sent to nine years in prison. on however, he was released last year on

and since the sarah everard murder of wayne couzens, you know, there's been a rise in the number of ad. and that's a good thing. but to be suspending hundreds officers on full pay hundreds of officers on full pay at this cost when there isn't enough resource going into the police service, apparently they don't have enough coppers. i think is outrageous. >> well, the annual bill of £196 million, that would pay £19.6 million, that would pay for a lot of coppers, that would pay for a lot of coppers, that would pay for a lot of people to be on the beat. >> as you said, sir mark rowley vowed that he would go through the met with fine tooth comb the met with a fine tooth comb and out the ones. the bad and root out the ones. the bad cops, said. and if you cops, as you said. and if you allow him to do that, they can't be suspended on anything but full pay. >> why is it taking so long? why is it nearly 20 million a year? you know that must be we need to give chief constables that power, don't we? >> i think it's the backlog that's the main problem. you know, the full know, not necessarily the