the crackdown follows the conviction of the serial rapist david carrick, and wayne couzens, who murderedds of officers could face the sack. here's our home editor, mark easton. with public trust in freefall, scotland yard is trying to prove it's doing what it takes to root out corrupt and incompetent officers. it's two years since former met constable wayne couzens was given a whole life order for murdering sarah everard and more than six months since his colleague david carrick was given 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 suspende

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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

. a police officer, wayne couzens. 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 paediatric cases . casualties paediatric cases. casualties could have been avoided in libya if the country had a functional weather service. that's the message from the head of the world meteorological organisation. at least . 5300 organisation. at least. 5300 people are known to have died after storm daniel hit the coastal city of derna rescue operations have been complicated by political fractures in the country , which ha

the crackdown follows the convictions of murderer wayne couzens and serial rapist david carrick, whoo rebuild that connection. the more effort that we do to identify those who are corrupting policing and corrupting that contract — and we will be and we will continue to do that — the more difficult cases will come to light. and i know it is a challenge. nhs bosses are warning of long delays and more disruption to services as four days of strike action begin today. consultants will walk out for 48 hours and there will also be a 72—hour strike byjunior doctors from tomorrow morning. thousands of patient appointments are expected to be cancelled a teenager from north london is creating almost 200 flags of the world using nothing but rubik's cubes. 14—year—old mimi took up the challenge in memory of her uncle who died from a brain tumour and is raising money for research. but there is one drawback to using the puzzles. rubik's cube only has six colours, so it doesn't have black. the only flag that i couldn't do was estonia, because i normally use blue instead of the black, and its white,

another time critical services, another time critical services, a police unit in which murderer wayne couzensrrick once served, has had a third of his officers removed , moved. removed, moved. >> the elite squad was highlighted in a scathing review by baroness louise casey last yeah by baroness louise casey last year. it described a male dominated culture with little supervision, in which offensive comments were often seen as harmless banter. nearly 50 serving officers are currently accused of breaching standards with 24 subject to restrictions as rule changes will see officers rotated out of the squad every eight years. plans are also in place to increase the number of women, which currently amounts to just over 3% of armed officers . as chronic 3% of armed officers. as chronic staff shortages and unmanageable workload are weakening, the probation service . that's probation service. that's according to the outgoing chief inspector, justin russell is due to stand down at the end of the month. he pointed to an annual report which highlighted major gapsin report which highlighted major gaps in

stuart wayne couzens, etcetera.dy, deputy chief at the met, says paradox basically and he's probably right in this if we're going to have root and branch, get rid of every rotten apple in the barrel, you are going to have this huge spike in suspension. if you want a root and branch excuse nation all suspension. if you want a root and bad1ch excuse nation all suspension. if you want a root and bad eggs(cuse nation all suspension. if you want a root and bad eggs , use nation all suspension. if you want a root and bad eggs , you'retion all suspension. if you want a root and bad eggs , you're going all suspension. if you want a root and bad eggs , you're going tol the bad eggs, you're going to get rid of all of them. and he said it's paradoxically the harder getting rid harder they work on getting rid of the more they're of bad police, the more they're going and so you have going to find. and so you have this spike officers was this huge spike in officers was suspended, etcetera , etcetera. suspended, etcetera, etcetera

metropolitan police for institu two horrific cases of use of the two horrific cases of david carrick and wayne couzensgests is and what this is suggests is that this is a really widespread problem . that this is a really widespread pro um, . you know, my heart >> um, and you know, my heart goes to because goes out to people because domestic violence in itself, you know, the best of times know, at the best of times absolutely horrendous. but if your husband is the one perpetrating this and he is perpetrating this and then he is a police i mean, you a police officer, i mean, you must feel absolutely lost and hopeless because he's the hopeless because if he's the people you're supposed to people that you're supposed to tend i mean, goodness tend to, i mean, goodness gracious me. but on the more broader point of policing by consent, broader point of policing by conwell, obviously, i want to >> well, obviously, i want to carry policing. consent, carry on policing. by consent, i mean, got to look, we've mean, we've got to look, we've got some bad apples here in a barrel. and the vast majority, a lot apples,

ordered by at least 29 schools in response to the situation on a police unit in which murderer wayne couzens and serial rapist david carrick once served , has david carrick once served, has had a third of its officers removed . the elite squad was removed. the elite squad was highlighted in a scathing review by baroness louise casey last yeah by baroness louise casey last year. it described as a male dominated culture with little supervision in which offensive comments were often seen as harmless banter, nearly 50 serving officers are currently accused of breaching standards, with 24 subject to restrictions . rule changes will see officers rotated out of the squad every eight years. plans are also in place to increase the number of women which currently amounts to just over 3% of armed officers . just over 3% of armed officers. the uk's economy will see the highest inflation rate of the world's g7 economies this year , world's g7 economies this year, according to the oecd . the according to the oecd. the organisation for economic co—operation and development has raised its 2023 inflation for

more than 1000 officers currently suspended or on restricted duties, and everyone thinks, it is wayne couzensthe system is very legalistic. i absolutely recognise what he says there about sergeants and inspectors, because they themselves are worried that they might be alleged to have covered something up, that that that they then push it up up, that that that they then push it up the line, it becomes more formal, it becomes a formal investigation, then the federation gets involved, solicitors get involved, and it takes a huge amount of time, and some of that is because police force should be a modern organisation but it actually works with some very outdated processes which are almost quasi military. ithink outdated processes which are almost quasi military. i think as you said, dave, one of the first callers, serving officer, absolutely summed up serving officer, absolutely summed up the pressure of police work. it is notjust what up the pressure of police work. it is not just what you up the pressure of police work. it is notjust what you might up the pressure of police work. it is not just

everard, who was kidnapped , raped and who was kidnapped, raped and murdered by police officer wayne couzensesperately saddened by the catastrophic floods in libya in which at least 5300 people are now known to have died . the uk government to have died. the uk government says it will provide an assistance package worth up to £1 million storm daniel hit the coastal city of derna and other eastern parts of the north african country on sunday. it's feared the number of deaths could reach 20,000. more than 10,000 people are missing after dams burst and buildings were swept away . payments using cash swept away. payments using cash have risen for the first time in a decade . that's according to a decade. that's according to 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 as well. that is, more than a quarter of people are behind with at least one bill payment. that's according to citizens advice . the charity to citizens ad

it's this case or or, you discussions about you know, discussions about wayne days or questions wayne couzenss which then , you know, areas which then, you know, paints a particular view of the police. there's debates on television programmes about the morality police and morality of the police and there's lot of pressure, there's a lot of pressure, pressure police officers who pressure on police officers who are, you know, probably have a huge amount of workload given the broadening scope of police activity, whether it's , you activity, whether it's, you know, online speech or know, policing online speech or the of it, which then means the rest of it, which then means that i think there's a bit of a crisis of public a sense of pubuc crisis of public a sense of public service within the police, which why you police, which is why would you want to sacrifice, put yourself in harm's way or the kind in harm's way or do the kind of make that you have make the sacrifice that you have to that role if there's to make in that role if there's not the sort of level of public or even institutional suppor