he says come on behalf of west yorkshire police, i apologise for the additional distre55 west yorkshiretime by senior officers in relation to peter sutcliffe‘s victims. such language and attitudes may have reflected wider societal attitudes of the day, but it was as wrong then as it is now. a huge number of officers worked to identify and bring peter sutcliffe to justice. it is a shame that their ha rd to justice. it is a shame that their hard work is overshadowed by the language of those senior officers. and also the effects of still being fat felt today by surviving relatives. he adds, thankfully, those attitudes are consigned to history, our approach today is victim focused, putting them at the centre of everything we do stop i offer this heartfelt apology as chief constable, of west yorkshire police. that statement is just a throw from john robins. he is a chief constable now of the force and thatis chief constable now of the force and that is a very striking, will be listened to, for example, the interview that we ran, just at the top of the hour. with the son of the first woman sh

i would invite west yorkshire police to make that apology.is mother was the first woman to be murdered by peter sutcliffe. richard mccann speaking about his mother and his family. it's nine minutes before two. let's talk a bit about lockdown and the changes it has brought. it has forced many people back on their bikes. for the first time, and now councils in england are set to receive more funding for cycle lanes and socially—distanced pavements. the department for transport is giving them a further £175 million of funding initially announced in may, but many motorists say some of the new lanes are causing more harm than good. our transport correspondent tom burridge reports. more road space for cyclists... i feel really safe, and i never did beforehand, so, yeah, i love it. i'm new to cycling. for me it's brilliant because i wouldn't go on the roads. ..but less room for motorists. we got too many people driving cars, driving cabs, driving lorries. we're not even back in any sort of major recovery yet — god knows what it's going to be like wh

west yorkshire. west yorkshire police chief constablejohn robins has issued an apology to the relatives of peter sutcliffethe day, but it was as wrong then as it is now.‘ he added that a ‘huge number of officers worked to identify and bring peter sutcliffe to justice and it is a shame that their hard work was overshadowed by the language of senior officers used at the time, the effect of which is still felt today by surviving relatives.‘ a 23—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of sergeant matt ratana. the met police officer was shot dead at croydon custody centre in september as he prepared to search a handcuffed suspect. the metropolitan police commissioner, cressida dick, said it was an "important milestone" which she hoped would bring comfort to mr ratana‘s family. a nurse accused of the murder of eight babies and the attempted murder of ten has appeared at chester crown court. 30—year—old lucy letby is accused of committing the crimes betweenjune 2015 and june 2016, while working on the neo—natal unit at the countess of chester hospital. a look at some of the other main stories

i'm very pleased that west yorkshire police have issued their apology.the decades, but many women who lived through that time won't forget the fear and the warnings that it wasn't safe to lead their normal lives. emma glasbey, bbc news. there's to be a radical shake—up in how students are offered university places in england. the education secretary has told the bbc offers of places will be made after exam results, not on the basis of predicted grades. it could happen as soon as 2023. the move has been welcomed by university lecturers and head teachers‘ unions, amid concerns the current system is unfair to disadvantaged students. let's discuss this further withjenny sherrard, head of equalities at the university and college union. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. first off, i take it you welcome this change, the reform? we certainly do, yes. you -- ucu —— ucu has been calling for reforms for yea rs —— ucu has been calling for reforms for years now, for the reasons that it is unfairand for years now, for the reasons that it is unfair and has an i

on that front page and it isjust the memory of those women, and again, today, we heard from west yorkshire police

on that front page and it isjust the memory of those women, and again, today, we heard from west yorkshire policelly treating them like human beings, not you do them as individuals. some of them, they were stigmatized by being called sex workers, and i rememberthe last stigmatized by being called sex workers, and i remember the last few years, a lot of families we have spoken to, and there has been sutcliffe stories, families of victims have been upset it has become this popular culture figure rather than the evil killer that he should be, who's not really get an a lot of publicity, but he has been this focus for a lot of the media, tv, newspapers, all guilty of it, and it is good to see on the front of the yorkshire post, on the front of the yorkshire post, on the front of the yorkshire post, on the front of the mirror, that it is the victims we are remembering and their families. indeed. let us turn to the front of the indy. plans for christmas in jeopardy. front of the indy. plans for christmas injeopardy. faiza. front of the indy. plans for christmas injeopardy. faizam front of the indy. plan

west yorkshire police has apologised for the way some senior officers spoke at the time about some ofere sex workers. the force's chief constable said that while some of the language and attitudes may have reflected wider society at the time, they were wrong then, and wrong now. many women in the north of england lived in a climate of fear in the late ‘70s before sutcliffe was arrested, as our special correspondent lucy manning reports. wilma mccann. emilyjackson. irene richardson. patricia atkinson. jayne macdonald. jean jordan. yvonne pearson. helen rytka. vera millward. josephine whitaker. barbara leach. marguerite walls. jacqueline hill. everyone remembers peter sutcliffe's name. how many remember theirs? what no one forgets from the time is the terror felt by women. for a 17—year—old in leeds, when sutcliffe was left free to kill, it was a fear michelle teel couldn't shake. we'd no mobile phones, so you couldn't ring to say, i don't feel safe, or anything. you had nothing, so my mum used to time it knowing when i would roughly be coming home and she would walk halfway to meet me.

i wrote to west yorkshire police months ago on behalf of a number of children who lost their mothersogether and said we would like that apology and today of all days i would like them to do that. we really appreciate you talking to us today. thank you very much. the bbc is projecting thatjoe biden has won the state of arizona, increasing his already decisive lead over donald trump in the us election. it means he now has 290 electoral college votes, compared to mr trump's 217. the total required to win is 270. it would be the first time arizona has been won by a democratic candidate since 1996, when bill clinton took it on the way to his second term in office. races in north carolina and georgia have yet to be called, but these results would not affect the overall victory. president trump has repeatedly circulated unfounded claims of fraud and errors and is still refusing to acknowledge that he lost tojoe biden. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes reports. "the most secure election in american history." the verdict from senior us officials. refuting the president's claims that

the police today, west yorkshire police, have apologised for that and some of the language used backinexcusable then an excuse —— inexcusable then an excuse —— inexcusable now. they felt they had to say it, and the yorkshire post, the mirror have done a similar front page. no sign of peter sutcliffe himself who, over the years, has become this arts figured that spend more of a cartoon. and you've stripped away the evil of what he actually did. when you remember, my family is from west yorkshire and we used to visit the area when i was 5-6 used to visit the area when i was 5—6 around 1980, and i remember there was this trauma across west yorkshire, particularly in leeds and bradford that affected a great number of people. in the express tomorrow, we talked to one lady who's now in her 70s, but back then and still now she looks over her shoulder whenever she leaves the home because it did traumatise that area so home because it did traumatise that area so badly. people wondered if they would be the next victim. tha nkfully they would be the next victim. thankfully there is some closure

it was not you west yorkshire police's finest hour in any way. killer. but as isaid in country. a notorious killer. but as i said in my report, few people will mourn his passing, jane. danny savage in leeds. new figures show that the number of daily infections from coronavirus in the community in england, remains at around 50,000 cases a day. yesterday, a significant jump in the daily confirmed cases led to concerns, but some experts have warned against reading too much into one day's data. katharine da costa reports. while coronaviruses levelling off in some areas, the last week has seen cases continue to rise in the south, east midlands and the north—east. across age groups, particularly 35 and over. however, some of the younger age groups are levelling off, or decreasing, and the overall picture is that we are seeing increases in covid, but i had a much slower pace than we have seen in recent weeks. one in 85 people in england had the virus in the week to the 6th of november, that remains at just under 50,000 new cases a day. cases have risen

yorkshire and the north west of england between 1975 and 1980. he was also convicted of the attempted murder of seven other women. today west yorkshire policethe way senior officers spoke about some of the victims at the time. 0ur correspondent danny savage reports. this report contains flashing images. 0ver six years, all these women were murdered by the same man. 13 families' lives, torn apart by peter sutcliffe. wilma mccann was the first to be killed in leeds in 1975. her son richard wasjust first to be killed in leeds in 1975. her son richard was just five years old when she died. he believes today brings some sort of closure. old when she died. he believes today brings some sort of closurelj old when she died. he believes today brings some sort of closure. i know there will be many people that work on this day, and maybe some of them will get some peace. it is the man that took my mum's life, so it is significant. it is emotive in some ways, but i have got my own life and my own family now. let's get on with oui’ my own family now. let's get on with our lives with a bit more peace after today. this was in halifax, when 19—year—old ban

west yorkshire police have made an blast info —— made a vast inquiry. re involved in the inquiry room, just over the police station all those years ago. do you think anything like this could ever happen again these days? fortunately not. back then, if you sort of outline the circumstances, in those early days, 1978, 79, if you wanted a screen days, 1978, 79, if you wanted a screen of something, you had to bring it up and we would take an hour and bring it up and we would take an hourand a bring it up and we would take an hour and a half. you didn't have dna or computers. everything was on paper. written reports are typed up on typewriters, and then copied out to everybody. like you said, the roof nearly collapsed with the weight of it. for me, the number plate used on the card... presumably, police procedures changed as well. dramatically. every major investigation would turn on its head. the report in 2005, people thought because it was from yorkshire, it would be a whitewash. looking after one of his own and i'm glad to think... there were a lot of fau

west yorkshire late last night. this is how the emergency services found the car after the crash in dewsbury. policeg into the front porch of the house. the motorist was taken to hospital with head injuries. police say they will be speaking to the driver, who is not thought to be seriously hurt. the owner of a small car business has started legal action against 6oogle, complaining the tech giant has failed to remove damaging fake reviews about his company. richard boatright claims the posts have damaged his business, but 6oogle says it monitors content and obeys local laws. angus crawford reports. bad reviews can break a business. the hardest thing is, it was an invisible aggressor. they are anonymous, behind fake names, so you don't really know what to do. you feel quite helpless. "described as perfect and fully working but when we went to look at it the clutch was completely shot." 0ne—star reviews, completely fabricated. fake names. 6oogle will not take them down. keeping his car sales business going during covid has been hard, made even more stressful by the stream of bogus reviews, which 6oogle

west yorkshire late last night. this is how the emergency services found the car after the crash in dewsbury. policee motorist was taken to hospital with head injuries. police say they will be speaking to the driver, who is not thought to be seriously hurt. freak ice storms in russia's far east have prompted a state of emergency with thousands left without power, but one man's thankful after a near miss in the city of vladivostok. here he is in the red jacket, clearing snow off his car as something catches his eye. that something was a huge concrete slab breaking off from the side of the building next to him. he escaped unharmed — it's a shame the same can't be said for the car. however many times you see that, you still go, oh... now it's time for a look at the weather. an area of cloud and occasional rain pushing slowly south into tonight, by the end of the night it will be sitting across southern england. clear skies behind it, if few showers into northern ireland overnight, lots of showers running into north and west of scotland. wintry on the higher hills, still dribbling along by strong winds,

west yorkshire late last night. this is how the emergency services found the car after the crash in dewsbury. policech of the house. the motorist was taken to hospital with head injuries. police say they will be speaking to the driver, who is not thought to be seriously hurt. freak ice storms in russia's far east have prompted a state of emergency with thousands left without power, but one man's thankful after a near miss in the city of vladivostok. here he is in the red jacket, clearing snow off his car as something catches his eye. that something was a huge concrete slab breaking off from the side of the building next to him. he may have escaped unharmed — it's a shame the same can't be said for the car! now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello there. it's been mild and cloudy across the southern half of the uk today. that band of cloud bringing with it some rain and drizzle is heading down into southern england. it will keep it mild overnight, but elsewhere we are finding clearer skies. showers continuing towards the north—west. it will still be a windy overnight in norther

west yorkshire investigation was heavily criticised because it had gone down a complete blind alley and officers became obsessed with a character who was sending them text claiming he was the yorkshire ripper and policee point that this is not about peter sutcliffe, this is about the victims, as it always has and should have been, and of course your mother was the first victim to peter sutcliffe that is known. i wondered if his death brings to you any solace? thank you. i am not quite, well, i am surprised that i feel this morning because i thought i might have been emotional. what it brings is it brings to some degree closure. not that i wished him dead, farfrom it, but it is like... every time we heara farfrom it, but it is like... every time we hear a news story and obviously lots going on today but every time we hear a news story about ten my mum's photograph is often shown and not that i ever stop thinking about my mum, but one positive to come from this is that we will hear much less about him now. no more reminders about what happened all those years ago.” suppose what i would like to do is to celebrate the life of your mum. would you tell us about wow? i know you were just five but she would