family of zara aleena have told bbc- of zara aleena have told bbc breakfast that they are deeply concerneday that the public— are we safe? it is impossible to say that the public are _ are we safe? it is impossible to say that the public are safe, _ are we safe? it is impossible to say that the public are safe, given - are we safe? it is impossible to say that the public are safe, given that| that the public are safe, given that the quality of work that is sometimes happening in local probation areas, it really should be a priority for probation to improve the quality of risk assessment and the quality of risk assessment and the way dangerous offenders like jordan mcsweeney are being managed after they have been sentenced or after they have been sentenced or after they have come out of prison. i met with zara aleena's arnth last week to brief on her findings and understandably she was upset about what we found —— on ourfindings. our recommendations are accepted and acted upon in the future, we hope. are you confident it will lead to real changes? i are you confident it will lead to real ch

i met with farah naz, zara aleena�*s aunt, last week to brief her on the findings.ods, greater manchester police are in the middle of an intensive drive against organised crime. the fake goods shops in the cheetham hill area have drawn in drug dealing, violence and prostitution. to fight that, police are adopting a new tactic developed against the taliban in afghanistan called clear, hold, build. what is it you�*re trying to do? make people safe to come here. you know, we see mothers walking their children to school, the primary school at the top of this road, stepping over rubbish, needles, passing anti—social behaviour daily, running battles in the middle of the street. no longer. we�*re giving it back to the community. this machete attack in broad daylight was just one example of the recent violence and left the victim with a punctured lung. after what�*s called operation vulcan shut down dozens of shops, and with a permanent police presence, the drug dealing and violence has started to reduce. clear, hold, build means clearing out organised crime, holding the ar

has found failings by the probation service left a serial offender free to commit the murder of zara aleenaays after he was released from prison. the chief inspector of the service says it is �*chronically understaffed'. it is impossible to say whether the murder could have been avoided but we did find severe deficits in practice at many stages of jordan mcsweeney�*s supervision. nhs representatives will appear before mps on the health and social care committee to discuss the situation in a&e departments across england. let's cross live to the house of commons and listen in to the health and social care committee address the situation in a&e departments. a more nuanced question than that, demand has a bit with those figures, however, the reason we run into trouble is not the ancillary demand, the ability to deal with the demand. if we look at things like hospital admissions from an emergency department, those have remained relatively static. we have had problems with increased crowding, problems with increased crowding, problems in care in our departments for several years, problems in care

zara aleena ever happening to anyone else aaain. . ~ y ., zara aleena ever happening to anyone else aain1st of february and the 22nd of march. a period of about seven weeks. this is an announcement from the university and couege announcement from the university and college union, the uc new. they have announced strike action on the first of every. now it is confirmed a further 17 days of strikes. university staff held three days of strikes in november. some academic staff and those in other professional roles put out earlier this year and a year before. this year's 2% pay increase is far below the retail prices rate of inflation, which stands at 14%, remains the union. —— 3%. and the dispute concerns condition of service and pensions. 18 days of strike at hundred and 50 universities by members of the ucu by the 1st of february and the 22nd of march. the committee of standards in public life said leaders must be clear there is a line which when crossed results and consequences. the report goes on to say, focusing on how to ensure ethical values are woven into every aspect of how an organi

zara aleena was attacked and killed byjordan mcsweeney in london lastjune.ssessing the risk he posed. here's our home affairs correspondentjune kelly. zara aleena's family and friends have said she was just walking home when she was attacked and sexually assaulted. today, her aunt gave the family's reaction to all the failings exposed in the report. i'm absolutely livid. 0ur streets are not safe. probation work has to be tight, has to be high quality, because the risks, the stake is high. the stake is lives. zara's life was taken, and probation have blood on their hands. i think senior people need to be accountable here. heads should roll. do you think zara could be alive today if people had done theirjobs better? yes, absolutely. you're under arrest. for rape and murder. the arrest of zara's killer, jordan mcsweeney, a career criminal with a history of violence. he'd been released from jailjust nine days before the murder. today's report by the probation watchdog describes how soon after being freed he was recalled to prison for missing probation appointmen

zara aleena's family and friends have said she was just walking home when she was attacked and sexuallyuse the risks, the stakes are high, it is lives. zara's life was taken, and probation have blood on their hands. do you think zara could be alive today if people had done theirjobs better? absolutely. you are under arrest for rate and murder. jordan mcsweeney was arrested shortly after he killed zara, had already served nine prison sentences, and had been released from jailjust nine days before the murder. today's report by the probation watchdog describes how within days of being released he was recalled to jail for failing to attend probation appointments but because he had been wrongly assessed as medium rather than high—risk, he was not arrested as soon as he could have been. this meant he was free to wander around the streets of ilford following other lone women before he targeted zara. the report describes probation officers as having excessive workloads, with the service suffering from high vacancy rates, and injordan mcsweeney�*s case it says there was a lack of communication b

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a report into the killing of zara aleena in london lastjune found that there'd been serious failingsreport. i'm absolutely livid. our streets are not safe. probation work has to be tight, has to be high quality, zara's life was taken, and probation have blood on their hands. you're under arrest. for rape and murder. the arrest of zara's killer, jordan mcsweeney, a career criminal with a history of violence. he'd been released from jailjust nine days before the murder. today's report by the probation watchdog describes how soon after being freed he was recalled to prison for missing probation appointments. but because he'd been wrongly assessed by the probation service as medium rather than high risk, he wasn't arrested as soon as he could have been. this left him free to wander around the streets of ilford in east london, following other lone women before he targeted zara. the report describes probation officers as having excessive workloads, with the service suffering from high vacancy rates, and injordan mcsweeney�*s case, it says there was a lack of communication between prison an

and we could see that with keir choosing to focus his first few questions on the zara aleena cases . e probation services are now in. and it was a very way for the leader of the opposition underline the problem for rishi, which is that while he's focussed on his own ministers, he can't govern the country effectively . and of course this effectively. and of course this is an occasion at pmqs when you can take the temperature, the litmus test if you like, of backbench support there is for a government. what do we make of today?i government. what do we make of today? i they weren't in today? i mean they weren't in great were they? tory great voice, were they? the tory backbenchers ? no, they backbenchers today? no, they weren't in great voice. the time when rishi sunak was strongest and time when he did have the most support was when he was defending his own decision to stick to due process. now i've heard on the conservative backbenches over the last week or so that say that know a more experienced politician rishi sunak's he hasn't been in westminster for a very long remember or a poli

yes goodness me and the family of zara aleena have actually spoken out this afternoon. want have to say so as arlene is on fire and has said that she thinks it's pretty clear that women and girls safe if the probation service isn't doing its job properly . in its job properly. in a statement, prisons probation minister damian hinds apologised to miss ellie and his family for the unacceptable failings in this case. however, ms. ness has said the family need more than an apology. she said these recommendations have been made before and. people have been promised that they're going to be followed up . this is far and be followed up. this is far and as now we've a clip of her speaking earlier. there's a lot of errors here . this wasn't just of errors here. this wasn't just a man who happened to kill zara because . he's a monster. this because. he's a monster. this monster was made this monster was facilitated . and this was facilitated. and this monster was given a licence to walk free. lisa you very much for bringing us that report as our learned reporter. lisa hartl well,

i spoke to zara aleena's family this morning.r probation officers, but one of the other things we must remember if we do want to increase the safety of women and girls on our streets that we need tougher sentencing and that is why the government passed the police, crime and sentencing act which the honourable gentleman and the party opposite opposed. in honourable gentleman and the party opposite opposed-— opposite opposed. in light of the case of zara _ opposite opposed. in light of the case of zara l — opposite opposed. in light of the case of zara i really _ opposite opposed. in light of the case of zara i really don't - opposite opposed. in light of the case of zara i really don't think l case of zara i really don't think the prime minister should be boasting about the protection he is putting in place for women. and i will not take lectures from him about that. does the prime minister agree that any politician who seeks to avoid the taxes they owe in this country is not fit to be in charge of taxpayer money?— country is not

apart from the zara aleena lead in with that which i think we can all agree was incredibly appropriate serious question our serious question marks our justice the justice system, which, by the way, be returning to way, we're going be returning to a bit in the a little bit later on in the show. focus there on the themes are always rather interesting isn't the album feel as though yes. i know are yes. all right. i know there are questions about honesty, integrity of power integrity at the heart of power and important. but and those are important. but what that really what are the main that really matter you and often do you matter to you and often do you actually hear them actually really hear them discussed at pmqs? a lot of the time it is internal westminster stuff, but talking of your views on what matters to you of you have been getting in touch with thoughts on shock horror the current migrant crisis gb news can exclusively reveal. and we did just a few minutes ago with the wonderful mogwai, a total of 450 people have arrived in dover today alone. don says, i wish the government wou

well, i mean, the appalling murder of zara aleena, ishock appalling murder of zara aleena, i shock they condolences to her family for the appalling, appalling murder of which she was a victim. as you've just said , the you've just said, the perpetrator was out of prison on licence. as you say, he breached those licence conditions. and according a report by the inspector and i think came out yesterday , he should have been yesterday, he should have been recalled to prison. the probation service i think is completely accepted. the recommendations the inspector has made, they're making changes to the way they risk assess offenders . they're putting more offenders. they're putting more resources into it. they've hired, i think, an extra couple of thousand, two and a half thousand probation service staff in the last two years. they're increasing their funding by £155 million to make sure this doesn't happen again. they're supervising , doesn't happen again. they're supervising, i think, over 200,000 offenders. this kind of incident is thankfully very rare, but it is appalling and heartbreak

watchdog in england and wales found a catalogue of failings left a sexual predator free to kill zara aleena day after he was released from jail . jordan released from jail. jordan mcsweeney was given a life sentence last month after he admitted killing the law graduate as she walked home in east london last june. the findings show mcsweeney should have been treated as a high risk of serious harm offender but was wrongly graded as medium risk. policing minister chris philp says the government has ordered a review into how probation staff supervise a 29 year old. the probation service i think is completely accepted. the recommendations the inspector has made, they're making changes to the way they risk assess offenders . they're putting more offenders. they're putting more resources is into it. they've hired, i think, an extra couple of thousand, two and a half thousand probation service staff in the last two years. they're increasing their funding by £155 million to make sure this doesn't happen again. they're supervising. i think , over supervising. i think, over 200,000 offenders. this kin

justice, which is just done said we know in the case of people like aleena case of people like zara aleenawho committed the murder we know in case this lad he was in the case this poor lad he was murdered this gentleman we murdered by this gentleman we know. and when we know i can't really see what the problem is. andrew, let's to andrew, let's good. let's get to andrew. thoughts. andrew. andrew your thoughts. i'm disappoint you here, i'm going disappoint you here, actually, because any actually, because like any academic, to sit on academic, i'm going to sit on the fence . what i think it is the fence. what i think it is worth saying , let's say my own worth saying, let's say my own personal view is that if we had a proposal to reinstate the death penalty , listen to both death penalty, listen to both sides and i'd be open persuasion either way, which what any academic debate it would actually be very difficult to get it back . one point that get it back. one point that think everyone has to realise is it would involve getting out of the european on human rights . we the european on human

so zara aleena is on far enough said that she thinks it's clear that women and girls aren't safe if probationn minister. like i said, damien hinds apologise mr. his family apologise to mr. and his family for unacceptable failings in for the unacceptable failings in this case. ms. nass the bbc this case. ms. nass told the bbc the need much more than an apology . she said these apology. she said these recommendations been before recommendations have been before and people have been promised that going be that they're going to be followed we've a clip. followed. and we've got a clip. now, is far enough. now, this is far enough. speaking , there's a lot speaking earlier, there's a lot of errors . this wasn't just a of errors. this wasn't just a man who happened to kill because he's a monster. this monster was made this monster was facilitated facilitated . and facilitated facilitated. and this monster was a licence to walk free and clearly very upset and even though we've had this unreserved apology from damian hinds, the family's that they'd learnt about this through the rather than signing . ve