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Daniel Morgan murder: Met Police ‘institutionally corrupt’, says report
“One of the most devastating episodes in the history of the Metropolitan Police” is how Home Secretary Priti Patel put it.
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Voter ID-entical? Election laws from the US to the UK
What role have voter ID laws played in American elections in recent years – and what could their effect be here in the UK?
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‘It is our failure that we didn’t bring Daniel’s killer to justice’, says Met Asst Comm Nick Ephgrave
Earlier we spoke to the Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Nick Ephgrave and began by asking him whether he accepts that there is corruption in the Metropolitan Police.
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Revealed: Epstein and Maxwell implicated in multiple UK abuse claims over a decade
Serious questions raised about why Met Police chose not to investigate alleged offences. Police said today they will ‘review the information’ reported by this programme.
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‘Institutional corruption was only verdict they could come to’ – Daniel Morgan’s brother
Daniel Morgan’s brother has said he feels “a sense of vindication” after an inquiry accused the Metropolitan Police of “a form of institutional corruption” in how it dealt with the notorious unsolved murder.
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‘Very serious’ comments in Daniel Morgan inquiry report, Labour’s shadow police minister says
We were joined from Westminster by Labour’s Sarah Jones, who’s shadow minister for policing.
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UK and Australia agree post-Brexit trade deal
Britain and Australia have agreed the first post-Brexit trade deal to be negotiated from scratch.
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Hospitality firms struggling to fill vacancies
The gradual lifting of Covid restrictions has seen some parts of the UK economy begin to bounce back, with unemployment falling for the fourth month in a row.
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Hospitals told to brace for double wave of Covid and child infections
At the same time the third wave of severe Covid cases is likely to peak in hospitals, in early August, NHS leaders are also predicting a national wave of Respiratory Syncytial Virus or RSV infections.
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FactCheck: Hancock claims about care home lists don’t add up
The Health Secretary said the government didn’t have a list of all the elderly care homes in England.
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Philippines: Duterte’s deadly war on drugs could be investigated by ICC
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has called for an investigation into President Rodrigo Duterte’s drugs war in the Philippines.
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Five-year lobbying ban for UK ex-ministers recommended
The anti-corruption watchdog has said ministers and senior civil servants could be banned from lobbying for up to five years after leaving office and face penalties if they break the rules.
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BBC review finds no evidence Bashir re-hiring was cover-up
Today an internal review by the BBC found Martin Bashir was the best match for the role at the time and dismissed claims his appointment was part of a cover-up.
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Kent Council says it can no longer look after unaccompanied child migrants
Kent County Council has said that its children’s services have been so overwhelmed by the arrival of unaccompanied child migrants that it has had to stop looking after them from today.
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Nuclear threat means relations between Russia and Nato must not get any worse, ex-US ambassador warns
Ivo Daalder was the US ambassador to Nato under the Obama administration.
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Nato members agree China poses ‘constant security challenge’
The 30 nations of Nato have today agreed that China poses a “constant security challenge” and it threatens to undermine the global rules-based system.
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We need to get out ‘as social human beings’, says James singer Tim Booth
Just after the prime minister’s announcement, we spoke to James’ lead singer Tim Booth and began by asking him how his planned gigs would be affected.
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Agony for many in hospitality industry as ‘Freedom Day’ postponed
What will keeping the restrictions in England have on businesses like nightclubs, which have already been closed for more than 15 months?
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Tory MP ‘extremely pessimistic’ about delay to lockdown easing
One of the most vocal critics of the government’s lockdown policies from the Tory benches is Sir Charles Walker
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Sage scientist says there’s still potential for ‘a lot’ of Covid hospitalisations
We spoke to Sage advisor Prof Sir Mark Walport
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England lockdown exit delayed by four weeks as Covid cases rise
As infections have started to rise again, the Prime Minister said he had no choice but to delay lifting remaining lockdown restrictions in England until a greater proportion of the adult population is fully vaccinated.
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Knife crime: how do we stop the bleeding?
Croydon, one of the boroughs worst hit by this type of violence, is now taking a different approach, one that favours communication and community policing. But is it enough to stop the bleeding?
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G7 summit’s most memorable moments
That’s it from the G7 summit in Cornwall. Will it go down in history as America’s big comeback – egging on the world’s richest democracies to do their bit against Covid, Climate change and China and thus save those very democracies from extinction? Or will it be remembered as the week when the host Boris…
