The last hour or so. We have seen a couple of charity representatives waiting outside, presumably to help the former prisoners as they are released. We have also seen Family Members starting to gather, and friends of those former prisoners, and we have also seen increased security presence. Shortly, we are told, prisoners should be being released in coming through these gates. Last night they had their very last night in jail before being released but there will be lots of Processing Today including talking to Probation Officers about the conditions and restrictions across their release, including bans on certain areas and curfews. There are concerns that many of them will be released homeless. In fact, 12 of prisoners released in the year to march didnt, and therefore there are more concerns about reoffending rates. But the government does say this is absolutely necessary to help ease the overcrowding in the prison system. 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So the prisoners will be released throughout the day. But of course, it is an unusual protocol. And this is something that was being worked on in the conservative government. Officials were drawing up the Plan But Labour triggered the Plan But Labour triggered the plan injuly and this is the first wave of those early releases. There is going to be a second release of prisoners in october and a total of 5500 beds freed in prisons across england and wales. Meghan owen outside Wormwood England and wales. Meghan owen outside wormwood scrubs, england and wales. Meghan owen outside wormwood scrubs, thankl outside wormwood scrubs, thank you very much. With me is cassia rowland, a senior researcher at the institute for government. Juan from the public� s viewpoint, they will probably be most concerned about public safety. Thank you for joining us. We have heard that normally a third reoffend. What risk is there . Risk is there . There is a real risk is there . There is a real risk of that risk is there . There is a real risk of that and risk is there . There is a real risk of that and some risk is there . There is a real risk of that and some of risk is there . There is a real risk of that and some of the | risk of that and some of the less serious offences people are in prison for actually have higher reoffending rates. But most of those people will not be violent offenders so the Risk Isnt too elevated. I think whats also really important to remember is the risk of not doing something like this which is that you completely run out of space is to arrest people who are committing crimes now. So i think you really have to trade those two things off against each one another. The government each one another. The government has each one another. The government has just l each one another. The government has just spurred each one another. The Government Hasjust spurred on government has just spurred on the imprisonment of people involved in the riots which gives them more capacity issues, doesnt it . It gives them more capacity issues, doesnt it . It does and that has made issues, doesnt it . It does and that has made the issues, doesnt it . It does and that has made the situation i issues, doesnt it . It does and that has made the situation in| that has made the situation in prisons even more acute in the very short term. Very short term. How do they fix this in very short term. How do they fix this in the very short term. How do they fix this in the longer very short term. How do they fix this in the longer term very short term. How do they| fix this in the longer term and how long will it take, do you think . ,. ,. , think . You have basically got two options. Think . You have basically got two options, build think . You have basically got two options, build more think . You have basically got i two options, build more prisons or reduce the Prison Population. In the medium term, they will have to do both. They really dont have any options because we are so close to the wire. There is about 4000 new Prison Spaces Planned to be delivered next year. And i think they will push on with that. But that wont be enough to meet even planned projections for how many people will be entering prisons next year so they are going to have to do something on the Supply Side as well. Side as well. What does that mean exactly . Side as well. What does that mean exactly . So side as well. What does that mean exactly . So it side as well. What does that mean exactly . So it meansl mean exactly . So it means either sending mean exactly . So it means either sending fewer i mean exactly . So it means| either sending fewer people mean exactly . So it means i either sending fewer people to Prison Or Shortening sentences. The real increase in the Prison Population has come from people serving longer sentences rather than sending more people to prison. They are there for longer. And things like the average sentence for robbery is now a year longer than it was about ten years ago. And that, over a long period of time, really drives up the population. Really drives up the population. Really drives up the oulation. ~. , population. We have heard politicians population. We have heard politicians on population. We have heard politicians on all population. We have heard politicians on all sides i population. We have heard| politicians on all sides from all different parties talking about the crisis in this system for quite some time, but why has it built up to this point . So it is actuallyjust one aspect of a broader crisis across the criminaljustice system. You get these really damaging negative feedback loops that problems in one part of the system then cause problems in other parts of the system. So the court backlogs is part of the picture here. We have really long backlogs in the criminal courts which means people are held on remand waiting for their trial or waiting for their trial or waiting to be sentenced for a really long time before their trial and that drives up the Prison Population. Similarly, we have talked a Bit Today already about the Probation Service and the struggles that they are having. A lack of experience to Probation Officers and high vacancy rates means that they are really struggling to manage people in the community safely. So you are getting a lot of people released on parole who are then recalled to prison for a breach of their Licence Conditions or further offending, and again that drives up pressure on prisons. That drives up pressure on risons. , ,. , that drives up pressure on prisons that drives up pressure on risons. ,. ,. ,. ,. , prisons. Cassia rowland from the institute prisons. Cassia rowland from the institute of prisons. Cassia rowland from the institute of government, | the institute of government, thank you for coming in to explain some of the complexities around this. We have heard Keir Starmer saying how frustrated and angry he was to come into government and see that, and obviously he is saying the government is going to get a grip, but very complex problems there. We will have a live Page Running, we do have a live Page Running, we do have a live Page Running as those prisoners are released early across england and wales. And as you have seen, i think we have some of our reporters outside some of the jails across the country just to monitor what is going on. It is all on the Bbc News Website and the app. Let me bring you up to date on the other piece of Breaking News we have had in the last hour. The European Unions highest court has confirmed that ireland will have to recover illegal subsidies worth billions of euros from the technology giant apple. Lets get more on this with our Business Correspondence Theo leggett. Tell us what the ruling has said. Leggett. Tell us what the ruling has said. This is the Culmination Ruling has said. This is the culmination of ruling has said. This is the culmination of a ruling has said. This is the I Culmination of a longrunning culmination of a long running legal battle between apple ireland and the European Commission micro business correspondent. This ruling confirmed a decision made by the European Commission in 2016 when it suggested that Tax Arrangements that had been enjoyed by apple conferred on it by the irish government over a 23 Year Period had been illegal and that therefore back taxes needed to be recovered. This can send two subsidiaries of apple based in ireland but which were doing business outside ireland. What the European Commission found was that the arrangements that apple had reached with the irish government allowed a lot of those profits effectively to be ignored as far as the irish Tax System was concerned. It said these kind of advantages were not enjoyed by other companies and that, therefore, this whole arrangement amounted to illegal state aid. That was eight years ago. Then ireland, despite being owed billions of euros, 13 Billion euros in 2016 prices, decided it didnt like this ruling picks are preferred to keep apple happy so it fought it in the European Court system. In 2020 there was a ruling that struck down the European Commissions original decision. The European Commission appealed and thats where we get to today and this is a final ruling. It means that apple will have to pay back those 13 Billion euros, presumably with interest, as a result of the decision being confirmed that this was illegal state aid. ,. , state aid. Theo leggett, Thank Ou Ve state aid. Theo leggett, thank you very much state aid. Theo leggett, thank you very much. Around state aid. Theo leggett, thank you very much. Around the I State aid. Theo leggett, thank. You very much. Around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. Australia is to ban children from using Social Media. The legislation will impose and enforce a minimum age to use platforms such as Facebook And Instagram by The End of the year. Although the exact Age Hasnt been revealed, the government is consulting on setting it between 14 and 16. Lets listen to Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese explaining his reasoning behind the change. I want to see kids off their devices and on to the Footie Fields and the Swimming Pools and the tennis courts. We want them to have real experiences with real people because we know that Social Media is causing social harm. This is a scourge. We know that there is Mental Health consequences for what many of the young people have had to deal with, the bullying that can occur online, the access to material which causes social harm. Anthony albanese there. Lets speak to our correspondent in sydney, phil mercer. This is something that probably concerns parents right around the world, doesnt it . Having their kids on devices. Butjust tell us what the government is planning here in legislation. As we heard there from the australian Prime MinisterAnthony Albanese, he doesnt want an australian childs best friend to be a device. He wants them out on the Football Field or playing netball on a court. So what is government is proposing is that before the next election, which is due before may of next year he wants to bring in new legislation that would set a minimum age for children to access Social Media. He has not said how young an australian would have to be or how old they would have to be in order to set up an account. It is likely to be somewhere between 1416 likely to be somewhere between 14 16 years of age. The Prime Minister is favouring the upper level in that age range. But many unanswered questions remain. How would this be enforced. We know that facial Recognition And AgeVerification Software will be trialled in this country ahead of any specifics relating to this legislation. So essentially, Anthony Albanese, the Prime Minister, wants to clamp down on young Peoples Use of Social Media because he says that parents are worried sick about what they are experiencing. Sick about what they are experiencing. Sick about what they are exueriencin. �. , experiencing. And at the moment there is already experiencing. And at the moment there is already supposed experiencing. And at the moment there is already supposed to i experiencing. And at the moment there is already supposed to be. There is already supposed to be an age limit imposed by people like Facebook And Instagram who want users to be i think at least 13 years old. But the question is going to be partly around enforcement and personal liberty and freedom, i guess. Well, this debate is ongoing not only in australia but as you say right around the world. How much time on a device is good and what should young people be consuming. People who are concerned about australias rush to impose a minimum age say that essentially it would deprive australian children of the benefits of Social Media. For many young people, they happily use Social Media as a way to connect with their friends, to be educated and informed. And what some critics of the prime Minister Want is not this Sledgehammer Approach to imposing a minimum age but more work to be done to make the internet more appropriate and accessible for children. So it is a massive debate in this country and the government is promising to bring in new laws ijy promising to bring in new laws by The End of the year. So it is very much in a hurry in this regard. Is very much in a hurry in this reaard. ~. , regard. Phil mercer in sydney, thank you regard. Phil mercer in sydney, thank you very regard. Phil mercer in sydney, thank you very much regard. Phil mercer in sydney, thank you very much indeed. L theres been a huge public reaction to the news that the princess of wales say she has completed chemotherapy blowing her Cancer Diagnosis earlier this year. In a three film produced by Kensington Palace the Prince And Princess are shown in norfolk with their children. Catherine said her cancerjourney over children. Catherine said her Cancer Journey over the children. Catherine said her cancerjourney over the last nine months was complex, scary and unpredictable. But confirm she would look to resume some public duties in the coming months. Lets speak to mark borkowski, a pr specialist, writer, media industry commentator. Thank you forjoining us. What did you make of this three Minute Film is released by Kensington Palace . I Minute Film is released by Kensington Palace . I thought it was remarkable Kensington Palace . I thought it was remarkable and Kensington Palace . I thought it was remarkable and it Kensington Palace . I thought it was remarkable and it was i Kensington Palace . I thought it was remarkable and it was a i was remarkable and it was a move completely away from the way the royal household have communicated in the past. If we cast our minds back to the age of the elizabethans, the previous monarchy, it was very much and never explain, never complain. It was limited engagements. But obviously they have learned, and certainly William And Kate have learned from the mistakes that they made. If we cast our minds back to the huge Feeding Frenzy, the fake news, the Conspiracy Theories that circulated around theories that circulated around the illness of the princess, some outrageous stories were getting a foothold in traditional news. And then they issued that photo to project good health, but obviously it was soon uncovered to be an ai generated image and we descended on this for the lack of transparency. Fast forward to yesterday, we have this remarkable film, a tectonic shift in terms of communication where they openly expressed their health journey, the family life, and gave us an insight with a film that felt like a home movie. Can insight with a film that felt like a home movie. Insight with a film that felt like a home movie. Can i ust ask, like a home movie. Can i ust ask. You fl like a home movie. Can i ust ask. You said i like a home movie. Can i ust ask, you said in i like a home movie. Can i ust ask, you said in your i like a home movie. Can ijust ask, you said in your tweet. Ask, you said in your tweet about this it was worthy of a bafta. Some would say it is very wholesome, in A Esque family fare. Is it realistic, and is it a bit too sentimental . Because if Meghan And Harry had released something like this, wouldnt there be a Feeding Frenzy of criticism for them to release a film like that . I criticism for them to release a film like that . Film like that . I dont think they would film like that . I dont think they would have film like that . I dont think they would have been i film like that . I dont think they would have been so. Film like that . I dont think i they would have been so clever enough to actually offer up a film like this. We live in an age now where the audio and the sort of visual image is all important. Podcasts and the likes of instagram, tiktok surround us. Thats the way people choose to communicate. The audience want some sort of sense of authenticity and i thought that was very authentic and thats why i suggested it was bafta award winning because its a remarkable Film And Something we have never seen before from The Royal Family. That honesty about herjourney and capturing a narrative. The Art Of Great Pr is to great your story out and for people to engage in that story get your story out. If you look at every Front Page of the Legacy Media this morning, and here we are talking about it, it has generated the Empathy And Understanding that a young family would want to achieve. Obviously there is a lot of media and public sympathy for that family, for very, very understandable reasons. At the same time, if Theyjust Go straight to Social Media and ignore what you describe as the Legacy Media, they are not opening up themselves to any accountability, any questioning by the royal correspondent. They are not unsympathetic to them but there is no public accountability to a family who are paid for by the british taxpayer. Are paid for by the british taxoayer are paid for by the british taxpayer. That is indeed a valid point taxpayer. That is indeed a valid point and taxpayer. That is indeed a valid point and i taxpayer. That is indeed a valid point and i wouldntl valid point and i wouldnt argue about it. But lets face one thing, the royalfamily argue about it. But lets face one thing, The Royal Family are damned if they do and damned if they dont. It is one of the most difficult Communication Jobs in the world i might say. And we have seen countless criticism of the way they go about it. They have manhandled it in the way they think is best and they have manhandled it for the way that media is consumed in the 21st century. And that is something they have done incredibly well. Whether it fits the scrutiny that you rightly point out, perhaps not. But it is a family dealing with illness and its a public figure where there is huge demands on them. And it isnt just the days of a Set Number of broadcasters, a Set Number of broadcasters, a Set Number of publications, it is a splinternet and thats difficult to manage. Splinternet and thats difficult to manaie. L, difficult to manage. Kate must be one of difficult to manage. Kate must be one of the difficult to manage. Kate must be one of the most difficult to manage. Kate must be one of the most watched i be one of the most watched people in the world. Do you think even when she is fully better there will be some pulling back of how much scrutiny she is under because it must be impossible to live with that . It must be impossible to live with that . , l ,. , with that . The public scrutiny comes with with that . The public scrutiny comes with the with that . The public scrutiny comes with the demands i with that . The public scrutiny comes with the demands of l with that . The public Scrutiny L comes with the demands of the job, and im afraid that is very difficult to manage, and i know that william has often talked about the issues that surround that. Thats something youre not going to get sympathy when you are paid to be a representative and do public duty. They have engaged now so they have set a very high bar. We shall see. Kate sells newspapers, creates click bait, creates advertising revenue, and from all those who feed on her image. So lets Take A Good Look at that and realise that in this world where the news and the narratives, which are difficult to communicate, they will be reining back from it. Whether they can, i dont know. It certainly sets a precedent in the way that they will choose to communicate going forward. Mark borkowski, thank you very much indeed. Just let me show you pictures from a mass in timor leste, formerly known as east timor, where the pope is celebrating an outdoor mass in a field near the capital. One of the biggest masses of his papacy. Vatican officials say 700,000 worshippers, half the Countrys Population are taking part. The tiny nation gained independence from indonesia in 2002, one of the worlds most catholic countries, it was formerly a Portuguese Colony and the pope is next due on To Singapore for the conclusion of his tour of Southeast Asia by The End of this week. Those are the pictures coming in from timor leste, east timor as it has been known, with the pope on a Southeast Asian tour. This is bbc news. Some news coming into us in the last half an hour, yaser jabbar, consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon who worked at great ormond street Childrens Hospital in london, concerns had been raised about his Practice And Hospital is now reviewing 700 cases the doctor had worked on. Doctorjabbar was due to appear at the International Orthopaedic Conference in dubai this week but has now been removed as a speaker from that conference. In a statement, organisers of the orthopaedic congress said we are deeply shocked by the recent revelations regarding doctor yaserjabbar� s alleged involvement in unethical medical practices. George lucas, creator of the star Wars Group has led tributes to the darth Vader Voice actorjames earljones who has died at the age of 93. Lucas described him as a beautiful human being. Mark hamill who played the Films Protagonist and darth Vaders SonLuke Skywalker tweeted, rip, dad. As well as the star wars villain, jones was known for a wide array of rolls of his six decade career, his other Voice Work included move faster in Disneys Lion King and the News Channel Cnn ident. Lizo mzimba looks back on his life. From this film, the first Film Role he clearly had something special. The fire is out, had something special. The fire is out. The had something special. The fire is out, the power had something special. The fire is out, the power is had something special. The fire is out, the power is on, is out, the power is on, everything seems to check all right. Everything seems to check all riiht. L, everything seems to check all riiht. , l, L Everything seems to check all riiht. ,. � l, right. That voice. Before doctor strangelove, i right. That voice. Before i doctor strangelove, james Earl Jones had served in the military but he really wanted to act. � , l, l, to act. Ive been waiting for ou, to act. Ive been waiting for you. We to act. Ive been waiting for you. We meet to act. Ive been waiting for you, we meet again to act. Ive been waiting for you, we meet again at i to act. Ive been waiting forj you, we meet again at last. Then came something that made his Voice World famous. His Voice World famous. When i left ou his Voice World famous. When i left you i his Voice World famous. When i left you i was his Voice World famous. When i left you i was but his Voice World famous. When i left you i was but a his Voice World famous. When i left you i was but a learner, i left you i was but a learner, now i am the master. You are part of the Rebel Alliance and a traitor. Take away. His voice but my gravity a traitor. Take away. His voice but my gravity at a traitor. Take away. His voice but my gravity at depth i a traitor. Take away. His voice but my gravity at depth made| but my gravity at depth made him a natural choice for the lion king. Look, simba. Everything the light touches is our kingdom. And its remake a quarter of a century later. One day, simba, The Sun will set on my time here, and will rise with you as the new king. While he again played a king opposite Eddie Murphy in coming to america. I want a woman to love me for who i am, not because of what i am. He also had the chance to show his gift for comedy. And who are you . I am a man who has never tied his own shoes before. Wrong. You are a prince who has never tied his shoes. Believe me, i tied my own shoes once. It is an overrated experience. On tv, he played the author alex haley, whose search for his african ancestors led to the ground breaking series roots. The force is with you, young skywalker, but you are not a jedi yet. And is all the more admirable in that a young boy who barely spoke because of his stutter. Most impressive. Should become an actor whose stirring tones. Ha ha ha thats very good . Earned him the accolade of having perhaps the worlds most recognisable voice. Simba, remember. Kunta kinte, ive found you i am your father. James earljones with that incredible Voice And Career history remembered as news of history remembered as news of his passing is shared. Lets get some of the other stories making news here in the uk today. The full State Pension is set to rise by £460 a year from april, following the release of the latest official wages data. New figures showed annual wages rose by 4 . The Triple Lock means the figure will be used to set pensions, though not everyone receives the full amount. New research has found hundreds of children with Special Educational Needs are completely missing from education in england. The report was produced by the Childrens Commissioner and found a disproportionately high number of Sen Children were among those not enrolled at a school or being educated elsewhere. And how are you watching me right now . Or even looking at these pictures. A survey by britains Broadcast Regulator has found that more people in the country get their news from websites and apps than from tv. It ends a 60 Year Dominance of television bulletins. Use of tiktok as a News Source appears to be rising fast. Next a warning of some Flash Photography as we head to the Red Carpet at the toronto film festival. Pop star Robbie Williams was there for the screening of the biopic about his Career Title better man. He rose to fame as a member of the band take that in the 1990s before his Solo Career including hits like angels. Although in this movie he plays himself, not in person but as a Cgi Monkey, the idea of director michael gracie. Michael One Day came over and said what is your Spirit Animal . And i was trying to find some Self Worth for myself at the time because there is lots of Self Hatred so i could have gone anywhere but this particular day i chose lion, i said lion, and he went hmm command i went monkey, and he went to hmm. He said ive got this idea, everyone in the movie is real apart from you and you are a Cgi Monkey and do you like Dr Dan before he finished the sentence i was like, yes, here we are. Robbie williams there. Like, yes, here we are. Robbie williams there. Lets like, yes, here we are. Robbie williams there. Lets up i like, yes, here we are. Robbie williams there. Lets up with L Williams there. Lets up with the weather now. We are back in a few minutes with the full round up of all the news. Bye for now. It has been marred relatively speaking apart from the rain in the south and warm in the far North And West but some changes for the next couple of days. Autumn is biting Back Temperature wise at least. Its going to turn colder by day and by night with the chance of a frost for some, especially on thursday night. It will be windy, brisk north westerly wind, sunny spells but also blustery showers. Those changes have already started, deep area of low pressure sweeping across the Northern Isles, sending this cold front sweeping southwards and eastwards across the uk, so you can see the mild air being pushed away martin orange, The Blues and yellows, the cold air takes over through the cold air takes over through the middle part of the week and it will feel Bitingly Cold in exposure to that north westerly wind. Here is the cold front for the rest of tuesday. It sinks southwards and eastwards, narrow band of rain for most, there will be some cloud ahead of the Front But Sunshine developing behind, blustery showers, Heavy Rain across the Northern Isles could lead to localised flooding and it is windy wherever you are across the uk, but pretty Peter Kioso for the Northern Isles, gusts of up to 60, 60 five miles per hour but particularly. Temperatures ranging between 11 and 18 celsius. We keep the mild air towards the south but the rain could pep up heading through Tuesday Evening before it clears overnight. Its going to feel cold on tuesday night. Some of our temperatures could drop back to mid single figures. I think youll really notice the chill on wednesday morning. Still some blustery showers towards the North And West but we will see some clearer skies, especially further and east. And then on wednesday it is a typical day when we see a north westerly wind at this time of year, sunny spells and showers, most of the showers towards the North And West, most of them heavy and possibly thundery. It will feel cold and exposure, that still brisk north westerly Wind And Temperature is now below the seasonal average across the board. But it is still september so in the spells of sunshine and sheltered from the wind, it wont feel too bad. Again, more sunny spells than showers perhaps on thursday and then high pressure starts building in from the south west. That will have the effect of lightening the winds. They could be a bit of frost particularly for Northern England and parts of scotland into Friday Morning and some Mist And Fog developing as well. But mostly dry on friday, temperatures recover on friday and through the weekend. Bye bye. Live from london. This is bbc news. The inquiry into how Lucy Letby was able to carry out the murder of seven babies while working as a nurse is about to get under way. More than 1,700 prisoners are being released early across england and wales, in an effort to ease overcrowding in jails. Mps are to vote on a controversial plan to remove the Winter Fuel Payment from millions of pensioners. An israeli Air Strike hits a Safe Zone in southern Gaza Hamas officials says more than 40 people were killed. Israel said it was targeting hamas commanders directly involved in the October 7th attack. And tributes to the american actorjames Earljones Voice of Darth Vader whos died aged 93. Hello, im sarah campbell. We start in liverpool where the public inquiry into the case of serial killer Lucy Letby, who murdered seven babies and tried to kill seven more, is about to get under way. Gfx it will look at how she was able to carry it will look at how she was able to carry