Shelter and safety in well lit doorways, and, it could see a fine of £2,500 issued to a person carrying an excessive smell. The letter, signed by organisations including crisis, amnesty uk and the big issue, praises government steps to end Rough Sleeping but argues elements of the criminaljustice bill undermine those commitments. Home Office Sources say they do not believe the plans criminalise Rough Sleeping, but give Police Powers to tackle the issue. Lets speak now to Jasmin Basran from homelessness charity, crisis. Thank you for coming in the programme. Thank you for coming in the programme thank you for coming in the rouramme. , ~. ,. , programme. Thank you for having me. What are your programme. Thank you for having me. What are your concerns programme. Thank you for having me. What are your concerns with programme. Thank you for having me. What are your concerns with this . What are your concerns with this . The bill introduces a wide range of powers that mean people can be criminalised for sleeping in doorway or having excessive smell and in practice that mean people will be criminalised for the act of being homeless and we are concerned about how dehumanising the elements are in the bill towards people who are Sleeping Rough on the streets and need support. The Sleeping Rough on the streets and need summ Sleeping Rough on the streets and need support. The potential behind the bill, the need support. The potential behind the bill, the intention need support. The potential behind the bill, the intention is need support. The potential behind the bill, the intention is to need support. The potential behind the bill, the intention is to work. The bill, the intention is to work to end Rough Sleeping and give Police Powers to enforce that. That is something you support . What Police Powers to enforce that. That is something you support . What we see and every is something you support . What we see and every year is something you support . What we see and every year we is something you support . What we see and every year we work is something you support . What we see and every year we work with see and every year we work with thousands of people who are homeless including many people Sleeping Rough, and what we see that is affected is offering people support first and being able to work with them to meet their needs. 0ften them to meet their needs. Often people are Sleeping Rough and might have Mental Health needs. We need to address those. There are successful programmes the government have done, this has proven to permanently end of sleeping who are eligible and we want to see the expansion of those initiatives rather than this approach which actually we know from previous legislation, existing legislation, pushes people away from support because it breaks down the trust when people are Sleeping Rough already fearful and traumatised by the experience and then being enforced against and thrown into jail. Enforced against and thrown into ail. ,. , ,. , jail. One of the examples often talked about jail. One of the examples often talked about is jail. One of the examples often talked about is businesses, jail. One of the examples often i talked about is businesses, Small Businesses for example, trying to trade and work and feeling they dont have the ability to move rough sleepers so that they can trade. Whatever their personal opinions they may be deeply compassionate but still want to be able to run their business. Is that the kind of problem that is trying to help with . The government have said those are the types of issues, however there are existing powers in the 2014 anti social behaviour act that would enable these issues to be addressed. For example in that piece of legislation, in this scenario, if someone is unfortunately causing disruption because they are sleeping in front of a shop doorway, the police can already approach that individual if they are causing an issue and having a negative impact on the community and the shop itself. One of the changes being suggested to the government is to update guidance around that act and make it clear police have those powers. There is a duplication here thatis powers. There is a duplication here that is not needed and even worse, current legislation goes much further and much broader so even if people are not causing any type of nuisance. Susie boniface journalist and daily mirror columnist. Brian stelterjournalist and broadcaster. Do you share those concerns . Very much. Do you share those concerns . Very much there do you share those concerns . Very much. There was a do you share those concerns . Very much. There was a scheme do you share those concerns . Very much. There was a scheme in which the government said it was going to end this the government said it was going to end this victorian attitude we have towards end this victorian attitude we have towards homelessness. Vagrancy act from the towards homelessness. Vagrancy act from the 19th century makes it an offence from the 19th century makes it an offence to from the 19th century makes it an offence to beg and we were going to make offence to beg and we were going to make sure offence to beg and we were going to make sure people were housed, a lot of people make sure people were housed, a lot of people thought maybe this is going of people thought maybe this is going to of people thought maybe this is going to signify a long term change as a result going to signify a long term change as a result and what happened was after the as a result and what happened was after the pandemic was people got dumped after the pandemic was people got dumped. We have legislation written by an authority on Home Secretary which by an authority on Home Secretary which says by an authority on Home Secretary which says someone looks rough steeping which says someone looks Rough Sleeping can be arrested. This Coming Sleeping can be arrested. 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If i can come back to in the uk on this front. Thank you for that. If i can come back to you before i let you go, we have seen the letter there. Just tell as what happens next, the timeline and what you hope will happen. We happens next, the timeline and what you hope will happen. You hope will happen. We hope the bill will return you hope will happen. We hope the bill will return soon you hope will happen. We hope the bill will return soon to you hope will happen. We hope the bill will return soon to parliament. | bill will return soon to parliament. They have been a number of mps supporting amendments to take out these problematic elements of the bill, the parts that will criminalise homelessness. The government can respond in the interim, and say we are going to address this, we are going to accept the amendments and change these problematic elements are they may choose to wait and see what happens. There are significant numbers behind these amendments who it may be they want to wait for that but i think hopefully they are listening and actually realise concerns and seek to address the issue before it gets to address the issue before it gets to that stage. To address the issue before it gets to that stage to address the issue before it gets to that stage. Thank you for coming on the programme. South koreas liberal Opposition Party has won a Landslide Majority in the countrys general election. The Democratic Party and smaller opposition partiesjointly won 192 of 300 seats in the national assembly, and retains control of parliament. The vote was widely seen as a referendum on the countrys president yoon. And although hes been unpopular, few observers expected such a punishing defeat. 0ur seoul correspondent Jean Mackenzie explained what this result means for president yoons position and south koreas political landscape. Although these were parliamentary elections and they dont decide the president , the way the campaign has played out here is very much that this was a mid term referendum on the current president Yoon Suk Yeol who has been in office now for two years. He has been an unpopular president from the very start. His Approval Ratings have hovered between 30 and 40 . People have bristled at what they see as quite a confrontational political style, but also he has been accused of mishandling the economy. So when we spoke to people at Polling Stations yesterday, they were telling us that they were worried about the rising cost of food or how difficult it is to buy an apartment here and they didnt believe that mr yoon had a vision for this country and was going to be able to fix these problems. But even so, i dont think either side was expecting him to be punished quite this much. This is a landslide for the Opposition Party, and it does dent president yoons authority. When it comes to the day to day politics, it means that it will be more difficult for him to pass laws and pursue his agenda because now the opposition in the smaller parties are going to be able to come together to block the laws that they dont like. That means that there is going to be more gridlock going forward. Weve already had two years of gridlock, because the opposition controlled the parliament before, and it means that mr yoon might leave office with very little to show for his time other than his Foreign Policy achievements. Because Foreign Policy is more divorced from the parliament, mr yoon has more autonomy here. And over the past couple of years he has made some pretty radical changes to south korean Foreign Policy. He has strengthened his relationship with the United States and with japan in order to Counter China and north korea. But he had the authority to make these changes because he had just won a president ial election. Now, he has in effect lost an election, it is going to make it more difficult for him to pursue Foreign Policy that doesnt have public support here in south korea. Those tuning in to tv coverage on Election Night got more than the graphs and charts you might expect though. You could see parliamentary candidates starring in a romantic dramas, fighting on a speeding train, or even locked in a rap battle. South koreas broadcasters use Computer Graphics to spice up their coverage and try to draw in viewers. Lets take a look at a few examples from commercial broadcaster, sbs. Woman speaks korean. That is impossible to talk. Outstanding stuff. I dont know what the Fish Tank Setups were about. Brian, you are one of the leading world authorities on cable News Coverage generally, election coverage, give us your assessment of that. We coverage, give us your assessment of that. ~. ,. ,. ,. , that. We live in an age dominated by gooule, that. We live in an age dominated by google. Meta. That. We live in an age dominated by google, meta, netflix, that. We live in an age dominated by google, meta, netflix, but that. We live in an age dominated by google, meta, netflix, but i that. We live in an age dominated by google, meta, netflix, but i love google, meta, netflix, but i love that these television networks, all school that these television networks, all School Brands that have been around for decades School Brands that have been around for decades still have a uniting power for decades still have a uniting power to for decades still have a uniting power to bring countries and communities together for big elections. Thats what i love about those elections. Thats what i love about those videos from south korea, that is what those videos from south korea, that is what networks to on big moments for a country. I love the snow angels, for a country. I love the snow angels, and south korea the liberals and conservatives were demonising each other and conservatives were demonising each other in this election for months. Each other in this election for months. It each other in this election for months, it was about mudslinging and toxic rhetoric and demonisation and we all toxic rhetoric and demonisation and we all would benefit to be reminded try we all would benefit to be reminded by the we all would benefit to be reminded by the humanity of these candidates, these by the humanity of these candidates, these politicians. When you see them in a more these politicians. When you see them in a more playful mode using computer in a more playful mode using Computer Animation when you do this and have Computer Animation when you do this and have more fun with it, i think that is and have more fun with it, i think that is helpful to have a bit more fun being that is helpful to have a bit more fun being injected into politics after fun being injected into politics after a fun being injected into politics after a very nasty campaign. I am surprisingly after a very nasty campaign. I am surprisingly emotional, after a very nasty campaign. I am surprisingly emotional, i after a very nasty campaign. I n surprisingly emotional, i am touched by your answer. What do you make of it . I by your answer. What do you make of it . 4 by your answer. What do you make of it . ~ , by your answer. What do you make of it . 4 ,. , it . I think if it is a Divisive Campaign it . I think if it is a Divisive Campaign you it . I think if it is a Divisive Campaign you can it . I think if it is a Divisive Campaign you can see it . I think if it is a divisive| campaign you can see this it . I think if it is a divisive i campaign you can see this as it . I think if it is a Divisive Campaign you can see this as a bit jarring to voters but in this country when you have the State Broadcaster which has strict rules about how it must be not prejudiced and completely balanced at all times to ofcom, i did to think what the ruling parties would say if they decide to put keir starmer and rishi sunak on trampolines, who had the best looking leotard, he was on the left and right, it would be a nightmare. It might work in south korea but could not take off here. It is absolutely fascinating. Of course bbc public broadcaster rather than State Broadcaster. Other countries are not going to import that but can you give as a heads up what we can expect from the coverage of the us election coming up . I of the us election coming up . I mentioned how toxic the elections were in south korea, it will be worse in the United States. That is the fear americans have. These networks, these are moments of unity. Donald trump outweigh to 20 when he tried to steal the election. Again it is an example of the role and the power of television. It is about the enduring power of television. Maybe it would be playful, i dont know. Around the world and across the uk. Now its time for the panel. Over to our panellists. I have written a over to our panellists. I have written a story over to our panellists. I have written a story today. Over to our panellists. I have written a story today. I over to our panellists. I have written a story today. I do. Over to our panellists. I have written a story today. I do it| written a story today. I do it occasionally. It is in the newspaper about the atomic weapons establishment, the repository of britains Nuclear Secrets, organisations that we rent from our friends the americans. They have confirmed in a Freedom Of Information Request they have a secret database with some of its most classified documents on it. Anyone who wants to access it has to hassle for a long time. It has taken a ministerfor months hassle for a long time. It has taken a minister for months to get into the database to see what is in there about veterans of our Nuclear Weapons tests and the awa just admitted they have lost the log of who has access to it over a period of eight years. Either this is a convenient means of losing something they dont want anyone to see youre they dont want anyone to see youre the one place you would think. I am just looking at your image of a British Nuclear weapon going around in a circle and exploding. How that this is conveniently of losing something you dont want to find the most secure place in britain where we keep our Nuclear Secrets has the equivalent of an honesty box on the outside saying if you want to get in we wont tell anyone you look at our nuclear warheads. Nuclear warheads. Apologies for distractina nuclear warheads. Apologies for distracting you. Nuclear warheads. Apologies for distracting you. Brian . Nuclear warheads. Apologies for distracting you. Brian . Lesser i nuclear warheads. Apologies for i distracting you. Brian . Lesser raise less visual but distracting you. Brian . Lesser raise less visual but its distracting you. Brian . Lesser raise less visual but its about distracting you. Brian . Lesser raise less visual but its about president l less visual but its about president versus less visual but its about president versus donald trump. Nothing about this president ial election is normal, this president ial election is normal, it is a rematch, most americans normal, it is a rematch, most americans dont want it but its happening. Well there be debates . Debates happening. Well there be debates . Debates are the bedrock of us political debates are the bedrock of us political system. Foras debates are the bedrock of us political system. For as long as there political system. For as long as there has political system. For as long as there has been television. Right now it is up there has been television. Right now it is up in there has been television. Right now it is up in the and donald trump challenged biden saying lets have more challenged biden saying lets have more debates, more often, lets start more debates, more often, lets start earlier than usual. There is pressure start earlier than usual. 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My gut tells me there will be. Biden will agree, tells me there will be. Biden will agree, trump will show up. It will be a agree, trump will show up. It will be a disaster with people talking over each be a disaster with people talking over each other but who knows . To me that is over each other but who knows . To me that is the over each other but who knows . To me that is the x over each other but who knows . To me that is the x factor of this Eiection That is the x factor of this election this fall. That is the x factor of this election this fall. ,. ,. , ,. , election this fall. Donald trump you did not take election this fall. Donald trump you did not take part election this fall. Donald trump you did not take part in election this fall. Donald trump you did not take part in the election this fall. Donald trump you did not take part in the debates i election this fall. Donald trump you did not take part in the debates butj did not take part in the debates but does want debate now, what is the calculation from the trump cabinet . He says he wants lots of debates, he thinks he says he wants lots of debates, he thinks he he says he wants lots of debates, he thinks he will come across as a stronger thinks he will come across as a stronger and younger one, what a relative stronger and younger one, what a relative calculation. This also could relative calculation. This also could be relative calculation. This also could be a trump ploy. He is weaker than he could be a trump ploy. He is weaker than he appears like now. Many Republican Voters dont want to go and vote Republican Voters dont want to go and vote for him. He needs to fire up and vote for him. He needs to fire upan and vote for him. He needs to fire up an audience, he needs the exposure up an audience, he needs the exposure may be more than biden but this Will Exposure may be more than biden but this will go exposure may be more than biden but this will go back and forth, i am intrigued this will go back and forth, i am intrigued to see when the first debate intrigued to see when the first debate will be and will biden appear . Debate will be and will biden a ear . , debate will be and will biden a. Ear . , , debate will be and will biden auear . , ,. , Susie Boniface journalist and daily mirror columnist. Brian stelterjournalist and broadcaster. Thank you for being an insightful and entertaining panel. I want to take you to london and the bafta awards. A crucial time of the year for the industry. The days of Computer Games being niche are long gone frankly. Biggerthan Computer Games being niche are long gone frankly. Bigger than the Music Industry in the ukmto is a finances. When it started, we were predicting a big night for one game in particular, baldur skate three. And so it turned out that way. It won lots of awards including this one. This is footage from it. Best game award. Basically cementing its victory lap around the Games Industry this year. We will have a full write up on the website later. Goodbye. After a 2. 5hour delay, one which could mean some of the field wont complete their first round, the masters got under way at augusta. Bryson dechambeau also was three under after three, one of the Liv Golf Contingent is. There are british players at the top of the leaderboard. A former champion from 2016 lead early, ended four under. Matt fitzpatrick is tied for second. The world number one is up for second. The world number one is up to a good start, three under after that bunker on the 12th and rory mcilroy. Can he get the first Green Jacket Rhys Mckee has gone one under a short time ago. Liverpool lost the first leg against atalanta and a successful attempt could be beyond them beaten 3 0 tonight. Atalanta got a two goal lead and then a late third to leave liverpool with a lot of work to do in bergamo in the second leg. West ham lost their leg. By leverkusen won by two goals in germany. It is a 42nd game this season unbeaten for buyer leverkusen. Not all games are finished. Heading for a victory benfica. In an all italian fare, rome winning by one goal against ac milan. Aston villa 21 goal against ac milan. Aston villa 2 1 against lille. Ollie watkins with the opener at the very start of the match. John mcginn got the second of the night for villa. Lille have just closed to gap. Currently 21 with have just closed to gap. Currently 2 1 with a few seconds of the game remaining. Confirmation of that scoreline and the others. Olympia cross against fenerbahce, goalless in poland. The premier leagues bottom side Sheffield United will start next season on minus two points if they are relegated to the championship, which looks likely. The Football League have sanctioned the club after they defaulted on a number of payments to other clubs last season. They have also been handed a further two point deduction, suspended until the end of the next season they are in the efl. Evertons prospective new owners have asked for more time to pay off a loan, which is holding up their takeover of the club. Point of football is not an easy business there must be so made Different Things to go through and so many checks that have to be done. I dont imagine for one second it is a simple process. It is taking more time, that is the way it goes. I certainly am not involved at that level of what we do here so yes, the rest is just a wait and see situation. Rangers manager Philippe Clement says the Scottish Club offered to play their twice postponed game against dundee on thursday and even Fernando Alonso has signed to stay with aston martin in formula 1 for at least the next two seasons. The team says the 42 year old, who was out of contract at the end of this season, has a new deal that will extend until at least the end of 2026. It means alonso will be driving in f1 at least until he is 45, and possibly beyond. The Aintree Festival is under way, The Main Event is the Grand National On Saturday and last years winner Corach Rambler Heads the 34 strong field the feature race on the first day provided plenty of excitement with a three way photo finish. The Willie Mullins trained Impaire Et Passe got the better of bob olinger and langer dan to win the aintree hurdle. That was after a lengthy stewards inquiry saw no reason to reverse the placings despite some interference in the home straight. The Gordon Elliot trained Gerri Colombe beat ahoy senior in a Driving Finish to the aintree bowl. The 9 4 favourite had finished runner up in last months Cheltenham Gold Cup but went one better in liverpool. Full time coming, you can check the bbc website for that. Thats all the sport for now. Hello there. The weather today has been very mild indeed for april. Temperatures reached 20 Degrees Celsius in parts of norfolk. Meanwhile, in Northern Ireland, the 17 degrees were recorded here made it Northern Irelands warmest day of the year so far. We did have South Westerly Winds dragging in the mild air, but they also brought a lot of cloud to wales and southwest england, whereas the best of the sunshine, really, was across the midlands, Northern England and into parts of scotland. Weve got a similar set up weather wise, really, into friday. The jet stream continues to drag up some very mild air from near the azores, moves it along into parts of the uk, and thats going to again boost the temperatures on friday into the high teens to low 20s. Aberdeen seeing temperatures seven Degrees Celsius above average. Now, before we get there, overnight tonight, were looking at a few patches of rain coming and going across Northern Ireland, scotland and Northern England. Therell be a few mist and fog patches around as well. The South Westerly Winds continue to bring that mild air across the uk. So a mild night, temperatures staying up into double figures in most places. Tomorrow, mild start to the mist and fog patches slowly lifting and clearing, but the chance of seeing sunshine and more sunshine across england and wales, whereas the thicker cloud will be in parts of scotland, Northern Ireland and the far north of england, where well have a few patches of rain from time to time. 18 in aberdeen, top temperatures across Eastern England likely to hit around 21 Degrees Celsius, which is going to get close to the highest temperature ever recorded so far this year in the whole of the uk. All change, though, as we head into the weekend, well start to see some rain and cooler weather work into Northern Ireland, scotland and Northern England, holding on to something a little bit warmer again for parts of wales, the midlands, east anglia and southern counties of england. But the change will come. As we head into sunday and next week, the jet stream pattern changes completely and well start to get these northwesterly winds dragging in much cooler weather conditions. And so, for the second half of the weekend, were looking at lots of showers for scotland and Northern Ireland. Some of those will have some hail mixed in, one or two showers for the northwest of both england and wales, still largely dry across east anglia and southeast england, but temperatures back close to average, whereas further north, temperatures, if anything, could be a degree or so below average. What follows, then, into monday is more general outbreaks of rain and quite a cool windy day. Sunshine and showers tuesday and wednesday, and then High Pressure bringing drier weather towards the end of the week. Tonight at ten oj simpson, whose involvement in a Double Murder Trial earned him Global Notoriety has died from cancer. He was 76. A police car chase, before The Sports Star Turned Actor was tried for murder. Millions watched it in real time. He was acquitted in the subsequent courtroom drama dubbed the trial of the century. Well be looking at his life and his place in us popular culture. Also tonight, russia steps up attacks on ukraines power plants were live in kharkiv. The email from a former post office boss, congratulating the team who secured the Wrongful Conviction of a Sub Postmistress she was pregnant at the time. A war on gangs were on patrol with police in ecuador, trying to bring down the surging murder rate. Well have the revelations of a former Prime Ministers affair, with a woman no one expected. And the big business of british gaming and its baldur� s gate 3 which sweeps the board. Oj simpson National Hero or hate figure after a real life drama