hello and welcome. we will concentrate on the stories dominating the headlines here in the uk. some breaking news here in the uk an inquiry fails to determine whether or not a british mp told a minister that her muslim faith was a factor in her sacking but finds mark spencer did not break ministerial rules. nusrat ghani claimed she was told her muslimness was raised as an issue when she lost herjob as transport minister in february 2020. our political correspondent jonathan blake gave details on the background to this investigation. this investigation began in february of last year when borisjohnson was prime minister. he asked his ethics adviser at the time to look into the claims by nusrat ghani, a conservative mp who claims that when she had been sacked as transport minister in 2020, she was told that her muslimness had been raised as an issue. subsequently, she raised concerns about those comments which were made. it was later revealed by the chief whip at the time, m
days next week. and at york minister the king s first maundy thursday and coming up in sportsday later in the hour on the bbc news channel.. we will have the latest from augusta and the first round of the masters, golfs first major of the year. tiger woods is out on the course right now. good evening welcome to the bbc news at six. 90 metropolitan police officers have been diverted from investigating terrorism and serious crime to investigate their own colleagues, as the force tries to restore public confidence in the wake of damaging revelations and a report that called it institutionally racist, homophobic and misogynistic. the met revealed today that after looking into more than 1000 allegations of sexual offences and domestic abuse against officers and staff over a ten year period there were 196 people who needed to be risk assessed or re vetted and another 689 cases that needed to be looked at again in case there were missed lines of inquiry or new ones. the commissi
At 6:00pm today, the uk s biggest police force says it needs new powers to sack people as it tries to rebuild public trust. the metropolitan police is looking again at many complaints of domestic and sexual abuse against officers and staff after a series of damaging revelations. we re already doubling the number of people who are leaving the organisation. i ve been really clear there are hundreds of people here who shouldn t be here. i ve got tens of thousands of fantastic people but we re all let down by the hundreds. we ll be assessing the met s effort to clean up the ranks. also on the programme. the pregnant woman who died after being pushed off arthur s seat in edinburgh. her husband has beenjailed for at least 20 years. warnings about patient safety asjunior doctors in england prepare to go on strike for four
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