of the met with our home editor. also this lunchtime. scotland s former first minister nicola sturgeon cancels a public appearance today, as the police investigation into her husband continues. a new drug on the nhs for people living with inherited breast and prostate cancer. and delays again for holiday makers booked on cross channel ferries from dover, as the easter getaway begins. and coming up on the bbc news channel. we round up the latest action, he key interviews and discuss the day s biggest talking points in sport. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. dozens of metropolitan police officers have been diverted from investigating serious crime and terrorism to root out wrongdoing within the force. the head of the met, sir mark rowley, says he expects hundreds of staff to be removed from duty over the next few years. it comes after a damning report last month called britain s biggest police force instutionally racist, homophobic and misogynist. helena wilki
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
the highest daily number since 2006. 25 years after the landmark good friday agreement, we look at the tensions and obstacles still plaguing northern ireland. and at the masters in augusta, rory mcilroy tees off in the hope that this will finally be his year. and coming up on the bbc news channel: england play for a trophy at wembley for the first time since winning the euros. and just like last summer ella toone s on the scoresheet. their experiences and from the commissioner in charge. good evening. the depth of alarm about the state of the metropolitan police the biggest force in the uk has been highlighted by the measures now being taken by the commissioner, sir mark rowley. he s moved dozens of officers from their work tackling organised crime and terrorism to focus instead on identifying colleagues who are unfit to be in the force. hundreds of staff previously accused of sex crimes or domestic abuse are to be urgently reassessed, and more than 600 others are to ha
dominic hughes has more. so we re now going around to our ambulance off load area. in the emergency department at royal stoke university hospital, preparations are under way for what will be the biggest disruption to nhs services since the series of strikes began in december. hi, how are you getting on? so there s just three on the way in. next week s four day walk out byjunior doctors, who make up around half of the hospital s medical workforce, many of them with years of experience, means it definitely won t be business as usual. so from tuesday, we re all being asked to consider whether we really need to go to hospital. we re here if you need us. so that would be the first thing that i d say. and it s the same as we said over covid, if you re unwell and you need help, the nhs will be able to look after you at this time. but you d like people to think carefully? think carefully, use it carefully, be sensible. it s easter, be sensible with your diy, please, be sensible with your alcoh