The Prime Minister has faced mounting criticism of both her leadership and her negotiating stance on brexit, with fears expressed by leave supporters within her own party about britains final relationship with the European Union. About britains final relationship one former cabinet minister warned there was a danger that a final deal might keep britain in the eu in all but name. A serving minister, david lidington, urged party unity. Our Political Correspondent chris mason reports. If it felt a little bit chilly for the Prime Minister at the World Economic forum in switzerland last week, well, the political forecast is not looking much sunnier for her now shes back home. Looking much sunnier for her now some of her mps are fed up with what they see as her merely muddling along in office. With what they see as her merely and on top of that, some of those who campaigned for brexit fear it being diluted to such an extent it never really properly happens. It is very complicated, and that i
After she beats simona halep in the final of the australian open. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The director of Public Prosecutions, Alison Saunders, has said all current rape and serious Sexual Assault cases in england and wales are to be reviewed as a matter of urgency, following the collapse of several recent trials because evidence was not disclosed to defence lawyers. Today, the attorney general told the bbc there was no evidence of widespread malpractice or dishonesty in the prosecution system. Our Legal Affairs correspondent, clive coleman, reports. Disclosure of evidence in some recent highly publicised rape cases has gone badly wrong. But how widespread is the problem . In december, liam allan was acquitted of six counts of rape and six of Sexual Assault when it emerged evidence on a computer disk which police had examined showed messages from the alleged victim pestering him for casual sex. And the number of prosecutions in england and wales that collapsed because o
Welcome to bbc news. Three teenage boys were killed when a car hit them near a bus stop in west london on friday evening in what police have called a horrific crash. Two of the boys, who had been heading to a birthday party, have been named locally as George Wilkinson and harry louis rice. A man aged 28 who was in the vehicle is under arrest in hospital. Our correspondent ben ando reports. Friends, classmates, mourners. Three, two, one. Grieving together an improvised memorial for a tragedy as shocking as it was unexpected, to mark the deaths of three teenagers struck by a speeding car in hayes, middlesex, yesterday evening. The teenage boys have not been formally identified, but have been named locally as george, harry and josh. Two were 16, the other 17. Earlier their families had visited the bus stop where the boys had lost their lives. Jake webb was one of the first on the scene immediately after it happened. I could see the incident in front of me. I had called them at that point.
Being poor quality anyone who knows the man would recognise him and urge them to come forward with information. In a statement the metropolitan police said, three young men have lost their lives such tragic circumstances must far outweigh any taboo around assisting police. Investigators believe there were at least two men in a black audi that hit the Three Friends near a bus stop in hayes. One man is under arrest. The victims have been named locally as harry rice, George Wilkinson and josh kennedy. Our correspondent leigh milner is there. Police have released this grainy cctv image of a potential suspect that they would like to question. The cctv image was captured just by the bus stop where the three boys died and detective Sergeant Michael rapp from the mets Serious Collision Investigation unit said that while the images were not of good quality, he is convinced that those who know the man in that image will recognise him. Meanwhile, another 28 year old man is currently being detaine
Over the car crash which killed three teenagers at a bus stop in west london. Hes believed to have been one of two men who were in the audi car. The other man was arrested. From hayes, ben ando reports. On the run. Does this grainy cctv image show the driver of a car that ran over and killed three teenage boys in hayes, middlesex . The black audi also hit a lamp post before coming to a halt. Another man was detained in a nearby garage forecourt. He is under arrest and being questioned. At the scene, a steady stream of visitors bringing flowers and messages. The boys have been named as george wilkinson, harry lewis wright and josh kennedy. Two were aged 16, one was 17. Among those paying their respects, georges grandfather. I wasnt going to stop here, but i had to in the end. How do you feel now you have come . Upset, but im pleased, yeah. As well as grief, there are questions and anger. It isnt clear exactly how fast the audi was going, but the speed limit on this stretch of road is 60