The week in parliament. A controversial bill that turns all eu law into british law has passed its first parliamentary test but the battle is far from over. It actually represents the biggest peace time power grab by the executive over the legislature, by the government over parliament, in 100 years. The government rejects accusations that it is riding roughshod over the democratic process. The government of the day must have a realistic opportunity to make progress with its business through the house. The motion that the house is being asked to agree today guarantees that the party with a working majority is able to do exactly that. And for mps worried about a government power grab, theres a lesson in how to tame the executive. I am no friend of the front bench. I thrash them and i lash them thwack, thwack, thwack on a regular basis but first, mps voted on the eu withdrawal bill in the early hours of tuesday morning. A strange time of day to be making big decisions, but the timing pro
Officials say the las vegas government planned to flee the scene of the attack. Stephen paddock may also have had help planning a massacre in which 58 people were killed. The british author Kazuo Ishiguro is awarded the nobel prize for literature. He told the bbc he was flattered to win. Its a magnificent honour because. Mainly because it means that im in the footsteps of you know, the greatest authors. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Wiltshire police say they have enough evidence to have questioned the former Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath about allegations of historical child abuse made by seven people. Had he still been alive. The force says it would have interviewed sir edward under caution about a claim he raped an 11 year old boy. And also claims, including rape and indecent assault, made by six others. But their investigation has been severely criticised. Helena lee is that Wiltshire Police headquarters in swindon with the very latest. This has been a Major Investigatio
Good morning, this is bbc news at 11. The Prime Minister is set to announce more training and resources for schools and companies in england to deal with what she calls the Hidden Injustice of Mental Illness. In a speech in Central London shortly, theresa may will order a review of Mental Health services and outline her plan to create a Shared Society. But her announcement has been called puny by some. Norman smith is outside the speech venue in Central London. An interesting and obviously very significant choice of subject for this first major speech of the new year . Its the first instalment of what is expected to be a series of major Domestic Policy Announcements by mrs may over the next month or so. Really to try and give substance to her governments agenda beyond brexit because other than grammar schools, really weve heard nothing from theresa may about what she actually wants to do. Today, she wa nts to actually wants to do. Today, she wants to give us some sense of what her visi
Maybe 25 minutes talk, take some questions, interview you guys. My name is del wilber. I am the author of a good month for murder the inside story of a homicide squad. I have always been intrigued by police work and homicide detectives and how they do their jobs. I have been interested my whole life, party boys mysteries growing up. There was a time i thought i wanted to be a detective myself or do work like this. I have always been intrigued by crime, police work, how police do their job so i got into this. I worked for the Baltimore Sun covering the Baltimore Police department, had a job not long after david had the job who wrote homicide life on the street. So i want to do Something Like he did. I reached out to the son of a secret service agent, i said chief, would you mind if i trailed your homicide squad . They are good at what they do and very serious, you can come in. I made one provision and said i would like someone to review the manuscript before it is published, to raise ob
Wanted to be a writer. Ive always been intrigued by crime and police work and how they do they jobs and thats how i got into this. I work for the Baltimore Sun covering the police department. In fact i had the job not long after david simon had the job and hes the guy who wrote homicide, life on the street and the wire. I wanted to do Something Like he did. I reached out to the son of the secret Service Agent in my first book rawhide down. I said i wondered if you would allow me to trail your Homicide Department around. He said sure. I only made one provision and i said id like someone to the department to review the manuscript before its published to raise objections to information that might harm a witness or in danger prosecution they did that and the only thing they came up with that they didnt really like, there were some minor things i was able to tweak like some information that might identify a potential witness that i didnt think was important but thats why they do this. Then