In case of an emergency. On sunday, Suella Braverman called for a review into armed policing. Her intervention was welcomed by the metropolitan police commissioner, sir mark rowley. In an open letter, he called for an urgent reset, writing that improvements to the met police were being undermined by a system not set up to help officers succeed, identifying Police Pursuits and the use of force as areas of the most glaring unfairness. He said officers need sufficient Legal Protection to do theirjob and keep the public safe, because theyre now more afraid of years of uncertainty for them and theirfamilies in the legal system than they are of confronting dangerous or armed criminals and terrorists. It all comes after a met Police Officer was charged on thursday with the murder of Unarmed Chris Kaba Last year. The 24 year old was fatally shot in a borrowed car in south london, a car the police say was linked to an incident involving a gun. The met police are keen to stress that Military Per
Yea rs, people, the youngestjust five years, are dead after gunmen opened fire at a church in texas. Through the tears and through the sadness we stand strong, oh so strong that. Party leaders will meet today to discuss the new complaints system for westminster staff as a growing number of mps are investigated for inappropriate behaviour. In sport, the arsenal manager says that referees are getting worse and worse after the bird defeat. referees are getting worse and worse after the bird defeat. I am saving that molly and ajay. A stickley shocker as one of the favourites for the glitter ball trophy is sent home in one of the best dramatic dance off in the history of the show. A few cents not happy about that. Matt has the weather for us. Good morning. A widespread frost across the uk this morning but a sunny start and it may last all day long. I will let you know. Good morning to you. First a main story. The people who manage the finances for the queen have defended their investment pr
Get their gp consultation via video calls on their smartphone. Good morning. Its monday, 6th november. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The people who manage the queens finances have defended their investment practices after the revelation that some of her wealth has been placed in two offshore funds. It follows a huge new leak of financial documents, dubbed the Paradise Papers, revealing how the rich and powerful invest their money in tax havens around the world. My colleague ben brown has been looking into the details. It is one of the biggest leaks of off shore data in history. The documents have been obtained by the german paper sud deutsche zeitung, but shared with International Investigative journalists including the bbcs panorama. There are 13. 4 million documents in all. Theyve been called the Paradise Papers because many of the off Shore Financial centres they involve are in the caribbean. Mostly theyre from the leading offshore law firm appleby. It says the le
Dreary start this morning, the rain coming down in philadelphia, areas north and west now seeing that light rain and steady rain in delaware and south jersey. So stand by for a wet and windy day today. Look at the winds, 7 00, 20mileanhour winds with higher gusts, at 10 00, 55 degrees, the rain will be coming down. Strong gusts into the afternoon. During the afternoon thats when i believe the rain will turn heavier and potentially into the evening commute as well. The forecast neighborhood by neighborhood when i come back in 10 minutes. Jessica boyington right now with traffic. And bill, were seeing wet roadways around the new jersey, delaware and philadelphia areas, but all drive times and roadways pretty clear for right now. On 42 freeway around the new jersey turnpike, here is northbound headed to the philadelphia area or if you have to get to 295 youll be fine. You can see these drive times are okay. The rest of the area bridges are okay. Watch out on the ben franklin bridge, headi
Provide an increase. Medical assistance for americans would be slashed by the ryanrepublican budget. With funding for medicaid and the Childrens Health Insurance Program cut to the tune of 26 within 10 years. Social Service Block grants, which provide flexible funds for states to help vulnerable populations, eliminated under the ryanrepublican budget. Ell grants would be reduced by 400,000 under the ryanrepublican budget. Job training funding was rgeted for deep cuts in 2011 in the spending bill House Republicans passed. Housing assistance would end for 800,000 low income families in the transportationh. U. D. Appropriation bill. House republicans just passed bill House Republicans just passed. Hard actions contradict the soft rhetoric of today. We should be very skeptical when zebras try to change their stripes. Todays legislation is part of a set of 14 tax provisions that ways and means republicans have marked up, permanent and ithout offsets, at a cost of 825 billion to taxpayers. B