Offenders who ve served 40% of their prison terms will be eligible for early release. It s necessary, says the government, because of severe overcrowding in jails. There are fewer than 500 spaces left in men s prisons in england and wales, a crisis made worse by the convictions of hundreds of people involved in riots last month. Our senior uk correspondent sima kotecha was given full and rare access to hmp pentonville in london and this is what she found. Siren blares. Chaos in hmp pentonville. Shouting. We re the only broadcast journalists given access. . . It s a code red. . . To one of britain s most dangerous jails since the current crisis. 0k, come on, folks. And some prison officers are so frightened of being targeted on the outside that we ve had to blur theirfaces. Hmp pentonville! staff are overstretched. . . Another alarm here. . . And on the verge of breaking point. You worry about, you know, opening the door in the morning and making sure that they re alive. Anything could
Caribbean leaders navigate rampant gang violence that threatens to overtake haiti. In a meeting with the new prime minister, secretary blinken announced m5 million worth of new monetary and aid. Haitian authorities have expanded state of emergency order right across the entire country, the military situation that is rapidly deteriorating since the former prime minister resigned backin former prime minister resigned back in march. Eight agencies reported that nearly 580,000 people have been internally displaced by conflict with close to 5 million people facing severe hunger. About 400 canyon trips around the country injune canyon trips around the country in june as canyon trips around the country injune as part of the un backed security mission and before he left for neighbouring the mnuchin republic, mr blinken reaffirmed the united states commitment to supporting haitian people and fostering a secure and peaceful country. We have seen secure and peaceful country. Have seen the presi
With scotland saying they want to feel the love again from fans after a poor euros campaign. Good Evening And Welcome to the Bbc News at six. The presenterJeremy Kyle has been defending his treatment of a man who died days after appearing on this show in 2019. Steve dymond is believed to have taken his own life days after taking a Lie Detector Test on the itv show. He was accused of cheating on his partner. Today the inquest into his death was shown previously unseen footage from the show in which 63 year old Steve Dymond became visibly upset. Jeremy kyle insisted his Presenting Style had been direct but empathetic. From winchester coroners court, heres duncan kennedy. Since the start of your relationship with jane asking if you had valid any kids to anybody else, you said no. Are you telling the truth . Might might this was theJeremy Kyle show that was never broadcast. Clips were played at the Inquest Today and end then Steve Dymond can be seen in a highly distressed then Steve Dymond
We start this hour in the uk, where from next week, thousands of british offenders whove served 40 of their Prison Terms will be eligible for early release its necessary, says the government, because of severe overcrowding in jails. There are fewer than 500 spaces left in mens prisons in england and wales a crisis made worse by the convictions of hundreds of people involved in riots last month. Our senior Uk Correspondent Sima Kotecha was given full and rare access to Hmp Pentonville In London and this is what she found. Siren blares. Chaos in Hmp Pentonville. Shouting. Were the only broadcast journalists given access. Its a Code Red. To one of britains most dangerous jails since the current crisis. 0k, come on, folks. And some Prison Officers are so frightened of being targeted on the outside that weve had to blur theirfaces. Hmp Pentonville Staff are overstretched. Another alarm here. And on the verge of breaking point. You worry about, you know, opening the door in the morning and m
warm this weekend i think. i wouldn t call it hot and the seas are quite cold at this time of the year but it s a promising bank holiday weekend on the way. a lovely day today for many parts of the country, highest temperatures towards the west country, south eastern parts of wales but some areas seeing some cloud, it s quite a bit cooler in the south east of scotland. we ll see some cloud developing across parts of northern england down into north wales. the cloud should be thinning in northern ireland. generally temperatures across the uk today will be around about 19 20 , could make 23 towards some south western areas. there will be some cloud around this evening but many places will end the day on a sunny note. the cloud will tend to melt away overnight, clearing skies away from the north west breeze picks up and blows in more cloud here and that will keep temperatures here and that will keep temperatures here and that will keep temperatures here a little bit higher than