The last hour or so. We have seen a couple of charity representatives waiting outside, presumably to help the former prisoners as they are released. We have also seen Family Members starting to gather, and friends of those former prisoners, and we have also seen increased security presence. Shortly, we are told, prisoners should be being released in coming through these gates. Last night they had their very last night in jail before being released but there will be lots of Processing Today including talking to Probation Officers about the conditions and restrictions across their release, including bans on certain areas and curfews. There are concerns that many of them will be released homeless. In fact, 12 of prisoners released in the year to march didnt, and therefore there are more concerns about reoffending rates. But the government does say this is absolutely necessary to help ease the overcrowding in the prison system. I5 overcrowding in the prison s stem. , ~. , overcrowding in t
Justice system at breaking point, From Today Thousands Of Prisoners in england and wales will be released after serving 40 of their sentence rather than 50 . It 4096 of their sentence rather than 5096 than 50 . It was the only 0 tion than 50 . It was the only option on than 50 . It was the only option on the than 50 . It was the only option on the table than 50 . It was the only option on the Table And L than 50 . It was the only option on the table and thats because the alternative to not making this change would have been to allow the Prison System to collapse and therefore to allow the Law And Order in this country to collapse. But these Emergency Measures are controversial with big concerns from some Prison Staff and campaigners about Public Safety and an increase in reoffending. They have nowhere to live, they fall back they have nowhere to live, they fall back into drug taking, they fall back into drug taking, they have Mental Health difficulties already. If they are not difficul
Debate in philidelphia. But lets start this hour, by going to westminster on A Busy Day of politics the result of the latest ballot in the conservative Leadership Race about to be announced. Let s go back to Vicki Young, our deputy political editor. Five candidates become four, Mel Stride being the lowest in terms of those ballots cast. Lets speak to our deputy political editor, Vicki Young whos inside parliament in central lobby for us. Tell us more. We didnt hear the results, tell us more. We didnt hear the results, unfortunately. L the results, unfortunately. Luckily, i have a colleague who is. We have the latest ballot whittling the numbers down from five to four. The result this time around was robertjenrick with 33. He was top last time and remains in that position. Again in the same position of second. James cleverly was 21, which i think is the same that he was last time around, Tom Tugendhat with 21, and as you say, that means that Mel Stride is eliminated, what this means now
HarrIs truly believes, but it certainly the case she has shifted towards The Centre. How does she defend that tonight . To some extent i think it Is up to her to some extent i think it Is up to her to to some extent i think it Is up to her to figure out how she to her to figure out how she will talk to her to figure out how she will talk about it in debate. ThIs will talk about it in debate. ThIs Is will talk about it in debate. ThIs Is not a Debate Format amongst thIs Is not a Debate Format amongst the four or five of us, if you amongst the four or five of us, if you consider yourself in the mix, if you consider yourself in the mix, chrIstian, its important to recognIse but the truth Is which to recognIse but the truth Is which we to recognIse but the truth Is which we all know. In 2019 there which we all know. In 2019 there was a sense among some democrats that you had to move pretty democrats that you had to move pretty far democrats that you had to move pretty far left in order to
Now, come The End of the week, we are anticipating the winds to ease, and thats because High Pressure will be building in from the southwest this is the Azores High and this time of the year. When that happens, we do tend to see some somewhat warmer Weather Streaming in from the south. So perhaps the temperatures rising a little bit, maybe 16, maybe 17, in one or two spots and back to about 12, i think, in the north of scotland, not that youll particularly notice the difference. But you should notice the difference as we go through the weekend. Thats because Weather Fronts are coming closer towards us. That also means a change in the wind direction. It will mean the temperatures will rise, but well have to pay for that. There will be some cloud and rain. So yes, slightly more unsettled, but the temperatures for some of us at least will rise. So back into the 20s we go as we head into next week, not everywhere, but it will feel just that little bit warmer. Bye bye. This is bbc news, wel