..is something that i and we re focused upon. the uncles of saskia jones speaking to zoe conway. the time is 1:16. our top story this lunchtime. labour narrowly holds on, in the batley & spen by election winning by a few hundred votes. and coming up after a gruelling victory earlier in the week, andy murray is back on court later in third round at wimbledon. coming up on the bbc news channel: the red bull of max verstappen was quickest in first practice for the australian grand prix, ahead of the ferrari of charles leclerc and carlos sainz, but lewis hamilton needs to up his game in the mercedes he finished down in seventh. the england squad flies to rome this afternoon, for their euro 2020 quarter final against ukraine tomorrow night. fans have been urged not to travel
against two former soldiers facing murder charges from northern ireland s troubles including from bloody sunday in 1972. the family of saskia jones, murdered by a convicted terrorist at fishmongers hall, call on the leaders of the organisation behind the event to step down. and we build up to tomorrow s england match as they prepare to take on ukraine in the euros quarterfinals in rome. and coming up on the bbc news channel, after battling his way through to the third round andy murray is preparing to go back onto centre court to face tenth seed dennis shapovalov at wimbledon. good afternoon and welcome
hall saskia jones and jack merritt lay dying. khan had stabbed them with knives strapped to his wrists. just two hours earlier, he was sat at a table chatting to saskia. both were guests at a prison education event. as a teenager, usman khan was convicted of plotting to set up a terrorist training camp and went to prison. shortly before his release in 2018, m15 had intelligence he was planning another attack. he was monitored in the community by the probation service, the police and m15. they allowed him to go to fishmongers hall that day without a police escort. learning together is a theoretically informed, values led educational initiative. amy ludlow and ruth armstrong are the directors of the cambridge university learning together programme, which teaches prisoners and university students side by side and which held the event at fishmongers hall. i m going to explain to you how i got introduced
received several awards for their work, which was also praised by the prisons inspectorate but the organisation is now suspended, whilst cambridge university carries out a review. in a statement, cambridge university said. i ve lived for 20 years longer than saskia did and i view what she achieved in her short life as a far greater value than anything i ve achieved so far and building upon that is.
to learning together. khan became one of their students in prison. amy and ruth, amongst others, saw him as a success story. they put him on their leaflets, they gave him a computer. i think people saw the advantage of having him as somebody they had involved in their programme. theyjust lost sight of the danger to the public, their employees and anyone else associated with the programme. at the inquest into saskia s death, learning together said it was the responsibility of the prison and probation service to assess khan s risk and they d relied on those agencies expertise. do you think ruth armstrong and amy ludlow can continue to lead this organisation? they shouldn t be leading an organisation that got something badly and tragically wrong. from a family point of view, we d be very distressed, upset and, frankly, insulted if they did. amy ludlow and ruth armstrong