It took 19 years to bring iain packer tojustice, leaving him free to attack other women. Emma caldwell s family lawyer says she was failed by a toxic culture within the police of misogyny and corruption. Our correspondent steve godden is at the First Ministers residence, bute house. Like bring us the latest. The Caldwell Family arrived here around ten minutes ago and have gone into the building behind me. We expect the building behind me. We expect the meeting to last around an hour. It is an opportunity for Margaret Caldwell, Emma Caldwell s mum, to ask First Minister humza yousaf and the justice ask First Minister humza yousaf and thejustice minister, to hold a Public Inquiry, that she has been calling for since iain packer was convicted of murdering Emma Caldwell and sexually and physically assaulting 21 other women. After that verdict Police Scotland apologised for failings in the original inquiry and one of the questions the Caldwell Family want the Public Inquiry to answer is why
steaming? i look forward to hearing from you. that is coming up. and here is the news. tens water is holding urgent talks today to secure extra funding thames water. the government says supplies will not be affected if it collapses. the court of appeal are set to rule today on a challenge to the government plan to deport migrants to rwanda. at least 150 people have now been arrested across france after protests over the killing of a 17 year old boy by a police officer. the teenager was shot in a traffic stop in a paris suburb on tuesday. the committee which found boris johnson repeatedly lied to parliament over downing street party is in lockdown will publish another report today about how it believes the findings were undermined. it is expected to name certain mps and peers. i have hints of some of the anger from you about your water from a couple of callers we took in mp5 panel yesterday. if you feel you want to howl at the moon, we are hear from you, want to howl at the
hello, i m ben thompson, welcome to the programme. we begin with a developing story hamas says its deputy head saleh al arouri has been killed in a blast in beirut, in lebanon. local media have described the explosion as an israeli drone attack on the hamas office in the south of the city. reports say five other people were killed in the blast. video footage shows a car in flames and damage to buildings in a busy residential area known as a hezbollah stronghold. the israeli military has told the bbc it will not comment the israeli military said whoever did this it was a surgical strike against hamas leadership. we did reach out to them after local media as you mentioned, attributed this blast to an israeli drone attack, we reached out to the idf who came back to the bbc and said they would not comment on reports from foreign media. we did get confirmation that saleh al?arouri, the deputy head, or deputy chairman of hamas political bureau has been killed in this blast, and
also this lunchtime. lower energy bills for many households after the regulator brings in a new price cap. the chief constable of police scotland the uk s second biggest force admits it is institutionally racist and sexist. and by public demand, a fitting farewell for an raf hero who fought in the second world war. and coming up in the sport later in the hour on bbc news: history for brighton, their highest finish in the premier league and a first european campaign to look forward to next season. good afternoon. net migration to the uk has hit a record high, despite the government s promise to reduce it. the office for national statistics say that last year 606,000 more people moved to the united kingdom than left it. that s up around 118,000 on the previous year s figure. the rise is driven by people from outside the eu, including ukraine and hong kong. the prime minister says the figures are too high labour claim they show the government has lost control of immigratio