where a manhunt is continuing for a suspected terrorist who escaped from a london prison. daniel khalife escaped from wandsworth prison on wednesday morning, by clinging to the underside of a food delivery van. thejustice secretary has ordered an urgent investigation into what happened, and why the former soldier wasn t held in a higher security prison. our reporter simonjones has more. our correspondent simon jones has more from outside wandsworth prison. the manhunt for daniel khalife is very much ongoing this morning. i ve spoken to the metropolitan police who are leading the investigation. they say there has been no breakthrough overnight. so their theory is that by now he could be anywhere in the uk, given the time that has passed since the escape. it was 2a hours ago that this prisoner managed to get out by clinging to the bottom of a van that had gone into the prison to deliver food. it actually sounds like something you might hear in a film, but here it was reality an
northern england, more cloud and the odd shower or a splash of rain. i will have all the details later. it s tuesday 25th june. the bbc has been told that the gambling commission is considering whether more police officers are involved in alleged betting on the date of the general election. four conservatives and a police officer assigned to the protection of rishi sunak are known to be facing inquiries. scotland yard has denied a report that it leaked the names of some of those under investigation. here s our political correspondent, iain watson. did you have inside information when you placed your bet on the election date? i made a statement. it s been nearly two weeks since this aide to the prime minister who s also a conservative candidate said he d made a huge error ofjudgement in betting on the date of the general election. another candidate and two members of the conservative party staff are also being investigated by the gambling commission. last night, interviewe
Well, spontaneous and led the applause here in st annes square in manchester, and you mightjust have been able to tell, there was a man towards the back of the crowd in this very bright Manchester Sun here, who said well done, manchester. And then the applause broke out again. And absolutely baking hot day in st annes square, and hundreds of hundreds of people, i cant even calculate, perhaps at least a thousand people have come here to the square for that moment of silence that is marked across the country to remember those who lost their lives. Here, at the Manchester Arena, less than a mile away, people have continued to lay flowers there. Really lovely to meet you. I know you work fairly near here. Explain why you wanted to come here for this moment of silence . We live and work in the city. You dont really know what to do in this situation. If you can doa what to do in this situation. If you can do a small act by being here, it makes you feel like you can contribute. Applause just
But why . Ill have the details. In sport, with less than a week until wimbledon, Heather Watson looks in great form. She beat the defending champion Dominika Cibulkova to reach the last 16 at eastbourne. And we meet the couple on a journey to every single Train Station across britain. What is it . Its the cutest train i have ever seen and carol has the weather. Showers on the way, some of which will be heavy and boundary but i will be heavy and boundary but i will have more details in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. The government and the Democratic Unionists insist that the deal agreed at Westminster Yesterday, makes the restoration of Power Sharing in Northern Ireland more likely. But other parties say the arrangement under which Northern Ireland will receive more than one billion pounds of extra funding is nothing more than a bribe. Were joined now by our Political Correspondent John Campbell at stormont, but first lets speak to leila nathoo whos At Westminster for
The torture of a mentally disabled man in chicago, streamed on facebook live, as a despicable hate crime. Also, the winner of the bbcs sound of 2017 has been announced. Ray burke. Greg burke. 22 year old south londoner, ray black, has been described as embodying female black britishness. And a more ancient noise. How stonehenge may have sounded, thousands of years ago. Good morning. Its friday 6th january. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. The us President Elect, donald trump, has voiced fresh scepticism about claims that russia tried to interfere in the american president ial election, just hours before hes due to receive a detailed briefing from intelligence chiefs on the alleged cyber attack. He appears to be sticking to the opinion. The in a series of tweets overnight, he said the three intelligence heads have collectively insisted the kremlin ordered the attack to undermine mr trumps opponent, Hillary Clinton and have warned the President Elect against disparaging t