also this lunchtime. borisjohnson accepts he did mislead parliament over lockdown parties in downing street, but says he didn t do it intentionally or recklessly. a warm handshake from the chinese president for vladimir putin, even though the russian leader is now wanted for war crimes in ukraine. a new scheme to keep lung patients out of hospital, as new research show a sharp north/south divide. and maddie hinch, who saved all four penalties to win olympic gold for great britain, announces her retirement. and coming up on the bbc news channel, he s back roy hodgson returns to crystal palace, tasked with keeping the club in the premier league again. good afternoon. a scathing report has found that britain s biggest police force is institutionally racist, misogynist and homophobic . baroness casey s review into the metropolitan police follows the murder of sarah everard by a serving officer, wayne couzens. the report says a boys club culture is rife within the force. the
to restore public faith. the culture sadly in the met is all pervasive and the institutional racism, misogyny and homophobia is largely led by what their officers have said and what our own research has shown. todayis today is without a doubt one of the darkest today is without a doubt one of the darkest days in an almost 200 year old met police service. european stock markets recover in early trading with shares in banks rallying after moves to reassure investors following the takeover of credit suisse. barricades go up in new york in preparation for protests. a grand jury could make history by indicting former president donald trump over alleged hush money paid to a porn actress. hello and welcome to bbc news. the chinese president xi jinping, who s in moscow, has described russia and china as strategic partners and great neighbouring powers . on the second day of his visit, mr xi invited vladimir putin to visit beijing this year, and said he would make ties with mos
warwickshire. in cambridge we have already seen more than 2.5 times the rainfall we d normally expect in a typical march. looking further north to orkney, up to 9am here we had only seen a surge of the rainfall we d normally expect that there rain gauges have had a top up today, this band of cloud pushing northwards across orkney and shetland, bringing outbreaks of rain, then a mixture of sunshine and showers that here comes the next rain bearing weather system pushing into northern ireland, parts of west wales and south west england by the end of the day, the breeze and strengthening too. hefty showers elsewhere, very mild, ii and strengthening too. hefty showers elsewhere, very mild, 11 degrees. in a way and perhaps 16 in hull, really mild for the time of year 11 degrees in stornoway. heavy rain over the hills in south west england, wales, north west england and western scotland where gales will develop by the end of the night, turning very when she windy for western
we need the answer to that question to be yes. but is the answer yes? well, clearly at the moment, trust in the police has been hugely damaged by the things that we ve discovered over the past year. even your trust? everybody s trust. we also speak to rishi sunak about the cost of living, immigration and the fate of his predecessor borisjohnson. and in other news. the health divide. why deaths from lung conditions like asthma are three times higher in some parts of the uk than others. a little less of every little helps. tesco becomes the latest retailer to reduce the bonuses of its reward scheme. supermarkets are making savings too. what does it mean for you? and another very mild march day at there today. we will see a few sunny spells around compared with yesterday. the full forecast here on breakfast. it s tuesday, 21st march. institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic. those are the findings of a damning review of the metropolitan police published this morning
re vetting firearm offices. a fundamental reset of stop and search in london. 50 mark rowley of the metropolitan police commissioner said he accepted the findings and systemic failures, but stops short of calling it institutional. but people had felt that gown and the report was brutal. he will be reflecting on the report. thank you ve much reflecting on the report. thank you very much indeed reflecting on the report. thank you very much indeed for reflecting on the report. thank you very much indeed forjoining - reflecting on the report. thank you very much indeed forjoining us. i just to bring you our breaking news this hour, borisjohnson has had his defence published before the committee hearing tomorrow on whether he misled the house of commons about attending parties during the covid i9 lockdown. i m joined now from westminster by political correspondent jonathan blake. what is the initial assessment of what it says? what is the initial assessment of what it says? wh