he denied he had any intention of using nuclear weapons in ukraine and accused the west of trying to destroy russia. the number of crimes in england and wales that result in someone being charged is now half of what it was seven years ago. figures released today show that the proportion of crimes reported to police that result in a charge has fallen from just over 15% in march 2015 to just over 5% now. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford is here with more details. the good news is that on the best official estimate, the number of crimes in england and wales is still lower than it was before the pandemic. but the bad news is that while we are actually reporting more crimes, fewer people are being charged with those offences by the police. here s a graph of the number of crimes reported to the police over the last seven years, rising from about 3.5 million to 5.5 million. so what has been the outcome of those crimes? well, back in 2015, just short of 600,000 of them
sole owner of 20th century fox. wasn t one of his children to succeed him, but he doesn t say when, who and how. it s going to have to be fought out between them. two minutes to the official start of the race. there are the boats. the race in australia, it s a big deal. it s a kind of their super bowl. lachlan had done a lot of sailing and he eagerly signed up for the 98 race. 54th race. he sailed onboard the boat sayonara. up on the high side there, getting out. it was a beautiful day. and not long after the race began there was a line of clouds. like a black wall. there were wind gusts of close to 100 miles per hour. and the waves were enormous. is there anything you fear in life? you always worry, i think, about the unexpected that could happen. it could bring all this tumbling down. the boats would head into the waves and they d stort of climb up, and then they d go launching off the top of the wave and hurtling down. certainly one has to remain
mike leigh, known for his legendary use of improvisation in films that have brought him seven 0scar nominations. james marsh, who won an academy award for his celebrated documentary man on wire. mary harron, who made the modern american classic american psycho starring christian bale, and sally el hosaini, a rising star in british cinema, having just launched herfilm the swimmers, a story of two syrian refugee sisters, to considerable acclaim at the toronto and london film festivals. the bbc may have been around for 100 years, but almost 50 years ago, i came to portland place to a bbc appointments board, and i gotan apprenticeship as a bbc news trainee. since then, over the years, i have witnessed numerous men and women, talented people at the bbc, who ve moved on to greatness in the film industry. the bbc helped to train the man who is, without any doubt, an elder statesman of british cinema 86 year old ken loach. with more than 50 directing credits to his name, he has mad
multimillionaire rupert murdoch is at the center of a journalistic empire, and he clearly is in the united states to stay. rupert murdoch is emerging as the biggest newspaper baron the world has ever known. if i didn t know what sensationalism was, i would soon find out. more journalists, more publishers should be in television. nobody was thinking as big as rupert murdoch. the largest single broadcast station transaction in history. murdoch has become sole owner of 20th century fox. rupert has laid out that he wants one of his children to succeed him, but he doesn t say when, who and how. it s going to have to be fought out between them. two minutes till the official start of the race, and there the boats looking like the sydney hobart race in australia, it s a big deal. it s kind of their super bowl. lachlan had done a lot of sailing, and he eagerly signed up for the 98 race. he sailed on board the boat sayonara. they want to get all the crew on s
now on bbc news, talking movies: bbc centenary special. hello from london, i m tom brook. the bbc is 100 years old, and as part of the bbc 100 celebrations, talking movies is going to look at the contribution the corporation has made to the british film industry over the decades, through five top directors who have picked up their skills here at the bbc. i went to meet these filmmakers who ve shaped modern cinema. the multi award winning ken loach whose credits include the landmark movie, kes. mike leigh known for his legendary use of improvisation in films that have brought him seven 0scar nominations. james marsh who won an academy award for his celebrated documentary, man on wire. mary harron who made the modern american classic american psycho starring christian bale, and sally el hosaini, a rising star in british cinema, having just launched herfilm, the swimmers, a story of two syrian refugee sisters to considerable acclaim at the toronto and london film festivals. the