That our species was living outside africa some 80,000 years earlier than previously thought. And a standing ovation for baroness tessa jowell after an emotional speech in the lords about dealing with cancer. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Theres been a sharp rise in the number of serious Violent Crimes and sex offences recorded by police in england and wales. And official figures show cases of murder and manslaughter are at their highest level in almost a decade. However, a separate survey based on peoples experiences rather than figures recorded by the police suggests that overall crime is continuing to fall. Our Home Affairs Correspondent tom symonds reports. Behind the statistics, wasted lives. A decade after meschak cornelio first tried out the bike he had been given as a present, he became one of the four young men stabbed to death in london on new years eve, leaving his father confronting a nightmare. You saw his body . Yes. What is it like for a father to see his son dea
Thanks so much, kathleen, and welcome, everyone. Its great to see you all this morning. Thank you for attending todays first of two summits on innovation in education. And a special thanks to all of you who are going to present this morning. Were excited and grateful to have so much knowledge and expertise in one room, and i know were eager to hear from all of you. I want to say a quick word about the focus on innovation. This year, i embarked on a rethink school tour where we visited learning environments and institution that are taking creative approaches to education for students of all ages. I continue to travel the country to see the great work thats being done, and ive been inspired by the innovative educators and administrators ive met thus far, but theres still not enough. We need more like them and like you. The reality is that there are a number of challenges and opportunities facing Higher Education, and washington, d. C. , does not have all the answers. Government is not th
Police chiefs, but there are some i would call the very exclusive group of the finest people who have had an impact on the Police Profession through an entrepreneurial spirit and with a good deal of imagination and innovation in improving policing in the United States. It goes back almost a century ago. The chief of police in berkeley, california, interesting that that is where improved policing started in view of what is going on today. He was chief of police for a brief time in los angeles. In the middle of the last century, bill parker in los a chief in cincinnati, and they were followed by wilson in chicago and pat murphy in new york, detroit, and washington, d. C. There is no question that these leaders in Police Excellence formed a distinguished group in which todays keynote speaker, as an innovator, as an imaginative leader, and as a person has done very much uniquely, has had a unique ince, in policing excellent this country and has in many ways had a unique career that is toy
Good morning. Welcome to the Heritage Foundation. We welcome those who are joining us on our website as well as those joining us on the cspan network. We would ask everyone inhouse to be so kind to check that our mobile the vices have been checked and turned off as a cortices. Those watching online you are welcome to ask questions any time by emailing speaker at heritage. Org. Leading our program today and welcoming and introducing our special guest is Ronald Reagan emeritus aschairman well as the 75th of attorney general of the United States edwin meese. [applause] mr. Meese thank you, john. Ladies and gentlemen, good morning. I joined john and welcome you. Heritage has done a great deal in the policing and Public Safety areas and we are pleased to have our keynote speaker today. It is a pleasure for me to introduce him since we have known each other a number of years. Believe it or not i think we first met when we were first at harvard, for the executive session in policing they had
From authorities likely to shake Investor Confidence in spain. The spanish market 0. 75 . Getting brazil back on track. Once the emerging economy to watch brazil has been mired in recession and scandal. So what can it do to win back investors . Well ask the head of the countrys Investment Agency. And following the cancellations chaos at ryanair and now the collapse of monarch, today we want to know whether youll book your next flight with a budget carrier . 0r or have they lost your faith . Let us know. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to business live. Before we look at our top business story, lets bring you the latest on what we know about the on going shooting incident on the las vegas strip. There are reports of many casualties. Some witnesses say gunfire came from an upper storey of the mandalay bay casino overlooking a site where a Country Music festival was taking place. Clearly, thats it the scene in las vegas. Pictures of people attending the festival show th