But it is possible across scotland and Northern England, with an ongoing risk of flooding. Its sunday, 11th august. Our top story 10,000 prison places will be freed up and stop and search powers extended to every police force in england and wales from today in a new government crackdown on violent crime. Home secretary priti patel will announce a raft of measures to bring offenders tojustice after the Prime Minister vowed to tackle the issue. 0ur reporterjon donnison has more. Borisjohnson, seen boris johnson, seen here borisjohnson, seen here meeting with police in the west midlands, just days after assuming office, says the time for action on crime has come. He says too many serious, violent or sexual offenders are coming out of prison long before they should, and that tougher sentences are needed. 10,000 new prison places will be created through the building of new prisons, and also the expansion of existing ones. The cost up to £2. 5 billion. Amid fears over rising knife crime, th
Is more than 200 years old. Do you think, in 200 years, people will still be coming to visit moussas castle 7 still be coming to visit moussas castle . Yes, for sure. Good morning, welcome to breakfast with rogerjohnson and Rachel Burden. Our headlines today. The Prime Minister vows to come down hard on crime, announcing an expansion of police stop and search powers in england and wales. Were live in malaysia as the search for a 15 year old who went missing while on holiday there enters its second week, with police continuing to look in the forest near her resort. Theres a familiar look to the premier league table, Manchester City are top after a Raheem Sterling hat trick in a 5 0 win against west ham. And in weather, comedy wins may not be as strong today but more heavy rain as possible across parts of scotla nd rain as possible across parts of scotland and Northern England. Our risk of flooding as well. More details in breakfast. Although the winds may not be strong today. Its sunday
200 people continue to search dense forest in malaysia near the resort where a 15 year old schoolgirl from london went missing more than a week ago. And coming up in dateline london, well discuss the lockdown in kashmir as well as the speculation in the uk about a possible general election. Thats at 11. 30am here on bbc news. The government has announced a package of new measures in a crackdown on law and order. The Prime Minister has promised to create an extra 10,000 prison places after an increase in Violent Crime. This will involve the building of new prisons and the expansion of existing ones at a cost of around £2. 5 billion. Stop and search powers will also be extended to all Police Forces in england wales, which will allow police to stop someone in an area where they think a crime may be committed. Borisjohnson also called for tougher sentencing and an end to the Early Release of prisoners convicted of violent or sexual offences. Labour said austerity measures taken by conserv
Thats in half an hour. The government has announced a package of new measures in a crackdown on law and order. The Prime Minister has promised to create an extra 10,000 prison places after an increase in Violent Crime. This will involve the building of new prisons and the expansion of existing ones at a cost of around £2. 5 billion. Stop and search powers will also be extended to all Police Forces in england wales, which will allow police to stop someone in an area where they think a crime may be committed. Borisjohnson also called for tougher sentencing and an end to the Early Release of prisoners convicted of violent or sexual offences. Labour said austerity measures taken by conservative governments had left the entire criminal Justice System broken. Jon donnison has more. Borisjohnson, seen here meeting with police in the West Midlands just days after assuming office, says the time for action on crime has come. He says too many serious violent or sexual offenders are coming out of
Catch everyones attention. Markets. Its a huge day for uk politics, because in a few hours from now, the conservative party will have a new leader. The markets and investors will be keeping a close eye on developments, to see how the change of leadership will effect post brexit trade negotiations. So far, the uk has agreed continuity deals with 12 countries and regions. These include a group of countries from south america and the caribbean, and agreements with norway and switzerland as well as others. The total value of these deals is around 91; billion. Injune, the uk signed an outline Free Trade Agreement with south korea, which would look to maintain the current deal. Trade between the two countries is currently around 10 billion a year. Mutual recognition agreements have also been reached with the united states, australia and new zealand. These deals are not Free Trade Agreements, but similar to current deals these countries have with the European Union. Last year trade between th