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will hold its first hearing today to set out more details of its work. the review will complement the nationwide uk inquiry, focusing on the effect of the pandemic in scotland, and how the government in holyrood responded. families who lost loved ones are expected to attend. a cruise ship has broken free from its moorings, and crashed into a freight vessel during thunderstorms on the spanish island of mallorca. a small number of passengers on board the p&0 cruises britannia ship suffered minor injuries. heavy rain and strong winds on the island have also led to more than 20 flights being cancelled. a new bid has been made to save the homeware chain, wilko, which collapsed into administration two weeks ago. the private equity firm, m2 capital, has made a £90 million offerfor the business, and is promising to retain all 12,500 employees for two years. you re live with bbc news.
let s look at some other stories making news. a cruise ship has broken free from its moorings, and crashed into a freight vessel during thunderstorms on the spanish island of mallorca. a small number of passengers on board the p&o cruises britannia ship suffered minor injuries. heavy rain and strong winds on the island have also led to more than 20 flights being cancelled. the scottish covid 19 inquiry will hold its first preliminary hearing today to set out more details of its work. the review will complement the nationwide uk inquiry, focusing on the effect of the pandemic in scotland, and how the government in holyrood responded. families who lost loved ones are expected to attend. a record number of people in the uk are now borrowing from family members to help them buy property. new research shows nearly 320,000 homes are expected to be purchased with financial support from relatives this year which is almost half of all homes bought by those under the age of 55. it s thought
evidence to identify the culprit. but there s been rising frustration that officers are not going after offenders of lower level crime such as shoplifting, vandalism and theft. now the home office says it s got agreement from police chiefs that they will pursue all reasonable lines of inquiry if a perpetrator could be apprehended. since 2015, forces have had to say how many of the offences they record result in someone being charged. back then it was 16%, but now it s just under 6%. political pressure to improve that number is coming from all sides. i think the key is in the use of the word reasonable. now, what s reasonable for one force won t necessarily be reasonable for another, given the types of crime that they re investigating. and it s absolutely right that police will always base it on threat, harm and risk. but certainly in my own force and otherforces, i do think that there are times when we should be investigating further and it s absolutely reasonable and the public and th
will be a clear set of standards that need to be applied across the board, there will be the power in extreme cases to disport people from working in the nhs they fell below the standards. we have seen people in management going off somewhere in the nhs in recent years and not being held to account for failures they have caused in other trusts, that s something which has to be dealt with. $5 that s something which has to be dealt with. , ~ ., dealt with. as we know, the government dealt with. as we know, the government has dealt with. as we know, the government has ordered i dealt with. as we know, the government has ordered an| government has ordered an independent inquiry into the lucy letby case, but for what you are thinking from this case and other cases over the years, would a regulatory body been able to have made a difference? i regulatory body been able to have made a difference? regulatory body been able to have made a difference? i don t think any reuulato made a dif