from tony blair to rishi sunak, ifelt like humming the tune of ghostbusters! who are you going to call? louise casey! why you? how did this happen? i don t really know, actually. i don t know. i started offjust working in charities with homeless people and then all our dreams came true when somebody said, we want to reduce the number of people sleeping on the streets by two thirds, we will set a target, we are serious and i got thatjob. and i suppose i am pretty fearless. and pretty determined, if i believe in the cause. and i always say to people, success then breeds success. we are a nation that loves our failures, aren t we? god love henman, who never won wimbledon but we made the name of that hill after him. we celebrate the underdog which is one of our most endearing and wonderful qualities. drifting is a fearless, we talk to a few people you worked with and one former cabinet minister said louise is like, a live grenade thrown into the civil service. and added, in cas
champions league final in istanbul, leaving i o champions league final in istanbul, leaving 1 0 with 20 minutes left, rodri was the scorer. now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to political thinking. draw up a list of some of the toughest policy of nuts that any government needs to crack and you probably put pretty near the top rough sleeping. you might add anti social behaviour, troubled families, maybe child sexual exploitation. victims rights and last but certainly not least, the culture and standards of the police. that list is a short summary of the job is done by my guest this week on political thinking. job is done by my guest this week on politicalthinking. she job is done by my guest this week on political thinking. she has done those jobs political thinking. she has done thosejobs for political thinking. she has done those jobs for five different prime ministers, both main political parties over the last quarter of a century or
temporary field headquarters so many young women missing one woman determined to find them there s a story to her too. a young woman lucky to b alive. for a lot of people that would be the end to police work. so she searched the numbers grew the families hurt. she says i have some ba news for you under a desert sky a secret waited. this is not happening missing women forgotten by almost everyone but her. i have always felt they wer going to be together if you find one you ll fin them, all. sometimes ida lopez simpl can t wait for sunday. sometimes in the middle of her work week the albuquerqu detective feels a pressing nee for spiritual solace and divin guidance the fall of 2005 was one o those times. it was a time when a siniste force seemed to be snatching women off the streets of new mexico s largest city. and the devoutly religious detective knew she needed al the help she could get i think it s somebody who s very organized i think he s been preying on
and at why so many workers in other sectors are also still at loggerheads with the government over pay. also on the programme: ten month old finley boden, murdered by his parents after being placed back into their care. 21 year old us guardsman jack teixera appears in court, charged with espionage over a huge leak of secret government documents. deux, un.top! and coming up in sport on bbc news. her second title this week britain sjessica gadirova wins all around gold at the european artistic gymnastics championships in turkey. good evening. nurses in england who are members of the rcn have voted to reject the government s pay officer. the move has been described as concerning for patients. the rcn says what has been offered today to simply not enough. a five percent pay rise from april was offered as well as a one off payment of at least £1,655 to top up the past year s pay award. but 54% of members who voted rejected the deal. and so the union have announced a 48 hour str
of big ben, where the countdown was projected within the london eye in the lead up to midnight. a spectacular firework display lit up the skies for around 12 minutes in what was thought to be the largest display in europe, with over 12,000 fireworks. there were tributes to the late queen elizabeth, to ukraine s resistance against russian invasion, and 50 years of pride celebrations. the display returned to the banks of the river thames for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic. 0ur correspondent greg mckenzie has been soaking up the atmosphere amongst the many thousands of revellers. i am absolutely speechless. that was a 12 minute spectacular. the biggest firework display in the entire europe having taken place just a few minutes ago, and in an incredible way to start the new year. big ben, the chimes the bongs of the big ben started as did the fireworks over here at the london eye iconic around the world. a 12 minute spectacular extravaganza. i am actually