And a standing ovation for baroness tessa jowell, after an emotional speech in the lords about dealing with cancer. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news. The woman who presided over phil nevilles appointment as england womens manager, defends the move amid criticism of the fas recruitment process. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. 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. A separate survey based on peoples experiences suggests that overall crime is continuing to fall. Tom symonds has this report. Behind the statistics, wasted lives. A decade after this boy 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 fathe