Manchester city edge closer to the Premier League title, but is it turmoil at tottenham . Their manager claims the clubs foundations are really fragile, after defeat. Hello and welcome to the bbc news at one oclock. The Prime Minister has said no prisoner will be released early if theyre deemed a threat to Public Safety. It comes as overcrowding in englands prisons has led the government to order a delay to some magistrates court appearances, to try to manage the flow of people through the criminaljustice system. From next week, some prisoners will be released up to 70 days early. Labour says that convicted Domestic Abusers could end up being among them. Our Political Correspondent Damian Grammaticas reports. Across england, prisons are bursting at the seams, almost full to capacity, the result of years of neglect and funding cuts, say solicitors groups. The Ministry Of Justice insists the pandemic and strikes last year by barristers are partly to blame. To cope, in parts of england fo
Scotland well up into the 20s. But it is not sunny everywhere, parts of Eastern England seeing a lot of cloud and some splashes of rain. Also across parts of northern and Eastern England with a slow moving Weather Front bringing outbreaks of light and patchy rain through the afternoon. Further south and west, Northern Ireland, wales and South West Of England a mixture of sunny spells and showers. A decent amount of scotland, of sunshine across scotland. As we head through this evening and tonight the Weather Front still bringing in some cloud and splashes of rain. Some mist and merck lingering along eastern coast as well. Where we have clear skies overnight some fog patches could develop and cooler than recent nights for some of us. But still temperatures holding up between eight and ii temperatures holding up between eight and 11 degrees. Another pulse of heavy rain tomorrow most likely across parts of east anglia, the north midlands and then running into the north of wales. To the no
northern england, more cloud and the odd shower or a splash of rain. i will have all the details later. it s tuesday 25th june. the bbc has been told that the gambling commission is considering whether more police officers are involved in alleged betting on the date of the general election. four conservatives and a police officer assigned to the protection of rishi sunak are known to be facing inquiries. scotland yard has denied a report that it leaked the names of some of those under investigation. here s our political correspondent, iain watson. did you have inside information when you placed your bet on the election date? i made a statement. it s been nearly two weeks since this aide to the prime minister who s also a conservative candidate said he d made a huge error ofjudgement in betting on the date of the general election. another candidate and two members of the conservative party staff are also being investigated by the gambling commission. last night, interviewe
we start in the american city of minneapolis and what s thought to be one of the largest pre trial settlements in us history. lawyers for george floyd, the african american man who died while being restrained by police officers in may last year, say the city has agreed a settlement of $27 million in their civil case for damages. the money will be paid to mr floyd s family. separately, a former minneapolis police officer, derek chauvin, is standing trial on criminal charges, including third degree murder, following the incident. here s the floyd family lawyer, ben crump. the financial compensation most directly impacts george floyd and his family, the future of their family, but it is the policy reforms that affects all of us. our north america correspondent david willis told me more about why this settlement is so significant. the death of george floyd sparked protests in major cities here and across the world, it gave rise of course to the black lives matter movement, one of