And a small green miracle in a refugee camp injordan thanks to scientists from Sheffield University. Assaults on staff have more than quadrupled in prisons in yorkshire and lincolnshire over a five year period. In 2013, 326 were recorded. This figure rose to almost 1,400 in 2018. The latest figures show three prisons in particular full sutton, wealstun and wetherby recorded more assaults on staff in the first nine months of 2019 than in the whole of the previous year. Tracy gee has been speaking to three officers who have experienced first hand how the violence has escalated. You might find some of the images
in the film upsetting. Attacks on prison officers are at an all time high. They are a daily occurrence. Ive seen staff he headbutted. Im seen staff he sexually assaulted. Ive been thrown in the wall. Ive had a tv thrown in my face. On average 27 assaults happen every single day. Thats more than one an hour. Theyve got shanks. Theyve got access to razor blades. Theyre ready. Theyre
This is bbc news. Im martine croxall. The headlines at 11 00 britain, canada and the us say theres now a body of evidence that an Iranian Missile brought down a ukrainian passenger plane that crashed near tehran, killing everyone on board. The evidence indicates that the plane was shot down by an iranian surface to air missile. This may well have been unintentional. Confirmation that the duchess of sussex has left the uk for canada. Earlier, the queen summoned an urgent family conference to find a way to accommodate prince harry and meghans wish to go it alone. Left in a hospital trolley for more than 2a hours a e departments in england record their worst ever performance. A prison officer has been stabbed and seriously injured and four others hospitalised after an attack
by two prisoners in cambridgeshire. The sound of 2020 25 year old celeste tipped to follow in the footsteps of adele and sam smith. And at 11 30, well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers Daisy
Dozens of flood warnings are in place across the uk. Forecasters say a months worth of rain could fall in some places. The storm is scuppering travel plans for many. Hundreds of flights have been cancelled and trains services are disrupted. France has recorded the first death from coronavirus in europe, as beijing orders everyone returning to that city from holidays to go into quarantine for m days or risk punishment. From today, companies which provide phone, broadband and Pay Tv Services will have to alert customers when their contracts are coming to an end. And now on bbc news, Victoria Derbyshire takes a look at some of the highlights from her programme this week. Hello and welcome. For the next half an hour, we will show you some of the highlights of our Award Winning journalism over the last week. First, when simon oleary was growing up in ireland and his mum used to say goodnight to him, when he was a boy, he would tell her that he did not want to wake up in the morning. Because
This is bbc news. The headlines. 16 Million People in northern italy are placed in quarantine for a month because of coronavirus. In lombardy, ski resorts, gyms and nightclubs cant be opened. Restaurant customers must sit at least a metre apart. China reports its lowest number of new infections in a single day, since january. Here, new emergency laws including court cases over video link or phone to help tackle the virus are announced. After 11 oclock well be putting your questions about coronavirus to a virologist. A doubling in funding for flood defences to £5 billion is expected in the budget on wednesday. She really is beautiful, innit . A slightly unorthodox royal welcome for meghan who delivers a message
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Hello, youre watching afternoon live. Im martine croxall. Today at 2 00. A landmark free speech victory at the high court, for a man who was warned by police about allegedly transphobic messages on social media. This is a watershed moment for liberty. The police were wrong to visit my workplace, wrong to check my thinking. Borisjohnsons new cabinet meets for the First Time Since yesterdays dramatic resignation of the chancellor sajid javid. We are here to deliver for the people of this country, who elected us to serve them. The peoples government has to get on with delivering the peoples priorities, and in the next few years we must get on with our basic work. The number of cases of mumps in england at its highest for a decade. Coming up on afternoon live
all the sport with holly more t20 action between england and south africa another close run thing . After wednesdays one run defeat englands cricketers have it all to prove in their second t20 international in south africa. Well be lo