Its wednesday 7th february. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The serial sex attacker john worboys will appear at the high court this morning for the start of a legal challenge this morning against his release. Pictures of him just arriving have just come into us in the last few moments. Last month the parole board was criticised when it announced that worboys would be freed after less than nine years in prison. In 2009 worboys was given an indeterminate jail sentence, with a minimum term of at least eight years. Last november the parole board approved his release, but their reasoning remained confidential. That decision was made public last month to a furious reaction. Campaigners hoped the government would apply for a judicial review, but the justice secretary said lawyers had advised against it. Just over a week later, two of worboys victims won a legal challenge to stop him being released, but only temporarily. The first stage of their legal challenge to keep him beh
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Crime. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until am this morning. Do get in touch with us if youre a cyclist what do you think about this new plan . We also want to hear from you if youve witnessed dangerous cycling or even been hit by someone on a bike. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today mexico has asked other countries to provide specialist teams and equipment to help search for survivors after the devastating earthquake on tuesday in which at least 230 people were killed. In mexico city, emergency workers are still trying to reach people trapped under the rubble of a school where 21 children and five adults are known to have died. Rajini Vaidya Nathan reports. After the horror of the earthquake, there is hope. These Young Children were pulled alive from a Primary School in the south of mexico city. People looked for those trapped
Decency and professionalism been put on hold, just because of sexual dynamics in the workplace . It is inexcusable. And, by eck we preview the opera thats been written for a yorkshire accent. Our main story at 5pm theresa may has called on eu leaders to set out ambitious plans for the brexit negotiations. The Prime Minister is in brussels for a key summit, where the other 27 eu states will consider whether enough progress has been made to begin trade negotiations. The german chancellor, Angela Merkel, has suggested that trade talks could begin as early as december. Mrs may will have a chance to influence the debate when she addresses leaders later this evening. But here shes being urged by some in her party to issue an ultimatum to say that if trade talks dont begin soon, britain will settle for no deal. This report from our europe correspondent Damian Grammaticas, whos in brussels. Are you confident of progress today, Prime Minister . Deal or no deal . But at this stage, its no deal.
Surreys crime figures compare with the National Statistics . We are slightly better than the National Trend but we are seeing the same things that are happening nationally, as you said, theres been a rise in violent and knife crime but it is not all bad news. A lot of the rise is good news because people are reporting crime more. People up to now have been very relu cta nt to people up to now have been very reluctant to report domestic abuse, for instance. Now people are coming forward. Thank goodness they are. Once it is recorded by the police, they can do something about it. So you dont think theres an actual increase . It is just about reporting . No, it is a mixture of good news and bad news. We have got to be careful to interpret the statistic correctly. The good news is, Police Recording of crimes is better. We know that and as i say, victims are now increasingly ready to ta ke victims are now increasingly ready to take their troubles to the police. But it is not all good news. T