Polly. Polly middlehurst. Jacob thank you and good evening to you. Well, within the last hour, the metropolitan police has confirmed to us that a complaint has been made against the former tory mp, lee anderson, over comments he made about the london mayor and unknown complainant to unknown complainant went to the met police a day after lee anderson said islamist had control of sadiq khan. The control of sadiq khan. The ex Deputy Tory Party chairman was stripped of the whip after refusing to apologise for his remarks. He has since admitted remarks. He has since admitted his choice of words was clumsy, but said hed been trying to represent concerns of his represent the concerns of his constituents. Its a major constituents. Its a major search and rescue was launched after the bodies of at least three suspected migrants were pulled from the English Channel today , despite the bad weather, today, despite the bad weather, gb news filmed these pictures of an rnli lifeboat rushing in to resc
Also, meanwhile , over in local also, meanwhile, over in local council land, were seeing councils now launching crowdfunding schemes so that locals can pay for green projects. Is this the future . Then let those who this then let those who want this kind pay for it and kind of thing pay for it and leave the rest of us alone. And prince has lost his bid to prince harry has lost his bid to get his security funded by us taxpayers. Thats not the end of the matter, though, because an appeal should we be appeal beckons. So should we be footing bill or. Not appeal beckons. So should we be footing bill or. Not well, footing that bill or. Not well, were going to get stuck into all of that and more. But before we do, lets cross live to Polly Middlehurst for tonights latest news headlines. Michelle news headlines. Michelle thank you. Well, the top story this hour as youve been heanng story this hour as youve been hearing from michelle, the bodies at least three bodies of at least three suspected
Daughter and the rape victims of her killer due to a toxic culture of misogyny and corruption. 51 year old serial corruption. 51 year old serial rapist ian parker was jailed for life today with a minimum tum to serve of 36 years for murdering the 27 year old in scotland, 19 years ago. Parker was also found years ago. Parker was also found guilty of a series of rapes and assaults on other women committed over two decades. Emmas family is calling for a judicial Public Inquiry into how the offender s crimes were handled after Police Scotland apologised for its failings dunng apologised for its failings during the investigation. A during the investigation. A major search and rescue operation was launched in the engush operation was launched in the English Channel this afternoon after the bodies of at least three suspected migrants were pulled from the water. Gb news filmed these pictures of an renee lifeboat rushing in bad weather to rescue the small boat, which itself had migrants on boar
But the Supreme Courts decision to take up the case could delay it beyond the election in november. Earlier, i asked our North America correspondent peter bowes if this announcement comes as a surprise. I think it was inevitable that this would end up in the Supreme Court. Donald trumps claims averted been rejected by a lower court and he claims he is immune to this kind of criminal prosecution because he was president at the time. This relates to the allegations that he tried to overturn the result of the 2020 election and mr trump faces multiple charges including one that he conspired to defraud the come of this was a trial does do to start very soon next month and it is been delayed and it is now on hold reading from the Supreme Court that they intend to hear arguments in april, the third week of april and a decision expected at some point injune and we know now that this trial, if indeed it goes ahead, it will not be happening until at leastjuly and were getting into Political Conv
Tortured for three years on president putins orders and then murdered. Applause in her address in strasbourg, which received a Standing Ovation, Yulia Navalnaya said that people outside russia need to understand that Vladimir Putin is not a politician, but the head of an organised crime gang. She said he cant be negotiated with, and is capable of anything. She promised to continue his work towards a free russia. Heres some of that speech. On his orders, alexei was tortured for three years. He was starved in a tiny stone cell, cut off from the outside world and denied visits, phone calls and then even letters. And then they killed him. Even after that, they abused his body and abused his mother. 0n the one hand, The Public Murder has once again showed everyone that putin is capable of anything and that you cannot negotiate with him. And lets just take a moment to remind ourselves of what we know about Alexei Navalny s death. He was of course a vocal critic of president putin. He died in