hello and welcome to political thinking, a conversation with rather than an interrogation of someone who s shaped our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. now, you might think that the job of the equality and human rights commission was simply to police and implement the law, to ensure equality. but in this era of so called culture wars, debate about equality is, it seems, dividing even the commission itself. my guest this week is the chair of the equality and human rights commission, baroness kishwer falkner. she faced allegations that she had bullied her staff. allies of her insisted that she was the victim of a witch hunt from people who thought she thought the wrong things about the toxic debate about trans women and their place in society. an investigation into that bullying has recently been dropped. baroness falkner was appointed by the conservatives, but she is a former liberal democrat peer. she s also talked of herself being a first generation migran
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People having to be seen in rapid time, including the firstjob finding out who is most seriously injured, that was established very quickly. Four men in one of the cars we re quickly. Four men in one of the cars were all thrown out of the vehicle. Three of them died at the scene, the fourth man is in a Critical Condition in hospital. A man and a woman travelling in a third car which was badly damaged survived with relatively minor injuries. This photo shows the aftermath as those first to arrive tried to save lives. A devastating scene with debris strewn all over the road. The crash happened on a section of the belgrave middleway, a busy road in the heart of birmingham. The vehicles collided before the entrance to the underpass at the junction of bristol road. Police say the dual carriageway will probably stay closed for the rest of today. Three other cars were also involved in what ambulance crews called an extremely distressing and complex crash scene. Tragedy on one of birminghams m
In half an hour, join me as i take a look back to the photocall held here at addington palace which introduced prince harrys bride to be Meghan Markle to the worlds media. Kensington palace. Were getting reports that four british nationals are among six people who died when their plane crashed into a river in australia. The plane went down in the Hawkesbury River near cowan, which is around 31 miles north of sydney. The single engine aircraft is known to be a sydney sea plane which was carrying five passengers and the pilot. Police say all six bodies have been recovered. Unconfirmed reports say an 11 year old boy is among those killed. We have just had a statement from Police Investigating this crash, confirming six people on board. It went down around 3 10pm local time. Police divers are on the scene, and six bodies have been recovered from the wreckage. Police say they will work with the Australian Transport Safety Bureau as enquiries into the crash continue. No information is availa