in the treatment of her family by the criminaljustice system . our correspondent daniel de simone broke this story here s his report. the racist murder of teenager stephen lawrence took place 31 years ago at a south london bus stop. the failed first investigation is widely seen as one of the biggest disasters in the history of the metropolitan police. today an official review has concluded that four senior retired officers who ran the first inquiry should not be charged with a criminal offence. this is a dreadful crime, a completely unprovoked attack on a young 18 year old black youth. their investigation failed to bring anyone to justice. two of those officers were bill ilsley and ian crampton, pictured here after being criticised by a landmark public inquiry 25 years ago. the others were brian weeden and his deputy ben bullock. prosecutors have been considering whether to charge the four with misconduct in a public office for investigative failures. the conclusion by pros
in the treatment of her family by the criminaljustice system . our reporter daniel de simone broke this story, here s his report. the racist murder of teenager stephen lawrence took place 31 years ago at a south london bus stop. the failed first investigation is widely seen as one of the biggest disasters in the history of the metropolitan police. today an official review has concluded that four senior retired officers who ran the first inquiry should not be charged with a criminal offence. this is a dreadful crime, a completely unprovoked attack on a young 18 year old black youth. their investigation failed to bring anyone to justice. two of those officers were bill ilsley and ian crampton, pictured here after being criticised by a landmark public inquiry 25 years ago. the others were brian weeden and his deputy ben bullock. prosecutors have been considering whether to charge the four with misconduct in a public office for investigative failures. the conclusion by prosecutor
our panel tonight from edinburgh, the bbc political correspondent rob watson, and from plymouth, our south west s political editor martyn oates. later in the programme, vladimir putin has just arrived in north korea for a two day summit with kimjong un. and we are watching events at the white house tonight joe biden about to sign an executive order that will grant an amnesty to tens of thousands of illegal immigrants who are married to us citizens. a very warm welcome to the programme. the british billionaire entrepreneur and businessmanjohn caudwell, who gave the conservatives half a million pounds before the last general election, has told the bbc he will vote labour for the first time in his life next month. the founder of the phones au buisness invited our political editor chris mason to his house this afternoon and told him he thought rishi sunak was an absolute dud and that the labour leader sir keir starmer is, for him, hitting all the right notes. no, i ve no id
Setting up a commission to look into racial inequality. He says he has been influenced by the images of the black lives matter protest. We have to acknowledge that when thousands of people marched peacefully for black lives matter, you cant ignore that. I as a leader, i cant ignore the strength of their feeling. Wearing a Face Covering is now compulsory for anyone travelling on public transport in england with a £100 fine if you dont. Good afternoon. And around half an hour s time we will be bringing you todays Coronavirus Press briefing, todays Coronavirus Press briefing, todayit todays Coronavirus Press briefing, today it is led by dominic raab. A quick look at todays Main Development and queues have been for me outside some shops in england as though selling nonessential goods welcome back customers after three months. A furtherfour welcome back customers after three months. A further four people have died in wales after testing positive for covid 19. No further deaths in scotla nd