we begin in uvalde, texas, where a long awaited report into a deadly school shooting has been highly critical of the police. it found, what they describe, as a cascading failures of leadership, decision making, tactics, policy and training. when the gunman burst into robb elementary school in 2022 hundreds of police officer rushed to the scene but it took more than an hour for them to confront him. in that time, the gunman murdered 19 students and 2 teachers. that delay sparked outrage among the victims families and across the us more widely, and it prompted the us department ofjustice to investigate, producing today s report that runs 600 pages long. the us attorney general merrick garland visited families in uvalde, said the victims and survivors of the mass shooting deserved better. the law enforcement response at robb elementary school on may 24th, 2022, and in the hours and days after was a failure that should not have happened. we hope to honour the victims and t
this is bbc news, the headlines. a scathing report concludes the failure of the police chaos and confusion and a lack of urgency in helping victims. the bbc understands have the seal is to close in south wales. up to 3000 jobs are at risk. the back to award nominations are out. we take a look at the juggernauts aiming for the top prizes. before all that northern ireland has seen its biggest day of strike action in 50 years without more than action in 50 years without more than a hundred public sector workers walked out in a dispute over pay. schools closed, health services and transport lacking. the dispute has been complicated by the fact that there s been no functioning government at stormont for two years with the union leaders say workers are used as palms in restoring power shower in northern island. schools closed without the gritting of icy roads finished at midnight. it s been a day of disruption and demonstrations across northern ireland. some people are pointing the
we begin in uvalde, texas, where a long awaited report into a deadly school shooting has been highly critical of the police. it found, what they describe, as a cascading failures of leadership, decision making, tactics, policy and training, when the gunman burst into robb elementary school in 2022 hundreds of police officers rushed to the scene but it took more than an hour for them to confront him. in that time, the gunman murdered i9 students and two teachers. that delay sparked outrage among the victims families and across the us more widely, and it prompted the us department ofjustice to investigate, producing today s report that runs 600 pages long. the us attorney general merrick garland visited families in uvalde, and he called the police he said the victims deserved better. in the hours and days after, it was a failure that should not have happened. we was a failure that should not have happened. have happened. we hope to honour the have happened. we hope to
interviews and reaction. and interviews and reaction. we start with the death of disgraced and we start with the death of the disgraced former entertainer and convicted sex offender rolf harris at the age of 93. he was jailed in britain for nearly six years in 2014 for a series of indecent assaults on girls. the assault happened between the late 19605 to mid 19 girls. the a55ault happened between the late 19605 to mid 19 805. for his crimes came to light, harris was a well known figure in the entertainment industry in britain and his native australia. helen wilkinson reports. rolf harris, the tv star who was a fixture on screens in britain for decades, later revealed to be a serial sex offender. this is his final public appearance walking into court his bag packed for prison. why don t you apologise, mr harris? a convicted paedophile guilty of indecently assaulting women and young girls. born in australia, rolf harris arrived in britain in the 505. he quickly found fame on
during a holiday in portugal 16 years ago. madeleine vanished from a portuguese holiday home 16 years ago on the 3rd of may, 2007. a week later portuguese police said they believed madeleine had been abducted but was still alive and in portugal. at the end of may 2007 police issued a description of a man seen on the night of madeleine s disappearance possibly carrying a child. byjuly 2008 portuguese police say they have submitted their final report on the case. weeks later authorities shelve their investigation. in 2022, a german man is declared an official suspect by portuguese prosecutors. joining me live now arejim gamble, a former police officer who helped with the madeleine mccann investigation, and jon silverman, a professor of media and criminal justice at university of bedfordshire and former bbc home affairs correspondent. thank you forjoining me. first, what exactly are we looking at? it s been many years now since we had any kind of fresh investigation. why is