Were facing unacceptable stress. The letter comes after two days of unrest at the mount establishment In Hertfordshire. Mark lobel reports. There have been days of disorder at Prisons Wiltshire and hertfordshire where riot trained officers were deployed to subdue unruly prisoners. This past year has brought an average of 20 attacks a day on staff in prisons in england and wales, following a decline in the number of Prison Officers over the past few years and complaints over pay. Now the president of Prison Governors Association is publicly blaming the government for what she calls a crisis in many jails and unacceptable stress and anxiety amongst workers. In an open letter to Prison Governors, Andrea Albutt says the state has failed to help them cope with Population Pressures in prison, having changed the way the prisons are run for the worse. Ms albutt says the governments decision taken earlier this year to separate operational control of the Prison System from responsibility for pol
Bowlers channelling australian bowlers chanbeling beyonce. Good morning. Its wednesday, 2nd august. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live recent unrest in english and welsh jails is causing grave concern, according to the Prison Governors Association. In an open letter, the president of the organisation said governors were facing unacceptable stress. The letter comes after two days of unrest at the mount establishment in hertfordshire. Mark lobel reports. There have been days of disorder at prisons in wiltshire and hertfordshire where riot trained officers were deployed to subdue unruly prisoners. This past year has brought an average of 20 attacks a day on staff in prisons in england and wales, following a decline in the number of Prison Officers over the past few years and complaints over pay. Now the president of Prison Governors Association is publicly blaming the government for what she calls a crisis in many jails and unacceptable stress and anxiety amongst workers. In an open letter to P
A £198 million deal for Neymar Tojoin Paris Saint Germain from barcelona. Good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. Four men from the West Midlands have been found guilty of plotting an attack similar to that carried out on the soldier lee rigby. A gang calling themselves the three musketeers, along with one other man, were planning to attack police and military targets on british soil. Some of the trial had to be held in secret, at the old bailey. Our midlands correspondent, phil mackie, reports. The raid at Hero Couriers in birmingham last august. An area near the city centre was evacuated and the bomb Disposal Unit called in. It was the culmination of an elaborate undercover operation in which the four men were observed meeting each other in birmingham and in stoke. They were already well known to the authorities. Naweed ali and Khobaib Hussain had been jailed after travelling to a terror Training Camp in pakistan in 2011. In prison, they met mohibur rahman, who had been
Over 3,500 people died of drug poisoning last year a record level in england and wales. And barcelona tell Paris St Germain they must pay a record breaking £198 million fee in full before they can sign their brazilian striker neymar. Our main story at 5. Four men from the West Midlands have been found guilty of plotting an attack, similar to that carried out on the soldier lee rigby. A gang calling themselves the three musketeers, along with one other man, were thought to be planning to attack police and military targets on british soil. Three of the men were convicted terrorists who met in prison. Theyll be sentenced tomorrow. 0ur correspondent tom burridge is at the old bailey for us. Three of these men had already been jailed for terrorism offences and in Fa Ct Jailed For Terrorism Offences and in fact they met at belmarsh prison. Information on all four of their la pto ps information on all four of their laptops and Mobile Phones said they we re laptops and Mobile Phones said they
Well look ahead to a really important night for celtic as Brendan Rogers side head to norway to take on rosenborg in the second leg of their Champions League qualifier. Hello and welcome to the bbc news at six. There is new hope tonight for thousands of families who live with the prospect of passing on inherited diseases to future generations. For the first time, scientists have successfully re pa i red a faulty gene in Human Embryos. The us and south korean team used a process known as gene editing to correct dna that causes a deadly Heart Condition. The Contraversial Technique is still at the Early Research stage, but it raises the hope of preventing 10,000 gene disorders, which pass down the generations. 0ur medical correspondent fergus walsh reports. The goal could not be more ambitious, to eradicate inherited diseases. These scientists have taken an impressive first step on a long road, editing dna in Human Embryos. So how is it done . Inside the nucleus of each of ourselves is ou