Than a thIrd of women have been subjected to Sexual Harassment or sexual offences whIle commutIng by traIn or tube. Our Correspondent NIck Eardley has thIs report. BeepIng. Put your bags on the floor. ThIs Is the moment when Edgar JunIor was arrested by brItIsh Transport PolIce last year. The 50 year old had sexually assaulted a woman on a traIn. He admItted It and was sentenced to 20 months In prIson. But new fIgures show that thIs Is far from an Isolated case. BrItIsh Transport PolIce fIgures show an average of 31 Reports a Day InvolvIng vIolent crImes agaInst women or gIrls. The number beIng reported hasjumped 50 In just two years. Reports of Sexual Harassment have more than doubled In the same perIod, wIth Sexual Assault Reports up Io , too. Most women and gIrls have experIenced IncIdents of Sexual Harassment and other types of non contact sexual offendIng on the Transport Network for a very long tIme. It Isnt new to many women and gIrls that thIs Is happenIng, but we also know per
To house Asylum Seekers. Its been done to save savings in Asylum Costs over the next ten years. The barge will continue to be used untiljanuary 2025. And of course it follows the decision of the new Labour Government to do away with one of the previous governments controversial policies, which was the plan by the conservatives to send Asylum Seekers to rwanda. The Labour Government has scrapped that plan as well. Lets find out more about this decision, we can speak to our political Correspondentjoe Pike. What is the government saying about this . ,. , pike. What is the government saying about this . ,. , pike. What is the government saying about this . ,. ,. ,. , about this . They are saying that as of janua about this . They are saying that as of january that about this . They are saying that as of january that contract about this . They are saying that as of january that contract for about this . They are saying that as of january that contract for the of january that contract for th
Now on Bbc News, newscast. Newsy Chat And Analysis from adam fleming, laura kuenssberg, Chris Mason and guests. What the cast of friends can do, we can do more cheaply and more chaotically with our predecessor podcast, brexitcast, get back together for a Reunion Episode we have only left it five years have you watched it yet, chris . No laura is here, chris is here and, back by popular demand, and i really mean it, doctor Katya Adler in brussels hello, katya. How are you . Hello. It is very lovely to be with you all again. I welcome to brexitcast. Brexitcast. Brexitcast from the bbc. Noones got a bleep clue what brexit is. I brexit is. I hadnt quite understood the full extent of this. We are particularly reliant on the dover calais crossing. This election blew away. The argument for a second referendum. I urge everyone to find closure. Let the healing begin. I am sorry. We will miss you. A process which i can only| describe as a dogs brexit. Hello, it is adam in the studio. And laura i