sarah rainsford reports and a warning some viewers may find some of the images in this distressing. they shouted his name. a final act of support for alexei navalny as his coffin arrived at a moscow church. it s the name vladimir putin refused to utter. navalny, being buried today, was putin s greatest political rival. so this funeral was a show of defiance, too. by those who queued to say their last goodbye in their many thousands. for them, navalny was the hope of change. a chance for a different russia. supporting him is still dangerous, but that didn t stop this crowd. a woman said she was scared at first, even hid herflowers, but she couldn t stay away. this man describes navalny s death as a personal loss. it s very hard, he says. western ambassadors came, too, to pay their respects. those who have condemned navalny s treatment, the silencing of a critic. in life, too, alexei navalny could bring out the crowds. charismatic, courageous, he was dangerous to the kremlin.
not there, he is on the wanted list. earlier a funeral ceremony was held on the other side of the river. in an area where he used to live. there was a heavy police presence outside the church and a long line of people holding flowers and candles snaking down the road. people chanted his name and you were not afraid, neither are we . they accused putin of murdering him. shortly after the burial, his wife paid tribute to her husband on social media, thanking him for 26 years of absolute happiness and wrote, i do not know how to live without you but will try our best to make you up there happy and proud of me. we can now speak to the russia editor. an and proud of me. we can now speak to the russia editor. the russia editor. an extraordinary coule of the russia editor. an extraordinary coume of hours the russia editor. an extraordinary couple of hours in the russia editor. an extraordinary couple of hours in moscow. - the russia editor. an extraordinary| couple of hours in
of the moskva river, at the church of the icon of the mother of god, in the maryino district, where navalny used to live. there was a heavy police presence outside the church. our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford reports and a warning, some viewers may find some of the images in this distressing. they shouted his name. a final act of support for alexei navalny as his coffin arrived at a moscow church. it s the name vladimir putin refused to utter. navalny, being buried today, was putin s greatest political rival. so this funeral was a show of defiance, too. by those who queued to say their last goodbye in their many thousands. for them, navalny was the hope of change. a chance for a different russia. supporting him is still dangerous, but that didn t stop this crowd. a woman said she was scared at first, even hid herflowers, but she couldn t stay away. this man describes navalny s death as a personal loss. it s very hard, he says. western ambassadors came, too
good afternoon. her brutal murder shocked britain, and now an independent report into the killing of sarah everard has found the man responsible should never have been a police officer, and several opportunities to stop him offending were missed. wayne couzens is serving a whole life sentence for sarah s rape and murder, and was off duty when he kidnapped the 33 year old, under the false guise of an arrest. the chair of the inquiry into his conduct and background, says without a radical overhaul of police vetting and recruitment, there s nothing to stop another couzens operating in plain sight. june kelly is live in central london, with the very latest. clive, lady elish angiolini, the seniorjudge who produced the report, has come up with 16 recommendations to stop another potential wayne couzens. some of these recommendations are related to betting, others to the way the police deal with the crime of indecent exposure. she also says she believes that there are as yet unknown
hello. good evening. wayne couzens, who abducted and murdered sarah everard while he was in the metropolitan police, should never have been given a job as a police officer. that is one of the stark findings of an independent inquiry. its chair, lady elish angiolini, said red flags about couzens had repeatedly been ignored by three police forces, and that without significant overhaul, she believed there s nothing to stop another couzens operating in plain sight . the metropolitan police has responded that it must go further and faster to regain public trust. here s our home affairs correspondent, june kelly. he was a predatory sex offender in a police uniform. a criminal with state sanctioned powers. wayne couzens should never have been allowed to join the police, and constant flawed vetting meant he was able to continue in his role despite a series of red flags. these are the stark conclusions of today s inquiry report. the metropolitan police service told the inquiry in 202