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welcome to bbc news. an investigation into the death of a prisoner has found a catalogue of failures contributed to his suicide and he should have been in hospital not prison. 25 year old dean saunders electrocuted himself at chelmsford prison in essex in january last year. the prison ombudsman said that staff ignored significant risk factors when they cut back observation of him injail. it comes as figures due out later this week are expected to show the number of suicides in prisons in england and wales last year was at record levels. here s our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan. dean saunders had no previous history of mental illness but in december 2015 the young dad suddenly became paranoid and delusional, convinced he had to kill himself. i think i m still, on a day to day basis, trying to understand that he was ill in the first place. his family were plunged into despair. within hours he attacked his brother and father with a knife. already injured, m ....
this is a deliberate withholding of information from this house. we will speak to a former labour defence minister. at the start of his first full week in power, donald trump focuses on jobs, and threatens big border taxes on goods entering the country. the series of failures that led to a prisoner s suicide, dean saunders mother says she d warned prison authorities. i m telling you know, if you do not put my son back on constant watch he will kill himself, you won t be able to say you didn t know. a focus on science and technology, as the prime minister unveils her new industrial strategy for britain after brexit. and, the actor gorden kaye, best known for his part in the bbc sitcom ‘allo ‘allo!, has died at the age of 75. it s five o clock. our main story is the government s admission that theresa may was told about a test of the trident nuclear deterrent, which took place last june. she was informed when she became prime minister a month later, but ministers won ....
welcome to bbc news. labour has accused theresa may and her ministers of a cover up after she once again refused to confirm or deny reports that during the last test of britain s nuclear deterrent a missile had veered off course. the defence secretary sir michael fallon who faced urgent questions in the commons said he would not comment on operational details. as our political editor laura kuenssberg reports the test occurred lastjune just before mps voted to renew britain s independent nuclear defence capability. set condition one 50 for weapons system readiness test. aye aye, sir. pressing the nuclear button. action stations. a process that is practised and practised. the hope, it never happens for real. butjust before the prime minister took charge, a test like this, it seems, did not go according to plan. but theresa may yesterday refused to say if she had known. prime minister, did you know? there are tests that take place all the time, regularly, for our n ....