The Prime Minister says the first flight carrying Asylum Seekers to rwanda will leave in 10 to 12 weeks time come what may. He says an airfield is on standby and charter planes are booked. Rishi sunak had originally promised the first flight would take off this spring, but his timetable now suggests a delay until the summer. He says peers and mps will have to sit through the night tonight if necessary to pass the governments controversial rwanda legislation. Our political correspondent, helen catt is in westminster. Helen. New statistics out this morning show one of the reasons why rishi sunak might be so keen to get those flights off soon, last Year Parliament passed a law that said that some asylum cases could only be dealt with by being removed from the uk. But they cant go to rwanda because the Supreme Court ruled it was unsafe and there are now nearly 52,000 Asylum Seekers whose claims simply cant be dealt with here. So what the government did to try and get around this last year
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The police, the met police have made in relation to the fresh evidence. I am hoping that reassures the lawrence family at door the lawrence family, doran in particular that under the new leadership in the Police Service, they will redouble their efforts to make sure that doreen and the family think that this Police Service has learned the lessons from yesterday. With more on this Daniel De Simone reports. The racist murder of Stephen Lawrence took place 31 years ago today at a south london bus stop. Two of the original five prime suspects were convicted almost 20 years after the murder. But the met s disastrous handling of the case means no one else has been brought tojustice. Last year, the bbc publicly identified a sixth suspect, matthew white, who died in 2021 and revealed multiple failures by the met to properly investigate him. Now, stephens mother, baroness doreen lawrence, gives her first interview about the new evidence and the met s response. We knew there was five, possibly s
The pub in vauxhall has been mobbed by swifties. The Pubs Manager is naturally delighted. Its been pretty crazy, but amazing. Like, so overwhelmingly positive. Everybody s been so lovely, the swifties have been amazing. Endless photos, lots of questions about which ex attends frequently. I dont think we can speak too much on it, so ill leave it a mystery. Its A Hundred years this month since the first bbc Schools Broadcast was aired, with the idea of educating and entertaining children. And during that time it has brought programmes like playschool to our screen remember humpty, jemima and their friends . Our reporter Ricky Boleto looks back in time. A house with a door. Windows. For many, this is the sound of their childhood. Ready to play . Whats the day . Its monday
Its A Hundred years this month since the first bbc Schools Broadcast was aired, with the idea of educating children at home. Over the last century, Bbc Education has evolved from Radio Programmes to interactive websites like bitesize, which offered lessons during lockdown. Our reporter Ricky Boleto looks back. A house. With a door. Windows, one. For many, this is the sound of their childhood. Ready to play . Whats the day . Its monday. We found your very first appearance on play school. Its even got the old clapperboard there at the front. Oh, my goodness me. Have a look at that. And this is floella. Hello. One of play schools best loved presenters, baroness floella benjamin,