For any reason must be removed from policing and every effort must be made to ensure that similar people neverjoin. That is why we are providing funding to the National Police chiefs council to develop an Automated System to flag about Police Officers. We are changing the rules to make it easier for forces to remove those Who Cannot Hold the minimum level of clearance and Police Chiefs are getting back the responsibility for sharing these Conduct Hearings so that they can better uphold the standards in the forces that they lead. There will be a presumption for dismissal for any officerfound to have a presumption for dismissal for any officer found to have committed Gross Misconduct and i can announce today that there will also be an automatic suspension of Police Officers charged with certain criminal offences. But the work must continue. Part two of the report is considering systemic issues in policing such as vetting, recruitment and the culture, as well as the safety of women in pub
The Israeli Army Says it has no knowledge of shelling in the area. 0ur middle east correspondent Yolande Knell has the latest from jerusalem. Were hearing from the Hamas Run Health Ministry that there were more than 80 People Killed overnight in the gaza strip. Most of those, actually, apparently waiting for aid in gaza city when witnesses there say that there was shelling by israeli tanks. And still an unclear picture about exactly what has happened there. But overall, now this really grim milestone has been passed, the Health Ministry in gaza is really the only official source of data that we have for casualty numbers. And its the one thats relied on by the un and others. And its saying that the majority of those who have been killed are women and children since the 7th Of October. And also more than 70,000 people have been injured, as well. These figures rely on bodies being brought in to hospitals or seen by medical workers so they can be properly registered. But actually, its thou
The Metropolitan Police in 2018. Thats despite an accusation he sexually assaulted a child barely in her teens while in his early 20s. Couzens, who was off duty, murdered Sarah Everard after kidnapping her under the false guise of an arrest. He was sacked by the met after his arrest and is now serving a whole life sentence. The inquiry s first stage has been considering what the met knew about couzens reported behaviour prior to sarahs murder. Heres what inquiry chair, Lady Elish Angiolini had to say. The fragility of public trust and confidence in policing affects us all, including those good Police Officers doing the right thing every day. It is time for all of those with responsibility for policing to do everything they can to improve standards of recruitment, vetting and investigation. Wayne couzens was never fit to be a Police Officer. Police leaders need to be sure there isnt another Wayne Couzens operating in plain sight. And lets just remind ourselves of what happened to Sarah
On women in afghanistan, banning them from working for the ngos, just days they were banned from studying at university. Hello and welcome to sportsday im gavin ramjaun. Leicester come back to take the honours against gloucester and win the first ever slater cup in the premiership. Brentford get frank. The dane commits to another contract at the club ahead of the Premier Leagues big boxing day return. And we meet the sailor who picked up some of his crew from the pub whos preparing to lead britains entry in one of the Worlds Toughest yacht races even if the seas make him a little queasy. Hello there and welcome along to the programme. The premiership match between leicester and gloucester had extra meaning today to honour theirformer player it slater. Player ed slater. The 34 year old retired from rugby this summer, after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease. And it was leicester who fought back the win the first ever slater cup. The victory a first for their new Interim Head Coa
iskander. starting with developments in tennessee, where us presidentjoe biden has tweeted this photo, which shows him meeting with the tennessee three. he thanked them for their leadership and courage in the face of a blatant disregard of our nation s democratic values. us vice president kamala harris has made a speech in nashville on a surprise visit after two state lawmakers were expelled yesterday over their protests on gun control. justinjones and justin pearson, as well as a third lawmaker, gloria johnson, who narrowly survived, have become known as the tennessee three . they called for gun reform after the nashville school shooting that killed six people. in the last hour, kamala harris has been talking let s listen. because they chose to show courage. in the face of an extreme tragedy, which is that 11 days ago, six people, three educators, and three babies, nine years old, were murdered. senselessly. due to gun violence. they chose to lead and show courage to s