Its monday the 22nd april, our main story. The mother of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence has told the bbc that the investigation into his death should be reopened, after the metropolitan Police Issued another apology for the way theyve handled the case. Stephen was 18 when he was stabbed to death in a racist attack in south london 31 years ago today. The metropolitan Police Commissioner has apologised to Doreen Lawrence after questions were raised about another suspect in a bbc investigation. 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 to justice. 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
Commissioner are saying we are ready. The security net is tight, barricades and fences are up, extra Police Officers are out. You see it wherever you turn. As the nypd readies to protect the pope it took to twitter to welcome his homeliness to the city. Plan ahead for pope in nyc. And in midtown, we spotted this no drone zone sign, banning the recreational aircrafts from the area around st. Patricks cathedral. Katherine creag is on the upper east side. Feel like youve been sleeping there all week, kat. Reporter yes, east 72nd street. When you say extra Police Officers, you are talking ab t hundreds of Police Officers just in this immediate area. At one point, a few hundred of them stood right here in this spot, getting direction from their superiors just hours ago. And then they went out into the neighborhood, assigned to specific spots lining up the avenues, along the side streets, all here to proteus the pope. By midmorning, hundreds of lice officers converged on ahe area pope franci
Were going to push for those sidewalks to get cleared up better today. Want to remind everyone to check on your neighbors. If you have neighbors or Senior Citizens who are disabled. Check on them, see if they need anything. Now, heres the challenge. Ive been going all over the city talking to new yorkers about the challenge. I understand what everyones worried about. Theyve got snow on their car or sidewalk. Where are they going to put the snow. First of all, with your car, dont thin this is business as usual. Its an emergency. If you dont need your car, leave your car where it is. We have canceled alternate side parking all the way up to saturday. This is a rare, rare situation. And it means if you dont need your car, unless you have a real urgent need for your car, just leave it. Dont move the snow off it. It will be warmer. There will be sunshine. Let some of that melt off naturally. Leave it so it doesnt end up in the street. If you put all the snow from your car back in the street
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