In england and wales. That policy sees the proportion of sentences which some inmates must serve behind bars temporarily cut from 50 to A0 . But latest government figures suggest more than a quarter of prisoners will go on to reoffend within a year of being released. The problem is there are no guarantees that anybody who is released early will not reoffend, because weve got to do ourjob in our prisons of trying to rehabilitate people. We simply cannot do that if theyre used as Human Warehouses and were overcrowded. We must be given a chance to give people hope. The Ministry Ofjustice says it cannot comment on individual cases but insists that anyone who breaks their Licence Conditions upon release, or who commits further crimes, will be punished, and the government says without the early release scheme, police would not be able to make arrests and the courts would not be able to hold trials. The Prison Population in england and wales has dropped by more than 2,000 in a week following
You for your semifinals, lets go, lionesses well hear from Johanna Konta as she begins herWimbledon Campaign, but it was 15 year old cori gauff who made headlines on day one, beating five times champion Venus Williams. Next stop Northern Ireland. Where jeremy hunt and borisjohnson will put their latest pitch to be Prime Minister to conservative Party Members, but will businesses be happy with their plans for the border . Good morning from wimbledon where the sun is beating down. It should stay dry here is with most of the uk. Some showers in northern scotland. More in 15 minutes. Its tuesday the second ofjuly. Our top story a stowaway whos believed to have fallen from the landing gear of a passenger plane bound for heathrow, has been found dead in a garden in west london. The body was discovered in clapham. Our correspondent keith doyle joins us from there now. What do we know so far . Good morning. This street and clap and is directly under the flight but of heathrow stop hundreds of
Follow wimbledon across the bbc, including Johanna Konta, who is for englands lionesses in lyon. Second upper one court. Bbc one, bbc two, the red button. 18 courts you they play the world champions the can choose from on the iplayer and usa tonight in france, aiming to get the bbc sport website. Bbc two from toa usa tonight in france, aiming to get to a womens World Cup Final for the very first time. 10 30am. Tonight, the big one, can england make history and reach their first World Cup Final against the usa . It kicks off at a table coverage starts from 7 30pm on bbc one. It is a very busy day, good morning and welcome wimbledon and the womens world cup to the bbc news at nine. And we will have updates on bbc news an investigation is under way throughout the day. After a stowaway whos believed to have fallen from a passenger plane bound for heathrow was found dead in a garden well as weve just been hearing, in south london. Tonight the lionesses take police say on the usa for a place
Meps from the brexit party stage a protest at the European Parliament. And ready to roar englands lionesses prepare to take on the usa for a place in the womens world cup final. And coming up on bbc news, its a busy day for the british players with eight in action hoping tojoin kyle edmund and Heather Watson in the second round. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The Chinese Government has condemned the protests in hong kong as an undisguised challenge to its rule by violent offenders. Yesterday, pro democracy demonstrators stormed the parliament, occupying its chamber and scrawling graffiti on the walls. Chinas state media have denounced the protests as mob violence, and warned western powers including britain against interference in chinese internal affairs. But here, the foreign secretary jeremy hunt has told the authorities in hong kong not to respond with repression. Nick beake is in hong kong for us this afternoon. It feels like hong kong has been catching its bre
The United States not to interfere. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport olly foster. Weve already had british winners on the second day of wimbledon well head live to the all england club and also lyon and the lionesses as we count down to the world cup semifinal. Thanks olly, and thomasz has all the weather. The weather is lush. It is beautiful, just right. We will be talking about the european monsoon in halfan talking about the european monsoon in half an hour. Also coming up turning their backs on the eu meps from the brexit party stage a protest at the opening session of the European Parliament. Hello everyone this is afternoon live im simon mccoy. Its been one of the major Sticking Points in the brexit negotiations but the two candidates vying to be Prime Minister have been outlining their plans for the irish border after the uk leaves the eu. In the latest conservative Party Leadership hustings in belfast, jeremy hunt said it would be impossible to have an eu withdrawal de