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you were pretty insistent, actually. this year s oscar nominations are announced with many brits, including carey mulligan, up for the top acting prizes. the grammy goes to beyonce. and beyonce makes grammys history breaking the record for the most awards ever won by a woman, and there s british success for harry styles and dua lipa. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister has said the country is united in shock and grief at the killing of sarah everard. borisjohnson said her death had unleashed a wave of feeling about the safety of women in britain, and insisted the government would work to ensure that women had confidence in the justice system. following strong criticism of the police s handling of saturday s vigil in london, mrjohnson said he continued to back the metropolitan police chief, cressida dick, and said there would be an investigation into what happened. here s our correspondent, richard galpin. the kidnap and murder of sarah everard h ....
And he said no. where you see the balance of the rights in a situation like that? i think all of us would agree right to life is a fundamental human right and i don t think anybody would disagree with the fact emergency vehicles should be able to get to where they need to go. but i think it is unhelpful for us to only look at the most extreme cases. the reality is when you hand the police powers as broad as being proposed, they will not be confined to those extreme cases. they will be leveraged against everybody and we have to remember these powers come as part of a long trajectory in cracking down on protests, whether the mayor unlawfully banning extinction rebellion protests in 2019, women expressing their grief at clapham common last year, the reality is the government will use ....
The home secretary priti patel will detail new powers she s giving to courts to prevent environmental activists travelling to protests. her announcement follows repeated attempts by climate campaigners from insulate britain to block motorways around london in recent weeks. earlier this morning the newjustice secretary dominic raab plans to monitor more offenders meaning more than 25,000 criminals will be fitted with ankle tags. we can speak now to gracie bradley who s the director of the campaign group liberty. 0n the expected announcements by priti patel on what will be happening with the legal system and tackling, making it a criminal offence for anyone who interferes with critical national infrastructure, what are your thoughts on that, and the impact of protest? what we need to remember it is a ....