To wear electronic tags on release from prison, under a Government Plan to cut crime in england and wales. Borisjohnson launched the programme on his first day out of covid isolation. It includes removing rules introduced by the former prime Minister Theresa may, which made it harderfor police to stop and search suspects and having a named officer for each local area. But the police federation, the union which represents Rank And File officers, says its more money thats needed to fight crime. Heres our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford. If you want to know about the impact of crime, talk to darren awol, who was shot in the spine by people trying to rob him and still walks with crutches ten years on. His attackers have never been found and he thinks those who are caught are treated too leniently. With the stuff thats going on, theres not enough punishment for them. Theres not enough. Not enoughjustice. Theres no way. Some of them are coming out in two, three months. Now becaus
Plus, how hIgh flyIng crImInals were brought back Down To Earth by one feIsty parrot. Hello and welcome. We start In washIngton and the fIrst hearIng Into the January 6 attack on the Us CapItol. It got under way earlIer today. PolIce offIcers have been gIvIng harrowIng fIrst hand accounts of what happened that day to a congressIonal panel, set up to InvestIgate the sIege. OpenIng the sessIon, the chaIrman of the commIttee saId the events that day were a co ordInated attempt to deraIl the peaceful transfer of power. One of the offIcers who testIfIed was mIchael fanone, who was vIolently attacked and beaten by The Mob. A warnIng you may fInd some of hIs words dIstressIng. They rIpped off my badge, they grabbed and strIpped me of my radIo, they seIzed ammunItIon that was secured to my body. They began to beat me wIth theIr fIsts and wIth what felt lIke hard metal objects. At one poInt, I came Face To face wIth an attacker, who repeatedly lunged for me and attempted to remove my fIrearm. I
WOn a Silver Medal in the Womens TraithlOn and two more brOnze, including Bianca Walkden in the taekwOndo. More ElectrOnic Tagging for burglars, and a promise to provide a named officerfor every neighbourhood are announced as part of a new crime ReductiOn Strategy for england and wales. An independent review into child sexual exploitatiOn in bradford says some children in the city remain unprotected and are still being abused. And a woman who was seriously injured after being hit by a car at a festival says her two year old daughter was saved by her husband throwing her out of the way. Good afternoOn. Theres been more triumph for Team Gb at the olympics In Tokyo, with gold and Silver Medals in the mens swimming 200 Metres Freestyle. Tom dean touched home in 1 Minute A422 secOnds, securing a british record On his debut games, with Duncan Scottjust 0. 04 secOnds behind his Team Mate. Its the first time in more than 200 years that two british male swimmers have shared the podium. And ther
Mumbles. Through the rest of the day we keep the unsettled theme, a bIt of sunshIne here and there but plenty of really heavy, thundery downpours that could cause dIsruptIon today. The reason for these downpours Is thIs area of low pressure, not many Isobars so the wInd Is not plannIng those showers through any hurry and across parts of scotland the Met OffIce has Issued an Amber WarnIng for those thunderstorms. They wIll brIng really TorrentIal Downpours, a rIsk of severe FloodIng And DIsruptIon due to a happy nature of those Intense storms and It Is notjust across parts of scotland, 2a Northern Ireland, wales and parts of england too. If you Catch One It could brIng haIl and a lot of RaIn Ina could brIng haIl and a lot of raIn In a short space of tIme. Temperatures cooler than recently, between 15 and 21. We could see 23 or 2a across parts of eastern england If you mIss the TorrentIal Downpours, If you Catch One It could brIng dIsruptIon. Most of the showers In the south wIll ease aw