Than a thIrd of women have been subjected to Sexual Harassment or sexual offences whIle commutIng by traIn or tube. Our Correspondent NIck Eardley has thIs report. BeepIng. Put your bags on the floor. ThIs Is the moment when Edgar JunIor was arrested by brItIsh Transport PolIce last year. The 50 year old had sexually assaulted a woman on a traIn. He admItted It and was sentenced to 20 months In prIson. But new fIgures show that thIs Is far from an Isolated case. BrItIsh Transport PolIce fIgures show an average of 31 Reports a Day InvolvIng vIolent crImes agaInst women or gIrls. The number beIng reported hasjumped 50 In just two years. Reports of Sexual Harassment have more than doubled In the same perIod, wIth Sexual Assault Reports up Io , too. Most women and gIrls have experIenced IncIdents of Sexual Harassment and other types of non contact sexual offendIng on the Transport Network for a very long tIme. It Isnt new to many women and gIrls that thIs Is happenIng, but we also know per
Easing, some showers, but the brighter skies will be in north west scotland and southern england. Good morning. England are into the final of the european championship. They beat the netherlands 2 1 and now face spain on sunday. It s the first time in england men s football side has made a major overseas final. The king congratulated gareth southgate s side, urging them to secure victory without the need for any last minute wonder goals or a penalty drama. John is in dortmund. What a night. Morning. What a night indeed. How are your nerves this morning after all of that? did you get much sleep? it was thrilling, it was dramatic, it was another exhilarating evening, as it so often has been watching england at this european championships. Once again they found a way through. Ollie watkins with that brilliant goal, that late, late goal which ensured they reach back to back european championship finals. Who would have predicted that with some of the underwhelming performances? they have re
What was your reaction to the accusations made by dominic cummings? let me know on twitter, it s @annita mcveigh, or bbcyourquestions. President biden orders an intelligence report into the origins of the covid 19 virus, after recent us media reports it could have emerged from a chinese laboratory. Victoria heads into a snap week long lockdown. More than five million people in australia s second biggest city, melbourne, will now face restrictions. Ten years after the winterbourne view scandal, campaigners fear people with learning disabilities and autism are still facing abuse in long stay hospitals. The cast of friends! also coming up. Friends reunited they re back, 17 years after the prgramme ended its run. Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. The uk health secretary, matt hancock, will in half an hour s time respond in detail to a series of explosive claims by the former downing street adviser dominic cummings, including that tens of thousands
the women s six nations gets underway today. it was delayed by the pandemic but is now taking centre stage. can england retain their title? they face scotland in the opening game this afternoon. good morning. a dry day ahead with some sunshine, particularly in the north and west. cooler and cloudier in eastern england. all the details coming up on breakfast. it s saturday 3rd april. our top story: care home residents in england will be allowed two regular visitors indoors from the 12th of april in a further relaxation visitors will also be able to bring babies and young children with them, meaning some residents could meet grandchildren for the first time. charlotte wright has this report. it has been an agonising year for those with relatives locked down in care homes. but last month, as restrictions started to ease, some were able to hold their loved ones hands for the first time since the start of the pandemic. now from the 12th of april, more family members will be reuni
are bringing from the west. bringing milder conditions at the but areas of low pressure and outbreaks of rain, we have to watch the river levels. this afternoon, plenty of rain in the south east corner. in kent, the rain is going to continue through the evening, into parts of east anglia. elsewhere, sunshine and showers. heavy and thundery in the west, strong wind touching 70 mph in western scotland. temperatures above where they should be for the time of year, 11 13. into this evening, showers across the western half of england and wales will push eastwards. it will be dry for a time and many eastern areas will have a colder night tonight, even a touch of frost in north east scotland. cast your eyes to the west and we will see more rain arrived to take us into the first part of tomorrow morning. that rain will be clearing away from northern ireland very quickly. at low pressure is still dominating to the north west. that will keep the wind is strong across north west scotlan