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water under the bridge: operators at tadcaster‘s bridge re opens, more than a year after it collapsed in the floods of christmas 2015. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. a french soldier has shot and seriously wounded a man who attacked guards at the louvre museum in paris. a police spokesman said the man who was wielding a machete had shouted god is greatest in arabic. the french prime minister said it appeared to be a terrorist attack. he paid tribute to the bravery of the soldiers and said they prevented a terrorist attack. our correspondentjonny dymond sent this report. in the heart of the french capital, outside one of its greatest treasures, the louvre, an attack in broad daylight. translation: we heard gunshots. we didn t know what it was. then we evacuated the employees and we left. that is what happened. we were stressed. some colleagues were crying, and we were afraid, we were panicking. translation: it happened very fast. really, it all went quic ....
victims are being let down and suspects left untracked by some police forces in england and wales according to a report out today. her majesty s inspectorate of constabulary found a third of forces needed improvement. it said a small number were putting the public at unacceptable risk by rationing services as they struggle with cutbacks. here s our home affairs correspondent, dominic casciani. the cornerstone of british policing the bobby on the beat. but are these vital community posts being eroded as forces juggle their priorities? that s one of the warnings in a stark report from her majesty s inspectorate of constabulary. after five years of budget cuts, some forces aren t making the right tough calls over how to use their resources. it s raised what it calls a red warning flag to those struggling forces. some have been downgrading 999 calls if they re short on officers. that means they don t have to respond as quickly. the hmic also says domestic violence calls t ....
the number of people on controversial zero hours contracts has reached a record high of 910,000. we would love to hear from you if you are on one or if or if you are an employer that uses them. perhaps you would rather have a permanentjob, perhaps you would rather have a permanent job, perhaps the flexibility suits you. you can get in touch with us. text will be charged at the standard network rate. our top story today. the police watchdog has published a critical report into how the cumbria force handled the death of 13 month old poppi worthington five years ago. she was found seriously injured at her home. the independent police complaints commission says officers failed to adequately investigate whether she had been abused. its commissioner, carl gumsley, has described it as not fit for purpose . the investigator found evidence that there had been an unstructured investigation, that essentially was not fit for purpose. we found concerns in relation to the way tha ....
president-elect donald trump came to power front business rather than politics. bolter to reporters yesterday that he can quote be the president of the united states and run my business a hundred percent. we learned his children will directly run list international business a. hold willing state craft by holding talks with russian supporters. foreign heads of state. it feels like america entered a new system of government in the last two weeks. if you are looking for global comparisons look no further than silvio berlusconi. he said quote there are some obvious similarities. he made his first fortunate as real estate developer. his critics disagree with him and saw him as unfit to lead the first of all, as we see it all over the place, the conflict of interest, the fact that they are not only businessmen but they want to continue with their transactional way of doing business, even when they are in office, trump and berlusconi alike continue doing businesses even after elected ....
widening as i speak, with new names added on like a traffic lineup in manhattan. there s still no indication that donald trump is anywhere near to making one of the key decisions of his presidency, who will serve as his chief diplomat. vice president-elect mike pence ran through some of the top contenders yesterday. i think everyone that he s talked to and has been talked about, whether it be a rudy giuliani or mitt romney or general petraeus or senator corker or john bolten, and others, bring extraordinary background and qualities to this. nbc news reports that several new names have been added to that list, even if they remain outside contenders. the associated press, meanwhile, is reporting that prospects of rudy giuliani and mitt romney, they say, are fading. the new names include jon huntsman, who was critical of trump during the campaign, but who wasn t also reportedly in the mix, ceo of exxonmobil, rex the bulk of the time was with the president-elect, donald trum ....