officer accused of killing george floyd begins today. his death sparked protests around the world against police brutality and racism. and coming up the website set up to collect the experiences of school pupils about rape culture has now received over 7,000 testimonies. we ll talk to the 22 year old founder and the senior officer who s launching a special helpline today. good morning. today is the first day of freedom, if you re in england. and for much of the country, the sun is going to shine, too. two households, or groups of up to six people, are now able to meet outside in england again, as the stay at home covid restriction comes to an end. 0utdoor sport facilities including tennis courts and golf courses are also reopening, and organised outdoor sports can resume. borisjohnson says he s looking forward to a great british summer of sport but warned people to stick to the rules. 0ur political correspondent chris mason has this report. ilkeston in derbyshire, and
the national association for people abused in childhood. we are survivors, manchester rape crisis. st marys sark. and as has already been outlined, maggie s foundation. these agencies are here to help gmp, to provide challenge, to advise, and to provide challenge, to advise, and to give voice to vulnerable people. our practice is informed by operation hydrant on behalf of the couege operation hydrant on behalf of the college of policing which produces authorised professional practice for our senior investigating officers. and they are inspected directly by his majesties inspectorate of constabulary and indirectly by 0fsted to assess our partnership arrangements. in short, i am confident that gmp and our partners now have the capacity and the capability to meet the highest of standards sustainably. and to dynamically adopt different approaches for necessary, to reflect further organisational learning, amendments to national best practice and to pay for it very quickly to recov
it comes as ee is fined for overcharging tens of thousands of customers who called its customer service number. we ll have more details on that shortly. do get in touch on all the stories we re talking about this morning. use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. our top story today. the foreign secretary has said countries are queuing up to sign free trade deals with britain when it leaves the european union. borisjohnson also suggests that agreements could be achieved quickly after the article 50 negotiations are concluded, and said the uk would not be hauling up the drawbridge , despite the new migration controls promised by theresa may. our political correspondent tom bateman has more. theresa may s brexit speech brought the most clarity yet on her approach to the negotiations. she told ministers and european diplomats she wanted ambitious trade deals with the rest of the eu, but she confirmed britain would leave t
good evening and welcome to bbc news. the american president donald trump has said he has every confidence in his attorney generaljeff sessions after mr sessions was accused of lying under oath to the senate about his contact with a russian diplomat. the senate hearing to a permanent appointment as attorney general, he said he had not communicated with any russians during the presidential election campaign. after it was confirmed he had two meetings with russia s ambassador to the us in july and september, senior democrats demanded his wreck resignation and called on the fbi to launch a criminal investigation. jon sopel reports. well, that didn t last long. the afterglow from president trump s acclaimed joint address has now been taken over by claims that the newly installed attorney general lied under oath during his confirmation hearings over his contacts with the russians. and that s brought calls forjeff sessions to resign and the appointment of a special prosecutor to in
EXCLUSIVE: A community of Catholic monks on a reputably holy island off the coast of Wales is at the centre of a major child abuse scandal going back more than 50 years