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after she beats simona halep in the final of the australian open. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the director of public prosecutions, alison saunders, has said all current rape and serious sexual assault cases in england and wales are to be reviewed as a matter of urgency , following the collapse of several recent trials because evidence was not disclosed to defence lawyers. today, the attorney general told the bbc there was no evidence of widespread malpractice or dishonesty in the prosecution system. our legal affairs correspondent, clive coleman, reports. disclosure of evidence in some recent highly publicised rape cases has gone badly wrong. but how widespread is the problem? in december, liam allan was acquitted of six counts of rape and six of sexual assault when it emerged evidence on a computer disk which police had examined showed messages from the alleged victim pestering him for casual sex. and the number of prosecutions in england and wales that ....
rocked the afghan capital of couple. it comes after a major taliban attack on a high profile hotel in which more than 20 people died. three teenage boys have been killed when they broke it by a car in west london. a man has been arrested. police are investigating links between the incident as an altercation which took place after the collision. paris is on high alert forflooding. record rainfall has caused the river sent to banks in one of the wettest january is in paris in more than a century. the release of serial sex attackerjohn worboys has been put on hold. it comes worboys has been put on hold. it co m es after worboys has been put on hold. it comes after two of his victims won the first stage of a legal challenge. it is time now to cross to the bbc sports centre. hello and welcome to sportsday, with me 0lly foster and katherine downes. will grigg s on fire once again for wigan blasting west ham out of the fa cup 11th round. while notts county earn themselves a ....
good morning. hundreds of kfc outlets have run out of chicken i ll be looking at what s gone wrong for the fast food chain just before 7:00. good morning, in sport wigan stun manchester city again in the fa cup by knocking them out and ending their hopes of winning 4 trophies this season. and matt has the weather for us this morning. good morning, a bit of rain gci’oss morning. good morning, a bit of rain across eastern parts. but things are set to get much, much colder. i will tell you why in 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. police forces in the uk recorded nearly 65,000 child sex offences last year. that s an all time high. the figures obtained by the nspcc reveal a sharp increase in crimes committed online, as well as rape and sexual assault. our home affairs correspondent, jon ironmonger reports. every eight minutes, police recorded a sexual offence against a child last year and data from all police forces suggest the total number of offences h ....
of the natural world than ever. i ve always played the bad girl, the juvenile delinquent, the girl gone wrong. i think we are doing a picture. but how many more of us will have to work well into our 70s? we ll find out as new research shows by 2036 nearly a quarter of the population will be over 65. hello. welcome to the programme, we re live until 11am. throughout the programme we ll bring you the latest breaking news and developing stories. 0xfam bosses are appearing in front of mps at around 10:30am after staff used prostitutes in haiti we ll bring you their evidence live. and a little later we ll hear claims that the problem of people with severe mental health issues being chased over debts is at crisis levels. if you ve been in crisis care and been chased up over debts, do get in touch this morning. use the hashtag #victorialive. if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. our top story today. in the next hour the brexit secretary david davis w ....
without freedom or liberty. may they be instruments of justice for all americans. may your spirit live with them and with each of us and may your grace around us and those we love that in all things we may be the people you would have us be in service to this great nation. may all that is done within the people s house this day be for your greater honor and glory. amen. p senator santorum: the chair has examined the journal of the last day s proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from california mr. mcnerney. mr. mcnerney: i ask everyone to join me in pledging allegiance to our flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. senator santorum: the chair will entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for w ....