Cuts to policing in some areas are putting the public at risk thats the warning from the Police Standards watchdog. It says there are now too few detectives, leaving a third of Police Forces in england and wales in a potentially perilous state, with victims being let down, criminal cases not investigated and suspects not followed up. Our Home Affairs Correspondent Daniel Sandford reports. From Bedfordshire Police, raiding the home of a suspected drug dealer this morning. On a day that inspectors graded the force as inadequate, the worst place in england and wales, a grading the Chief Constable blames on chronic underfunding. This grading is not correct grading for bedfordshire. If you are going to talk about inadequate, talk about inadequate resources and funding, which has been the case in this force for ten yea rs been the case in this force for ten years now. Among the many failings, the inspectors found that anti social behaviour, like this motorbike riding in a park in dunstable,
Extent it was a self inflicted wound. What they clearly hoping the white house now is that theyve stopped the bleeding. Once again, thanks for the update from the white house. Jon sopel, North America editor. A Reminder Newsnight is coming up on bbc two. Here is evan davis. D tonight the reaction to the argument in the us over the attorney general. As it is a World Book Day we have right and illustrator raymond briggs. Join me now on bbc two. Here on bbc one it is time for the news where you are. Have a good night. Hello, youre watching bbc news. Im olly foster at the bbc sport centre, these are our headlines tonight. No comment from sir Bradley Wiggins on a day that British Cycling admits to more failings. Andy murray says hes never experienced anything like it. Seven match points saved in a half hour tie break as be scrapes into the dubai semi finals. And hear the tigers roar. They have thrashed the rhinos tonight to stay top of the super league. Good evening, what a terrible few day
Sharply, after its launch on the New York Stock Exchange. In china, we witness the official efforts to silence popular criticism ahead of the National Peoples congress. And jackies Life Afterjfk the lost letters which reveal a love affair with a senior british diplomat. And coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news high drama in dubai for andy murray. After an epic tie break, the world number one is into the the semifinals. Good evening. One of president trumps most trusted colleagues, the us Attorney GeneralJeff Sessions, is under intense pressure tonight. Hes facing allegations that he lied under oath about his contacts with russian officials during the election campaign. But mr sessions, speaking within the past hour, has denied any improper contact and hes announced that hell not be involved in the official investigation into claims of russian influence in the president ial election. Our North America editor jon sopel reports. Marine one touching down on the navys newest
Extent it was a self inflicted wound. What they clearly hoping the white house now is that theyve stopped the bleeding. Once again, thanks for the update from the white house. Jon sopel, North America editor. A Reminder Newsnight is coming up on bbc two. Here is evan davis. D tonight the reaction to the argument in the us over the attorney general. As it is a World Book Day we have right and illustrator raymond briggs. Join me now on bbc two. Here on bbc one it is time for the news where you are. Have a good night. Hello, youre watching bbc news. Im olly foster at the bbc sport centre, these are our headlines tonight. No comment from sir Bradley Wiggins on a day that British Cycling admits to more failings. Andy murray says hes never experienced anything like it. Seven match points saved in a half hour tie break as be scrapes into the dubai semi finals. And hear the tigers roar. They have thrashed the rhinos tonight to stay top of the super league. Good evening, what a terrible few day
in the world are doing that we are not doing. we have got a great base and great model that has given us performances over the years, but everyone else is moving forward and we have to move forward with them. rowing received £24.6 million for the tokyo cycle, topping the uk sport investment table ahead of cycling, athletics and sailing, which get more than £20 million each. some sports received less than £1 million, leading to some claims the system is unfair. for fencing, it was extremely difficult. we lost our funding in 2016 after our results at rio and that created an enormously difficult environment for our athletes. but what we ve seen and what we ve really welcomed in the last cycle is a change in approach and the ambition to fund more, wider sports. and so we have benefited from some of that investmen,t which has helped us in being able to send an athlete to tokyo. under its new strategy, uk sport has shifted its focus away from a win at all costs mentality, meaning medals w