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Stephen and jennifer chapple suffered fatal stab wounds on sunday evening. colin reeves, whos 3a, is due before magistrates in taunton. the duke of cambridge has been discussing the mental health pressures of working on the frontline with two emergency workers ahead of a conference organised by his royalfoundation. in footage released by kensington palace, prince william spoke to a paramedic and an emergency care assistant and reflected on his own experiences as an air ambulance pilot. when i wa...

Have your caucus spoken to the white house about this? >> we have spoken to the white house about the piece of legislation that was included in the reconciliation package that will provide obviously relief, work authorization for five years and then renew five years, so for ten years, for undocumented workers that many are emergency workers during the pandemic. tps recipients and dreamers that deserve to be a part of this great nation. they paid their debt during the pandemic exposing themselves...

Emergency workers will receive greater protection from violent criminals after the Government confirmed ‘Harper’s Law’ would be added to the statute book.

PC Andrew Harper’s mum said she is “relieved” a law in her son’s honour has been passed that will see those who kill emergency workers…

PC Andrew Harper’s mum said she is “relieved” a law in her son’s honour has been passed that will see those who kill emergency workers…

I think it blurs the distinction between murder and manslaughter. murder requires an intent to kill, or to cause really serious injury. manslaughter can be committed with, well, it normally is committed, without any such intent. i think to remove all discretion from judges in cases of manslaughter of emergency workers would be quite wrong. lissie harper says emergency workers deserve special protection because they go into the depths of danger on behalf of society. ministers are planning for har...

Its notjust the individual case, and i pay tribute to lissie, but its also the fact that in the last year 10,000 convictions for assaults on emergency workers have taken place. so its notjust individual cases, its the scale of it. we think as we come through this pandemic and build back stronger, fairer, in all sorts of ways, we should increase the sentences for those attacks or murders, or unlawful killings i should say, of emergency workers. we want them to know that weve got their back. pc ha...

His teenage killers were convicted of manslaughter. the national police chiefs council is among those whove welcomed the proposals, as our home affairs correspondent june kelly reports. lissie harpers campaign has taken her to the heart of government. today she was back in london to meet the justice secretary, today she was back in london to meet thejustice secretary, dominic raab. the call by pc harpers family for a new law has been supported by the police federation of england and wales. just ...

Pc harper was chasing a group of suspects when he became caught in the tow rope of the getaway car. he was dragged for over a mile at speeds of more than a0 mph. teenagers henry long, albert bowers and jesse cole were convicted of his manslaughter. they were cleared of murder, so could not automatically be given a lifetime. —— a life term. the proposed law change wont affect them, and some lawyers are concerned about the consequences for future cases. i think it blurs the distinction between...

Murder requires an intent to kill or to cause really serious injury. manslaughter can be committed with. .. well, it normally is committed without any such intent. i think to remove all discretion from judges in cases of manslaughter of emergency workers would be quite wrong. lissie harper says emergency workers deserve special protection because they go into the depths of danger on behalf of society. ministers are planning for harpers law to come into force next year. june kelly, bbc news. lets...