Victims are being let down and suspects left untracked by some Police Forces in england and wales according to a report out today. Her majestyS 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. Heres 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 . Thats one of the warnings in a stark report from her majestyS Inspectorate of constabulary. After five years of budget cuts, some forces arent making the right tough calls over how to use their resources. Its raised what it calls a red warning flag to those struggling forces. Some have been downgrading 999 calls if theyre short on officers. That means they dont have to respond as quickly. The hmic also says Domestic Violence calls to some forces have been d
Beyond simply modelling. Yes a steam train reaches 100mph on britains Mainline Rail Network for the first time in 50 years. And coming up in the sport on bbc news, an historic night for leicester in spain, and a big challenge too they face Atletico Madrid in the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. In the space ofjust over a year and a half, at least seven babies died during or shortly after birth at one nhs trust in shropshire. And the cluster of deaths was avoidable. Five of the babies died simply because their heart rate wasnt being monitored properly during labour. Their deaths have prompted such concern that the Health Secretary, jeremy hunt, has now ordered a review of the shrewsbury and Telford Hospital trust. But it says its Mortality Levels are in line with the national average. Our correspondent Michael Buchanan has this exclusive report. Basic errors at this trust have caused healthy babies to die. I dont want ano
And the First Lady Melania Trump receives an apology and damages from the daily mail over allegations about her work as a model. A meeting is underway in moscow between russian president Vladimir Putin and us Secretary Of State Rex Tillerson just hours after President Putin claimed relations between the two countries was at its lowest ebb since the end of the cold war. Earlier Rex Tillerson held talks with his russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov. Rex tillerson wants russia to withdraw support for president assad following the chemical attack ona assad following the chemical attack on a rebel town which killed more than 80 people. Our correspondence is travelling with Rex Tillerson and sent this report. This is not the kind of meeting that once seemed to be on the card. Long gone talk of a grand resetting of relations with russia, producing is encouraged by donald trump was replaced by tensions over the Chemical Weapons attack in syria and russian anger over the military response from ame
A new u. N. Report has cataloged what it describes as a multitude of horrendous violation in 2013 and targeting civilians for killing, rape and pilaging and fighters bore the greatest responsibility for crimes last year and report quotes credible sources and say groups on the government side are allowed to rape women in lieu of wages and opposition fighters and criminal gangs have targeted women and girls. There is evidence that children have born the brunt of violent and maimed and recruited for fighting and killed. A unity government promised under a peace accord signed last year is yet to be established and warring factions led on one side by the president and on the other by his rival the former vice president. Here is charles stratford. Reporter the suffering of people in the worlds newest country defies belief and the report put together by the u. N. Human Rights Office goes into details of atrocities committed in south sudan since the conflict began in december 2013. It says bot
Glass sanctions afghan merchants breaking on a boom with help from iran. I will be here with all the days sport including the Manchester United in the last 16 of the europa league. A new u. N. Report has cataloged what it describes as a multitude of human rights relations in south sudan which began in 2013 and accuses both sides of deliberately targeting civilians for killing, rape and pilaging and they bore the greatest responsibility for the crimes and it quotes credible sources and says groups on the government side are able to rape women and opposition fighters and criminal gangs have targeted women and girls and evidence that children have born the brunt of the violence and maimed and they are yet to be established and warring factions on one side by the president and on the other by his rival the former Vice President and diplomatic editor james base is on the news hour from geneva and difficult to remember a reporter over the years with such Strong Language in there. Absolutely