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But earlier today on bbc radio 4, south waless police and crime commissioner had denied that a chase had taken place at all. it would appear that there were rumours, and those rumours became rife of a police chase, which wasnt the case. a statement by local law enforcement had said the collision happened before officers arrived. this new footage, though, seems to suggest police were pursuing the boys. weve received cctv footage that shows a police vehicle following a bike at just prior to 6pm. t...

Came forward to the family. and theyre like, hey, i dont think that-- - [laughs] - --throwing away these things are the wisest choice. - yeah, yeah, yeah. - so they decided to donate the house to make this a museum. every city has their own carnival. and there wasnt a museum to educate people that came to visit. and it was such a magical thing. - the materials in each mask are connected to the artist community. coconut masks come from loíza. mesh masks from hatillo. and ponce masks carry a dist...

Puerto rico celebrates carnival. but in ponce, a mischievous character steals the show and the hearts of the community, the vejigante. and the art form of making vejigante masks is so important here, it has its own museum. - i met up with chelimar, a volunteer who teaches visitors about ponces carnival celebration and, of course, its star, the vejigante. - its a character participates in a carnival. his purpose is to bring joy, happiness. he usually does that through dancing and music and being ...

Date back more than a century. the instruments and rhythms are born from native and african influences. today, a local band has gathered with the community to show us how carnival is celebrated here in ponce. and guess whos going to join in the festivities? [thunder rumbling] [rain pattering] [indistinct chatter] - bye-bye. - yeah. - im no longer john anymore. vejigante. - [singing in spanish] ♪ - now let me tell you, the spirit and beauty of ponce and its people is something i have long admir...

Joey Richards' counsel submitted he should be found guilty of manslaughter.

So i try to develop the cities in terms of their culture. im also the founder of a school of architecture that exists in the city. so i have a relationship with the-- with ponce. - what is the difference between old ponce and the ponce that were seeing today? - if we go back to the 19th century, ponce was the commercial capital of puerto rico. so the port was responsible for bringing products from europe, managing those into the islands. - it was a cultural hub. - yes. - i mean, because youre eq...

And nobody should know who the vejigante is. - the vejigante tradition began in medieval spain and made its way to puerto rico 300 years ago, where communities like ponce made it their own. - masks can be in many different sizes. it can be made with many different colors. it can be made with many different material. here, we exhibit a mascara that is made out of higuera. higuera is a seed from a tree. and its purpose is to keep evil spirits away from the home. - i-- i guess the scarier the mask,...

Watching some nba post-season games i was reminded from of the report from back stage at the 2004 democratic convention by chicago journalist david mendel when he quoted state senator barack obama confidently telling him, im lebron, i could play on this level. i got some game. now whether youre a fan of obama or not, he, like lebron james did prove to be a once in a generation talent. much to democrats current dismay. politics and sports share a lot in common. and now a new book by our former cn...

Banned from evicting tenants without a justification as part of changes to the private rental sector. the government says the once—in—a—generation reforms will benefit 11 million tenants, but labour says they dont address problems in what it calls the wild west rental market. heres our political correspondentjonathan blake. renting is a way of life for anthony, the former police officer and his beloved cat living in their third property forfour living in their third property for four years...

Always iioin up and sometimes it goes up, it never goes down. it is always going goes up, it never goes down. it is always ioini up and sometimes it can always going up and sometimes it can be 100, £200. its always massive insecurity about how much its going to go up by and whether you can afford it. the governments long promised changes are designed to bring more stability to the rental sector in england. landlords will be banned from evicting tenants withoutjustification in what ministers des...