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many of whom were already in dire need of humanitarian aid. our other main story this hour — ambulance workers join nurses taking strike action in what is the biggest ever nhs walkout in england over pay disputes. we have been discussing this coming year from aprils pay with the unions. we have the process through the pay review body. its an independent process and were keen to get the evidence that reflects the pressure that the nhs has been under in the wider context in terms of in...

conditions and for some of us wintry showers as well. we are in this cold air mass, the wind coming in from the arctic. that is the picture for the arctic. that is the picture for the next few days, but notice these yellow colours waiting in the wings and that will sweep in during the end of the week. but now still quite a lot of clout in the east midlands and anglia and a few rain and showers coming out of that and more snow showers coming in, even to lower levels, in scotland, northe...

Hearing —— carrick. some of his victims travel to court and was that about five metres away behind him in the dock, and we heard for the first time the full horrific details of what carrick did over 17 years, committed 85 offences, the majority of them sexual offences. we heard this afternoon from some of his victims who provided the court victims who provided the court victim personal statements. there statements and which they were able to tell the court about the lasting physical impact t...

An officer and she was deterred from raising the alarm. we know that many of the women were fearful of coming forward to the police to report the offences, to report what carrick had done to them, because he used his position as a police officer to intimidate these women. we also heard from the prosecutor in the case, tom little casey, who said to the court that one victim froze when carrick put a black handgun to her head and said, "you are not going before repeating the —— before repeating...

In my 34 years at the cps. he manipulated and assaulted these women and committed the worst offences against them. carrick was persuasive but also incredibly manipulative. 0n first meeting his victims he would charm them then he would try to control them. he would often use his position as a police officer to stop them leaving or reporting him, suggesting it would be their word against his and they wouldnt be believed. to overcome all of that and report what carrick had done to them took incredi...