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To encourage them to switch to reusable versions. And a severe winter storm hits the eastern United States, with record breaking low temperatures that have already claimed several lives. Good morning, welcome to bbc news. Theres mounting criticism this morning of the parole boards decision to release the serial sex attackerjohn worboys. The black cab driver was jailed in 2009 for offences against 12 women, but detectives believe he carried out more than 100 rapes and sexual assaults. The chair of the house of Commons Home Affairs committee, yvette cooper, said she was really shocked that he was being freed, and she called on the board to set out the reasons for its decision. The chairman of the board, nick hardwick, says he recognises theres a lack of transparency in the system, and will be launching a public consultation. Our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, ....
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The eastern United States, with record breaking low temperatures that have already claimed several lives. Good morning. Its friday 5th january. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Chairman of the parole board has apologised unreservedly for not telling of the release ofjohn worboys. He was jailed in 2009. The black cab driver was jailed in 2009 for offences against 12 women, but detectives believe he carried out more than a hundred rapes and sexual assaults. This morning a Cross Party Group of mps has written to thejustice secretary to call for an investigation as to whether the voices of victims were heard in the decision to release him on parole. The parole Board Chairman said he recognised there was a lack of transparency and would hold a Public C ....
I hope its not going to be as cold as in new no, thankfully not. That isa as in new no, thankfully not. That is a tremendous temperature, isnt it . It is going to turn colder, drier, with quite a frost on saturday night. Increasing amount of sunshine of the weekend goes on. This picture was taken today on the somerset levels in between the showers across this part of the uk. Further north and higher up, we have seen snow falling in the Peak District and then the staffordshire hills for a while. That weather is moving away, heading towards lincolnshire and the wash and should be mostly rain. A bit of sunshine now with a brighter day for Northern Ireland. Colder across the board. Damp weather in scotland, a mixture of rain, sleet and some hill snow. It will sink its way southwards overnight, mostly ending up in northern england. Colder air beginning to arrive across scotland l ....
The chair of the parole board has apologised unreservedly to victims of the serial sex attacker john worboys, after some of them were not told of his imminent release from prison. The black cab driver was jailed in 2009, for offences against 12 women but detectives later said they believed hed attacked more than 100 women. Mps are now calling for an inquiry into why the victims were not informed. Our home editor mark easton reports. Rapistjohn worboys has become symbolic of the charge that police and prosecutors in england and wales still dont take violent sexual crimes against women seriously enough. The london cabbie, who drugged and raped or sexually assaulted numerous women in the back of his taxi, is to be released after nine years, a parole board decision that has prompted fury and questions, not least were victims ignored . 58 mps have written to thejustice secretary calling for an investigation into why some of worboys victims were not told their attacker would soon be back on ....