at home safely. lung disease costs the nhs billions. ministers say more funding for research and new targets to cut pollution and smoking should make a difference. but doctors think more still needs to be done to improve and save thousands of lives. jim reed, bbc news. let s return to today s scathing review of london s metropolitan police which found it to be institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic. the report s author baronness casey said many londoners had lost faith in the metropolitan police and the force could be broken up if it didn t change. labour party leader sir keir starmer and shadow home secretary yvette cooper are giving a press conference in response to the report, let s listen in. good afternoon everyone thank you very much forjoining us. baroness casey s report today commissioned by the mayor of london is forensic, thorough and truly damning. it is deeply critical about the problems in the metropolitan police and the urgent change some of
will be interesting to read the detail of that and see whether they are acceptable to the, to ukraine in particular and the allies in the west. now it s time for the weather, with ben rich. today, a band of rain pushing off was across shetland and a zone of sunny spells and showers and another rain bearing weather systems when into northern ireland, west wales. tonight, heavy rain or push its way eastwards with strengthening winds particularly across western and central parts of scotland will see gales here by the end of the night. temperatures overnight, generally between five and 11 degrees. tomorrow morning, outbreaks of rain in the south east of england, also bending back into the northern
app. you can reach me on twitter. hello, a bit more sunshine out there today on a wet month so far. especially for some in eastern england. cambridge for instance is heading towards its wettest march on record. we have seen over two and a half times its normal march rain faufl. fall. in lerwick we have seen just over barely a third of rain. but this is one of the wetter spots today. sitting under this zone of cloud. most are in the gap between that cloud and what will come in later this afternoon and tonight. that is already approaching northern ireland as we head into the afternoon. it will turn wetter by the end of the afternoon. rain easing from shetland, in between sunshine and showers. showers from
channel. elsewhere some showers, but for all a windy day with widespread gales. they re coming from a south westerly direction, but still mild. staying windy into thursday. we xould could see an area of rain move into the south east. could get close to the midlands. there will be a lot of showers in england and wales. fewer showers for scotland and northern ireland. temperatures still remain on the high side. but this weekend it will turn cooler and eventually a little bit drier again.
from standing above committees to standing with them. that is the route to rid radical change and it is a total commitment from the police to achieve it. that is why i will expect radical change in the met. no excuses. london is a diverse city, that is its beauty. but if we can get catholics to serve in northern ireland, reach out across communities there, then i will not accept any special pleading that the met cannot represent modern london. but i have to say, you cannot separate the failings laid out in black and white today from the political choices that have led us here. the report makes it clear that there has been a hands off approach to policing since 2011. this approach has been accompanied