Misunderstanding by Rishi Sunak of the facts & law on protests. “These marches are disrespectful”. That’s not a legal reason to ban a march. Sir Mark Rowley can apply for a ban only if risk of serious disorder can’t be managed in other ways. Rowley says threshold is not met

“My job is to hold him accountable for that” - says Rishi Sunak No it isn’t. Metropolitan Police Commissioner is accountable to Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan & Home Secretary, Suella Braverman .. The PM should not be interfering or appearing to interfere in operational policing.

Rishi Sunak Metropolitan Police Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan Suella Braverman Here’s a summary of what Rishi Sunak has just said about the planned march: theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/n…

People often talk about how important the separation of powers between the executive, judiciary and legislature is. But equally important is the separation of powers between the executive and the police.

Supreme Court, Rwanda decision. Someone has defecated to the left of the live camera position 😩you couldn’t make it up…

Claire Ellison eBay UK eBay It's a quiet little town. It's just the distance that they didn't like.

I am looking for anonymous interviews with people who have given evidence under section 28 for a RASSO case. For mid Jan.

Rape complainants warned pre-recording evidence could backfire - BBC News. Thank you to ‘Rain’ for sharing her story. Brief run through for new readers on this topic. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-679401…

Restaurants owned by some of the UK's best-known chefs have been cloned as part of an emerging identity theft scam, BBC News has discovered Heston Blumenthal, Yotem Ottolenghi and the Ritz have all been targeted by fraudsters bbc.co.uk/news/uk-681569…

Shakira Spencer’s three killers have all been jailed for 34 years. The background to an appalling case by my colleagues ⁦Alex Dackevych⁩ and Naresh Puri. bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0j… Check out my BBC World Service show about Frank #Worrell WI's first permanent Black captain Ebony-Jewel Rainford-Brent MBE - #Worrell changed her life +Sir Charlie Griffith - off his long run +Cammie Smith - oldest living WI player +Vaneisa Baksh - #Worrell biographer

An exclusive 2-year investigation by me and ⁦⁦Aleem Maqbool⁩ which exposes huge failings in child protection at the Church of England. bbc.com/news/articles/…

Knife crime. Filming in Manchester tomorrow & want to interview a criminal solicitor about how challenging the sentences can be for teens when they are caught possessing a knife. Will recompense with chocolate.

BREAKING: The Grenfell Tower Inquiry final report finds the fire was the culmination of “decades of failure” by governments, companies and organisations in the construction industry. Full coverage live on BBC News at bbc.co.uk/news/live/c623… and on BBC TV and Radio bulletins

The damning Grenfell Tower Inquiry report sets out a "path to disaster" at Grenfell stretching back to the early 1990s affecting how fire safety in high rise buildings has been managed and regulated. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

The Home Office says it is "committed to ensuring" the abuse at Brook House never happens again. Conservatives published an update in March tracking progress but Kate Eves says there need to be clear commitments

How Elon Musk seized on baseless memo claim to fuel wave of misinformation BBC Verify gets to the bottom of the claim the Home Office sent police a circular suggesting children could choose to be groomed. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…