Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has announced additional funding to the police force, as she set out plans to overhaul the work of forces in England and Wales.
In a speech on Tuesday, Ms Cooper said "direct central government funding" for policing will increase by over half a billion pounds by next year.
She also announced a new body which will organise specialist functions such as forensics, IT, and use of drones.
Report by Kennedyl.
Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Reacting to news in the United States, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper stressed the need to remove trade barriers, highlighting efforts by Business and Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds to strengthen the UK's global trade ties. Report by Etemadil. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has announced new laws to combat the rise in online child abuse, including material generated by AI. Report by Etemadil. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
People selling and handling boat parts suspected of being used in migrant Channel crossings could face up to 14 years in prison under new laws trying to crack down on people smugglers. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has also outlined plans to make endangering another life during a sea crossing to the UK a new offence carrying a five-year jail term under the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill introduced to Parliament on Thursday. Report by Faragt. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Guests arriving for the funeral of former Deputy Prime Minister Lord John Prescott. Arrivals include: Sir Lindsay Hoyle, Angela Rayner, John Healey, Rachel Reeves, Sir Keir Starmer, Gordon Brown, Sir Sadiq Khan, David Lammy, Yvette Cooper and Ed Balls, and Tony Blair. Arrivals followed by the coffin being carried into the church.
Report by Faragt. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
The home secretary has announced a national-level "rapid audit" and a series of local inquiries into UK grooming gangs. Yvette Cooper told the Commons that a review will look at the "current scale and nature of gang-based exploitation across the country". Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer welcomes Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen to 10 Downing Street, London, ahead of a bilateral meeting. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
A student at All Saints Catholic High School who witnessed the fatal knife attack which left 15-year-old Harvey Willgoose dead has described her shock and fear following the incident. Her mother described the wait to see her daughter immediately after the attack as the "worst two and a half hours of my life" and said she couldn't imagine what Harvey's parents feel. Report by Faragt. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Shots of people laying flowers outside All Saints Catholic High School in Granville Road in Sheffield, where a 15-year-old boy, named locally as Harvey Willgoose, was fatally stabbed.
Report by Faragt. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Senior Tory MP Sir David Davis has said that "new medical evidence" analysed by a medical expert panel could provide a "completely alternative explanation" for the death of seven babies. This comes as retired medic Dr Shoo Lee, who co-authored a 1989 academic paper on air embolism in babies – which featured prominently in Lucy Letby’s 10-month trial, chaired a panel of 14 experts who compiled an “impartial evidence-based report”, which casts doubt on some of the medical evidence used in the trial.
Report by Faragt. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Dr Shoo Lee, neonatal expert, and Mark McDonald, barrister, speaking at a presser presenting new evidence from neonatal experts which has casted doubt on some of Lucy Letby's convictions for murder and attempted murder. Dr Lee has said there was no medical evidence of murder and that the medical evidence used to convict her was wrong. Mr McDonald followed this up saying that if the evidence used to convict Letby was indeed incorrect, her conviction is "unsafe" and "no crime was committed".
Report by Faragt. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
![Home Secretary reacts to Trump tariffs [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20250202/1400523480-Home-Secretary-reacts-to-Trump-tariffs.jpg)
![Home Secretary announces new laws against AI child abuse [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20250202/1400523536-Home-Secretary-announces-new-laws-against-AI-child.jpg)
![Cooper outlines new border bill to crackdown on crossings [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20250130/1400306118-Cooper-outlines-new-border-bill-to-crackdown-on.jpg)
![Political figures arrive for John Prescott’s funeral [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20250130/1400284378-Political-figures-arrive-for-John-Prescott-funeral.jpg)
![Cooper announces national 'rapid audit' into grooming gangs [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20250116/1398968672-Cooper-announces-national-rapid-audit-into-grooming-gangs.jpg)
![Starmer welcomes Denmark PM to Downing Street [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20250204/1400746860-Starmer-welcomes-Denmark-PM-to-Downing-Street.jpg)
!["I don't want to go back to school. I don't feel safe." [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20250204/1400717188-don-want-to-go-back-to.jpg)
![People lay flowers outside of Sheffield school [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20250204/1400717420-People-lay-flowers-outside-of-Sheffield-school.jpg)
!['A completely alternative explanation for the deaths' [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20250204/1400715172-completely-alternative-explanation-for-the-deaths.jpg)
![Letby panel: 'If Dr Shoo is correct, no crime was committed' [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20250204/1400713998-Letby-panel-If-Dr-Shoo-is-correct.jpg)
