Evening briefing Friday 25th September

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0:35This is the Times Evening News Briefing for Friday 25th September. Manchester City are understood to have been found guilty of nearly all of their 115 alleged breaches of Premier League rules. The independent panel that heard the case has reached its decisions, and the Times understands Premier League clubs were informed of that after their meeting yesterday. The charges over financial reporting relate to nine seasons from 2009 to 2018. Matt Lawton is the Times' chief sports correspondent. He told Times Radio what might happen next. And now what we think will happen, the reason that no one is saying it publicly at the moment, beyond the very basic statement from City saying that the process is ongoing, is because I think what will happen is there's still a sanction hearing to come.

1:23There's likely to be an appeal by Manchester City. But this is huge. It's the biggest story in Premier League history, potentially the biggest scandal in Premier League history. Lord Beamish, the chair of the Intelligence and Security Committee says that Britain's special forces should face scrutiny from MPs and peers They remain in the spotlight over allegations of historic war crimes including the ongoing Afghanistan inquiry which is looking into alleged abuses during operations between 2010 and 2013 Unlike Britain's security and intelligence services Britain's special forces do not come under parliamentary scrutiny Lord Beamish told Times Radio it would benefit the SAS and SBS to work with MPs.

2:06I think the important thing here is that if Parliament is the body which is looking at scrutiny of all other government departments and other expenditure and other activities, this shouldn't sit outside that. In terms of the ISC, that is one route that could go down or we could provide another new body in Parliament to look at this. But I think the debate needs to be had now. NHS bosses say they've been put in a tricky position as it's been reported some health service bodies are putting a minimum two-year wait on diagnoses of autism and ADHD. Rebecca Gray is the Director of Mental Health for the NHS Alliance.

2:47She says her colleagues are doing what they can. The costs of ADHD assessments really spiralled in the last couple of years. So I think they are in a really unenviable position to try and limit those costs and try and think about how to direct NHS expenditure to the people who will benefit from it most. She says part of the explosion in cases is due to past underdiagnosis in women and girls and now it's a case of catch-up. And some BBC channels and radio stations could close as the organisation aims to save£500 million. Its Director General Matt Britton says audience behaviour means more cash could be invested into on-demand services rather than what he called yesterday's model of traditional live TV and radio.

3:33In the last few months, the BBC's announced job cuts and the cancellation of programmes including Celebrity Mastermind and Live at the Apollo. There's more on these stories throughout the day on Times Radio.

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