Evening briefing Monday 10th August

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0:45The two men who were convicted of manslaughter will be eligible for the policy as part of efforts to ease prison overcrowding. Number 10 says all manslaughter offenders would need to be exempted from early release for the pair to be kept behind bars. Speaking to Times Radio, the Conservative Shadow Home Secretary, Chris Philp, described the situation as completely unacceptable. People who murder, kill a serving police officer should not be getting released early. And in fact, more widely, serious and dangerous criminals should not be getting released early either. Andy Burnham has made a huge mistake by apparently announcing they will get released early.

1:23We need emergency legislation in Parliament, which can't be legally challenged, to make sure serious and dangerous criminals, including PC Harper's Killers, stay in prison. Police are investigating whether the man charged with Anne Weddicombe's murder is linked to an incident in which a lit incendiary device was pushed through Nigel Farage's letterbox. Joshua Kerry was charged with the former minister's murder last month at her Dartmoor home. The first Devon and Cornwall police ruled out her death was politically motivated, but the case was then transferred to counter-terror officers. The governments condemn the reckless and dangerous tactics used by people smugglers after a record 230 migrants arrived in England on a mega-dingy.

2:05The number beats the previous record from July when 165 people successfully made the channel crossing. The boat left France overnight, arriving in Dover in the early hours of the morning. French rescuers report the craft was buckling in the water and could have led to tragedy. More parts of England are expected to be declared officially in drought, with temperatures set to hit 36 degrees on Thursday. Continued dry weather has had an impact on water supplies, with 23 million people already under hosepipe bans. It comes as firefighters battle a fire the size of 140 football pitches in the New Forest after a vehicle fire on the A31 spread to nearby Heathland.

2:44The former government climate change adviser Tom Burke told Times Radio Britain needs to adapt to a Mediterranean climate. We're experiencing some of the things that have been experienced there for much longer, and we are less well-equipped both in the way we design infrastructure, how we build things, how we manage the infrastructure we've built, including our housing, all of that. We're now finding ourselves having to deal with circumstances they weren't designed for. At least 20 people have been killed in Colombia after a powerful earthquake brought down buildings, leaving others trapped. Footage shows crushed cars, crowds of people surrounding huge piles of rubble and others fleeing through clouds of dust.

3:24Tremors have been felt in neighboring Ecuador months after back-to-back quakes killed thousands of people in nearby Venezuela. Flights are suspended at six airports. The UK has become the first country in Europe to approve a new pill to help with weight loss and diabetes. Known as Fandeo, it's made by Eli Lilly and has been authorized by the medicines regulator. It will now be evaluated by the spending watchdog before a decision on whether it will be available on the NHS. A tablet form of Wagovi was approved in June. Remember, you can follow the Times Radio News Briefing on Spotify and you can listen live to Times Radio Online.

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