Evening briefing Monday 24th August

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0:45Their car was going the wrong way down a dual carriageway when it went into a police car, killing two officers. Earlier, 12 people were arrested in connection to alleged criminality in the run-up to the collision. Investigators say there's no evidence it was being filmed for social media. Speaking on Times Radio, Cleveland's Police and Crime Commissioner Matt Storey has thanked people for their good wishes. There's been a real groundswell of support for Cleveland police right across our communities and messages of support have come in from all different areas of the country. We've had a lot of mutual aid support from other police forces to support Cleveland at this time, which we're all very grateful for.

1:21And obviously it's a massive tragedy. Andy Burnham's hit back at Moscow's claim that Britain has added fuel to the fire of the Ukraine war, asking who started the fire. On a visit to the Ukrainian capital, the Prime Minister's confirmed Kyiv is being supplied with secret blueprints so it can make its own long-range missiles. Alexander Mareshko chairs Ukraine's Foreign Affairs Committee of MPs. He's been asked why it's significant that Mr Burnham's first overseas trip as PM is to his country. It means that Ukraine remains to be high priority on the British agenda in terms of foreign policy. So it means a lot to us.

1:56And he came with a gift for us, which bring closer peace to Ukraine. The necessary documents with regard to manufacturing ballistic missiles, which will allow us to continue deep strikes and will allow us to defend ourselves better. Former world snooker champion Graham Dott's been found guilty of historical child sex abuse against two primary school aged children in Glasgow. The 49 year old's been remanded in custody and is due to be sentenced next month. Figures suggest nearly 600 dental practices in England have left the NHS since 2017. The number of practices has gone up by 400 in that period to around 10 ,100 but the Nuffield Trust says those offering services on the health service has dropped nearly 10 % to 55%.

2:44Mark Dayen from the independent health charity has told Times Radio what he thinks the problem is. The dental contract which pays dentists it doesn't reflect how much money a particular type of patient costs very well. It doesn't reward prevention. It's really uneven across the country and not in ways that make a lot of sense. And over the years, dentists have just gone, well, it just doesn't make sense, doesn't make financial sense for me to do this under this contract, and I'll turn to private work where I can set the rate. The government says it is improving the contract. The Duke of Sussex has stepped down from the board of a controversial African wildlife charity.

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