Evening Briefing Thursday 1st October

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1:22Welcome to the Times Radio evening briefing on Thursday the 1st of October. A dual UK-Iranian national has been arrested in connection with a suspected terror plot at Aria Fairford in Gloucestershire. The 27-year-old was detained in Westminster on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts. A 26-year-old UK national is being questioned under caution. Police say two properties have been searched in the same area. Five men in their 20s arrested on Sunday remain on police bail. A survivor of domestic abuse has told Times Radio the country is being run by clowns. About 700 prisoners are being released early today, including abusers.

2:00Rachel Williams, who founded Stand Up to Domestic Abuse, says it's very difficult to change the mindset of someone who uses power and control. Ministers say convicts have to be let go to ease overcrowding. Cherie Blair KC is an ambassador for the charity Refuge. Often when someone goes into prison, it may be the first time that the survivor of the violence has had time to actually undertake specialist support, relocate if necessary, and put a safety plan in place on the basis that they're going to be in for a certain set of time. Now, one of the problems that the refuge is concerned about is the lack of notice, or very short notice, of an early release that the victims have.

2:43A prolific burglar has been jailed for 18 years for the manslaughter of an elderly man who died trying to protect his wife. Ashley Malcolm, who's 40, admitted head-butting 86-year-old John Burke after breaking into his home in East London last September. Mr Burke's nose was broken in the attack. He died of bleeding on the brain. Judge Simon Mayo sentenced Ashley Malcolm at the Old Bailey. The impact upon his widow, Peggy Burke, has been particularly profound. She has lost the companionship, love and support of the man with whom she shared her life over many decades. The leader of Reform UK, Nigel Farage, has reacted to Andy Burnham's suggestion that the UK could rejoin the EU.

3:29This is the Prime Minister who's been selling us from day one the idea that powers through devolution must be handed down nearer to people for big decision making. Any closer relationship, let alone rejoining the European Union, would hand powers back in the other way to an unaccountable organisation by which we couldn't change a single law they make. So I find the whole thing hypocritical. Andy Burnham says Labour's next election manifesto could include a commitment to holding a second Brexit referendum. The latest YouGov polling suggests that 59 % of the public back rejoining, 32 % are opposed, and 19 % are undecided.

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