Evening briefing Thursday 4th June

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0:35This is the Times Evening Briefing for Thursday the 4th of June. Henry Novak's family say they want common sense back in the way equality is treated under the law. The parents of the murdered 18-year-old met Kemi Badenok this morning. She says his parents don't want anger to tear communities apart. Sakia Stahm is also meeting Henry Novak's family today. Earlier, the Prime Minister accused Elon Musk and the leader of reform of trying to whip up division over the case. But Nigel Farage says he won't be silenced. I promise you this, if we carry on through our policing and through our justice system with perceived or real anti-white discrimination, I am actually fearful of where we're headed.

1:16Abinbola Johnson is the former chair of the Police Race Action Plan's independent scrutiny board. She told Times Radio her explanation of the National Police Guidance, which says its goal of producing equality of policing outcomes does not mean treating everyone the same or being colourblind. If you're dealing with an area where there has been known to be a wildly disproportionate, hands-on approach in policing to young black people, and then an officer is to approach a young black person and receive from that young black person a much more strident response, as an officer you should be sensitive to that and rather than, for example, moving very quickly and saying to that person, well, you know, you're being obstructive.

2:00The Ministry of Defence has confirmed the names of three Royal Navy service personnel who died in Devon yesterday in a helicopter crash during a routine training activity. They are 42-year-old Lieutenant Commander Chris Gason, 31-year-old Lieutenant Lily May Fisher and 24-year-old Petty Officer Owen Green. A Saudi national has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a man was shot with a crossbow at the University of Surrey. Officers were called to report of a man in his 50s being shot with a cross-burnt Manor Park student village in Guildford at about 10am this morning. The man was taken to hospital in a serious condition.

2:36Surrey police said a 21-year-old man, a former student, was in police custody. The family of a girl left with severe brain damage at birth has been awarded£28 million in compensation. An East London NHS trust admitted negligence during her delivery. The girl who's now primary school age, needs constant supervision, suffers from epilepsy and is expected to lose mobility throughout her life. The SNP's confirmed it's going to try and claw back more than£400 ,000 stolen by its former chief executive. Peter Murrell spent the money on luxury goods including a motorhome, two cars, video games and a£24 egg poacher.

3:12He'll be sentenced later this month. During First Minister's questions, John Swinney angrily rejected growing calls for a probe by MSPs. There can be no higher and more forensic investigation than a police investigation and I therefore do not support the establishment of a parliamentary inquiry because we've had an investigation and it convicted somebody for embezzling from my party's funds. You can hear plenty more of these stories throughout the evening on Times Radio. This episode of the Times Radio News Briefing is sponsored by PwC. AI is everywhere. In the news, in our hands, but return on investment, not so much.

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