Morning briefing Saturday 7th November

0:00At PwC, we optimize the systems that put your data to work, so you can scale your AI from proof of concept to competitive edge, and accelerate your tech evolution so you can redefine what's possible. From blueprint to breakthrough, we take you further with tech. So you can outthink, outpace and outperform. PwC. So you can. PwC refers to the PwC network and or one or more of its member firms, each of which is a separate legal entity. This is Times Radio's news briefing on Saturday the 7th of November. The Prime Minister has told The Times that victims of rape should not feel as though they are on trial when giving evidence against their attackers.

0:45Andy Burnham says that he will look closely at concerns raised by the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Sir Mark Rowley, over so-called rape myths being presented to juries as part of an ongoing overhaul of the system. I think we need to constantly look at the way rape trials are conducted to make sure that they do not leave the woman feeling like she is on trial in court, as has been the experience of people in the past. So I will look closely at what Sir Mark Rowley is saying. Sir Mark Rowley has also called for serious reform of the police system in England and Wales, suggesting that the service cannot cope in its present form.

1:29He is proposing between eight and ten regional police forces and a new national force for policing at a local, regional and national level. Speaking to Times Radio, Roger Hurst, the Conservative Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex, suggested that the proposals would only partly solve the issues. There's a strong case for the proposal for a national police service, which could take in the National Crime Agency, Border Force and other counterterrorism, serious organized crime units. Where we differ is on the approach to local policing, where his contention is that we should be merged into eight or nine.

2:10In other words, matching the size of those regional organized crime units, whereas the evidence really doesn't go there. Meghan Markle's father appeared in court yesterday charged with possession of child abuse imagery. He was arrested at his care home in the state of Florida. Royal correspondent Sarah Hewson has more on the allegations. Now it came after the searches of two storage units in the Los Angeles area. He's been charged with one count of possession of child pornography. The FBI has said that they have found 78 items, including slides, film negatives and books allegedly containing child sexual abuse imagery.

2:52Thomas Markle Sr. denies any wrongdoing. And President Trump has appointed Stephen Miller as his new White House chief of staff following the resignation of Susie Wiles in the wake of the Republican losses in the midterm elections. Trump referred to Miller as one of his most trusted advisors and thanked Wiles, who had served in the role since the beginning of the president's second term in office. Miller has previously been credited as the architect of many of Mr. Trump's hardline policies, including a ban on immigration from Muslim-majority nations and a policy that resulted in the separation of children from their parents.

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