The Hard Right Has Succeeded in Italy, Electrally

Andrew Malkinson spent 17 years in prison for a crime he did not commit.

Yesterday the Court of Appeal finally cleared his name.

It is a failure so serious, so unthinkable it barely makes sense. But today Mr Malkinson laid the blame firmly at the door of the police who- he says- concealed and destroyed evidence to mask their mistake.

Why isn't this a crime? And what should happen now? We ask a former Director of Public Prosecution, Lord Ken Macdonald.

Later, we look at the curious, budding relationship between Italy's hard-right prime minister Giorgia Meloni and America's President Joe Biden as they meet for talks at the White House.

And - we bring you the letter written to Nadine Dorries ... from a town council in Mid Beds.

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