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Angry Tory MPs said the “utter shambles” had shattered confidence in the Government and called for Mr Williamson to be sacked.
England ditched the A-level and GCSE results' algorithm in favour of teachers' scores.
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A rapper who gave his girlfriend drugs at a music festival and filmed her as she died has had his conviction for manslaughter overturned.
Ceon Broughton, 31, was jailed for eight-and-a-half years in 2019 over the death of Louella Fletcher-Michie, 24.
The daughter of Holby City actor John Michie died after taking the hallucinogenic class A drug 2-CP at Bestival in Dorset in 2017.
Three judges at the Court of Appeal ruled to overturn the conviction.
Miss Fletcher-Michie was found dead in woodland, 400m from the festival's hospital tent in the early hours of 11 September 2017, the day she was due to turn 25.
During Broughton's trial, the jury was shown video shot by the rapper - who used the stage name CeonRPG - in which Miss Fletcher-Michie became "disturbed, agitated, and then seriously ill".
Broughton, of Enfield, north London, was found guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence and supplying a class A drug at Winchester Crown Court in February last year.
Delivering the Court of Appeal's ruling, Lord Chief Justice Lord Burnett said the expert evidence on the likelihood of Miss Fletcher-Michie's surviving if she had received treatment sooner was "not capable of establishing causation to the criminal standard".
He added: "In respectful disagreement with the judge, we conclude that the appellant's main argument, that the case should have been withdrawn from the jury, is established.
"Taken at its highest, the evidence adduced by the prosecution was incapable of proving causation to the criminal standard of proof.
"The appeal against conviction for manslaughter must be allowed."
Lord Burnett said the jury had to rely on the evidence of one expert when assessing whether Broughton's actions contributed "significantly" to his girlfriend's death.
He said the expert had suggested Miss Fletcher-Michie would have had a 90% chance of survival if she had been given medical treatment at 21:10 - nearly five hours after she took the drug.
Given that the criminal standard of proof requires jurors to be sure "beyond reasonable doubt", Lord Burnett said the expert's evidence was "not enough" and therefore the issue of whether Broughton caused death by gross negligence should not have been for the jury to decide.
The court ruled there should not be a retrial for the manslaughter conviction - which accounted for seven years of Broughton's sentence.
His conviction for supplying his girlfriend with the class A drugs stands.
It is believed Broughton will now be released.
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A statement issued by Broughton's lawyers after the conviction was quashed said: "The Court of Appeal has today found that Louella's death occurred not as a result of criminal negligence but was instead a tragic accident.
"Ceon remains devastated by her death.
"He has always wished that he could have done more to save her.
"He loved Louella and she him, but he knows that no words will ever be sufficient to convey his sense of responsibility for what happened or to begin to remove the pain that others have been caused."
A spokesperson for Mr Michie told the BBC he would not be commenting.
Public Health England (PHE) is being scrapped as part of plans for a new organisation responsible for dealing with pandemics, the health secretary has announced.
Matt Hancock confirmed the decision reported over the weekend to set up a body called the National Institute for Health Protection, which will also work against the threats of biological weapons and infectious diseases.
From this week it will subsume parts of PHE, the Joint Biosecurity Centre and NHS Test and Trace, he said in a speech on Tuesday.
Image:Test and trace will also be merged into the new organisation
Baroness Dido Harding, currently in charge of Whitehall's contact-tracing operation, will temporarily head the new body and lead the search for a permanent successor.
Given the number of people with coronavirusstill not being reached, one Liberal Democrat MP branded the appointment a "reward for failure".
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Image:Dido Harding will lead the National Institute for Health Protection
Mr Hancock said thepandemic had "shone a light on our public health system" and that he has "learned a lot about... what needs to change".
But he paid tribute to public health experts' "incredible work" and commended PHE's research as "some of the best that's been done" into COVID-19.
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The change is coming while the latest number of daily infections stands at just over 700 because "we must do everything we can to fulfil our responsibility to the public to strengthen public health in the UK", Mr Hancock explained.
"If something is the right thing to do then putting off the change is usually the wrong thing to do," he added.
'We must strengthen our response' - Hancock
It follows several reports that ministers have been frustrated with the way PHE has dealt with the coronavirus crisis.
According to the latest government statistics, 41,369 people have died across the UK with coronavirus, and the Office for National Statistics found England had the highest excess death rate in Europe over the first half of 2020.
Image:41,369 people have died across the UK with the virus
Labour's shadow health secretary Jon Ashworth said scrapping PHE was "desperate blame-shifting".
"A structural reorganisation mid-pandemic is time consuming, energy sapping; it's risky, indeed irresponsible," he tweeted.
"And what an insulting way to treat hard-working staff who heard about this from a paywalled Sunday newspaper leaving them with questions and worries about their jobs.
"The shift we need is towards a local test and trace system that delivers mass testing, finds cases, uses local expertise to trace and supports people to isolate with security."
Image:Opposition MPs say contact tracing must be improved urgently
Richard Murray, head of the King's Fund health think tank, also said PHE "appears to have been found guilty without a trial" and it is "unclear what problem government are hoping to solve".
Questions also remain over what will happen to some of PHE's responsibilities not being taken over by its successor.
Image:PM Boris Johnson has promised an inquiry into the pandemic
The move will also fuel speculation Downing Street is preparing for the independent inquiry into the UK's pandemic response promised by Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Layla Moran, a Lib Dem leadership contender, said the "lack of public scrutiny or transparent recruitment process" for promoting Baroness Harding was "appalling".
"Given we still don't have an effective test, trace and isolate system, this feels like a reward for failure," she added.
Mr Hancock defended promoting the former chief executive of TalkTalk in an interview after his speech.
He said she had "excellent experience" outside government and previously worked for the NHS so "her leadership will be vital in driving this forward".
Not all Conservatives will welcome the move to abolish PHE.
Former Tory health secretary Andrew Lansley told Sky News last month that those in his own party calling for it to be axed were making "criticism born of ignorance".
Image:Andrew Lansley dismissed calls to scrap PHE
"Public Health England is an agency of the Department of Health," he said. "The legislation, the law provides for direct control by the government, by the secretary of state of the activities of Public Health England.
"So not only does the secretary of state have all the required powers, he also has all the required control."
Public Health England (PHE) is being scrapped as part of plans for a new organisation responsible for dealing with pandemics, the health secretary has announced.
Matt Hancock confirmed the decision reported over the weekend to set up a body called the National Institute for Health Protection, which will also work against the threats of biological weapons and infectious diseases.
From this week it will subsume parts of PHE, the Joint Biosecurity Centre and NHS test and trace, he said in a speech on Tuesday.
Image:Test and trace will also be merged into the new organisation
Baroness Dido Harding, currently in charge of Whitehall's contact tracing operation, will temporarily head the new body and lead the search for a permanent successor.
Though given the number of people with coronavirusstill not being reached, one Liberal Democrat MP branded the appointment a "reward for failure".
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Image:Dido Harding will lead the National Institute for Health Protection
Mr Hancock said thepandemic had "shone a light on our public health system" and that he has "learned a lot about... what needs to change".
But he paid tribute to public health experts' "incredible work" and commended PHE's research as "some of the best that's been done" into COVID-19.
More from Covid-19
The change is coming while the latest number of daily infections stands at just over 700 because "we must do everything we can to fulfil our responsibility to the public to strengthen public health in the UK", Mr Hancock explained.
"If something is the right thing to do then putting off the change is usually the wrong thing to do," he added.
'We must strengthen our response' - Hancock
It follows several reports that ministers have been frustrated with the way PHE has dealt with the coronavirus crisis.
41,369 people have died across the UK with the virus, the latest government statistics say, and the Office for National Statistics found England had the highest excess death rate in Europe over the first half of 2020.
Image:41,369 people have died across the UK with the virus
Labour's shadow health secretary Jon Ashworth said scrapping PHE was "desperate blame-shifting".
"A structural reorganisation mid-pandemic is time consuming, energy sapping; it's risky, indeed irresponsible," he tweeted.
"And what an insulting way to treat hardworking staff who heard about this from a paywalled Sunday newspaper leaving them with questions and worries about their jobs.
"The shift we need is towards a local test and trace system delivering mass testing, finds cases, uses local expertise to trace and supports people to isolate with security."
Image:Opposition MPs say contact tracing must be improved urgently
Richard Murray, head of the King's Fund health think tank, also said PHE "appears to have been found guilty without a trial" and it is "unclear what problem government are hoping to solve".
Questions also remain over what will happen to some of PHE's responsibilities not being taken over by its successor.
Image:PM Boris Johnson has promised an inquiry into the pandemic
The move will also fuel speculation Downing Street is preparing for the independent inquiry into the UK's pandemic response promised by Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Layla Moran, a Lib Dem leadership contender, said the "lack of public scrutiny or transparent recruitment process" for promoting Baroness Harding was "appalling".
"Given we still don't have an effective test, trace and isolate system, this feels like a reward for failure," she added.
Mr Hancock defended promoting the former chief executive of Talk Talk in an interview after his speech.
He said she had "excellent experience" outside government and previously worked for the NHS so "her leadership will be vital in driving this forward".
Not all Conservatives will welcome the move to abolish PHE.
Former Tory health secretary Andrew Lansley told Sky News last month that those in his own party calling for it to be axed were making "criticism born of ignorance".
Image:Andrew Lansley dismissed calls to scrap PHE
"Public Health England is an agency of the Department of Health," he said. "The legislation, the law provides for direct control by the government, by the secretary of state of the activities of Public Health England.
"So not only does the secretary of state have all the required powers, he also has all the required control."
Public Health England (PHE) is being scrapped as part of plans for a new organisation responsible for dealing with pandemics, the health secretary has announced.
Matt Hancock confirmed the decision reported over the weekend to set up a body called the National Institute for Health Protection, which will also work against the threats of biological weapons and infectious diseases.
From this week it will subsume parts of PHE, the Joint Biosecurity Centre and NHS test and trace, he said in a speech on Tuesday.
Image:Test and trace will also be merged into the new organisation
Baroness Dido Harding, currently in charge of Whitehall's contact tracing operation, will temporarily head the new body and lead the search for a permanent successor.
Though given the number of people with coronavirusstill not being reached, one Liberal Democrat MP branded the appointment a "reward for failure".
Advertisement
Image:Dido Harding will lead the National Institute for Health Protection
Mr Hancock said thepandemic had "shone a light on our public health system" and that he has "learned a lot about... what needs to change".
But he paid tribute to public health experts' "incredible work" and commended PHE's research as "some of the best that's been done" into COVID-19.
More from Covid-19
The change is coming while the latest number of daily infections stands at just over 700 because "we must do everything we can to fulfil our responsibility to the public to strengthen public health in the UK", Mr Hancock explained.
"If something is the right thing to do then putting off the change is usually the wrong thing to do," he added.
'We must strengthen our response' - Hancock
It follows several reports that ministers have been frustrated with the way PHE has dealt with the coronavirus crisis.
41,369 people have died across the UK with the virus, the latest government statistics say, and the Office for National Statistics found England had the highest excess death rate in Europe over the first half of 2020.
Image:41,369 people have died across the UK with the virus
Labour's shadow health secretary Jon Ashworth said scrapping PHE was "desperate blame-shifting".
"A structural reorganisation mid-pandemic is time consuming, energy sapping; it's risky, indeed irresponsible," he tweeted.
"And what an insulting way to treat hardworking staff who heard about this from a paywalled Sunday newspaper leaving them with questions and worries about their jobs.
"The shift we need is towards a local test and trace system delivering mass testing, finds cases, uses local expertise to trace and supports people to isolate with security."
Image:Opposition MPs say contact tracing must be improved urgently
Richard Murray, head of the King's Fund health think tank, also said PHE "appears to have been found guilty without a trial" and it is "unclear what problem government are hoping to solve".
Questions also remain over what will happen to some of PHE's responsibilities not being taken over by its successor.
Image:PM Boris Johnson has promised an inquiry into the pandemic
The move will also fuel speculation Downing Street is preparing for the independent inquiry into the UK's pandemic response promised by Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Layla Moran, a Lib Dem leadership contender, said the "lack of public scrutiny or transparent recruitment process" for promoting Baroness Harding was "appalling".
"Given we still don't have an effective test, trace and isolate system, this feels like a reward for failure," she added.
A rapper who gave his girlfriend drugs at a music festival and filmed her as she died has had his conviction for manslaughter overturned.
Ceon Broughton, 31, was jailed for eight-and-a-half years in 2019 over the death of Louella Fletcher-Michie, 24.
The daughter of Holby City actor John Michie died after taking the hallucinogenic class A drug 2-CP at Bestival in Dorset in 2017.
Three judges at the Court of Appeal ruled to overturn the conviction.
Miss Fletcher-Michie was found dead in woodland, 400m from the festival's hospital tent in the early hours of 11 September 2017, the day she was due to turn 25.
During Broughton's trial, the jury was shown video shot by the rapper - who used the stage name CeonRPG - in which Miss Fletcher-Michie became "disturbed, agitated, and then seriously ill".
Broughton, of Enfield, north London, was found guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence and supplying a Class A drug at Winchester Crown Court in February last year.
Delivering the Court of Appeal's ruling, Lord Chief Justice Lord Burnett said the expert evidence on the likelihood of Miss Fletcher-Michie's surviving if she had she received treatment sooner was "not capable of establishing causation to the criminal standard".
He added: "In respectful disagreement with the judge, we conclude that the appellant's main argument, that the case should have been withdrawn from the jury, is established.
"Taken at its highest, the evidence adduced by the prosecution was incapable of proving causation to the criminal standard of proof.
"The appeal against conviction for manslaughter must be allowed."
A statement issued by Broughton's lawyers after the conviction was quashed said: "The Court of Appeal has today found that Louella's death occurred not as a result of criminal negligence but was instead a tragic accident.
"Ceon remains devastated by her death.
"He has always wished that he could have done more to save her.
"He loved Louella and she him, but he knows that no words will ever be sufficient to convey his sense of responsibility for what happened or to begin to remove the pain that others have been caused."
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The Court of Appeal ruled there should not be a retrial for the manslaughter conviction - which accounted for seven years of Broughton's sentence.
His conviction for supplying his girlfriend with the class A drugs stands.
A Black Met Police inspector has made a formal complaint after he was stopped in his car by his colleagues.
Inspector Charles Ehikioya was pulled over by Met officers in Croydon, south London on 23 May, the force said.
The officers decided to stop him on the way home from his shift because they thought he was speeding and may have run through a red light, a spokesman added.
But Inspector Ehikioya, who has worked for the Met for more than two decades, has lodged a complaint of racial harassment over claims of "racial profiling".
His letter reads: "The officers did not believe or did not care that I was an officer, because I am Black.
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"They are both clearly racist police officers pretending to be polite whilst falsely accusing me without any evidence whatsoever of having committed serious criminal and road traffic act offences."
A Met Police spokesman said: "We can confirm that on 24 May we received an internal complaint regarding a vehicle stop.
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"On 23 May, a driver was stopped by police while driving his vehicle. The driver, who is a Black man, alleged that the stop was the result of racial profiling.
"As is usual practice, local enquiries were undertaken by the professional standards unit.
"Enquiries established that the vehicle was followed by officers prior to the stop due to suspicion of excessive speed at a traffic signal and onward."
MP accuses police of racial profiling
Bodycam footage of the incident was reviewed and found "no evidence of misconduct", they added.
Inspector Ehikioya was not arrested and no further action was taken.
Lawrence Davies of Equal Justice Solicitors, the firm representing him, told Sky News there is "ingrained racism" in the Met.
He said: "In this case, you appear to have two active racists, and the question then is will the MPS become complicit or discipline them?
"There are only very few active racists, so we have to tackle the complicit who institutionalise the issue."
It comes after Labour MP Dawn Butler was stopped by Met officers in east London, sparking claims of racial profiling and institutional racism.
The same force apologised to sprinter Bianca Williams after she and her partner Ricardo dos Santos were stopped and handcuffed while their three-month-old son was in the car.
Both incidents were referred to the police watchdog.
