BBC Breakfast interrupted for major update on potential early prison releases

BBC Breakfast was halted this morning as presenters Charlie Stayt and Sarah Campbell shared an update on the potential early release of PC Andrew Harper's killers with viewers

Andy Burnham has tightened the rules on early prison releases, preventing serious sex offenders from being freed under the scheme. Plus: A Cambridge plagiarism scandal enters the political mainstream, and former cabinet minister Harriet Harman says men should be barred from the next Labour leadership race. With Aaron B

Some offenders will be barred from the scheme, but those guilty of manslaughter may be eligible, leaving PC Harper's family "devastated".