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In tonight's 5pm briefing Wayne Couzens’ history of sexual offending has prompted questions about how Sarah Everard’s murderer was allowed to join the police, Russian president Vladimir Putin has threatened to unleash nuclear war if Nato troops enter Ukraine, and Hairy Biker Dave Myers has died at the age of 66...

TONIGHT'S TOP STORIES

How was Couzens EVER allowed to join the police?

Russia ‘fully ready for a nuclear war’

Hairy Biker Dave Myers dies at 66 after battle with cancer

Tonight's other headlines

Home Affairs: ‘Astonishing’ rise in foreigner visas 

Politics: Gaza protest demos ‘put lives at risk’ by draining resources

Crime: Now the father of Brianna’s killer is locked up after exposing himself to teenage girls

Royals:  Queen Camilla meets First Lady of Ukraine

Showbiz: Rhapsody, the song we all want to play

Daily poll: Can Ukraine win the war against Russia? 

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