Fury as some of Britain's worst offenders will be released early from prison: Watch ITV News at Ten

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Around 1,000 prisoners have been exempted from the Government’s early release scheme under changes announced late on Monday. The scheme, introduced by this year’s Sentencing Act, is part of a drive to ease prison overcrowding which ministers have warned could see the justice system collapse. Justice Secretary Alex Norris has apologised to the family of PC Harper as two of his killers remain eligible for early release under new government exemptions. Also on tonight's News at 10: • More tributes have been paid to the Scottish woman whose remains were found in a suitcase inside a derelict building in Athens. • A dinghy carrying 157 migrants has capsized in the English Channel after its engine caught fire at sea. They were rescued from the water by French vessels aided by two British Border Security Command boats and a RLNI lifeboat, and are being taken to Boulogne-sur-Mer, French authorities said. • Fifa's chief of global football development, Arsene Wenger, said Gianni Infantino’

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