a republican who voted for hillary clinton, amber thompson was a staunch trump critic and remains so, but nonetheless applauds his decision to strike syria. even a blind squirrel finds a nut sometimes. i believe that trump's response to the chemical attack in syria was 100% correct, and i hope that putting pressure on the russians and the assad regime will help to bring an end to this war. i hope that syria will be donald trump's nut. donald trump has been suffering from historically low approval ratings, but, in this rundown region, we didn't find much evidence of buyer's remorse. president trump has been much like candidate trump, and while that's horrified liberals in america's major cities, who regard him as a national embarrassment, here in the rust belt, he is still widely viewed as a potential national saviour. two trumps, two americas, but the region that won him the presidency remains a stronghold. nick bryant, bbc news, 0hio. we will come back to ohio in a second but now donald trump is speaking to the nra annual convention. the late... how good wasjohn? that he is. just abo

guy thompson is product director and energy expert at myutilitygenius, an energy price comparison site. thank you for being with us. firstly, what you may call the role hull i think the proposal feels half baked. it certainly feels like it is going backwards somewhat. you certainly do not need a company in every single regional area. the last time we saw something like that was when the infrastructure was in the hands of those doing the billing, people advertise it on. that goes back 15—20 years. if you really wa nted back 15—20 years. if you really wanted to do a government—owned supply business, you would only need one and a supply business could simply supplied regional areas in the uk. what is more problematic is that even assuming you set this business up and have the wherewithal to do so, you have the problem of how you get customers away from the existing supply businesses and into this new vehicle. because the key problem in the industry at the moment is it is not as though there are not cheap deals, are. but no—one is switching to them. the blunt

the actress emma thompson joins a demonstration in north west london in support of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, the british—iranian woman jailed in iran. now on bbc news, it's time for the 100 women challenge. now it's time for the 100 women challenge. we are challenging teams of women in four cities around the world. to tackle everyday problems that blight their lives. in the workplace... we need a working prototype by tomorrow morning. so, argh! in education... a small malfunction, emojis are not showing up on the overlay. on public transport... i need, 15 more to do or something. seriously? and on the sports field... using bbc outlets the teams can appeal to help can appeal for help from around the world. theyjust have one week to find a modern solution to a long—standing issue. welcome to the bbc 100 women challenge 2017. it's the second of our 100 women challenges. and this week we are in delhi, the capital of india. just under 26.5 million people, and counting, call the city home. and by 2020, it is on course to become one of the richest cities in the world. in this programme we are

the actress emma thompson leads a demonstration in london in support of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, the british woman jailed in of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, the british womanjailed in iran. former presenterjohn lesley has been charged with sexual assaulting a woman in an edinburgh nightclub. the former wheel of fortune and blue peter star is alleged to have put his hand up the woman's skirt. now on bbc news, we travel to india to unravel the complex reasons why education in the country is often regarded as more important for boys. we are challenging teams of women in four cities around the world. to tackle everyday problems that blight their lives. in the workplace... we need a working prototype by tomorrow morning. so, argh! in education... a small malfunction, emojis are not showing up on the overlay. on public transport... i need, 15 more to do or something. seriously? and on the sports field... using bbc outlets the teams can appeal to help from around the world. theyjust have one week to find a modern solution to a long—standing issue. welcome to the bbc 100 women challenge 20

grant thompson was found unconscious inside his parked suv outside a home improvement store on tuesday night. when paramedics noticed the puncture wounds, they called animal control officers, who looked through every inch of the suv. >> we got into the car, took everything out of it, searched it as well as we could, looked into the engine under it into the wheel well. >> the bad news, no sign of the cobra in the car or at thompson's home. he later died after going into cardiac arrest. family and friends say he was a longtime animal owner who worked at an exotic pet store. >>> uber now has a huge fine to pay in california after a judge there ruled against one of the company's subsidiaries. that judge ruling the company isn't providing enough information about its business information such as how accessible its vehicles are to disabled riders and when its drivers turn down ride requests. that huge fine more than $7 million. uber will appeal. >>> in other corporate news, samsung unveiling its thinnest smartphone ever, the galaxy a-8. it features a large 5.7-inch screen. it measures less t

and sylvester dralenchin thompson and their young er brother sylvester primativo thompson were arrested and charged with felony evading arrest and aggravated robbery. two brothers have a criminal past. lawless said more times than not people are used to looking the other way and it's time for a change. >> i'm tired of it. our society needs to stand up and say, this is not right, we're not going to put up with it, you will be punished. >> reporter: reporting in south houston, eric barajas, abc news. >> she says she's not sure she'd jump on the car if given the chance to do this again. >> imagine if something worse would happen what she would do. i think we all should agree, ms. lawless should change her name to ms. lawful. >> i think she is ms. lawful. that's right, look out for her. don't shoplift in general. >>> here's your wednesday weather. take a look at what's going on. the threat of severe storms moves east. strong winds and isolated tornados could threaten cincinnati, detroit, and also louisville. hot and dry in the southwest. but not as windy. new york city could see heavy rain

such is the pain of jennifer thompson. in 1984 she falsely identified a man named ronald cotton as the man who'd raped her. he would serve 11 years in prison before dna evidence later freed him. a reality she finds almost too painful to bear. >> it was like ripping open long-healed scars and hemorrhaging. i mean, it was awful. >> the main thing to keep in mind is that the correct answer in a line-up may be none of the above. >> reporter: so let's go back to our purse snatcher. we placed him in a line-up of our very own with four other guys. so take a look. a close look. who do you think it was? if you said it was this guy, you were right. and if you didn't, well, you see the problem. >> one important note. neither method has shown to be statistically superior in positive identifications of guilty parties. in fact, in both methods it happens roughly 25% of the time. far more important is keeping innocent people out of prison. josh elliott, abc news, new york. >> so how were you? did you get it? >> i got it right but i think

we should know that some of the images in pierre thompson's report are disturbing. >> reporter: in the film, two pitbulls race toward each other to begin fighting. >> the american pitbull has reined supre as the gladiator of the pit. >> reporter: filmmaker robert stevens, the narrator of the video, calls this an educational documentary, which has earned him thousands of dollars. but stevens was prosecuted and convicted for violating a 1999 federal law that bans the selling of depictions of animal cruelty. >> i think the very concept of someone going to prison for making a film is alien to the first amendment. >> reporter: stevens wasn't charged with abusing animals. he simply compiled footage shot by others. still, he faces 37 months in prison, a sentence longer than that of football star michael vick, who actually killed dogs. >> this is not about speech. this is about commercial conduct done for profit that involves the torture and mutilation of animals. >> reporter: the humane society believes such videos promote dogfighting and could lead to more innocent animals being maimed and t

. >>> memorial services for 7-year-old murder victim somer thompson continue in north florida while detectives investigate hundreds of tips. >>> president obama visits military personnel today in jacksonville, florida, and attends a fund-raiser in miami. >>> finally from us this half hour, major household appliances of the future that, get this, promise to work harder. >> and, they could work smarter as well by remote control. some futuristic features might be found on them. they might surprise you. here's sharon alfonsi ♪ i wish the refrigerator door would close and stay closed ♪ >> reporter: it was enough to inspire song. appliances of the future ♪ i wish i had a stove whose pilot light was always lit ♪ >> reporter: back then manufacturers promised applia e appliances that would save you time. now it's all about cutting costs and saving energy. they're called smart appliances. while they won't do the laundry for you they could help you do it a little cheaper. take the smart dryer. whirlpool's hoping to release in the next two years. here's how it would work. with just a switch you co

england's katarina johnson—thompson wins first major outdoor title, taking gold in the heptathlon at the commonwealth games. team—mate neil emmerson claimed a bronze medal. jack moore wins his third gold of the games. i will be back with all those stories at around will be back with all those stories ataround 2:30pm. the parents of a terminally ill child at the centre of a life—support treatment battle are to mount another legal challenge to keep him alive. 23—month—old alfie evans has a degenerative neurological disease and doctors say subjecting him to further medical intervention is inhumane. a high courtjudge has ruled that life support can be withdrawn, but alfie's family want to take him to rome for treatment. hundreds of people staged a protest outside alder hey hospital in liverpool, in support of the parents. judith moritz is in liverpool this afternoon. alfie evans and his parents tom and kate are inside the intensive care unit inside alder hey as they have been for many months. outside their supporters continue to protest. the little boy was born with a degenerativ

ben thompson is in didcot with more. welcome to this hi—tech research facility here at didcot in oxfordshire. they are using this, what is known as a syncatron, the enzyme that will break down plastic into two component parts. it could mean an answer to that rising tide of plastic pollution. let me introduce you to two people involved in the project. john is with me, one of the researchers behind it and sian isa of the researchers behind it and sian is a campaigner against plastic waste. nice to see you both. john, how does this work? aplacing breakthrough if you can do it on a commercial scale of getting rid of some of that plastic? an enzyme was discovered in a recycled dump from a bacteria that eats plastic. we have come here and we have been able to solve the atomic structure that allows us to see inside and how it works. why would you need something like this? it's a vast building, the size of wembley stadium, x—rays are flying around this building, what does it allow you to do? the smaller the thing you need to

ben thompson, bbc news, in preston. over the past two years thousands of people at risk of homelessness from london have been moved into converted offices in the essex town of harlow. it was dreamt up as a solution to boost the supply of housing. but there are now concerns that the project is putting a strain on local communities and leaving vulnerable families feeling abandoned. nikki fox reports. towering over this essex town, these former offices now converted to emergency housing, where families with young children from london councils live side by side with ex—offenders and addicts. there's actually someone standing with a crack pipe, standing with one in their hand, and another one's got needles in their hand, and there's blood splattered up the wall. if i'm homeless and they are give me this, how can i turn round and say "i don't want that". i'm homeless! how can i then turn something down? but they shouldn't have sent me to this place. since the block opened last year, crime's up 20%. a new police unit's had t

we now demand of dave thompson, the chief co nsta ble of demand of dave thompson, the chief constable of west midlands police, to tie his shoelaces, black his issues, and go out and do thejob. our correspondent kathryn stanczyszyn has more. the families have finally heard officially that their loved ones we re officially that their loved ones were murdered by the ira. as you say, thejurors at were murdered by the ira. as you say, the jurors at this inquest ruled that a botched call contributed to those tears. we heard from nat intelligence officer kieran conway, that an ira member was supposed to call through to a newspaper office at night earlier than a court that was eventually made, but because of problems with the phone box that was out of order, the phone box that was out of order, the call came in at 8:11pm, and the first bomb went off in the mulberry bush just first bomb went off in the mulberry bushjust under ten first bomb went off in the mulberry bush just under ten minutes later. thejurors here bush just under ten minutes later. the jurors here found that that was a contrib

katrina jopson thompson is on the hunt in the heptathlon. it wasn't enough to beat her nearest rival. it puts her in second place ahead of the 800 metres. and james anderson led the way as england put india in big trouble on a stop start second day in the rain ravaged lord's test after a first day wash out. joe root chose to bowl under cloud cover while rain stopped play. i will be back with more on those stories at a muslim convert who plotted to carry out a terror attack in central london, in which he hoped to kill dozens of people, has pleaded guilty to terrorism charges. 26—year—old lewis ludlow, from rochester admitted to raising money for terrorist purposes and plotting attacks. he will be sentenced next month let us talk to our correspondent, because he has admitted this offence and please police had found out what his targets, potential targets could have been. this is quite a sudden change because we had expected him to go to trial later this year for this very serious allegation, but this very serious allegation, but this after

it may be the most bizarre traffic stop of trooper thompson's career. the pilot, david acklam, had been flying to work when he reported a fuel problem with his kr2 aircraft. amazingly, the incident barely interrupted the flow of traffic. he didn't even get a ticket. tomorrow, though, he'll be driving! richard lister, bbc news. the weather now with louise. the weather behaving itself at edgbaston. some cloud coming, through there are a few showers. the good news is they're not that extreme and we still have the severe flood warnings out for whaley bridge. there is the chance of an isolated shower in derbyshire in the next few hours. they will continue to drift their way southwards. if we catch one, they will be isolated and light and most should stay in the north—east. any showers through this evening, they will fade away and through the night it will be quiet. some low cloud and mist forming. lows of 11 to 15 degrees. we will start off saturday relatively quiet, and relatively dry. any mist will lift. we will see some fair weather cloud on saturday. b

the heptathlon started today , great britain's katarina johnson—thompson is the commonwealth champion, but this is going to be a much tougher competition becasue one of her opponents is nafi thiam, the belgian who is world and olympic champion, kjt was fourth after the opening sprint hurdles, she went to top of the standings in the hithump. it is one of her strongest events and she managed a season's best of 1 metre 91 centimetres. she's 51 points ahead of world and olympic champion nafi thiam. the shot putt and 200 metres are coming up this evening one of the final events of the championships is the men's cycling road race in glasgow on sunday. but after taking medical advice mark cavendish has withdrawn from the british team. the former world champion on the road and the most successful sprinter in the history of the tour de france failed to finish last month's tour, and the team say that the exertions of competition after a combination of injuries and illness has taken it's toll. he'll be replaced by mark christian . a .abig . a big blow for the championships, he was one of their s

luke willis thompson's 35mm films show people who have been affected by state brutality. this is diamond reynolds, whose partner was shot dead by police in america, an event she streamed live on facebook. the next artist, charlotte prodger, has spent a year making a film recorded entirely on her smartphone. it's autobiographical and is about her coming out as gay in rural aberdeenshire. and the scottish countryside plays a starring role. if you're in a rush, this exhibition might be a challenge. there's no painting, no sculpture — instead, for the first time in the prize's history, all the artists are presenting films and you'd need four and a half hours to watch all of them. the longest is by naeem mohaiemen, which is 90 minutes. you are not cleared to approach. it's about a man who spends a decade living alone in an abandoned airport. naeem mohaiemen also makes documentaries using archive footage which explore the issues of migration and exile. the final film is the work of a research agency called forensic architecture, who investigate alleged acts of state and corpo

derek thompson said i hope we have nip this in the bud. but we don't need to find any more positives. full marks to the animal health trust who have been working za health trust who have been working 24 hours a day and found ten positives but only ten out of about eight or 9000 tests. i hope we are back on the road. newmarket hunting lodges cluster of trainers in the country. it will be waiting to hear if racing is back on but in the meantime be wondering what can be do? the horses are trained to be ready for racing. studs fees are also very important to the racing industry, the breeding is important and stables are locked and because you cannot take the horses at sta bles for you cannot take the horses at stables for breeding. so everything is on hold to people in newmarket see that everything will be given the go—ahead later this evening. if you get any more positives from the tested it on sunday that we don't know what will happen. we had all keeping ourfingers know what will happen. we had all keeping our fingers crossed. know what w

in a moment ben thompson is going to bring us the latest business news. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live. the prime minister confirms that the whole of the high speed rail plan, hs2, will go ahead — with the first trains running by the end of the decade. the british businessman linked to 11 coronovirus cases says he's fully recovered but still in quarantine, after catching the virus, now officially named covid—19, in singapore. police investigating the murder of the journalist lyra mckee in londonderry arrest four men under the terrorism act. the new ira admitted responsibilty for the killing in april last year. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. the uk economy ground to a halt in the final three months of last year as manufacturing shrank for the third quarter in a row. the zero rate of growth comes after a volatile year, with repeated delays to brexit, car factory shutdowns, a lack of business investment, and stockpiling for a possible no—deal brexit. frictionless trade with the eu will end this year and border checks

we‘ll also take a look at the travel firm which owns what used to called thompson holidays more from them today. they missed a bit on their profit. it is a tough message for the investors because backin message for the investors because back in december the company announced that had a record for year results for 2018 and then a month later what happened is we had a really hot british centre down summer, lower bookings on holidays and those that we saw had lower price. we had less update mistake on the outcome for 2019 and now that has been borne out in the results we saw today. i think that the market has overreacted saw today. i think that the market has overrea cted to saw today. i think that the market has overreacted to what is essentially very conservative guidance from the moment sentiment is very negative. thank you very much. we will see if there any rebounds in the shares tomorrow and the rest of the week. indeed. in the meantime markets. flatfoot c. pound dollar 128 and pound year old just short of 1a0. flatfoot c. thank you very much. see you tomorrow. that‘s all the bu

the future of uk fishing has been at the heart of the brexit debate — and ben thompson has been at a busy fish market in aberdeenshire this morning to see how they are preparing. welcome to peterhead fish market just north of aberdeen, and all the stuff that is down here will get sold this morning. these boxes of haddock down here go for about £120 this morning, caughtjust in the waters here. so what could brexit mean for the fishermen and the communities that rely on fishing here in scotland? well, with me is elaine from the clyde fishermen's association. good morning. it's so funny, isn't it? you see all of this here, yet most of it destined for europe, and any delays at the border, in the event of a no—deal brexit, could be disastrous for this industry, couldn't it? yes. these stocks are mainly fin fish, but yes, a lot of this goes to the eu. any fresh product, yes, any delays are disastrous, particularly as well for anyone who's fishing shellfish, because about 87% of that goes to the eu. and that's a time—critical market. 66, 68, 68... most uk fishermen voted overwhelmingly

ralph thompson is looking ok so far. ralph thompson is the landlord of the hotel. a worrying night last night? yes, very worrying. you get the information, would you like to leave the premises? i was like, nine. would you like to leave the premises? iwas like, nine. we would you like to leave the premises? i was like, nine. we were told it might come over the top, so all night vigil, bring the stuff upstairs, then bring down this morning. luckily, it went down, not up. i hear you had all the curtains and everything? not a lot of sleep either? about an hour. i think! fell asleep on the table. either? about an hour. i think! fell asleep on the tablelj either? about an hour. i think! fell asleep on the table. i cannot for the right reasons. we are basically hearing about the worst has gone, at the moment, but the river could peak again tomorrow at around 5.7 metres, that could cause problems here in a upton. i'm not sure how high you got yesterday, in terms of metres, but they are saying it could come up again on wednesday. hopefully, we won't get much more rain makin

ben thompson reports. every time you flush, and wash in the capital, the water enters a sewer network over 1,000 miles long. it was built over 150 years ago, by the victorian engineerjoseph bazalgette. at that time, london was home tojust two million people. today, it is over eight million, and the old pipes are struggling to cope. but the real problem comes when it rains. the drains flood and raw sewage spills directly into the thames. originally designed to overflow just a few times a year, it now happens around once a week. it means 39 million tonnes of raw sewage flow into the river thames every year, and so the supersewer will take that overspill and pump it directly to a treatment plant, helping keep the river clean. it is as wide as three london buses, and will eventually run for 15 miles across the city, roughly following the path of the thames. but it is a mammoth project. work began in 2016, and it is not due to be finished until 2024. and with a nearly £5 billion price tag, it doesn't come chea

mykkele thompson, thank you. —— mykkele thompson. good news for workers?! this is the government's reaction to last year's taylor review into working practices. the government has said they want to improve conditions for millions of workers, including those in the gig economy. they want stricter enforcement of holiday and sick pay rights. higher fines for firms that breach contracts or mistreat staff. it is good news for some workers. but there has been critciam that it's just making sure that stuff that should already happen does happen. so in terms of giving people new rights, it's pretty limited. let's hear from our business correspondent, theo legget. up up to upto5 up to 5 million people are bought to earn a living in the so—called gig economy. companies like uber, deliveroo and yodel often work on a drop by drop basis through online platforms. other businesses such as retail and fast food outlets like to use people employed through agencies. or on zero—hours contracts. it lets them have staff when they need them, and cut costs when they need them,

i'd like to thank my union the nuj, especially the general secretary my legal team, thompson's solicitors, and my barrister, and everyone, all the women, all the men who have supported me and the issue of equal p5y~ supported me and the issue of equal pay. i would especially like to thank the dagenham women and women of the factory strictly fought for equal pay going back to the 19605 and 705. i am now really looking forward to continuing to do myjob of reporting 5torie5 forward to continuing to do myjob of reporting stories and not being one of them. this is not an isolated case. there are many women within the bbc, who have complained and may be bringing cases in the months to come out as well. this follows revelations of bbc salaries that came in the bbc was forced to publish them. the bbc says it has accepted in the past it was not transparent orfair accepted in the past it was not transparent or fair enough in the way it handled its pay structure. but the director of human resources said this particular case was not gender related. mess samira ahmed is an excellent journali5t gender

injuly, the advertising standards authority ruled reality tv star louise thompson was not clear she had been paid to promote the accessory. in the age of social media, having a celebrity post about your product can be a more direct and personal way to promote it, but the cma is worried that the line between personal posts and promotion is becoming blurred. we've looked across a number of posts on social media platforms by a range of different celebrities and influencers, and we've been really concerned that a number of them have not been flagging at all that they'd been paid to put up a post or received a gift or given a loan of the product. they need to do that. the 16 celebrities named by the cma have agreed to be clear about when they post ads. among them, singer rita ora, video bloggerjim chapman, actress michelle keegan and pop star ellie goulding. all 16 avoided court action by agreeing to follow the rules, but the cma says it will take action if they break the rules in the future. and it has written warning letters to many more influencers, urging them to change their ways. usual

shares in their portfolio, so i want to talk tojeremy their portfolio, so i want to talk to jeremy thompson cook about this. really interesting this, do you think we are starting to see a trend of more conscious and more activist conscious investors. absolutely, there is two strands to this, in so much that the national trust said we will sell the shares, while the church said we will sell out of some, some other companies have said we want to be more rowdy as shareholders and try and get businesses to change their minds from the inside. you can see this developing as younger investors start to move money into pensions, start to move money into pensions, start to move money into pensions, start to think about savings and investment and they want to do it with a certain amount of ethical background, they may be anything from fossil fuel extraction to fake meat and veganism. all of this will start to, will continue to roll on in the coming years and the national trust is the latest to jump on this. the other big business story that has been round today, is william hill announcing the store cl

derek thompson, thank you very much. the two contenders for the leadership of the conservative party have been taking part in hustings with voters in darlington today. borisjohnson denied he was ever left out of intelligence briefings during his time as foreign secretary. do conservatives trust him? borisjohnson could be in no 10 in three weeks' time. but it has emerged the current pm had real concerns about his ability to keep information confidential. were you blocked from seeing any in intelligence when you were foreign secretary, mrjohnson? i said that politics is not a game... the bbc understands there was an attempt to withhold sensitive intelligence when mrjohnson was foreign secretary. some have suggested it was control freakery from number ten. others that there was nervousness in the intelligence community. but were you aware at the time that perhaps some sensitive information was being held back from you? it's not true, and i don't comment on intelligence matters. you deny it altogether? i do. number ten says

good afternoon, our main action comes from the european indoor championships where katarina johnson thompson is in world record form as she looks to defend her title in the pentathlon. sport just after 230. thanks, hugh. chris has all the weather — storm on its way. we will be having a look at storm freya and we will also be looking at a different storm, this time exactly a different storm, this time exactly a year ago, storm emma hit wales and i will be showing what happened. thanks, chris. also coming up — the countdown to leaving the eu. we'll bring you some of the the stories you want to hear on brexit, hello, everyone — this is afternoon live. the government is paying £33 million to eurotunnel — to settle a lawsuit over extra ferry services in the event of a no—deal brexit. the company which runs the channel tunnel said the government had acted in a ‘secretive‘ way when it awarded contracts to three companies to ensure goods continue to flow into britain smoothly. ferry contracts were awarded by the government in december to dfds, brittany ferries and seaborne freight to

ben thompson is here. we are getting used to the turmoil of this. the opening bell of new york and that shuts down almost immediately. we rn... incredible times? it is frankly astonishing that we are here talking about falls on markets that we have not seen for a very long time. and yet, those falls still coming after a huge injection of cash. $700 billion was pumped into the financial system by the us central bank over the weekend and that was not enough to stem the losses. i will take you to the market boards. this is the current state of play, five minutes or so left of trade in london. a similar picture in frankfurt and paris. doi jones, dowjones. let me show you some of the movers, these are worth looking at initially we have in talking about shares in travel firms. international consolidated airlines, the parent company of ba, iberia and aer lingus 25% lower on the top of some massive falls we saw last week. easyj et some massive falls we saw last week. easyjet law, all of those down but we're getting a sense of how this affects day—to—day

katarina johnson—thompson is in fine form at the indoor athletics competition. we've long looked to her afterjessica ennis—hill retired. she's in silver medal position out of three of five events at the pentathlon at the world indoors in birmingham. after a slow start in the 60 metres hurdles she was sixth but performed well in the highjump was sixth but performed well in the high jump clearing one was sixth but performed well in the highjump clearing one metre 91. summary of her personal best but higher than any of her competitors. moved into gold medal position. she produced a personal best in the shop but, her weakest discipline. produced a personal best in the shop but, herweakest discipline. it's produced a personal best in the shop but, her weakest discipline. it's in her have all kinds of issues with qualification in the past. with the long jump qualification in the past. with the longjump and qualification in the past. with the long jump and 800 metres later this evening, they are her strongest events. she is in a pretty good place for a medal, particu

hello, iam hello, i am benjamin thompson. hello, iam benjamin thompson. here are the headlines. london's ftse100 index jumped nearly 3% in early trading, boosted by hopes of support from central banks to ease the impact of the coronavirus. the rise followed a rebound in asian markets amid hopes that central banks will cut interest rates to boost economies. so far, japan and the us has already pledged to intervene after big falls last week as fears about the economic impact of the virus spread. and in the uk, the bank of england has pledged "to ensure all necessary steps are taken to protect financial and monetary stability". that could mean a cut in intererest rates. city watchers suggest a cut from 0.75% to 0.5% could come as soon as this month. the rate—setting committee is due to meet on march 26th. big falls on global stock markets might be easing but travel firms are still feeling the impact. airlines saw some of the biggest share price falls last week, as carriers are forced to suspend some routes due to the coronavirus, while demand has been falling on others. the bigge

this is from brian thompson. he describes himself as confused of sorry macro. he says, if we have a second referendum, what happens if the result is as inconclusive as the last one. ——? this is why people don‘t want a second referendum because they are worried we will come back with something close either way. it really depends which way it falls. if you have 52% remain, there is an argument to say we go on as usual. if you have 52% leave again, people can say, we continue to negotiate. this is one of the reasons why people are concerned about another referendum. i don‘t know it will result some of the big questions we are grappling with. we know the country is split down the middle and we have to deal with that for some years to come. if another referendum voted leave, that would be pretty much it politically. you could have a campaign for those who want to rejoin the eu. but two leave votes in two referendums is probably enough. maybe the best of three?! mike roberts, why is no deal being described as our default position? surely the default position

ben thompson is with me for the business news. but now look at the headlines. the prime minister sets out the government's plans to tackle coronavirus in the uk — and reveals up to a fifth of the workforce could be off sick at the peak of the virus. the health secretary confirms the number of cases of the virus in the uk has risen again — it now stands at 51. it's super tuesday in the united states — with democrats in 14 states voting on who they want to take on donald trump in november's election. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. the us central bank has slashed interest rates in response to mounting concerns of the economic impact of the coronavirus. it cut rates by a half of 1% from promises from other central banks to intervene to prop up growth. european markets also bounced back after recent heavy losses as investors and businesses will worry about a fall in sales and a slump in productivity if staff are forced to stay at home. social media giant twitter has told its employees to work from home to help stop the spread of the coronavi

venables was 10—years—old when he and robert thompson abducted and killed the toddler. no information can be published about their current identities, after they were released from detention in 2001. the ruling had been challenged by members of the bulger family, who argued that venables should no longer be given anonymity after he was twice convicted of possessing child abuse images. richard lister sent this update from the high court. backin back in 2001, whenjon venables and robert thompson turned 18, a worldwide injunction was put in place, banning the publication of their new identities, so that they could basically fade back into public society with the —— without the threat of violence against them. now some members of the bulger family challenge that order as it applied to jon venables family challenge that order as it applied tojon venables because they say he has twice been convicted since then of offences to do with child pawn graffiti and they say he no longer deserves the right of that anonymity order as he goes about his daily life. they say also the..

ben thompson is here from business unit. just expect, there is a trip mechanism and when it opened at half past, all hell broke loose,. it was likely expected because of what has happened in asia overnight and europe. if you look at the state of play so far, that is what is happening in europe. the ftse one and down similar picture in france. in france. in the us, markets opened and they followed that lead. the elite that was followed by each other. —— that was started by each other. —— that was started by each other. that is the current state of play. this is what we call the big bird, the representation of the dow jones. it's that figure on the left we need to keep an eye on. it hit a 796, we need to keep an eye on. it hit a 7%, so that triggers the circuit breaker, that means that a trade is suspended for 50 minutes. and that isa suspended for 50 minutes. and that is a technical thing? that isjust a stop a run on the stock market —— it is suspended for 15 minutes. there is suspended for 15 minutes. there is su

we heard from craig smith, his girlfriend emma thompson and lisa deacon, who attended to their front national, a 36—year—old man who had been stabbed several times by the three attackers, he was trying to defend himself but they found him lying on the ground, they went to help and lisa deacon had only had first aid training a few weeks previously but she went as quietly as she could say was not to attract the attention of the attackers who she could no longer see and three of them spent more than half an hour trying to revive the man but his wounds were too serious. those were three stories we heard amongst many. richard lister, thank you, we will talk to you later. let's get more now on the death of a man following an appearance on thejeremy kyle show. newspaper reports say steve dymond took his own life earlier this month after the programme was filmed. itv have taken the show off air indefinitely. our media editor, amol rajan, has been speaking to the former joining me now is professor sir simon wessely president of the royal college of psychiatrists. what should happen to thi

we are almost back to the little rocket man days, the exchanging of thompson around their respective nuclear programmes. it is a dismal programme to what appeared to be at one stage quite an optimistic diplomatic encounter. yet earlier today we were reporting that north korea in our gesture ahead of this summit had destroyed some test tunnels. yes, it claims to have done this. the broader set ofjournalists to oversee the process from a distance. this is not the same as a verified investigation by inspectors to ensure what is being done. that was always being seen as a bit of showboating and the gesture. it was a nice gesture to appoint publicity don‘t know if north korea has alternative testing facilities. we don‘t know if at the moment the north koreans believe there nuclear programme is sufficiently mature that they don‘t need to carry out any further tests in the immediate future. it is a very curious dance that we have been seeing over the last few weeks. the whole debate about the timing of the sum of com isa about the timing of the sum of com is a potential location, what

let's try and clear this up, i'm joined by conservative mp ross thompson. you are not in favour of the deal as it stands. what would theresa may have to do to get you to support it? there is three areas for me which i think are really important, one is ourfisheries. we need to have something in writing that gives absolute certainty that we will return sovereignty over our fishing waters, so on our terms we will decide who fishes in our waters, what they fish and when they fish and we need that in black and white. it's nice to have words at the dispatch box but we need it in black and white. as a proud unionist who fought to keep the uk together in 2014, i cannot accept a situation where northern ireland is hived off from the rest of the uk, treated differently and under a different regulatory regime to the rest of the uk, creating borders within our own internal market and the third thing would be, we cannot hand over to the eu any definite timeframe. we cannot say we will be in the customs union up say we will be in the customs union up until you decide we

in the case of robert thompson, the rehab process might have worked and he has not made it back into the news since the day he was released in 2001, but in the case ofjon was released in 2001, but in the case of jon venables was released in 2001, but in the case ofjon venables we have this incident in 2010 when he admits he had child abuse images on his computer and he was sent to prison again but then the decision was made to give him another chance and he was released in 2013, and now it seems, as if more child abuse images have been found on a computer link to him. he is back in prison and it will now be a big decision from the pa role will now be a big decision from the parole board as to when he should be released in the short to medium—term future let the long—term future. thanks forjoining us. a toddler has died in hospital after being discovered seriously hurt at a house in birmingham. police say the 21—month—old girl was found at a house in the northfield area of birmingham on sunday, and died at the city's children's hospital yesterday evening. a 30—year—old wom

steve and lenka thompson have won £105 million. good morning, ladies and gentlemen, i would like to introduce you to steve and lenka thompson. the couple with three young children found out when steve checked his numbers... i believe that's mine! ..en route to hisjob as a painter and builder. i had the ticket in one hand, the numbers just jumped, boom, straight away. from that moment onwards, i was a shaking, gibbering wreck. lenka thought they had won £105,000 — not £105 million — but they both still went back to work. it is life—changing, notjust for us, our families, the community, definitely. we will do a lot of good with this. it is too much for us. laughter the couple are now on britain's rich list, ahead of emma watson on £52 million, ronnie wood at £85 million and gareth bale who is on a mere £94 million. steve and lenka said the priority is to move house so their children don't have to share bedrooms. whilst lenka has already given up herjob in the grocery store, steve says he will not let his customers down and

stars including meera syal and dame emma thompson are backing the campaign for more women, people from ethnic minorities and people with disabilities to be employed behind the camera. well i spoke to the comedian and actor, sir lenny henryjust after he led that delegation to downing street. i asked what progress he‘d seen in his years of campaigning for greater black and ethnic minority representation in tv and film. there has been progress, but it has mainly been on screen and it is fantastic to watch the way the fabric of our on—screen content has changed in terms of diversity. but behind the scenes, the figures are still far less. 0.3% disability people working in the industry, 13.6% women directors in the film industry and bame implement in the tv and film industry— 3%. it is not good enough and it needs to change. we have delivered this letter which talks about tax breaks for diversity in the film and tv industry. we have had a useful conversation with some of the special advisers there and we hope to have a meeting with the treasury to argue about how we might define what d

emma thompson has officially been made a dame, after a ceremony at buckingham palace. the harry potter star was named in the queen's birthday honours back in june, and attended her damehood investiture ceremony today. she received her honourfor services to drama, having won oscars, baftas and golden globes awards during a career spanning more than three decades. prince william carrying out ceremony today. at 40, we are joining prince william carrying out ceremony today. at 40, we arejoining our collea g u es today. at 40, we arejoining our colleagues at bbc world for the latest on those mid—terms and that news co nfe re nce latest on those mid—terms and that news conference too from president donald trump, scheduled for 4pm london time but we will make sure you see that whatever time it gets under way. now the weather with lucy martin. many of us seeing somewhat weather through the day today, fairly breezy as well. temperatures, though not particular warm, are a touch above average for this time of year in general. this double rainbow sent in from wolverhampton, th

have called up three uncapped players for their autumn test series. for their autumn tests — blade thompson, sam skinner and sam johnson are all in the a0 man squad (00v) gregortownsend's side play wales in cardiff on 3 november, in the inaugral doddie weir cup, then host tests against fiji, south africa and argentina at murrayfield (british heavyweight derek chisora's has chosen an old foe as his new manager. he's signed up with former world champion david haye and joined his hayemaker stable...here's how the dea (00v) l was announced on social media, a video of chisora training in hayes old gym. they had a massive brawl at a press conference in 2012, before haye beat chisora in a fight later the same year. announcing the unlikely partnership hayes said ' boxing is a sport where inside those ropes, beef can be squashed and replaced with the type of respect forged between two warriors in the heat of battle, " sounds like you and me, simon. there is only ever one winner. it is usually the one who speaks last! thank you. maybe see you later. the former prime minister, tony blair, and two exâ€

new zealand, wayne bennett has called up tom johnston and centre rhys lynn while st helens prop luke thompson is also a new pic. all three burgess brothers have been picked for the series beginning in hull. a group of mothers has gone to the high court, to challenge surrey county council's proposed cut to its special needs and disability budget. the women have disabled children, and theirjudicial review contends that they should have been consulted on the planned £21 million cut. surrey county council says its focus is to make sure children get the support they need. lauren moss reports. taking the fight for their children's education to the high court. these parents are challenging surrey county council plans to cut £21 million from its special educational needs budget. plans they say will hit theirfamilies hard. children who need support like speech and language therapy in school, who need one—to—one learning support assistants just in order to be at school, to access and education. and that kind of support is really essential for our children to develop their skills, their communicat

johnson thompson also included. greg rutherford is on the list. britain's fastest man will not travel, he's instead chose to focus on other competitions. that's the sport for now. hugh is in the hot seat next. thank you very much. let's talk about plastic bottles back on the agenda in the commons today as mps discuss a plastic bottle return scheme in england. the scottish and welsh governments are already looking at bringing in the scheme to try and reduce the amount of plastic that ends up in the sea. it's a problem that's once again been highlighted by sir david attenborough ahead of the new series of the bbc‘s blue planet; here's one story involving this type of bird, the albatross. plastics are crucially important. it's heartbreaking, of course, the one i would choose as most heartbreaking i suppose because i feel so strongly, are the albatross. the albatross are such marvellous birds, you know. they form partnerships for 50 years, they circle the an turkty coo collecting food, they come back to their mates at the same place but also feed th

after dina asher smith's victory in the 200m last night, katerina johnson—thompson leads the way in the heptathlon after four events. she had a dream start when she set a personal best time in the hurdles and then went on to throw further than ever before in the shot put. she leads by 96 points. longjump, long jump, javelin and 800 metres to come. the javelin, that will be crucial. you can follow that on bbc two, coverage about now. more in the next hour. the high court in belfast has ruled that northern ireland's abortion laws breach human rights. the case was brought by a woman who was told by doctors that her unborn child would not survive outside the womb, but was denied a legal termination. there's a near total ban on abortion in northern ireland, but the law is set to change later this month, after parliament voted to intervene. emma vardy reports. ( sarah ewart became the public face of a debate about a deeply personal issue. six years ago, she went to london to have an abortion. her unborn baby had a condition that meant she wouldn't survive outside the womb. it's not something

daley thompson, thank you for coming in. —— lily thompson. the journalist who interviewed the two russian men suspected of the salisbury novichok attack hung up on bbc newsnight, after being challenged about the manner of the interview. in their appearance on the state—run rt channel, the pair said they visited salisbury on the recommendation of friends. when asked by kirsty wark whether rt was a propaganda tool, margarita simonyan said: "your question to me seems like typical western propaganda" — and shortly afterwards, hung up. jon donnison reports. assassins or tourists? the government has named alexander petrov and ruslan boshirov as russian agents sent to salisbury to kill sergei skripal. but popping up on russian state—run television, they said otherwise. translation: what were you doing there? translation: our friends had been suggesting for a long time that visit this wonderful town. that we visit this wonderful town. salisbury? a wonderful town? yes. a tourist town. downing street has described the interview as "lies", "blatan

hello and welcome to the programme, where the fallout continues after lexi thompson was penalised four strokes mid way through her final round in the ana inspiration on sunday. the american was two shots clear in the first women's golf major of the year with six holes to play when she was told the news and eventually lost to south korea's so yeon ryu in a play—off. it comes after she incorrectly replaced her ball during saturday's third round. the sports rules are due to be simplified in 2019 and earlier our golf correspondent iain carter explained that this incident is typical of those that need to be addressed. the game is looking at the rules to bring ina the game is looking at the rules to bring in a new rulebook