our correspondent duncan kennedy reports. ryan lock had told his family he was going to turkey on holiday last august. he instead went tojoin kurdish forces biting so—called islamic state in syria. a kurdish militia group called the white p&g said he had been killed on december the 21st was fighting to take the is held city of rack. there has been no official confirmation of his death, but a statement from the family home in this tester, his father said he was a caring and loving boy who do to help anyone. he had a heart of gold, he said. ryan lock is thought to be one of several british nationals to fight and die for the kurds. very likely had no military training but wanted to go after seeing pictures of the kurds trying to defeat islamic state. those who spoke to ryan lock‘s family, say they are devastated by what has happened. the one thing we have been able to tell them, the ypg will be doing everything they can to facilitate the body to the uk and would urge such as the british government and the kurdistan regional

duncan kennedy reports. eight o'clock this morning and the rush—hour rash of drivers on their phones is already underway. we are out withjohn phones is already underway. we are out with john and phones is already underway. we are out withjohn and adam from hampshire police and they soon come across this man using his device. they pull him over... and he accepts what he has done and gets a fixed penalty notice. lesson learned? i think so. yes, it's my first time so it isa think so. yes, it's my first time so it is a lesson learned. on another road this man is texting. even in a slow traffic it is an offence to use your phone. he too is pulled over and givena your phone. he too is pulled over and given a ticket. we carry on and even with the added dangers of today's's fog drivers continue to use their phones. that driver has now about to get on his way. he is the fourth driver we have stopped here this morning and we have only been out for one hour. no wonder today's figures show such a huge increase in a nu

it happened at broadstone middle school at poole in dorset. 0ur correspondent, duncan kennedy, is there. a strange and potentially very disturbing incident. it happened on january the 3rd although it has only just come to light. what seems to have happened judging from what the police and headteacher said is that the pupil turned up the school, we do not know how old they wear, with white powder. three other children then became involved, they all thought it was sweets but for some reason the alarm is raised, police we re reason the alarm is raised, police were called to the school. also southwest ambulance who turn up and check over the children. the children are sent to hospital as a precaution, given a check over and sent home and police said there was no suggestion that the children ingested anything. the police are confirming that this was cocaine. we have no further details than that. what the headteacher saying, is that we would like to reassure parents that the incident was dealt with swiftly a nd that the incident was dealt with swiftly and in line with our policies. she went o

duncan kennedy is at horsham. a really difficult time for so many people trying to travel. absolutely. the start of another dismal day for maybe 200,000 people. at horsham, 5— 10,000 people who would normally use this concourse. look inside. it is com pletely this concourse. look inside. it is completely empty. nothing running whatsoever. the difference compared to the strike last month is that southern, together with other coach companies, putting on coaches to run from here, about 200, and are saying it is very much a backup service. don't expect much from it. it will get people from central london to other train stations where they can pick up other services. very much picking up the slack. bradley will not take a coach or a train. how will you get to work in london? i am driving today to paddington to get some parking there. i will try that today and maybe buses later in the week. another frustrating today and maybe buses later in the week. anotherfrustrating day. not just a frustrating day, but a frustrating year. the strike today is just another day of no train. we

but the local government association says that is not enough, as duncan kennedy reports. councils six 2 million potholes every year. that is about 12,000 for every year. that is about 12,000 for every local authority in england and wales. but it never seems to be enough. now the council the repair bill could soon reach £14 billion. hard—pressed councils, who are mending, you know, pothole every five seconds in this countryjust cannot get to the core of the problem, which is actually many of oui’ problem, which is actually many of our roads arejust problem, which is actually many of our roads are just being patched now. they need to be fully repaired. the council say the government must do more to help. they suggest increasing fuel duty by a couple of pence a litre, a figure they say the public would support. it is notjust the cost of repairing all these potholes that seems to be on the increase. today's report also found that the time it is taking appears to be on the rise as well, going up from ten years in 2006 to 14 years today. last year, the government announced

kennedy reports. we need a major investment in this country on the road is a structure, the infrastructure, and stopping this sort of patch and amend mentality, and giving us enough money to two action be replaced these local roads that desperately need proper money spent on them. —— to actually replace. michelle obama has delivered her final speech as first lady of the united states, with an impassioned call on young people to have hope, and fight for their rights. speaking at a ceremony in the white house, she ended tearfully, saying the role of first lady had the been the greatest honour of her life. empower yourselves with a good education, then get out there and use that education to build a country worthy of your boundless promise. lead by example — with hope, never fear. and know that i will be with you, rooting for you, and working to support you for the rest of my life. so i want to close today by simply saying thank you. thank you for everything you do for our kids and for our country.