with associated dependency disorder, with associated depression and anxiety. i accept that, over the years, this has lead you on occasion to experience suicidal thoughts. you on occasion to experience suicidalthoughts. it you on occasion to experience suicidal thoughts. it provides, however, no possible mitigation in this case. you have been offered help with your alcohol misuse on many occasions. you have not availed yourself of that help. i take into account all that your counsel may said on your behalf of the you are now aged 41 years. i recognise that your conduct and your sentence will have an impact upon your own family. you will have little contact with your children as they grow into adulthood. they will grow up without adulthood. they will grow up without a father. it is often the case, of course, that others suffer from the conduct of those who offend. they grow up without a father by reason of your actions. as i have said, the

sentence is one of life imprisonment. in coming to the minimum term, i stepped back to look at the total sentence, to ensure it reflects the overall seriousness of the offence. taking into account all the offence. taking into account all the aggravating and mitigating factors as exist, in myjudgment, the minimum term i impose is one of 20th imprisonment. stand up. —— 20 years imprisonment. darren osmond, for the murder of claire holland, i sentence you to life imprisonment. you will serve a minimum of 20 years, less the 523 days you have served on remand. thereafter it will be for the parole board to decide when, if ever, you should be released. if you are ever released, you will remain on licence for the rest of your life. it came down. —— take him down. rest of your life. it came down. -- take him down.— take him down. the sentencing remarks from _ take him down. the sentencing remarks from bristol _ take him down. the sentencing remarks from bristol crown - take him down. the sentencing l remarks from bristol crown court sentencing darren osmond to life

imprisonment for the murder of his ex partner, claire holland. as you heard thejudge ex partner, claire holland. as you heard the judge saying, a ex partner, claire holland. as you heard thejudge saying, a minimum term of 20 years. it will be up to the parole board to decide if he should ever be released and he will then be subject to licence for the rest of his life. some strong comments from thejudge, rest of his life. some strong comments from the judge, talk about how she had heard deeply moving impact statements telling osmond that he has robbed claire holland of a fresh start in life and in future that she deserved. she also talked about claire holland's for children, saying, you took her from her children, who have struggled to cope with her loss and made their suffering worse with your actions ever since. suffering worse with your actions eversince. she suffering worse with your actions ever since. she also talked about how he hadn't shown a shred of remorse and also urged osmond to disclose where her body is so that she could be laid to rest. the body has never been found. she was last

seen outside a pub in bristol and her body has never been found, so the judge her body has never been found, so thejudge urging him to disclose where the body is. she found no mitigation as she parked her sentence. we can now hear from darrenjohnson, who has been taking a look at the background to the case. claire holland was 32 when she went missing. she was a mother of four young children who disappeared in june 2012 and there was absolutely no trace of her. until, four years ago the police got a call confessing to the worst of crimes. officers arrested darren osmond but

he later retracted its mission, saying he had been drunk and suicidal. so began an extraordinary operation, an undercover officer moved on to this road, befriended him and earned his truck while secretly recording him. osmond said he blamed claire for his son being taken into care and he had killed her, cut up her body and dumped her in the severn estuary. when she left this pub around closing time, claire was on her way to meet darren osmond but there was no trace of her, no record since, so the prosecution had to show without a body that claire was dead and that darren osmond was responsible. thejury found him responsible. the jury found him guilty responsible. thejury found him guilty of murder and he will now be heading to prison. claire holland family finally have some answers about what happened to her but they still don't have her body.

we will have more on that shortly darren osmond has been sexist to life in prison for the murder of his ex partner, claire holland, at bristol crown court. some other breaking news, and the irish government has decided to take a case against the uk in the european court of human rights over plans to change the way that killings from the conflict in northern ireland are investigated. the uk's controversial troubles legacy act became law in september despite opposition from dublin and all northern ireland political parties. let's go over to chris page. talk us through what this means. yes, ireland is taking the uk to court, the european court on human rights, because it says britain has breached its international legal obligations in this legislation, which, as you say, changes the way the killings from the conflict in

northern ireland are investigated to the conflict known as the troubles lasted from the early 60s until the late 1990s. more than 3500 people died. the legislation sets of a new commission to take over all investigations related to the troubles, and the most controversial aspect of the plan probably is the legislation provides for a conditional amnesty for suspects both former paramilitaries and former members of the state forces, who cooperate with admission and provide truthful information. the irish government is opposed to this approach. the majority of victims campaign groups in northern ireland are also opposed, and so are all northern ireland political parties, because they say basically it's not in keeping with the basic principles ofjustice. the uk government has previously said, from their point of view, the chances of successful prosecutions going through the court now are vanishingly small simply

because so much time has passed, so focusing on an information gathering process is the best opportunity to get the truth to families who want it, so it has been highly controversial. the irish government has been mulling over this issue for three months, taking legal advice, and it has announced that it will be taking a court case in the european court on human rights. the irish foreign minister says he regrets that things have reached this stage but he says there is no more political solution now that legislation had become law and he argues the legal route is the only one left to the irish government. chris page, thank you. the rate at which prices are rising pelican last month. inflation was down to 3.9% in november compared to li.6% in october. the office for national

statistics at the drop was driven by falls in the cost of fuel and food but that prices remain substantially above what they were before the russian invasion of ukraine to dip here is dharshini david. things are not rising as they used to, and it's notjust your daily bread. philip at the pump may be less painful and, with clothes and furniture, inflation pressures are easing, but some things are still much more expensive.— easing, but some things are still much more expensive. inflation is definitely killing _ much more expensive. inflation is definitely killing us. _ much more expensive. inflation is definitely killing us. at _ much more expensive. inflation is definitely killing us. at this - definitely killing us. at this restaurant, _ definitely killing us. at this restaurant, taking - definitely killing us. at this restaurant, taking the - definitely killing us. at this restaurant, taking the heat definitely killing us. at this - restaurant, taking the heat out of high food costs means creative thinking, short menus, fixed price deals and shopping around for ingredients.— deals and shopping around for ingredients. deals and shopping around for incredients. , , , ., ., ingredients. rises up and down so much at the _ ingredients. rises up and down so much at the moment _ ingredients. rises up and down so much at the moment for - ingredients. rises up and down so much at the moment for the - ingredients. rises up and down so much at the moment for the if - ingredients. rises up and down so much at the moment for the if it'sj much at the moment for the if it's possible for us we will order it, if not then we shop around, so i go in the morning to preston to do the shopping or go to aldi, because sometimes the vegetables are cheaper.

sometimes the vegetables are chea er. ., ., sometimes the vegetables are cheaer. , . , sometimes the vegetables are cheaer. , . ., ., w cheaper. food prices on average 996 hiuher cheaper. food prices on average 996 higher than — cheaper. food prices on average 996 higher than a _ cheaper. food prices on average 996 higher than a year _ cheaper. food prices on average 996 higher than a year ago. _ cheaper. food prices on average 996 higher than a year ago. services, i higher than a year ago. services, including the likes of eating out 4.6% including the likes of eating out li.6% more expensive overall inflation, still almost double what the bank of england wants to see. but all of those are even more quickly than the bank expected, so what does that mean for its earlier warning that rates may not come down soon? ., ., , warning that rates may not come down soon? . . , . soon? that last mile and getting inflation down _ soon? that last mile and getting inflation down might _ soon? that last mile and getting inflation down might not - soon? that last mile and getting inflation down might not be - soon? that last mile and getting| inflation down might not be quite soon? that last mile and getting - inflation down might not be quite as difficult as the bank thinks, but we will need to see perhaps a couple more months of really good data for that to happen. if it does, because interest rates begin to condemn in the spring. in interest rates begin to condemn in the s-urin. ., the spring. in the meantime, it remains challenging _ the spring. in the meantime, it remains challenging for- the spring. in the meantime, it - remains challenging for households, which the chancellor, though hailing lower inflation, acknowledged. i5 lower inflation, acknowledged. is the only way to make life better for families, who are working hard and feeling they are in a cost of living crisis the like of which they haven't seen for many years, is to get the economy growing sustainably,

and that means you have to bring down inflation. sham; and that means you have to bring down inflation.— down inflation. any pull in the oppression — down inflation. any pull in the oppression would _ down inflation. any pull in the oppression would be - down inflation. any pull in the oppression would be welcome j down inflation. any pull in the - oppression would be welcome news for families, _ oppression would be welcome news for families, given the cost of living pressures— families, given the cost of living pressures but going into christmas, prices _ pressures but going into christmas, prices are _ pressures but going into christmas, prices are still rising, especially when _ prices are still rising, especially when it— prices are still rising, especially when it comes to food so, when people — when it comes to food so, when people go— when it comes to food so, when people go to the shops, there are things— people go to the shops, there are things they can't afford.- things they can't afford. bringing down inflation _ things they can't afford. bringing down inflation relies _ things they can't afford. bringing down inflation relies on - things they can't afford. bringing down inflation relies on several l down inflation relies on several components, lower global energy and food costs, as well as the impact of the 14 food costs, as well as the impact of the 1a rate hikes of the last two years. those take time to break into the system. we are a step closer but still a way before we can say low inflation has been dished up. time now for the weather. a spell of 20 weather to come, the strongest winds overnight directed thursday, and the highest risk of some travel disruption. at the moment, we are

seeing a lot of cloud streaming our way, bringing some rain and drizzle over western hills and coasts in particular, but the winds are strengthening already this run of westerly winds around the top of that area of high pressure. low pressure towards iceland is going to run to the north of scotland and then into scandinavia to dip that's a name storm by the danish weather service, but there be impacts in the uk. we have windy weather through this evening, very mild, ten or 11, some more rain over western coasts and hills where it's a bit misty. most of the wet weather will be across western scotland, but overnight it does turn wet more widely in scotland, and that rain will push into northern england and northern ireland, replaced by squally showers as the winds start to intensify. it turns colder in scotland but otherwise temperature is not changing much and a mild start to thursday. a windy day on thursday everywhere. the strongest winds further north. widely gusting

to go. we could see gusts up to 80 mph in northern and north—eastern scotland. some windy weather on thursday. we have a band of hate cloud and frame pushing further south towards england and wales, followed by sunshine and streams of stall showers, some snow over higher ground in scotland as it turns colder. still temperatures of 12 degrees in the milder airfurther south. as the storm pushes toward scandinavia, we could see a surge of stronger winds pushing the north sea coasts. that weather front still producing some rain and it is the boundary between milder air pushing in from the atlantic and that colder air still across the north—east of the uk. this is where we have that boundary and this patchy rain to dip to the south, still a lot of cloud but may be a bit of sunshine. further north and in scotland, showers and some snow falling in the northern isles. temperatures barely above freezing. for large parts of

the uk, temperatures still a double for sick. the uk, temperatures still a double forsick. desperate the uk, temperatures still a double for sick. desperate temperatures still in double figures.

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at the united nations security council, in an effort to bring help to civilians in gaza. the head of hamas arrives in egypt for talks as pressure mounts for a pause in the fighting. colorado's top court ruled that donald trump cannot run for president in the state. he says he will appeal to the us supreme court. uk inflation falls to 3.9%, the lowest rate in more than two years. and the european union reaches a breakthrough deal on new migration rules after years of failed talks. hello, i'm samantha simmons, a warm welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. hopes are arriving of a temporary pause in the fighting in gaza, with a series of diplomatic initiatives under way. a vote is expected on a new security so council resolution

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