i'm hugh ferris. the first gold medal of day m at the paris olympics was also the final one to be won in the river seine. the water quality has been a constant source of concern both before and during the games with a number of training sessions and one race postponed. but one of those involved in the marathon swimming event on friday praised paris 2024 organisers�* attempts to clean the river seine. saying it set "good precedent" for other nations. in the water it was a succesful day for hungary. kristof rasovszky improved on his silver in tokyo by winning the title in1 hour 50 minutes and just over two seconds ahead of germany's oliver klemet. hungary's david betlehem took bronze. four swimmers failed to finish the race. while sweden's victorjohansson didn't race citing health concerns about the water quality. we are going to leave our sport coat on and take you to reach crown court now and the sentencing ofjordan paolo who is being sentenced for publishing material that could stir up publishing material that could stir

up racial hatred. let's listen in. words or behaviour likely to cause harassment or distress. you have been committed for sentence having pleaded guilty to an offence of publishing written material which is threatening, abusive or insulting, intending thereby to stir up racial hatred. the context of your offending is that it arises out of civil unrest and disorder in many parts of the united kingdom. the unrest has been generated as a result of the death of three little girls in southport. and the reaction from various parts of our society towards other parts of our society. the disorder has been serious and

widespread and has affected many towns and cities in england and in northern ireland. in particular, refugees and asylum seekers have been targeted. coverage of the disorder and accompanying scenes of violence have been extensive. both in terms of mainstream media and also online, on social media platforms. that is the context. i turn to the facts of this matter. on the night of the second and 3rd of august, the britannia hotel in leeds was attacked by people who threw missiles which damaged windows. the police were called and on the 3rd of august, the hotel was locked down

for the protection of those who were living there. at the time there were occupants, many of whom were foreign refugees and asylum seekers. similar attacks to the hotel were launched on the 4th of august, the police attended on each occasion and units were deployed to safeguard the hotel. and provide an increase in the police presence. in the area. in between the two attacks. you took to social media in order to encourage others towards participation in the attacks upon the hotel. in a post on facebook, you wrote, quote, every man and dog dog...

—— in a post on facebook, you wrote, quote, every man and theirdog... i beg your pardon, we arejust unable to get the picture for legal reasons. ., , ., ., reasons. you responded to that post, start about five _ reasons. you responded to that post, start about five fell _ reasons. you responded to that post, start about five fell tonight, - reasons. you responded to that post, start about five fell tonight, be - reasons. you responded to that post, start about five fell tonight, be my i start about five fell tonight, be my boy. but it is all gravy. —— five bell. the initial post received six likes but it was sent to your 1500 facebook friends and because of your lack of privacy settings, will have been forwarded to friends of your friends. the messages were therefore spread widely which was plainly your intention. in response to a post questioning why you wrote, because they are over here, given life of riley off the tax as hard—working people earn, when it could be put to

better use, come over here with no work visa, no trade to their name and sit down and doss and then there is more people being put out homeless each year, they get top band priority on housing and many more reasons, you were arrested in the early hours of the 5th of august and then interviewed by the police. your motivation became clear when you inform the police that you had promoted the idea of attacking the britannia hotel as a result of anger and frustration at immigration problems in the country. you went on to say that you did not want your money going to immigrants who, quote, raped our kids and get

priority, end quote. —— going to immigrants who, quote, rape our kids and get priority, end quote. there can be no doubt you are inciting others to participate in violence, otherwise why post a comment? you expressed remorse but by that time it was too late. for the offence of publishing written material in order to stir up racial hatred, there are guidelines which i must and will follow. the maximum sentence of seven years imprisonment. in terms of culpability, it seems to me that your intention was to incite serious violence, which is a culpability aid factor. in terms of the harm caused, i have considered both the harm actually caused and the harm intended to be caused, as directed

intended to be caused, as directed in the sentencing guidelines. you were encouraging others to attack a hotel which you knew was occupying refugees and asylum seekers. the overall effect of your post was to incite violence towards the building and therefore towards those within the building. it was not only the refugees and asylum seekers who are likely to be affected by your post but also the hotel managers, the night porters and those who worked within the hotel. in myjudgment, this comes close to a harm category one. however, for the purposes of this sentence, i will treat you as falling into category two, since there was no direct encouragement towards activity which threatens or

endangers life. however, you fall towards the top of category two. for a category two a offence, the starting point is two years imprisonment with a range between one and four years custody. for a category two b offence, the starting point is 12 months with a range of up point is 12 months with a range of up to three years custody, there is an obvious overlap between the ranges, that is deliberate. your position is aggravated by the timing of your post, namely that it was at a time of social unrest and to sensitivity across the country. i take account also of the need for increased policing as i have indicated, partly as a consequence of your post. in mitigation, i take into account your plea of guilty for

which you will receive full credit of one third following your earlier admissions. i take account of the contents of the references from your mother, friend and employer. these can only be of limited value in the current circumstances as can the contents of the presentence report. i take account two of your expression of remorse, of your lack of convictions that are racially aggravated, that you are in employment and have a partner and family. —— i also take account of your expression of remorse. in passing sentence, take into account the purpose of sentencing, in particular related to this case, punishment and deterrence. as it is recognised on your behalf, this offence is so serious that an immediate custodial sentence is

unavoidable. would you stand, please? the sentence that i pass has been reduced by one third to reflect your guilty plea. the sentence is one of 20 months imprisonment. you will serve up to one half of your sentence in custody before you are released on licence. if you fail to abide by the conditions of your license, you can be returned to prison to serve some or all of the remainder of the custodial term. the victim surcharge will apply and i will make a collection order. please take him down. that will make a collection order. please take him down.— will make a collection order. please take him down. that was the 'udge at leeds crown — take him down. that was the 'udge at leeds crown court * take him down. that was the judge at leeds crown court announcing - take him down. that was the judge at leeds crown court announcing the - leeds crown court announcing the sentence forjordan parlour who is 28, who was sentenced of a publishing written material intending to stir up racial hatred, given a sentence of 20 months in

prison, thejudge said given a sentence of 20 months in prison, the judge said you are encouraging others to attack a hotel new would be occupied by refugees and asylum seekers and it was not only then likely to be affected but the workers, the judge said, only then likely to be affected but the workers, thejudge said, in only then likely to be affected but the workers, the judge said, in that hotel. a sentence forjordan parlour, 28, sentenced to 20 months imprisonment over publishing written material intended to serve racial hatred, posted on facebook, that happened during the unrest to do with attacking a hotel, the britannia hotel, in leeds. let's bring you some breaking news now, the suspended labour councillor rickyjones has been charged with encouraging violent disorder after comments at a london counterprotest. videos appeared off—line! online that showed jones telling a crowd in walthamstow that demonstrators should have their throats cut. we expect them to appear at westminster magistrates' court this afternoon and will bring you more updates as

we get them. and finally, huw edwards has been asked to hand back £200,000 that he earned after being arrested in november on child abuse image charges. it was said today that the board has sought to get the return of funds paid to mr edwards. that, a statement from the bbc regarding huw edwards. to recap, we've been hearing another server that makes sentence this afternoon, jordan parlour, given 20 months in prison after his role in what the judge said was intending to stir up

racial hatred through posts on facebook. we willjoin verified live at 3pm, do stay with us.

live from london. this is bbc news. latest headlines... ukraine launches a major drone attack about 300 kilometres inside russia. but russia has carried out a strike on a ukrainian supermarket — killing at least 11 people accoding to the ukrainian interior minister.

killing at least 11 people, according to the ukrainian interior minister. two men have beenjailed following protests in leeds, as uk prime minister sir keir starmer says police should remain on "high alert" after a week of rioting across england and northern ireland. a councillor has been charged with one count of encouraging violent disorder, after he was filmed addressing a crowd at a london demonstration on wednesday. another teenager has been arrested in connection with the planned attacks on the taylor swift concerts in vienna. and lee carsley has been announced as interim manager of the england men's football team. he says it's an honour to "step up and lead the squad". hello. welcome and thank you very much for joining us. i'm ben brown. it may be the most significant ukrainian attack into russian territory since the start of the war.

the surprise ukrainian cross—border incursion into russia,