the baby's parents were mark gordon and constance marten, and the prosecution said the baby would bether virginie de selliers and brother tobias marten came to court this morning to watch the case start, but constance marten herself was not at court. her partner, mark gordon, was in the dock to hear the prosecution say that the couple had put their relationship and their view of life before the life of a little baby girl. soon after the birth of the baby, the couple had been camping in freezing and what the prosecution said were obviously dangerous conditions on the south downs near brighton. they were living off—grid with hardly any clothes and insufficient food and equipment in the middle of a cold winter. the precise date of the birth of the baby girl is unknown. the jury heard that the dead baby was the couple's fifth child. their previous four children had all been taken into care after extensive social services interaction and the prosecution say they concealed the birth of the fifth child because they knew she would be taken into care too. but then their suzuki car caught fire

constance marten and mark gordon face five charges from manslaughter to causing or allowing the death death of a child, perverting the course of justice. thejury child, perverting the course of justice. the jury heard they had had four previous children taken into care and they carried the newborn baby girl who died around in a reinforced read bad for life from lidl. this morning the prosecution began the case against them —— bag. last march a week's old baby was found dead in a disused shed in brighton. the baby was in a shopping bag covered in rubbish. it was, the prosecution say, an entirely avoidable death. the baby's parents were mark gordon and constance marten and the prosecution said the baby would be alive had it not been for their reckless, utterly selfish, callous, cruel, arrogant and ultimately grossly negligent conduct. constance marten�*s mother and brother tobias marten came to court this morning to watch the case start, but constance marten herself was not at court. her partner, mark gordon, was in the dock to hear the prosecution say that the couple had put their rela

yes, the trial of constance marten and mark gordon has been going on forfour days on thejury and markound dead in a bag for life in a shared in brighton last march and today, for the first time, the jury showed pictures of victoria on a cctv camera and constance marten can be seen adjusting the position of the baby under her coat and the code comes open and you can see baby victoria in her baby grow, very much alive but not wearing a hat or gloves or code, and later some cctv from a restaurant shows constance marten putting baby victoria into a buggy which has been bought by mark gordon from argos. the jury heard two days before that, the couple's car caught fire on the a61 near manchester and they spent more than £600 on taxis london via liverpool and essex and one of the taxi driver said when he saw the baby it was only wearing a nappy and no clothes, so it was wrapped in a blanket. after that the couple were, according to the prosecution, camping in freezing temperatures on the south downs and the prosecution say they were trying to avoid the authorities knowing about baby victoria

on a freezing january day last year, constance marten got out of a taxi in east london and mark gordonr trial, this was the first time the jury has seen the baby the pair are accused of killing by gross negligence. a bit later, constance marten, who's been described in court as wealthy, could be seen readjusting the baby under her clothing. the newborn was wearing only a babygro with no jacket, hat or gloves. the clearest images of baby victoria were when she was put into a buggy that mark gordon had just bought from argos. the next day, having bought a tent for £40, the couple were camping in freezing temperatures on the south downs. the prosecution case is that the couple were trying to hide baby victoria from the authorities because their previous four children had all been taken into care. eight weeks later, in a shed on this allotment near brighton, the baby girl was found dead in a lidl bag—for—life. the prosecution say the couple's initial attempt to hide their baby's birth went wrong when their car caught fire on the m61 near manchester and police found the baby's placenta. the

mark gordon sat alone. newhaven and onto the south downs, where they camped for weeks in freezing temperatures with hardly any clothes and insufficient equipment. tom little, kc, told thejury that the couple had bought a buggy, but dumped it soon afterwards. after that, the baby girl was carried in a red bag for life from the supermarket lidl, the same bag in which her body was later found under some rubbish in a disused shed. the jury heard that the dead baby was the couple's fifth child and that their previous four children had all been taken into care. before the birth of one of those children, they'd been camping in a wooded area in wales and when they went to hospital constance marten gave a false name and put on a fake irish accent. the prosecution say they concealed the birth of their fifth child to stop her being taken into care too. when their car caught fire, they set off to camp on the south downs, injanuary, in a tent from argos. daniel sandford, bbc news, at the old bailey. just to tell you...

the baby's parents were mark gordon and constance marten, and the prosecution said the baby would begrossly negligent conduct. constance marten's mother virginie de selliers and brother tobias marten came to court this morning to watch the case start, but constance marten herself was not at court. her partner, mark gordon, was in the dock to hear the prosecution say that the couple had put their relationship and their view of life before the life of a little baby girl. soon after the birth of the baby, the couple had been camping in freezing and what the prosecution said were obviously dangerous conditions on the south downs near brighton. they were living off—grid with hardly any clothes and insufficient food and equipment in the middle of a cold winter. the precise date of the birth of the baby girl is unknown. the jury heard that the dead baby was the couple's fifth child. their previous four children had all been taken into care after extensive social services interaction and the prosecution say they concealed the birth of the fifth child because they knew she would be taken into

mark gordon sat alone.o the south downs where they camped for weeks in freezing temperatures with hardly any clothes and insufficient equipment. thejury any clothes and insufficient equipment. the jury were told the couple had bought a buggy, but they dumped it soon afterwards. after that, the baby girl was carried in a red bag for life from the supermarket lidl. the same bag in which her body was later found under some rubbish in a disused shed. the jury some rubbish in a disused shed. the jury heard that the dead baby was the couple's for the child and that their previous four children had all been taken into care. before the birth of one of those children, they had been camping in a wooded area in wales and when they went to hospital, constance marten gave a false name and put on a fake irish accent. the prosecution say they concealed the birth of their fifth child to stop her being taken into care, too. when their car caught fire, they set off to camp on the south downs injanuary in a tent from argos. d

mark gordon, who is 49 now this.eadunes whole incident grabbed the headlines at this time last yeah headlines at this time last year. it was the 5th of january when a vehicle that was driven by the couple was found abandoned and on fire on the hard shoulder of the m60 , a1 hard shoulder of the m60, a1 motorway in greater manchester. now, when the police searched this burnt out vehicle later, they found a number of mobile phones. barner pay as you go phones, a passport belonging to one of the defendants . and they one of the defendants. and they also made the grim discovery in the back seat of the car wrapped in a towel. uh, a placenta, the placenta linked to the birth of this baby. now that , of course, this baby. now that, of course, brought about a very urgent man . brought about a very urgent man. hunt to try to find this couple because of the real concerns that they had, that here was a newborn baby that had not been given any kind of medical attention as far as they knew. and mother who would need and a mother w

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constance marten and her partner mark gordon are on trial for the manslaughter of their newborn daughterthe uk covid inquiry has heard that nicola sturgeon called borisjohnson a "clown" in an expletive—laden text conversation with her chief of staff. her successor as first minister humza yousaf has been facing scrutiny at the inquiry over his tenure as scotland's health secretary during the pandemic and the government's use of mobile messaging apps like whatsapp. you are with bbc news. talks on a potential second gaza deal are on the cards. president biden is to send cia director william burns, to help broker a deal on the release of israeli hostages held in gaza. he'll meet the head of the israeli intelligence agency mossad, and the prime minister of qatar, for talks in france. more than a hundred hostages are still being held by hamas in gaza, while israel's siege and the ongoing war continue to inflict a devastating toll on civilians. 0n the ground in gaza, the hamas—run health ministry says 20 people were killed by israeli fire in the north today as they queued for food. while in the

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constance marten and her partner mark gordon are on trial for the manslaughter of their newborn daughteruk covid inquiry has heard that nicola sturgeon called borisjohnson a "clown" in an expletive—laden text conversation with her chief of staff. her successor as first minister humza yousaf has been facing scrutiny at the inquiry over his tenure as scotland's health secretary during the pandemic and the government's use of mobile messaging apps like whatsapp. scientists are warning that children who became overweight during the coronavirus pandemic could face life—long health consequences. the researchers say periods of covid restrictions saw a sharp rise in obesity among ten and 11 year olds in england. prolonged absence from school, lack of physical activity and unhealthy eating habits have been blamed. you're live with bbc news. let's turn now to the war in ukraine — where questions remain over the shooting down of a russian military transport plane on wednesday, which moscow says was carrying ukrainian prisoners of war. according to russian investigators, it was shot down by a ukrain

now to the case of constance marten and mark gordon .r baby daughter, victoria was found dead on an allotment in brighton last march. >> yes, martin and gordon are charged with manslaughter by gross negligence . our home and gross negligence. our home and security editor, mark white, is outside the old bailey with the latest for us. tell us, mark. >> well, this is a case that the prosecutor, tom little kc, said was really a case about the utterly and entirely avoidable, avoidable death of a young baby, avoidable death of a young baby, a baby girl that would still be alive today , he said. alive today, he said. >> if it was for not the reckless, utterly selfish , reckless, utterly selfish, callous, cruel, arrogant and ultimately grossly negligent conduct of the two defendants, those defendants , as you those defendants, as you mentioned, 36 year old constance marten the mother of this child and the father of the child, mark gordon, who's 49 now, this whole incident came to light, really sparked into a national search for this couple on th

have a gre mark: welcome back america, you know him well, gordon chen, senior fellow at the gate stonetitute one of my favorite places. china going to war. i want to ask you a question you are president xi if he thinks he's not god, he has basically centralized all power in a constant revolutionary mode like mao was even knocking on people close to him, keeping people looking over their shoulders, fear throughout the commonest party, fear throughout that society but is looking at what's going on in the middle east is looking at what's going on with the houthis attacking her military. the iranians attacking her military. they are looking at all of this, hezbollah and so forth. is it present she thinking wait a minute. if the united states navy in the firepower that they have of the middle east aren't going to put in and to this, aren't going to do anything with iran directly with reagan did and trump and soleimani and so forth maybe it's not going to be so tough taking on taiwan or threatening the philippines and vietnam and japan and all the rest. what are they see at of all of this. >

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mark: welcome back america, you know him well, gordon chen, senior fellow at the gate stone instituteavorite places. china going to war. i want to ask you a question you are president xi if he thinks he's not god, he has basically centralized all power in a constant revolutionary mode like mao was even knocking on people close to him, keeping people looking over their shoulders, fear throughout the commonest party, fear throughout that society but is looking at what's going on in the middle east is looking at what's going on with the houthis attacking her military. the iranians attacking her military. they are looking at all of this, hezbollah and so forth. is it present she thinking wait a minute. if the united states navy in the firepower that they have of the middle east aren't going to put in and to this, aren't going to do anything with iran directly with reagan did and trump and soleimani and so forth maybe it's not going to be so tough taking on taiwan or threatening the philippines and vietnam and japan and all the rest. what are they see at of all of this. >> i think xi jinpi

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and so thank you, gordon wood, for being with us and for helping us to open these conversations. we'll talk about democracy, the revolution, but maybe the place begin is really with that broader question how we mark this anniversary, what do you think it would mean to do this? well, do this successfully. how we be marking the 250th birthday of the united states? well, i think project that you've got laid for us is is one of the great contributions leaving a set of documents that will be used and remembered by. i think that that's an important step that there'll be of other kinds of celebrations, a place like a i should doing that kind of intellectual contribution. i think that will be a wonderful way to honor that the 250th well thank you very much thinking about the bicentennial, what was done? well and what was not done well in that celebration and what could we learn from that as we get ready to? well, there were lots of things that scholars probably didn't like, but i think there was a sense in the country that this was important and it was bicentennial of the revolution. 250