this is bbc news. i'm simon mccoy. the headlines at 2pm: the fiancee of the children's author helen bailey is found guilty of her murder, dumping her body in a cesspit, in the hope of inheriting millions of pounds. detectives are now re—examining the death of ian stewart's previous partner. his wife, diane, who died suddenly in 2010. tony blair hits back at the daily mail which accused his government of paying £1 million to a former detainee of guantanamo bay who went on to carry out a suicide bombing in iraq. the supreme court says income rules which prevent some people bringing a foreign spouse to the uk are lawful. police hunting the convicted murderer on the run in liverpool say they're looking at a gold volvo he escaped in. in the next hour: the bbc announces a new television channel for scotland. the digital service will begin broadcasting in autumn 2018, and will include a scottish news hour. it's predicted that the average life expectancy is to hit 90 for the first time as the gap

between the sexes closes. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the fiance of the children's author, helen bailey, has been found guilty of murdering her and dumping her body in a cesspit under their home in hertfordshire. ian stewart, who's 56, drugged ms bailey over several months, before smothering her in april last year in the hope of claiming a multi—million pound inheritance. detectives are now re—examining the death of stewart's previous partner — his wife, diane, who died suddenly in 2010. our correspondent ben ando is at st albans crown court. yes, well this trial has lasted

seven weeks. it took the jury just six hours to make a decision. the judge had told them when sending them out to consider their verdicts that they should take their time. but it seems quite clear they saw through ian stewart's elaborate story trying to explain what was in reality an overwhelming tide of evidence against him. evidence that he had killed helen bailey and disposed of her body. this is a tale of love, betrayal and murder as june kelly reports. police recorded ian stewart's arrest at his home. we're arresting you on suspicion of the murder of helen bailey. you're joking! he was stunned he'd finally been caught out. for three months, he'd been living with the body of his wealthy partner buried under his garage. why? i don't understand. my name is helen bailey and i'd like to introduce you to my new book which is called when bad things happen in good bikinis. helen bailey was

a successful author. as well as murdering her, stewart also killed her dachshund boris, whom she doted on. oh, that wasn't supposed to happen! after her husband's death, helen bailey began blogging about her sense of loss and it was through facebook bereavement group that she met ian stewart whose wife had died. she thought she'd found a new soul mate. but while she was planning their wedding, he was planning her murder. last spring, she suddenly vanished from their million pound home in royston, in hertfordshire. it took ian stewart five days to report her missing. police how can i help? my partner has been missing since monday, and not contacting anyone. despite appeals from family and friends, there was no sign of helen. three months after she disappeared, police came back here and began searching places they had not looked at before.

including a spot in the garage. the garage was at a distance from the house. the police started probing. they found helen bailey's body. and buried with her was her dog, boris. there was a possibility that because she had been drugged she could have been alive when stewart put her down here. cctv shows how within hours ian stewart drove to a rubbish tip to dumpa ian stewart drove to a rubbish tip to dump a duvet. was that duvet taken to the tip because it had helen's blood on it? in police interviews, stewart said nothing. he probably smothered helen bailey after drugging her over a long period with his sleeping pills. his motive was money. he was set to benefit massively from her £4 million fortune. if helen had written a book of this story,

you wouldn't believe it. he probably planned it all from the day he met her. in hindsight, i don't think he loved her at all. but helen definitely loved him. this is ian stewart's late wife. with his criminal trial over, we can now report that the police are re—examining her sudden death, said to have been caused by an epileptic fit. at this stage, there's no indication of anything suspicious. i think it's only right that i consider what might have happened in ian stewart's past, to see whether there's anything that i need to get involved in, whether there's any fresh evidence that might have come out from this trial. after his wife died, ian stewart was seen with other women before he began his predatory pursuit of helen bailey. as a writer, she was used to studying human behaviour. but she never learned the true character of the man who was closest to her and who she thought she knew best. let's talk to the man who led this

investigation. it started out, of course, as a missing persons inquiry that turned into a murder investigation. detective superintendentjerome. let me ask you, what do you make of ian stewart? well, he must be a very wicked individual. he's very calculated and planned this murder right from the start. particularly wicked and very cynical in the defence that he ran. he has lied to his own familiary and lied to helen ba iley‘s his own familiary and lied to helen bailey's family and lied to the collea g u es bailey's family and lied to the colleagues and friends of helen bailey. a very wicked crime. 0ne colleagues and friends of helen bailey. a very wicked crime. one of the hardest and most challenging investigations i've dealt with. the hardest and most challenging investigations i've dealt withm was in april last year that she went missing and to start with, he took you in in a way with this story of her going to find some face for herself? not just her going to find some face for herself? notjust the police, but herself? notjust the police, but her own friends, her family, herself? notjust the police, but her own friends, herfamily, his family, we all believed that she had gone away to have sometime on her

own and who wouldn't want a weekend away or sometime on their own? it started off as being a plausible explanation to her disappearance.- what point did it turn from being a plausible explanation and you think hang on, something doesn't add up here? there wasn't any single bit of evidence. it is only over the weeks following her disappearance that you start to realise that there is no evidence of her leaving royson and never used her bank card or mobile phone, why would she stop contacting herfamily. phone, why would she stop contacting her family. and then finding the body? finding the body was a real turning point in the whole investigation. you know, who would have thought there was a 100—year—old well underneath the floor of the garage. there has been criticism of how long it took you to find that second well and what do you make of that? i'd love to have found her earlier. iwould have loved to have found her and returned

her. i would have loved to have found her alive, that was my initial aims. it is one of those things. it does take time. it is a methodical investigation. we did find her in the end and for that i'm proud. you're revealing that you're looking again at the circumstances surrounding the death of ian stewa rt‘s surrounding the death of ian stewart's first wife? diane stewart died in 2010, it was a coroner's investigation. there was a postmortem, and medical experts looked at their death and they concluded she died of natural causes. i have no concluded she died of natural causes. i have no reason concluded she died of natural causes. i have no reason it was not natural causes, but it is only right to look back to see if there is any connection between her death and the conviction today. what sort of things might you be looking for? after this length of time, it is very difficult. after seven years, it isa very difficult. after seven years, it is a case of going through the original case papers and the original case papers and the original expert evidence that we had at that time. thank you very much, detective superintendentjerome kent. a former independent reviewer

of terrorism legislation, lord carlile, has said a british islamic state fighter who carried out a suicide bombing in iraq was an "enemy of the state" who should never have been paid compensation by the government. the briton was released from guantanamo bay in tour after being arrested by us forces in pakistan. in the past hour, the former prime minister tony blair hit out at press reports criticising his role in the matter saying the compensation for the muslim convert‘s time in guantanamo bay was agreed by a conservative—led government. earlier, our security correspondent frank gardner explained how damaging this is for the government. it is not as big as it might seem. when he came out of guantanamo bay

in 2004, he was assessed as anybody would be who came out there. is this person a threat to british security? and to the safety of british citizens? and is he involved in violent extremism and the answer was no at the time. he may not have changed his beliefs. he may have beenin changed his beliefs. he may have been in waiting, a terrorist in waiting, as it were, but for those ten yea rs waiting, as it were, but for those ten years between him coming out of guantanamo bay and going off to syria tojoin guantanamo bay and going off to syria to join so—called islamic state, he didn't actually show his hand so he would have been under some kind of monitoring and surveillance, not particularly heavy ones and it maybe he had no connections, no sympathies with extremism at that time, but just before he wept off to syria, he then started to get involved and of course, went off and joined is. what all of this throws into question is whether they're getting the right assessment right today for the hundreds of britons who have either come back from the arena of syria

and iraq orare come back from the arena of syria and iraq or are still out there. they won't get it right every time. it is not perfect science. there is aitisai it is not perfect science. there is aitisthad it is not perfect science. there is a it is a i had admission in whitehall, this guy slipped through the net, they got it wrong, but you know, they're going to try, i suppose that much harder to make sure they don't make the same m ista kes sure they don't make the same mistakes with others. tony blair has given a statement. he says the man was released from guantanamo bay at the request of the british government in 2004. this followed a parliamentary and massive media campaign led by the daily mail. the very paper that is now supposedly so outraged at his release. the fact is that this was a lwa ys release. the fact is that this was always a very difficult situation where any government would have to balance proper concern for civil liberties with desire to protect our security and we were likely to be attacked whatever course we took. let's speak to norman smith. norman,

there is a lot of hindsight being applied to this situation. what do you think that the policical fall—out will be when the dust settles on this? well, i think to be blunt there is a hunt for a political scalp under way as to who is to blame for the fact that the british government was pressing for this man and others to be released from guantanamo bay. then the fact that he was paid £1 million in compensation and then the fact he was allowed to escape to syria, to join is. and there is an attempt to establish who politically should ta ke establish who politically should take the rap for that. tony blair clearly feels it is not him. and really quite an extraordinary statement directly taking on the daily mail's interpretation of events suggesting that only pressed for the release of this man because of the media campaign in part which the daily mail was behind and then pointing out that the compensation was only actually paid long after he

had left as prime minister and by the cameron government in 2010 and interestingly a short time ago, we heard from tony blair's former foreign secretary, jack straw, who said it was a judgment call basically. they had form an assessment about the risks this man posed against the legality of him remaining in guantanamo bay. have a listen to what mr straw said.|j never regarded him as innocent and neither never regarded him as innocent and neitheer blair nor never regarded him as innocent and neither mr blair nor i ever said that he was innocent. we judged that the risk was not so great as to prevent his release just that. and let me also say that whenever you're making decisions about the release of prisoners, you have to make a judgment and sometimes those judgments are not borne out by events. i should say the former home secretary, david blunkett has issued a statement defending his role. so tony blair, jack straw and david

blu nkett tony blair, jack straw and david blunkett all protesting the fact that they are not to blame. i'm joined by the conservative mp tim lawton and you don't buy that there isa lawton and you don't buy that there is a lot of back covering going on here. this stinks. why on earth do we allow someone from guantanamo bay backin we allow someone from guantanamo bay back in 2004 and we were told by david blunkett the home secretary at the time that he posed no security risk and yesterday he has blown up goodness how many iraqi personnel out in iraq and up to £1 million to the good as well. that really stinks and taxpayers and my constituents will say what are we doing paying out money to people who were terrorists and what was he doing in the 12 years after being released and yet we seem to be hunting down trials of our military personnel who we re trials of our military personnel who were serving trials of our military personnel who we re serving our trials of our military personnel who were serving our country trials of our military personnel who were serving our country bravely and are being taken through the courts. that just are being taken through the courts. thatjust doesn't are being taken through the courts. that just doesn't sound fair. are being taken through the courts. thatjust doesn't sound fair. yet, at the time, most politicians of all

parties seem to be applauding this decision, most in the media seem to be applauding the decision and the £1 million compensation, let's be clear, was paid under the cameron government. well, ithink clear, was paid under the cameron government. well, i think this fell into the lap of the conservative government when it came in in 2010 and the position was compromised because apparently if mi5, mi6 had to go into court to defend itself it threatened to compromise various security sensitive material and therefore, it was decided that this payment had to be made. that stinks. fortunately under this government we've changed the law since. what we need to know, there is some real questions here, what monitoring was there of this bloke when he came back from guantanamo bay in 2004? he wasn't the only one as well do we know he left the country and went to syria clearly, there was good cause to have proper monitoring of particular british citizen, what happened? do you think there needs

to be some inquiry into the payment, the monitoring or lack of it of these individuals i think there needs to be an inquiry into all of this. we have the intelligence and security committee who i hope will be looking into this and reporting back to parliament because there will be a lot of unhappy people. are we safe from people like this? are there other people who still pose a threat? are we properly among forking them? what are we doing paying out taxpayers money who turn out yesterday to be blowing up innocent people in iraq? this stinks and needs to be properly looked at. tim lawton, thank you very much. 0bviously tim lawton, thank you very much. obviously a long way still to go in this whole story. quite possible, i think, that there maybe some parliamentary inquiry to establish exactly what has gone wrong. 0k, norman, thank you very much. joining me isjonathan russell from the quill lamb foundation.

-- quillam foundation. could something have been done, do you think to stop this individual following the course that he did? well, yes. ishare following the course that he did? well, yes. i share tim lawton's outrage b you the outrage should be directed towards guantanamo bay if anything. it's only because of that parallel judicial system that meant we could never really pin him for being a terrorist. 0f we could never really pin him for being a terrorist. of course, there was then the issue of torture and british complicity within that that led to the £1 million pay—out and that led indirectly therefore to no rehabilitation or de—radicalisation orany rehabilitation or de—radicalisation or any engagement with him at that could have prevented his subsequent move to isis. i think the issue here is not that we were too hard on him

and we were foolish, but rather that we weren't smart enough in dealing with this individual and that is a hallmark of the war on terror era of dealing with terrorists and i'm pleased to say that we do that a lot better, but we've got to be smart when dealing with these guys. are you saying the recriminations being used are unfair? well, look, i'm not interested in playing politics or a witch—hunt on this. i'm sure there is all sorts of people who were responsible for the decision making on this. the question really is how we deal with suspected terrorists and therefore, we've got to be thinking about our own rule of law, we've got to be thinking about upholding human rights in our counter—terrorism legislation so a, we don't lose the moral high ground, but we don't tie our hands to an ex—at any time that we have to pay £1 millionjust to

ex—at any time that we have to pay £1 million just to future terrorists, but also, as is currently happening in the british prison system and through the channel programme, voluntary and outside of prison, we can properly engage with the eye eology and de—radicalise and rehabilitate them. that didn't happen in 2002, it happens now and so i hope that if lessons haven't been learnt yet that this will be a trigger for them to be learnt now. 0k, jonathan russell, thank you. the former prime minister tony blair hits out at critics who have questioned whether a man should have been released from guantanamo bay. went on to carry out a suicide attack in iraq. the supreme court says income rules

which prevent a foreign spouse to be brought to the uk is legal. claudio ranieri say a win could be the turning point in their season. manchester united take a 3—0 lead in their europa league tie amid reports that captain, wayne rooney could be considering a move to china. george north will start for wales in their six nations match on saturday after recovering from a thigh injury. judges rejected appeal by families who argued the threshold of £18,000 a year breached their human rights.

the court derule was lawful. 0ur correspondent is outside the supreme court for us. yes, simon this has been a really controversial policy since it was introduced in 2012 as pa rt since it was introduced in 2012 as part of the then coalition government's attempts to massage down the net migration figure. it was controversial because the families affected, up to 15,000 children involved said it divided theirfamilies children involved said it divided their families and turned them into, "skype families" separated by an immigration rule as daniel sandford reports. they look like any other family but caroline coombs, her husband carlos, from ecuador, and their 15—month—old son thomas live in a permanent state of uncertainty, not knowing whether they will be able to stay together in britain because caroline, a former television producer, is earning less than £18,000 a year, which under new immigration rules, is not enough to bring a foreign husband or wife to the uk.

we were two very capable human beings, who happened to fall in love. and we were being told that we'd be split up. and we had a young baby. and we weren't being given the right to be a family in my own country. the supreme court ruling today said the new rules were "defective", particularly when it came to children, but it found that the controversial mir, the minimum income requirement, did not didn't break human rights laws. it holds that the mir is acceptable in principle but the rules and instructions fail to take proper account of these section 55 duty in respect of children. although the government has technically lost this case in the

supreme court on the way it implements its new rule, it is, nonetheless, a victory for ministers on the principle that people on low incomes can'tjust assume that theirforeign husband or wife can automaticallyjoin them in britain. it is considered reasonable to expect you to leave the uk... but caroline and carlos do now have a chance because the home office agreed to day to carefully consider it is considered reasonable to expect you to leave the uk... but caroline and carlos do now have a chance because the home office agreed to day to carefully consider what the supreme court had said about how the rules are unlawful because they don't pay enough attention to the best interests of children. the system is wrong. something needs to be changed. not only for me. for all the other kids that are out there, for all the other mums who are suffering every day. can i sleep thinking that i don't have to leave the country? many thousands of couples were affected by the new laws which were

designed to reduce the cost of immigrants claiming benefits. families with children now have a second chance, as do couples with other sources of income. but, for many, the minimum income requirement will still stop them being reunited in britain. well, you get a sense there from daniel about how families, individualfamilies, have daniel about how families, individual families, have been affected by this and how they felt an individual sense of devastation, but from the government's prospective the rule was always about control of the immigration system. it was about ensuring that it wasn't a burden on the taxpayer, it wasn't a burden on the taxpayer, it wasn't a burden on the taxpayer, it wasn't abusive the family route to settlement in the uk and critically, it will see today, although technically a loss in legal terms, it was seen as a victory because the principle of minimum income rule has been upheld by the court. what happens now is unclear. it will be interesting to see what happens. the supreme court has said

that ministers have got to look at how children have been affected by this and about broader issues around how you work out what that minimum income is. i think in practise, what that means is that some of the families involved in the test cases and those behind them will definitely get the right to settle. it may take a year or so to resolve, but they will get that right. but many families who fall below the income level as it is currently set, they will be disappointed and they are families from disproportionately poorer areas of the country, particularly families with links to pakistan and bangladesh and i think they will be deeply unsatisfied with they will be deeply unsatisfied with the ruling. it is a very, very complex law this, but on the face of it, although the government has lost, it will be taking this as a win. back to you, simon. dominic, thank you very much. a convicted murderer is on the run, after armed men helped him escape during a hospital visit. shaun walmsley is one of four men serving a life sentence for a fatal stabbing in liverpool in 2014.

walmsley fled as he was getting into a car with prison officers outside aintree university hospital. fiona trott has been following events. sean walmsley was here for an appointment and when he was coming out the prison officers who accompanied him were threatened by masked men. 0ne put a gun to his head and another had a knife at his neck. they only had a baton to defend themselves and that is raising questions this afternoon. was there enough security for the hospital visit and how did people on the outside know exactly where this prisoner. wanted by police, shaun walmsley is described as highly dangerous, a murderer, who should not be approached. the police hunt has brought officers here, the walton area of liverpool. a house and a car were searched late last night, less than two miles from where he escaped. it happened at the aintree university hospital yesterday afternoon.

walmsley had an appointment. as he left, masked men threatened the prison staff with what's believed to have been a gun and a knife. today merseyside police are appealing for the public‘s help to find the prisoner. there will be lots of people who will have been in the vicinity at the time. i'm really appealing to them to come forward. i need the public‘s help to get walmsley back into prison. he deserves to be behind bars. he's a highly dangerous, vicious individual. he has to be behind bars. we will not rest until he is. this is why shaun walmsley is well known on merseyside. back in 2014, he murdered a local man, anthony duffy, in what police described as a frenzied attack. he was jailed for life and is serving a minimum term of 30 years in prison. so was there enough security surrounding this man at hospital? and how did people on the outside know exactly where he was? these questions will form part of the police and ministry ofjustice investigation.

police say the gold volvo which they believe was used as the getaway car has been found. forensics experts are examining thatment police are looking at cctv pictures from the hospital grounds to see if this will help them find this escaped prisoner. a new bbc tv channel for scotland has been announced by the corporation's director general tony hall. some people are disappointed there won't be a separate six 0'clock news for scotland. lorna gordon reports. inform, educate and entertain. the bbc‘s mission. increased devolution has provided challengers for the national broadcaster. now a new channel and a new news programme

for scotland. i think scotland deserves its own channel. that reflects itself, its creativity, its culture as well as its politics. i wanted to move the game on. in the end, my aim has been to think about the viewers in scotland and what is best for them, and i think they want quality and choice. the new channel will broadcast shows like this one, currently shown on bbc two in scotland but with a budget of £30 million a year, much of the five hours on programmes on offer every night will be new. there will also be an integrated news hour at 9pm with national and international news. it is a huge opportunity for scotland to assert itself to itself and across the uk, and for it to reflect on some of the other things beyond politics. scotland has a very vibrant arts and creative community. there's a real opportunity for those communities to be better reflected.

most high—profile, though, has been the debate around news. the bbc said the 6pm news had performed strongly in scotland in recent years but some have long argued for a scottish version. they say to better reflect devolved areas like health, education and criminaljustice. the new metropolitan commissioner, tom symonds is here, it is a woman? yes, cressida dick, she is born in the 60s, 0xford educated, a police high flyer. she is working, in the foreign office is the official phrase. i think that is something involving the security services. she is somebody who has been involved in some of the police's biggest moments. she was the first female

assistant commissioner at the met. she helped implement the findings of stephen lawrence inquiry and was involved in the phone hacking inquiry. she was the commander in charge of the police operation on the day thatjohn paul de menezes was killed. she was in charge of the people on the ground. the police we re people on the ground. the police were prosecuted for breaches of health and safety and during the trial the jury health and safety and during the trial thejury said she health and safety and during the trial the jury said she had health and safety and during the trial thejury said she had done nothing wrong that day, despite giving the order to stopjohn paul de menezes. somebody who has had a difficult past with some cases. but she said something during the trial, she said something during the trial, she was asked whether she gets anxious when involved in these operations, shep she said i rarely get anxious. i do not have anxiety. she became close to theresa may when theresa may was home secretary. yes and that could be significant. we

have a situation, which at the moment i mentioned, the top three jobs in british operational policing are held by women. lynne hone and sarah thornton and now cressida dick running the metropolitan police and of course a female home secretary and prime minister. and she is popular with rank and file officers. she appears to be. we may have to contrast that with the popularity which is missing with bernard hogan—howe. he did alienate some people at the police and he was seen asa no people at the police and he was seen as a no nonsense chief and he alienated the press. i have spoken to senior crime correspondents who hate bernard hogan—howe for what he did in the investigation into illegal payments to public officials for his force pushing that

investigation. she may be a popular appointment. she is well versed the in the counter terrorism push. talking of headaches, it is an in—tray, there is a state visit. talking of headaches, it is an in-tray, there is a state visit. she has until the sum or the think about that. that will take some serious thinking about, how the manage the policing. i think money is still the biggest problem for the metropolitan police. a bit of extra money from the mayor of london, but bernard hogan—howe made it clear that he is concerned about the lack of resources for policing in london and the possibility that police numbers will fall and crime, which has been going down long—term, may be showing an up tick in london. so an increase in knife crime in particular and in murders. and that is going to be a challenge for cressida dick to

manage all of that. and another challenge is concerns about the lack of firearms officer, given the frorm threat. she has to make euro——— tomorrow threat. she has to make sure there is enough officers with firearms. 0ne bit of advice that sir bernard hogan—howe gave to his successor, he said, have a holiday, you're going to be working hard. successor, he said, have a holiday, you're going to be working hardm term of this particular appointment she is going to, huge in box. some police officers call her harry potter because of her appearance, but she takes that in good spirit. what else is going to be a priority for her given this appointment is backed by the home secretary and the mayor of london. the it will be turning around the image of the police. the metropolitan police have had a sticky time. you remember the

critical report about the way it investigated allegations of high profile sexual abuse. that was very critical and sexual abuse is one of the big growth areas of police work. she will have to keep an eye on that. terrorism is a big issue, there is going to be, well, the official word, the official guidance from the security services is that there could be a terrorism attack at any point. so that is something that she has to prioritise. and other candidates for thejob she has to prioritise. and other candidates for the job have talked about the need to relaunch the whole job of policing in this new era of cybercrime, which is a massive priority, sexual abuse is an area of work and where the traditional policing is perhaps falling away. so it isa policing is perhaps falling away. so it is a big, big moment and the other point is that she has a new office. there is a new new scotland ya rd office. there is a new new scotland yard which has been opened and she will give a statement there today

alongside the home secretary and the mayor of london and we will hopefully here from her. well, i have a statement, that says, i'm thrilled and humbled, it is a great responsibility and a great opportunity, i look forward to working for the people of london. saying she is going back to the met. whatever she has been doing the last few years, that will have a releva nce few years, that will have a relevance in those challenges she faces ? relevance in those challenges she faces? yes, she, we looked out some video of her yesterday and we have got some nice, early video of cressida dick as a trainee police officer. she is metropolitan police through and through. she was an a ccou nta nt through and through. she was an accou nta nt before through and through. she was an accountant before she joined the police, that might be helpful as well. she has done quite a lot of fast track management training you would expect for somebody in her position. i met her a few years ago and she was very calm and sur rounded by the sort of full weight of the press and the media, very

helpful, very happy to talk to journalists. and you know somebody in her own words that is very calm underfire. in her own words that is very calm under fire. tom, with that breaking news, thank you. much on that through the afternoon. now the weather with john. through the afternoon. now the weather withjohn. storm doris is whistling towards us and for some it won't have many impacts, for other substantial impacts. it is a fast—moving situation. it is very wet already in wales and western england. tonight things get going, because it turns wet in northern ireland, many northern parts of uk seeing a lot of rain tonight on the northern fringe of that we will see some snow. that is the most significant impact. by tomorrow morning, an amber warning for snow

in scotland, the central belt could be badly effected for the morning rush. the snow starts to head further south. for most a nasty morning with wind and rain. the wind will be the main player tomorrow. an amber warning will be the main player tomorrow. an amberwarning in will be the main player tomorrow. an amber warning in force. we expect some disruption and damage through wales, the midlands and eastern counties and gusts up to 90mph. all the latest can be found on the bbc weather site. i'm back in half an hour. this is bbc news. the headlines at 2.34: cressida dick has been become the fist woman to run scotlandyard.

the fiancee of the children's author helen bailey is found guilty of her murder — dumping her body in a cesspit, in the hope of inheriting millions of pounds. tony blair hits back at the daily mail, which accused his government of paying a million pounds to the former guantanamo bay detainee. the man died in a suicide attack at an iraqi army base near mosul. rules stopping thousands of british citizens bringing their foreign spouse to the uk are lawful, butjudges criticise the hardship they bring to families. the supreme court rejected an appeal, which claimed the rules breached human rights. now the latest sport and we are joined byjg. are you settling in? yes thank you. wayne rooney is unlikely to leave manchester united this month. the england captain's representatives have spoken to a club in the chinese super league club.

but we understand the chances of a deal being finalised over the next week are slim. 0ur reporter simon stone has been following the development. the similar prime minister fact is that wayne rooney is not playing enough football. since he scored that goal against stoke that made him manchester united's record goal scorer, he has only played three times ina scorer, he has only played three times in a month. his stats, he has started eight premier league games. compare that to ibrahimovic, who has played 24 times and even people like marcus rashford and mkhitaryan and martial have all started more games than wayne rooney. the simple fact is he wants to play and clubs in china are keen to get wayne rooney. he would be a big signing. that is why the stories have emerged. leicester city face sevilla tonight in the first—leg of their last 16 champions league tie.

the premier league champions are struggling domestically — sitting just one point above the relegation. manager claudio ranieri says a win could be a turning point in their season. we play without the weight of the premier league, we play light and for this reason i hope we can show our football. we know they're better than us, but we want to fight. liverpool are planning to leave melwood, their training base of more than 60 years. the premier league side is looking to invest £50 million in their academy site in kirby and move the first team training facilities there. liverpool's senior side have trained at the west derby side since the 1950s and it's been the place where five european cup victories have been planned. blackburn rovers have appointed tony mowbray as their new head coach. mowbray has been out of the game since the summer, when he left coventry. he moves to the championship side succeeding 0wen coyle, who left the club yesterday.

blackburn are currently second—bottom of the championship, three points from safety. george north will start for wales in their six nations match with scotland on saturday, after recovering from a thigh injury. the 24—year—old wing, will replace alex cuthbert, which is the only change to rob howley‘s side, from the defeat by england in cardiff. ryan sidebottom has announced he's retiring from cricket at the end of the upcoming season. the 39—year old says he's surrounded by teammates playing in nappies! one of them is 26—year old joe root — who has recently been named the new england test captain, and despite his age, sidebottom says root is the right choice. joe root‘s a great player, he has achieved so much in a short space of time. this england team are very excited, they're still very youthful

and learning every day and getting strong as a team and as a unit. i thinkjoe's inherited a good side. underjoe, he will bring even more ofan underjoe, he will bring even more of an exciting brand of cricket and the way he mays, he is very mature, knows the game inside out and i'm looking forward to his time as captain. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. amnesty international has accused president trump and the leaders of turkey, hungary and the philippines of pursuing a toxic agenda that stirs up hatred against whole groups of people. the secretary general, salil shetty, says a trend towards increasingly divisive politics in 2016 had made the world a darker place. in 2016 we saw a shocking rise of the politics of fear and hate. so we had politicians across the world dividing societies, polarising

societies, scapegoating minorities, migrants, refugees. and the consequence of this is that there is a free fall in human rights. with me is steve symonds, refugee and migrant rights programme director for amnesty international. these are strong words, toxic, you, amnesty sound angry? we are, we see leaders in place naas have put themselves as shining lights of human rights for the world and countries that founded our international human rights commitment notjust delivering toxic narratives, but implementing policies to prevent refugees finding safe places. when you talk about toxic narratives, are we talking specifically about donald trump and what he said in the last month, or are you talking generally? you can look at leaders across the world, look at leaders across the world, look at leaders across the world, look at politics in this country over the last year and before, you

can look at politics across europe. so certainly donald trump is a major worry and what's happening in the united states and the policies he is implementing are a worry. but you can look at europe to. his slogan, make america great again, many would say that by definition will be a problem when you talk about looking after anybody outside, you had the same after brexit in the uk, a country that is more focussed on itself, that is what is going on v arei itself, that is what is going on v are i where? —— every where? itself, that is what is going on v are i where? -- every where? yes, but look at that slogan, what was american greatness, it was championing the idea that here was a land for free people and it was a land for free people and it was a land of migration from its very birth, providing sanctuary and safety for people fleeing often persecution elsewhere. that is what america is turning itself against and what europe is doing too. in the

uk we have had a supreme court ruling in refugees and the financial limit for bringing spouses from non—eu countries. are we failing generally or are wejust non—eu countries. are we failing generally or are we just being too specific on what we allow? we are failing across the board. we are failing across the board. we are failing to treat people as people and making macro economic policies based on pushing people around the globe as if they're pawns on a chess board, we are failing to understand that real lives of people are affected by these policies and as we turn our backs on those people, we see governments elsewhere doing the same. what effect is this having on those who would like to come to countries like britain, who can't? it means that for many they're left in desperate circumstances, often increasingly unsafe circumstances and they're forced to make these journeys that they can't do lawfully

and who do they turn to? smugglers and who do they turn to? smugglers and traffickers, who are the only people who offer them hope. thank you. ina people who offer them hope. thank you. in a moment the business news. fir the headlines: the fiance of the children's author is found guilty of her murder. cressida dick is the new metropolitan police commissioner. the british is fighter who carried out a suicide bombing in iraq, tony blair defend's out a suicide bombing in iraq, tony blair defends the decision to free him from guantanamo. all this week, the bbc is looking at how businesses work with people with disabilities and how disabled people have made business work for them. as part of our disability works series, vishala sri—pathma is visiting a marks and spencer depot in castle donington. yes here at this warehouse, this is

where all your online purchases come from, we have shoes down in that row. suits down there. boxer shorts down there i think. so marks & spencer opened this warehouse in 2013 and said it wanted to hire more work wers disabilities. —— workers with disabilities. sophie you run the programme, do you think that sort of positive discrimination works? 100 works. it works for us, we get amazing talent into the business, people who might write themselves off from applying to us, they're an themselves off from applying to us, they‘ re an amazing themselves off from applying to us, they're an amazing source of talent and it works for the individuals, who are getting a job and more than that, often it is a sense of purpose and dignity to be work and providing for theirfamilies. and dignity to be work and providing for their families. let's hear from one worker who benefitted. spencer,

a team co—ordinator, what kind of things are important for people with disabilities in the work place? what have you found that has been helpful. they have given me a massive tons, opportunity. we had interpreters and it was an amazing experience to start at a basic level and six months later i became a co—ordinator. it is a thank you to marks & spencer to have that opportunity to work in here and i love coming to work. what more can they do to help you? more? they have tried to do as much as possible and increased the disability awareness i would encourage anybody to work for them. they're good and i appreciate all they have done for them. sophie,

with the programme, do you find that, does it cause resentment in the work place, do people feel recruiting from specific groups is not a good thing? no, the opposite, it creates a sense of pride in the workforce and the employees love the programme and! workforce and the employees love the programme and i have people queueing up programme and i have people queueing up to buddie with somebody with a barrier to work that is joining the programme. 0ur barrier to work that is joining the programme. our people love it and some say it is the best thing about coming to work here. so we love it. and you wanted to recruit more disabled workers from 2013. has that happened? yes, we have been recruiting disabled people for a long time and we have a huge ambition to do more. thank you. we will be back in half an hourfrom donington. now some breaking news

and more reaction to the appointment ofa and more reaction to the appointment of a woman to lead the metropolitan police. cressida dick will replace sir bernard hogan—howe. we have had reaction from the home secretary, saying that cressida dick has a clear vision for the future of the met and clear vision for the future of the metand an clear vision for the future of the met and an understanding of the communities it serves and she takes on one of the most importantjobs in uk policing, against the background ofa uk policing, against the background of a heightened terror alert and the challenges include protecting the most vulnerable. cressida's skills will ensure the metropolitan police. that is part of what amber rudd has said. it's predicted that south korean women will be the first in the world to have an average life expectancy above 90. and here in the uk men and women are expected to live well into their 80s,

for the first time. research carried out by imperial college london, in collaboration with the world health organisation, shows that in many countries people are living longer, and the gap between the sexes is closing. aisling mcveigh reports. we all know we're living longer, but byjust how much? apart from a blip in 2011 and 2012, life expectancy in the uk has gradually been rising. from birth, the average life expectancy for a woman is just over 83 years. for a man it's 79. but, according to experts, the gender gap could be closing. by 2030, it is being predicted that women's life expectancy will be over 85, with men's rising to 82 and a half. compare that to south korea though, where the average life span could break the 90—year barrier. countries that have done better are countries that have managed to deal with things again. from childhood to adulthood to old age really well.

so south korea is a country that is doing remarkably well, they have some of the the lowest levels of hyper—tension and obesity in the world. they have had some of the best investments in childhood nutrition. i do most of the things i did as a young woman. i still do do the accounts for firm i used to work for and i think it's all in your head. you have got to stop thinking that you're so old. just bought myself a bike. in my youth, i cycled all over the country. but i have got my l—plates on again and i'm getting fitter. scientists once thought a life expectancy of over 90 was impossible, but with research now suggesting there may be no upper limit, there is more pressure for investment in health and social care to cope with our ageing population.

with me is majid ezzati, who wrote the study. this is the essentially good news, what is south korea doing better than anyone else? they're doing a lot of things right. that starts from early life with nutrition and with their education, then going through adulthood, some of the lowest hypertension and obesity and investment in technology and medical knowledge. but most importantly they're doing it in a way that is reaching the majority of the population. so the inequalities are lower than we see in a lot of western countries. why is that, is that diet or? it is active policies and you invest in early childhood nutrition, the children grow healthier and when they're better educated, they have better lifestyles. it is not a random thing

it is starts through investment in early life. it does bring difficulties to country and people need to adapt to this? yes, as society we should be thinking about how do we want to deal with the population that is ageing more and more. and one example that some people have raised islet‘s postpone the age at which people start working. they have longer in education and they continue working into older age, rather than just saying work more, shifting the whole thing, and allowing the productivity to go together with ageing. interesting the gap between male and female is lessening. why that is? interesting the gap between male and female is lessening. why that is7m is and in fact the gap itself is the unusual thing, rather than the lessening. in the 19th century, men and women were living about the same. as societies became motorised

and men died more in motorised accident and they they were smoking and drinking more. and as we deal with accidents and people smoke less, they become more similar. some people will say, i'm not sure i want to go to 90 or 100? well we do need asa to go to 90 or 100? well we do need as a society to provide the environment that people who are ageing are supported and they have a good community. parks and community centres and those things need to be adapting to that kind of population so they're living a happy and healthy life through old age. thank you very much. now the weather. a wild and wintry speu now the weather. a wild and wintry spell of weather coming up. disruptive for many, damaging for a few and while doris will never be the storm of the century, as it

develops it is going to pack a punch during thursday. it is already nasty out there. some wet weather in western parts of england and wales. relatively mild across the south, chillierfurther north. relatively mild across the south, chillier further north. that is where the best of the brighten will be this afternoon. as we head into the evening and doris arrives, the rain turns heavier in northern ireland, sweeping across the north as it arrives, the rain will turn to snow. let's start with snowfall, we have an amberwarning, snow. let's start with snowfall, we have an amber warning, a period of significant snow, most of it over the high ground, but through the central belt we could see a few centimetres, including the edinburgh area and more over the high ground further south. it could be a winter wonderland in some parts of scotland, keeping further south as we head through thursday. elsewhere wind and rain. let's talk about the

next weather element and that is wind. an amberwarning next weather element and that is wind. an amber warning in force. next weather element and that is wind. an amberwarning inforce. for some of us damaging winds. the greatest risk is from from the irish sea into north western england and north and central wales and the midlands and eastern countries. 80mph gusts or more. that means it is enough to uproot trees and overturn lorry and some damage to fence panels. you have been warned. the zone of windiest weather could change, so watch this space. the worst of the winds will sweep out late in the afternoon and after that it will be chilly. the winds continue to subside as we head into the night. some wintry shower moves west to east. a lull first thing on friday morning. but for some only for a while. the next front comes

m, for a while. the next front comes in, delivering rain as temperatures rise, a rapid snow melt in scotland that could bring the risk of flooding. this is bbc news. i'm simon mccoy. the headlines at 3pm: cressida dick is appointed as the new metropolitan police commissioner, becoming the first woman in it's 188 year history to run scotland yard. the appointment is not without controversy. she was the national policing lead on counter—terrorism and the commander in charge two weeks after the london bombings, when innocent man, jean charles de menezes, was shot dead. the fiance of the children's author helen bailey is found guilty of her murder, dumping her body in a cesspit, in the hope of inheriting millions of pounds. detectives are now re—examining the death of ian stewart's previous partner — his wife, diane, who died suddenly in 2010. the british is fighter who carried out a suicide bombing in iraq. tony blair defends his government's decision to free him from guantanamo bay. the supreme court says income rules which prevent some people

bringing a foreign spouse to the uk are lawful.