the women the entrance, the men and the women are separated, the lot of the men are separated, the lot of the men are then screened to make sure that they are not isis fighters or sympathisers, and then, this is the place that they will call home for the foreseeable future, we don't know where this operation will end. as far as the eye can see, there are tents and many of the people here get 12 meals a day, it is much better, the situation that they were facing in the west but if you look at the current situation and where we are standing. we are standing in former isis headquarters which is now rubble, utter devastation and it is where the children spend most of the day. they have turned this place into a playground. the un says, that more than 200,000 people have now fled the fighting. 400,000 others are still trapped and they are expecting 300,000 more to the west mosul, as this operation enters its final stages. russia's opposition leader,

alexei navalny, has been sentenced to 15 days in prison, for organising the biggest anti—government protests the country has seen in several years.tens of thousands of people attended the rallies in several cities, demonstrating against alleged corruption by the prime minister, dmitry medvedev. 0ur moscow correspondent steve rosenberg reports. i'm standing outside of a moscow court house in a spring blizzard. the short while ago, the russian opposition activist navalny was found guilty of organising sunday's mass protests, anti—government protests across russia. he was fined the government of around $350, and then he was found guilty of disobeying police and for that, he was sentenced to 15 days in jail, and this police van behind me has arrived to whisk him off to jail. some of his supporters came and held up some of his supporters came and held up good luck signs hoping that he could see them through the windows of the ban. but then the police

officer came up to them, and took them away. earlier i managed to ask him up in the courtroom has significant he thought yesterday's protest had been? it was navalny who called russians onto the streets at the weekend to ta ke onto the streets at the weekend to take part in anti—government protests a nd take part in anti—government protests and people came from across the country and dozens of towns and cities, in their thousands, the biggest protest was in moscow. 0n pushkin square, there were thousands of people, that protest was broken up of people, that protest was broken up by of people, that protest was broken up by the russian riot police but i think these protests have cemented her position as unofficial leader of the russian opposition, meanwhile the russian opposition, meanwhile the kremlin today said it respected people's rights to come out and voice their opinion but it repeated its belief that some of those protests at the weekend had been

unsanctioned and were therefore illegal. business leaders in lancashire talking for tough action, against campaigners doing direct action against businesses in the industry supply chain for fracking. we have the story. they call it happy monday. irony don't think it is the right way to go about things. earlier today, a very different type of protest, the environmental group reclaim the power blockaded a company that they believe supplies and materials to the lancashire fracking site. hello all of there. she climbed onto a

makeshift swing at 5am will stop why are you doing this? the people of lancaster have said no. the companies wouldn't comment on contracts but quadrille say they haven't worked with them for months. in preston new road come or protests. today's blockades had been condemned by some local businesses, they call the tactics callus. this man runs a company that supplies contractors to the order and gas industry. this incident is, i think it has been taken too far, interfering with local businesses that just want to benefit of interfering with local businesses thatjust want to benefit of being pa rt thatjust want to benefit of being part of the supply chain and bring this industry to doorstep. the cou nty this industry to doorstep. the county council voted no to fracking and campaigners are angry that the government overturned that decision, cuadrilla says their plans when be

delayed and the fight against fracking shows no sign of quietening down. let's go back to the situation in mosul, the intense fighting by iraqi forces to try and retake the western heart of the city. will we have somebody who's a middle east specialist, at the royal united services institute. hello to you, good evening. thank you for being with us. thanks for having me. the battle to retake the western half of the city, is that proving much more difficult than iraqi forces in the western alliance thought it would be? yes i would think so, we have to remember that back in october, why in the whole operation to start liberating mosul started, the iraqi forces said it would take roughly three months to the break the city. of course there was an understanding, and awareness, that liberating the eastern part of the

city was going to be much easier, then liberating the western side of then liberating the western side of the city, even that first of all isis leaders, are concentrating on the western side of the city but also because of the concentration of civilians that are on that side of the city compared to the eastern. so there was an awareness that the battle was going to be much tougher in the west of mosul. but i don't think they were expecting that level of competition. and the convocations themselves, is it is fighters using civilians as human shields, is it the fortifications that the is fighters have? are they simply putting up much more stiffer resista nce putting up much more stiffer resistance in the western half call wise it proving so difficult?m resistance in the western half call wise it proving so difficult? it is a mixture of all of the factors. we have to remember that even liberating the other areas in iraq, was a very tough battle for the iraqi forces and the number of isis

fighters was much lower. compare to the ones that are considered to be in mosul, we are talking about between 2000 and 4000 isis leaders, that makes it much more competition for the iraqi forces to liberate the city. given the firepower of the western alliance, and the iraqi forces, it is probably more likely to bea forces, it is probably more likely to be a case of when rather than if they eventually win this battle and reta ke they eventually win this battle and retake mosul. is that then the end of is in iraq? that is a good question, i think this is the expectation, this is probably why isis is holding so much to mosul, compare to anticipation of the iraqi forces in the south, in previous cases we have seen isis forces running away after initially fighting back and now we see, they are fighting back until the very end

because they know that losing mosul would be losing iraq. thank you very much indeed forjoining us. it is coming up to five minutes to eight. now the novelist, playwright and screenwriter david storey has died at the age of 83, you rose to prominence in 1960 with his debut novel, the sporting life, on his own experiences on the rugby league. this is bbc news. now united airlines has faced heavy criticism after preventing two teenage girls from boarding a flight for wearing leggings. a third girl aged ten also wearing leggings was allowed on board wearing leggings was allowed on boa rd after wearing leggings was allowed on board after she put a dress on. the airline says paying customers would have been allowed to fly, but as the girls were using discounted tickets as relatives of staff members, they had to meet certain dress requirements standards. here's caroline davies.

it was the online thing called leggings gate, it was started by somebody giving a tweet because the lady was stopped because jewels not wearing leggings. lady was stopped because jewels not wearing leggingslj lady was stopped because jewels not wearing leggings. i was shocked because i am the mum of several children who travels. and also, i am a premier memberon children who travels. and also, i am a premier member on united and i thought it was really shocking. shannon tweeted at the airline and this was their tweet back. "we do have the right refuse transport for passengers that are barefoot or not properly clothed." it led to a twitter storm. the comedian said that she would not fly on united. the model tweeted that she would try wearing any jeans and the model tweeted that she would try wearing anyjeans and a scarf next time she flew. and an actor called

it petty. united clarify their position explained that the girls we re position explained that the girls were united past riders, that is a ticket for company employees or illegible dependence and it does have a dress code that means you can't wear lycra. the company have also tweeted reminding their normal customers that their leggings are welcome. regardless of what tickets they hold, shannon still says that she thinks this policy is sexist and needs to be changed. we have got some news coming up after the weather with john hammond. after a rather gloomy start, many brightening up and enjoying sunshine but the few of us did not. this was the rather gloomy scene in the east midlands earlier on this afternoon and boy did that have an effect on the temperatures. above 78 degrees all day long but that was the exception. most places enjoy lots of

fantastic sunshine, no more so than yet again, the highest temperatures today, 19 degrees, and this was the scene looking westwards. the coast of ayrshire. a fine evening, a dry evening, overnight tonight, some low cloud would become more extensive, missed and merck around particularly across more eastern areas. some places will keep the clear skies and would have a particularly cold night. some rural spots for example the west of scotland where we saw the west of scotland where we saw the highest temperatures, frost first thing in the morning. signs of change. showers turning up in wales and south—west england. very scattered affairs, heavy ones through northern ireland and into the south—western parts of scotland. the head of that, much cloudy day, that means it will be much much cooler than in the last few days. that rain pushing through the south—west, the odd shower pushing into parts of the midlands and eastern england, they have been very, very scattered and they could

be quite sharp, mind you in any brightness it would feel pleasantly warm with mid to high teens. some brightness. but not as we head into the evening, some dampness. tomorrow evening pretty damp and rearing nights to come across very many western areas, pushing in throughout wednesday to western parts of the uk and across northern areas, quite a gusty wind whereas further south and east, not much in the way of rain. it will be a mild day in most places. add to look further ahead through the week, most northern and western errors are going to catch the rain, a succession of runs coming in, that rain could prove to be quite heavy but that warm front will briefly traduce unready warm airfrom the continent will briefly traduce unready warm air from the continent to see how the map turns yellow and orange. and some of the mossad eastern parts of england, the sunshine could be knocking the door, —— on the more south eastern. this is bbc news. the headlines at eight. the mother of westminster terror

attacker khalid masood has said she is shocked, saddened and numbed by her son's actions. theresa may has met nicola sturgeon just days before historic brexit talks are triggered. it is their first meeting since the scottish government announced proposals for a second independence referendum. now is the time we need to pull together to get the best possible deal, including for scotland. we are frustrated by a process that does not appear to be listening to scotland or any of the devolved administrations. northern ireland's political parties have failed to meet a deadline, for agreement on power sharing at stormont. as iraqi forces intensify their assault against so—called