this is bbc news, the headlines at seven: out of the running — 400 metres contender isaac makwala is forced out of tonight's race after contracting gastroenteritis, along with 30 others at the world athletics championships. you know, ifeel heartbroken yesterday, i was ready for this, i worked hard for this, you know. a man who was stopped at manchester airport with a pipe bomb in his hand luggage is convicted of possessing explosives with intent to endanger life. south africa's president, jacob zuma, has survived a no confidence vote in parliament. the parents of a boy with a rare genetic disorder have won the latest stage of their attempt to get the nhs to pay for a "life—changing" drug. in the next hour we'll bring you the story of a woman who escaped serious injury after apparently being pushed by a jogger in front of a bus. cctv of the incident shows a man running along putney bridge in west london and appearing to shove the 33—year—old into the road.

a man has died during an attempt to swim the english channel as part of a gruelling triathlon. good evening and welcome to bbc news. 0rganisers of the world athletics championships at the london stadium are trying to limit the spread of the norovirus which has already affected dozens of competitors and staff. one of the highest profile casualties is botswana's isaac makwala, a favourite in the 200 and 400 metre races. athletes from germany, canada and ireland who've been staying at the same hotel have also been affected but officials from public health england say it is not the source of the outbreak. here's our sports editor dan roan.

actually, nick, it is me live at the london stadium. there are five gold medals to be one here tonight at the world athletics championships which is about to get under way. isaac ma kwa la is about to get under way. isaac makwala from botswana really wanted to be in the hunt for one of those gold medals, the main event on the track here, the last eventjust before ten o'clock, the men's 400 metres final. the favourite in that is from south africa, that isaac ma kwa la is from south africa, that isaac makwala felt he could push him very hard. but he is one of those who has been hit by the norovirus. up to 30 have been affected, but isaac ma kwa la have been affected, but isaac makwala is the highest profile

casualties so far. here is our sports editor dan rowan. this is the time when the world's best athletes should be concentrating on their rivals. instead these competitors and coaches today found themselves at the centre of a suspected outbreak of the highly contagious vomiting bug norovirus at this team hotel. for botswana, issac makwala! yesterday the world's best 200 metre runner, issac makwala, was forced to withdraw from the event. the botswanan medal prospect one of 30 athletes and support staff reporting illness. i felt heartbroken yesterday. i worked hard for this and it is sad for me because i was top of my game coming here. i was ready to make everything possible. i came here for a medal. despite saying he was fit to compete, issac makwala was ruled out of the 400 metre final by the athletics governing body's medical advisers. meanwhile irishman thomas barr's world championship is over, the hurdler currently in quarantine. this usually lasts between 28 and 48 hours.

the important thing is if people have it, to stay away from other people so they are not at risk of passing it on. and to be very scrupulous about washing their hands when they have been to the toilet or they have vomited. in a statement today the hotel said the following. in a statement today the hotel said that following a joint investigation with public health authorities it had been discovered that the source of the illness was not here. and that strict hygiene protocols have now been put in place. world championship organisers meanwhile said they're doing everything they can. but how could this happen? i guess in any event when you have 20,000 people minimum that we have accredited coming in from every corner of the world, there is a possibility that someone might come in with a bug. and we think that is probably what has happened here. there has been all sorts of food poisoning and all the medical experts, public health, safety, have said it is not, it is gastroenteritis. this evening the majority

of athletes here continue their preparations unaffected. but they have been warned to be vigilant. you eat foods that are low risk, you only drink bottled water, you take the ice out of your drinks. make sure the food is fully cooked through. don't eat spicy food, eat plain food, food that you would normally eat. it is a bit of a concern for the organising committee for london, it is not what we would have wanted. i hope it is quashed quite quickly. some german and canadian athletes staying at the tower hotel are being found alternative accommodation. and with six days of competition left, organisers must now hope the situation has been contained. 0ur sports editor there. as it stands, around ten to ten tonight there will be an empty lane in the final of the 400 metres for men. but there could be another twist on this because the great michaeljohnson, the former 400 metre 0lympic

champion and 200 metre champion, whose record was taken, has tweeted in the last hour saying, i am hearing that isaac makwala is going to show up at the track and appeal to show up at the track and appeal to get back in. i will alert as i get news. crazy. it is very unlikely that an iaaf medical delegate‘s decision will get overturned, but we are waiting to see if there will be any development on that in the next few hours. a man found with a pipe bomb in his hand luggage at manchester airport has been found guilty of possessing explosives with intent to endanger life. the jury heard that nadeem mohammed, who's 43, wanted to board a ryanairflight to italy. the device was made from the tube of a marker pen. 0ur correspondent dan whitworth has the details. this case was all about nadeem

muhammad, 43, from bury. he wept in the dock at manchester crown court when he was found guilty of possession of explosives with intent to endanger life when he tried to board a rhinojet to endanger life when he tried to board a rhino jet flying to northern italy in january. he board a rhino jet flying to northern italy injanuary. he was found guilty of trying to carry a pipe bomb on board that plane. that plane was 737 800 and can carry up to 200 passengers and crew, so the impact of potentially exploding device in the tight confines of that cabin could have been devastating. there are serious questions over security here, because although officials did stop them, he was not arrested and he was not detailed and was allowed to board another flight to italy a week later after initially being stopped. the device that was found in his hand luggage was crude, but was described by explosive experts as crude but potentially viable

improvised explosive device. he was arrested when he returned to the uk and there are serious questions about the effectiveness of security. greater manchester police has been speaking about that today, superintendent graham 0penshaw who said, we accept there were some errors with our assessment of the device on the day and we have already reviewed our practices. however, this incident has demonstrated the effectiveness of airport security checks where the item was successfully detected and the passenger intercepted. nadeem muhammad will be sentenced later this month. in the last few minutes the south african presidentjacob zuma has survived a vote of no confidence in his leadership. the secret ballot in parliament saw the majority of mps from the ruling african national congress — the party once led by anti—apartheid icon nelson mandela — back their leader. mr zuma, who has been in office for eight years, is accused of corruption and mismanagement. 0ur south africa correspondent nomsa maseko is in cape town now. they spent the day protesting

outside parliament, demanding the resignation of president jacob outside parliament, demanding the resignation of presidentjacob zuma. 0rganised resignation of presidentjacob zuma. organised by opposition parties and activists, their march had one clear message to members of parliament, put the country first, not your personal interests. president zuma has already faced and survived seven motions of no confidence. today's eighth came about after he said that africa's respective finance minister, despite opposition from within his own party, the anc. the scandal means the president faces multiple corruption allegations, including refurbishing his personal residence at the tax payers' expense. i know what nelson mandela would have done in this house today. today's no—confidence motion was brought by the opposition who say controversy surrounding the

president is bringing the country's economy to its knees. vote with your conscience and remove this corrupt and broken president from office. i plead with you, let us put the people of south africa first and bowed to remove jacob zuma today. i thank you. for the first time the vote of no—confidence will be held in secret, but the anc has expressed confidence in the loyalty of its members. we are jumping the gun at this stage. we are throwing a serious bomb, detonating a serious bomb in south africa to our government, but also to a very important party that has put us where we are. it is a party beset by internal squabbles and has never been this divided in its 105 year history. the no votes, 198. but

despite the internal divisions, president zuma survived and hang onto his political life. 177 to 198. what is certain now is that he will step down as leader of the governing anc in december. but what is not clear is whether he can remain president of the country until the 2019 elections. president of the country until the 2019 elections. this was the reaction from the south african president himself speaking to reporters after the result was announced. ijust want to reporters after the result was announced. i just want to say thank you to all of you. those comrades who are in parliament gave me their

support from the membership and the supporters. they came in their numbers to demonstrate that the anc is there, it is powerful, it is big, it is difficult to defeat the anc. you can try. i am sure you that today the vote of no confidence was number eight. always they tried. presidentjacob number eight. always they tried. president jacob zuma speaking number eight. always they tried. presidentjacob zuma speaking after surviving an eighth vote of no—confidence in the south african parliament. the parents of a seven—year—old boy with a rare genetic disorder have won the latest stage in their fight to get the nhs to pay for treatment they believe would be life changing. the child, known as s, has a rare condition which inhibits his ability to digest protein. the nhs has refused to fund a drug which could help

control his condition on the grounds that it was ineffective. but today, a high courtjudge rejected that conclusion, as our legal affairs correspondent clive coleman reports. seven—year—old s, we cannot give his name for legal reasons, has the rare condition pku. if he has more than 12 grams of protein a day, which you would find in three slices of bread, he could suffer permanent brain damage. he also has severe autism and can't talk and so managing his diet is exceptionally difficult. s's nhs consultant applied for him to have a drug called kuvan which allows him to have more protein, but it costs £100 a day and nhs england has refused to fund it on the basis its clinical efficacy had not been established. that led to today's legal challenge. we are pleased that we have won the case. it has been a difficult two years trying to get this done, trying to get this drug,

but we know we are not out of the woods yet. mrsjustice andrews ruled that nhs england's refusal to fund kuvan was irrational because evidence that it was clinically effective was overwhelming. that does not mean s will get the drug, but it does mean that nhs england will have to reconsider his parents' application. in a statement nhs england said: the case is limited to the particular circumstances of this funding request and does not have any wider implications for how nhs england makes decisions regarding the funding of treatment. if a child with pku is given kuvan, it can transform their life. nine—year—old alex was struggling at school. he has now been prescribed the drug. his concentration has soared and he can eat the same food as his friends. today's ruling only affects one child, but parents of children with pku will be encouraged a high courtjudge has found the clinical case for kuvan is a powerful one.

his mum speaks on behalf of the charity. it is a shame it has taken so long to get to this point and they are still waiting to get this treatment. today's ruling only affects one child, but parents of children with pku will be encouraged a high courtjudge has found the clinical case for kuvan is a powerful one. the headlines on bbc news: 30 athletes and support staff at the world athletic championships have been hit by gastroenteritis. the bug forced 400—metre contender isaac makwala to withdraw. a man who was stopped at manchester airport with a pipe bomb in his hand luggage is convicted of possessing explosives with intent to endanger life. south africa's president, jacob zuma, has survived a no confidence vote in parliament. let's go back to those events in

south africa where president zuma has won the vote of no—confidence. 0ur correspondentjoins us from cape town. we heard the president in pretty robust form, which is what he a lwa ys pretty robust form, which is what he always does, but the boat was reasonably close, wasn't it? yes, indeed, he narrowly survived this vote of no confidence, his eighth might i add. he is clearly now on his ninth life. president jacob zuma is a tough politician. he has been in prison for ten years on robben island fighting white minority rule alongside nelson mandela, he does not give up easily. but there is a hidden message in his success tonight for him. 35 members of his own party were really keen to see him go. 26 voted with the opposition and nine abstained. this

means that all is not well back in the anc. so now he will celebrate just for a brief moment, but he will have to regroup and think very hard about how the road to december will bea about how the road to december will be a long one because in december thatis be a long one because in december that is when the anc meets to elect new leaders and his preferred successor, his ex—wife, is challenging the deputy president for that post. this means president zuma may not even reach december because there is so much discontent within there is so much discontent within the anc. is it not the case that he might well lose the leadership of the anc, but he could go on as president until 2019? that is a very good question. a lot of the people i have been talking to within the anc say because he is genuinely going to step down, there is no doubt about

it, that the new leader, if it is not his preferred successor, will certainly make sure that he is recalled by the party. remember is that africa has a proportional representation system, so the party decides who becomes president. they may recall him and send somebody else to the union building. there is some talk here that he might not make it to 2019. if he does, that will be a clear opportunity for the opposition to say, well, the anc has kept a man with serious corruption allegations hanging over him and therefore the electorate mightjust go with the opposition. indeed, so it is conceivable in the coming yea rs it is conceivable in the coming years that the anc might finally lose power. is that what you are saying? it looks like the vague possibility? yes, indeed. there is a great possibility that the anc may

lose power in 2019. a lot of people are talking about another potential president who is the leader of the official opposition and deputy president who is the second largest opposition party in parliament. but that being said, remember that the anc has still huge support in the villages and the townships across the length and breadth of this country. so we cannot take it for granted that because of president zuma's woes that the anc will naturally lose an election. it may actually govern through a coalition itself. thank you very much. the justice secretary, david lidington, has approved the transfer of one of britain's most notorious criminals, kenneth noye, to an open prison. the justice secretary, david lidington, has approved the transfer of one of britain's most notorious criminals, kenneth noye, to an open prison. a similar move was blocked two years ago by the then home secretary michael gove.

noye, who's 70, was jailed for life in 2000 for stabbing to death stephen cameron on a slip—road of the m25. he is one briton's most notorious criminals, branded the road rage killer, kenneth noye stabbed stephen cameron to death on this slip road off the m25 in kent in 1996. he then went on the run to spain. in a matter of weeks he will be in an open prison. the detective who tracked him down and think it is a mistake. the criminaljustice system is letting the public down. i know what the criminal justice is letting the public down. i know what the criminaljustice system says, tariffs, and the home secretary has to have regard to all that, but these people are career criminals and should never come out. kenneth noye was convicted of murdering 21—year—old electrician stephen cameron in april 2000 and was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 16 years. in 2015 the justice secretary michael gove rejected the recommendation that he

be transferred to an open prison. but in february this year kenneth noye won a high court challenge against that decision. the justice secretary david liddington has agreed he can be moved to an open prison. it is a decision stephen cameron's late mother always opposed. life should be life, he should stay there. he showed no remorse. 0ur should stay there. he showed no remorse. our son has got no life. i do not think he should ever come out. in 1985 kenneth noye stabbed an undercover detective to life and he was acquitted of murder after pleading self—defence. but the following year he was jailed for 16 yea rs following year he was jailed for 16 years for handling gold from the brinks mat robbery. he is a career criminal who is now a step closer to freedom. almost 40% of maternity wards in england closed their doors to expectant mothers last year — that's according to a freedom of information request made by the labour party. in england, 136 nhs trusts

offer maternity services. last year, 42 of them closed their doors to new admissions at least once. there were 382 separate occasions when units were closed — up by 70% on 2014. the most common reason given were shortages of staff or beds. our health correspondent dominic hughes reports. midwives provide specialist care to some of the health service's most vulnerable patients, but a shortage of staff, combined with a rising birth rate, means some maternity units are struggling. what shall we draw? two years ago, rachel hall went into labour, but her local unit was temporarily closed and she faced a 30 mile road trip to an alternative hospital. fortunately, all was well in the end and daughter isabelle is thriving, but for rachel the memories are still vivid. when i was told that the hospital was closed, i was absolutely devastated. i didn't know what to do. i think i actually went into shock to start off with because ijust went really, really quiet and then ijust burst into tears and was, like,

uncontrollably crying because ijust didn't know what was going to happen. so it was quite scary not knowing that my hospital wouldn't take me. this is one of the hospitals that had to close the doors of its maternity unit at least once during 2016. now everyone agrees that at times managers may have to do that if the safety of mothers and babies is being compromised during extremely busy periods. it happens, births are extremely difficult to plan for, but experts warn that if it happens too frequently, well, that's the sign of a system under stress. the royal college of midwives believes there's a shortfall of 3,500 expert maternity staff and that's what's behind the increase in closures. it's very rare for maternity units to be closed and the fact that we've seen a 70% increase in how often that's happening, i think should give us cause for serious concern. peaks and troughs in the birth rate always have an impact on maternity

services and more midwives are being trained. the department of health says hospitals need to use temporary closures to manage those peaks in admissions and it argues it's misleading to use these figures to indicate a shortage of staff because of the difficulties around planning for births. dominic hughes, bbc news. the metropolitan police has appealed for information after a jogger appeared to push a woman into the path of a bus. cctv footage shows the man running on putney bridge in south west london. police say quick reactions by the bus driver prevented the woman being seriously injured. daniella relph reports. 7.41am in the morning, a manjogging on putney bridge and then this. it's the quick thinking of the bus driver that saved the woman's life. the police believe thejogger deliberately pushed her. when you look closely, you see him

raise his hands and make contact. the woman's head and shoulders are then on the road in the path of the bus. 15 minutes later the jogger came back across the bridge here, running straight past the woman he'd previously knocked over. she tried to talk to him. he just ignored her. passers—by, as well as those who got off the bus, helped the injured woman. the police say she was shocked and upset, but was not seriously hurt. it's very small margins. if it hadn't been for good reflexes on the part of the bus driver or the level of force was such to push her even further into the road, almost certainly this could have ended in a fatality. the investigation is focused on finding this man. the mysterious jogger. detectives say they have received a number of useful calls, including other people reporting similar incidents elsewhere in london. those leading the investigation stress they believe this was an isolated incident.

but are struggling to understand why anyone would deliberately push someone into the road during the morning rush—hour. daniella relph, bbc news, putney. a bomb thought to date back to the second world war has been safely detonated close to hinkley point nuclear—power station. the explosion under water was carried out by the royal navy bomb squad. this is a story that started yesterday afternoon when a team of divers out there found what they call large ordinance, something big at the bottom of the bristol channel. it is about where that boat is now. they informed the coastguard who drew up a 1000 metre exclusion zone where that boat is. and then we had a big build—up today. we were told the

water could shoot 30 metres out in the air. we had a team of the coastguard here in their blue overalls and on the facebook page we had more than 10,000 viewers and this is what happened. if you are watching on a small screen, zoom in. if you are watching on a big screen, do not blink, because this is the explosion. i think we can all agree it isa explosion. i think we can all agree it is a little underwhelming. it is likely to have been an unexploded world war ii bomb. this area has been used for many years as a practice range. if you look at this controlled power, the royal navy still use this stretch to practice. no surprise it was found in these waters. local interest was for hinckley c. you can see the construction site over my left shoulder. they released a statement this morning saying, we have a team of ten divers checking the sea bed ahead of construction of one of the main cooling water panels and

associated structures for the new nuclear—power station. but it is job done, not quite the pictures we expected. maybe if you have got pause and record on your telly, maybe you can do that. we were all a bit disappointed. poor andy howard expecting big things. never mind, the weather looked nice. let's get the latest details on the weather. tuesday was always going to be a mixed bag and that is how it has been proved. the rain willjust keep on coming in some areas. the rain in the south east will fade with time. not a cold night, except for sheltered spots in scotland and northern ireland. for the first part of wednesday that weather front will be all over an area from the wash in lincolnshire down to the midlands

and the south west and it only creeps slowly to the south and east. some intense bursts of rain throughout the course of the day. but for many of you it will be a really lovely day. we could get up to 20 degrees. the same weather front is still there in the fire south east. but in between on thursday it will be a lovely day. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines: out of the running, a 400m athlete is forced to pull out of tonight's race after the world athletics champinshops is hit by a bout of gastroenteritis. botswana's isaac makwala to withdraw. he says he is well enough to race. you know, ifeel heartbroken yesterday, i was ready for this, i worked hard for this, you know. a man who was stopped at manchester airport with a pipe bomb in his hand luggage is convicted of possessing explosives with intent to endanger life. south africa's president, jacob zuma, survives

a no confidence vote in parliament. 198 mps rejected the motion, while 177 voted to oust president zuma. the parents of a boy with a rare genetic disorder have won the latest stage of their attempt to get the nhs to pay for a "life—changing" drug which would cost £100 a day. the organisers of the athletics world championships in london are working with public health england to try to contain an outbreak of gastroenteritis, which has affected 30 athletes and support staff. botswa na's isaac makwala, who was one of the favourites for today's 400 metres final has been withdrawn. joining me now is dr derek gatherer from lancaster university, who's an expert on viruses. evening. what exactly is

gastroenteritis? it is a general term to describe vomiting and diarrhoea, sometimes with a fever and a headache. this has been caused by norovirus, one of the most common causes and it amenities. it pages is very intensive vomiting that is very unpleasant very intensive vomiting that is very u npleasa nt followed by very intensive vomiting that is very unpleasant followed by a stage where the patient loses their energy and does not feel very well. that can last for two or three days. during that time and after a fool recovery they remain infectious and the virus can be spread for up to seven days. it does not sound like food poisoning, it sounds like something more difficult to get rid of. de

norovirus is not a pathogen that lives in an animal. it does notjump from an animal sourced humans as a result of bad food handling practices as you can catch from badly cooked meat. it spreads from person to person either by direct contact or it can live on surfaces, such as in kitchens and in bathrooms. these can be deposited by bad hand hygiene or vomiting in the bathroom. these can survive on the surfaces for a while. it can survive heating up to 60 degrees. you need to have rigorous hand watching. —— handwashing. it is not a traditional food poisoning virus. sometimes it is cold gastric full you but it is

not related to flu at all, although that describes the way that it spreads. it describes how you feel as well because the flu cannot queue for six. the athletes will see their performance deteriorate. this phase is sometimes quite acute and people have no energy. some people might think they feel better but a top athlete who needs to perform at perfection the difference can be a fraction of the second and norovirus can definitely take that away from you. back to how a might been picked up you. back to how a might been picked up in the first place, one person could get it and just spread it. any grouping of people together. they difficult to trace the source. that is right. it exists in humans all the time so there are low—level

transmission chains occurring all the time. sometimes when people are grouped together sharing toilet and kitchen facilities as they might do ina kitchen facilities as they might do in a hotel or kitchen facilities as they might do ina hotel orany kitchen facilities as they might do in a hotel or any hospital or prison, these are typical locations for nora virus outbreaks. is some rain carrying the virus comes into those environments then they can spark it off within that community. some rain could have walked into the hotel, it could've been an athlete or another guest or a member of staff, but as soon as the virus was in it could've been transmitted in the toilet or kitchen areas. thank you. thousands of pupils in scotland have received their exam results today. there's been a slight dip

in the highers pass rate but the scottish qualifications authority said the results were evidence of a very stable system. as our scotland correspondent, lorna gordon, reports, the results come at a time when critics say educational standards have suffered under the snp government. her report contains some flashing images. after all their hard work, the wait is over for these students at eastbank academy, in the east end of glasgow. i got an a in classics. how did that happen? i got the results i needed, so that's really good. yeah, so how are you feeling? really, really happy. i got one a, two bs and a c. i lost my maths, but that what i was expecting, so i'm happy with that and i come back and take maths next year if i want. i failed maths, but i was kind of expecting that, so, i'm 0k. across scotland, pass rates remained at a high—level and results in the higher exams, sat by 16 and 17—year—old, were broadly in line with last year, but more widely the scottish education system is facing challenges. exam results don't themselves tell

us anything very much about the standards of scottish education as a whole, yet international comparisons suggest that scotland's standards are declining, that scotland is not as a good as it used to be. it's about average, it's not disastrous, but it used to be well above average and that's clearly not the case any more. a major international survey of standards in reading, maths and science recently gave scotland its worst—ever ranking. scottish government statistics suggest standards in reading and writing have been declining. there are also concerns about the gap between the performance of students from relatively well off and poorer backgrounds. the scottish government has made closing the attainment gap a priority and there is targeted extra funding. this school has spent the money they've received on trying to increase the proportion of pupils who pass their highers and then go on to further or higher education. the minister in charge of scotland's schools, meeting other students getting their results, said the government had a relentless focus on improving education. today's results give us enormous confidence about the strength that

exists within scottish education, but we're determined to build on that and the investments that we're making in pupil equity funding, which is supporting the measures that are designed to close the attainment gap in scottish education, will bear fruit in the years to come. so you didn't do as well as you hoped. help is on hand for those left disappointed. the advice — there are still plenty of options to consider when planning their future. lorna gordon, bbc news, glasgow. more now on the news that the family of a seven—year—old autistic boy with a rare condition has won a high court challenge. thejudge's ruling has quashed an nhs decision to refuse funding for a potentially life changing drug called kuvan, and has sent it for reconsideration. the condition, known as pku, puts the child at risk of severe brain damage because he cannot metabolise an amino acid. joining us now via webcam is peter todd, the family's solicitor, and partner at the law firm hodge, jones and allen. it isa

it is a very rare condition. this little boy has autism as well. at the connected as a special case? little boy has autism as well. at the connected as a special case7m just happens that he has two separate conditions. the family want thisjob for him separate conditions. the family want this job for him and separate conditions. the family want thisjob for him and it has been refused so far, so where is the legal process now? we brought a legal process now? we brought a legal claim to challenge the refusal by nhs england to fund the drug and i'm delighted that today the court has handed down a judgment quashing that refusal and asking nhs england to think again. the court did not go further and it has not mandated the funding of the drug, but i think in

light of the judge's findings, particularly scientific evidence, it will be difficult for them to come to any other conclusion other than it is the right thing to do to fund the drug for this particular child. nhs england are arguing that it is not about cost, rather it is their view that it is not as effective as it might be. but obviously that is something you and the family reject? we were surprised that they rejected funding on the grounds that it was an established that the drug was sufficiently clinically effective. thejudge considered the sufficiently clinically effective. the judge considered the evidence about that in some detail and found that nhs england had made an error in the conclusions that they came from and that the evidence was all

one way and the drug is very effective. it is not effective for everyone, all the percentage respond, but it is necessary to do a trial and if they respond to the trial and if they respond to the trial then funding can be continued into the longer term. are reassured that boy will be helped by this or is he in the child category? he is inevitably in the trial category addle his clinicians have a strong belief that because his pku is mild— moderate, that is the category most helped by this drug. there is a strong belief you will achieve a good result but the stroke.“ strong belief you will achieve a good result but the stroke. if you peer yourself in the place of if set of pa rents peer yourself in the place of if set of parents whose little boy needs treatment, surely time is important.

can they get a resolution quickly? we're hoping they will reconsider within 28 days. i hope by then we will have a positive decision and hopefully it will make a real difference to him. thank you for joining us. a police officer described as deviant has been jailed for a yearfor using the described as deviant has been jailed for a year for using the helicopter to sell people in the nude and having six. you were sacked after admitting this —— admitting misconduct in public office. it happened but he was part of the support unit. sacked please helicopter cameramen arriving in court for sentencing. he admitted four charges of misusing a

helicopter between 2007 and 2012. he used a powerful camera to film a mothers sunbathing nude in her garden, and teenage daughters and their bikinis. rain in prearranged sexual on the patio and a naked man and woman in their garden. 0ne victim said that she felt sick when she saw the footage of power. he was involved in the swinging scene and was sacked from the police two years ago after an internal inquiry into his conduct. he admitted his offences to pilots —— he admitted his offences and two other pilots we re his offences and two other pilots were cleared. thejudge his offences and two other pilots were cleared. the judge told his offences and two other pilots were cleared. thejudge told him that he had undermined public confidence in the police by his virus that activities. for the sake

of 15-20 virus that activities. for the sake of 15—20 minutes of criminal activity, thejudge said of 15—20 minutes of criminal activity, the judge said that he had wrecked his 22 years in the police service. the crown prosecutors said ina service. the crown prosecutors said in a statement that it is deplorable that a helicopter was misused by this defendant for his own gratification and amusement. it is ha rd to gratification and amusement. it is hard to imagine a more inappropriate breach of trust. the judge said that he had considered himself above the law. he had violated his position as a police officer. he was in tears in court as he was jailed for 12 months. time to take a lick at the headlines. out of the running, a 400m athlete is forced to pull out of tonight's race after the world athletics championshops is hit by a bout of gastroenteritis. a man who was stopped at manchester airport with a pipe bomb in his hand luggage, is convicted of possessing explosives with intent

to endanger life. south africa's president, jacob zuma, survives a no—confidence vote in parliament. an update on the market numbers for you. here's how london's and frankfurt ended the day. and in the united states, this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. a man in his 40s has died after attempting to swim the english channel. the coastguard received a radio call just after nine o'clock last night from a support vessel saying a swimmer was in difficulty. the search and rescue helicopter arrived on scene within ten minutes and airlifted the man to hospital, but he later died. joining me now is kevin murphy, secretary of the channel swimming and piloting federation who facilitated the swim. we should also said that you are a

channel swimmer and you have done it many times. could you tell us what preparation does some rain like you have to take and what is alike summing in the channel? can ijust express my condolences to the family and rain of the man. it was a terrible tragedy. he died trying to achieve something that was a dream this is an extreme sport. it does test asked to be limits and it pushes us on occasions beyond normal limits. all of us who do it now the risks. before we allow anybody into

the channel, they have to complete a rigorous medical, which is signed by their own doctor to say they are fit to do this. they also have two show that they have completed a swim of the least six hours in water temperatures of 16 celsius or less. douglas was doing this as part of a challenge between london and dover and slamming the channel in a wet suit and then cycling to paris. the fa ct suit and then cycling to paris. the fact it is in a wet suit means it is outside the normal swimming rules that we apply. what they mean by that? norma rules are that you do not wear a wet suit for channel slamming.just slamming

not wear a wet suit for channel slamming. just slamming trunks and a hat and goggles. dangerous challenge is actually a triathlon and it runs under different rules and they have their own observer on board to officiate. i was asking about the business of being in the channel, you have swum it many times. it is a big thing for most people to do. what is alike when are halfway across? do you feel cold? do you have to keep going? what is the psychology? it is a constant battle against yourself. whenever i have swu m against yourself. whenever i have swum it and got halfway across, i

have questioned his stupid idea it was to get myself into that situation. how did i get myself into it? how do i get out of it? it is a battle with your own willpower and you have to go through that. you tell yourself that you are going to do itand tell yourself that you are going to do it and you set yourself the challenge and it is part of the human spirit to set yourself this sort of challenge, weather it is climbing everest or running a marathon or playing football at wembley, you want to do your best. you get to the stage where you're totally exhausted and you don't feel very well but you have to carry on. would you be prepared to do the same this gentleman was doing? running

2—door version then in the sea and then on the other end? it sounds like you put himself a lot before he even got into the water.|j like you put himself a lot before he even got into the water. i could not do it. i couldn't do the run from london to dover. it is an ultimate test and an ultimate challenge. he had set himself his dream target to finish this thing. a number of people have tried it but i think the only been 25 successes ever, people who've actually done it. nice to talk to you, thank you very much. the police in norfolk are running extra patrols and ability are stirred in 83—year—old man was murdered at the weekend. he was

stabbed while walking his dogs. no obvious motive and no murder weapon has been found yet. the area where the brutal feeling took place was to date the subject of activity. various specialist units were here. there was a mobile precision setup to gather information and the tent was used to cover the body of the victim. it was found close to a woodland path and only 100 metres from a nearby road. today the search concentrated on a large area of wood. and a finds the fields nearby. very quiet and roll and beautiful and peaceful. we are here every day and peaceful. we are here every day and we do what we do. the police have to do what they need to do and i hope the matter is solved as a

matter of urgency. it is a terrible thing and we want a swift conclusion. it is such a lovely area to live. it is a place where a lot of people from the village cold to walk and they take their children and golfers cycle rides. they have noticed a higher police presence. there are police officers in the village which is a rare sight. do you think it reassures people? i think some people will be feeling safer from having the think some people will be feeling saferfrom having the police present. the priest said this afternoon that they believe the public cold the key to solving the murder. we are in the early stages of the investigation. we believe a member of the public could hold a vital clue. i appeal to locals and visitors are people who frequent the area to contact us if they have any

information. 50 police officers are taking part in the hunt for the killer and more resources could be allocated. as the letter x world championships continues in london at different sporting event starts in sheffield today bringing together 2500 competitors. all the competitors learning difficulty. we have been hearing how competitors have overcome challenges. in sheffield this week there is sport everywhere. the national games of the special olympics. 20 different disciplines, 2,500 competitors and what links them all is that they love sport. what links them all is that they have a learning disability, and that can make life a daily challenge. everybody being nasty to me, bullying me and stuff like that. has that happened to you? yes, it has, yeah. and does that happen when you're here doing this sport? no, it doesn't because everybody is the same. a lot of people with intellectual

disabilities coming to these games, actually it gives them the chance to express themselves and to really show, not what they can't do, but what they can do, and more. well to stage all this sport takes money and for the first time this national games as a special olympics has received direct treasury funding, £2 million from the government. but when the event stops at the weekend, so does that cash. we're hoping that this event will just show what the benefit of supporting special olympics by the government is. the olympic movement was about friendship, was about camaraderie, was about, you know, achieving to one's best, and so perhaps that has definitely got lost. that's what you get here in sheffield? yes. participation is everything — all ages, all abilities, but each competitor to their local club must raise hundreds of pounds to be here. james thorpe and his dad simon exploring the athletes' village, father tries to find

the opportunities for his boy to do gymnastics. how many different disciplines do you do? floor? floor, high bar, pommel horse and the rings. there's one place that i know that james is accepted at and that's where he's gone since he was six, five or six. even that is now struggling for funding. while sheffield united football ground hosts the opening ceremony this evening, rehearsals through the day here, races through the rain here. but as this national games begins, there is no certainty where or if there will be another. joe wilson, bbc news, sheffield. time for a look at the weather. we always had the feeling that the

day was going to be spectacular for some parts of the british isles. there was a mixture of sunny spells in scotland and ireland but the cloud was much more developed further south and it has produced quite immeasurable date was somewhere at weather across northern and central parts of the british isles. and towards the east. we got quite a lot of thunderstorm activity and this moment was captured by a weather watcher. the storms may rumble on them towards the humber and lincolnshire. the system is not moving very far very fast. to the north it is a dry night. the southeast should be quite dry as well. on wednesday you can see the speed that the weather front is advancing at. really catching the eye from the south—west of the midlands and onto east anglia and

lincolnshire. the rainfall total is mounting up and could be some problems the roads. contrast this to go further north. northern ireland and scotland do not have quite wall—to—wall sunshine but it is an a cce pta ble wall—to—wall sunshine but it is an acceptable start of the day. one or two showers and then away towards the far north of scotland, it will be essentially a dry day. they will find thunderstorms or the risk of them anywhere along that front there is ease the disease in its way along, but a lovely day across scotla nd along, but a lovely day across scotland and northern ireland england and wales. the same system is there and there is high pressure coming in that we should celebrate because that will settle things down nicely. thursday is looking to be one of the drier days of the week before we bring in the next set of

weather fronts there and low pressure but a lot of skies are bars. it is going to be where —— it is going to be wet and windy as the day goes on. take care. this is bbc news. iam i am nicholas 0wen. the headlines at 7.00pm: the headlines at 8.00pm: confusion at the world athletic championships. a botswana athlete has been ruled out of tonight's 400m final after suffering gastroenteritis, despite saying he's fit to race. you know, ifeel heartbroken yesterday, i was ready for this, i worked hard for this, you know. south africa's president, jacob zuma, survives a no—confidence vote in parliament. a man stopped at manchester airport with a pipe bomb in his hand luggage is convicted of possessing explosives with intent to endanger life. the parents of a boy with a rare genetic disorder have won the latest stage of their attempt to get the nhs to pay for a life—changing drug. in the next hour, a woman narrowly escapes being run over by a bus

on a bridge in london. cctv shows that a jogger appears to shove her in the road, where the bus has to swerve to avoid hitting her. a man has died during an attempt to swim the english channel as part