this is bbc news. the headlines at 7pm: net migration to the uk falls by a quarter to 246,000 a year, the lowest level for three years. it follows a surge in eu nationals leaving the uk since the brexit vote. what we a seeing is a third quarter net reduction in the net migration figures but it shows we cannot and will not be complacent about working towards that long term aim and desire that we outlined to people across the country that we want to see migration fall to sustainable levels. the number of students getting top gcse grades in maths and english has fallen slightly after the introduction of new tougher exams. a 25—year—old woman has been jailed for ten years for making a series of false accusations of rape and sexual assault. the husband of a woman who was knocked down and killed by a cyclist calls for a change to the law to tackle ‘irresponsible and reckless‘ actions. and a memorial ceremony has been held in barcelona to commemorate the 1a people who died in last week's terror attack.

as test match special turns 60, some old faces take to the wicket to celebrate... good evening and welcome to bbc news. there's been a sharp fall in the number of eu citizens migrating to the uk. net migration, the difference between those entering and leaving the uk, is at the lowest level for three years. net migration now stands at 246,000 in the year to march 2017. that's a fall of 81,000 compared with the previous 12 months. more than half of that change

is due to a fall in net migration of eu citizens, which is down by 51,000. but remember, this still means there are twice as many eu nationals coming to britain as leaving. here's our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford. for many eastern europeans, the time has come to go. the triggers — brexit and the falling pound. among the crowds at london's coach station, daniel, who is heading back to romania at christmas. he said leave voters had driven him out. i think they are a little bit racist with us european people. for that reason. that is why you are planning to leave? yes, and also because sterling is going down, you know? we want to go there, because we can find good jobs for the same money.

at this chicken hatchery in west 0xfordshire, they have become reliant on workers from countries like poland that joined the eu in 200a. it allowed their business to expand, year—on—year. but today's figures show that suddenly almost as many people from those countries are leaving as arriving. the owner is losing staff and struggling to find new ones. the referendum was when people really thought about it. over the last 12 months or so, it has got worse and worse. people have thought about it more and more and it is now becoming a reality. this isn't something that might happen in the future, in 2019. people like myself, recruiting staff, it is a problem today. further up the chain in chicken production they are even more reliant on eu workers. for the first time in years, he is planning to shrink the business, not grow it. rightly or wrongly, huge sections of the agricultural, food production, hospitality and manufacturing industries in the uk have become reliant on a ready supply of workers

from the european union. now, all of a sudden, that supply is drying up. today's figures show the total number of people arriving in britain to live, study or work, minus those leaving, is still almost 250,000 a year. but the headline figure is dropping and the single biggest factor is that fewer europeans are coming, and more are leaving. it is good to see that we have net migration coming down, but we can't be complacent, we won't be complacent. there is still a lot of work to do, and we will continue to do that to deliver ultimately on the long—term ambition to see it fall to sustainable levels. of course, millions of eu citizens are still working in the uk in places like this scandinavian cafe, and many will stay. but it is becoming less attractive. the uk economy is now performing less well, perhaps, than some of the eurozone economies.

another one is that the value of the pound has declined, which means, firstly, it is more expensive to live in the uk, things cost more. also, if you are earning money in the uk and you want to spend it in another country or send it home to your family, it is worth less. today's figures are the strongest sign yet of a brexit effect on immigration. the question is, what will the knock—on effect be on the economy? daniel is here with me. is it clear why we have this apparent shift? and there. we have these figures every quarter. and since the brexit referendum, we have had the sharp fall in eu citizens

coming to the uk, and an increase in european union citizens leaving the united kingdom. what is not clear, the major factor. united kingdom. what is not clear, the majorfactor. definitely a united kingdom. what is not clear, the major factor. definitely a sense they are no longer as welcome, and definitely the sense they are no longer earning as much. for those sending money home, the pound is not worth as much. but i catalyst, people who have lived here for five, ten yours, have watched the brexit referendum and thought what am i going to do next, and for some people sitting in the mania, bulgaria, poland, thinking about what the united kingdom could offer, they have crossed it off the list. and international numbers? student was a separate set of statistics

today. for something, the idea that people were coming to study in the united kingdom as a back door to living permanently. some concerns about fake colleges for a while. the government cracked down on that. some statistics coming out today, people studying at university and colleges, whether or not they left or somehow stayed on. 97.4% of people who come to study in the united kingdom leave legitimately or do something else legitimately. the idea this was some sort of back door, it's gone. the next question, how advantageous is that to us? not using this as some sort of back door. does it help us? unis do well. thanks to fees. does this have our broader effect on the

government, from commissions? 0ur political correspondent emma vardy says, despite the fall, the figures are still well off the government's target for net migration. the target of getting net migration down to the tens of thousands still looks a long way off. some say impossible. the way the figures remain. but of course, the way that the reduction of net migration is being interpreted, spun, if you like, it is in different ways. of course the government has said today that it welcomes this reduction in net migration. the office for national statistics has urged some caution, saying it is still too early to see if this is the beginning ofa long—term trend, if this is the result of the brexit result. whether people feel less welcome?

less certain on their future. we can only really rely on anecdotal evidence. but the government is keeping that target, remaining committed to try to bring migration down to the tens of thousands. you would ask why have the target they continue to miss? it would be more difficult to back away from that and receive the criticism that would come from that rather than keep it as an objective, showing the public that it does want to bring immigration down. after brexit, being able to manage immigration from the european union could become easier but we are going to learn more about the government's future proposals for immigration rules when it publishes those $0011. to get more on this story am joined by barbara roche, a former labour immigration minister and currently chair of migration matters. and these figures, are what do you

make of them? i think it could have some worrying consequences. from the point of view of employers, given the state that the economy is in that the moment and the number of job vacancies, unemployment so low... this could have serious repercussions. those jobs could go to british people, still looking for work? absolutely. and most employers would welcome that. if you can recruit locally, you want to do that. but when we have economic situation, high rates of employment but a lot ofjob they can say is, that can be a problem for employers. do you acknowledge that net migration figures were too high? had to come down? i do not. for government reasons, they agree this incredibly artificial target. i do

not think many people actually exceeded the target. what we need to be looking at is what she —— helps the economy. we are thinking about british workers and british jobs. when you have companies, small companies being forced to close because they do not have the necessary skills that has an impact on british workers. you would acknowledge how big a political issue this is, how much it played out in the brexit debate. some would say that part of the reason is that theissue say that part of the reason is that the issue was mismanaged for such a long time, in part by the last labour government. i certainly agree that this was one of the significant issues, but many issues lay behind that vote. former figures from that

labour government have acknowledged not was done. more concentration on public services and what that impact could have been. however, what the actual evidence shows is that the economy benefits, not an adverse effect on wage levels nor is there an adverse effect on the jobs themselves. what i think went wrong, was how the study was conducted.“ you are correct about that analysis, how do you correct those who still think the figure is too high? say they're wrong? i think we have got to have a really honest discussion with people in britain, we have a global economy, people live and work overseas. many people's children and grandchildren are going to be working overseas. and the regional impact. we need to have more national and local discussions as

well. thank you. and we'll find out how this story, and many others, are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40 this evening in the papers. our guests joining me tonight are baroness ros altmann, former pensions minister and mihir bose, author and evening standard columnist. gcse results were out today. across england, wales and northern ireland there's been a slight dip in the number of students getting the top grades. in england, this was the first year when pupils taking english and maths were sitting new, tougher exams and they‘ re marked differently. the old a star and a has been replaced by grades 7, 8 and 9. b and c grades are now 6,5 and 4. and d, e, fand g are now 3, 2 and 1. but it wasn't just students in england who faced some changes, as education editor bra nwen jeffreys reports. a jumble of letters and numbers. mainly cs... two sixes and a five. three bs.

making sense of the gcse results. the first 16—year—olds to take the tougher exams. there is new content that you have to learn. there is not much time to learn it in. we are learning a level stuff as well as gcse. it is really difficult. it was a shock. it's making sure smart people get the grades they deserve, i think. maybe? at this nottinghamshire school, tears mainly of relief. for the kids this year, the new gcses have been a real culture shock. they have had to learn so much more, remember so much more, and their grades have all rested on these final exams. the results here, much better than last year. but at a cost. they couldn't teach it all in the school day. we have had a compulsory session after school,

particularly focused on english and maths, but on a rotation for other subjects, for the increased content. that will get even tougher as we move towards the new gcses in all of the other subjects. the pass rate in england for 16—year—olds moved just a little. in english language, 69.9% got a four or above, a little better than in the old exam last year. in english literature, it was 72.5%. in maths, 70.7%. both just slightly down, because the grade points are moved to avoid a big drop in results. three a‘s, the rest bs. in wales, the results included six new gcses. many took exams a year early. as a result, fewer pupils got good grades, still counted here in a* to c.

this is where they pick up the pieces. in england, maths and english resits are compulsory, for anyone getting a three this year. does that help us be a better skilled nation? it is a significant concern for us. not just about how they are going to do it, but also the appropriateness. a lot of young people come to colleges to go into vocational education, into technical education and gcses, traditional gcse routes. are those the right routes? today's results are just the beginning. what children learn in england is changing, with more tough gcses to follow. with me is ed dorrell, head of content at times educational supplement. what headlines have emerged from

today? the obvious top lines are the ones just today? the obvious top lines are the onesjust mentioned in today? the obvious top lines are the ones just mentioned in that report. top grades dropping. slightly. beyond that, it is interesting to look at the new scale. how that is going to impact on people in school. it isa going to impact on people in school. it is a slightly peculiar situation when the government has announced that a four is a pass for a pupil, five is a good pass. that is the only one that is going to count for schools, as a league table. and then the other question on top of that, it is interesting to expand on that. if employers, university and college

respect four as a standard pass or demand five. some pupils will be wondering. presumably, the universities and employers will write seven, eight, nine? more of a guide? i think you would be hard pushed to find anybody in education who thinks that there is a bad idea. it was a criticism of the gcses, differentiation at the very top. it has been hard to do that. the fact you can identify the number nine student is good. and those are difficult. just a couple of thousand got three nines across the board. difficult. just a couple of thousand got three nines across the boardm is difficult to prove that this is correct but one education academic believes once all the gcses are missed numerical scheme, possibly only three orfour

missed numerical scheme, possibly only three or four students a year will get straight nines! three or four students a year will get straight nines! these have seen the start of the new process and england, going to spread further afield and for more subjects. maths and english now. then history, georgraphy... art and english now. then history, georgraphy. .. art and and english now. then history, georgraphy... art and design the next. and that is also going to have wales and northern ireland? no. sticking to the original. scotland has the unique academic system as well. what about the fact that some of these exams have been tougher, that talk? they are. no doubt. the content is more difficult, linear, an exam, no coursework. they are harder. what the government has

done, they could still be called gcses but this is an untimely new qualification. no resemblance to the gcses. thank you for that. and we're going to get some of those questions, as an example. we were talking about them getting more difficult. so we thought we should give you a flavour of the kind of questions this year's teenagers have been facing. let's see if you can answer these. ed is still here! don't ask me! first a maths question... in a game at a fairground, each of 300 people pays 50p to play. 40 of the 300 people each win a prize, worth £1.80. there are no other prize winners. what profit does the game make? that is that one. next, biology. can you name two of the chemicals in gastricjuice that help with the digestion of proteins in the human body? and... i can see you are thrilled.

finally english... can you identify the abstract noun in the following words? perfume. light. love... 0r travel. any good? i'm not answering that! the fairground question... all of them again. very good. if you think you know the answers to those questions, tweet them to us including the hashtag bbc news. and keep watching because we will reveal the answers at about 25 past eight. thousands of civilians in the syrian

city of raqqa are coming under fire from all sides as the battle for control of the city enters its final stage. amnesty international says hundreds of people have been killed or injured since june, when the offensive began to recapture raqqa, which is the stronghold of so—called islamic state. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet is in the syrian town of homs. in an all in. bring us up to date with this situation. the united nations has been calling for a pause in us airstrikes, nations has been calling for a pause in us air strikes, in raqqa, north syria. the self—declared capitalfor islamic state, and the fighting has intensified in the past month.

amnesty international today reported that more than 20,000 people are trapped, coming under fire that more than 20,000 people are trapped, coming underfire from all sides. tried to flee. faced with snipers from is or booby traps. islamic state wants to keep the civilians trapped, using them as human shields. even those lucky and off to escape, they go to the open desert, nowhere to flee. no sense of where to go. and then, coming under strikes from us aircraft. the united nations today said stop attacking the boats. buck they have been targeted because islamic state has been using them to get ammunition and fighters. civilians are a weapon in this war, and the united nations has had such a tough time, convincing syria rebel groups to

cease fire. we hope that they can do this at raqqa but islamic state is not listening. the united states believes it is in the final weeks of defeating islamic state at raqqa. thank you. an interfaith memorial has taken place in barcelona to commemorate the victims of last week's terror attack. flowers were laid at the ceremony to pay tribute to the 14 people who died in the attack, which targeted barcelona and the seaside resort of cambrils. today marks one week since a van drove into pedestrians on las ramblas. well let's get more now on the news that net migration in the uk has fallen by a quarter — to 246,000 a year.

that's the lowest level for three years. it fell by 81 thousand in the year to march, driven, in part, bya rise in the number of eu citizens returning to their home country. but the immigration minster, brandon lewis, says he's pleased with today's figures because it fits in with the government's ambition of getting the overall numbers down. what we a seeing is a third quarter net reduction in the net migration figures but it shows we cannot and will not be complacent about working towards that long term aim and desire that we outlined to people across the country that we want to see migration fall to sustainable levels. that is going to take some time and we have been clearer about that. when we are inside the european union we do not have control of the borders. and we can speak to the director of a reading based firm. though it's a small firm it's relied heavily on eu workers. he joins us live from reading. what is your experience at your company of how this migration

picture is playing out? we are a small company, employing about 45 people. a quarter of the workforce are european union nationals, non uk. i employ a mixture of graduate engineers, electrical and mechanical engineers, electrical and mechanical engineers, electricians and roofers, physically installing the system that we design. of the engineering team, all graduates, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering graduates, about 60% of those are from other eu member countries. basically, without them i cannot run the business. do not forget, 75% of my workforce are uk nationals. but without the highly skilled

contribution that idea from the graduate engineering team, i cannot run the business. we cannot design the system that we actually installed. why can't other british people not do the rest of that 25%? strangely, this country has four long time, it would seem, does not train enough graduate electrical and mechanical engineers. the university courses are there, but they do not seem courses are there, but they do not seem to get the students. seeming to brazil to study what are perceived as less difficult subjects. without the graduates coming through the system, i am the graduates coming through the system, iam having the graduates coming through the system, i am having to employ graduates from other countries. and what of those? have you seen any suggestion in recent times, particularly those residents of other european union countries that they are looking to head home? one

of our employees has returned home since the brexit referendum. and the result of that referendum certainly made herfeel result of that referendum certainly made her feel uncomfortable. less welcome here. she has gone back to poland. perhaps the other engineering team are just waiting to see what happens, in terms of their immigration status. but people have settled here, with family, children, and the last thing that they want is all of the uncertainty that is being caused. and the government would presumably say to you, that is one of the top priorities, sorting out that area of uncertainty. presuming they can do that, our lot is going to go away? be have had 12 months, but not done that yet. you do not sound confident? i certainly do not.

many mixed messages, one movement is going to be guaranteeing rights... the next minute, hard brexit. march 2019. if i was living here, i would find that very unsettling. not knowing what my status is going to be. we have people living in this country for ten, 15 years... to be thrown into this uncertainty i am sure it is very unsettling. thank you. we will have more on that subject in the next half an hour. the uk's only female giant panda — tian tian — is believed to be pregnant. her keepers at edinburgh zoo say they don't have an exact due date but she's being closely monitored. tian tian was thought to have been pregnant several times before but has never given birth to a live cub. now for a look at the weather.

good evening. no major changes in our weather in the next few days. northern and western areas see some rain at times but not all the time. it will be fairly cool, the driest of the weather will be towards the south and in eastern areas where it will feel pleasantly warm. in this evening and to largely dry across a good part of england and wales. fog departures can't be ruled out, for northern ireland and western, there will be rain and 12—14d temperatures. the southern and western areas dry, with more cloud in wales and northern england and northern ireland and scotland will see outbreaks of rain at times, nothing desperately heavy, 60 in glasgow —— 16 and .it . it could get it to 25 degrees

elsewhere. greatest chance of showers in northern and western areas. this is bbc news, the headlines: net migration to the uk falls by a quarter — to 246,000 a year — the lowest level for three years. it follows a surge in eu nationals leaving the uk since the brexit vote. the number of students getting top gcse grades in maths and english has fallen slightly — after the introduction of new tougher exams. a 25—year—old woman has been jailed for ten years for making a series of false accusations of rape and sexual assault. the husband of a woman who was knocked down and killed by a cyclist calls for a change to the law to tackle ‘irresponsible and reckless‘ actions. well let‘s get more now on the news that net migration has fallen

to its lowest level for three years, largely down to a surge in the number of eu nationals leaving the uk since the brexit vote. net migration — the difference between those entering and leaving the uk — fell to 246,000 in the year to march 2017. that‘s a drop of 81,000 on the previous year. much of that figure is down to the net migration of eu citizens citizens falling by 51,000. despite today‘s falling figures, the government remains well short of its target of bringing net migration below 100,000. well we can speak now to the conservative mp, peter bone, who is a brexit supporter. he joins us live from our westminster studio. good evening. what do you make of the figures? terrific news. its movement in the right direction, and of course, in two years‘ time, if we keep up that rate of migration down,

we will reach the tens of thousands. it's we will reach the tens of thousands. it‘s a good movement in the right direction. is that there are still nearly a quarter of a million people arriving here to march 2017. so it‘s still a big figure and we have a lot to do. we won‘t be able to really tackle it until we come out of the eu in march 2019 and that will be the key date. below 100,000, is that a realistic target for you? it is. as you rightly say, the figure last year fell by 801000, two more years falling that number will take you well under 100,000. the government is delivering on that, delivering on brexit, and delivering on employment. more people in this side of the country our employees and less people are unemployed. does it not worry too that both the cbi unemployed. does it not worry too that both the cb! and the institute of directors say they are not happy about these figures? that is rather silly if they have said that. because it is good news for the

country, more people are employed and less on benefits, that is good news. i don‘t see what their objection is. if it is the idea there would be any migration from there would be any migration from the eu, that is nonsense. highly skilled people will of course come into this country, it is not ending migration from the european union, it is stopping the free movement for anyone from any eu country coming. that is what people wanted and stops the free movement. that‘s going to happen. but we tell you what they said, unemployment is at its lowest level, without the three million people, there would be a labour shortage, signed it is becoming a less attractive place to live and work are a concern. they are putting two things together. they are saying or people who have come here from the eu will disappear. that‘s nonsense. they ought to know that. we have low unemployment due to the

conservative government which is a good thing. that are lots of people unemployed who could do with jobs. 0ne unemployed who could do with jobs. one of the things that worried me about the cbi, is that what we want as cheap labour to keep down this country, they said. but i want to see more people in employed at higher wages. i want to see this for everyone, it‘s good for people with jobs and it‘s good for if they have a point about that last quote, about britain being a less attractive place to live and work, does that worry you? how do we looked at those abroad who might have considered this place to be a attractive place to live and work?|j don‘t attractive place to live and work?” don‘t agree with that analysis. the united kingdom is a great place to live and work. that‘s why there was a quarter of a million more people here last year. that doesn‘t stand

up here last year. that doesn‘t stand up to any sort of scrutiny. we will leave it there. peter bone, thanks for joining leave it there. peter bone, thanks forjoining us. amongst those receiving gcse results today was teenager nikita murray. she sat one of her exams in the days after she found out that her brother martyn hett had died in the manchester arena bombing. the 16 —year—old from stockport grammar was trying to revise while the rest of the family was waiting for news about martyn. today she found out she got 11 a stars. sophie long has the story. nikita, what did you get in your gcses? 11 a*s. her school said they would accept her predicted grades when they heard nikita‘s brother, martyn, was killed right in the middle of her gcses. but nikita wanted to sit her exams. she said they gave her something to focus on, which helped her deal with the pain of losing her brother. it was a massive shock. i think the shock lasted a long time. i wasn‘t really focused

on sadness, it was more... it wasjust weird. like, everything was really weird. then exams were something that wasn‘t weird, that i could focus on. her family were pretty impressed by her performance. her brother dan said, "my little sister nik is an actual hero, 11 a* grades! i‘ve never been more proud or amazed by anyone." her parents couldn‘t quite believe it. after everything that had happened, i guess we were probablyjust thinking, hoping she would get... do well, but we expected there to be some sort of repercussion in the results and for it to affect her performance in some way. i thought, well, if she didn't do well in a few subjects, she can always resit them next year. so, to see that result, just... unbelievable. so, what would martyn think of his little sister‘s achievements? he‘d be so happy, he‘d be tweeting about it.

he‘d be more excited than i am. and nikita will continue to do her brother proud. she plans to go on to study a—levels in maths, further maths, physics and classics. sophie long, bbc news. a woman who made up a string of false rape and sexual assault allegations has beenjailed for ten years for perjury and perverting the course of justice. jemma beale, who‘s 25, was found guilty injuly. one of the men she wrongly accused spent time in prison. the prosecution said investigating all of her claims had cost at least £250,000. 0ur reporter sarah corker was at southwark crown court and sent us this.... the judge described jemma beale as an attention seeker, who enjoyed being seen as a victim. one man went to prison for more than two years because of her fake allegations,

and the bogus stories began back in 2010. in total, she made false allegations against 15 men for rate and assault. she also told stories about being gang raped on more than one occasion. she also said she was a lesbian and had no interest in sleeping with men. the judge said that she was a very, very convincing liar, and the investigations had been an enormous waste of public time and money. i spoke to the lead police officer. i think it is an appropriate sentence, considering the criminality thatjemma beale has been involved with. she has destroyed several lives. cost the taxpayer a significant amount of money, through investigating these matters. and it has impacted on the criminaljustice system.

people's faith in it. it actually cost the metropolitan police £250,000, and more than 6000 man hours. the judge said that this case was so serious, because it was a risk that it could deter victims in the future from coming forward. and that guilty men could go free. he also said that those who had been accused byjemma beale would have to live with those allegations for the rest of their lives. he also asked whyjemma beale had made these allegations. he said thatjemma beale was raped as a child. that had played an important part of our behaviour. that had played an important part in her behaviour. she will serve half of the sentence before being released on licence. the widower of a woman who died after she was knocked over by a cyclist riding a bike without front brakes, is launching a campaign to change the law.

yesterday 20—year—old charlie alliston was convicted of wanton and furious driving, an offence dating back to 1861, but was cleared of manslaughter, following the death of kim briggs. her husband, matthew is calling for the creation of new offences such as death by dangerous cycling. 0ur correspondent, dan johnson reports. she had this mantra of make every day count. enormous believer in filling life with experiences, with travel. she was always happy. yeah, she was just fantastic. a wife and mother who died after suffering serious head injuries. she was hit by a bike that shouldn‘t have been on the road. it was designed for the velodrome — fixed gear and with no front brake. charlie alliston, in the middle, was riding. he was cleared of manslaughter, but convicted of causing bodily harm by wanton or furious driving, under a law from victorian times. the law is outdated.

it refers back to 1861. i‘m just asking that the law catches up, as it is doing with technology, with social media. this case raises some broader issues about how cyclists and pedestrians share the same space. but the key question is how much responsibility should cyclists have for safety on the road? should that responsibility be at the same level as car drivers? it‘s prompted plenty of debate, especially amongst cyclists. we all have a responsibility to each other on the roads. i think, you know, if someone‘s causing death by dangerous cycling, why should that be different, in a sense, from causing death by dangerous driving? why not? you regularly see bikes that aren't fit for the road, basically and shouldn't be out on the road. bikes with freewheels, that have brakes that don't work, which are more dangerous than a fixed—wheel without brakes. some cycling groups want to see all traffic laws reviewed and brought up to date. the problem we‘ve got is there‘s

a stack of offences in relation to the conduct of people on the roads, where we use careless, reckless, furious, wanton, dangerous, and there‘s a huge inconsistency. max briggs rides a bike himself, but he thinks a change in the law could save lives. this is the right thing to do and, yes, i'm doing it in kim's name, but i'm also doing it to ensure that, just perhaps, we can stop this happening again. these deaths are rare. many more pedestrians and cyclists are killed by vehicles. but our streets are getting busier, with the potential for more conflict. danjohnson, bbc news, london. danish prosecutors investigating the death of a swedish journalist, kim wall, who disappeared during a submarine trip, say they will seek a murder charge against the vessel‘s owner and creator, peter madsen.

kim wall‘s dismembered body was found off the danish coast earlier this week. two teenagers have been convicted of manslaughter for throwing a stolen marine distress flare into a car in which a man was sleeping. father of three vilson meshi died from smoke inhalation during the incident in basildon, in essex, in february. 18—year—old keani hobbs, along with a 16—year—old boy who cannot be named, will be sentenced tomorrow. swiss police say eight people are missing following a landslide in the east of the country. rescue operations are being intensified, and geologists are warning that further landslides in the remote alpine valley, which is popular with hikers and climbers, cannot be ruled out. imogen foulkes reports. on wednesday morning, 4 million cubic metres of mud and rock poured down the mountain, destroying farmhouses in its path and ending up right on the edge of the tiny village. residents were evacuated immediately, and helicopters plucked

hikers from alpine huts. at first, rescue workers thought everybody was safe. translation: overnight, we have received reports of missing people. we intensified rescue efforts, but until now we have not found anyone. police have confirmed that eight people known to be in the region at the time of the landslide are officially missing. in the last hours, a relative has told the swiss authorities that 0ver over 120 0ver120 rescue workers are now searching on foot and with special equipment to detect mobile phone signals. these remote, steep sided valleys are popular with climbers and hikers. but they are also known for the risk of avalanche and rock slides. some communities here have already invested millions in protective barriers.

geologists are warning that in the coming days further landslides cannot be ruled out. you‘d have thought a ten minute walk a day is not asking much — but you‘d be surprised how few of us manage that. officials at public health england have found that over 40% of adults in the derbyshire peak district, these walkers are about to head to the hills. i believe the weather is going to be fine, we hope! the beauty of walking is it‘s free, you don‘t need any special training or kit, and there are physical and mental benefits. people like liam quigley whojoined this club after putting on weight in his 50s.

psychologically it‘s great, if you feel a bit down and you come to an area like this, get a few miles under your belt and you get home feeling 100% better. nothing seems as bad as it did before. now, public health england says not enough adults are getting activity, are getting physical activity, leading to hundreds of avoidable early deaths. but walking briskly at around three miles per hourfor around ten minutes per day can significantly reduce the risk of ill—health. that‘s the advice gp doctor zoe williams offers her patients. practising what she preaches, she uses a smartphone app to measure her progress. but according to an exercise survey, millions of adults are missing out. four in ten adults between the ages of 40 and 60 are not managing to achieve ten minutes of brisk walking per month, which sounds unbelievable, and lots of those people will be walking but not walking at a brisk pace and it‘s important to walk briskly

because that‘s when you get the health benefits. but for many, time is the biggest obstacle to exercise. generally i will rather drive them walk because i need to get there in a hurry. we do go for a walk but not always brisk. you can always make time. 0ne less cake, one more walk. this advice from health experts to do ten minutes of brisk walking per day sounds simple enough but many struggle to work that kind of activity into our everyday lives so here are some tips if you use public transport to get to work you could hop off a stop early and continued the rest of your journey on foot. once you get to work, don‘t take the lift, use the stairs. if you get a lunch hour, you could use that time to stretch your legs. walking can help with weight loss, back pain, long—term conditions like diabetes,

even reducing the risk of cancer. now we are all being urged to get up and get moving. the headlines on bbc news: net migration to the uk falls by a quarter — to 246,000 a year — the lowest level for three years the number of students getting top gcse grades in maths and english has fallen slightly — after the introduction of new tougher exams. the husband of a woman who was knocked down and killed by a cyclist calls for a change to the law to tackle ‘irresponsible and reckless‘ actions. an update on the market numbers for you — here‘s how london‘s and frankfurt ended the day. and in the the united states this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. shares in dixon carphone slumped by almost a third this morning

after it issued a profits warning. its blaming falling sales of mobile phones. our technology correspondent rory cellanjones explained that it wasn‘t a case of people falling out of love with their phones. it seems that we may be deciding we don‘t need to upgrade quite so often. dixons carphone are saying maybe we are thinking of doing it every 2.5 years instead of two years and that‘s going to cost them a lot of money. why? well, you only need to take a look at a handful of modern mobile phone. they all look exactly the same. every new phone has some slight wrinkle in it but people find it hard to justify the added cost. and that‘s the other factor, they‘re just getting more and more expensive. the fall in the pound has led to big rises in prices. we saw samsung issue a phone yesterday which will cost £869. as a starting price. and there are rumours that the new iphone may cost up to £1000. so, that kind of price rise is beginning to bite. test match special is celebrating its sixtieth birthday today —

with a cricket match in yorkshire. teams of celebrities coached by the bbc‘s cricket correspondent jonathan agnew and the former england batsman geoffrey boycott have been playing at the university of leeds. 0ur media correspondent, amol rajan, looks back at a sporting institution. it‘s the sound of the english summer and this year it turned 60. he bowls to weekes, and weekes throws his bat at the ball wide outside... he's gone! he got there in the slips! because i've got a mouthful of cake. you have, you‘re spitting all into the microphone. for over six decades, test match special has marked the fluctuating fortunes of england‘s cricketers both at home and abroad. and in 1991 it delivered perhaps the most famous episode of cricketing commentary ever when brian johnston and jonathan agnew caught the giggles. part of his thigh must have just removed the bails. hejust didn‘t quite get his leg over. hita fourover the wicketkeeper's... he laughs

aggers, for goodness' sake, stop it! it's obviously funny because people still laugh at it. it amazes me, really. it kind of captured everything about test match special, i think. there are people having a bit of fun in the commentary box, that bit of innuendo that goes on at the same time. it's a bit charming and a bit silly. perhaps more than any other sport, cricket lends itself to talk radio. the long pauses within an epic drama that unfolds over five days have to be filled with something. and that something has, for the past 60 years, been the eccentrically english banter of the tms commentary box. of course cricket itself has changed irreversibly over that period and tms, celebrated in this birthday fixture today, has always tried to move with the times. it‘s the stories, it‘s the characters behind the microphone that bring the sport we love so much to life. ebony rainford—brent played for surrey in england as a professional and is now part of the tms team. started my career in t20 cricket. and it was a young, fast, dynamic way of getting into the game.

i think as that‘s evolved, more women have got involved with different types of games and we‘ve shown we‘re adaptable across all formats. i just think the game, because it has moved on, because it has engaged new audiences, it‘sjust kept up with the times. in recent decades television rights and then the internet dragged this most traditional of games into modernity. but before then it was the old transistor radio that beamed the latest score to an engrossed public. and swanny, absolutely quaking in his boots. and, 60 years on, tms is bowling over new audiences as never before. amol rajan, bbc news. it‘s a figure too big to comprehend — $758.7 million, but it‘s made one massachusetts woman very happy — and a whole lot richer. mavis wanczyk is the winner of the biggestjackpot in north american history and came

forward a little earlier to collect her prize. mavis bought the ticket at a petrol station in chicopee, massachusetts. the first thing i want to do is just wa nt to the first thing i want to do is just want to sit back and relax and i had a pipe dream and my pipe dream has finally comes through. what do you do the work? i work at a medical centre, i was therefore two years, andi centre, i was therefore two years, and i was a care thing. i have cold and i was a care thing. i have cold and said! and i was a care thing. i have cold and said i would be coming back. she looks surprisingly calm. so, as we‘ve been hearing, the gcse exams have been getting harder. so we thought we should give you a flavour of the kind of questions this year‘s teenagers have been facing. let‘s see if you can answer these. we have a maths question first...

next, biology for you. and finally, english. if you think you know the answers to those questions — tweet them to us including the hashtag #bbcnews. and keep watching because we will reveal the answers at about 8.25pm. time for a look at the weather. good evening, our weather has got

it. ina good evening, our weather has got it. in a rut. the sort of whether you had today is the same sort of whether you will have in the next few days. in northern ireland, there was showers and there will be further showers here across northern and western areas, there will be some rain at times, not all the time, and will be fairly cool. further south and east it should be largely dry and will feel pleasantly warm and it was a decent afternoon for this weather watcher intent. we have low pressure sitting up to the north west but you can see on the chart, not too many white lines or isobars. the winds are right, there isobars. the winds are right, there is not much to push the weather around. that‘s why things won‘t change much over the next few days. doing tonight, we will see showers or longer spells of rain into northern ireland, western scotland, northern ireland, western scotland, north west england. further ease, dry, clear spells and the odd bug patch with temperatures well 12—14d. we will see some sign, probably more

than today. cloud and outbreaks of rain continuing across northern ireland and scotland, especially western scotland. this may not especially happy, there will be the heavy bursts, eastern scotland not seen too much of what weather map then one or two outbreaks of showery rain in the west and south—west, some sunny spells but largely dry. into the south is, largely sunshine and here, pleasantly warm, 24—25d. a su btle and here, pleasantly warm, 24—25d. a subtle change as we go through friday night, this area of low pressure spinning round up to the north, but this week weather front will try to move south. that will introduce more cloud across england and wales, the orbit of showery rain, but there would be as many showers across northern ireland and scotland, then it will be warm down

the south—east, 25 degrees in london. sunday into monday as well, it will stay largely dry and pretty worn down towards the south and the south—east, further north, a greater chance of showers and for monday, some heavy rain and strong winds spreading from the west. this is bbc news. the headlines at eight. net migration to the uk falls by a quarter — to 246,000 a year — the lowest level for three years. it follows a surge in eu nationals leaving the uk since the brexit vote. what we are seeing is a third—quarter net reduction in the migration figures but it shows we cannot and will not be complacent about working towards that long—term aim and desire that we outlined to people across the country, that we want to see migration fall to sustainable levels. the number of students getting top gcse grades in maths and english has fallen slightly after the introduction of new tougher exams.

a 25—year—old woman has been jailed for ten years for making a series of false accusations of rape and sexual assault. the husband of a woman who was knocked down and killed