a five hour siege in the west midlands after a gunman takes two people hostage at a bowling alley. the standoff was brought to an end by armed police — on a day when the leisure park had been full of families. he had a gun over his head like this. and he's shouting, "game over, game over. get out!" and everyone‘s panicking, screaming. you heard crying from kids. police say there is no connection to terrorism. the gunman has been arrested. also tonight: a cabinet minister says the government should borrow more to build up to 300,000 new homes a year in england. legally married at 13 in america — the girls whose childhood is taken away. and the songbirds trapped in the forests of java, sold for their sound, and now on the brink of extinction. good evening.

armed police surrounded a bowling alley in nuneaton in the west midlands this afternoon, after a man with a gun took two people hostage there. the five—hour siege took place at the bermuda park retail and leisure site, which was packed with families at the time. warwickshire police say the incident was resolved, and a suspect arrested and taken to hospital. sophie long has the details. panic as parents desperately try to get their children to safety. just very scared because we have small kids. very scared. it was like in the movies. shells and dogs and everything. sunday afternoon and

bermuda park, home to play areas and restau ra nts bermuda park, home to play areas and restaurants was packed with families having fun. it was just after 2.30 when a man entered the bowling alley with what eye witnesses described as a sawn—off shotgun. with what eye witnesses described as a sawn-off shotgun. the guy actually ran up to the door, with the gun in his hand, opened the door and told me to get out of the area. friends, liam roberts and alex mulholland we re liam roberts and alex mulholland were in the middle of a game. liam roberts and alex mulholland were in the middle of a game a man who was also playing bowling ran gci’oss who was also playing bowling ran across our lane shouting, "get out, get out." i turned behind me, a white man he had a gun over his head like this and he is shouting "game over, game over, get out." everyone is panicking screaming, you heard crying from kids. everyone is running trying to get out of the doors. it was really hectic, really and horrible to be a part of. most made it out but the gunman held two men hostage for more than four hours. friends waited as they remained trapped inside there was a

video that surfaced saying that he has been taken to the door by the gunman and forced back inside. pretty sickening to be honest, nobody should be put in that situation. you hear of it in places like america, but a little place in warwickshire, no, it's not right. it's quiet around here. gunshots just after 6.30 police stormed the bowling alley. 45 minutes later they confirmed the incident was over. relief forfamilies confirmed the incident was over. relief for families who'd had to barricade themselves inside the soft play area next door. it was really scary and when we saw the police, i thought the man was in here and then when we went outside, i felt a little bit more safe. it wasjust so scary seeing other people's families just fleeing from the danger. it's just fleeing from the danger. it's just — — it'sjust upsetting. warwickshire police say one man has

been arrested, two others were led to safety unharmed. well specialist firearm officers and police negotiatoring brought this incident toa negotiatoring brought this incident to a successful cloe.s we know tonight both the men held hostage we re tonight both the men held hostage were employees at the bowling alley. they were both checked by ambulance workers for any signs of shock. today, chief superintendent alex franklin smith from warwickshire police said he wanted to thank all those caught newspaper this frightening incident for his patience and cooperation. he also said he wanted to reassure the community here that it was not terrorist—related. thank you sophie. a senior cabinet minister has told the bbc that the government should consider borrowing more money to invest in building new homes. speaking on the andrew marr show, the communities secretary, sajid javid, said up to 300,000 new homes a year are needed — a level of construction not seen since the 1960s. labour criticised the plans

for not going far enough. 0ur political correspondent ben wright reports. everyone knows there is a housing crisis. politicians have been promising to solve it for years. now, it looks like there will be another building push in the budget next month. the budget will be covering housing, but what i want to do is make sure that we're using everything we have available to deal with this housing crisis. and where that means, for example, that we can sensibly borrow more to invest in the infrastructure that leads to more housing, take advantage of some of the record low interest rates that we have, i think we should absolutely consider that. as for how many, mrjavid said that up to 300,000 new homes are needed annually — that's double the number built in england last year. and for a family needing space in the south—east of england, the shortage of housing is a real problem. we have four children, so trying to find something that is affordable for us is ridiculous. i mean, if we move further north then we could probably afford something that would be the right size — but, erm, logistically,

it doesn't work. britain has mobilised before to tackle its need for homes. architect mr appleton asked housewife mrs appleton for suggestions... in the 1950s, the housing minister, harold macmillan, got britain building 300,000 houses, both private and council, a year. we need a national crusade to get homes built... in recent years, the government has made it easier for buyers to borrow their way into home ownership, and there have been changes made to planning laws. but ambitious building targets are hard to hit. i think that you have to work very, very hard to put in place the resources to make that happen, and i would be very surprised if we met 300,000 anywhere in the next ten years. new houses are being built, like these in south—east london. but prices remain way out of reach for many first—time buyers, and there has been a historic political failure to match demand with supply. but in its readiness now to borrow for building,

not only is the government moving further away from austerity, it's also fighting on the same political turf as labour. if hot air built new homes, ministers would have fixed the housing crisis by now. now, any promise of new investment is welcome, but it's actions not words that count, and we've seen under this government, spending on new affordable housing slashed and are now at a 24—year low. so, what will be in next month's budget box? today, one of the chancellor's cabinet colleagues was either giving a big house—building hint or doing some last—minute lobbying. but if the government borrows money to build on the scale suggested, that would certainly mark a new approach. the president of zimbabwe, robert mugabe, has been stripped of his position as goodwill ambassador for the world health organisation, just days after his controversial appointment. the head of the who said the decision was in the best interests of his organisation. the original announcement was met with a wave of condemnation by key who donor countries and campaigners.

a scottish man has been sentenced to three months injail for touching a man's hip in a dubai bar. jamie harron, who's from stirling, was arrested injuly and charged with public indecency. he claimed he had simply been trying to avoid spilling his drink when he touched the man. thousands of people have attended a demonstration in the maltese capital, valletta, to call for justice for the murdered journalist, daphne ca ruana galizia. the writer, who denounced political corruption and organised crime, was killed in a car bomb attack on monday. japan‘s prime minister, shinzo abe, has declared victory in his country's general election. his liberal democratic party is heading for more than 300 seats, a large majority injapan‘s lower house of parliament. mr abe has said that his imminent task would be to "deal firmly" with north korea, which would require "strong diplomacy". the international trade secretary, liam fox, says the government won't decide how much money it will pay to the european union after brexit

until it becomes clear what trade agreement the two sides will reach. dr fox says ministers are still trying to establish what the eu wants. i'm saying that what we will decide is a number when we can see the final package. i've made this, as has david davis, in discussions we've had with ministers across the european union. we've made very clear our position. and when we said to them, "would you simply give a number before you knew what the outcome was going to be?" they say, "absolutely not." in which case, we say, "so, why should we?" the spanish government has rejected accusations from the regional authorities in catalonia that it has carried out a coup by moving to impose direct control after the disputed independence referendum. people opposed to catalan independence have been protesting in barcelona, from where tom burridge reports. this scene, hard to imaginejust

this scene, hard to imagine just a few weeks ago. maybe 200 people outside a military barracks in barcelona. chanting gestures of support for spain's civil guard police and the army inside. these people support spain's call to scrap the catalan government and ta ke scrap the catalan government and take control they want independence but they tell me so many things that are lies and i try to talk to them but they are like a wall. two sides, two visions of the catalan crisis, neither listening to the other. the atmosphere here today in catalonia is febrile. people here outside a military barracks calling for cata la n military barracks calling for catalan politicians to be arrested

and calling for action to be taken against catalonia's public radio and tv. madrid accuses catalonia's public tv channel of propaganda. which, spanish officials claim, has fuelled the pro—independence cause. in a highly—controversial move, madrid might try to ex—terrorist control over their problems. might try to ex—terrorist control over their problemslj might try to ex—terrorist control over their problems. i think it would be terrible because we are doing ourjob, we arejournalists, we are here to explain the things that happen here in catalonia, that are happening in spain, thatare happening in the world and i think that they are violating one of the principal rights of freedom of speech. and the spanish state has jailed susanna's husband. mr sanchez, the leader of prominent

pro—independent organisation, is accused of inciting disorder during accused of inciting disorder during a demonstration, a charge he, his familiarlip and a demonstration, a charge he, his familiar lip and supporters strenuously deny. translation: he is a political prisoner, not a politician. he is injailfor defending his ideals. the spanish government deny that is susanna's husband and another activist, who has also been refused bail, are political prisoners. but susanna has no confidence they will get a fair trial. when the political climate in spain is, as it is today. ending child marriage is one of the united nations' sustainable development goals. but it's a problem that doesn'tjust affect developing countries. in america, in 25 out of the 50 states, there is no minimum age for a marriage to be legal. every year, it is thought that thousands of girls, some not even teenagers, get married in the united states, often to older men. 0ur north america correspondent

aleem maqbool reports. what happened to angel here in america may seem unexpected. she feels her childhood was torn away from her at the age ofjust i3, she says her mother forced her into a marriage. i would love to go back to school... after years of feeling there was no way out, she finally escaped, and is speaking out about her child marriage for the first time. i was a slave to my ex, i was a slave to this idea that my mother wanted us to all be together and for me to have kids so young. and to do all of that, i still have all of this emotional baggage of wanting to have done something with my life by now, but haven't been able to, because i was too busy taking care of kids. it is really... all the time that i think about what i could have done, or could have been. angel's marriage fits an international pattern of child

brides being far more likely not to get an education, and to face violent abuse. we might be talking about angel's story here in rural idaho, but this is a national problem, because children are permitted to marry across this country, with some states having no set minimum marriage age at all. we extrapolate from the data and estimate that in all 50 states, including the 12 states that don't track the data, approximately a quarter of a million children were married in america between 2000 and 2010, and again, if we look at the data that we do have from the 38 states, we know this is overwhelmingly girls to adult men. fine, how are you...? sherryjohnson is trying to convince politicians in her home state of florida to change the laws that allowed her to be forced to marry — at the age ofjust ii. i got married to my rapist. erm...the guy that raped me.

actually, my mother saw fit for me to marry him to make the situation of me getting pregnant... i can say, to make it look better overall. and so, versus putting the handcuffs on him at 20 years of age, they actually put the handcuffs on me at 11. for many, it is shocking to see those numbers in black—and—white on an american marriage certificate. shocking still to know that in much of the country, there is nothing to stop it happening again today. with all the sport, here's karthi at the bbc sport centre. good evening mishal. lewis hamilton has won the united states grand prix but that wasn't enough to claim this year's world championship quite yet. hamilton's nearest rival, sebastian vettel, finished in second

place in austin, which means the title race goes on to mexico next weekend. 0ur correspondent david 0rnstein reports. a grand entrance for the star of formula one. lewis hamilton with eyes firmly on the prize. potential number 4, eyes firmly on the prize. potential number a, potentially just 56 eyes firmly on the prize. potential number 4, potentiallyjust 56 laps away. his only challenger sebastian investigatele. hamilton stands on the verge of glory for a reason. he has dominated the season, winning four of the previous five races and duly regained the lead on lap 6. both men pitted for a tyre change yet the order remained. 0n went the race. even usain bolt in awe of the pays. pace. ferrari gambled and for a period vettel was stuck in fourth

but he worked his way forward to ensure the contest finished as it started, so hamilton takes another step towards becoming the most successful british driver in history. he has three grand prixes to do it. next up mexico. it was merseyside versus london in the premier league. match of the day 2 follows soon on bbc one, so it's time to pop out of the room if you don't want to know the results. a difficult week for the everton manager, ronald koeman, was made worse by a 5—2 defeat to arsenal. everton are now in the relegation zone. liverpool also lost today, beaten 4—1 by tottenham with two goals from harry kane. spurs are nowjust five points behind the league leaders, manchester city. motherwell will play in a scottish league cup final for the first time in over a decade after they beat rangers 2—0. both goals were scored by louis molt, his specatuclar second strike sending motherwell through to next month's final where they will meet the holders, celtic. the women's ashes started overnight in brisbane but the first one day international ended in defeat for england. australia beat them by just two wickets.

jess jonassen hit her first delivery for four to give australia the victory. the second one day international is on thursday. in rugby union's european champions cup, there was an important win for english premiership champions, exeter over montpellier. while wasps have boosted their european campaign with a 41—10 win over harlequins, including two brilliant tries from christian wade. ulster were defeated by la rochelle. the rest of the day's sport is on the bbc website, including ronnie 0'sullivan winning snooker‘s english open title, a gold for great britain at the european track cycling championships and the latest from tennis's season ending wta finals. the songbirds ofjava in indonesia are facing extinction because of huge demand for them in wildlife markets. they are trapped and sold to buyers who prize their musical sound, but some species may disappear within the next ten years unless urgent conservation action is taken.

victoria gill reports from java. the steep slopes of mount mala bar, west java. our guide knows this lush forest inside out. it's where he made his living. he'sjust showing me how you make a bird trap out of some sticks from the trees around us and a piece of string. ah...and then it's caught. yeah. where would those birds go? he no longer hunts here. he's now a conservationist. but in forests across java, songbirds are still trapped in vast numbers. pramuka injakarta, the largest wildlife market in asia. up to 16,000 birds can be found for sale here in a single day. the vast majority of those will have

been caught in the wild. it's that constant harvesting of wild birds by their thousands that's really driving this extinction crisis. the bitter irony of the destructive trade is that the demand is driven by a national passion for songbirds — something on full display at this bird—singing competition. but it's now reached a tipping point. this bird may be the only one of its kind left on the planet. this bird in here could be the last of this kind of bird? yeah. the rufous—fronted laughingthrush is one of 19 species identified by a global assessment to be on the brink of extinction. that's why british conservationists are at this centre as part of an international effort to save some of the world's most critically endangered songbirds by taking them out of the wild and into captivity to breed. if we do nothing, these species will all go extinct within the next decade, there's no doubt about that.

but we're going to do everything we possibly can, we're going to fight to save these species. the search is now on for safe habitat to release these birds. this small flock is being set free in a private safari park. but with some species now down to fewer than 100 individuals, their long—term future depends on human intervention. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. at the age of 21, alex tew had a brainwave. aiming to become a millionaire, he set up a website and sold the pixels it contained to advertisers, for a dollar each. by 2005, he'd achieved his dream. but what came next for the young entrepreneur? 0ur correspondent robert hall has been to meet him. 0n the streets of san francisco, alex tew has travelled a long way from the day he made a million. 21—year—old alex tew set up the website in his bedroom

after spending a restless night working out how he could become a millionaire before going to university... every computer image is made up of tiny dots or pixels. alex sold a million of them, in blocks at $1 each, just enough screen space for advertisers to show their own logo or a link to their website. alex, and this happens while you're sleeping, effectively? yeah, that's the beauty of the internet. i am sitting here right now, and i have probably made a few more dollars since i woke up. that idea and that time of my life was really at turning point. the true value of the million dollar homepage was not the money it made me, but actually the relationships that formed as a result. 12 years on, with a string of successful projects behind him, alex has embarked on another, but this time the high flyer is trying to persuade the rest of us to slow down. i was actually working on something

to do with meditation and the internet combined, even when i was about 16. it was always in the back of my mind to combine those two interests. well over eight million people are now using the website and app. we are on track to do about $20 million of revenue this year. mental— health issues are on the rise. what's more important is the value it's creating in the world. a trip back home to gloucestershire offers a chance to draw breath and to reflect on the past. he had always been an ideas guy, even from seven or eight. all these experiences opened doors he never imagined. what he has also shown is that he's really committed to continuing with ideas. alex may have found a new direction of travel, but what advice had he for today's would—be entrepreneurs? we live in a culture where everything is instant. people expect things to happen

and go perfectly for them, and it's not the case. be doggedly persistent and go after your goals with relentless focus and drive, because it is a competitive world out there. he may be a little more thoughtful, but alex tew is not slowing down. there are so many more challenges down the track. robert hall, bbc news. he let's find out how the weather is looking with soougs powell. —— with susan powell. this weekend we have taken a battering courtesy of brian. these are scenes from the cornish coast yesterday. brian now, a fairly innocent—looking area of low pressure in the north sea. a little ridge of high pressure for us even overnight. but this area of low pressure in the atlantic will keep us pressure in the atlantic will keep us busy in the week ahead but a

tangent weather front sweeping across the british isles. a breather for the next few hours, showers clearing and clear skies for a time, chillier in the british isles, but coming into the west the first signs of the weather front into monday morning. a wet start for many. temperatures starting to rise again, as the cloud and rain pile in. mild enough first thing on monday. a pretty, soggy miserable looking start on the whole. northern ireland should brighten nicely through the morning. then we will see brighter weather from the west as the day goes on. some eastern coasts, and tuckly down towards the channel struggling with thicker cloud and mark through the day. the biggest change probably the fact it'll feel milderfor change probably the fact it'll feel milder for monday. temperatures in the mid—teens. monday into tuesday, this low still swirling away towards the west, whipping the weather fronts across us. looks like mixed fairon fronts across us. looks like mixed fair on tuesday. england and wales, cloudy, with heavier rain for a time across the hills of wales. northern ireland and scotland brighter but breezy, some heavier showers from time to time. but look at the mild

air getting sucked up to the south of the front, 18 degrees in london. and that mild air to the south of the front will keep trying to nudge its way further north as we go through the middle part of this week. this front continuing to snake its way across the british isles. a lot of uncertainty, a bit like a sea saw as to where it'll sit and where we'll get the warmest air and wettest conditions. 0n we'll get the warmest air and wettest conditions. on wednesday, it looks like the cloudy wet weather across england and wales, warmer air to the south. further north a fresher feel across northern england northern ireland and scotland, breezy as well but the best of the sunshine here. gloomy conditions but milderair sunshine here. gloomy conditions but milder air pushing north on thursday. remember some uncertainty about the exact position but northern scotland looks brightest, southern england looking warmest. for the end of the week a similar story but come the next weekend, plunging into some cooler air again. make the most of the warmer conditions on offer in the week ahead.