an 18—year—old is convicted of attempted murder, after the bomb attack on the london underground last september. ahmed hassan admitted building the device at home — he planted it on a tube carriage at the height of the rush hour. 30 people were injured in the explosion at parsons green. it's emerged hassan was enrolled on two government anti—radicalisation programmes. hassan was engaged on the programme, but coming back to his devious nature, he kept it very secretive in relation to what he was doing, what he was planning, and nobody around him actually knew what his plot was. the government says there are lessons to be learned from the case. we'll have the latest. also this lunchtime. the foreign secretary says vladimir putin is almost certainly responsible for ordering the use of a nerve agent on a former russian spy on british soil. our quarrel is with putin's kremlin, and with his decision, and we think it overwhelmingly likely it was his decision to direct the use of a nerve agent on the streets of the uk, on the streets of europe.

topman apologises unreservedly for any offence — after selling a t shirt that some believed referred to the hillsborough disaster. and it's gold cup day at cheltenham — can trainer nicky henderson win a historic treble later today? and coming up in the sport on bbc news, it's an all english champions league quarterfinal as liverpool are drawn against premier league rivals manchester city. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. an 18—year—old man has been found guilty of attempted murder, following the bomb attack

on the london underground last september, which injured 30 people. ahmed hassan admitted building the device that partially detonated at parsons green station, during the morning rush hour. the court heard it was only luck that the device didn't fully go off, and kill many people. it's emerged that hassan was under two deradicalisation programmes, "channel" and "prevent". the government says there are lessons to be learned from the case. our home affairs correspondent, june kelly, is at the old bailey. well, soon after his arrived in the uk it became clear that ahmed hassan was at risk of violent extremism. he said he had been kidnapped and trained to kill in iraq he was also seen looking at propaganda on his phone. he was put on the government programme prevent, which is aimed at

turning people jay from terrorism, but at the same time, this young man was building a bomb. ahmed hassan buying batteries and screwdrivers in asda. everyday items but, for him, part of his bomb—making kit. he's asked for id. he may have looked young, but he's been described as mature, highly intelligent and calculating. cctv cameras captured his journey as, the following morning, he left home with a bomb in his bag and a plan in his head. he was on his way to kill and injure people on the london underground system. he made for a train and, a few stops down the district line, he got off, leaving his bag containing his bomb on a timer behind. just after the train pulled into parsons green station, the bomb detonated, creating a massive fireball which rolled down the carriage, leaving passengers burning and screaming in pain.

hassan had struck shrapnel to the device — including nuts, bolts, screws and knives — to cause maximum carnage. he'd also used the explosive tatp, known as mother of satan. the bomb had only partially exploded. that bags on fire. at parsons green, a major emergency operation got under way. terrified passengers were taken off the train. some were carried out of the station on stretchers. meanwhile, the teenage bomber left london and went on the run. the year before he'd told a teacher it was his duty to hate britain because his father had been killed by coalition forces. and at the time of the attack he was on the government's anti—radicalisation programme, prevent. he was very cunning and devious and, on the face of it, hassan was engaged on the programme, but coming back to his devious nature, he kept it very secretive in relation to what he was doing, what he was planning and nobody around him actually knew what his plot was. 2a hours on from his attack,

firearms officers were surrounding his house in sunbury in surrey. inside were his petrified elderly foster pa rents, penny and ron jones. this was a couple who had received mbes from the queen for fostering hundreds of children. ahmed hassan repaid them for giving him a home by secretly building a bomb in their kitchen. and it's also emerged that the teenagers staying in their spare bedroom had said to immigration officials that in iraq, he'd been kidnapped and trained to kill by the islamic state group. it seems the joneses were told little about his background. someone like pennyjones is experienced, and she's an absolute champion for education, for the children's mental health and well—being. she would have put in as much as she possibly could in place for this young man. and this would have... this would have absolutely destroyed them, in part, because they had... i don't think they had any idea.

after the bombing, hassan, who had come into the uk two years earlier on a lorry, headed for dover. he was arrested as he tried to flee the country which had given him refuge, but for which he felt only hatred. june kelly, bbc news. clearly ahmed hassan had duped officials from the prevent programme into believing he was co—operating with them. this morning after the verdict we had a statement from surrey county council which was responsible for his welfare, in this country, they apologised saying our work with other aagencies in this case wasn't as good as it should have been and we are sorry for that. they also apologised to hassan‘s foster parentings, they say they we re foster parentings, they say they were told about his background but what we are still trying to get nailed down is what thejones were told. also this morning we have had a statement from the security minister, and he said clearly lessons minister, and he said clearly lesso ns ha d minister, and he said clearly lessons had to be learned from this

case. the foreign secretary has said he believes it's "overwhelmingly likely" that president putin was personally responsible for directing the use of a nerve agent on a former spy in salisbury. boris johnson's comments come as russia's foreign minister, sergei lavrov, confirmed british diplomats will be expelled from moscow, in response to 23 russians being told to leave britain earlier this week. naomi grimley reports. it is 12 days since sergei skripal and his daughter were attacked with nerve agents? salisbury. the resulting diplomatic spat with russia has escalated rapidly, even racing the prospect of a return to the cold war. british diplomats in moscow are braced for tit—for—tat reprisals after britain announced the expulsion of 23 russian official,

there is no word yet on that but russia says it has stopped listening to the allegations from the west. translation: there is investigations, hearings, when not a single piece of evidence has been presented to the public. the lact of fa cts presented to the public. the lact of facts is being compensated for by more ways of sanctions. boris johnson was standing shoulder to shoulder with his polish counterpart, making it clear president putin is the man he wants to see punished, not russians in general. our quarrel is with putin's kremlin. and with his decision, and we think it likely that it was his decision. to direct the use of a nerve agent on the streets of the uk, on the streets of europe, for the first time since the second world war. the russians are gave and immediate responsibilities to that remark, saying it was shocking and unforgivable. meanwhile at westminster, this episode has started to reveal some of the

existing cracks in the labour party. jeremy corbyn has once again suggested that britain can't be sure the russian state is responsible. in a guardian article he but that has drawn an angry response from some labour backbenchers. what we need is a very clear line from oui’ we need is a very clear line from our leadership, stating very clearly that we stand shoulder to shoulder with our allies and with the government, in the action it has taken. in salisbury last night specialist police teams were still at the grave side of sergei skripal‘s wife and son. 131 people in this english city are believed to have had possible contact with the deadly nerve agent. they may not be in hospital, but the anxiety caused to them is trouble

enough. to them is trouble enough. our correspondent richard galpin is in moscow. it #150e78 there was a pretty swift reaction to what borisjohnson —— borisjohnson had reaction to what borisjohnson —— boris johnson had to reaction to what borisjohnson —— borisjohnson had to say? reaction to what borisjohnson —— boris johnson had to say? totally, it has been very quick, and absolute fury. it has come from best cover, the kremlin spokesperson, the official spokesperson, he oussama assaidi what mrjohnson has done is very shocking, is unforgivable and a breach of diplomatic rules on what is normal, decent behaviour, so i think the kremlin will see this as being really provocative, upping the a nte being really provocative, upping the ante at what is a very febrile time in terms of the relationship between moscow and london. then of course we are waiting for that decision on the retaliatory measures from moscow. still, no definite timing on that. officials have been saying it will

be soon, one person saying it could be soon, one person saying it could be any minute now, but i think we have to factor in the presidential election taking place on sunday, that might affect it. however, given what mrjohnson has said today, which is really going to be seen as provocative, maybe they will decide to move more quickly on those measures. ( at least six people are now known to have died when a newly—built bridge collapsed onto a busy road in florida. eight cars were crushed, 10 people were taken to hospital, and the emergency services have been working at the scene throughout the night. cbs news correspondent manuel bohorquez is at the scene. bring us up—to—date with what the authorities are saying and doing. well, jane, at this point they do not expect to find any more survivors behind us, where that bridge collapsed. they said this has

turned from a search and rescue mission to a recovery effort, and a very delicate one at that. you might be able to tell behind me it's a precarious situation for rescue workers and investigators back there, there is part of the bridge that the teating on one of the support columns and as they try to clear some of the rubble it can still be dangerous for them. the yerls indication of what may have been happening on the bridge, #k5i78 in the form of a tweet from us senator marco rubio who said he learned that workers may have been tightening some of the cables when it collapsed. we know that a stress test was also happening at that time, this is a bridge that was installed just days ago, had not been opened to foot traffic just yet but clearly there was traffic going underneath it while the tests were happening. thank you very much. the clothing chain topman has apologised unreservedly for any offence that was caused by a t—shirt it's been selling, after criticism that it could be seen to refer

to the hillsborough disaster. the red top, with a large 96 on the back, is being seen by some liverpool fans as a reference to the club's kit and the number of people who died in the 1989 disaster. topman says the design was inspired by a bob marley song, but is has now been withdrawn from sale. sarah corker reports. this is the £20 t—shirt that liverpool fans have deck cried as sick. on the back the words what goes round comes back round, and written o the sleeve is the word karma. it was spotted online on thursday, and on merseyside there has been a big backlash, the 96, the colour red and the rose are seen by some here as references to the hillsborough disaster, when 96 people died. campaigners want to know how this happened who made this decision do

this shirt? who made this decision surely to goodness they must have known, something about hillsborough, and if they don't, i urge them to look up on hillsborough, because i think they will learn, they have to learn a lot about it. and of course ican learn a lot about it. and of course i can understand the fans, the families, being upset about this. and some took to twitter to vent their anger, absolute disgrace, it is surely unintentional one person rote wrote, how no—one flagged how offensive it would be is beyond me. another wrote it is a bob marley song, the lyrics are from the song, karma is the brand. they could have thought of the other connotations perhaps but probably the designers don't follow football. others described it as an unfortunate coincidence and a genuine mistakes. topman acted swiftly. removing the shirt this morning. i have constituents who have post—traumatic

stress disorder from that terrible event, it isjust, it is really u nfortu nate event, it isjust, it is really unfortunate that top man have done this, iam unfortunate that top man have done this, i am glad they have taken it off sale. is a company spokesperson questions are being asked of the design team how this hillsborough connection was not spotted sooner. our top story this lunchtime... an 18—year—old is convicted of attempted murder, after the bomb attack on the london underground last september. coming up, the six nations climax. ireland look to secure the grand slam against an under—pressure england side. coming up in sport, no medals for great britain on day seven of the winter paralympics as the snowboarders all once again miss out on the podium in pyeongchang.

gb have two days left to meet their medal target. the elephant population is continuing to dwindle across africa, as thousands are killed every year for their tusks. campaigners say a ban on the trade in ivory would be one step towards making it an unacceptable ornament — and help save the elephants. the leaders of botswana, uganda and gabon are calling on the uk and the european union to outlaw the sale of antique ivory. from botswana, alistair leithead reports. botswana is the last sanctuary for africa's elephants. half of the animals left on the continent live here and on its borders. but conservationists say the continuing trade in tusks, be it legal or illegal, to feed the market for ivory in china means the elephants are still seriously endangered. thousands of elephants

are still being killed for their ivory across africa every year, leaving orphans, like these guys. although the scale of poaching is down from what it was a few years ago, more elephants are being killed every year than are being born. it is still a big crisis for africa's elephants. this is one way to address it — cracking down hard on the poachers and traffickers. a demonstration at the giants club summit shows how lessons learned in counterterrorism are now being used for anti—poaching. making sure animals are worth more alive is important, but many here think ending trade is key. this ivory ornament was bought at auction in the uk as an antique, and therefore legal to sell. but radiocarbon dating proved it was from an elephant killed 13 years ago. if the experts can't tell, then how on earth are the public supposed to know? and i think the default setting

when you have that level of uncertainty simply has to be, "we can't afford to sell ivory." that is why a global petition is pushing for an eu and uk ban of antique ivory sales, now signed by three african presidents. well, i think the way we are moving now, when you look at the other countries coming on board, for example, like china. i think they are setting a wonderful example for others to follow, whether it is the uk, the european union or anyone else. banning the vehicle ivory trade won't stop the illegal killing and filling of elephants, but it is another step towards making ivory a less acceptable ornament. —— the illegal killing and orphaning of elephants. the egyptian government has called on the british authorities to bring to justice the people who attacked an egyptian student in nottingham. 18—year—old mariam moustafa died on wednesday, nearly a month after she was assaulted in the city centre. the attack has caused widespread anger in egypt. from nottingham,

sima kotecha reports. 18—year—old mariam moustafa, an engineering student in nottingham. her family are from egypt and came here for a better life. in february, as the teenager was making her way to see her mother and sister, she was attacked. she caught a bus on the street to try and get away from the girls. however, they followed her. police say she was punched several times. she died on wednesday. this footage on social media shows what happened on the bus. you move out my way! yesterday police said there was no information at this stage to suggest it was a hate crime, but that they were keeping an open mind. she was in a coma for three weeks after the attack. the family gave us these pictures. her younger sister told the bbc it felt as if half of her was now missing.

mariam was always looking out... looking forward for being an engineering. she was a hard worker, she always put all her effort in, to be in engineering. for me, i still can't believe she's gone. i still feel like she's around me. i feel like she's going to come knocking on the door, saying, "malla, come here." but that's not happening. the egyptian government has called on the uk authorities to bring those who did this to her to just as quickly. —— tojustice —— to justice quickly. a 17—year—old girl was arrested on suspicion of assault but has been released on conditional bail. a postmortem examination is taking place today. sima kotecha, bbc news, nottingham. the number of secondary schools running at a loss has nearly trebled in england in four years, according to the education policy institute.

the think tank analysed the budgets of council—supported primary and secondary schools in the last financial year, and more than a quarter of the secondary schools were in the red. the government disputes the figures and says it's putting an extra £1.3 billion into schools. helena lee reports. this is the elizabeth garrett anderson school in north london, a comprehensive secondary for around 900 girls. and one facing funding issues. they already feeling the impact here. the school says costs are gobbling up for them, meaning they are having to dip into reserves. jo is the head teacher, she says it is the disadvantaged children at her school most affected. it as local authorities

are not able to provide the same services they use too. schools have to pick that up. if we don't do that, it is the most disadvantaged, the most challenged, most vulnerable young people who will suffer. so all the support around mental health young people who will suffer. so all the support arou has |ental health young people who will suffer. so all the support arou has been health young people who will suffer. so all the support to u has been health young people who will suffer. so all the support to fun s been health young people who will suffer. so all the support to fun buteen health and we have to fun but ourselves. this school is not alone, researchers at the education policy institute looked at finances of local authority secondaries in england over the last seven years. they found the number of secondary schools in deficit almost trebled in the last four years. in 2013/2014, almost 8% were in the red. that rose to just over 26% in 2016/ 17. red. that rose to just over 26% in 2016/17. those in the south—west are most likely to be in deficit. pa rents are most likely to be in deficit. parents will naturally be concerned about some of the pressures on school budgets, because what it may

mean for them is cuts to teachers, cuts to teaching assistants, which can potentially mean increased class sizes and a reduction of subjects on offer in secondary schools. the local government association says this report shows the government needs to provide extra funding but the government says it does not recognise the findings of the report and is investing £1.3 billion into schools. it's gold cup day at the cheltenham festival, with trainer nicky henderson going for an historic treble when he sends out might bite later this afternoon. victory would make henderson the first trainer to win the champion hurdle, champion chase and gold cup at one cheltenham festival. 70,000 people are expected to be there to watch. our sports correspondent andy swiss reports. sunny skies and even brighter hopes as the fans flocked for a snapshot

of racing history, the big question is who's here will it be? 12 months ago it was sizing johns, but he has been ruled out by injury, leaving the field open. native river is one of the favourites and the jockey has gold cup glory in his sights. any trainer, owner orjockey, just to have a runner in the races is amazing. four win eight, have a runner in the races is amazing. fourwin eight, to have a runner in the races is amazing. four win eight, to me, have a runner in the races is amazing. fourwin eight, to me, it is the best race you can win. others are already chasing history. trainer nicky henderson has already won the two biggest races at the festival so far and now his horse might bite could make it an president at hat—trick. but he fears the soggy conditions might think his hopes. —— could make it an unprecedented hat—trick. hopes. —— could make it an unprecedented hat-trick. he is a very classy horse and it rubs the class out of them a little bit. and

the real old sluggers in the gold cup can make it into a bit of a war of attrition, that is probably not might bite's scene. one man guaranteed a special day is 109—year—old ralph, britain's third old est 109—year—old ralph, britain's third oldest man will be a guest here and half a century after his last cheltenham visit, he hopes to choose a winner. i like to have an occasional flutter a winner. i like to have an occasionalflutter on racing. i don't spend a lot, just two shillings. a shilling or two is what so many here hoped for. today is one of racing's biggest gambles, as well as one of its biggest celebrations. the fa ns one of its biggest celebrations. the fans will hope for plenty to cheer. this promises to be one of the most open gold cups we have seen. might bite, our duke and native river are

currently leading the betting. the gold cup gets under way at 3:30pm. thank you very much, andy swiss at cheltenham. it is a busy time in the sporting world. it's the climax of the six nations this weekend, with ireland aiming to win the grand slam against england at twickenham. confidence is low in eddiejones' side, and after a two—match losing run, the england coach has made a number of changes for tomorrow's game. elsewhere, italy play scotland, and wales host france in cardiff. joe wilson reports. twickenham on friday reveals the seats. they are always green, notjust for st patrick's day. but here ireland seek six nations perfection. first they beat france... last gasp in paris. second wind was against italy. next, wales were beaten in dublin. four more tries beat scotland. which just leaves england. five wins means the grand slam. much at stake. here's a fantastic opportunity to just achieve a grand slam but to go a year unbeaten.

—— to not just —— to notjust achieve the grand slam. yes, ireland did the grand slam nine years ago, but the only other time they've achieved the feat was 1948. there was no commentary. ireland in grey. well, if ireland are here to try and make history, england are certainly trying to find a future. coach eddiejones spent the week apologising about leadership speech filmed last year when he bantered about ireland being, quote, scummy. he's made radical changes to his team to play ireland, often selections speak louder than words. any team that wins 11 games in a row, they're worthy champions of the six nations. we're very respectful of them but, like any team, they team, they have a weakness. england's weaknesses have been starkly exposed in two consecutive defeats. eddiejones has never lost with england at twickenham, and that's part of the fascination tomorrow. tickets offered online for crazy sums. grand slam seats — a grand each. joe wilson, bbc news, twickenham. footage has been released of a polar bear cub born

in the scottish highlands, just before christmas. staff at the wildlife park where the youngster was born, are yet to find out whether the bear is a boy or a girl — but the youngster is proving to be a confident and curious little character, as our scotland correspondent lorna gordon has been finding out. the first tentative steps outside for britain's polar bear cub in 25 yea rs. for britain's polar bear cub in 25 years. emerging from its den in the highlands, its mum close by. this is how i knew we had a polar bear cub, you can hear the sound. keeper vicky larkin was the first to find out that a cub had arrived. larkin was the first to find out that a cub had arrivedlj larkin was the first to find out that a cub had arrived. i am super excited. it is probably the most exciting thing to happen in my whole superior. i am exciting thing to happen in my whole superior. iam really exciting thing to happen in my whole superior. i am really excited seeing

how the cub grows, getting to know its little character and also just eventually sharing it with the public as well. it is just such an amazing thing to happen. the two male polar bears at the park are keptin male polar bears at the park are kept ina male polar bears at the park are kept in a separate enclosure, well away from the female and its new offspring. the one you can just see at the back will never meet his club. this replicates what would happen in the wild. —— will never meet his cub. the cub copies everything its mum does. inquisitive and, for the most part, fearless. some conservationists question whether these animals should ever be bred in captivity, but keep is hearsay diminishing sea ice threatens the polar bear population in the wild. —— but keepers hearsay. we try to give them the best

quality—of—life we can, we have some of the biggest enclosures in captivity. the wild population is in trouble. whilst we may not be able to do right now, it may be necessary to do right now, it may be necessary to to augment the wild population from a captive population in future. the area the cub is exploring is growing fast. it is still being shielded from view but it is likely to bea shielded from view but it is likely to be a big draw, and people could still get to see it in the open within the next few weeks. iam afraid, i am afraid, for some others, it is time the weather. if you have enjoyed that springlike feel to the weather, for some of us tomorrow will be quite a shock. things are turning much more wintry. we have some sunshine