this is bbc news. i'm julian worricker. the headlines at eight. a bill to make upskirting, the act of secretly taking photos under a skirt, a sexual offence has been blocked by a single conservative mp. only a recent poll this morning said showed 90% of the people in this country are behind this change in the lot and then the one person can block the whole thing. it seems to frustrating and wrong. donald trump announces the us will be putting a 25% trade tariff on more than 800 goods from china. two teenage moped riders are jailed for life after they stabbed and killed a charity youth worker during a violent robbery spree. a damning report says the government's flagship benefits scheme, universal credit, may end up costing more than the system it replaced. also tonight tributes to the eastenders star leslie grantham who's died at the age of 71. best known for playing the roguish pub landlord ‘dirty den‘, more than half the country tuned in to watch leslie grantham

confront his screen wife in a christmas special. i think he was the archetype cold coming day. a good—looking guy, a charmer and funny. it was a good actor. 18 the women plan to sell a valuable necklace at the met gala and the all—female crime caper ocean state. find out what mark thought of that and the rest of the week partial types cinema releases in the film review. —— ocean's eight. good evening and welcome to bbc news. an attempt to make upskirting, where photos are secretly taken under a skirt, a criminal offence in england and wales has been blocked by one conservative mp, sir christopher chope.

the government had earlier given its support to introducing the new law, have since reiterated their commitment that ‘upskirting will become a criminal offence‘, and they have ‘every expectation that this will happen‘. let‘s listen to what happened in the commons, while the deputy speaker and liberal democrat mp vera hobhouse discuss the bill, you can just make out sir christopher shouting "object", which is all that‘s need to block the bill‘s passage. other mps then cry "shame". let‘s hear proceedings. voyeurism offences bill, second reading. object. objection taken. second reading july six. the liberal democrat mp, vera hobhouse, who brought the private member‘s bill to parliament, said she was angry and frustrated. we had the backing of two ministers in the ministry ofjustice and we worked so well with gina martin in the campaign. only a recent poll this morning

showed 96% of the people in this country are behind the change in the law and one person can block the whole thing, it seems frustrating and wrong. that is the parliamentary procedure we are faced with. our political correspondent ben wright explains how these private members bills work. a private member‘s bill is a way that backbench mps can flag up and issues they care a lot about. and try and prompt a change in the law. the vast majority go nowhere at all because they don‘t have government support behind them. this one, though, was different because the government was behind it. talking it up. and it seemed pretty inevitable that this private members bill would just go through the normal commons procedures and eventually make upskirting a criminal offence in england and wales. and it wasn‘t expected to hit this hump today. the problem is, it is very easy to chuck out or at least block the passage of a private member‘s bill either by filibustering

it, talking it out, or as christopher chope did today, just shout "object". now that is the way the government whips often go about killing off private members‘ bills that they don‘t like. nobody expected christopher chope to do it today. but i must say he and a number of other tory mps do have a long track record of being the handful of mps who turn up here on a friday to object to private members‘ bills. i think he‘s got a long history himself of not liking this as a way of going about trying to change the law. we haven‘t, i must say, been able to speak to him in the last few hours, he isn‘t picking up his phone to us, anyway. but he has had a word with gina martin, the campaigner who helped bring this legislation forward. and this is what she said within the last hour. he told me that he objected to it because he was annoyed that it wasn't debated because it is a new bill. obviously we've been in parliament with this bill, talking to the mo] for six months so a lot of discussion has actually gone into this bill

behind closed doors. he just said he objected to it on principle, and i said what about the subject matter of the bill? and he said, well, i'm not really sure on that, i'm not sure what that is, upskirting. i said, well i can help you with that. i asked for his e—mail address, and he said absolutely, e—mail me. i said, i would like to talk to you and find out why you objected, and explain what this really is and how much it will affect women and girls and protect women and girls. and he said ok let's meet then. there is no suggestion that he thinks upskirting is a good idea. this is about procedure, as far as he‘s concerned, and from the basis of that account of the conversation he didn‘t know much about the issue being discussed. it is not the end of the process. this bill will come back on another friday, i think onjuly sixth, and clearly in between then and now, gina martin and others will try to persuade sir christopher chope not to do this again and let this private member‘s bill go through to the committee stage and eventually become law. but i think many people will look at this and think that this leaves parliament looking pretty ridiculous

on such an important issue. and earlier i spoke to our conservative mp tom tugendhat, who wasn‘t happy with the decision from his fellow tory member of parliament. it is a law that the government supports, the solicitor—general helped to draft, margojames tried to support because it addresses a gap in the law. we know that technology evolves, things evolve, this problem wasn‘t a problem 100 years ago. it wasn‘t even a problem 50 years ago. but it is a problem now. and that is why it is important we address it urgently. this is happening at gatherings, on trains, various places where people gather. it is completely unacceptable. it is a form of violation of some of our fellow citizens, and absolutely outrageous that it should happen and it is really objectionable that christopher should‘ve done this without even knowing what the bill was. have you spoken to him about it?

no, i haven‘t. what would you say to him if he had the opportunity? i think it‘s pretty clear to what i would say. it is disgraceful to block a law that is designed to protect people from having their most intimate details intruded upon. it is completely unacceptable. and we‘ll find out how this story, and many others are covered in tomorrow‘s front pages at 10:45 and 11:30 this evening in the papers. our guestsjoining me tonight are lynn davidson, whitehall correspondent, at the sun, and martin bentham, who‘s the home editor of the london evening standard. the united states and china have moved closer to a trade war after president trump announced tariffs of 25% targeting 50 billion dollars‘ worth of chinese goods. the tariffs will be imposed from july—the—sixth and cover a range of sectors, including aerospace, communications, robotics and cars. in a swift response,

the chinese commerce ministry promised immediate counter—measures of similar size and strength. earlier i spoke to our washington correspondent gary o‘donoghue and asked whether it was a step towards a trade war. yes it is. on top of that development last week with donald trump and the g7, folding his arms and telling his allies he was going to maintain those steel and aluminium tariffs now comes this bunch of tariffs on china, on a whole range of areas, particularly in areas where there is high—tech knowledge that goes into the products. the reason for this is twofold. one is that president trump generally thinks the trade deficit with china is too big. it is $375 billion at the moment. and secondly there is concern amongst his administration that china is stealing intellectual property and unfairly supporting its own high—tech industries by requiring american companies when they invest in china to hand over some of their intellectual

property as well. so that is what has happened and there‘s been a whole bunch of talks between wilbert ross the commerce secretary and his chinese counterparts. the chinese offered to buy a bit more in terms of american products, it was not enough and the americans therefore have gone ahead with their threat to disrupt these tariffs on. gary, stay with us, other matters as well, in an impromptu life interview in which president trump claimed he has largely solved the problem with north korea after a flurry of early—morning tweets he said he could see an american tv channel broadcasting in front of the white house and he was thinking of walking down there. and that is exactly what he did come he made his way past the journalists to head for fox news and said this about his meeting on tuesday with the north korean leader kim jong—un. we now have a very good relationship with north korea. when i came into thisjob it looked

like war, not because of me but when you remember the sit down with barack obama i think you‘ll admit that he said the biggest problem the united states has the most dangerous problem, he said to me, that we‘ve ever had because of nuclear is north korea. that is shortly before i entered office. i have solved that problem. that problem is largely solved. part of the reason is because we have signed a very good document. but you know what more importantly than the documents, i have a good relationship with kim jong—un. i can now call him. i can now say we have a problem, i gave him a very direct number. he can now call me if he has difficulties. i can call him. we have communication. it‘s a good thing. people are shocked, they thought trump would get in and he would stop in and he would start throwing bombs

all over the place. it‘s the opposite. but we are building a military so strong, $716 billion, 700 this year, we are building a military so strong nobody will mess with us but you know what i never want to use it. so, gary, he‘s solved that problem. so he says. an extraordinary moment this morning. as you say he walked out of the white house straight onto the set of fox and friends, on the network, spent half an hour with them and if that was not enough he had another 20 minutes with the journalists there to watch what was going on. he spent about 50 minutes with journalists and his topics ranged from north korea to the james comey investigation, the former fbi director, a whole slew of different topics, just freewheeling effectively.

gary o‘donoghue in washington. staying with president trump. his former campaign chairman, paul manafort, has been sent to prison, pending his trial on charges of conspiracy, money laundering and obstruction of justice. bail was revoked, after he was accused of tampering with witnesses. special counsel robert mueller expressed concerns that mr manafort would try to influence witnesses in his investigation into russia‘s role in the 2016 presidential election. president trump has tweeted, saying it was unfair. two teenage moped riders, who stabbed a man to death during a violent robbery spree in west london, have been given life sentences. 18—year—old troy thomas, and 19—year—old nathan gilmaney were found guilty of murdering abdul samad for his mobile phone. the sentencing judge at the old bailey described the cctv footage of their crimes as chilling. tolu adeoye reports. we believe this vehicle is possibly involved in the stabbing.

they have been described as 21st century highwaymen. this was the police pursuit of troy thomas and nathan gilmaney last october. the teenagers had spent hours roaming around the maida vale area looking for victims. stop, police! by the end of the night, there had been nine knife—point robberies, five stabbings and abdul samad was dead. the 28—year—old was knifed even after he handed over his mobile. his parents were in court to hear thomas and gilmaney sentenced to a minimum of 22 and 27 years respectively. in sentencing gilmaney and thomas, thejudge said he had no doubt that, had the police not caught them, they would have gone on to rob more people that night. he said the way they had given their evidence during that trial gave a clear impression that their attitude to what they had done to the victims was one of casual matter of fact indifference. the teenagers went out armed on that night. judge richard marks qc referenced the frequency of young people

carrying knives and an alarming rise in moped crime in his remarks. i‘m pleased to see the judge mentioning moped and knife crime as aggravating factors. i hope that will send a strong message to any young person considering carrying a knife or getting involved in this sort of criminal activity on mopeds. abdul samad has been described as an outstanding young man who was engaged to be married. instead his family have been left utterly devastated by what the judge called the wicked stabbing of him that night. tolu adeoye, bbc london news. the government has been severely criticised in an official report on its flagship benefit reform, universal credit. the national audit office has accused ministers of being in denial over the financial hardship it causes to some claimants. it says billion pounds have been spent introducing the benefit so far. it could prove more expensive than the system its replacing. of the million people who currently receive the new, combined benefit,

20% experience delays in receiving their first payment, some lasting months. and it costs nearly £700 to administer each claim, that‘s four times higher than originally intended. but the government insists it‘s good value for money. michael buchanan reports. my name is alex tipton and i have been on universal credit since november. alex is 30 and has a range of visible and psychiatric problems. for two weeks last month he tweeted daily what was like to survive on universal credit, in his case £95 a fortnight. day one, update of the universal credit sufferer. by dave five after buying bread and cheese can by day five after buying bread and cheese can he is left with £3 30 p.

by day 11, all his money is gone. can i get an advance of £30? we sat and looked through his universal credit journal. no advance is available to you for those reasons... alex took out an advance and is being docked £125 a month, 40% of his total allowance. what has it meant not to have any money? no food and no heating or sitting on the bed for a week at the time wrapped up in my duvet with a jumper on sometimes because it is not too warm in the highlands, even in the summer. just drinking water. the national audit office says the use of food banks and red arrears rose when universal credit came to an area. ministers repeatedly refused to accept the new benefit creates financial problems.

we make sure that the payments have gone up, the timeliness of payments have gone up. i would say to everyone who is listening, come and talk to us, come and talk to the jobcentres. despite the problems that alex and others have had with universal credit, the troubled benefit will continue, given the time and money spent on it, today‘s report says scrapping it is not a viable option. the headlines on bbc news: a bill to make upskirting, the act of secretly taking photos under a skirt, a sexual offence has been blocked by a single conservative mp. donald trump announces the us will be putting a 25% trade tariff on more than 50 billion dollars worth of chinese imports. two teenage moped riders are jailed for life after they stabbed and killed a charity youth worker during a violent robbery spree. sport now, and for a full

round up, from the bbc sport centre, here‘s azi farni. hey. thank you. there have been two late winners in the two the world cup matches played, we‘ll get to those in a moment but first there‘s a huge match going on in sochi, where 2010 world champions spain are up against the current european champions portugal. it has lived up to ask the far. —— lived up to expectations so far. it took just four minutes for portugal to take the lead. nacho brought down his real madrid team mate cristiano ronaldo who wasn‘t put off by david de gea‘s antics before his penalty. diego costa reminded chelsea fans what they‘ve been missing since he left stamford bridge by equalising for spain with a wonderful solo effort. it would have been level at half time, but for a goalkeeping howler by de gea. the manchester united number one failing to stop ronaldo from putting portugal back in front. but costa has just pulled spain back into

contention for a second time. nacho has made amends by putting them up for the first time in the match. these are live pictures of that match on bbc one. 3- 3— to spain currently. -- 3-2. —— 3—2. just under half an hour left to play. iran won their first match at a world cup finals in 20 years, as they beat morocco 1—0 thanks to that 95th—minute own goal from aziz bouhaddouz. before today, iran had only ever won one match at a finals, beating the united states at france 98. earlier it was a case of birthday blues for egypt‘s mohamed salah. the liverpool forward

was an unused substitute, as the egyptian‘s lost 1—0 to uruguay in group a. jose gimenez hit the winner in the 90th minute, to snatch the win in yekaterinburg. patrick geary has more. mo salah strides into this world cup with the hopes of a nation on his shoulders. which is unfortunate as he dislocated the left one last month. he began his birthday on the bench, meiwald uruguay‘s star starter. somehow not 36 goals this season starter. somehow not 36 goals this season for him. he had to watch the replay to check he had missed. nothing else worth saying again in the first half after the break, did act as it came soares‘s way. egypt‘s keeper had them an over worked until then. his team have been quietly effective only to run out of ideas around there. a potential solution remained unused. the conductor and cheerleader as his team grew gradually more desperate. reliant on

the brilliance to keep them. egypt‘s ripped was down to their fingertips by now, not just ripped was down to their fingertips by now, notjust yet but seconds later, he uruguay had a free kick in the 90th minute and this from pose jimenez was the winning goal. a late start to the party with the birthday boy left cruelly uninvited. world number one dustin johnson leads the way at the us open, he‘s four clear of the field on four under on day. the 2016 champion is the only player under par at the moment, he had just one bogey and four birdies, including this on the fourth. and there was a magnificent second round for england‘s tommy fleetwood, he finished with a four under par 66, the best of the day so far, that puts him in joint fourth at one over par for the tournament. here‘s the latest leadeboard. ian poulter, one of thejoint

leaders at the clubhouse at the row one is currently even. drop a shot and look at that, rory mcilroy, 11 over now. he is a real danger of missing the with deadline forjust being at nine over. england‘s women cricketers are chasing 229 to win their one—day series against south africa in the deciding third match at canterbury. there was a fine comeback in the field from england, inspired by this sarah taylor stumping, to dismiss proteas skipper dane van niekirk for 95. south africa losing their last seven wickets for just 31 runs. opener tammy beaumont has reached a half century and a few moments ago england were 189 for in the 38th over. that‘s all the sport for now. i‘ll have more for you in sportsday at half past ten. thank you very much. a former army sergeant has been jailed for at least 18 years for trying to murder his wife

by tampering with her parachute. emile cilliers was also convicted of attempting to kill his wife on another occasion by causing a gas leak at the family home in wiltshire. duncan kennedy reports from winchester crown court. this was the first time victoria cilliers, on the left, has walked into court. her physical injuries behind her, but her psychological trauma is never ending. she had no idea emile cilliers wanted her dead, so he could claim on her life insurance policy. incredibly, he chose to kill her doing the sport she loved — skydiving. and so, in april 2015, when victoria jumped here at netheraven, her parachute had been sabotaged by her husband, emile. thejump nearly killed her. what was happening at the locker when you got there? cilliers denied tampering with her chute, or trying to rig a gas explosion at their home six days earlier. today he was jailed for life for both. where was the parachute

when you got to the locker? ican't remember. on the surface the facade can seem quite compelling, quite charming, interested in sport and the army. but below the surface, the story is completely different. he is cold, callous and treated his wife, victoria, with absolute contempt. nicolene shepherd is the mother of emile cillers‘ first two children. today, she said, he‘s finally faced justice. look at what he has done! he has ruined every life he has every touched and that is what he deserves, life for a live. how would you describe emile cilliers? an absolute sociopath. tonight, the army confirmed cilliers would be sacked. victoria says she cannot understand why he did it, but he did, and now faces the consequences. duncan kennedy, bbc news, in wiltshire. a mother and daughter, who were part of a female family terror cell, have been jailed over a planned knife attack in the area around the houses of parliament. 22—year—old rizlaine boular,

who was going to carry out the attack, has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 16 years. her mother mina dich, was jailed for six years and nine months with a further five years on extended licence for helping her. her younger sister, safaa boular, who‘s 18, was convicted last week of planning a separate terror attack in the area around the british museum. she will be sentenced later. our home affairs correspondent, june kelly, reports from the old bailey. who is 22 years of age has been told that she will serve a lifetime with a minimum of 15 years. our mother who is 44 has been told she will serve six years, nine months and thatis serve six years, nine months and that is for helping her daughter. her daughter was funny to carry out the sniper attack in the area around the sniper attack in the area around the house of the parliament. —— was funny too. they want on a hostile reconnaissance mission around westminster, scouting targets. they

then went on a shopping trip to sainsbury‘s and bob knight. in addition, boular was heard on a boat that have been put in the property and heard practising the knife. when she was arrested, boular was shot by police and today for the first time that details how she came to be shot. it was that of course it was a practising wielding the knife. when she was arrested, boular was shot by police and today for the first time that details how she came to be shot. it was that of course he was and she moves her hand and such a way that he believed she had something and he opened fire three times. boular‘s birther says she still has three bullet casings inside of her. the youngest member of this terrorist cell is her younger sister. —— boular‘s barrister. just 18 years old. she was convicted last week of planning a separate knife attack and she will be sentenced later. the court heard that the women when they were discussing attacks, they actually spoke encoding used the phrase and

matt had is a tea party. today, two members of the cell sentence and delete youngest will be sentenced later. —— in the youngest. the eastenders actor leslie grantham , best known as "dirty" den watts, landlord of the queen vic, has died aged 71. more than 30 million viewers tuned in to watch a christmas day episode in 1986 in which his character handed divorce papers to his on—screen wife angie. off screen, grantham‘s life was not without controversy. david sillito has more. six little months to live. six tragic little months and poor old angie‘s going to pop off. christmas day, 1986, dirty den and angie and a bit of tv history. more than 30 million people watched this scene. this, my sweet, is a letter from my solicitor, telling you that your husband has filed a petition for divorce. eastenders made leslie grantham and anita dobson tv‘s best—known couple. there was that look about him that

you just didn‘t know what he was going to do next. that was his kind of ace in the hole, i think. there was always that bit about him that was slightly unpredictable, which i liked. that is what i think gave him the edge on tv. there was a kind of restlessness in him, you know, which i think was innate to leslie, himself. however, just three years later, dirty den was killed off. leslie grantham wanted out. it‘s like working in a factory. um... and you have to make a decision that you‘re going to move on, so, i said i wanted to leave. he‘d started acting in the ‘70s. he‘d turned to drama while serving a sentence for the murder of a german cab driver. he certainly had his troubles. hello, princess. his return to albert square was cut short after the papers revealed a webcam—related sex scandal but he continued to work... including starring in a bulgarian comic drama. but, when it comes to tv history, leslie grantham will

always be dirty den. happy christmas, ange. eastenders theme music time for the weather. weather with louise lear, good evening. we close out the wheat ona good evening. we close out the wheat on a lighter note after the storm moved up a still a lot of cloud around this by some sunny spells. shower class to scotland and northern ireland in a northern england for much of the day. temperatures peaked into the low 20s. through this evening it looks as though we will continue to see a fairamount of as though we will continue to see a fair amount of clouds spilling again in one or two showers along the west facing coast overnight. before we see another area of low pressure machine and into the far northwest. asign of machine and into the far northwest. a sign of what is to come saturday. lows of nine to 1a degrees. and area low— pressure

lows of nine to 1a degrees. and area low—pressure will bring somewhat and rather breezy conditions at times across the far northwest and a little light. we start off the weekend with a rain in some of it heavier for the weekend with a rain in some of it heavierfor the time weekend with a rain in some of it heavier for the time and light patchy rain in moving away south and east across the midlands towards the london area and a fresh feel, 1518 degrees. this is bbc news. time for our latest headlines. a bid to make upskirting — the act of secretly taking photos under a skirt — a sexual offence has been blocked by a single conservative mp. sir christopher chope called a halt to the bill even though the move had government support. donald trump announces the us will be putting a 25% tariff on 50 billion dollars worth of chinese imports. the tariffs on more than 800 goods will be imposed from july the sixth. two teenage moped riders are jailed for life after they stabbed and killed a charity youth worker during a violent robbery spree.

then a damning report says the government‘s flagship benefits scheme may end up costing more than the system it replaced. the national audit office said delays in transferring people over to universal credit caused hardship. two fairground workers have been jailed for three years each after a seven—year—old girl died when a bouncy castle blew away with her inside. summer grant was killed when the castle was picked up by the wind at a fair in harlow in essex in 2016. william and shelby thurston, a married couple, were convicted of gross negligence and manslaughter for failing to ensure it was properly tethered to the ground. leigh milner reports. seven—year—old summer grant died while playing on a bouncy castle in harlow in march 2016. as wind speeds reached more than 35 miles an hour, the circus superdome blew into the air while she was

still inside. today, her parents sat only metres away in the courtroom from fairground workers william and shelby thurston who today sentenced to three years in prison for manslaughter by gross negligence and a health and safety offence. they weren‘t really concerned about the length of the sentence, theyjust wanted the people responsible to face justice. in a statement, summer‘s mum said i remember walking in and seeing my daughter‘s lifeless body. she then went onto explain how she broke the news to summer‘s five —year—old sister, lily. she said i explained that summer was now up in the sky with the angels. prosecutors said the defendants failed to enjoy the bouncy castle was adequately anchored to the ground and build to monitor weather conditions to ensure it was safe to

use. this anemometer records wind speed. it costs just £30 but william and shelby thurston did not have one on the day that summer grant died. today, thejudge called on health and safety experts to make it compulsory for all fairground operators to have one. it has become much more normalfor operators on inflatables to own an anemometer, prior to the incident although it would have been tasked as best practise, it possibly wasn‘t as well use as it should have been. in his final words, thejudge mrjustice garnett told william and shelby thurston and they took the most monumental risk by continuing to allow children on the bouncy castle and that‘s risk—taking cost summer her life. in yemen it‘s reported that saudi led coalition forces have seized the entrance to the airport in hoday—dah. the city, which lies on the red sea, is yemen‘s main port used for importing much of the beleaguered country‘s humanitarian supplies.

last night, the un security council warned a full blown offensive in hoday—dah could be disastrous. our security correspondent frank gardner has the latest. advancing up the coastal plain, pro—government forces have reached the outskirts of hudaydah city. aiming to retake it from yemen‘s houthi rebels. both sides have taken casualties. translation: god willing, we will celebrate the feast of eid in hudaydah. the prize is the port. the houthis have controlled it for the last three years. the coalition accuses them of plundering yemen‘s wealth and using incoming aid as a bargaining chip. the houthis say they are resisting international aggression and will not give it up. translation: the naval force was able to target a warship with two missiles. the warship has been destroyed

and the rest of the warships fled due to the fear of the same fate. caught in the middle are yemen‘s malnourished and poverty stricken civilians. over eight million people are dependent on food aid and this has been described as the world‘s worst humanitarian crisis. what happens next in hudaydah will affect millions of yemenis. the uae and its coalition partners say they could retake the city in days. but the houthis have said they will not give up an inch of ground. many fear this could become a prolonged and bloody battle. one thing is certain, the saudis and the emiratis, who are backing the campaign to restore the yemeni government, say there‘s too much at stake to abandon it. frank gardner, bbc news, abu dhabi. the chief executive of govia thameslink railways has resigned following weeks of disruption caused by

the introduction of a new timetable. charles horton said he recognised that it had been a hugely frustrating time for passengers. the company runs services on the thameslink, great northern and southern routes , as well as the gatwick express. john hunt reports. just last week, he was asked if it was time for him to go. are you going to resign? i am committed to solving the problems and sorting things out as quickly as we can. today, rail passengers were told that he tendered his resignation. today, rail passengers were told that he tendered his resignationm was a shame when someone loses their job isn‘t it? at the same time i used to be able to get the strain to and from my two destinations and now i have to take about two different trains. the changes they've made are not working. so i think yes, it would be good, it's good news today actually. group chief executive

david brown said he would like to thank charles for his hard work for the past 15 years. under often challenging conditions. charles burton said that like —— right times to have leadership to a new pair of hands. i read his resignation letter and the one word i did not see was sorry. sorry to all the passengers and commuters and businesses in our towns. charles presided over last month botched timetable and that chaos came on the bobby to your industrial dispute. the rmt union says they should lose their franchise. i think it's grossly unfair that they get to continue making money out of this after being responsible for that debacle that has led people to end your hardship. charles successor has yet to be announced. john hunt, bbc news. a message of "peace and hope" from professor stephen hawking has been beamed towards the nearest

black hole in space as his remains were laid to rest at westminster abbey. a memorial service has been held — during which his ashes will were placed alongside other greats of british science, like charles darwin and sir isaac newton. richard galpin has more. westminster abbey was packed today with stars from many walks of life, along with members of the public, including students. this memorial service, for one of the most in torrential and revered scientists of recent times, he was also an avowed atheist. his was a life all the more remarkable, because he lived to the age of 76, despite being diagnosed with motor neurone disease in the 19605. astronomers are used to big numbers, but few could be as big as the odds i‘d have given back then in 1964 against witnessing his amazing crescendo of achievement, spanning more than 50 years. we have entrusted our

brother even to god‘s mercy. can we now commit his mortal remains to the ground. earth to earth, ashes to ashes. at the service, his ashes were laid to rest inside the abbey. his family paying their last respects. his place here, alongside some of the other most famous of british scientists. the tributes today included one from a family friend, paralysed in a snowboarding accident. he helped us recognise and face the new challenges in our lives with positive energy, and enabled me to get to my graduation shortly after my accident. stephen showed that when time is precious, we must make space for what makes us real. he was exceptionally

efficient at choosing his words, and making them count. amongst the congregation here were many who had been inspired by his work as a theoretical physicist, unravelling the mysteries of the universe, and buy his books, such as a brief history of time. i was in the presence of thinking, should i do music of physics? and that came out, and it gave me the idea that i wanted to spend my life doing that. but while the memorial service was taking chris in london, here in spain, a recording of his voice was being beamed into space, towards the nearest black hole, reached there in 3500 years‘ time. a record—breaking1a0,000 muslims have gathered

in birmingham to celebrate the end of ramadan, the islamic holy month of fasting. ‘celebrate eid‘ takes place in birmingham‘s small heath park and has seen the number of people attending increase tenfold since 2011. it is now europe‘s largest eid gathering. kevin reid reports. these celebrations in birmingham are increasingly popular. they marked the end of ramadan, the holy fasting month where most muslims refrain from eating and drinking during daylight. we are coming together to practise the prophetic tradition of all muslims around the world to pray outdoors and more importantly for birmingham is about a community coming together from all over birmingham and even from nationally before coming to this event. when these celebrations were first held in 2011, there were around 12,000 visitors, but today organisers say that figure has now swelled to around 140,000. it‘s not an official figure

for the organisers insist it‘s the biggest event of its kind. in the western world. and they are keen to stress is open to everybody. with the climate of islamophobia, etc, in order to counteract that we need to be open and we are open and we need to come together to such events and many events that go on in the city to show unity amongst communities that are here. this makes it even more special to share it with other people. we have people from different backgrounds, different cultures, and it'sjust a way where we are able to say to the world we are all equal. 200 people have volunteered to help with the clear up and planning for next years event has already begun. he was brought up in a tent on the edge of the sahara desert in tunisia and is now the only muslim manager in the football league, managing stevenage.

no wonder then, he will have split loyalties when england play the country of his birth at the world cup on monday. sara orchard went to meet him. tunisia played in theirfirst world cup in argentina in 1978. and the whole nation stopped to watch or listen to the eagles of carthage take to the pitch. i was living in the middle of the desert back then as you can imagine in africa we are sat around the radio listening toa live on the radio. tunisia was back then only one african team in the world cup. we beat mexico 3—1. we drew with west germany, they were the champion in 1974, u nfortu nately we lost to poland, 1—0. he is the only arab and the only muslim manager in the football league. and he‘s keen to make his way up the managerial ladder. he‘s always been inspired by english football even naming a pet goat after a former england captain. back in 1986 obviously he was flying in the world

cup and i had this little goat who was very busy and that‘s how, that‘s why i call him that. i told my little boy about it. the bad news for me is he wants a goat a present but i can‘t give you a goat we live in england now. back at france in 98, england weren‘t kidding about when they beat tunisia 2—0 thanks to this effort. the was —— he was a tennessee a fan but with even at his home, on monday he will be torn. the first thing this morning he says what do we want to win daddy? i said they can't both win daddy? i said they can't both win in one game. i think i know what he means, we hope england go all the way to end the world cup and we hope tunisia for the first time make the second round. now on bbc news.......it‘s time for the film review.