this is bbc news. the headlines at one. a second major fire the headlines at one. a second majorfire in the headlines at one. a second major fire in four years at one of scotland's architectural landmarks the glasgow school of art. at one point 120 firefighters were on the scene. the fire is said to be contained now, the scale of the damage is extensive. the government promises to help with restoration. we don't know what the structural damage is, the damage to the stonework, so i think it is too early to say what's going to be required but what i can say absolutely, is we will be there to help. the family of 12—year—old epilepsy billy caldwell says the home office has released the oil it prevented his mother bringing to the ukful my beautiful sweet little boy who has a life—threatening form of epilepsy and one seizure can kill him. andy murray confirms he will make his competitive return from hip surgery

at queens next week. also in the next hour, a crucial game for england's rugby players and a stunning goal from game for england's rugby players and a stunning goalfrom ronaldo in the 2018 world cup. it is ronaldo. he has done it. he has only gone and done it. cristiano ronaldo! this 88th minute equaliser gave cristiano ronaldo a hat—trick as portugal drew 3—3 with spain. eddie done's england will try to avoid a fifth test defeat in a row when they face south africa. and 50 years on from sailing nonstop round the world we talk to sir robin knoxjohnston, in a force of nature in halfan knoxjohnston, in a force of nature in half an hour on bbc news. good afternoon welcome to bbc news.

around 50 firefighters are still working to extinguish a significant fire at glasgow's world famous glasgow school of art. the alarm was raised after 11.00, the rennie mackintosh building was said to have been engulfed within flames. the scottish fire and rescue said the historic building has been damaged along with some surrounding buildings. it was undergoing a multi—million pound restoration project following a similar blaze for yea rs project following a similar blaze for years ago. a multi—million pound project to restore it was due to finish in 2019. i think pretty much everyone

is in shock, because i mean it is is like iconic, isn't it. so... it looks like it is devastated. there is no salvaging it. it is heartbreaking. more than 120 firefighters were sent to the scene, no casualties were reported but the fire did spread to nearby buildings. the scottish fire and rescue service said the blaze ripped through every floor of the school of art. people in glasgow and further afield need to be prepared for what they will see in the next few hours is a seriously damaged building. it is not known exactly where or how the fire started. local mp alison thewlis says she is heartbroken. this building is part of the fabric of this city. it is something we hold very dear and it is one of rennie mackintosh‘s treasures in the 150th anniversary of his birth particularly. we were looking forward to getting it back. back. photos taken by split scotland show the extent of the damage. the

secretary of state for scotland says the government stands ready to help. we don't know what the structural damage is, the damage to the stonework, so i think it is too early to say what is going to be required but what i can say absolutely is we will be there to help. if fire service say the blaze has been largely contained, but it is still not completely extinguished. 50 firefighters are still there pumping water to put out a few remaining pockets many people have expressed their ho shock and sadness a another fire has taken hold shock and sadness a another fire has ta ken hold at shock and sadness a another fire has taken hold at the glasgow school of art glasgow school of art on social media. fran healy said he couldn't believe what he was seeing and called the situation so, so sad. the actor sam heughan told glasgow to stay safe. the artist alison watt said her

heart is breaking. the comedian gavin mitchell believes it is worse than last time. the actor and musician tom urie called it heartbreaking and susan calman says she is thinking of staff, students and the wonderful emergency services who fought to save such a treasure. iamjoined by who fought to save such a treasure. i am joined by alison watt. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. you are a former student at the school, what is it like to see it damaged so extensively like this? school, what is it like to see it damaged so extensively like this7m is so difficult to watch the footage, because i first heard about the fire last night about 1130 and i started watching it, and, i actually had to stop watching the live footage because it was too painful. it is completely devastating to see the art school ravaged in that way

by fire. clearly means a great deal to you. what does it mean to people within the artistic community in glasgow?” think what i have realised is i have been talking to so many people in the last 12 hours, and what is clear is that how they feel is notjust about what has happened to the building itself, but it is also about what the building represents. it is not only a remarkable physical presence but it is also a very powerful idea. it is symbolic and thatis powerful idea. it is symbolic and that is why the devastation that we all feel is so great. and when you say it's a very powerful idea, what do you mean?” mean that so many of the artists that i know and admire, whose work is shown all over the world, whose work i know, they spent their formative years in the art school an it is very difficult to describe and to put into words how it feels to study at the glasgow school of art. it is not just study at the glasgow school of art. it is notjust about study at the glasgow school of art. it is not just about the study at the glasgow school of art. it is notjust about the building, it is about the people, the

community of the art school, and the people who are connected to the art school, only yesterday three of its greatest teachers were being celebrated. sandy more fat and david harding were being celebrated and it is about what we experience there as students, and i think it changed all of us, so it is very much an emotional as well as intellectual connection we have with glasgow school of art. mercifully nobody was injured in this fire, but you do look visibly shocked at what has happened. yes, i have spoken to friends and we have been shaking, the first person i called last night was miss father who studied at the glasgow school of art in the ‘50s and we were both very close to tears, it is very hard to describe, but you feel it inside, you feel it, a huge emotional connection to glasgow school of art, and if you have any connection with the building you will understand that. all right. we are going to have to

leave it there. alison watt thank you for talking to us. billy caldwell is in hospital after suffering two life—threatening seizures overnight. the medication reduces the severity of his fits but it is banned in the uk. before the announcement was made billy's mother spoke outside the chelsea and westminster hospital. iam chelsea and westminster hospital. i am overwhelmed by the, the professionalism, by the expertise here, at the chester and westminster hospital, they are absolutely truly amazing, the nurses, the doctors, they have done an amazing job, and looking after billy. i appreciate

and understand that there is a lot of bureaucracy around billy continuing to have his anti—epileptic medication was that was was confiscated on monday morning, and i would say that the home office and myself and our team have been working very hard together, throughout the night, to make this happen, which is truly amazing. billy caldwell's mother there. sinn fein will debate changing the pa rty‘s sinn fein will debate changing the party's policy on abortion at its annual conference today. northern ireland is the only part of the uk where abortion is illegal, unless there is a serious risk to a woman's health. the republic voted to change its policy recently. 0ur ireland correspondent reports. mary lou mcdonald is in charge of a party which is the second

largest in northern ireland and the third largest in the irish republic. she is the first new sinn fein leader in 35 years, having taken over from gerry adams a few months ago. the politician from dublin had a big role in the campaign in the republic to end an almost complete ban on abortion. after the referendum last month, the irish government wants to pass a new law to legalise terminations for any reason, until a woman's 12 weeks pregnant. but sinn fein‘s current policy doesn't go that far, saying that abortion should be allowed only when a woman's health is at risk. so the party leadership is bringing forward a proposal to the conference here to liberalise the position on abortion. it will would mean sinn fein politicians would have to support the party line on the legislation in the irish parliament in dublin, but some members will argue that they should be allowed a free vote according to their conscience. the party is also pushing for abortion law to be changed north of the irish border, where there are much more restrictions than the rest of the uk. brexit is high on the conference agenda too.

most voters in northern ireland wanted to stay in the european union. i am opposed to the british government dragging us out of the eu against our will. sinn fein wants the whole of ireland to remain within the eu, just like the people voted. the party wants to be in government in dublin after the next general election in the republic. but it is still out of power at stormont, after its coalition partnership with the democratic unionists collapsed 17 months ago. and there are currently no negotiations to restore devolution. chris page, bbc news belfast. pro government forces backed by saudi arabia are said to have the upper hand in the battle to take the city of hudaydah, the port is a vital lifeline for aid supplies for millions threatened by famine in yemen. the prime minister says she is disappointed after one of her own mps blocked plans to make up skirting a criminal offence, the new law would have seen offenders who

ta ke p hotos law would have seen offenders who take photos up victim's clothes sentenced to up to two years in jail but sir christopher chope was able to block the edge hedge lacing by shouting object. 0ur political correspondent iain watson reports. i was at correspondent iain watson reports. iwas ata correspondent iain watson reports. i was at a festival. my sister, on a hot day, waiting for my favourite band to come on stage and two guys took pictures up my skirt. jean ma that are tin was a victim of up skirting. a liberal democrat mp wa nted skirting. a liberal democrat mp wanted to make it a criminal offence in england and wales, with offenders being jailed for up to two years. it is outlawed in scotland but yesterday in parliament this happened. objection. objection. sir christopher chope uttered that one word object and under parliamentary procedure the proposed law was halted in its tracks. many of his collea g u es halted in its tracks. many of his colleagues cried shame, the minister for women was one of them.” colleagues cried shame, the minister

for women was one of them. i was shocked, i was angry, and for women was one of them. i was shocked, iwas angry, and i for women was one of them. i was shocked, i was angry, and i was disappointed and for the record i shouted shame very loudly after the member objected because it seems to member objected because it seems to me this is a case where the law has not kept up—to—date with what is happening in the modern world so parliament needs to be flexible, needs to react. and in a tweet the prime minister made her views clear. she gina martin contacted sir christopher to find out why he objected? is hejust christopher to find out why he objected? is he just said christopher to find out why he objected? is hejust said he objected? is hejust said he objected to it on principle and i said, what about the subject matter? and he said well i am not sure on that, i am and he said well i am not sure on that, iam not and he said well i am not sure on that, i am not sure what that is, upskirting. i said i that, i am not sure what that is, upskirting. isaid i can that, i am not sure what that is, upskirting. i said i can help you with that. i asked for his e—mail address. he said yes, i said i would like to talk to you and explain what this is and how much it will affect women and girls and he say ok, let's

meet. opposition mps have criticised his actions but government ministers 110w seem more his actions but government ministers now seem more determined to outlaw upskirting. good afternoon. fire has caused extensive damage at the world—renowned glasgow school of art. the blaze broke out late last night in the mackintosh building. it was being restored after another fire four years ago. firefighters say there were no casualties. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. work this was a side glasgow never expected to see again. its world—famous expected to see again. its world —famous school of art expected to see again. its world—famous school of art engulfed by fire once more. thick black smoke and flames spreading quickly, rising high into the night's sky.”

and flames spreading quickly, rising high into the night's sky. i looked up high into the night's sky. i looked up andi high into the night's sky. i looked up and i saw this massive orange cloud. and i thought to myself, surely that is in the art school, because it was on fire recently. weird that it is happening again. yes, it feels like a dream. it cannot be real. it isjust, like, strange. glasgow has not got very much luck with fires these days. everybody is in shock because... i mean, it is iconic, isn't it? the fire spread to other buildings, including a nearby nightclub and a well—known music venue. some local residents were moved from their homes for safety. at its height more than 120 firefighters were involved in the operation. water pumped from the river clyde to help dampen down the river clyde to help dampen down the flames. every floor of the art school building at the centre of this fire is thought to be extensively damaged. the building in

which the fire started has been damaged. it has reached from the ground floor up to the roof. it is significantly damaged. we were focusing our attention to prevent it from spreading. the mackintosh building had been damaged in a previous fire for macri years ago. its restoration, costing £35 million, had been well under way. its restoration, costing £35 million, had been well underway. —— four years ago. artists and craftsmen from across the uk working to create charles rennie mackintosh‘s designs, which had made the building so well known.” mackintosh‘s designs, which had made the building so well known. i was shocked, heartbroken, devastated for the people who tried to bring the building back to its former glory. i know the staff at the school of art, the architects and craftsmen involved have been working so hard, and they were nearly there in terms of getting the work done. it is devastating to see it in the state it is now. there is shocked that a building so central to glasgow's creative history has been so extensively damaged. the investigation into why this happened

will be for the days that follow. for now, firefighters continue to work on stopping the fire flaring up once again. we can speak to lorna gordon now. bring us up—to—date with the latest. there has been no casualties, fortu nately, there has been no casualties, fortunately, in this fire, but it is there to say that there is a sense of disbelief and devastation here in glasgow that this building, which was so glasgow that this building, which was so close to being restored, to being completely restored, has been ravaged, frankly, by this latest fire. you might be able to see behind me. it looks like the roof has completely caved in. the windows have all been blown out. it is fair to say that this isn't just a working art school, but this is considered a work of art in of itself. it is considered to be charles rennie mackintosh‘s masterpiece. the uk government has said it will do everything it can to

help financially or otherwise, as has the scottish government. nicola sturgeon is expected here yesterday to see the damage for herself. thank you. and viewers in scotland can see more on this story, with a special reporting scotland bulletin, after this programme. within the last few minutes, the home office says it has granted a licence to allow a severely epileptic boy to be treated with cannabis oil — after the drug had been confiscated from his family. billy caldwell is in hospital, after suffering two life—threatening seizures overnight. his mother had obtained more of the drug from canada, but it was taken away after she landed at heathrow. keith doyle takes us through the story. when billy caldwell and his mother returned from canada on monday with medicine containing cannabis oil it was confiscated by customs after they declared it at heathrow airport. billy was taking the oil to help control violent epileptic seizures. now he has been admitted to hospital

in london where this morning his mother said the attacks have returned and his condition is life—threatening. billy is getting the best care in the world here. i feel safe here at this particular hospital with billy. again, it's just one step at a time. praying for a miracle, really. this afternoon billy's local mp tweeted that he will be allowed to receive the medication. billy has intractable epilepsy, which can cause up to 100 serious attacks a day. two years ago he was given medicine containing cannabis oil in the united states, which slowly shortened the length and number of attacks. back home, his gp took the decision to prescribe the cannabis oil but the home office later told him to stop, as it contains the element thc, the psychoactive chemical found in marijuana. this is cannabis being grown legally in canada for medicinal use. while there is some evidence that some formulations may have medical benefits it remains illegal in the uk.

but the home secretary said that he has used an exceptional power to urgently issue a licence to allow billy caldwell to be treated with cannabis oil. keith doyle, bbc news. sinn fein will debate changing the party's policy on abortion at its annual conference in belfast. the president, mary lou mcdonald, will also give her first leader's address since replacing gerry adams. live now to belfast and our ireland correspondent emma vardy. what is their present position on abortion and what change is being proposed? sinn fein brought this party conference forward to allow the party to have this debate on abortion much sooner. in the past sinn fein has only accepted access to abortion in limited circumstances. following the overwhelming referendum result in the republic to overturn the ban on abortion there, the proposal being put forward here, if it passes, would mean sinn fein politicians

would mean sinn fein politicians would have to support the party line on new laws in the irish parliament in dublin to legalise abortion up to 12 weeks of pregnancy. to some degree the party is still divided on this. its leader, mary lou mcdonald, campaigned to overturn the ban on abortion in ireland. some members oppose it. 2a branches have put forward a motion saying they believed sinn fein members should be able to vote according to their own personal beliefs. that is what will be debated here this afternoon. thank you very much. with all the sport — here's mike bushell at the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. france are off to a winning start at the world cup. they had their work cut out against australia. history was made in a really busy match for the video referee officials. they were first called into action to decide if this was a foul byjosh wisden on anton krishnan. dion dublin tweeted that it was fair. but the referee decided

that it was worthy of a penalty. just five minutes later, this one was clear—cut, a definite handball. the equaliser was made for australia. in the last ten minutes france won the game when goalline technology was called into use. to say that this paul pogba shot crossed the line, albeit after a deflection. it finished 2—1 to france. england have had a final training session before flying south ahead of their opening match against tunisia on monday evening. 0ur sports correspondent has been at their latest press conference. what has been said there today? if england play half as well as their players have been speaking during this tournament we should be infora during this tournament we should be in for a treat over the coming weeks. the media centre behind me in the last half—hour has hosted fabian delph. he spoke with such passion, such freedom, and at excitement, as

well. the top line that came out of that was that the players now know who will be starting in that first match against tunisia on monday. it doesn't sound like gareth southgate, the manager, has told them, butjust by the way they have been setting up in training they know who will be in that match. today's session was behind closed doors. allowing them to ramp up without the media spotlight on them. it isn't long to go now. monday evening, england open theircampaign, and it go now. monday evening, england open their campaign, and it sounds like they cannot wait to get going. thanks very much. england's cricketers have been batting in the second one—day international against australia in cardiff. they are one up already in the series and they are going well. jason roy has led the way. he is now on 87. england are 179—3 after 28 overs, on course for a decent score. andy murray has confirmed he will make his competitive return from hip

surgery make his competitive return from hip surgery at queen's club next week. he has been drawn to face nick kyrgios in what will be his first competitive action in almost a year, having come through a practice session in london yesterday. he had on his injured hip back injanuary. —— he had surgery. ireland have levelled their rugby test series with australia. ireland had fallen behind early on in a match they had to win to keep the series alive. they fought back through tries from andrew curry. the decider is next week in sydney. while england's rugby union players still massively believe in themselves ahead of the must win test in bloemfontein, according to 0wen farrell, they had their fourth test loss in a row last week. chris robshaw is left out. brad shiels makes his first start. it is in my blood, it is in my heritage. i was born in new zealand but my

grandparents were very english. my pa rents grandparents were very english. my parents have moved back to england 110w. parents have moved back to england now. it is different, being from new zealand. but i know my family would be proud of me. and my friends, as well. i'm grateful for be proud of me. and my friends, as well. i'm gratefulfor this opportunity. what is most important to me is that the people who support me, the ones close to me, they are the ones that matter the most. people will have their opinion. but the people around you, they mean the most if they support you. england kick off at az30pm this afternoon. thanks. the next news on bbc one is at the later—than—usual time of 19:10, bye for now. it started none to clearly across

scotla nd it started none to clearly across scotland and northern ireland, some of the western fringes of england and wales too, because we have a weather front close by, and wales too, because we have a weatherfront close by, through into the evening i think some of the heaviest of the downpours migrating into the eastern side of scotland before moving off into the north sea, following on behind clearer skies allowing the temperatures to dribble away to single figures in parts of scotland, maybe into the north of england as well. further south, mild under the blanket of cloud which thickens up, after a dry enough start across wales and the south—west, there will be some rain into the afternoon, so too into northern ireland, eventually i think we will push it towards the north—west of england, maybe into the south—west of scotland. if you haven't had a mention thus far you will probably get away with the bull of course a dry day. top temperature 19, possibly 2. we keep it unsettled in next week but it will warm up in the south. this is bbc news —

our latest headlines. fire has broken out for a second time in four years at one of scotland's architectural landmarks — the glasgow school of art. there has been extensive damage. the government has said it will help with restoring the building. we don't know what the structural damage is, the damage to the stonework, so i think it is too early to say what is going to be required but what i can say absolutely, is we will be there to help. the home office releases medicinal cannabis oil it prevented 12—year—old epileptic billy caldwell's mother from bringing to the uk. his family say the substance helps keep life—threatening seizures at bay. andy murray confirms he will make his competitive return from hip surgery at queens next week. hundreds of civilians are said to be trapped in their homes by the latest round of fighting in yemen.

pro—government forces, backed by saudi arabia, are said to have the upper—hand in the battle to take the city of hudaydah. now on bbc news, it's 50 years since sir robin knox—johnston sailed non—stop around the world. to mark this unique anniversary, sir robin talks about his epic voyage and why he did it. in 1968, robin knox—johnston set off to sail around the world in the sunday times golden globe race. this is his story. when a big wave is coming towards the boat, it's too late to be scared.