this is bbc news. i'm vicki young. the headlines at six. a second devastating fire in four years at one of scotland's architectural landmarks, the glasgow school of art. the scale of damage is extensive, scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, sees the destruction for herself. the fact that it was supposed to be reopened after the restoration, that this has happened again. the home secretary uses exceptional powers to allow doctors to treat severely epileptic billy caldwell with illegal cannabis oil. billy is getting the best care in the world here. and ifeel safe here, at this particular hospital, with billy. so again, it'sjust one step at a time. praying for a miracle, really. sinn fein members vote in favour of liberalising abortion law at their conference in belfast. also this hour — could one

of the stars of the world cup live up to his name on day three of the tournament? lionel messi missed a crucial penalty as underdogs iceland secure a draw against argentina. and andy murray will make his competitive return from hip surgery at queens next week. good evening and welcome to bbc news. scotland's first minister has said she's heartbroken after the renowned glasgow school of art was badly damaged in a fire, for the second time in four years. the alarm was raised just after 11:00 last night

and the mackintosh building was engulfed by flames within minutes. scottish fire and rescue say that the historic building has been extensively damaged along with some surrounding buildings. it was undergoing a multi—million pound restoration project following the last blaze. our scotland correspondent, lorna gordon is in glasgow. this was a sight glasgow never 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 sky. i looked up and i saw this massive orange cloud. and i just thought to myself, surely that's not the art school, because it was on fire recently as well. weird that it is happening again. yeah, it feels like a dream. it can't be real. yeah, it can't be real. it isjust, like, strange. glasgow's not got very much luck with fires these days. i think pretty much everyone is just

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 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 extensively damaged by fire. it has reached from the ground floor right through to the roof. it is significantly damaged. we were focusing our attention on preventing it from spreading. the mackintosh building had been damaged in a previous fire four years ago. its restoration, costing £35 million, had been well under way. artisan craftsmen from across the uk

working to recreate charles rennie mackintosh‘s designs which had made the building so well known. i was shocked, heartbroken, devastated for the people that have worked so hard to try and bring the building back to its former glory. i know that the staff at the glasgow school of art, all the architects and crafts people involved, have been working so hard, and they were nearly there in terms of getting the work done as well. so it is absolutely devastating to see it in the state that is in now. there is shock 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. i've been hearing all day how shocked people in glasgow are and what has happened. 0ur correspondent

lorna gordon is still there for us 110w. lorna gordon is still there for us now. there really is a sense of his belief, that a fire has engulfed this famous building for a second time. in fact, there are still small pockets we understand, a remaining. fire there are several dozen fire ci’ews a re fire there are several dozen fire crews are still involved in trying to dampen down both hotspots. you can see them on the cherry picker, the crane behind me, pouring water onto the art school. and the clubs involved, just in front of it. a little earlier, stalin's first minister nicola sturgeon came to have a look at the scene herself come up of what she represents the glasgow does to tracy. she praised the fire crews and said she was devastated at what she saw. it's quite hard to find the words to describe what it feels like, to look at such an iconic building, notjust an iconic building in glasgow or scottish terms,

but a building with significance for people right across the world. four years ago i was struck by the outpouring of support globally for the mackintosh building. we are starting to see that again today. it is heartbreaking. that is probably the only word that can be used at the moment. inaudible. the fire crews i have been speaking to are from all over scotland and that is a sign of the scale of the response. there were 20 appliances at one stage. overnight, it scaled back slightly. we have all seen pictures of the hose which stretched from the clyde to here, so this has been an enormous response and i want to thank the firefighters and the police and members of the ambulance service. the pictures i was witnessing, we were all witnessing last night, really bring home what a dangerous job firefighters in particular do and i am so grateful to them for their response last night. with meat is colin, who studied

painting and printing here at the a rts painting and printing here at the arts is cool. graduated about a decade ago. you've had a chance to have a wander around today. what have a wander around today. what have you seen? i was in town today andl have you seen? i was in town today and i thought i would just come up and i thought i would just come up and see what the damages. and i couldn't get too close, but what i saw was really bad. sort of like an empty shell. and i spoke to a fireman, of what he had to say, it was pretty bleak to be honest. he says the fire was a lot bigger than la st says the fire was a lot bigger than last time. and it has affected the whole building, and is basically an empty shell. sol whole building, and is basically an empty shell. so i don't know what will happen, obviously, a lot of funds have been raised for the reconstruction. they had cabinet makers, a team of them working on the library, so i don't know if they

can still go ahead with that or what. this is a building that the artistic community is colin and indeed the wider artistic community across the world really hold dear. it isa across the world really hold dear. it is a very special place, you studied inside it, you have painted this building. describe to people what made it so special. i think just the history and who had studied there before. i personally have been determined to study there because of people who had studied there before. alastair grey, and more. i really wanted that to be a place where i studied acting. just so many memories of the school. as you say, re ce ntly memories of the school. as you say, recently in 2016 i did paintings of the school, and it was actually not long after the last fire. so it was all pretty recent in my mind when i painted it. and it isjust sad. i cannot believe this has happened

again. i really can't believe it. this is considered charge really —— charles rennie mackintosh‘s masterpiece. it was a very special place inside. yes. so it is not, as you see, just people who study there. it is the whole of glasgow in scotland. it is such a meaningful building to everyone. scotland. it is such a meaningful building to everyonelj scotland. it is such a meaningful building to everyone. i know is early stages, you're not an expert on the but from what you can see you get a sense or on the but from what you can see you get a sense 01’ you on the but from what you can see you get a sense or you hoping it can be rebuilt with mack are you optimistic it can be read build giving the extent of the damage that has been caused? i think we have to stay optimistic like last time. as you say, i optimistic like last time. as you say, lam not optimistic like last time. as you say, i am not an expert. it is really something that you need to ask an expert about. how do you feel, now that you've got a chance to study there, you know, hopes for the future that others will, too, but you are certainly one of the lucky ones from the past decade or so. lucky ones from the past decade or so. yeah. when i was on facebook la st so. yeah. when i was on facebook last night and today, all my friends from school are so sad, everyone is

so from school are so sad, everyone is so sad about it. ijust don't know what the future holds. but i think it is best to be hopeful, and hopefully some of the money that has been raised already can be put to words some kind of reconstruction. thanks very much for that. colin mentioned the money that was raised for the restoration work. that was estimated to be costing around £35 million. it was well under way in the summer. they were expecting to put the windows back into the famous library, which is on this side of the macintosh building, but of course all that work nonstop, all that work now undone. and they are pretty much back to square one when it comes to restoring this famous building after this devastating fire which has caused such extensive damage overnight. thank you, lana. —— thank you, lorna.

the home office has granted a licence to allow a severely epileptic boy to be treated with illegal cannabis oil, after the drug had been confiscated from his family. the home secretary, sajid javid, says he used ‘exceptional power‘ to grant a licence for 12—year—old billy caldwell. billy is currently 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 and i feel safe here at this particular hospital with billy. so, again, it isjust one step at a time, praying for a miracle, really. this afternoon the home secretary gave permission for billy to use the medication. in a statement, sajid javid said...

my experience throughout this leaves me in no doubt that the home office can no longer play a role, in fact, play any role, in the administration of medication for sick children in our country. 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 cannabis is 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 this afternoon, billy caldwell is once again being treated with the medication his family says is life—saving. keith doyle, bbc news. let's speak now to david nutt, a professor of neuropsychopharmacology at imperial college london, and is a former chief drugs adviser for the uk government. hejoins me via webcam from ludlow in shropshire. thank you forjoining us. first of all on this whole issue of the use of cannabis oil for people like billy caldwell, how does it help them? well, what it does is probably replaces missing chemicals in the brain. most people don't realise the brain. most people don't realise the brain makesa brain. most people don't realise the brain makes a whole range of

different substances. and the supplement is leading to their epilepsy. and why do you think it has taken the government so long to look into drugs policy for medical use. this is an issue that has been debated and talked about for years, possibly decades. you see any sign peace deal government was at this point of view —— dc + the government will shift its point of view?|j guess you would have to spend the rest of his life in hospital. but it is progress. inaudible. this would stop recreational use, banning medical. most people don't realise... inaudible. professor, we're about to have to leave it there because unfortunately the sound of the webcam is in quite good

enough. thank you very much for joining us this afternoon. —— if not quite good enough. delegates at sinn fein‘s annual conference in belfast have voted to liberalise the party's policy on abortion. it means the party's mps in dublin will be able to support the irish government's move to legalise terminations for any reason until a woman is 12 weeks pregnant. earlier, our ireland correspondent chris page explained the ramifications of the recent referendum in the republic of ireland are being felt there today. mary lou mcdonald, the relatively new sinn fein resident, she only took over from gerry adams a few months ago, played a very prominent role in a referendum campaign which resulted in a landslide vote in favour of change to the irish republic as he removed its constitutional near ban on abortion. the irish government, now planning to bring forward legislation which would legalize the termination of pregnancy for any reason until a woman is 12 weeks pregnant, and until this afternoon sinn fein‘s current policy actually fell short of that.

sinn fein were in favour of legalizing abortions in cases where a woman's health was at risk, so the party executive put forward a motion to the annual conference today, where they said that the party executive firstly should able to instruct mps to the irish parliament as to how they vote on the issue. and they said that abortion should be available without specific reason for a limited gestational period. so there is a bit of flexibility there. but the bottom line is that whenever this legislation comes before the irish parliament, the party leadership will be able to instruct its mps to vote in favour of that legislation. and still have the flexability that there's any problems in the amendments to that legislation is, as it goes through the parliament, to vote in whatever way they think is best. chris page reporting there. the headlines on bbc news: fire has broken out for a second time in four years at the glasgow school of art causing extensive damage. the government says it will help with restoring the building. the home secretary uses exceptional powers to allow doctors to treat severely epileptic billy caldwell with illegal cannabis oil.

sinn fein members vote in favour of liberalising abortion law at their conference in belfast. at least 25 people have been killed and dozens injured by a suicide bomb in the eastern afghan province of nangarhar. the so islamic state group said it carried out the bombing. the attack happened as taliban militants and afghan security forces embraced during a three—day ceasefire as the country marks the muslim festival of eid. the afghan president has urged the taliban to extend the ceasefire. 0ur correspondent in kabul, shoaib sharifi, explained the significance of today's events. in ten years since the collapse of taliban regime, kabul residents

today saw an unprecedented scene on the streets of kabul, when taliban militants on motorbikes carrying the white flag of taliban. taliban were running here and there on the streets of kabul, and stopping and hugging afghan soldiers as part of meet and greet of the cease—fire celebrations. not only that, and the very man, the commander of the afghan forces, the police forces, the interior minister, was out on the street taking selfies with taliban soldiers, as a gesture of showing support and also building trust between a group that they have been fighting, as a government, for the past 17 years. shoaib sharifi reporting there. the un's special envoy to yemen has arrived in the capital sana'a in a bid to persuade rebels to give up control of a key seaport. pro—government forces backed by saudi arabia have been fighting to take hodeidah from iran—backed militias. most of yemen's aid passes through the port, and aid agencies have warned that a prolonged battle could worsen an already

critical situation. spain's government says it has accepted an offer from france to take in some of the migrants from the aquarius rescue ship. the vessel is currently en route to spain, with more than 600 people onboard, who were picked up off the libyan coast. last weekend the boat was denied permission to dock in sicily after italy's new government promised a tough stance on immigration. the prime minister says she's disappointed after one of her own mps blocked plans to make upskirting a criminal offence. the new law would have seen offenders who secretly take photos up victim's clothes sentenced to up to two years in jail. but tory mp sir christopher chope was able to block the legislation by shouting "object". 0ur politcal correspondent iain watson reports. i was at a festival with my sister on a blistering hot day, waiting for my favourite band to come on stage and two guys took pictures up my skirt.

gina martin was a victim of upskirting, the practice of secretly taking pictures under someone's clothes. 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's already outlawed in scotland but yesterday in parliament, this happened. 0bject! objection taken, secretary. conservative mp sir christopher chope uttered that one word, object, and under parliamentary procedure, the proposed law was halted in its tracks. many of his colleagues cried, "shame!" the ministerfor 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 me this is a case where the law has not kept up to date with what's happening in the modern world so parliament needs to be flexible, and parliament needs to react. in a tweet, the prime minister

made her views clear. she said... gina martin contacted sir christopher to find out why he objected. he just said he objected to it on principle and i said, "what about the subject matter of the bill?" and he said, "i'm not really sure on that, "i'm not sure what that is, upskirting." and i said, "i can help you with that," and i asked for his e—mail address and he said, "yeah, absolutely, e—mail me," and i said, "i'd like to talk to you and find out why you objected "and explain to you what this really is and how much it's going to affect "women and girls and protect women and protect women and girls," and he said, "ok, well, let's meet then". 0pposition mps have also criticised sir christopher chope's actions but government ministers now seem even more determined to outlaw upskirting. iain watson, bbc news, westminster. the white house has been forced to clarify donald trump's stance on his administration's immigration controls. almost 2000 children have been separated from their parents

at the us border with mexico injust two months. earlier, the us president caused confusion by appearing to refuse to sign a new bill, drafted by his own republican party, that aims to stop the practise. chris buckler has more. america is seen as a place of escape, and in an effort to find a better life many people take risks to try to cross the border into the country. children were among this group of dozens of undocumented migrants, found hidden inside a lorry when it was stopped here in texas. all these racist people say, take them back to mexico, send them back. it shouldn't be that way. honestly, ever since trump, that is everybody‘s view. the trump administration's new zero tolerance policy means everybody crossing the border illegally will be detained and prosecuted, including parents. and that has meant separating them from their children, who have to be held in facilities suitable for young people.

these pictures of a centre near the mexican border in texas were released by the us government. they show boys doing exercise and being given care. but they also reveal that they are living up to five in a room, in a building that is a converted supermarket. how does that make you feel, when you see... and with another centre consisting mainly of tents opening up, president trump is being hounded with questions about why families are being split apart. the children can be taken care of quickly, beautifully and immediately. the democrats forced that law upon our nation. i hate it, i hate to see separation of parents and children. shame on us! campaigners say there is no such law, and point out that some in the president's administration have indicated the separations are a deterrent to people illegally crossing the border, and his attorney—general has been criticised for quoting the bible in an attempt to justify the current policy.

i would cite you the apostle paul and his clear and wise command in romans 13 to obey the laws of the government, because god has ordained the government for his purposes. members of president trump's republican party are now drafting legislation to try to address what has become a deeply contentious and emotive issue. president trump still wants a border wall with mexico, and to be seen as tough on immigration. but he faces that difficult question — at what cost to families? chris buckler, bbc news, washington. people aged over a0 in england are set to receive health advice on how to reduce the risk of dementia. it will be included as part of the nhs health check after a successful pilot.

james shippam reports. almost 7 million people in england have had what's known as an nhs health check during the past five years. it's offered to people between the ages of a0 and 7a and, until now, has focused on reducing premature deaths from cardiovascular disease. but in future, part of the test will see gps and other health care professionals advising patients on how to reduce the risk of developing dementia. they'll say that lifestyle choices, such as eating a healthy diet, not smoking, and keeping active, can help prevent dementia as well as cardiovascular problems. they'll tell patients that what's good for the heart is good for the brain. public health england estimates that over 850,000 people in the uk are living with the mentioned. it says that as many as one third of cases could be prevented, by living a healthier lifestyle. james shipham, bbc news. from anti—freeze to lemon coloured snails that

could potentially fight cancer, the oceans of antarctica are full of unique animals that scientists hope could hold the key to some major global problems. members of the british antarctic survey in cambridge, spend months diving in freezing waters. 0ur science correspondent, richard westcott has been given special access to the creatures they bring back to study. up top, antarctica is a frozen desert. but venture beneath the ice, it's waters are teeming with life. creatures that hold clues to how the animal world will cope with climate change. well, we've been given a rare, behind—the—scenes glimpse at some of the creatures sciences have brought back from the uk to study. and there are some bizarre animals, believe me. this is one of my favourite creatures. so, it's just like the other starfish we were looking at. except one obvious, and very obvious, difference. can you flip it over,

so we can see the mouth? yeah. this one may be, it will take a hold and put into there, in fact it might well have something in there that it's feeding on. studying these animals could help save lives. from the sea spider that can grow as big as a dinner plate, to the starfish that looks a bit like bagpuss. many are full of natural anti—freeze that could be useful in the medical world. the humble sea lemon has no predators. the chemical putting them off might also fight cancer or infections. so, there's a range of animals within the antarctic, from things like this to sponges and other animals, that live and grow on the rocks, they could potentially have really important chemicals for human society. so it's like the rain forest, where you find medicines? absolutely, yeah. you go through the ice, and suddenly it's all pitch black and then, as your eyes adjust, you look up and you've got this amazing ice cover with these colours of browns and green, it's like this almost sort of cathedral—like feeling. and then obviously, i sink

to the bottom, start my work, and i could be anywhere. living in 0—degree waters makes these animals grow much slower, but bigger than usual. so, this is the same group of animals as the wood lice you find in your garden, but obviously one major difference it is pretty big. and this is another example of polar gigantism, so where animals because of the cold, because of the cold water they live in, can actually be bigger. from health and food supply, to the impact of warmer oceans, these animals are helping us to understand the world our children will grow up in. richard wescott, bbc news, cambridge. now, it's time for the weather with tomasz schafernaker. as for today we had some showers and one 01’ as for today we had some showers and one or two thunderstorms. tomorrow is going to be quite a cloudy day across the uk. most of us are going

to end up with a cloudy afternoon. notan to end up with a cloudy afternoon. not an awful lot of sunshine on the way. in fact you can see all the cloud as to the west of us right 110w. cloud as to the west of us right now. with that comes a bit of rain. most of that rain however is going to fizzle away by the time it reaches us. tonight, fairly cool, particularly in scotland, and some rules sponsor will be down to 4 degrees. in the south typically around 10—13. here's tomorrow, the cloud comes in off the atlantic, on a breeze as well, a westerly wind. there will be a little bit of drizzle around some of the coasts of there, maybe the southeast of england, wales, northern ireland. if there will be any sunshine tomorrow, it is most likely across the eastern and east of scotland and possibly closer to the north sea coast. and then over the next few days, it looks like in the south, it will be warming up quite significantly. this is bbc news, our latest headlines. scotland's first minister

has described the fire which gutted glasgow's school of art as heartbreaking. the celebrated macintosh building was being restored after another fire four yea rs restored after another fire four years ago. we don't know with the structural damages, the damage to the stonework. so i think it's too early to say