this is bbc news i'm ben brown. the headlines at eight. sir norman bettison — the former police chief accused of trying to blame liverpool fans for the hillsborough disaster — sees all charges against him dropped. i've been forced to deny strenuously that i have strenuously that i have done anything wrong in the aftermath of the disaster. in today's outcome indicates that position. in his first major speech as foreign secretary, jeremy hunt calls on the european union to stand ‘shoulder to shoulder‘ with the us in taking a tougher stance with russia. president trump's former lawyer — michael cohen has entered into a plea bargain deal with federal prosecutors — he's due in court shortly eighteen windrush migrants who could have been wrongfully removed from the uk are to receive an official government apology. also coming up — can one of the greatest athletes of all time make it

as a professional footballer? eight—time olympic champion usain bolt swaps his running spikes for football boots — as he starts training with a team in australia. and a rather prickly situation — we meet the baby hedgehogs being raised by local volunteers in yorkshire after being abandoned by their mothers. the crown prosecution service has dropped all charges, against the former chief constable sir norman bettison, following the hillsborough disaster in 1989. he faced four counts of misconduct in a public office, after being accused of lying about his involvement in the handling of the tragedy, and blaming liverpool fans for what happened.

the collapse of the case against sir norman, has greatly angered relatives of the 96 people who were killed. five other men are all facing separate charges in connection with the disaster, and it's aftermath. judith moritz reports. sir norman bettison says he's been the whipping boy for revenge, his name long linked with hillsborough, accused of lying and blaming the fans. he was facing prosecution, but, today, the announcement that he won't stand trial. my involvement in the events around hillsborough has often been misrepresented, even in parliament. since then, i've been forced to deny strenuously that i have done anything wrong in the aftermath of the disaster. and today's outcome vindicates that position. there may be no criminal case, but did you always behave

properly, sir norman? have you a clear conscience, sir norman? did you say anything directly to the families? you say you're vindicated. it's been you against them for a long time. 96 liverpool fans died when the terraces at hillsborough became overcrowded in 1989. in the wake of the tragedy, sir norman, then a chief inspector, was part of the team that gathered evidence about the police for the taylor public inquiry. in 1998, he was appointed chief constable of merseyside, home to many of the bereaved families. his appointment was deeply unpopular and, touring tv studios, sir norman asked for support. my experience of life is people generally, and i think people in merseyside in particular, are fair—minded people. they'll judge for themselves. they'll look into the whites of my eyes, they'll ask me the questions they want, and they'll decide for themselves. now give me that chance, that's what i'm saying. one of the recent charges faced by sir norman bettison goes back to the time of his appointment on merseyside. he was accused of lying about his

role in the wake of hillsborough. sir norman was also facing prosecution for his behaviour when he was chief constable of west yorkshire in 2012. he was accused of issuing untrue press releases which said he'd never blamed fans for the disaster. you have just had a meeting with the cps? in court today, the bereaved families heard there is no longer enough evidence to prosecute sir norman. afterwards, some of them met with the team who'd investigated him. it got very angry and i can assure you we put a lot of people in their place in that room today. you asked questions of them? we asked them whether they had done theirjob right. the money, the millions of pounds that this investigation has cost — and i'm talking about millions, now. they've had the evidence there and what happened today, for it basically to fall, is down to a lot of people. sir norman left court without further comment. some hillsborough families say they believe the wrong charge

was brought and they want a review of today's decision. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40 and 11.30 this evening in the papers — our guests joining me tonight are the political strategistjo tanner, and jess brammar, head of news at huffpost uk. reports from the united states claim donald trump's former lawyer michael cohen has entered into a plea deal with prosecutors in new york. investigators are examining whether he committed alleged bank fraud, tax evasion and campaign finance law violations. michael cohen previously admitted to arranging hush money for a woman 0ur correspondent nick bryant is in new york at the courthouse. bring us the latest, what is going

on there and what is the significance was ? cameramen gathering outside of this courthouse, we have been waiting all summer, so much speculation, the lawyer would enter into a plea agreement and that has happened. he is now on the custody of the fbi, you'll be brought to the court appearance and less than an hour's time. and he will guilt we understand, the bank and tax fraud charges and also, campaign finance violations. what we do not think he is going to do is agree to co—operate with prosecutors. this is a plea agreement that has avoided a trial and the cost of all the lawyers involved, but it does not seem to include cooperation with federal prosecutors. the campaign violators, if they have been

violated, that will probably relate to the $130,000 payment he made for the pornographic actress stormy daniels. the presidential election and 2016 that she claimed was hush money to stop her from talking about the affair she was alleged to have had with donald trump. and i would be hugely embarrassing for donald trump, if his former lawyer agreed that it was a campaign finance law violation, because clearly on medication, he was acting on behalf of president trump. and he was a pa rt of president trump. and he was a part of donald trump's inner circle and he was a part of donald trump's inner circle entity had agreed to work the prosecutors, could this have been but dangerous for the president? one of donald trump's greatest fears, he is set per month that the investigation, which was led by the attorneys office, robert mueller referred to this in new

york, but the prosecutors here who have been pursuing this investigation rather than the other, thatis investigation rather than the other, that is a important distinction to make. but that would have been the president's worst nightmare if michael had agreed to co—operate we are told, it relates to and at the, why? because michael: it was such a close confidant, close call it was his lawyer, was the guy that president trump turned to to go away, and he knows the organisation, he was a part of it for many years so, he really did put donald trump and a lot of legaljeopardy and it is assumed if he had agreed to co—operate with prosecutors, as we say, we do not think that it's going to happen but let's wait and see when he appears in court. keep us posted, thank you very much indeed. jeremy hunt is urging

the european union to follow america's lead in standing up to russia following the salisbury nerve agent attack. he's been giving his first speech in the united states as foreign secretary and said unity among allies was crucial. today the united kingdom asks its allies to go further. by calling on the european union to ensure its sanctions against russia are comprehensive and will truly stand shoulder to shoulder with the us. that means calling out and responding to transgressions with one voice, wherever and whenever they occur, from streets of salisbury to the heart of crimea. joining me now is sir tony brenton, who was the british ambassador to russia from 2004 to 2008. thank you so much for being with us, what do you make of what the foreign secretary has been saying in the

united states, calling for intensification of sanctions against russia after salisbury? you can understand why he is so outraged by this whole affair in salisbury and all that. and he obviously, he would ta ke all that. and he obviously, he would take this and they have done more in europe as and they have done more in europe as and we have, the problem with all of this is that simply piling sanctions on russia has been an unproductive policy. i'm making this number up, but ten rounds of sanctions on russia, all they have done has been to reinforce, reinforce putin and his bad behaviour. and to some extent pushed russia out of lanes of the us and strong with china. is that a sensible policy was white the alternative is to do nothing and not

punish attacks with nerve agents, we have already taken action with what happened, salisbury, there's already been action. we are intensifying action against dirty russian money in london, but there is a lack of balance here. yes we have to demonstrate to the russians that they cannot do this, but really, we're not going to solve the russian problem by being aggressive to them. they will simply aggressive back. we will solve it by being soluble by linking with russia and finding things we can talk about with her as a potential for us working together and through that route, establishing mutual trust which then reduces the attack. and there are other governments that are visibly doing that. we are not. the americans are a total mess with their internal

disagreements, the french are seeing putin, talking to putin, finding things a can talk to putin about which recently was syria which is an important item, that we are not contributing to and they are. some people are saying they are effectively appeasing president putin? it is not, they have an approach to attacking russia, russia isa big, approach to attacking russia, russia is a big, proud country. it is very difficult to shift whatever damage they do, i could say the same thing about trump's america. yet to find a way doing business with that whether you like it or not. they have recognise that reality and we have a p pa re ntly recognise that reality and we have apparently not. in really to be honest, both he and president putin had acted outrageously, many exa m ples had acted outrageously, many examples i could go on and on. had acted outrageously, many examples i could go on and onm

had acted outrageously, many examples i could go on and on. it is ridiculous, i am a former diplomat, i believe in realities. yes they have behaved outrageously, yes they behave badly, but look at trump's america, cutting off the iran deal, the global warming deal, imposing ta riffs the global warming deal, imposing tariffs all over the world. it's probably doing more damage than rush it is. we are not going to impose sanctions on america, there too proud to be movable, the same is true of russia. thank you. the brexit secretary dominic raab has told the bbc he ll move swiftly to secure the rights of european union citizens in the uk, in the event of no deal being reached, on the future relationship between the uk and the eu. mr raab said there was absolutely no question of eu citizens being turfed out. he was speaking after talks with the eu's chief brexit negotiator, michel barnier. ben wright reports from brussels.

many of the continent—hopping train travellers at the eurostar this morning probably didn't notice the man who now leads the uk's brexit negotiating team. dominic raab landed the job last month after david davis quit the cabinet in frustration at the government's own brexit plan, so it's mr raab who is trying to get a deal with the eu over the line by end of march next year. how, iasked him, was he planning to do that? more energy going to these negotiations. we get the deal i think both sides want. more energy? energy, but also some creativity and some innovation. brussels is sleepy and away for the summer. but dominic raab and his opposite number are here trying to find a breakthrough. and there's a lot to do, particularly on agreeing a plan to prevent a hard border on the island of ireland. the so—called backstop.

0ur teams will sit together again tomorrow to try to make progress. last week, our teams already had a discussion on the island of ireland, and northern ireland. as we know, we need a legally operational backstop in the withdrawal agreement. over the summer, some of theresa may's ministers have ramped up warnings there could be no deal at all. but what would that mean for the many eu citizens who live in the uk? we value their contribution, we want them to stay. it's inconceivable we would do anything other than make sure they're legally in a position where they are secure to stay, but we need to set out the details of that in due course to do it in a responsible way. i see, so it's working out the structure, but legally they will be able to stay. they shouldn't worry, if there is a no—deal, about being turfed out of the uk? absolutely. there is absolutely no question you will see eu citizens turfed out, we've made that clear in the past, i've made it clear in the past and i'm happy to give that reassurance again today.

the uk's latest plan for a new trading relationship with the eu has been dismissed by brexiteers as a betrayal and criticised by the eu. is it not the truth that even if you have a vague outline of what the future relationship looks like, really, we leave the eu and it's a leap into the dark? we're not going to know. it will take years to negotiate this stuff. no, that's wrong. certainly we want to make sure we hammer down, hammer out as much of the detail as possible. it's really important to make sure, for people at home, but also for the eu, that we choose a clear model for our relationship and we're both committed to doing that. ministers and officials are clocking up the miles. brexit talks are now intense, the clock is against them and the final destination remains farfrom certain. the headlines on bbc news. former police chief sir norman bettison will not be prosecuted over alleged lies he made about the hillsborough disaster — as all charges against him are dropped. michael cohen — president trump's former lawyer enters into a plea deal with federal prosecutors

in new york. in his first major speech as foreign secretary, jeremy hunt calls on the european union to stand ‘shoulder to shoulder‘ with the us in taking a toughning sanctions against russia. let‘s go to the sports centre, that is required to start with, cricket is required to start with, cricket is standing on the brink of defeat despite managing to taking that fit the final day. they briefly given them something to hope, but it began to fall from where patrick reports. nottingham loves an outsider, robin hood was built to last 6000 years,

england‘s batsmen and only survive today‘s, this morning, he lasted three minutes. brace yourself, we have been here before, board edge catch, repeat, he followed symmetrically, this had a familiar look. suddenly fallible, remarkable. the resistance was down to two of their players, both proceeding with ca re their players, both proceeding with care but before, if full hearted half, he had been understandably understated, just a week ago, after the trial, now heed to make 50, he been dropped on one, this was 100, his first century just went intermediate. india needed a change, it came from the new ball, finally a modern six but was dismissed. com plete modern six but was dismissed. complete with fractured finger and

first ball, shattered stumps. he was ona first ball, shattered stumps. he was on a flyer. finally ended the vigil on a flyer. finally ended the vigil on 62, and it seemed they would finally that their victories, but he took it through to a final day, just one remaining, not even robin hood could save them now. he‘ll begin tomorrow on 311, a few more runs at least, chasing the 210 runs for the unlikely victory, just one more needed for india that will see them reduce the deficit in the series to two to one with two tasks of this series remaining. there are four games in the championship being played this evening, leeds united have enjoyed a start to the season, with three wins, for their opening three matches they are behind at the

liberty stadium to swansea, second of the season so far, the only other goal to tell you about tonight is whole during one. england manager has recalled the captain and alex greenwood for the call qualifies against wales he returns from suspension, the winners of wales against england on the 31st of wales against england on the 31st of august, will qualify for the world cup. took gold in the tortured metre on day two of the athletics championship in berlin, is one of three goals which were by great britain, the others came from the 20 shot and successfully defended the european title to take gold in the 235100 metres. at few european title to take gold in the 235 100 metres. at few difficult yea rs 235 100 metres. at few difficult years and you do not perform as well, kind of eats at you at you and

you feel like it reflects you like it or not training hard but in fact you are and i can be a little bit harder, so things my personal life, but we‘ve got all the right people around me, people help me out and my family and my parents and my coach so family and my parents and my coach soiam on family and my parents and my coach so i am on the mend. another successful day so far, before the us 0pen gets under way, she has pulled out of a warm—up event due to sickness, she was struck to play in the second round but withdrew, due toa the second round but withdrew, due to a viral illness the british number one is due on court later to replace argentina, and the second round of the open. and that is all of the support, we will have a full update in half past ten. the home secretary has

apologised to 18 members of the so—called windrush generation, after a review found they may have been wrongfully removed from the uk or detained. almost 12,000 cases have been re—examined, with sajid javid saying he‘s committed to "righting the wrongs of the past." our home affairs correspondent danny shaw, has been explaining the significance of mrjavid‘s apology. i think it‘s a clear official acknowledgement that the home office has got it seriously wrong in respect of these 18 people and essentially dozens of others as well. because what officials have been doing is going to almost 12,000 cases and they‘ve come up with a poll of 164 for people who have been living in the uk from caribbean countries prior to 1973 were either removed from the uk, or detained. and they believe that of those 164, 18 have very very strong grounds for saying that they were unlawfully or wrongfully removed or detained. that‘s why the home secretary is going to issue than a formal

apology, they‘ll also be directed towards routes for claiming compensation and for those who are living abroad, they will be given the opportunity to return to the uk. it is very difficult to price on what is happened to some of these people, their lives have been torn apart in many cases, they‘ve lost their careers, they have been separated from friends and family and colleagues and for them, it is going to be very difficult to get those lives back. i‘m joined now by suresh rambaran — who came to the uk in 1972 — he went on to become a nurse in the national health service. and also trevor sterling, he‘s a solictor whose firm is representing some of the windrush victims and whose parents were part of the windrush generation. first of all, let me ask you, as pa rt first of all, let me ask you, as part of this generation, wind rush generation, what do you make of this

apology that you‘re going be getting and also the promise that this would be compensation where the government agreed that it is fitting?” be compensation where the government agreed that it is fitting? i think it is right that the government made an apology and are looking into it, but the whole system seems to be working too slow. there are a lot of people affected out there, we only have about 18, but over a hundred more affected and the government needs to speed up the process. and we need to ensure that these people are treated fairly and compensated for at the discourse. tells the story, back in 1972 you were in your 20s, story, back in 1972 you were in your 205, 204i think story, back in 1972 you were in your 20s, 2041 think and you joined the national health service, one of the people who helped build up and sustain the national health service in this country. when the nhs was formed coincidentally, when the wind rush came here, they were recruiting

people and run the caribbean, such as malaysia, and i came to do my training here during that time and it was a good opportunity to travel abroad. and it was a good experience and unfortunate that i —— fortunate house able to work in the nhs and develop, and make it more culturally sensitive and people from different ethnic backgrounds had different cultural needs in customer culture, so cultural needs in customer culture, so it was to make people more aware and that is one way i contributed. my and that is one way i contributed. my neck speaking with two hats in a sense, representing my neck speaking with two hats in a sense, representing some my neck speaking with two hats in a sense, representing some of the victims, your parents are part of the wind rush generation how angry are you with the way this is been handled? on the trust, and our aim

is to respond and motivate people to celebrate diversity in this country. my parents, they are response was it one of disappointment and dismay but not anger, disappointment and dismay. a reflection of the attitude of those that came in, the wind rush generation. these were people that came in to help build this country into the issues that have impacted on their children into the issues that have impacted on theirchildren in into the issues that have impacted on their children in particular that we re on their children in particular that were born after the 19605, you have to remember that there was a time when they were not coming in from countries which are independent, it wa5 countries which are independent, it was part of the british empire. these are people who perceive themselves as being briti5h, these are people who perceive themselves as being british, are briti5h themselves as being british, are british and should not have to put up british and should not have to put up with this. i know everyone understands the feeling like your pa rents, understands the feeling like your parents, who are part of this

generation, but the government is saying that there will be a formal government apology, routes to finding compensation, people who have had to leave the country, this a possibility of them coming back and the government have announced a package. the prime minister apologised to his months ago, as did the previous home secretary, however another apology from the some secretary. want something more than apologies. the concept of a compensation scheme has been discussed, but with no detail around that at this time. there's been no, many people have lost theirjobs and have been denied health care, put in this position and now is the time for action. it is hard to put a price on all of this. how much compensation is enough? the wind

rush compensation consultation, made it clear that people have suffered emotional distress but significant financial loss, and those financial losses suffered, it goes beyond that, many of them are suffering emotional distress. do you feel that this is been a bit of vapour trail? because people like myself into this country as you‘ve to help. there was an appeal from the british government at the time to help build things like the national health service, you are a part of that and yet, we have seen the way the wind rush generation have been treated. we feel betrayed because here we came, from another country working for the health service and other places and now, they are deporting us, some of us affected by the government rules and regulations that they impose on the people. and it‘s so unfair for them to

that they impose on the people. and it's so unfair for them to and the formal apology, some feel that it is not enough, we have heard it before from the prime minister and so on, do you agree with that? yes i do. we certainly need more in—depth investigation committee to investigate the incident, and to give proper apologies to all affected and not just give proper apologies to all affected and notjust them, people like myself and acknowledge contribution to the nhs and all of the industries in this country to help build it to what it is. thank you so much for your time. much of venezuela has come to a standstill for a second day running, as the government introduces a new currency, the sovereign bolivar, to try to tackle the world‘s highest inflation rate. the measure, introduced

by president nicol s maduro, eliminates five zeros from previous banknote denominations as part of an economic reform package aimed at easing the country‘s economic crisis and hyper—inflation. the bbc‘s guillermo 0lmo reports from the capital caracas. long queues are a common thing in banks in venezuela, but today is the different day. introduced by the government, they say it will help to tackle hyper—inflation the high prices that are, we have talked to some the people in this 0&a of told us that the problems continued. the atm working over there aren‘t just giving them the small amounts of boliva rs and that is less than they will be asked for if they want to have a cup of coffee by the cafeterias near the area. this is one of the challenges that venezuelans have to overcome an everyday lives, we talked to some of the people and a few of them fear

that the government‘s plan for the economy will make things even worse and even harder. it‘s been announced this evening that the british director danny boyle will no longer direct the nextjames bond film due to what producers are calling "creative differences". the announcement was made on the officialjames bond twitter account in the past few hours. bond 25, starring daniel craig, is due to be released in 2019. a replacement for boyle, best known for trainspotting and slumdog millionaire, has yet to be announced. 0ur entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba is following this for us now creative differences. always a bit ofa creative differences. always a bit of a catchall for a good old—fashioned bust of a catchall for a good old —fashioned bust up of a catchall for a good old—fashioned bust up in the movie industry. yes, it can be used to

mean almost anything, but in this case it does rank kind of true, a few have been raised about him taking on something like james bond, because he is not known as an action director of those kind of movies, he is very good with character, he has a very different feel to many of the directors that have come before him so, people did have raised eyebrows to whether he was completely the right fit for a movie like this, but certainly at the time, the producers thought so, he had an idea that he wa nted thought so, he had an idea that he wanted to do with the screenwriter to afford together since the early 19905, so it is a surprise that suddenly this has happened at this point. because you can hopefully there‘ll be things ironed up in preproduction, way before the movie is about to start shooting as they we re is about to start shooting as they were in early december, just three and a half months‘ time and that is and a half months‘ time and that is a very short period of time in this world. they have no idea who they

got to replace him. no, they may have somebody in mind, it may be scrabbling around to try and find somebody right now, there are a number of names in the fray, of course people like... early in the year before the director laughed. a lot of fans would be happy to see somebody who did the last two films, inspector, someone like christopher nolan would come down well as well, because he really did reinvent batman but the dark knight trilogy. so there are many numbers of names out there that the crucial thing is what script are they going to go with? a script with danny boyle of what they originally going to do in this incarnation of the 25th bond movie, that should be fine, but that they‘re happy to start again from scratch, easing the previous script from previous scriptwriters, this could cause a delay in mean that they won‘t start filming in december

01’ they won‘t start filming in december or maybe into next year or beyond and the actual release of the film which was october 2019, but of course we do not know what is going on behind the scenes there, so it could also go smoothly with the film of october next year or it could be a delay, one is of course daniel craig‘s final movie is 007. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with ben rich. sunshine was a little easier to come by today than it has been for the past few days another warm and humid one though, over the next few days the big change in the feel of the weather, it is going to turn fresher, some heavy showers as well. through this evening and tonight, some outbreaks of heavy rain into western scotland, patchy rain, it should stay dry with a fair amount of cloud in warming —— humid to the

south. fresh air will continue to make progress south, but behind our weather front still the odd spot of rain towards northern england and wales, had it that is still pretty humid, 26 and 27 degrees but really cooling—off across scotland and northern ireland and the dog into that cooler fresher air towards the end of the week and heavy blustering showers. hello, you‘re watching bbc news. the latest headlines: the former police chief sir norman bettison — accused of trying to blame liverpool fans for the hillsborough disaster — has had all charges against him dropped. president trump‘s former lawyer michael cohen has entered into a plea deal with federal prosecutors. this is the scene outside the court in new york where mr cohen is expected to appear shortly. in his first major speech

as foreign secretary, jeremy hunt has called on the eu to stand "shoulder to shoulder" with the united states in taking a tougher stance against russia. the brexit secretary dominic raab says the rights of eu nationals to remain in the uk after brexit are secure, even in the event of no deal. the home secretary, sajid javid, apologises to 18 windrush migrants who could have been wrongfully removed from the uk. the technology giant microsoft says it‘s managed to stop russian hackers from launching cyber—attacks against us political organisations. the software company claims the hackers were planning to steal data, but security staff prevented the attack. the russian foreign ministry responded by accusing microsoft of taking part in a "witch—hunt". joining us now is leo taddeo, who is chief information officer

at the global security operations firm nytera and a former special agent in charge of the cyber division of the fbi 5 new york office. thanks very much indeed for being with us. what do you make of this? is this a victory for microsoft? it's is this a victory for microsoft? it‘s certainly a victory for microsoft. it‘s a victory for all of us microsoft. it‘s a victory for all of us here in the united states as we get ready to vote in november. the more companies keeping an eye on this issue and more people who are alerted to it, the better chance we have protecting and preventing this type of activity. the worst thing for a foreign intelligence to have their operation exposed, and you have this operation exposed at such early stages a good thing. and microsoft is saying they have stopped russian hackers. how do you think it would know they were russian hackers? just ik physical crime scene, cyber crime and cyber

espionage have fingerprints that traced back to a pretty unique infrastructure, technique and procedures that are identifiable and can be used to attribute this type of activity to a known actor. is russia, is the united states under attack effectively by russia in terms of cyber orfor attack effectively by russia in terms of cyber or for the moment? attack effectively by russia in terms of cyber orfor the moment? is this is this just one of many attacks that microsoft has boiled? this is this just one of many attacks that microsoft has boiled ?|j think we have to be careful about the words cyber warfare and attack. this is an uptick in the activity we have seen before. there is certainly an increase in the number of cyber insta nces an increase in the number of cyber instances from before. this is not a new thing. something we need to take steps to increase our run vigilance in ourown steps to increase our run vigilance in our own ability to defend ourselves against. leo taddeo, chief

information officer there at the global security operations firm. thank you very much forjoining us. 0xfam has been left tens of millions of pounds in the will of a british businessman who was killed along with members of his family in a plane crash in australia on new year‘s eve last year. the gift from richard cousins is thought to be the biggest single donation ever to the charity. 0xfam has been struggling to recover from a sex abuse scandal, which led to a significant reduction in public donations this year. richard galpin reports. a tragedy last new year‘s eve near sydney. a seaplane taking british tourists on a sightseeing tour of the area had crashed into a river, killing everyone on board. the businessman richard cousins was head of one of the world‘s largest catering companies. with him in the plane were his two sons, edward and william, and his fiancee, emma bowden, and her daughter, heather. the uk actually is doing extremely well.

mr cousins was known for his humanity. what wasn‘t known was that he‘d reportedly changed his will using a special clause so most of his money would go to 0xfam if he and his children died together. a common tragedy clause is just a clause stipulating who the beneficiaries will be if your immediate family were to all pass away at the same time. so it's also called a wipeout clause and it also could be known as a disaster scenario clause as well. at the 0xfam offices today, there‘s been astonishment at the money they‘ll now receive. it could be the biggest amount ever given to 0xfam by an individual donor. in a statement, the aid agency said... and it could not have come at a more important time. 0xfam is still reeling

from a scandal which has lead to cuts in its funding after some of its staff who were working here in haiti, following the massive earthquake eight years ago, were accused of sexual misconduct. well, clearly, any charity that receives a donation of that size, it‘s going to make an incredible difference to the causes that they‘re working on. so a donation of this size for 0xfam is going to be incredibly important and i suspect will be something that sustains them for a number of years. 0xfam has been planning to make swingeing cuts to save millions of pounds as a result of the scandal. but now, with the money left by richard cousins, it could help the aid agency turn a corner after one of the worst years in its history. richard galpin, bbc news. the chief constable of lancashire has defended

an officer who was filmed slapping a 14—year—old girl. the incident was recorded yesterday evening after the police were called to a fight in accrington. the teenager was arrested on suspicion of assaulting a police officer. the chief constable stepped in after the video attracted hostile comments about the police online. 0ur correspondent stuart flinders reports. a struggle in the street involving the police and members of the public. the fact that it was caught on camera has invited debate about the behaviour of both. the video, filmed by a passerby, shows an officer slapping a girl with the palm of his hand. you can hear the clatter of the closed shutters behind. that slap is an accepted restraint technique, according to lancashire police. a woman‘s voice, thought to be the girl‘s mother, can be heard shouting, "get off her." a 14—year—old girl was arrested on suspicion of assaulting an officer and later referred to the youth offending team. a 52—year—old woman was released with a caution after also being arrested for assaulting an officer.

the incident happened here on accrington market after the shutters had come down at around 5:45pm yesterday evening. lancashire police put out a statement, urging people to hold off theirjudgment until a full investigation had been carried out. but that video appeared online and started to attract comments, many of them critical of the way the police handled the situation. and now, a second statement has been issued by the chief constable himself. in it, he admits the officer used, what he calls, an open hand strike. "these are your police officers," he says, "and they are here to keep you safe..." but tonight, an alternative view from the 14—year—old‘s father. we interviewed him anonymously to protect his daughter‘s identity. he was too aggressive. he had no respect, no due care, no nothing. he most certainly wouldn‘t have

done it if it had been a big bloke. he would have handled it different. he probably wouldn‘t have been physical. the police insist reasonable force was used after a group of fighting youths turned on them. stuart flinders, bbc north west tonight, accrington. our latest headlines on bbc news: former police chief sir norman bettison will not be prosecuted over alleged lies he made about the hillsborough disaster, as all charges against him are dropped. michael cohen, president trump‘s former lawyer, enters into a plea deal with federal prosecutors in new york. in his first major speech as foreign secretary, jeremy hunt calls on the european union to stand "shoulder to shoulder" with the united states in toughening sanctions against russia. a look at the markets for you. this is how london and frankfurt got on today. and in the united states, how

the dow and nasdaq are looking at the dow and nasdaq are looking at the moment. following ten years of planning, a small group of golden eagles have been released at a secret location in southern scotland. they were moved from nests in the highlands, where the majority of the birds are to be found. there are fewer than five breeding pairs in the south of scotland and none in england or wales. 0ur correspondent lorna gordon has been given access to the eagles ahead of them taking flight. they are a sight more familiar to the moors and the mountains of the highlands and islands. but this young golden eagle is about to be released into the wild much further south. the raptor is hooded to keep him calm. he‘s one of three birds moved to a new home in a part of scotland where less than a handful of pairs remain. this is a male, he‘s really healthy. got a nice bit of meat on his sternum.

and he‘s ready, ready to go, you think? he‘s definitely ready to go. before that, they are measured. 124. examined to ensure they are healthy. then fitted with one of these, a satellite transmitter to track them once they take to the skies. the birds have been handled just twice — once when they were taken under licence from their nests in the highlands and then just now when they have been checked over and tagged before being released. scotland‘s golden eagle population has faced challenges from changing land—use to persecution, but those behind this project are confident they will get a warm welcome here. young golden eagles are heavily persecuted. a third of them have been killed, either through shooting or poisoning. down here, in the south of scotland, we've been able to reassure ourselves that persecution is not an issue, it'sjust a small, fragmented population which needs this helping hand from us. filmed on remote cameras, when the time comes

to spread their wings, the birds hesitate. that‘s not, though, unexpected. then those first, short flights harried by buzzards above the heather. so this will be their first time out of the aviaries. they may fly a few metres, they may fly a few hundred they may fly a few metres, they may fly a hundred metres up the valley. we‘ve chosen a spot where there‘s lots of different sites they can rest and perch, rocks for them to sit on and things like that. so hopefully they‘ll fly out into the valley, find somewhere to settle and then just in their own time, get up into the skies and start to explore. their range could reach from the rolling hills of southern scotland to the lake district or wales. the hope is, they may eventually return to sites last populated by golden eagles more than 100 years ago. lorna gordon, bbc news, in the moffat gills. eight—time 0lympic sprint champion usain bolt has begun training with an australian football team as he seeks to realise his ambition to become a professionalfootballer.

since retiring from athletics last year, the jamaican sprinter has trained with several football teams across the world and he‘s hoping to earn a place in the squad of a—league side the central coast mariners, but he‘s had to fend off criticism that he‘s taking part in a publicity stunt. 0ur australia correspondent hywel griffith has been along to see him in action. he may be the fastest man in the world, but usain bolt has a lot of catching up to do if he really is to become a professional footballer. today is his 32nd birthday, an age when some players start to think about retirement. but bolt says playing professionally has been a lifelong dream which he is determined to achieve. football has always been something that is a passion of mine, that i enjoy. even when my coach at a professional level would say, "usain, don‘t play football. you can‘t be playing football in the middle of the season," i still would play because i enjoyed it. that is something that i enjoy. so now that i have retired

and i have the opportunity to play, to play with a top team, and to show what i can do, something i want to do. i want to challenge myself. no one can doubt his athletic ability. still the world record—holder at 100 and 200m, he retired last year as the finest sportsman of his generation. since then, he‘s trained with football teams in germany, norway and south africa, but so far, no one has offered him a professional contract. if this is just a pr stunt to bring attention to australia‘s a—league, then it‘s already worked, but if it‘s to have a more lasting impact, usain bolt needs to prove his worth notjust in sponsorship and advertising, but as part of a team. his star power could help lift the mariners, who finished bottom of the league last year, and it will definitely help bring new fans to their games. i think it's great. he's going to be fantastic. will it make you watch the football? well, i already have a daughter who's into football so she will be very keen to watch it too. i'm going to get my little daughter a usain boltjersey as soon

as it's available so... it‘s working, then? it's working. you are going to buy the merchandise? absolutely. i haven't bought a mariners jersey yet, so definitely looking forward to it. when it came to today‘s practise match, bolt stuck to the sidelines. no one knows yet if or when he will actually play. manchester united‘s former assistant manager, mike phelan, is the sporting director here. he's coming into the game, you know, late, but a dream is a dream at the end of the day and he is ambitious, he is charismatic, and what he has done is he has brought attention to the coast. whether this is the start of a new career orjust a diversion, usain bolt has already left his mark in australia. hywel griffith, bbc news, on the central coast. usain bolt doesjoin a long list of well—known athletes who‘ve tried their hand at a different professional sport. michaeljordan famously left his nba career in 1993, switching to baseball with the chicago white sox for a short time.

one of the uk‘s finest cricketers, sir ian botham, also played as a professional footballer for a few seasons with scunthorpe. and sonny b williams — one of the new zealand all blacks — not only a top rugby player, also a heavyweight boxer. it can be done. how hard is it to retrain in a new discipline, and what are the challenges that usain bolt will face? with me in the studio is james beale, a sports psychologist at the university of east london. thank you very much for being with us. it‘s a big switch. he‘s desperate to make it as a footballer but psychologically, it‘s a usually different, running a sprint to playing minute football match. definitely. huge differences in the challenges. when we look at individual sport, essentially the challenges is, everything is on you. there‘s no support during that time and you cannot blame her team—mates afterwards, so everything is on you. but we at a team sport, a whole

different set of challenges. you might be worried about letting your team—mates down. that would not happen ina team—mates down. that would not happen in a sprint. you have to worry about your team leading you down and that something you‘ve never had to worry about before. and also, crucially, the medication is going to be really important. that this could possibly isn‘t quite so important in the sprint world as it will be in his professionalfootball crook —— that skill possibly isn‘t. footballers tend to be good at ball games, you have a good eye, may be good at tennis and rugby and so on. i suppose that‘s different than absolutely excelling in one sport.|j think age plays a big factor in this. i can think of a lot of players who had a multisport background. i think the point was

that example wasn‘t up and —— was on an upward curve. 0n that example wasn‘t up and —— was on an upward curve. on a point where maybe your main career is over to then take up another sport and expect to excel to the same level as other professionals is very difficult and i cannot think of anybody that‘s son that successfully. and you have to choose. you‘ve got to choose, are you going to be a footballer? are you going to be a footballer? are you going to be a sprinter? you cannot see both through. exactly. at some point in a sports person career, they have to commit. it is not like years ago when you could play a winter sport and a summer sport. you have to commit to that sport. you have to commit to that sport. because the amount of time you going from that sport is getting smaller and smaller. it's almost impossible. we were racking our brains ofan impossible. we were racking our brains of an example of somebody who absolutely hit the top level in both, and to sports. 0ne

absolutely hit the top level in both, and to sports. one who played cricket for england and football for england, but also during the war. during the war. now, that would be pretty in thinkable —— unthinkable. i think the key thing is, the guy grew up playing both sports because one is summer sport and one is a winter sport. now, more one is summer sport and one is a wintersport. now, more or less, football is a year—round sport intricate is nearly a rebound sport. —— and cricket is a nearly year—round sport. james beale, thank you for your time. hedgehogs have been abandoning their children in record numbers, according to those who run animal hospitals and sanctuaries across the country. it‘s because of the hot weather as hedgehog mums go looking for water for themselves and don‘t come back. crispin rolfe has more. who have we got here? we've got tea, coffee,

cocoa and helix. and this is cocoa. four brothers — abandoned by their mother, now being nursed back to health by north lincolnshire‘s andrews hedgehog hospital. during the dry weather, we‘ve had in 70, 80 babies. been horrific. we have contact with rescue centres around the country. they‘re all having the same problems. the hospital currently saves around two thirds of the hedgehogs brought to it, with some like helix already doing well. he‘s a lot more steady on his feet than the others. yeah. i think he was the leader of the pack. how much does this all cost you? last year‘s accounts, we‘ve just about put together, and the total cost was around £27,500. and that‘s not the only price to pay. for frank and veronica, more hedgehogs mean more rooms

in their house taken over. oh, yes, every room. the only room that is not allowed hedgehogs is the sitting room. in grimsby, charlie‘s hedgehogs care has managed to reunite some babies with their mother, but it‘s a rare sight. the weather this year has been particularly bad for them, because the lack of rain means that mothers cannot feed, although they have mated. there are no grubs or water, so if the mother cannot make milk, then she just walks away from the nest. so what should you do if you find an unwell or abandoned hedgehog? victoria is used to giving advice. people say you mustn't interfere with nature, but if it's obvious that hedgehog is not well, pair of gardening gloves, pick him up. if he curls up in a tight, little ball, not too bad, but if he's all limp and floppy, he is ill. so in a box, wrap him in a fluffy towel and keep him warm and ring for help.

with hedgehog populations already in serious decline, frank and veronica hope to build a dedicated hospital — perhaps in the hope that they can also reclaim their home. crispin rolfe, bbc look north. let‘s see what the weather is doing to baby hedgehogs. i‘m not certain what whether hedgehogs really like. if they like warm and humid weather, they probably enjoy the last few days. a bit of sunshine in most areas. a gorgeous and to the day here on the north norfolk coast. thick cloud across parts of western scotland. the first sign of a change to come because what we have been bringing this area from the southwest, this warm and humid air, there is much cooler air lying in wait up to the northwest and that is what to head our way over the next day or so. behind this frontal system. some outbreaks are pretty

heavy rain as we go through what‘s left of this evening across parts of northern ireland and western scotland. some patchy rain getting into eastern and southern parts of scotla nd into eastern and southern parts of scotland into the early hours of wednesday. further south, a lot of dry weather and increasingly cloudy conditions. some of that cloud quite low. it will turn quite misty and murky in places. another warm night in the south but turning cooler and fresh across the northwest. into tomorrow, here is our weatherfront staggering his way across parts of northern england. tending to fizzle all the while. then towards the southeast of the country, east anglia, the southeast, also the southwest will see spells of sunshine. further north and west, you can see the brighter colours on the chart. 17, 18 degrees at best. so the mid—205 across the southeast. we pushed out of the way slowly through the first part of thursday.

another front pushing through the first part of thursday. anotherfront pushing him through the first part of thursday. another front pushing him towards the northwest and then behind that, we really start to feel the difference. these northwesterly winds bringing some significantly cooler, fresher air down across the country. on thursday, one weather front, some patchy rain across the southeast. another when moving across scotland and northern wales, behind lust three showers. i have a look at the winds. pretty brisk across these northwestern areas. you will notice a drop in the temperatures, 13, 14, 15 in parts of scotland. southeastjust temperatures, 13, 14, 15 in parts of scotland. southeast just squeaking up scotland. southeast just squeaking up to 24 degrees but even here, struggling to hit 20 by friday and particularly saturday, a mixture of sunshine and showers to take us into the weekend where we keep that cooler, fresher feel. the weekend where we keep that cooler, fresherfeel. that‘s all from me for now. much more on the weather in the hours ahead. hello, i‘m ros atkins,

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