hello, you're watching afternoon live. today at 2pm. radical islamist preacher anjem choudary poses for photos on the steps of a bail hostel in north london after being freed from prison. what he has done, the damage he has done, i've worked with a lot of families. a lot of them, he has ruined their lives. a lot of them, he has ruined their lives. investigators in turkey widen their search to a forest near istanbul as they look for clues in the disappearance of jamal khashoggi. nick clegg joins facebook as the new head of global communications. and we have all the sport. a break with tradition at wimbledon. no more overtime, they are changing the rules meaning an end to fifth set thrillers as the all england club introduce tie—breaks. thrillers as the all england club

introduce tie—brea ks. it's thrillers as the all england club introduce tie—breaks. it's all change. and the rain in spain? absolutely. some sunshine, brought further afield it's very wet this weekend. i will have all the details in about half an hour. also coming up, the tour down under. kicking off issues to toil bondi beach. hello, everyone, this is afternoon live. the extremist preacher anjem choudary has been released from prison. choudary was jailed two years ago for inviting support for the islamic state terror group, and has been blamed for inspiring a long line of islamist extremists. he's served just under half his sentence, and will now complete the rest of it out ofjail, but under a regime

of strict supervision, as our home affairs correspondent june kelly reports. he's out, but anjem choudary is not entirely free. it was before dawn when the country's most notorious terror convict was driven from belmarsh top securityjail in south london. afterjust two years in prison, anjem choudary was on his way to a probation hostel. he'll be staying there for six months. the whole world, one day, my dear brothers, will be under the sharia. including hackney, and walthamstow, and moscow, and new york. all of the country — inshallah — under the thumb of the muslims. for two decades, anjem choudary was clear about the world he wanted to see. the master manipulator, he was at the centre of a network of violent extremists in the uk and beyond. he was the leader of the banned organisation al—muhajiroun and his followers formed a terror roll call, with dozens of them convicted by the courts. michael adebolajo was one of the pair who carried out the savage street killing of fusilier lee rigby.

another choudary disciple, siddhartha dhar, fled the uk while on bail and is suspected of being part of an is killing squad. the former head of counterterrorism at scotland yard believes choudary‘s influence outstripped his character. i think we've got to be careful not to overstate him. he is a pathetic groomer of others, and should be seen as such. i think we all have to be very careful about not over inflating his status and giving him some sort of mythical evil genius type character, because that's not what he is. choudary is considered to have served half of his five and a half year sentence, and so is eligible for release. he has a long list of more than 20 restrictions. among them, he has to wear a tag and be under a curfew. he can only meet people who are approved. no—one with any terror link. he'll have to get permission to go on the internet. and he can only go to mosques

which have been sanctioned. i've worked with a lot of families. one of the families i've worked with, he's absolutely ruined their lives. one of their kids has been killed in syria, one of the nephews has been killed in syria. their daughter was about to abscond to syria. families have been turned upside down. he is responsible for that, so he shouldn't be released in such a short time. the hate preacher who loved the limelight has been silenced for four years since his arrest. now he's back on the outside, the authorities want to keep him quiet. and stop anjem choudary becoming once again a figure of influence. and june kelly also explains why he's been released less than half way through his sentence? like any other prisoner he is eligible for relief and has to be freed. the government is looking at

changing this with legislation that aims to increase fences for some time offences. also, to stop this halfway release of people considered a risk to the public. i should say that the bbc has spoken to sources who have some knowledge of anjem choudary during his time in the prison, he served most of his term in the north—east. apparently, he refused to take part in the radicalisation processes. it appears there is no changing his mindset. he is out under 25 conditions. that means a very big bill for the taxpayer. june kelly there. a former independent reviewer of terror legislation lord carlile joins us now from central london. it's good of you to be with us. thank you. we heard there a whole raft of restrictions under which awem raft of restrictions under which anjem choudary has been released. they are adequate? i think they are the maximum that

the authorities could have placed on an individual. i think they will be effective if anjem choudary breaks the conditions, he will go back inside prison. of course, we have to look to the future. when his sentence is fully over, when he has no longer to keep to these conditions, then there is a question as to what authorities will do if he remains a radicalise. we don't know that for sure. but there is a suspicion that he would like to. in those circumstances we have a power, a terrorism prevention and investigative measure, like the old control orders which could be imposed on him. that could contain the sort of restrictions that are on him currently, under the terms of his prison release licence. when you said they have used all the restrictions open to them, do we know how unusual that is? is that gamut of restrictions normal in this

kind of case or is anjem choudary an extreme case? he is an extreme case. it's very unusualfor he is an extreme case. it's very unusual for such he is an extreme case. it's very unusualfor such a he is an extreme case. it's very unusual for such a large he is an extreme case. it's very unusualfor such a large number of restrictions to be placed upon him. for example, where he can worship under his religion, or whom he can meet. it's clear that this has been given careful attention. by all the releva nt given careful attention. by all the relevant authorities. as i said, we have to watch out for the future. awem have to watch out for the future. anjem choudary, i assume, have to watch out for the future. anjem choudary, iassume, knows have to watch out for the future. anjem choudary, i assume, knows that if he breaks the law again he will certainly be prosecuted, and receive a much longer sentence than last time. tell us about that. clearly it sounds that this is particularly serious, if he were to breach restrictions? yes, there is a bill before parliament at the moment which will increase sentences, the maximum sentences, for many terrorism offences including those which involve radicalising others. as

somebody earlier said, nobody has any admiration for anjem choudary apart from the misguided and misled. he isa apart from the misguided and misled. he is a man without courage, he radicalise his people but doesn't have the courage to do what he encourages them to do. here's a figure who is rightly held in co nte m pt figure who is rightly held in contempt in any event. he will have two be very careful he operates. if sentences are increased, as i believe they will be, under the legislation which is now in the house of lords. he will run the risk ofa house of lords. he will run the risk of a very long sentence. the judge who sentenced him last time express the clear view that he had no regret for what he did, and that was a judge who commands very wide respect among the legal profession and the judiciary. given those comments and the fact that he was sentenced to five and a half years, they will be people who raise an eyebrow about this

automatic, in inverted commas, right to be released after serving half your sentence. is it automatic, or rather a test that had to be gone soon before you are automatically released? well, it is more or less automatic. imean, for example, well, it is more or less automatic. i mean, for example, we've heard that it i mean, for example, we've heard thatitis i mean, for example, we've heard that it is thought that anjem choudary did not go to any anti—radicalisation classes, all courses whilst in prison. there is no requirement that people should attend classes or courses, of course, sometimes, people are released before the halfway stage if they behave particularly well. they are given weekends at home, and so on. it's often a good thing that they are broken gently back into normal society. that did not happen with anjem choudary, which seems to indicate that he has been without any regret for what he did. as i

say, he will be watched every step of the way in the future. and he will be prosecuted if he breaks the law again. he isn't a martyr, he's a criminal. one final thought, given the surveillance needed to implement these restrictions, they will be an almighty bill, and a very large body of work to keep him monitored, presumably? they will be a big bill, port, the cost effectiveness of that surveillance, is considerable. if he we re surveillance, is considerable. if he were to radicalise people to do what the killers of lee rigby did, and certainly, one of them came under his influence, the cost of the public is much higher. and of course, the cost to people, their feelings, the grief that they feel, the chaos that is caused makes this kind of surveillance good value. it

is more expert in this country than anywhere else in the world, i believe. and it isn't done by people on corners, peeping from behind curtains. there are many different ways of ensuring you keep track on a person. if they are reasonably held to bea person. if they are reasonably held to be a suspicious person. thank you, lord carlile. turkish investigators widen their search to a forest near istanbul as they search for clues in the disappearance of jamal khashoggi. the government says there will be consequences for britain's relationship with saudi arabia if it's found that the country murdered the saudi journalist. journalist, critic, now almost certainly dead. yesterday a search

was taking place in istanbul. it is reported in connection with the case. the us president previously said that people shouldn'tjump to conclusions. now he's changed his tune. do you believe he is dead?m looks that way to me. what are you considering as possible consequences? it will have to be very severe. we will see what happens. saudi arabia is already feeling the heat. the crown prince was the driving force behind a grand conference to be held next week in the kingdom. but he's been accused of involvement in the apparent killing of jamal khashoggi. of involvement in the apparent killing ofjamal khashoggi. saudi arabia denies the claims. global investors on top politicians are now refusing to go. we have been very

clear. yes, we want to hear the results of the investigation and year of its credible. but, if the stories that we are reading turn out to be true, will that have an effect on our relationship with saudi arabia? yes, it will. because if these stories are true, and it is still an if, they will be totally against our values and what we stand for as a country. america says saudi arabia should be given more time for its investigation, but here today, the turkish foreign minister says an alleged audio recording ofjamal khashoggi's final moments hasn't been shared with any other country. more than two weeks after the apparent killing of the journalist, what this case lacks is clarity. martin patience, bbc news, istanbul. mps have said a ban on sales of new petrol and diesel cars should be brought forward by eight years, to 2032, to encourage the take—up of electric vehicles. the business select committee says

the government's plans to make sure all new cars are effectively zero emission are "vague and unambitious" as theo leggett reports. our city streets are heavily polluted and traffic takes much of the blame. clamp—down on older, dirty vehicles has already begun. from april next year, all but the most recent diesel cars and vans, and many petrol models, will have to be pay £12.50 a day to enter central london, on top of other charges. other cities, including birmingham and bath, have similar plans. the government wants to ban the sale of conventional diesel powered and petrol powered cars and vans by 2040, and make sure that all new models are effectively zero emission. the committee wants the target brought forward by eight years, and all the government to reverse a decision to reduce the grants available to owners of electic cars. it's already expensive to buy electric vehicle because it is new technology.

the costs will come down, but we think it is right to have some incentives to get people to shift to electric vehicles because we need to improve our air quality, we need to reduce our carbon emissions and that grant is one of those things that was encouraging the take—up of electric vehicles. sales of electric cars have been rising fast. but they still make up a tiny percentage of the market. plug—in hybrids, which abnormal engines that can run on electric power for short distances, also have a very small share. with more than 31 million cars on the road, phasing out petrol and diesel will certainly be a challenge. mps also say they want the government to do more to promote the creation of charging infrastructure, which they say isn't fit for purpose. and they say there's no point having a lot more of these if you still haven't got enough of these. although the number of charging points in cities

is growing quickly, many rural areas still have very few. there is widespread agreement that many more will be needed. electric is the future. so the challenge is how do we make electric possible? that means rolling out the charging points, which will encourage manufacturers to manufacture more cars, if they know people are going to buy them because people no longer have that range anxiety. the government has not responded to the criticisms directly. a spokesman said it wanted the uk to be the best place in the world to build and own an electric vehicle, and outlined measures for a major improvement in charging infrastructure. theo leggett, bbc news. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. the radical islamist preacher anjem choudary has appeared on the steps of a bail hostel after being released from prison. turkish police widen their search to a forest near istanbul as they search for clues in the disappearance

and nick clegg joins facebook as the new head of global communications. theresa may will pitch her vision for a post—brexit uk to a global audience today, when she meets the leaders of asian countries at an eu—organised summit in brussels. but it's likely to be only a brief respite from her mounting problems over brexit. there's said to be deep disquiet among conservative mps at the idea of extending the brexit transition period. however, the foreign secretary jeremy hunt has urged his colleagues to get behind the prime minister and said extending the transition ‘might help' and was not a capitulation. the strength of the eu in these negotiations is that all 27 countries have remained united throughout. we need to do the same, stand behind our prime minister so

that she can get the best deal for britain. our political correspondent lelia nathoo says this intervention from the foreign secretary has come at an important time and will be welcomed by the prime minister jeremy hunt urging tory mps to back their leader, saying the only reason an agreement haven't been reached was because the prime minister had been sticking to her principles. it seems the one thing she has managed to unite her party on is opposition to unite her party on is opposition to this idea of extending the transition period. this is something that was supposed to be nailed down in the withdrawal agreement. it's supposed to end by the end of 2020. downing st insists that the extension is an idea at the moment being explored, with the eu. the thinking is that it would allow future trade deals to be struck, and done, therefore making the issue of a backstop, the insurance policy for

the irish border less likely to come into force and, hopefully, easier to agree. this has worried conservative mps from across the party. the scottish secretary, david mandel, has taken his concerns to number ten that it could mean the uk stays in the common fisheries policy beyond 2020, those worries are shared by a number of scottish conservatives. this afternoon the prime minister will come back from brussels, she will come back from brussels, she will speak to business leaders, but she will be looking ahead to monday when she faces parliament in what is sure to be a stormy encounter. the father of a man who died after being assaulted at a block of flats in south london, says his son often confronted drug dealers there. a murder investigation is underway after 46 year old ian tomlin, was killed in battersea. in the last hour with the police cordon has been pulled back but

forensic teams are coming and going into the block behind me where mr tomlin was found on wednesday evening. it seems he was well—known in the community and people have told me they are by what happened. a father of two, murdered outside his home. 46—year—old ian tomlin suffered fatal injuries after an argument with a group of people on this housing estate on wednesday.- was on the floor. i came back from waitrose, and they said, get some towels. they were flashing lights on the car. theyjust towels. they were flashing lights on the car. they just jumped towels. they were flashing lights on the car. theyjustjumped out of the car, they gave him resuscitation. yesterday the latest crime figures revealed a surge in knife crime in london, with almost 15,000 recorded insta nce london, with almost 15,000 recorded instance in the last 12 months. there have been more than 100 homicides in the capital this year. the lead of wandsworth council has

today said what has happened here is truly shocking, and cause deep upset in the community. he is calling on the london mayor to do more to tackle what he has called the scourge of knife crime affecting so many parts of the city. this forms, firmly, at the prime minister's door. she was home secretary at the time when she implemented these cuts which are having a devastating impact. these cuts do not fall at the door of siddique khan who has been the main of london. the motive for murder is still unknown, the police investigation is continuing. this community is concerned as it grieves. in the last few minutes the office for the may of london has released a statement saying that mr tomlin's death is devastating for the family, friends and community. he also says that he is determined to tackle violent crime and welcome

support from the leader of wandsworth council to secure more funding for policing in the capital. detectives are still trying to find those responsible for the murder. there's been an improvement in the government finances, less than two weeks before the chancellor, philip hammond, delivers his annual budget. public borrowing is running at its lowest level for 16 years so far this year, after september's figure came out at a smaller than expected £4.1 billion. police in ayrshire are warning people to be vigilant after an apparent sighting of a big cat. they've tweeted that a member of the public reported seeing what appeared to be a black panther in fields close to the b730 near the village of drongan. they're advising people not to approach the animal if it is seen again. our scotland correspondent, james shaw is in drongan near ayr what can you tell us? it is a strange one. we have heard from

people in this village, we have heard from the police that they did mount a search this morning. the police helicopter was called out over the hills of this village. there was a search on the ground as well. nothing was found, as far as well. nothing was found, as far as we know there have been no further sightings. there was a member of the public who reported seeing a big cat, apparently they described it as looking like a black panther. that is why the police have been warning people to look out for a big cat, they are taking this seriously. they have not been any other sightings. where might such an animal have come from? there where might such an animal have come from ? there is where might such an animal have come from? there is a safari park about 15 miles from here, but they say they don't have answers. we checked with the local council, and they said they haven't issued any licenses for black panthers or any

other dangerous wild animals, so it isa other dangerous wild animals, so it is a mystery. is there really a big cat, or did someone imagine they we re cat, or did someone imagine they were seeing something? maybe there wasn't a big cat at all. we don't know. it could be a long afternoon. get your binoculars out. in australia, prince harry has raised the flag to launch the invictus games for wounded service personnel which starts this weekend in sydney. he climbed sydney's harbour bridge, to hoist the invictus flag, that came after a barefoot stroll along bondi beach with his wife, meghan. this report now from our correspondentjonny dymond. the police in sydney don't normally dress like this. but on the city's legendary bondi beach today things were far from normal. fluro friday, where surfing and yoga meet mindfulness and harry and meghan.

harry opened up to the group about his experiences. it is part of his big push to promote mental health. this is called an anti—bad vibe circle. at the end, a group hug. the house of windsor brought the house down. yoga is for body and soul. the duchess, a big fan, chatted with the yogis and told them just how keen she is. she did say she does it every day and she got up 4.30 this morning, completely jet—lagged, and she is pregnant, she did yoga this morning at 11.30. the duke went from beach to bridge. it is one of the great landmarks of sydney. so up went harry, and up, and as he reached the top, a new flag rose, from sydney harbour bridge. this is the moment that the duke and duchess's trip to australia pivots, away from the walkabouts

and the beaches and towards the biggest project of harry's life. this is the start of the countdown to the invictus games, the sporting celebration of wounded warriors. invictus is at the heart of harry's journey, an 18 nation competition, for those physically and mentally scarred by conflict. he has walked with the men and women of the armed forces. now, he will lead the games he created, to celebrate their survival. glorious weather in sydney. let's look at the weather more generally. we normally think we are coming off badly, but spain have had a really tough time. yes, last week they had torrential rain. this is footage on the eastern side of spain. this is

between valencia and moving its way towards barcelona. they had in excess of 200 millimetres of rain. that's around about nine inches in 24 that's around about nine inches in 2a hours. they have been inundated with this deluge of rain. is that heading elsewhere now? yes, we have seen further south in valencia, this was yesterday. if you look at the forecast, it continues to pile in on this eastern coast. very slow moving. look what happens as we go through the weekend. the rain moves its way down in costa blanca, the costa del sol, and in two parts of portugal. it's really disruptive this weekend. if you are heading therefore your half term holiday things will improve across spain, italy and greece are a different

story. what if you're not going anywhere? if he was staying at home, some sunshine. not much in cornwell, one area of the south—west holding onto some cloud. breaks further north and east, into tyneside and northumberland. we've got this zone of cloud across southern scotland, it moves into northern ireland bringing the odd spot of rain. sunshine returns, if you she was. the lion's share of the sunshine in england and wales. temperatures up to 16 or 17 celsius. this band of cloud pushes northwards, clear skies are replaced with cloud. some clear skies for a time, mr and fog reform. another fairly chilly night in rural areas. three or 4 degrees for scotland's under clear skies. the fog will be quite dense tomorrow morning, particularly across england

and wales. fairly slow to clear, some sunshine returning as it does. parts of north england, some outbreaks of rain, likely to fizzle outbreaks of rain, likely to fizzle out south eastwards. the best of the sunshine in southern and central england. light winds, and a windy day for the highlands of scotland. temperatures tomorrow afternoon widely 1a to 15 celsius, 17 or 18 in the sunshine, including eastern parts of scotland. an into sunday, we still have high pressure dominating the weather. this front will continue to plague northern ireland and scotland, bringing strong winds, cloud and rain. more persistent for a time on sunday, sliding south eastwards, it bumps into the high pressure. some sunshine and showers for the north west of scotland. a cloudy afternoon, but in the sunshine, 17

or 18 celsius. this high pressure stays into the early part of next week and much of next week. notice the squeeze in the isobars. some strong winds, further outbreaks of rain, scotland, northern ireland, england and wales start the new week with a great deal of sunshine but it will feel cooler on monday afternoon at 13 celsius. if you have outdoor plans for the week ahead, away from scotla nd plans for the week ahead, away from scotland win it will be wet and windy, much of next week looks mainly dry with sunshine. once we get rid of the early morning fog it could turn colder by the end of the week. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: radical islamist preacher anjem choudary poses for photos on the steps of a bail hostel in north london after being freed from prison. choudary has served less than half of his five and half year sentence for encouraging support for the islamic state terror group. turkish investigators

widen their search to a forest near istanbul as they search for clues in the disappearance of jamal khashoggi. the government says there will be consequences for britain's relationship with saudi arabia if it's found that the country murdered the saudi journalist. journalist, critic, now almost certainly dead. former deputy prime minister nick clegg has landed a newjob at facebook. he's the new head of global communications at the social media network. facebook said they'd hired him to bring in new persepectives. the father of a man who died after being assaulted at a block of flats in south london, says his son often confronted drug dealers there. a murder investigation is underway after 46—year—old ian tomlin, was killed in battersea. and the duke and duchess of sussex take a barefoot stroll along bondi beach as their tour of australia continues. sport now on afternoon live with chris mitchell.

big changes at wimbledon. why are they changing the rules? there'll be one rather significant rule change at wimbledon next year — those marathon matches will be a thing of the past after the all england club announced the introduction of final—set tie—brea ks. it means we won't see a repeat of this year's semifinal between john isner and kevin anderson. you mght remember the fifth set went on for three hours and finished 26—24 to anderson, the second—longest match in wimbledon history. isner was involved in the second longest match too, but the final set lastest almost three hours and

that's prompted bosses at the all england club to act. so next year the tie break will come in at 12 games all in the final set, something that anderson would have apreciated back injuly. i really hope this is a bit of a sign for grand slams to change this format, the five sets. for us to be there this length of time. notjust trying to compete at this sort of stage, it has happened forjohn b four, he has played anotherfive hours. i really hope we can look at this and address it because even at the end, you do not feel that great. he did look pretty exhausted. jose

mourinho looks pretty tired of life at the moment. he has a big—game tomorrow. back to chelsea. yes, he is going back to chelsea tomorrow. it is important for him. you might remember his side had a bit of a blow recently when they beat newcastle united. a spectacular win for beat newcastle united. a spectacular winfor him beat newcastle united. a spectacular win for him but all the bad headlines i'm afraid are starting to seep back in, online and on the back pages. they are only a click away. the daily mail saying that alexis sanchez is unhappy at old trafford. he only moved there nine months ago on a whopping contract, but has struggled for form this season. and the rows between old united and new united continue. this time the former defender gary pallister accusing romelu lukaku of disrespecting the club after the striker hinted that he'd be open to a move to italy.

it is the best possible way. in these difficult moments, the moments where he was not selected, he was not playing regular. he was saying the same all the time. i want to play for you, i want to play for united, iam play for you, i want to play for united, i am going to make it and i am going to be the player you want me to be. the fa has urged the police and social media companies to act after death and rape threats were sent to the chelsea and england player karen carney. the threats came after chelsea beat fiorentina in the champions league on wednesday.

england boss phil neville says another player has received threats overnight. the fa saying it is "appalled" and "dismayed" and wants police to do more to deal with abuse. the metropolitan police said it "takes allegations of threatening and abusive behaviour very seriously". that's all the sport for now. a british father has made a trip to syria to visit the spot where his son was killed. jack holmes, from bournemouth died afterfighting against the islamic state group, in their self—proclaimed capital of raqqa. he made the trip along with other british parents who's children were killed fighting there. our correspondent, emma vardy, has this exclusive report. jac wasn't a fighter by any chalk of the imagination. they came outside and they killed each other. jac holmes was 21 when he made the decision to give up his life in bournemouth and travel to syria.

at the time, the group known as islamic state was on the rise. jac wanted to help fight them on the front lines. for me, it was a personal choice. i wanted to fight against isis and i wanted to help the situation over here in iraq and syria. jac and many other westerners joined a kurdish militia — the ypg, one of the main groups fighting is on the ground. it is hell, really. it would be hell for any parent, yeah. itold him, isaid i love you and i am proud of you, but i said it is time to come home — after raqqa, enough is enough. just days after the battle for raqqa was over, jac was killed attempting to defuse an is suicide belt. he is one of eight people from britain to have died with the ypg. authorities in britain repeatedly warn people not to travel, saying fighting with any armed group abroad is not only dangerous but brings legal risks. now, jac‘s father and other parents of those who were killed have made

a journey to syria of their own. jac‘s father also made the dangerous journey into raqqa. it was the primary reason me going on the trip, to see where jac had fallen. do you think it was right that the kurdish ypg allowed westerners into their ranks? youngsters like jac who had no military training? yes, absolutely. at the time, the kurds were almost overrun by isis, like all of iraq had been. they advanced right through syria. my name is helin qerecox. my name from before was anna campbell. anna campbell, from lewes, was one of several women who came to fight. anna was killed in march by a turkish air strike. her father is still trying to have her body recovered. iam proud, iam proud of my daughter very much. but i also feel a lot of sadness. for anna's father, and jac‘s and others, the new bond they have

formed with the kurds helps to ease the pain. but not all feel the same. the mother of ryan lock, from chichester, who died in raqqa in 2016, told an inquest she was angry with the ypg for helping him travel to the conflict. many british fighters who returned to the uk were arrested and questioned by police. but those whose lives were lost in battle will be remembered here as heroes. emma vardy, bbc news. about 13 million adults in the uk live in areas where at least half the local banks and building societies have closed. bbc anaylsis of data from the office for national statistics has found nearly 6,000 local branches have shut since 2010. the banking industry says closing a branch is only used as a last resort. david rhodes reports. this is sowerby bridge, a forgotten market town in west yorkshire.

market trade used to be very good, but you have only got to look around now and see how empty markets are. james has been trading here for decades, but the closure of six bank branches has left him angry. business is getting very hard and it doesn't help when the likes of halifax building society close the cash machine. cash still plays a big role in this community and many others like it, but this bike shop and cafe sits opposite a former bank branch and it underlines how many bank closures impact notjust on businesses, but on real lives. the lloyds across the road was really busy and one of the main thing is about trying to get change and things like that when you are a small business and you do not have... you are there by yourself trying to get change, the post office cannot meet demand. it is absolutely ridiculous. they are just going one after the other, disappearing. online banking, it's the future. that's what the banks tell us. it's not, not for me it isn't, anyway. and not for a lot of people especially my age. as a nation, we now use debit cards more than cash and branch visits have fallen by a quarter since 2012.

but consumer groups say they are alarmed by the rate of branch closures. but there is still a huge number of people out there that rely on face—to—face services that are solely reliant on cash, that don't have the capability or the desire to do online and mobile banking. and that's a group of people that are at serious risk of being financially excluded. uk finance, the body that represents banks, says branch closures are only used as a last resort and millions of people can access banking services at a post office. but, ten years after the banks were bailed out by taxpayers, there are some who say they feel forgotten by an industry that once needed rescuing.

president trump has threatened to close down america's southern border if mexico doesn't stop central american migrants from making their way to the united states. mr trump has already threatened to mobilise the us military to close the border — which stretches more than three thousand kilometres between america's east and west coast. will grant reports. hungry, wet and exhausted, these people are the reason president trump is threatening to send the military to the border. the caravan of central american migrants — the majority from honduras — has been on the road for several days now, making its way from san pedro sula to, they hope, the united states. despite president trump warning that he could withdraw aid from honduras and guatemala unless the group was stopped, so far, their passage through central america hasn't been halted. they are legally permitted to travel through the region on their national identity cards. however, greater issues lie ahead. when they reach the guatemalan

border with mexico, they are expected to have visas. many don't. that is one of the most porous borders in latin america, but the mexican authorities have ramped up security there in an effort to prevent the migrants from travelling any further north. some of the migrants are hoping to appeal to the mexicans' sense of empathy. translation: we ask the police and mexican migration to let us through. we are a pacific caravan. we are not hurting anyone. those pleas, though, are likely to fall on deaf ears. meanwhile, shelters and volunteer organisations in the region are struggling to cope with the number of people looking for support. translation: these poor people are fleeing from poverty and violence, because they have always been excluded. the united states has to change its economic and political strategy. with the us mid—term elections just weeks away, this caravan of men and women,

grandparents and young children, has taken on a domestic political dimension in the united states. it is one which may soon stop them in their tracks. will grant, bbc news. the business news injust a moment. first, a look at the headlines on afternoon live. the radical islamist preacher anjem choudary has appeared on the steps of a bail hostel after being released from prison. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. facebook has hired former deputy prime minister sir nick clegg as head of its global affairs and communications team.

mr clegg's newjob title will be vice president of global affairs and communications. government borrowing, excluding public sector banks, was £4.1bn in september — £0.8bn less than september 2017. that's according to the latest data from the office for national statistics. so far this year the government has borrowed £19.9bn, more than £10bn less than for the same period last year. a warning from the ferry firm stena line. stena is the largest ferry operator in the irish sea and owns three uk ports. it's warning that a no deal brexit would create hold—ups at ports and could hit food supplies. people don't ask would like to be

asked questions. you might have thought, he would have been told, this is the type of question you might expect to get. he was asked about a bbcjournalist who asked him about his £75 million bonus. it used to be 100 million but it was reduced because the shareholders were upset. it is based on share price rather than actually fa ct on share price rather than actually fact he has been working very hard and everyone thinks he deserves it. it is based on the fact that when the bonus scheme was introduced, shares were about £4 each and now they are worth £25. as a result of that, he gets a very large sum of money. what is this say about him? ina way, money. what is this say about him? in a way, he sort of backed off on the interview and hejust in a way, he sort of backed off on the interview and he just sort of disappeared. hejust looks incredibly shy, i suppose, is the kind way of saying it. but on the

other hand, he does have a duty to explain this to shareholders. it is not just the public we are explain this to shareholders. it is notjust the public we are talking about. it is shareholders' money which is actually being used. they have been upset about this once and asa have been upset about this once and as a result of that, we have seen the share price going down today, not really surprising. one of the stories we have been carrying on the new side of things is the alleged murder ofjamal new side of things is the alleged murder of jamal khashoggi by new side of things is the alleged murder ofjamal khashoggi by the saudi arabian embassy and this is having a knock—on effect in the business community. there is this planned conference. yes, it was an attempt to sort of make... this is all part of the crown prince ‘s great plan to make them much more than an oil kingdom. they have this thing called vision 2030, spending sunday night $2 trillion in investment overseas, trying to make the saudi economy more dynamic. and

what has happened is that we have seen people pulling out of this conference. liam fox is pulling out. also the us treasury secretary, who has also pulled out. that could have serious repercussions. it depends whether it is a single gesture or whether it is a single gesture or whether it is a single gesture or whether it means something. we can nowjoin our us correspondent. it is a big gesture of displeasure from the united states. is it more than that? is it going to lead to practical problems, do you think? american companies have been more than happy to accept saudi cash. the saudi arabian investment fund has invested in buber and tesla and that has made many of them more than willing to overlook many sort of ethical conundrums that they may be paying attention to. this seems to bea

paying attention to. this seems to be a turning point. many american companies have withdrawn their attendance from this conference. goldman sachs ceo also said yesterday he would not be attending. jp morgan as well. it is interesting to see this rare show of unity from corporate america when it comes to this particular incidents. the us secretary had been facing pressure from the democrats and republicans to pull out of this conference and he has also said he will not attend. at that suggest this might be a watershed moment when it comes to relations, both political and economic, between saudi arabia and the united states. is anybody talking about sanctions at the moment? if those aren't introduced in any way, that makes money coming out of saudi being invested in things like uber and some of the big

tech companies, it makes that money very difficult for people to touch. it undermines a lot of big investments in the us. no one is talking about sanctions just yet and in facti talking about sanctions just yet and in fact i want to mention that while we have seen the likes of technology firms and banks withdrawing from this conference, there are other american firms continuing to participate. they are sending representatives and there are another big business ties between the us and saudi arabia and that when it comes to arms. president trump has touted this sort of big deal, something like $110 billion over the next couple of decades. and so over the next couple of decades. and so far, there does not seem to be any fraying of that economic tide. it is interesting to see how this will play out. the conference does not start for another week. we will see what the rest of the united states and europe and asia have to

say about participating. we promised a look at persimmon and the markets. i would have thought it might have been down more. it is such an indictment of a chief executive ‘s ability to be able to present a picture... a vision of what a company does and when he is seen like that, really not facing up to the question is, that flows quite a few serious doubt on the company. maybe this will all disappear in a few days. but that is what the market reaction is. oil is gaining ground in bed. the pound looking a little bit weak against the dollar. thank you very much indeed. some breaking news, this from west yorkshire, concerning a complex child sexual abuse case. we can go straight to our correspondent following events there. and i think

joins us from leeds crown court. this is complex. what can you tell us? there have been a series of trials which had been taking place at leeds crown court over the last month which have not been able to be reported publicly. they have had reporting obstructions and that is hawaii bhangra because a number of men were accused of child sexual exploitation, a gang of asian men, some from south yorkshire, were accused of grooming a number of underage girls, between 2007 and 2011. last november before these series of trials started, a reporting restriction was put in place saying no evidence or details could be reported. in the last few moments, at leeds crown court, the judge has lifted those restrictions are basically we can now say that 20 men have been convicted of very serious charges of child sexual exploitation, which a judge has

described as wicked and fire when he sentenced them. and 16 of them have now been jailed. sentenced them. and 16 of them have now beenjailed. for sentenced them. and 16 of them have now been jailed. for more sentenced them. and 16 of them have now beenjailed. for more have been found guilty and will be sentenced next month. this was about the systematic abuse of a number of underage girls in this part of the country, vulnerable girls, who were threatened, plied with drugs and alcohol, befriended by these men, and then sexually exploited. one scene that came out of the three trials which have taken place is that these girls were sometimes taken up onto the moors above towns like huddersfield and bradford and threatened to be left there late at night if they did not give their abusers wanted to do. if they did not comply, they would be beaten up, kicked out of the car and sometimes left on the moors. that was a theme throughout these trials. the bbc has found one farmer, we talked to a farmer upon the moors who has experienced over the years of girls knocking on his door in the middle of night who had been roughed up and

beaten up and abandoned on the moors. 20 men have been caught up in this case and they have now been found guilty. total sentences amounted to something like 220 years but lots of them had been given life sentences for the horrific abuse that they have dealt out to girls over a seven—year period in west yorkshire between 2004 and 2011. presumably this case, like similar things we have seen, may raise wider issues because the suggestion here issues because the suggestion here is these girls called out the behaviour, said there was a problem for a long time before anything was done. that is absolutely correct. this trial has heard evidence of girls going forward to the authorities, one mother of one victim even wrote to the prime minister raising her concerns. these allegations were not taken seriously concerns. these allegations were not ta ken seriously until 2013, concerns. these allegations were not taken seriously until 2013, yet they had ended in 2011 and they had been going on for years before then. it

was almost like a blind spot that the authorities and the police and politicians had in west yorkshire as to what was going on in beauty. it was not being taken seriously enough. these girls were over a number of years despite raising concerns, not enough was done about it and that is a theme that will come out of this. we are expecting enquiries to take place into what went wrong. these are like similar cases in rotherham and oxford and other places around the uk, that period of time, when similar gangs we re period of time, when similar gangs were abusing girls of a similar social profile across england and this is the latest in a series of cases to come to court over this issue but the ongoing theme as people tried to raise concerns about it but they were not taken seriously or people shrugged their shoulders and thought it was the girls who we re and thought it was the girls who were misbehaving and leaving themselves open to what was going on. thank you very much and plenty more to come on that case through the

afternoon. first a look at the weather forecast. hello. afternoon. first a look at the weatherforecast. hello. some of us got off to a cold start and in places, the fog has been slow to clear. that is now dispersing. spells of sunshine for many. the sunshine is being replaced by more cloud. we can see it on the satellite picture. a weakening front bringing outbreaks of rain, mainly to scotland. perhaps the odd spot of rain to more than nine —— northern ireland. through this evening, that band of cloud just starts to push its way back northwards. ahead of it we will see clear skies with light winds. that will more mist and fog developing, particularly for western parts of wales and south—west england. for much of england and

wales, the potential for england. for much of england and wales, the potentialfor dense patches of fog to start saturday morning and like today, it will be slow to clear. further north, a different story. more cloud into northern ireland, some strong winds for the northern and western isles. through the afternoon, the cloud will break. more cloud for northern england and northern ireland. the best of the sunshine across central and southern parts of england and wales. temperatures getting up to 16 or 17 celsius. temperatures around about where they should be for the time of year, if not a little above. sunday, that area of high—pressure slipping away and again we have this front across of scotland, into northern ireland, outbreaks of rain and strong winds. some of the rain getting into the far north of england and north wales. behind it, spells of sunshine and ahead of it, sunshine, helping temperatures up to

18 celsius. as we go into the new wii, this area of high pressure as the dominant feature. i am sure you will notice there is a front bringing outbreaks of rain to the far north of scotland as we start the new week. but for many, spells of sunshine and foremost, it stays mainly dry. hello, you're watching afternoon live. today at 3. ajudge has ruled that 20 men convicted of child sexual abuse in a series of trials at leeds crown court can now be publicly named — after a legal challenge by the bbc and other media organisations. radical islamist preacher anjem choudary poses for photos on the steps of a bail hostel in north london after being freed from prison.

deep damage he has done, to get two and a half years. i've worked with the families it has ruined their lives. investigators in turkey widen their search to a forest near istanbul as they look for clues in the disappearance of jamal hash—ogg—jee ormer deputy prime minister nick clegg joins facebook as the new head of global communications. also coming up we have all the sport. chris has the details of a big change in wimbledon. yes, a rule change that will mean no more fifth set thrillers. i don't know how you feel about that. some people may be a little bit sad. no more playing into the early hours. the all england club are introducing

tie—breaks in the fifth set. we will have a full update just after 330. and we have all the weather. some or some sunshine this weekend, i have all the details in about half an hour. also coming up, the suffixes dialand, hour. also coming up, the suffixes dial and, they kick off their shoes to stroll on bondi beach. you're watching afternoon live. some breaking news in the last five minutes a judge has ruled that 20 men convicted of child sexual abuse ina men convicted of child sexual abuse in a series of trials in leeds can now be publicly named. the men were convicted in a series of trials

the men were convicted in a series of three trials, with the judge in one of them describing the abuse as ‘vile and wicked'. the restrictions were lifted after a legal challenge by the bbc and other media organisations. what we can reveal today is that there have been a series of trials taking place here at leeds crown court. they haven't been able to be reported publicly because of reporting restrictions. a number of men were accused of child sexual exploitation, a gang of asian men from west yorkshire, and south yorkshire, were accused of grooming underage girls between 2007 and 2011. before the trial started, three in all, reporting restrictions we re three in all, reporting restrictions were put in place so that no details could be reported. in the last few minutes thejudge has could be reported. in the last few minutes the judge has lifted the restrictions, and basically we can

now say that 20 men have been convicted of very serious charges of child sexual exploitation, which the judge described as wicked and violent when he sentenced them. 16 have been jailed and four more will be sentenced next week. this was about the systematic abuse of a number of underage girls in this pa rt number of underage girls in this part of the country, vulnerable girls, who were threatened, plied with drugs and alcohol, befriended by the man, and then sexually exploited. one thing that came out of the trials which have taken place is that the girls would sometimes be taken on the above huddersfield and huddersfield and bradford, and threatened to be left there late at night if they didn't give in to be left there late at night if they didn't give into what abusers wanted. if they didn't comply they we re wanted. if they didn't comply they were beaten up, kicked, and sometimes left on the moor. that was a theme throughout. the bbc found a

farmer who lived on the moors and had experienced of girls knocking on his door in the middle of the night, raft up, beaten up, and abandoned on the moor. 20 men have been caught up in this case, they've been found guilty. the total sentence amounts to something like 230 years. lots of them have been given life sentences for this horrific abuse over a seven—year period. it happened between 2004 and 2011. presumably, this case may raise wider issues, because the suggestion here is that give these girls called out the behaviour, said there was a problem for a long time before anything was done. that's correct. they have heard evidence of girls going forward to the authorities, one mother even wrote to the prime minister to raise her concerns.

these allegations weren't taken seriously until 2013, they had ended in 2011, and had been going on for yea rs. in 2011, and had been going on for years. there was like a blind spot that the authorities, police and politicians had. a blind eye was being turned, it wasn't being taken seriously enough. these girls were abused over a number of years despite raising concerns, not enough was done about it. that's the thing that will come out of this. we expect enquiries to take place into what went wrong. like similar cases in rotherham and oxford, and other places around the uk, when similar gangs were abusing girls for similar social profiles across england, this is the latest in a series of cases to come to court over this issue. the ongoing theme is that people raised concerns but were not taken seriously or listen to. they thought

it was the girls misbehaving and leaving themselves open to what went on. the extremist preacher anjem choudary has been released from prison. choudary was jailed two years ago for inviting support for the islamic state terror group, and has been blamed for inspiring a long line of islamist extremists. he's served just under half his sentence — and will now complete the rest of it out ofjail, but under a regime of strict supervision, as our home affairs correspondent june kelly reports. he's out, but anjem choudary is not entirely free. backin back in the limelight, posing for cameras. he didn't say anything, he's banned from speaking to the media. he was out a probation hostel where has to stay. it was before dawn when he was driven from belmarsh top security prison in the south of the capital. in readiness for his release he was moved to london from frankland jail in county

durham. it was there that he served two years durham. it was there that he served two yea rs in durham. it was there that he served two years in prison. the whole world, one day, my dear brothers, will be under the sharia. including hackney, and walthamstow, and moscow, and new york. all of the country — inshallah — under the thumb of the muslims. for two decades, anjem choudary was clear about the world he wanted to see. the master manipulator, he was at the centre of a network of violent extremists in the uk and beyond. he was the leader of the banned organisation al—muhajiroun and his followers formed a terror roll call, with dozens of them convicted by the courts. michael adebolajo was one of the pair who carried out the savage street killing of fusilier lee rigby. another choudary disciple, siddhartha dhar, fled the uk while on bail and is suspected of being part of an is killing squad. the former head of counterterrorism at scotland yard believes choudary‘s influence outstripped his character. i think we've got to be careful

not to overstate him. he is a pathetic groomer of others, and should be seen as such. i think we all have to be very careful about not over inflating his status and giving him some sort of mythical evil genius type character, because that's not what he is. choudary is considered to have served half of his five and a half year sentence, and so is eligible for release. he has a long list of more than 20 restrictions. among them, he has to wear a tag and be under a curfew. he can only meet people who are approved. no—one with any terror link. he'll have to get permission to go on the internet. and he can only go to mosques which have been sanctioned. i've worked with a lot of families. one of the families i've worked with, he's absolutely ruined their lives. one of their kids has been killed in syria, one of the nephews has been killed in syria. their daughter was about to abscond to syria. families have been turned upside down. he is responsible for that,

so he shouldn't be released in such a short time. the hate preacher who loved the limelight has been silenced for four years since his arrest. now he's back on the outside, the authorities want to keep him quiet. and stop anjem choudary becoming once again a figure of influence. i want to bring you breaking news from scotland yard. police are reporting that two men in their 40s have been arrested on suspicion of the murder of ian tomlin, you may recall we've been reporting on this to the day. 46—year—old ian tomlin killed in battersea. police have called for a group fighting in a communal area on wednesday. we hear from scotland yard that two men in their 40s have been arrested on suspicion of murder. their 40s have been arrested

on suspicion of murder. police in turkey have been searching a forest near istanbul as part of their investigation into the disappearance of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. it's been alleged he was tortured and murdered in the saudi consulate in istanbul more than two weeks ago. president trump says the evidence he's seen so far makes him believe mr khashoggi is dead. martin patience sent us this report from istanbul. journalist, critic and now almost certainly dead. turkish police yesterday starting a search in a forest close to istanbul. it's reportedly in connection with the case. us president donald trump, previously said that people shouldn't jump to conclusions. but now he's changed his tune. reporter: do you believe jamal khashoggi is dead? it certainly looks that way to me. it's very sad. it certainly looks that way. what are you considering for possible consequences for saudi based on those... well, it will have

to be very severe. it's bad, bad stuff. but we will see what happens. saudi arabia is already feeling the heat. crown prince mohammad bin salman was the driving force behind a grand conference to be held next week in the kingdom. but he's been accused of involvement in the apparent killing of jamal khashoggi. saudi arabia has denied those claims. but global investors and top politicians are now refusing to go. we have been very clear, yes we want to hear the results of this investigation, we want to see if it's credible, if it's independent. but, if the stories we are reading turn out to be true, will that have an effect on our relationship with saudi arabia? yes it will. because if these stories are true, and it is still an if, they will be totally against our values and what we stand for as a country. america says saudi arabia

should be given more time for its investigation, but here today, the turkish foreign minister says an alleged audio recording ofjamal khashoggi's final moments hasn't been shared with any other country. more than two weeks after the apparent killing of the journalist, what this case lacks is clarity. martin patience, bbc news, istanbul. a ban on sales of new petrol and diesel cars should be brought forward by eight years, to 2032, according to a cross—party committee of mps. the business select committee says the government's plans to make sure all new cars are effectively zero emission are "vague and unambitious", as theo leggett reports. our city streets are heavily polluted and traffic takes much of the blame. clamp—down on older, dirty vehicles has already begun. from april next year, all but the most recent diesel cars and vans, and many petrol

models, will have to be pay £12.50 a day to enter central london, on top of other charges. other cities, including birmingham and bath, have similar plans. the government wants to ban the sale of conventional diesel powered and petrol powered cars and vans by 2040, and make sure that all new models are effectively zero emission. the committee wants the target brought forward by eight years, and all the government to reverse a decision to reduce the grants available to owners of electic cars. it's already expensive to buy electric vehicle because it is new technology. the costs will come down, but we think it is right to have some incentives to get people to shift to electric vehicles because we need to improve our air quality, we need to reduce our carbon emissions and that grant is one of those things that was encouraging the take—up of electric vehicles. sales of electric cars have been rising fast. but they still make up

a tiny percentage of the market. plug—in hybrids, which abnormal engines that can run on electric power for short distances, also have a very small share. with more than 31 million cars on the road, phasing out petrol and diesel will certainly be a challenge. mps also say they want the government to do more to promote the creation of charging infrastructure, which they say isn't fit for purpose. and they say there's no point having a lot more of these if you still haven't got enough of these. although the number of charging points in cities is growing quickly, many rural areas still have very few. there is widespread agreement that many more will be needed. electric is the future. so the challenge is how do we make electric possible? that means rolling out the charging points, which will encourage manufacturers to manufacture more cars, if they know people are going to buy them because people no longer have that range anxiety. the government has not responded to the criticisms directly.

a spokesman said it wanted the uk to be the best place in the world to build and own an electric vehicle, and outlined measures for a major improvement in charging infrastructure. theo leggett, bbc news. you're watching afternoon live. these are our headlines: a judge has ruled that twenty men convicted of child sexual abuse in a series of trials at leeds crown court can now be publicly named — after a legal challenge by the bbc and other media organisations. we can go straight to leeds and join the police who are giving a statement. they bravely repeated their accounts several times over. i cannot praise them enough for their courage and tenacity helping to secure justice. investigations in this case have been complex, and the team have

worked tirelessly for the past five yea rs worked tirelessly for the past five years to ensure that no stone has been left unturned. we welcome the convictions and sentences which have been passed throughout this year to those individuals. they subjected vulnerable young children to unthinkable sexual and physical abuse. child sexual exploitation is one of the most important challenges facing the police. safeguarding the vulnerable and protecting victims is a top priority. it is totally unacceptable, and the responsibility of all agencies, communities and individuals, to identify those responsible and help bring them to justice. we were just waiting to see if the police might answer questions from journalists, but it appears we

aren't expecting... just see who else we will hear from. michael quinn, head of the complex casework unit for cps south yorkshire and humberside. this complex case involved a cynical exploitation of a number of young girls bya exploitation of a number of young girls by a group of old man. the scale of the offending meant that the case had to be broken down into a numberof the case had to be broken down into a number of trials. some of which we re a number of trials. some of which were concluded earlier this year. the judge today has relaxed reporting restrictions, so that some details of those cases can be reported. the men who have been convicted of these appalling crimes deliberately targeted their victims. because of their vulnerability. they groomed them, and exploited them for

their own sexual gratification. sometimes, they used threats and violence. typically, they plied them with alcohol and drugs. at the heart of this case is the victims, who have all shown immense courage in coming forward to assist the investigation and support the prosecution case. i sincerely hope that the convictions of their abusers will go some way to helping these young women rebuild their lives. our thoughts remain with them. thank you. i'm steve walker, director of children's services with kirklees. firstly, i want to pay tribute to

the survivors, in these cases. it's beena the survivors, in these cases. it's been a long, arduous process for them, and the courage they've shown in coming forward and giving evidence has brought these offenders tojustice. i hope that the outcome of the trials will give them some closure. i'd also like to dodge the professional work of west yorkshire police, and staff within kirklees council who have worked together to ensure this outcome. this is handed down to the criminals to show that sexual expedition will not be tolerated in kirklees. these are not re ce nt tolerated in kirklees. these are not recent cases, it's important to reassure the public that these crimes took place a number of years ago, ata crimes took place a number of years ago, at a time when as we know, from other cases in other parts of the country, the issue of child sexual exploitation was not well defined or understood. since then, lessons have

been learned. in kirklees now, all agencies, particularly children's services and west yorkshire police, work closely together to ensure that victims and potential victims are protected and those who seek to exploit and abuse children and young people are brought to justice. exploit and abuse children and young people are brought tojustice. these robust arrangements mean that there is no hiding place for perpetrators of csc. i'd also like to reassure the public that we are not in any way complacent on this issue. for that reason, we have commissioned an independent expert, professor mark peel, from the university of leicester to come in and conduct an independent review of these historical cases and the way they we re historical cases and the way they were managed, to identify any lessons we can learn from them. we've also looked into commissioning

further work to look at current processes and procedures with the local safeguarding children's partnership to see whether or not they can be strengthened in any way. thank you. would you say you have failed vulnerable children? so, no questions being answered there, despite journalists seeking to put a few questions to those speaking following the announcement at leeds crown court about 20 men convicted of child sexual abuse in a series of trials can now be publicly named. all of them receiving a total of very heavy sentences. we heard from the crown prosecution service, and kirklees council, all have been involved in what they described as a highly complex case. we heard from police it had been a five—year

investigation, these were historic allegations, which had taken place over seven yea rs, allegations, which had taken place over seven years, ending in 2011. interesting to hear from steve walker from kirklees council, interesting to hear from steve walkerfrom kirklees council, the director of children's services, making a wider point, perhaps, in reference to similar cases in rotherham and oxford, making a case about the need for lessons to be learned from complex cases like these where mistakes have been made in the voices of the victims not being listened to. he reassured us that lessons have been learned and they have commissioned an expert to review the way cases like this are handled and managed. so, some other breaking news that i want to bring new, this is from devon and cornwall police who have plead tubercle pleaded guilty to a breach of the health and safety at work act, 1974.

this concerns the death of thomas orchard who was arrested and restrained in exeter in october 2012, there was concern over the use ofa 2012, there was concern over the use of a so—called emergency response belt. it was the way he was restrained, the force admitted a breach of health and safety on the basis that they were failings over how officers were trained to use the restraint, the force has not, i should say at this point, accepted that the belt yellow digger could lead to midst orchard's death. because there is not agreement between the... they will be a three—day hearing in april next year and thejudge three—day hearing in april next year and the judge will rule whether or not the use of the emergency response belt contributed to the death of thomas orchard. a complex case, but, essentially, devon and cornwall police plead guilty to a breach of health and safety over by

use of an emergency response belt. we will try and get a little bit more for you on that. i think we join duncan kennedy who is in bristol for us. yes, sorry, we were having issues with communication but i see you are ready. tell us more about this, if you would. it all goes back to october 2012 when thomas orchard, a paranoid schizophrenic, was seen shouting out some passers—by in exeter city centre. police were called and he was arrested and taken to a police station. it was at the police station. it was at the police station that this fabric belts, quite a large boat was put around his face. police said he was spitting and being abusive. it was taken off spitting and being abusive. it was ta ken off after about 12 spitting and being abusive. it was taken off after about 12 minutes and thomas was put in a cell where he stopped breathing. an ambulance was called, but he died a week later.

the result, according to a pathologist, of lack of oxygen to the brain. the members of staff including a sergeant went on trial for manslaughter. they were cleared. as you were seeing, today in the last few minutes, the chief co nsta ble of last few minutes, the chief constable of devon and cornwall, sean sawyer, has been at the crown court to admit one charge of health and safety laws of putting someone in custody at risk. it is in connection with the training of the officers using the belt. what the police haven't admitted is that the belt caused the death of thomas orchard. that will be a matter for a judge and a separate hearing to take place in the spring next year. thomas's parents, alison and ken, we re thomas's parents, alison and ken, were in court again to hear all this. they have been coming to court cases for the past six years or so. they haven't come out yet to react but we expect them to talk in the

next hour. thank you very much indeed, we will return to you for any developments. we pause now for a look at the weather. for much of england and wales, spells of sunshine this afternoon. into northern ireland and scotland more in the way of cloud. patchy rain easing southwards. the showers continue in scotland. through this evening and overnight, a band of cloud nudges northwards. ahead of this, clear skies for a time. some mist and fog reforming. here we see the lowest temperatures, eastern scotla nd the lowest temperatures, eastern scotland has clear skies, close to freezing for a time. cloud fills in across scotland tomorrow morning. outbreaks of rain working its way south and east. a cloudy day for northern ireland. the best of the sunshine in southern and central england. some lighter winds in

wales, but quite gusty in north and west scotland. tomorrow, east anglia and the south—east see some showers. goodbye for now. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: 20 men have been found guilty of being part of a grooming gang that raped and abused girls as young as 11 in huddersfield. the men were convicted of more than 120 offences against 15 girls. radical islamist preacher anjem choudary poses for photos on the steps of a bail hostel in north london after being freed from prison. choudary has served less than half of his five and half year sentence for encouraging support for the islamic state terror group. two men in their 40s have been arrested on suspicion of murder over the death of 46—year—old ian tomlin, who was killed outside his south london home on wednesday

turkish investigators widen their search to a forest near istanbul, as they search for clues in the disappearance of jamal khashoggi, with the uk government warning of consequences for saudi arabia if it's found that the country murdered the saudi journalist. the former deputy prime minister nick clegg has landed a newjob facebook. he's to assume the role of head of global communications at the social media network. facebook said they'd hired him to bring in new persepectives. time now for the sport. we canjoin time now for the sport. we can join chris mitchell. it is going to be an end to those marathon slogs at wimbledon in the final sets. yes, it is. there will be new rules next year at wimbledon wrought in by the all england club that means that ifa game the all england club that means that if a game goes to a fifth set and

goes to 12—12, it will go to a tie—break. there will be none of these mammoth games that go on into these mammoth games that go on into the early evening, which i guess some people might be disappointed by. not the players fell. you might rememberjohn is now was involved with kevin anderson not wrong though. it was the second longest match at wimbledon. that was the final. that has prompted bosses at the all england club to act. next year, the tie—break will come in at 12-12 in year, the tie—break will come in at 12—12 in the final set. this is kevin anderson winning after more than three hours in the fifth set. he was too tired to even celebrate. this was him talking after that, maybe prompting this move by the all england club. i hope this is a sign for grand slams to change this format. for us to be up there this

length of time, notjust on us, trying to compete at this sort of state, going through this, it has happened to john before state, going through this, it has happened tojohn before and he has played five hours. i really hope we can look at this and address this because at the end, you do not feel that great out there. a change in tennis and a possible change in football, in the approach ofjose mourinho. he is off to chelsea again this weekend. he usually tries to rile up the other team, get things going, but heading to stamford bridge, where of course he used to work, he does seem to be much calmer about it. he goes there tomorrow. if you recall, there was bad blood betweenjose mourinho and the former chelsea boss, antonio co nte. and the former chelsea boss, antonio conte. jose mourinho did not reference that in today's preps conference but he did say he would not gloat if his side were successful tomorrow. would i

celebrate? like crazy... my team goal at stamford bridge or my team victory at stamford bridge, i don't think so. i think i would try always to control myself, respect the stadium and to respect the supporters that were my supporters and my stadium for many years. it is and my stadium for many years. it is a match that i want to do well for my players, my team, my supporters, thatis my players, my team, my supporters, that is what i want. i am 100% manchester united tomorrow. some things never change, he still looks pretty fed up. the fa has urged the police and social media companies to act after death and rape threats were sent to the chelsea and england player karen carney. the threats came after chelsea beat fiorentina in the champions league on wednesday. england boss phil neville says another player has received threats overnight. the fa saying it is "appalled" and "dismayed" and wants police to do more to deal with abuse. the metropolitan police said it "takes allegations of threatening and abusive behaviour very seriously". the wigan warriors fold back zac

hardacre will undergo rehabilitation for alcohol abuse after being found guilty of drink—driving. he admitted being more than twice over the drink—drive limit in september. he previously missed the whole of the 2018 season after testing positive for cocaine. he has apologised and says he will confront the issues that have stopped him becoming the player and person he would like to be. johanna konta is inaction in the semifinals of the kremlin cup in moscow. it is the first time she has reached this stage of a competition is its june. how reached this stage of a competition is itsjune. how is she getting on? not great at the moment. we will keep an eye on that for you. that is all the sport for you for

now. two years since anjem chousary was jailed for inviting support for the islamic state, the extrremst preacher has now been released. i spoke earlier to former independent reviewer of terror legislation lord carlile and asked him what he makes of the conditions choudary has forced to keep to upon leaving prison. i think they will be effective if awem i think they will be effective if anjem choudary breaks those conditions, he will go back inside prison. but of course, we have to look to the future. when his sentences over, when he has fully no longer to keep to these conditions then there is a question as to what then there is a question as to what the authorities will do if he remains a radicalise. we don't know that the shore but there is certainly a suspicion that he would like to. in those circumstances, there is a power, a terrorism prevention and investigative measure, which is like the old control orders which could be

imposed on him, which could contain the sort of restrictions that are on him currently under the terms of his prison release licence. when you say they have used at this stage all the restrictions open to them, do we know how unusual that is? or is it quite normal in this kind of case? he is an extreme case. it is very unusualfor he is an extreme case. it is very unusual for such he is an extreme case. it is very unusualfor such a he is an extreme case. it is very unusual for such a large he is an extreme case. it is very unusualfor such a large number of restrictions to be placed upon him. for example, as to where he can worship under his religion or whom he can meet and it is clear that this has been given very careful attention by all the relevant authorities of it as i say, we have to watch out for the future. anjem choudary, i assume, to watch out for the future. anjem choudary, iassume, knows to watch out for the future. anjem choudary, i assume, knows that if he brea ks choudary, i assume, knows that if he breaks the law again, not only will he certainly be prosecuted, but he will receive a much longer sentence than last time. tell us a little more about that. if you are in breach of restrictions, you are in

trouble but it sounds as if you are in particularly serious trouble. yes, and there is a bill before parliament at the moment which will increase sentences, the maximum sentences, for many terrorism offences including those for radicalising others. nobody has any admiration for anjem choudary, apart from the misguided and misled. he is without courage. he has not the courage to do what he encourages others to do. he is held in contempt in any event. he will be have to do be careful how he operates. if the sentences are increased, which i believe they will be then he will run the risk of a very long sentence. thejudge who run the risk of a very long sentence. the judge who sentenced him last express the clear view that

he had no regret for what he did and that was a judge who commands very wide respect among the legal profession and the otherjudiciary. given those comments and the fact he was sentenced to five and a half yea rs was sentenced to five and a half years in prison, there will be people who raise an eyebrow and this happens more widely in the criminal justice system, about this automatic right to be released after serving half your sentence. is that indeed automatic or are there tests that have to be gone through before you are automatically released? well, it is more or less automatic. i mean, for example, we have heard that it is thought that anjem choudary did not go to any anti—radicalisation classes or courses when he was in prison. there is no requirement that people should attend classes or courses whilst in prison. of course sometimes people are released before

the halfway stage, if they have behaved well. they are given weekends at home and so on and it is often a very good thing. they are broken gently back into normal society, brought back to their families gradually. that did not happen with anjem choudary, which seems to indicate that he has been without any regret for what he did. asi without any regret for what he did. as i say, he will be watched every step of the way in future and he will be prosecuted again if he brea ks will be prosecuted again if he breaks the law again. and he is not a martyr, he is a criminal. just a final thought, given the level of surveillance needed to include these restrictions upon anjem choudary, there will be an almighty bill and a very large body of work to keep him monitor, presumably. there will be a big bill, that the cost effectiveness of that surveillance is considerable because if he were to radicalise people to do what the killers of lee rigby

did, and certainly one of them came under his influence, then the cost to the public is much greater than the cost of the surveillance and of course, the cost to people, their feelings, the grief that they feel, the chaos that is caused, in my view, makes this kind of surveillance good value. it is done more expertly in this country, i believe, than any whereas in the world and it is not all done these days by people standing on corners or peeping from behind curtains. there are many different ways of ensuring that you keep track of what a person is doing, if they are reasonably held to be a suspicious person. theresa may will brief around a hundred and fifty business leaders this afternoon on the state of the brexit negotiations. — when she meets the leaders of asian countries at an eu—organised summit in brussels. but it's likely to be only a brief respite from her mounting problems at westminster.

there's said to be deep disquiet among conservative mps at the idea of extending the brexit transition period. however, the foreign secretary jeremy hunt has urged his colleagues to get behind the prime minister. the strength of the eu in these negotiations is that all 27 countries have remained united throughout. we need to do the same, stand behind our prime minister, so that you can get the best deal for britain. our political correspondent lelia nathoo says this intervention from the foreign secretary has come at an important time and will be welcomed by the prime minister. jeremy hunt urging tory mps to back their leader. he said she had been sticking to her principles in the negotiations but the one thing she has managed to united party on his opposition to this idea of extending the transition period. this was something that was supposed to be nailed down in the withdrawal agreement and it is in place by the

end of 2020. downing street said just an idea thatis downing street said just an idea that is being explored. the thinking behind it it will allow they future trade to be struck and the deal to be done, therefore making this issue of the backstop, the insurance policy for the irish border, less likely to come into force and therefore hopefully easier to agree but this idea has worried conservative mps from across the party. the scottish secretary has taken his party. the scottish secretary has ta ken his concerns party. the scottish secretary has taken his concerns to number ten, that it could mean the uk stains in a common fisheries policy beyond 2020 and that is something shared —— stays. this afternoon the primary still come back from brussels and will be speaking by business leaders by phone about what happened in the negotiations. he will be looking ahead to monday when she faces parliament in what is sure to be a very stormy encounter. a british father has made a trip

to syria to visit the spot where his son was killed. jack holmes, from bournemouth died afterfighting against the islamic state group, in their self—proclaimed capital of raqqa. jack's father made the journey along with other british parents who's children were killed fighting there. our correspondent emma vardy has this exclusive report. jac wasn't a fighter by any chalk of the imagination. they came outside and they killed each other. jac holmes was 21 when he made the decision to give up his life in bournemouth and travel to syria. at the time, the group known as islamic state was on the rise. jac wanted to help fight them on the front lines. for me, it was a personal choice. i wanted to fight against isis and i wanted to help the situation over here in iraq and syria. jac and many other westerners joined a kurdish militia — the ypg, one of the main groups fighting is on the ground. it is hell, really. it would be hell for any parent, yeah. itold him, isaid i love you and i am proud of you, but i said it is time to come home — after raqqa, enough is enough. just days after the battle for raqqa

was over, jac was killed attempting to defuse an is suicide belt. he is one of eight people from britain to have died with the ypg. authorities in britain repeatedly warn people not to travel, saying fighting with any armed group abroad is not only dangerous but brings legal risks. now, jac‘s father and other parents of those who were killed have made a journey to syria of their own. jac‘s father also made the dangerous journey into raqqa. it was the primary reason me going on the trip, to see where jac had fallen. do you think it was right that the kurdish ypg allowed westerners into their ranks? youngsters like jac who had no military training? yes, absolutely. at the time, the kurds were almost overrun by isis, like all of iraq had been.

they advanced right through syria. my name is helin qerecox. my name from before was anna campbell. anna campbell, from lewes, was one of several women who came to fight. anna was killed in march by a turkish air strike. her father is still trying to have her body recovered. iam proud, iam proud of my daughter very much. but i also feel a lot of sadness. for anna's father, and jac‘s and others, the new bond they have formed with the kurds helps to ease the pain. but not all feel the same. the mother of ryan lock, from chichester, who died in raqqa in 2016, told an inquest she was angry with the ypg for helping him travel to the conflict. many british fighters who returned to the uk were arrested and questioned by police. but those whose lives were lost in battle will be remembered here as heroes. emma vardy, bbc news.

in a moment, the business news. first, a look at the headlines on afternoon live. ajudge has ruled that 20 men convicted of child sexual abuse in a series of trials at leeds crown court can now be publicly named, after a legal challenge by the bbc and other media organisations. the radical islamist preacher anjem choudary has appeared on the steps of a bail hostel after being released from prison. turkish police widen their search to a forest near istanbul as they search for clues in the disappearance of jamal khashoggi. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. facebook has hired former deputy prime minister sir nick clegg as head of its global affairs

and communications team. mr clegg's newjob title will be vice president of global affairs and communications. government borrowing, excluding public sector banks, was £4.1bn in september — £0.8bn less than september 2017. that's according to the latest data from the office for national statistics. so far this year the government has borrowed £19.9bn, more than £10bn less than for the same period last year. a warning from the ferry firm stena line. stena is the largest ferry operator in the irish sea and owns three uk ports. it's warning that a no deal brexit would create hold—ups at ports and could hit food supplies.

i had never heard of this before, the research came from nationwide saying if you are using minorities or women very much saying if you are using minorities or women very much online advertising, you get a host of abuse and trolls coming in and attacking what you are advertising. we talked to someone from nationwide who had been looking into it, research, this is what she said. the kind of abuse we are talking about is very concentrated around racist, homophobic and sexist abuse. we really noticed this kind of pattern when we started running a whole variety of adverts showing different from people —— different backgrounds. that is when we saw the offensive abuse start. it is an unpleasant thing but the question you have to ask is is it serious? simon bailey is from a

partnership that tackles things like this. is it a small minority of people who are always going to shout and scream at any thing they consider to be not normal? i would like to believe it is a small minority that brands like nation weighed, mccain and maltesers came together for the advertisers that facilitate will butler facilitated this piece. they should be applauded. they are looking to be more inclusive and more diverse. if they attract hate and unfavourable comment, it is constructive of them to point that out. we know at the partnership that consumers want to brands they perceive to be more meaningful and actually by taking a meaningful and actually by taking a meaningful stance and tackling this

issue head—on, ithink, customers will give the brands credit for that. just supposing you put a banner advert using someone from a minority advertising is a big, you get a whole lot of abuse, does that damage your brand? brands are not for everybody and i would look at that quite favourably. i don't think those brands want those customers. and i am sure if you talk to sarah of the nationwide, she wants people to be attracted to their advertising, their marketing and communications who share a similar set of values. where it gets more interesting, a peer of mine wrote an interesting, a peer of mine wrote an interesting piece on line and he said the issue gets more textured when there is less coherence about theissue when there is less coherence about the issue you are standing for. although with the nike thing, the

advert was slightly different thematically to the rest. the rest had been about overcoming odds but his was standing up for an issue. but that did attract mixed comment. they have to be consistent in their approach and considered and they have actually got to be coherent. yes, what nike was doing was deliberately creating a controversy in order to create a conversation, thatis in order to create a conversation, that is a different situation. this is where you are doing something fairly innocent and you just get abuse for it. they are related. where brands are taking a stance, it is important they are doing that in authentic way. nationwide absolutely. ara purpose led organisation that has got behind that purpose very

purposefully, if you would like. they are seeking to understand their customers and pushing for diversity and they are taking a more inclusive approach to their advertising and is approach to their advertising and is a very small minority want to spread hate, i a very small minority want to spread hate, lam a very small minority want to spread hate, i am sure... a very small minority want to spread hate, lam sure... it a very small minority want to spread hate, i am sure... it is concerning but i also think that the nationwide will continue to hold this line and should be applauded for taking a stand. the markets, you will tell us what has been happening? yes, i have not got the persimmon figures up. they are having this... instance this morning when we had the head person refusing to answer questions on his pay bonus. turning away, saying that it was unfortunate the question has been asked. their shares are down 2.5%. but they are

not a big player. the pound is looking reasonably strong today. it is at the top of its range for the last six months. there we are, a tiny bit of good news. that is all the businesses for now. about 13 million adults in the uk live in areas where at least half the local banks and building societies have closed. bbc anaylsis of data from the office for national statistics has found nearly six thousand local branches have shut since 2010. the banking industry says closing a branch is only done as a last resort. david rhodes reports. this is sowerby bridge, a forgotten market town in west yorkshire. market trade used to be very good, but you have only got to look around now and see how empty markets are. james has been trading here for decades, but the closure of six bank branches has left him angry. business is getting very hard and it doesn't help when the likes of halifax building society close the cash machine. cash still plays a big role in this community and many others like it,

but this bike shop and cafe sits opposite a former bank branch and it underlines how many bank closures impact notjust on businesses, but on real lives. the lloyds across the road was really busy and one of the main thing is about trying to get change and things like that when you are a small business and you do not have... you are there by yourself trying to get change, the post office cannot meet demand. it is absolutely ridiculous. they are just going one after the other, disappearing. online banking, it's the future. that's what the banks tell us. it's not, not for me it isn't, anyway. and not for a lot of people especially my age. as a nation, we now use debit cards more than cash and branch visits have fallen by a quarter since 2012. but consumer groups say they are alarmed by the rate of branch closures. but there is still a huge number of people out there that rely on face—to—face services that are solely reliant on cash, that don't have the capability or the desire to do online and mobile banking. and that's a group of people that are at serious risk of being financially excluded. uk finance, the body that represents banks,

says branch closures are only used as a last resort and millions of people can access banking services at a post office. but, ten years after the banks were bailed out by taxpayers, there are some who say they feel forgotten by an industry that once needed rescuing. the government bailed not just the halifax out, the banking industry. eight years on, they've been bailed out, they've got paid back, and this is the way they have repaid you — closing branches and losing staff. david rhodes, bbc news, sowerby bridge. doctors are being encouraged to speak honestly about dying with people who have less than a year to live. a report by the royal college of physicians says medical staff often lack confidence in discussing the subject. our health correspondent dominic hughes reports. talking about death is never easy, but linda knows how important it can be for patients who are dying and their families. when her husband graham

was seriously ill four years ago, linda found medical staff struggled with the conversation. they literally just said you've got weeks to live. and, sadly, it was done in an environment that wasn't private. as i say, there were five people round the bed. pagers were going off at the same time. it was very chaotic. and it left a realfeeling of guilt with me, because i felt i should have done more. because that was a private moment, a really significant moment for him. nearly half of all deaths in england occur in hospitals. one in three adults admitted to hospital as an emergency is in the last year of their life. but only 4% of patients have talked about end—of—life care with a doctor. they're worried as doctors they'll be seen as a failure for saying we can't necessarily prolong your life and they are worried about the reaction they'll get. the second is we don't always have the confidence as doctors or the training or the experience to have those

conversations sensitively. and the third thing is we don't always have the time, or the privacy, or the right information, we worry about rushed conversations done badly. so i think there are some practical considerations. and doctors welcome the prospect of further training in this difficult area. they don't have time to practice and hone these kinds of skills. and they feel unconfident in doing it. and that's when the conversations go badly. we know that having more training for medical students and juniors in this, but also good role models, from senior clinicians in these types of conversations, is vital in moving this forward. not only for the confidence, but also the practicalities of how we talk about death and dying. the royal college says talking honestly about dying is an essential part of making sure there is compassionate care at the end of life. dominic hughes, bbc news. the headlines in a moment but first

a look at the weather forecast. some of us got off to a cold and foggy start and in places, that has been slow to clear. this was the scene late morning in powys. spells of sunshine for many. more cloud but we can see on the satellite picture. some outbreaks of rain, mainly in scotla nd some outbreaks of rain, mainly in scotland and may the odd spot of rain in northern ireland and the far north of england. behind it some sunshine. ahead of it, plenty of sunshine. ahead of it, plenty of sunshine across much of england and wales, away from the north and the west. this evening, that band of cloud starts pushing its way northwards. ahead of a clio skies. the lowest temperatures here, whereas underneath the cloud much

closer to double figures. saturday morning, fog will be slow to clear. we have this frontal system bringing more cloud into northern ireland, england, outbreaks of rain. strong winds for the northern and western isles. that cloud will tend to thin and break in the afternoon. more cloud for northern england and northern ireland. the best of the sunshine across central and southern parts of england and wales. temperatures getting up to 16 or 17 celsius. a roundabout where they should be for the time of year, if not a little above. high—pressure slipping away and we have this front across much of scotland, into northern ireland and that will bring some outbreaks of rain, strong winds, some of our brain getting into the far north of england and north wales. behind it, spells of sunshine and ahead of it, sunshine. temperatures up to 17 or 18 celsius.

as we go into the new wii, this area of high pressure is the dominant feature. but for many, as we go through monday, tuesday and into wednesday, spells of sunshine and staying mainly dry. hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm rachel schofield. today at 4pm. a judge has ruled that twenty men convicted of child sexual abuse in a series of trials

at leeds crown court can now be publicly named after a legal challenge by the bbc and other media organisations. ringleader amere singh dhaliwal, 35, was jailed for life earlier this year and must serve a minimum of 18 years. convicted for these appalling crimes deliberately targeted their victims. because of their vulnerability. they groomed them and exploited them. for their own sexual gratification. radical islamist preacher anjem choudary poses for photos on the steps of a bail hostel in north london after being freed from prison. the damage he's done, to get two and a half years? the damage he's done, to get two and a half years? i've worked with a lot of families.

one of the families i've worked with, he's absolutely ruined their lives. investigators in turkey widen their search to a forest near istanbul as they look for clues in the disappearance of jamal kashogghi. coming up on afternoon live all the sport. chris will be talking to us about the end of marathon matches at wimbledon. some may have earned the loss of the fifth set thrillers that went on late into the night in south—west london, but the all england club is changing the rules. they won't happen any more, instead will gets fifth such tie—breaks. thanks, and alina has all the weather. yes, if you've got a trip planned to spain or portugal, there is heavy rain around. back home, much quieter. i'll have the latest in half an hour. i'll have the latest in half an hour. also coming up: the sussexes down under — meghan and harry kick off their shoes for a stroll along bondi beach.

hello, everyone. this is afternoon live, i'm rachel schofield. a judge has ruled that twenty men convicted of child sexual abuse in a series of trials at leeds crown court can now be publicly named. the men were convicted in a series of three trials, with the judge in one of them describing the abuse as ‘vile and wicked‘. the restrictions were lifted after a legal challenge by the bbc and other media organisations. our correspodent danny savage gave us the latest. what we can reveal today is that there have been a series of trials taking place here at leeds crown court. they haven‘t been able to be reported publicly because of reporting restrictions. a number of men were accused of child sexual exploitation, a gang of asian men from west yorkshire, and south yorkshire,

were accused of grooming underage girls between 2007 and 2011. before the trial started, three in all, reporting restrictions were put in place so that no details could be reported. in the last few minutes the judge has lifted the restrictions, and basically we can now say that 20 men have been convicted of very serious charges of child sexual exploitation, which the judge described as wicked and violent when he sentenced them. 16 have been jailed and four more will be sentenced next week. this was about the systematic abuse of a number of underage girls in this part of the country, vulnerable girls, who were threatened, plied with drugs and alcohol, befriended by the man, and then sexually exploited.

one thing that came out of the trials which have taken place is that the girls would sometimes be taken on the above huddersfield and huddersfield and bradford, and threatened to be left there late at night if they didn‘t give in to be left there late into what abusers wanted. that was a theme throughout. the bbc found a farmer who lived on the moors and had experienced of girls knocking on his door in the middle of the night, raft up, beaten up, and abandoned on the moor. 20 men have been caught up in this case, they‘ve been found guilty. the total sentence amounts to something like 230 years. lots of them have been given life sentences for this horrific abuse over a seven—year period. it happened between 2004 and 2011. presumably, this case

may raise wider issues, because the suggestion here is that give these girls called out the behaviour, said there was a problem for a long time before anything was done. that‘s correct. they have heard evidence of girls going forward to the authorities, one mother even wrote to the prime minister to raise her concerns. these allegations weren‘t taken seriously until 2013, they had ended in 2011, and had been going on for years. there was like a blind spot that the authorities, police and politicians had. a blind eye was being turned, it wasn‘t being taken seriously enough. these girls were abused over a number of years despite raising concerns, not enough was done about it. that‘s the thing that will come out of this. we expect enquiries to take place into what went wrong.

like similar cases in rotherham and oxford, and other places around the uk, when similar gangs were abusing girls for similar social profiles across england, this is the latest in a series of cases to come to court over this issue. the ongoing theme is that people raised concerns but were not taken seriously or listen to. they thought it was the girls misbehaving and leaving themselves open to what went on. meanwhile, a spokesman for west yorkshire police has explained how the convictions followed five years of investigative work. i‘d like to pay tribute to each and every victim who came forward to report these terrible crimes, and then going through the difficult court process that has taken nearly a year to conclude. they bravely

repeated their accounts, in some cases several times over. i can‘t praise them enough for their courage and nasty. the investigation has been complex, and the team have worked tirelessly for the past five yea rs worked tirelessly for the past five years to ensure that no stone has been left unturned. we welcome the convictions and sentences passed down through this year. they subjected vulnerable young children to unthinkable sexual and physical abuse. child sexual exploitation is one of the most important challenges facing the police. safeguarding the vulnerable and protecting victims is the police‘s top priority. it is an acceptable, and it is the responsibility of all agencies, communities and individuals to identify those responsible and helps bring them tojustice. identify those responsible and helps bring them to justice. the director of to kirklees children‘s services also reacted saying lessons have been learnt.

this sentence shows that child sexual exploitation will not be tolerated in kirklees. these are not re ce nt tolerated in kirklees. these are not recent cases, it's important to reassure the public that these crimes took place a number of years ago, ata crimes took place a number of years ago, at a time when as we know, sadly from other cases in other parts of the country, the issue of child sexual exploitation was not well defined or understood. since then, lessons have been learnt. in kirklees now, all agencies, particularly children services and we st particularly children services and west yorkshire police, work closely together to ensure that victims and potential victims are protected and those who seek to exploit young children are brought to justice. the crown prosecution service also reacted. the man convicted of these appalling

crimes deliberately targeted their victims, because of their vulnerability. they groomed ram and exploited them, for their own sexual gratification. sometimes they used threats and violence, typically, they plied them with alcohol and drugs. at the heart of this case is the victims. who have all shown immense courage in coming forward to assist the investigation and support the prosecution case. i sincerely hope that the convictions of their abusers will go some way to helping these young women rebuild their lives. our thoughts remain with them. michael quinn from the crown prosecution service. the extremist preacher anjem choudary has been released from prison. choudary was jailed two years ago for inviting support

for the islamic state terror group, and has been blamed for inspiring a long line of islamist extremists. he‘s served just under half his sentence — and will now complete the rest of it out ofjail, but under a regime of strict supervision, as our home affairs correspondent june kelly reports. backin back in the limelight after two yea rs back in the limelight after two years away, anjem choudary, the most notorious terror convict posed for the cameras. he didn‘t say anything because he‘s banned from speaking to the media. he was outside the probation hostel he has to stay. he was driven from belmarsh at dawn. he‘d been moved to london from frankland jail in county durham. it was in frankland but he served two yea rs was in frankland but he served two years in prison. the whole world, one day, my dear brothers, will be under the sharia. including hackney, and walthamstow, and moscow, and new york. all of the country — inshallah — under the thumb of the muslims. for two decades, anjem choudary

was clear about the world he wanted to see. the master manipulator, he was at the centre of a network of violent extremists in the uk and beyond. he was the leader of the banned organisation al—muhajiroun and his followers formed a terror roll call, with dozens of them convicted by the courts. michael adebolajo was one of the pair who carried out the savage street killing of fusilier lee rigby. another choudary disciple, siddhartha dhar, fled the uk while on bail and is suspected of being part of an is killing squad. the former head of counterterrorism at scotland yard believes choudary‘s influence outstripped his character. i think we‘ve got to be careful not to overstate him. he is a pathetic groomer of others, and should be seen as such. i think we all have to be very careful about not over

inflating his status and giving him some sort of mythical evil genius type character, because that‘s not what he is. choudary is considered to have served half of his five and a half year sentence, and so is eligible for release. he has a long list of more than 20 restrictions. among them, he has to wear a tag and be under a curfew. he can only meet people who are approved. no—one with any terror link. he‘ll have to get permission to go on the internet. and he can only go to mosques which have been sanctioned. i‘ve worked with a lot of families. one of the families i‘ve worked with, he‘s absolutely ruined their lives. one of their kids has been killed in syria, one of the nephews has been killed in syria. their daughter was about to abscond to syria. families have been turned upside down. he is responsible for that, so he shouldn‘t be released in such a short time. the hate preacher who loved the limelight has been silenced for four years since his arrest. now he‘s back on the outside, the authorities want to keep him quiet.

and stop anjem choudary becoming once again a figure of influence. breaking news for you now, considering the wiki leaks founder who is in the ecuadorian embassy where he has lived since 2012. here is the ecuadorian industry to programme the c in london. he was meant to be extradited to sweden. while he has been there the set up has changed and we hear thatjulian sanchez launching legal action against the ecuadorian government, saying they violated his fundamental rights and freedoms. this follows a new set of house rules that he received from the embassy in london this week, and they have come

included taking better care of his cat, some very strange restrictions but things he is more concerned about, the fact that several months ago he had communications cut off by the ecuadorian embassy. the fact he was told he couldn‘t access the internet, and his lawyers say they have likened his isolation to solitary confinement. they claim thatjulian solitary confinement. they claim that julian assange hasn‘t solitary confinement. they claim thatjulian assange hasn‘t been allowed meetings with his lawyers and has had his freedom of opinion, speech and association centres. what we are hearing in the last few moments is that his lawyer, the wiki lea ks lawyer has moments is that his lawyer, the wiki leaks lawyer has arrived in ecuador to launch that case. it has to be donein to launch that case. it has to be done in the domestic courts. it won‘t be heard in london, but ecuador itself. legal action against the government of ecuador, accusing it of violating fundamental rights and freedoms ofjulian assange why

he is in the embassy. those are not the most recent pictures. he has been there six years, but at one point he was able to speak on the balcony of the ecuadorian embassy. he is not allowed outside. he feels his rights have been infringed. he feels his rights have been infringed. devon and cornwall police have admitted health and safety breaches after a paranoid schizophrenic man died in custody. thomas orchard died after he was restrained by officers with an emergency response belt at an exeter police station in 2012. our correspondent duncan kennedy was in court today. well, it all goes back to october 2012 when thomas orchard, a paranoid schizophrenic, was shouting at passers—by in the centre of exeter. police were called and he was arrested and ta ken

police were called and he was arrested and taken to a nearby police station. it was that the police station. it was that the police station. it was that the police station that a fabric belt, a large belt, was put around his face because he was spitting and being abusive. it was taken off after about 12 minutes and he was put in a cell where he later stopped breathing. an ambulance was called, but he died a week later. the result, according to a pathologist, of lack of oxygen to the brain. the members of staff including a sergeant were put on trial for the manslaughter of thomas orchard, they we re manslaughter of thomas orchard, they were cleared. as you were saying, today, in the past few minutes, the chief constable, sean sawyer, has been at bristol crown court to admit one charge of putting somebody in custody at risk in connection with the training of the officers using the training of the officers using the belt. what the police haven‘t admitted is that the belt caused the

death of thomas orchard. that will bea death of thomas orchard. that will be a matter for death of thomas orchard. that will be a matterfor a judge in death of thomas orchard. that will be a matter for a judge in the spring. you‘re watching afternoon live, these are our headlines a judge has ruled that twenty men convicted of child sexual abuse in a series of trials at leeds crown court can now be publicly named — after a legal challenge by the bbc and other media organisations. the radical islamist preacher anjem choudary has appeared on the steps of a bail hostel after being released from prison. two men in theirforties have been arrested on suspicion of murder over the death of 46—year—old ian tomlin, who was killed outside his south london home on wednesday. and in sport, chelsea and england midfielder has described abuse received on social media this week as abhorrent. she‘s thanked chelsea and pfa for reporting the matter to

the police. they will be no more all the police. they will be no more all the time at wimbledon as they change the time at wimbledon as they change the rules being an end to fifth set thrillers as they introduced tie—breaks. and johanna kant has lost the first set in the semifinals of the kremlin cup. i'll i‘ll be back with more on those stories shortly. i‘ll be back with more on those stories shortly. facebook has confirmed that nick clegg is its new global communications chief. the former deputy prime minister will begin the job at the social media network on monday, and will move his wife and three sons to california in the new year. in a statement mr clegg said: "i am delighted to bejoining facebook. after almost 20 years in european and british politics, this is an exciting new adventure for me." joining us now is media editor amol rajan. you‘ve been speaking to him? you've been speaking to him? yes,

i‘ve had a long chat a while ago. he‘s excited and getting his head around what he is in for. it‘s a hugejob as a around what he is in for. it‘s a huge job as a result of a long courtship. elliott schrager announced he was leaving after ten yea rs announced he was leaving after ten years and they were looking for a successor. initially nick clegg said he wasn‘t interested. then, as he put it to me, when you say you don‘t wa nt put it to me, when you say you don‘t want something people become more interested in you. he was walking in the alps with the chief operating editor of facebook and he threw out to meet marcus quebec. then, more recently, nick clegg and his wife, miriam, a successful lawyer flew out to have dinner and sealed the deal. it isa to have dinner and sealed the deal. it is a big and surprising move at a time when facebook face huge challenges. it is something of a poisoned chalice. there is a lot of spotlight

on facebook gambit decision—making. it has been a tough year for facebook. their share prices is relatively flat over the year and they‘ve taken a reputational battering. there is talk about fake accounts, the whole business of russian meddling and interferes with democracy. the revelation that facebook have oversold to advertisers the video views they are getting on their platforms. there area getting on their platforms. there are a range of challenges and the question that is interesting is, what is it about facebook that is co nsta ntly what is it about facebook that is constantly told it is out of touch, why would they choose a liberal, metropolitan european politician to front their global communication strategy? that says something about where they feel the battles are coming from. it‘s brussels that‘s the big challenge and if there is one place nick clegg knows, its brussels. it will be fascinating to see how he gets on. police in turkey have been searching a forest near istanbul

as part of their investigation into the disappearance of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. it‘s been alleged he was tortured and murdered in the saudi consulate in istanbul more than two weeks ago. president trump says the evidence he‘s seen so far makes him believe mr khashoggi is dead. martin patience sent us this report from istanbul. journalist, critic and now almost certainly dead. turkish police yesterday starting a search in a forest close to istanbul. it‘s reportedly in connection with the case. us president donald trump, previously said that people shouldn‘t jump to conclusions. but now he‘s changed his tune. reporter: do you believe jamal khashoggi is dead? it certainly looks that way to me. it's very sad. it certainly looks that way. what are you considering for possible consequences for saudi based on those... well, it will have to be very severe. it's bad, bad stuff. but we will see what happens.

saudi arabia is already feeling the heat. crown prince mohammad bin salman was the driving force behind a grand conference to be held next week in the kingdom. but he‘s been accused of involvement in the apparent killing of jamal khashoggi. saudi arabia has denied those claims. but global investors and top politicians are now refusing to go. we have been very clear, yes we want to hear the results of this investigation, we want to see if it‘s credible, if it‘s independent. but, if the stories we are reading turn out to be true, will that have an effect on our relationship with saudi arabia? yes it will. because if these stories are true, and it is still an if, they will be totally against our values and what we stand for as a country. america says saudi arabia should be given more time for its investigation, but here today, the turkish foreign minister says an alleged audio recording ofjamal khashoggi‘s final

moments hasn‘t been shared with any other country. more than two weeks after the apparent killing of the journalist, what this case lacks is clarity. martin patience, bbc news, istanbul. two men in their 40s have been arrested on suspicion of the murder of a 46—year—old—man in battersea on wednesday. ian tomlin died after being assaulted at a block of flats in south london. his father says he often confronted drug dealers on the estate. theresa may will brief around 150 business leaders this afternoon on the state of the brexit negotiations. — when she meets the leaders of asian countries at an eu—organised summit in brussels. but it‘s likely to be only a brief respite from her mounting problems at westminster. there‘s said to be deep disquiet among conservative mps at the idea of extending the brexit transition period.

however, the foreign secretary jeremy hunt has urged his colleagues to get behind the prime minister. there is strength in the eu in these negotiations, all 27 countries remain united throughout. we need to do the same man stand by our prime minister so she can get the best dealfor britain. in australia, prince harry has raised the flag to launch the invictus games for wounded service personnel which starts this weekend in sydney. he climbed sydney‘s harbour bridge, to hoist the invictus flag, that all came after a barefoot stroll along bondi beach with his wife, meghan. this report now from our correspondentjonny dymond the police in sydney don‘t normally dress like this. but on the city‘s legendary bondi beach today things were far from normal. welcome to fluro friday, where surfing and yoga meet mindfulness and harry and meghan.

harry opened up to the group about his experiences. it is part of his big push to promote mental health. this is called an anti—bad vibe circle. at the end, a group hug. the house of windsor brought the house down. yoga is for body and soul. the duchess, a big fan, chatted with the yogis and told them just how keen she is. she did say she does it every day and she got up 4.30 this morning, completely jet—lagged, and she is pregnant, she did yoga this morning at 4.30. the duke went from beach to bridge. it is one of the great landmarks of sydney. so up went harry, and up, and as he reached the top, a new flag rose, from sydney harbour bridge. this is the moment that the duke

and duchess‘s trip to australia pivots, away from the walkabouts and the beaches and towards the biggest project of harry‘s life. this is the start of the countdown to the invictus games, the sporting celebration of wounded warriors. invictus is at the heart of harry‘s journey, an 18 nation competition, for those physically and mentally scarred by conflict. he has walked with the men and women of the armed forces. now, he will lead the games he created, to celebrate their survival. time for a look at the weather. it's it‘s not quite so warm and sunny in spain? no, really unsettled their recently. last weekend we had

torrential rain. now the eastern side of spain. this is valencia and barcelona, on the east coast. they‘ve seen a deluge of rain. just to give you an idea, some parts of valencia have seen 200 35mm is of rain, about nine inches. six inches of that fell in three hours. it‘s down to this slow—moving pressure system, warm waters in the mediterranean, it‘s just piling loads of rain the east coast of spain. will that ruin your if you‘re going? this is what will happen in the next 24 hours, you‘ve got bad moisture coming in, look what happens in the weekend, it transfers to the costa blanca, benidorm and manukau, across to portugal, —— if

you are heading eastwards you could see some rain. are we expecting anything horrible here? half term is a lwa ys anything horrible here? half term is always a movable feast but many people are on half term this week and it‘s looking quieter. this was the scene a few hours ago in derbyshire. we have much more cloud in scotland, northern ireland and the north—west of england. already thatis the north—west of england. already that is fizzling out and you can see this zone of cloud, into northern ireland and into north west england we see some sunshine, a few showers, and some late rows of sunshine to end the day. about 16 celsius. this evening the cloud moves northwards, clear skies across north and east in scotla nd clear skies across north and east in scotland fill with cloud, further south mist and fog develop where we have clear skies. a chilly night across much of england and wales.

temperatures close to freezing, a chilly night in scotland. dense patches of mist and fog, particularly for england to start, slow to clear but in the north, northern ireland and scotland, much more cloud and outbreaks of drizzle. it never really gets far. the best of the sunshine for scotland, central and southern england where winds are light and there is some gusty winds for the western isles of scotland. temperatures up to 16 or 17 not just for scotland. temperatures up to 16 or 17 notjust for east scotland. temperatures up to 16 or 17 not just for east anglia scotland. temperatures up to 16 or 17 notjust for east anglia but scotland. temperatures up to 16 or 17 not just for east anglia but also for aberdeenshire and the moray firth. high temperatures where we get the sunshine. high pressure as the dominant feature into next week, staying with most of us lose sunday. notice this rant, it‘s got a bit more activity. heavier spells of rain, still more cloud for northern ireland, as it runs into that area of high pressure the rain fizzles

out. it may cloud over across parts of wales for the afternoon. sunshine behind and ahead of this, temperatures up to 17 or 18 celsius. here is that high pressure, still with us into monday, notice the squeeze in the isobars. some windy conditions to start the week, outbreaks of rain, but further south across scotland and northern ireland, the new week begins with some sunshine once we lose that fog. if you have outdoor plans for next week things are going to be cooler, week things are going to be cooler, we start the week with temperatures around 13 celsius, by the end of the week they could be lower. we start wet and windy, but looking dry with spells of sunshine and yes, things turn colder by the end of the week. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: ajudge has ruled that 20 british asian men convicted of child sexual abuse in a series of trials at leeds crown court can now be publicly named,

after a legal challenge by the bbc and other media organisations. radical islamist preacher anjem choudary poses for photos on the steps of a bail hostel in north london after being freed from prison. choudary has served less than half of his five and half year sentence for encouraging support for the islamic state terror group. devon and cornwall police has pleaded guilty to health and safety breaches in relation to an emergency response belt that was used on a man before he died in custody. 32—year—old thomas orchard died in a hospital seven days after being arrested in exeter in october 2012. turkish investigators widen their search to a forest near istanbul as they search for clues in the disappearance of jamal khashoggi — with the uk government warning of consequences for saudi arabia if it‘s found that the country murdered the saudi journalist. two men in theirforties have been arrested on suspicion of murder over the death of 46 year old ian tomlin, who was killed outside his south

london home on wednesday. the former deputy prime minister nick clegg isjoining facebook. he‘s to assume the role of head of global communications at the social media network. facebook said they‘ve hired him to bring in new persepectives. time for sport with chris mitchell. chelsea and england midfielder karen carney has been speaking out after receiving some quite nasty messages on social media. yes, they were vile. they were sent to the chelsea captain karen carney and they have been reported to the police now by the football association and chelsea. the threats came after chelsea beat fiorentina in the champions league on wednesday. the fa said it was

appalled and dismayed and karen carney has recently released this statement in which she confirmed the matter had been reported to police. she posted this on social media. really robust statement, quite rightly. let‘s talk tennis because wimbledon, we think of as a very traditional place but a bit of a shake—up in the rules. yes, i mean, you might be like me and many other fans that have enjoyed watching those fifth sets going on into the evening and on into the morning but it does nothing for the players themselves. there have been some famous incidents. one 50 cents went on for over eight

hours. the second longest match took place at wimbledon this year in the semifinals. this was one that perhaps prompted the bosses to act. kevin anderson was too tired to even celebrate. next year, the tie—break will 12—12 in the final set. it is something perhaps anderson would have appreciated injuly. i really hope this is a bit of a sign for grand slams to change this format. for us to be out there this length of time. trying to come back and compete on this stage, it has happened to john before. and compete on this stage, it has happened tojohn before. he has played for five hours. happened tojohn before. he has played forfive hours. i really hope we can look at it and address this because at the end, you do not even feel that great out there. the decision has predictably brought

a big response on social media. boris becker, excellent decision he says. perhaps i‘m in the minority. greg rusedski is not sure a decision. it does not go far enough for him. johanna konta is not going on for ever and ever, i‘m afraid. she is in action in the kremlin cup in moscow. it is the first time she has reached a semifinal since june and

it is the first time she has reached a semifinal sincejune and she has just lost. the russian going through to the final in moscow. jose mourinho takes his manchester united side to sta mford his manchester united side to stamford bridge tomorrow to face chelsea, his former club. there was some bad blood betweenjose mourinho and the former chelsea boss, antonio co nte. and the former chelsea boss, antonio conte. jose mourinho said he would not gloat if manchester united were successful tomorrow. would i celebrate like crazy? my 18 goal at sta mford celebrate like crazy? my 18 goal at stamford bridge on my team victory at sta mford stamford bridge on my team victory at stamford bridge, i don‘t think so. i think i will try always to to control myself and respect the stadium and respect the supporters that were my supporters and my stadium for many years. it is a match that i want to do well for my

players, for my team, for my supporters, that is what i want. i am 100% manchester united tomorrow. he may well allow himself a smile of they win though, i‘m sure. that‘s it for now. now on afternoon live, let‘s go nationwide, and see what‘s happening around the country in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. let‘s go tojeff brown in newcastle, where north east ambulance service are set to be the first paramedics in the country to trial bodycams, with the aim preventing assaults against their staff. and peter levy is in hull for us, where look north have been exploring the idea of the big society, david cameron‘s pet project, through the lens of the local village of market deeping. north—east ambulance, they are

trialling this body cam system. it isa trialling this body cam system. it is a first really. why do they feel it is needed ? is a first really. why do they feel it is needed? it is the sort of story you can imagine viewers up and down the country will be shaking their heads in disbelief really, although it is a situation that the police and firefighters have had to put up with more and more. we are talking about all salts —— assaults on the emergency services. where paramedics are concerned, quite obviously, drugs and drink are often involved. it is not an excuse, it is an explanation. maybe people don‘t realise the danger they are in and to react dangerously and violently. a bigger worry is the fact that a lot of people are not intoxicated when they are carrying out the sort of assaults. in the north—east ambulance service area, in the first six months of this year, there were

320 assaults on ambulance crews. that is a rise of 23% over the same period last year. body cams, the hope is this will make a difference. we have been talking to paramedics in the area and they say this is the sort of thing they have had to put up sort of thing they have had to put up with. one paramedic responded to a job, a cardiac arrest, he arrived on the scene and the gentleman became very violent with him and put him in a headlock. he almost rendered him unconscious, it practically choking him to death. a shocking example. those statistics would surprise people. obviously, it is the physical abuse but also the mental abuse. you are going out and wanting to do yourjob and answering an emergency call, going to help somebody but at the

back of your mind, there is the fear that you could be attacked. most of these attacks take place out on the street. in those cases, there is a lwa ys street. in those cases, there is always the chance they will be picked up on cctv. a lot of them ta ke picked up on cctv. a lot of them take place either in the ambulance or in people‘s homes. the body comes, it is hoped, first of all when ambulance crews approach a patient in a restricted area, they will say, i am wearing a body camera, you are being filmed. hopefully that will act as a deterrent. if it is not and assault ta kes deterrent. if it is not and assault takes place, at least there will be film footage. if it goes on to court, there will be evidence. clearly something needs to be done. as our paramedic told us, some of the attacks can be life changing. some of the injuries people have sustained, people have left the ambulance service because of them. this is a career that people will hopefully do for life and it is a

career that is very rewarding. but people should be able to do it in safety without the fear of attack and being abused. indeed, thank you very much for now. i imagine paramedics across the country will be watching how this trial goes. with you, it is all about the big society. what are they up to? yes, it is believed to be the town with the most clubs and services run by people for no money. the local police station has reopened because volu nteers police station has reopened because volunteers were found to run the front desk. the library is now run by volu nteers front desk. the library is now run by volunteers after the council pulled out. there is a local community centre run by 30 volunteers. on top of this, another dozen or more schemes which rely on the goodwill of local people. it is actually extraordinary when you think about it. this is all happening in one small town. it

gives local people a stake in what goes on and what happens in their communities. but of course not everybody is happy. some say it is unsustainable and simply providing services on the cheap. but why do people give up their time and do this in their spare time for no money? here is one volunteer. i have been down here before myself to report things and the station has been shut. when the added went out to volunteers, i thought, it is a good time to do it. it is a service thatis good time to do it. it is a service that is needed. pretty impressive stuff. we said it was david cameron ‘s big idea. remind us what it was. that was 2010 when david cameron talked about the big society. his idea, it is really what is happening in lincolnshire in market deeping today, people getting off their backsides and having a goal. theresa may has called it the shared

society. instead of moaning, people are putting something back into society. it was linked to austerity at the time when david cameron talked about it. but would viewers wa nt to talked about it. but would viewers want to sacrifice some time to volunteer? of course, many watching will actually already be doing that. policies like the big society probably can work but they cannot work without significa nt probably can work but they cannot work without significant government support. it may be part of a solution but on its own, it is not and you cannot use them to replace things provided by the state. interesting. it sounds like market deeping is a particularly good bunch of people. i think they certainly

are. we hear so many bad things and you hear about the good people and it is so heartening. i feel you hear about the good people and it is so heartening. ifeel guilty now because i don‘t do anything. it is so heartening. ifeel guilty now because i don't do anythinglj volunteer now because i don't do anything.” volunteer at school but that is because i have a vested interest. that counts. i'm off the hook. what do you do, jeff? you have put me on the spot. i cleared up our street. my the spot. i cleared up our street. my wife calls me the litter man. thank you very much indeed. a british father has made a trip to syria to visit the spot where his son was killed. jack holmes, from bournemouth died afterfighting against the islamic state group,

in their self—proclaimed capital of raqqa. jack‘s father made the journey along with other british parents who‘s children were killed fighting there. ?our correspondent emma vardy has this exclusive report. jac wasn‘t a fighter by any chalk of the imagination. they came outside and they killed each other. jac holmes was 21 when he made the decision to give up his life in bournemouth and travel to syria. at the time, the group known as islamic state was on the rise. jac wanted to help fight them on the front lines. for me, it was a personal choice. i wanted to fight against isis and i wanted to help the situation over here in iraq and syria. jac and many other westerners joined a kurdish militia — the ypg, one of the main groups fighting is on the ground. it is hell, really. it would be hell for any parent, yeah. itold him, isaid i love you and i am proud of you, but i said it is time to come home — after raqqa, enough is enough.

just days after the battle for raqqa was over, jac was killed attempting to defuse an is suicide belt. he is one of eight people from britain to have died with the ypg. authorities in britain repeatedly warn people not to travel, saying fighting with any armed group abroad is not only dangerous but brings legal risks. now, jac‘s father and other parents of those who were killed have made a journey to syria of their own. jac‘s father also made the dangerous journey into raqqa. it was the primary reason me going on the trip, to see where jac had fallen. do you think it was right that the kurdish ypg allowed westerners into their ranks? youngsters like jac who had no military training? yes, absolutely. at the time, the kurds were almost overrun by isis, like all of iraq had been. they advanced right through syria. my name is helin qerecox.

my name from before was anna campbell. anna campbell, from lewes, was one of several women who came to fight. anna was killed in march by a turkish air strike. her father is still trying to have her body recovered. iam proud, iam proud of my daughter very much. but i also feel a lot of sadness. for anna‘s father, and jac‘s and others, the new bond they have formed with the kurds helps to ease the pain. but not all feel the same. the mother of ryan lock, from chichester, who died in raqqa in 2016, told an inquest she was angry with the ypg for helping him travel to the conflict. many british fighters who returned to the uk were arrested and questioned by police. but those whose lives were lost in battle will be remembered here as heroes. emma vardy, bbc news.

in the past half hour west yorkshire police have released images of all the men convicted in the huddersfield child sexual abuse trials. the full details and background to the offences in huddersfield can only be reported today after the judge lifted a series of orders restricting the media reporting of three trials which have taken place this year. all 20 men now found guilty can now be named. chief among them amere singh dhaliwal, aged 35, in the centre and with a turban, who was jailed for life and told he must serve a minimum of 18 years. the trials heard how the gang of men embarked on a "campaign of rape and other sexual abuse" against vulnerable teenage girls in huddersfield over a period of years between 2004 and 2011. 16 of these men have now been jailed and four others will be sentenced next month. a man‘s pleaded guilty to the rape

and kidnap of a british backpacker in australia. the woman, who‘s in her 20s, had been held for a month last year before raising the alarm at a remote petrol station. marcus martin, who‘s 23, will be sentenced next year. time for the business news injust a moment. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live. ajudge has ruled that 20 men convicted of child sexual abuse in a series of trials at leeds crown court can now be publicly named, after a legal challenge by the bbc and other media organisations. the radical islamist preacher anjem choudary has appeared on the steps of a bail hostel after being released from prison. two men in their 40s have been arrested on suspicion of murder over the death of 46—year—old ian tomlin, who was killed outside his south london home on wednesday. here‘s your business

headlines on afternoon live. facebook has hired former deputy prime minister sir nick clegg as head of its global affairs and communications team. the former leader of the liberal democrats‘s main task will be trying to refresh facebook‘s image following data leaks, the cambridge analytica data scandal and alleged election meddling. the amount the government borrowed last month was £4.1bn, that‘s quite a lot less, over three quarters of a billion less — than in september last year. and looking back at the year to date, that‘s the financial year from april, the office for national statistics says the government has borrowed almost 20bn, about a third less than in the same period last year. a warning from the ferry firm stena line. stena is the largest ferry operator in the irish sea and owns three uk ports. it‘s warning that a no deal brexit would create hold—ups at ports

and could hit food supplies. it is friday and we can pause and look back and say, how did the markets go? a bit rocky, a bit worried. it is not so much brexit, trade wars, any of that sort of stuff. it is actually bond yields, would you believe. i cu glazing over. it is more to do with interest rates and inflation. as they go up, the attractions of higher interest rate... higher interest rate bearing assets become more attractive... basically... supposedly if you have a company and your shares are giving one or 2% a year dividend, that is not too bad, if you think that if you put it on a deposit, you are

going to get half a percent, that looks quite good. as interest rates rise, as inflation goes that 2% is not that much. people are beginning to think, i am not getting that much out of stocks i will go elsewhere. that is one of the reasons why stocks have been a little bit rocky. and we are really... it all depends on how interest rates go up over the next two months. what are our predictions for interest rates? we had the inflation figures out yesterday which seem to suggest that inflation was pretty much under control. it came down quite sharply. much lower than people expected. no one is going to dare to put up interest rates in this country for the moment. there is something called brexit you may have heard of. obviously, whatever you think brexit is going to do for us, there is a period of uncertainty and people are worried about how that will pan out and so obviously, you are not going to put up interest rates to a point

where things begin difficult in an environment like that. pendragon, the car salespeople, they have been having a tough time. the new emission tests in europe that have been introduced in the beginning of september, are very difficult and are slowing down business. we can talk to richard marwood, a senior fund manager. is this about pendragon nor is it about the whole car industry? i would say it is really about the overall automotive market. pendragon are not alone in being hit by this. we have seen warnings about earnings by some manufacturers of car equipment. and people like volvo have been warning. the issue is, as you said, there are new emission standards which came in in september and that has caused quite a lot of dislocation in the auto market and

the figures that were released last month show that actually compared to the same month last year, new car sales were down about 20%, which is quite a big fall. and one of the other things has been the number of diesel cars being sold is far lower. if you looked last year, about 40% of cars sold in europe were diesel. and that number is down about 30% now. there is quite a lot going on in the market. talk to me about interest rates and inflation. interest rates are unlikely to go up. but globally, the general interest rate environment is one where things will get a bit tighter. yes, as you say, in the uk, it is not a problem. inflation is about on target with where the bank of england would like to see it. the thing that is concerning people is actually the us. the us economy is actually the us. the us economy is actually quite strong and because of that, you are seeing interest rates

rising in the us. that is pushing up the bond deals and kicking on to the nervousness in equity markets you talk about earlier on. time for a quick look at the boards. there is pendragon. it has recovered a little bit. it was down around 1196. a little bit. it was down around 11%. oil—price looking pretty strong. thank you very much indeed. let‘s get more now on the death of thomas orchard. he died in police custody after being restrained by police officers with an emergency response belting 2012. devon and cornwall police have today admitted health and safety breaches. his pa rents health and safety breaches. his parents have said they will continue to push the police to accept responsibility for his death. for over six years, devon and cornwall police have consistently refused to accept any responsibility

for thomas' needless and avoidable death. we welcome today's guilty plea and the fact that they are finally admitting to some failings. however, having watched and listened to much evidence over the years, we are shocked and horrified that they still are denying that those failings in any way contributed to thomas' death. despite the claims of the chief constable, we see very little actual evidence of remorse. therefore whilst our family does not relish the prospect of yet another hearing, we are pleased that the defendants' denial that its criminal conduct caused thomas' death will now be tested in open court. we will continue to fight forjustice for thomas and are committed to doing all we can to reduce the shameful frequency with which people with mental health difficulties die in

police custody. sadly, we have come to the conclusion that change will only come about when police authorities are forced to take responsibility and that is our hope, as we go forward with thomas' case. for much of england and wales, spans of sunshine this afternoon but for the far north of england into northern ireland and scotland, more in the way of scotland. a few showers continuing in northern and western scotland. through this evening and overnight, our band of cloud just started to nudge its way northwards. clear skies for a time but with light winds, mist and fog reforming across much of england and wales. we could get close to freezing for a time. the cloud will

fail in, outbreaks of rain further north and west. certainly a cloudy day across northern ireland and the far north of england. the best of the sunshine across southern and central england and wales through the afternoon. highest temperatures tomorrow across eastern scotland drew the afternoon and also east anglia and south—east england. goodbye. today at 5: a gang of 20 men — of mainly pakistani heritage are convicted of systematic child sex abuse in huddersfield. one victim was as young as 11. the men were found guilty

after a series of trials, which heard how they groomed vulnerable girls, and plied them with drugs and alcohol, before raping them in remote countryside. the abuse took place between 2007 and 2011. the men who have been convicted of these appalling crimes deliberately targeted their victims, because of their vulnerability. they groomed them and exploited them for their own sexual gratification. we‘ll have the latest from leeds crown court — and we‘ll be asking whether west yorkshire police were too slow to investigate repeated allegations of abuse. the other main stories on bbc news at 5: