today at five... the teenager who raped and murdered six—year—old alesha macphail on the isle of bute is named. a judge said it was in the public interest to reveal the identity of 16—year—old aaron campbell, who's now facing a life sentence. we'll have the latest from the court in glasgow. the other main stories on bbc news at 5... a former labour minister — ian austin — becomes the ninth mp to resign from the party this week — he says he's "appalled" by its response to claims of anti—semitism. i think underjeremy corbyn‘s leadership, there has been a cultural tolerance that has been allowed to develop and anti—semitism has been allowed to develop and flourish, and i thinkjeremy corbyn has not taken leadership honestly enough, i think he is incapable.

a new study reveals that one in 13 young people in the uk experiences post—traumatic stress disorder. remembering the ten... huge crowds turn out in sheffield for a flypast in honour of the american airmen whose plane crashed there during the second world war. watching it — the man who'd campaigned for the tribute. that was worth waiting 66 years fall. —— that was worth waiting 66 years for. and among the new releases in the film review this week — cold pursuit with liam neeson, who made those controversial comments prior to its release.

it's 5pm. our main story... the 16—year—old who abducted, raped and murdered six—year—old alesha macphail can now be identified as aaron campbell, after a judge at the high court in glasgow allowed his name to be reported. the judge said he could not think of a crime in recent times that had attracted such revulsion. campbell took alesha from the bed where she was sleeping and inflicted catastrophic injuries on her before dumping her naked body in woodland. the little girl suffered a total of 117 injuries and died from significant pressure being applied to her face and neck. james shaw is at the high court in glasgow. just tell us what happened today in court. well, the first thing really to be said is that there is doesn't set a precedent in scots law, as far as we understand it, under the law as we we know it at the moment. this is

the first time the judges had the power to lift the general ban there is on naming people who are under 18 in criminal cases, so that is a significant development in scots law andi significant development in scots law and i think it reflects how seriously people have taken this case and, as we heard earlier on, thejudge said he case and, as we heard earlier on, the judge said he could case and, as we heard earlier on, thejudge said he could not remember a case that had attracted so much widespread. .. a case that had attracted so much widespread... i think it was that he had to balance two interests, the law obliged him to take into account the interests of the child because aaron campbell is still a child, under 18, but on the other hand, there was the public interest as well and because of the horrific nature of this crime, he said there was a public interest in people being allowed to know the identity of the person who abducted, raped and murdered alesha macphail. thejudge remarked on how horrific this case was.

he said the most horrific case the court had ever heard. we have been given access to some of the evidence used in the case so we can see a figure walking across the beach close to aaron campbell's home carrying something, the argument of the prosecution i think would be that it might potentially be him carrying alesha macphail‘s body to the d position the site where she was found the following morning. there is also cctv footage of him coming and going from his house carrying bundles of clothing which he may be disposing of and also, at a later point during the course of that night, taking a torch, possibly to the d position site, and again that clearly implicate him in the activities that he was involved in, the crime he was involved in that night. that was a significant part of the prosecution case and, in fa ct, of the prosecution case and, in fact, it was the case that his

mother had handed that cctv in at the time saying she thought the police would be able to use it to eliminate him from their investigations but, as it turned out, it was a key part of the prosecution case which led to his conviction for rape and murder. thank you very much. iain austin has become the ninth mp in a week to leave the labour party — claiming it now has a culture of ‘extremism, anti—semitism and intolerance.‘ he said it's broken, and that that he could never ask people to make jeremy corbyn prime minister. but mr austin, who represents dudley north, says he has no plans to join the new independent group of former labour and tory mps. our political correspondent ben wright reports. and i do hereby declare that the said iain austin is elected as member of parliament for the dudley north constituency.

an mp since 2005, 35 years in the labour party, the son of a refugee from the holocaust. but today iain austin said he had finally had it withjeremy corbyn‘s led labour party. i think underjeremy corbyn‘s leadership, there has been a culture of extremism and intolerance that's been allowed to develop, and anti—semitism that's been allowed to develop and has flourished, and i think jeremy corbyn has not taken it nearly seriously enough, i think he's incapable, if i'm honest, i've dealing with it properly. and i think he's refused to get to grips with this. it is labour's handling of anti—semitism within its ranks that has triggered his resignation. the row dragged on for two years, prompting protests in parliament and promises from jeremy corbyn to stamp out anti—semitism within the labour movement. but when seven labour mps quit the party on monday, they cited the leadership‘s handling of anti—semitism as well as a big reason for leaving. today they showed their solidarity for their former colleague, saying mr austin stayed true

to his values, recognising it had been a painful decision. how are you? you must have had a bit of a morning. this morning iain austin shared his despair at the state of labour with his former colleague, jess phillips. i've been thinking that i should have been doing this for months for a long time, but i watched luciana on monday and i thought, in the end, you've got to stand with her. do you think more will go now as well? i don't know. i haven't talked to other people about this. ian austin has decided not to join the new independent group of mps. they are bound together by opposition to brexit while mr austin supports the prime minister's deal. before entering parliament, he was an adviser to the then labour chancellor gordon brown, he has never been close to thejeremy corbyn wing of the party and today accused mr corbyn of creating a culture of extremism and intolerance. i regret his resignation, i'm sorry he's decided to take

that course of action. he was elected, like me, in 2017 at the general election, on a manifesto that pledged to deal with poverty, injustice and inequality in britain. that's how he was elected, that's how i was elected, and i think we should be campaigning on those issues. but this resignation is further pressure onjeremy corbyn, having lost nine mps this week and facing growing calls to back another brexit referendum or risk more revolt. joining me now is our political correspondent nick eardley. serious problems forjeremy corbyn but also for theresa may today over brexit with a large group of normally loyal tory mps threatening to rebel. make no bones about it, there is a sense of rebellion in the airat there is a sense of rebellion in the air at westminster. firstly, there is a sense of rebellion in the airat westminster. firstly, labour. let's not ignore the fact there are

several labour mps who have said publicly and more saying privately that they are unhappy, too, flirting with the idea that potentially they could end up following their nine collea g u es could end up following their nine colleagues and leaving the party at some stage of the next few days and weeks. jeremy corbyn will try and stop that. there are some of his allies that think maybe it's best to get rid of them because they are not on the same page as the leadership but there is that sense that there are potentially more labour resignations to come. on the other hand, the prime minister is getting warnings from her backbenchers, too, from a normally loyal group of conservatives who have backed her brexit plan so far, saying that if any reworked deal does not look like getting through parliament, then some of them will end up rebelling, too. potentially up to 30 or a0 conservative mps getting behind plans to try and take a no deal of

the table and potentially some others getting behind the idea of a customs union. we have seen for months the effect brexit is having on party discipline at westminster but there is a sense that things could be about to get even more dramatic. thank you very much indeed. let's speak to the labour mp peter kyle, who's in brighton. thank you very much for being with us. thank you very much for being with us. nine labourmps thank you very much for being with us. nine labour mps now having left the party in the space of one week. what is your reaction to that? sadness. that is my overwhelming sense of feeling at the moment is sadness. when i listened to ian today, i listened to the clip played earlier when he gave a bbc radio interview and you could hear the emotion in his voice. people have to realise that, yes, we are mps but we are also human beings, too, and we

have the same social relationships as everyone else. ian has been a new party has entire life, fighting for the party has entire life. i've known him for a few years and our offices are two doors down from each other so when i hear the emotion and sadness in his voice, i myself share that sense of emotion because each of us is trying to find our own way through these difficult times with brexit, all the challenges our country is facing but both major parties have shifted in tone and tenor, and content, in recent years and we are finding our way through it. people are feeling very emotional at the moment, some feeling quite angry, but i urge people just to put the human side first and allow the political side to follow in due course. we are speaking to you specifically because you have come up with an amendment along with a colleague that effectively declare support for the prime minister's brexit deal as long as it is put to a referendum and there is a suggestion at westminster

that if the labour leadership do not support that, a number of extra, more mps will leave the party. is that how you see it? could there be more resignations ifjeremy corbyn does not back another referendum? you are almost right. what you're doing is not telling people in the labour party to support this deal, we are saying we will allow the deal to pass parliament. in order that the public can have a confirmatory vote on it. it is the same model used in the good friday agreement valley public confirmed the deal put before them but led to the peace and stability that northern ireland has that ever since and that provides us with a glimpse into how we can get through this political impasse that we have in westminster but for a definitive end date to this brexit nightmare we are stuck in because, actually, it is binding on government... the result of the vote. it does not have to return to parliament afterwards, not a

best—of—3. in terms of where other collea g u es best—of—3. in terms of where other colleagues are, i can say people feel very strongly about of it. i am urging people who are in the shadow government at the moment and on the front bench to actuallyjust focus on thejobs at front bench to actuallyjust focus on the jobs at the moment and let the front bench speak for itself in the front bench speak for itself in the coming days. there was a lot of negotiation going on. i have to say people are negotiating or engaging in this and are really open—hearted way. i've sat down twice withjohn mcdonnell in recent days and i speak with keir starmer as well. i am saying to people... john mcdonnell said he is moving toward supporting another referendum. it isjeremy corbyn? that is the question. well, just yesterday, in brussels, jeremy came out and said he is still fighting for his set of policies on leaving. he said that they would be subject to a confirmatory vote if they did manage to negotiate a deal.

in principle, the labour party is now accepting, top to bottom, that we need to have the accepted principle that the shape of brexit now, and the fact that our country has been through so much since 2016, the principle of engaging the public in these final steps i think is now being accepted. what i am saying is a confirmatory vote as a way of bringing a definitive end to this period and it is a compromise. everyone has to give something. i am asking the labour party to allow a bill to pass, not support it but allow it to pass through parliament. i'm asking people on the other side and other parts of politics to allow the fact that the public need to be brought back into this debate again one more time but with a definitive end point that is definitive and we can move on beyond it. finally, very quickly, it is notjust labour in this, i have had tory frontbenchers and tory ministers, members of the government, calling me to ask and discuss this option and i have had

face meetings with tory ministers to discuss this deal. it is not about the labour front bench. very briefly, whether brexit or anti—semitism, people in your labour party being unhappy withjeremy corbyn's leadership, do you anticipate more mps leaving the party in the coming days?” anticipate more mps leaving the party in the coming days? i think the labour party and jeremy face some incredibly difficult tests. he faced tests a year ago and six months ago but they have become larger in the last few days and that is unavoidable, just a fact. jeremy needs to pass those tests and we needs to pass those tests and we need to make sure we do not act with the right word, we need to act absolutely unstintingly against anti—semitism and a whole group of other challenges the party faces. if he does so, i believe this compromise and the amendment i'm putting forward as a way of the all—party moving forward together through this really difficult period and ifjeremy and others can come

together on the sorts of issues, engage the party and act with a real steadfast resolution in action as well as word, then there is hope. if not, i think... well as word, then there is hope. if not, ithink... i have no well as word, then there is hope. if not, i think... i have no idea where it is heading but it will undoubtedly lead to other people leaving and i hope that does not happen. thank you very much for being with us this evening. thank you for your time. meanwhile the irish government has published draft legislation intended to prepare the country for a no deal brexit. foreign minister, simon coveney, said such a scenario would cause widespread damage to both the uk and the republic of ireland. our ireland correspondent chris page sent us this update from dublin. ireland has been at the centre of so much in the brexit process, and more than any other country, it would be at the sharp end of a no—deal brexit. so, the irish government has today published emergency legislation enacting its plans for what would happen if the uk and the eu failed to reach a deal.

it covers a huge range of topics, everything from energy to extraditions, pensions to transport, and it deals with some really practical everyday issues which will affect people's lives, for example, it aims to ensure that citizens of the uk and ireland would continue to be able to study at universities, get health care, and receive welfare payments in both countries. it is one of the most elaborate pieces of legislation ever drawn up by an irish government, but the irish foreign minister simon coveney keen to stress that in effect, he hoped that all the hard work would go to waste, he said he still believed there would be a deal between the uk and the eu, and he certainly was very much hoping for that, but he said ireland had to be prepared if that did not turn out to be the case. one issue, conspicuous by its absence in the legislation, and that is perhaps the trickiest issue of all, the future of the land border between the irish republic and northern ireland. the irish government says it's still not contemplating putting in new checkpoints on that frontier, and the government saying that even if there is a no—deal brexit, the uk and the eu are still going to have to find some way

of ensuring that checks on that border don't return. exactly how that would happen, though, is still a very big question. the united states has announced it will leave 200 soldiers as peacekeepers in syria after the rest of its troops leave the country. it comes as the final push is underway to clear islamic state fighters from the last enclave of baghuz, a village in eastern syria on the iraqi border. syrian democratic forces are also trying to evacuate civilians from the area. our correspondent, mark lowen, joins us live from erbil in northern iraq. we know it is dying, not quite collapsed yet but how much territory does it have? just a tiny amount? less tha n does it have? just a tiny amount? less than half a square mile and it is important to clear that area of

civilians before the kurdish led forces storm in for a final assault. that is what has been happening over the last few days and i think has taken longer to clear than expected. another 30 or so truckloads of civilians left today, many had been human shields. the eis fighters, and there are still quite a few who are refusing to leave, they are deed i had one is fighting to the death. —— the is fighters. —— they are fighting to the death. over the next 2aa fighting to the death. over the next 2a a a8—hour is, they stand very little choice against the kurdish led forces. there are still civilians there? well the exodus continue? it will continue and they are going up to camps for internally displaced people in north—east syria. including one

camp where begum was found. those camps are very limited and i as fighters are trying to stop the civilians from fleeing. the observatory for human rights, a monitoring group, said there was one is officer who was executed. and that was for encouraging civilians to leave the pocket, so they are trying to keep them there to force that final assault but it is just a matter of perhaps hours orjust a few days now until is‘s last—gasp is taken and the group implodes, at least territorially. territorially, it is an amazing story, it had a huge swathe of territory and is now diminished to have a square kilometre. yes, at its height, it was the height of britain —— make the size of britain. 8 million people under its murderous regime.

yazidi women enslaved and raped, massacres happening across iraq and syria, it was used, this territory, as the staging ground for attacks across the world and, yes, it has been a huge success to reduce it to this tiny patch of territory and yet, even though islamic state, the caliphate is about to fall, islamic state has not ended. now the us in the hit us asset today that, even though they had announced donald trump announced that all the troops would withdraw, still because of this fear, the few remaining of a resurgence, the us now say 200 american peacekeepers will remain in north—east syria and that is designed to reassure allies who said the withdrawal was premature and it was also designed to reassure the kurdish led forces who fear that, without american troops providing a

buffer of some sort, turkey could launch a cross—border incursion, seeing the turkish forces —— mac seeing the turkish forces —— mac seeing the turkish forces —— mac seeing the kurdish forces as terrorists and saying there is a debt of gratitude to the fight against daesh and that they need american troops to stay with them. the home secretary says he's not yet read a letter sent to him by the family of the british teenager who joined the islamic state in syria — which asks for help in bringing back her newborn baby. sajid javid said he would be "looking closely" at the letter sent by the family of shamima begum, and without commenting directly on her case, reiterated that each situation would have to be looked at on a "case by case basis". one in 13 children in the uk will suffer from post traumatic stress disorder before they become adults, according to new research. experts from kings college london say the condition is affecting hundreds of thousands of young people. our health correspondent

catherine burns reports. flo sharman looks like any healthy 20—year—old. but as a baby, she was seriously ill and needed life—saving surgery and had several traumatic experiences in hospital. when she was eight years old, she had a breakdown. she was not diagnosed with ptsd until she was 16. my my behaviour completely changed. i was having irrational thoughts about many things, not wanting to leave the house, i did not leave the house for six months. it took eight years for six months. it took eight years for her to be diagnosed with ptsd, with symptoms including flashbacks, insomnia and feelings of isolation. researchers say ptsd is all too common in young people, they asked a group of 2000 18—year—olds in england and wales about their experiences of trauma, that can be anything involving the threat

of death, injury or abuse. they say young people could be more vulnerable to the effects of trauma because they are developing emotionally. trauma can be anything from suffering an accident or illness to something happening to a friend or relative. children in wales were asked about their experiences. one third said they had been exposed to it. of that group, 25% went on to develop ptsd. those children were highly likely to have other mental health problems. only a view of the people with ptsd are diagnosed that we have to make sure we break down the barriers that prevent people from talking about it. the key is to try and get help as early as possible to stop problems continuing into adult life. it is important to young people do not feel guilty about this, it is normal to feel distressed when you

have gone through a dramatic event. you have to talk about things, get help, because these things are curable. the government says supporting the mental health of children and young people is a key priority and that it is increasing funding for this work faster than any other area. let's take a look at some other stories in the news today... the funeral‘s taken place of 1a—year—old jaden moodie who was stabbed to death in leyton in east london last month. the london mayor, sadiq khan, was among those who attended the service. a teenager appeared in court charged with jaden's murder last month. leading research universities in england have warned they'll have to reduce the number of student places — unless the government agrees to make up any money they might lose from cuts in tuition fees. a funding review has been looking at the cost of tuition fees and is expected to be published next month. the cost of first and second class stamps is increasing from next month. a first class stamp will go up

by three pence to 70 pence. a second class stamp will cost 61 pence — which has exceeded the price cap and royal mail has apologised. a united nations study says the future of the world's food system is under threat. the first—ever report on the plants, animals, crops and micro—organisms, that form the bedrock of global food production, has found they are in sharp decline. our science correspondent rebecca morelle reports. from coffee plants on the edge of extinction, to fish vanishing from the oceans, and the insects that pollinate our crops in steep decline. a new report by the un has found that the animals and plants vital for feeding the world are disappearing by the day. they found... it's a complex picture. the factors that are causing the loss of biodiversity

include land use change, urbanisation, and pollution. all factors associated with increasing world populations. i've come behind the scenes at kew gardens, where you can see crops that are grown around the world from this citrus tree to curry leaves and coffee. but the big problem is we are becoming more and more reliant on fewer and fewer species. scientists say of the 6,000 species grown for food, just nine of them are involved in the vast majority of crop production. scientists at kew are looking at alternatives to one problematic crop, the banana. just a single species is cultivated commercially, and it's being attacked by a deadly fungus. now, they are growing relatives of the plant to see if we could eat those instead.

it's very risky really to focus just on a few species to feed the world, because anything can happen. you can have a new disease, you can have a problem with climate change, so it's very important to have available a wider range of species to feed the world. with the global population approaching 8 billion people, the un warns we need to rethink the way we produce our food and we need to act fast. rebecca morrelle, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's ben rich with the forecast. blue skies? yes, including here in cornwall. not eve ryo ne yes, including here in cornwall. not everyone got to see the sunshine, though, with some parts of the south coast being stuck with mist and merck, clouds and fog. you can see here that it was quite reluctant to clear away with temperatures of around eight celsius, some places

getting up to 18 celsius. some cloud in the north—west, we keep some that through the night, quite windy in the north—west and further south and east, into the midlands, looking to turn quite cloudy, misty and murky. even where we have clear spells, it will not be a desperately cold night. into tomorrow, quite misty and murky with fog patches, parts of the midlands, east anglia, lincolnshire, many places seeing sunshine but he was a new movement with a weather front coming into the isle of man. west cornwall as well. that brings patchy rain but, for many, another day of sunshine and warmth. on sunday, similar weather. mostly dry after what could be quite a foggy start.

this is bbc news. the headlines: ajudge rules the identity of the teenage boy who raped and murdered six—year—old alesha macphail to be revealed — he's16—year—old aaron campbell. ian austin has become the ninth mp to quit labour this week, blaming leaderjeremy corbyn for "creating a culture of extremism and intolerance". one in 13 young people in england and wales experiences post—traumatic stress disorder by the age of 18, according to new research. the un is warning the world's food system is under threat from a lack of biodiversity.

let's look at the sport. hello. we start with football knows. chelsea have been banned from signing players by fifa in the next two transfer windows... for breaching rules in relation to youth players. the ban, until the end ofjanuary 2020, doesn't prevent the release of players and won't apply to their women's and futsal teams. it comes following an investigation into chelsea's signing of foreign under—18 players, including former striker bertrand traore. fifa says it found breaches in 29 cases out of 92 investigated. chelsea were fined a60 thousand pounds while the fa has been fined 390 thousand. in a statement chelsea say the club "categorically refutes the findings

adding that it "respects the important work undertaken by fifa in relation to the protection of minors and has fully cooperated throughout its investigation. " chelsea meanwhile will face ukrainian side dynamo kiev in the last 16 of the europa league after that draw was made this afternoon. arsenal will take on french side rennes. both will play at home in the first leg with the return games a week later. pep guardiola has sent his "thoughts and best wishes" to the manchester city fan who was assaulted following the champions league win over schalke in germany on wednesday. the 32—year old was put into a medically induced coma in hospital after suffering a serious head injury in a violent confrontation with two schalke supporters inside the veltins arena in gelsinkirchen. he's travelled with his parents and sister, who both remain in germany. our thoughts of course and best wishes from all of us. it's tough

news. football, the game is spectacular for everyone who enjoy it and still right now, this kind of thing happens unfortunately. hopefully the police in germany can sort out that problem. that's the most important thing. the guys can recover, gets well as soon as possible. let's bring you up to date with england's 2nd one day international agaisnt the west indies in barbados. number 2 in the 5 match series is also at the kensington oval england won the toss and are bowling first. tom curran's in for the rested chris woakes. the west indies are 156 for 3... gayle reaching a half century before being caught out england's women meanwhile suffered a heavy defeat against india in the first of their 3 one day internationals losing by 66 runs in mumbai. set 203, england were well placed at 111—3 before nat siver was brilliantly run out.

that began a collapse of seven wickets for 25 runs, with england bowled out for 136 with heather knight's side losing their last a wickets for no runs we had lots of chances to win. u nfortu nately we we had lots of chances to win. unfortunately we did not do that. u nfortu nate unfortunately we did not do that. unfortunate time and we weren't able to put any more partnerships together which is frustrating. but, we bowled brilliantly. we were very unlucky. if not like there were a lot of messes. we set the tone brilliantly. the bowlers bowled very well. we thought it was an easy target but as a batting group we need to take that on the chain. we need to take that on the chain. we need to take that on the chain. we need to apply ourselves in practice for the next few days and come back and put in a next limit much better showing. and, widnes vikings have been deducted 12 points after going into administration, and face liquidation if suitable investment isn't found by next week. a proposed takeover fell

through on tuesday, while sunday's game against sheffield eagles has been postponed. widnes were relegated from super league last season after a seven—year stint. in a statement, the vikings board said it felt "sadness and disappointment", adding that some board members have received "sinister threats". we'll have more news for you in sportsday at 6.30 where we'll be live from cardiff ahead of a huge weekend in the six nations. let's get more now on our main story, the identity of the teenage boy who raped and murdered six—year—old alesha macphail has been revealed after the judge who presided over the trail liften a ban on naming 16—year—old aaron campbell. let's speak to laurence lee who represented jon venables from feburary 1993 until the end of 199a. jon venables was ten years old when he and robert thompson murdered two—year—old

james bulger in merseyside. thank you very much for being with us. what do you make of the judge's decision to lift the anonymity around the 16—year—old boy. decision to lift the anonymity around the 16—year—old boylj decision to lift the anonymity around the 16-year-old boy. i have to say, i have to say, as soon as this terrible case reached its verdict, the first thing i said was his anonymity will be lifted. he will be named. that was my prediction. not saying that was my wish by any means, but even though it's very rare, it does happen and as you know, very welljustjust as they identify the names ofjon ve na bles they identify the names ofjon venables and robert thompson back in 1993. i wasn't surprised. and the judge in this case said it was in the public interest. do you agree with that? again, it's not for me to

pass an opinion, but i think the public would have been very annoyed at this information not come out about his identity. what would be the argument against publicising his name? the argument would be the same. with jon venables name? the argument would be the same. withjon venables he had a brother and a sister. and nice pa rents, brother and a sister. and nice parents, people find that surprising. the reason why i exercise my right to dismay about it and express my disapproval is not only wasjon and express my disapproval is not only was jon venables and express my disapproval is not only wasjon venables being identified but also his brother and sister and his parents. that was my main dismay. i don't know very much about the situation surrounding this young man, campbell. i don't know whether he's got brothers and sisters. if he has, they are now identified as well. i've heard, it said today by some people that this might affect the 16—year—old boy's

chances of rehabilitation in society, the fact he's being named, he is no longer anonymous. well, some people would say and i know there are people in my case who said there are people in my case who said the boys weren't inherently evil... weather this play was inherently evil, i can't say, but what he did, all i can say all those given the task of rehabilitating him have got a very long, long and winding road ahead of them. thank you very much for being with us. thousands of people gathered in sheffield this morning for a fly—past in honour of 10 american airmen whose plane crashed there 75 years ago. tony foulds was an 8 —year—old boy when, on this day in 19aa, he saw the us bomber crash into his local park. it's thought the crew were deliberately trying to avoiding

hitting nearby homes. since then, mr foulds, who's now 82, has dedicated himself to looking after a memorial to the men, tending it almost every day for decades. a chance meeting with the bbc‘s dan walker, led to a campaign for a fly—past and today it finally happened, as both the us air force and the raf paid tribute to the crew who died. our correspondent david sillito has been in sheffield following events. normally, tony foulds's daily visits to the war memorial in sheffield's park is a moment of quiet and solitary reflection. but today he was not alone. from first light, thousands had begun to arrive. the grass where he had played as an eight—year—old and watched as the mi amigo had crashed into the trees to avoid hitting him was now a sea of people. for the last 30 years, he had dreamt that the 75th anniversary of that terrible day would be marked, perhaps with a fly past.

his dream had come true. unbelievable. they'll be loving this. it's breathtaking, this. and then, in an almost cloudless sky, the first glimpse of an aircraft and just as he had done as an eight—year—old, tony waved to the plane. and all around him, the crowd by watching, both the spectacle in the sky and the man at the heart of it all. we just felt we had to be here today, because of tony. the fact that he's been coming here every day to commemorate the plaque behind us is remarkable.

now approaching is the kc 135 strato tanker... i think everybody really appreciated seeing that side and i know tony did and a lot of folks were watching tony to see tony's reaction more so than the aeroplanes which is really cool to watch. it was just so touching in ways that i can't even imagine. i hadn't expected it to be that spectacular. i don't know what i was expecting, but it was more than i ever could have hoped for. i couldn't believe that. aeroplanes in the sky would be so moving and so significant. it wasn't just tony shedding a tear. but it's a day of complex emotions for a man who fed the men might have survived if he had not been there. does this help things for you? no. never will. like i say, you just think, if you were to kill one person in a car, ten times and that's

what it's like. the guilt and it gets stronger as i get older. it doesn't weaken in any way. and at the end, a moment not with planes or crowds, but tony alone with those ten men that he says saved his life. as we mentioned this all happened because of a chance encounter in the park between tony and bbc breakfast's dan walker — who was missing from todays ceremony because he is in tanzania for comic relief. i caught up with him a little earlier. i suppose, a isuppose, a real i suppose, a real day of mixed emotions because i spent virtually every day either speaking or talking to tony in person over the last six weeks trying to plan this event, keeping parts of it secret because we wa nted keeping parts of it secret because we wanted it to be a surprise. so,

there's the excitement that there is some amazing planes from the us air force and the raf going over a park in sheffield to commemorate the 75th anniversary, but there's all the emotion of the fact that these ten men, 75 years ago sacrificed their life so that tony and many others who are playing in the park that they could have the lives that they have enjoyed and that's where i think tony's guilt that he's been carrying for all this time comes from. that's why i think it's a happy day today but also an incredibly emotional occasion and watching here from comic relief hq in tanzania, it was no less emotional and i'll be honest, i found it very difficult to watch today but there was a smile on my face at the same time. we are just seeing some pictures there of you watching it and obviously, very emotional, understandably. looking back, when you had that chance encounter with tony, did you comes from. that's why i think it's a happy day today but also an incredibly emotional occasion and watching here from comic relief hq in tanzania, it was no less emotional and i'll be honest, i

found it very difficult to watch today but there was a smile on my face at the same time. we are just seeing some pictures there e of you watching it and obviously, very emotional, understandably. looking back, when you had that chance encounter with tony, did you ever think that it to what we have seen today and thousands of people attending this fly pastpark and i bumped into nowhere. it was the first week of january, i was bumped into nowhere. it was the first week ofjanuary, i was in a rush in the park and i bumped i literally said to him, are you ok? and six weeks down we had a 15 minute conversation and tony saint i would love would be amazing. i foolishly said, i'll sort it out for you. somehow, with the help of so many other people, we've managed to do itand many other people, we've managed to do it and tony, he doesn't even watch television. the quite a few weeks he wasn't aware of this story at the magnitude of it all. and that's why today was so emotional for me to watch and also many other people to watch because he is a man who has quietly been silently serving these ten men for such a long time, amazingly doing an amazing job in this part, on his own without wanting any public attention and today, i think you finally

realise how big an impact his story and his diligence and his service has had on so many other people, not just in sheffield, notjust in the uk but around the world and that i think is why so tarmac for the memorial and an american flag and a fly— past memorial and an american flag and a fly—past would be amazing. i foolishly said, i'll sort it out for you. somehow, with the help of so many other people, we've managed to do itand many other people, we've managed to do it and tony, he doesn't even watch television. the quite a few weeks he wasn't aware of this story at the magnitude of it all. and that's why today was so emotional for me to watch and also many other people to watch because he is a man who has quietly been silently serving these ten men for such a long time, amazingly doing an amazing job in this part, on his own without wanting any public attention and today, i think you finally realise how big an impact his story and his diligence and his service has had on so many other people, not just in sheffield, notjust in the uk but around the world and that i think is why so have bought into the story and so many people have talked about it today and been touched by it including the families of from the plane amazing thing i have been involved in as a journalist. i don't know how many other attorneys that are out there but he is one in a million it's the most amazing thing i have been involved in as a

journalist. i don't know how many other