hello this is bbc news with shaun ley. the headlines this hour. a woman convicted of killing her husband with a hammer wins an appeal against the murder conviction. a woman who killed her husband in a hammer attack has her murder sally challen now faces a retrial, after defence lawyers argued conviction quashed, she'd suffered decades of psychological abuse. asjudges order a retrial. her son gave his 65—year—old sally challen admitted killing her husband richard in 2010, reaction to the news. after what she said were decades of abuse. it is an amazing moment, the courts her son welcomed the decision have acknowledged this case needs to to quash her conviction. it's an amazing moment, you know. be looked at again, as we have the courts have acknowledged this case needs to be looked at again, as we've always said as a family. also on tonight's programme... the football agents who arranged the doomed flight carrying emiliano sala say they're being made scapegoats for the tragedy. new allegations against michaeljackson — two men claim the late singer sexually abused them at his neverland ranch when they were children. i'm already feeling like i'm not a favourite of michael's any more and, if i don't do this, what's going to happen?

the pioneering treatment for parkinson's disease — we report on the trial that patients say alleviated their symptoms. and the conductor, composer and pianist andre previn has died at the age of 89. and coming up on bbc news... claudio ranieri is sacked as manager of fulham afterjust 16 league games in charge. he leaves the club ten points adrift of premier league safety. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. a woman who killed her husband in a hammer attack after "decades of abuse" will face a retrial after her murder conviction was quashed. 65—year—old sally challen admitted killing her husband richard in august 2010, but denied murder.

our home affairs correspondent june kelly reports from the court of appeal. for sally challen‘s son david and her lawyer, this was partial victory. they had hoped to have the conviction reduced to manslaughter, but the appeal judges conviction reduced to manslaughter, but the appealjudges ruled that instead sally challen must face a fresh murder trial. it's an amazing moment. the courts have acknowledged this case needs to be looked at again, as we always said as a family. we felt the abuse our mother suffered was never recognised and hermann tilke addition was not taken into account. there was an emotional atmosphere in court and supporters we re atmosphere in court and supporters were disappointed this was not an end to the legal process. sally and richard challen were married for 30 yea rs richard challen were married for 30 years and her lawyers had argued that, throughout this time, she was a victim of her husband's emotional

abuse, known as coercive control. in 2010 at the family home in surrey, she killed him, hitting richard challen more than 20 times with a hammer. during the appeal, the court heard from experts about sally challen‘s mental state. in giving the ruling, thejudge said that, in the ruling, thejudge said that, in the opinion of a consultant forensic psychiatrist, sally challen had been suffering from two mental disorders ata time suffering from two mental disorders at a time of the killing and this evidence hadn't been put before the jury evidence hadn't been put before the jury at the original trial. sally challen wasn't in court. she followed the proceedings by video link from prison. she must now prepare for a new trial. at a news conference this evening with her family and supporters, her lawyers said they would now be attempting to have her freed on said they would now be attempting to have herfreed on bail as they wait for a trial date. a summit between donald trump and the north korean leader kim jong—un has ended early without agreement. a signing ceremony was cancelled at short notice because president trump said the us refused north korean demands for all sanctions

against them to be lifted. in the past few minutes, the north koreans have denied this. despite the abrupt end of talks, mr trump claimed the relationship between the two men remained strong. 0ur north america editor, jon sopel, sent this report from hanoi. it all seemed to be going so well. president trump and chairman kim wandering through the gardens of a smart hanoi hotel, the pair apparently relaxed and getting on. and then a small piece of history — a reporter shouted a question at the north korean dictator, something that doesn't happen in pyongyang, and he answered. chairman kim, are you ready to denuclearise? translation: if i'm not willing to do that, i won't be here right now. polite laughter. but then the rumours started to circulate that things were going awry. there'd be programme changes,

the white house told us. the talks had been due to go on all morning, and then, according to the white house schedule, there was going to be lunch and a signing ceremony, but it all fell apart. it's hard to overstate what a failure it is that, after eight and a half months of talks, a draft agreement, the principals flying in, and then everything turning to dust. as the delegations went their separate ways, it looked as though kim jong—un had overplayed his hand in demanding full sanctions relief, and donald trump had overestimated his persuasive skills in getting the koreans to denuclearise. so it was a rueful donald trump who appeared at his news conference. they were willing to denuke a large portion of the areas that we wanted, but we couldn't give up all of the sanctions for that. i suggested there might be another explanation. mr president, do you think it was premature to have held the summit when all these things had not been tied down? in the white house schedule last

night, it said signing an agreement today, and i wonder as a follow—up question, whether you could just sketch out what the next few months look like. you always have to be prepared to walk. i could have signed an agreement today, and then you people would have said, oh, what a terrible deal, what a terrible thing he did. you have to be prepared to walk and, you know, there was a potential we could have signed something. i could 100% have signed something today. we actually had papers ready to be signed. the one thing that wasn't fast was kim jong—un‘s 60 hours on a train getting here from pyongyang, regular cigarette breaks on the way. surely he'd been hoping for more. and donald trump hadn't travelled halfway around the world to return back to the us empty—handed, but he is. jon sopel, bbc news, hanoi. the football agents who booked the plane to fly emiliano sala from france to his new club, cardiff city, injanuary have told the bbc that they've been made scapegoats for the tragedy after the plane crashed

in the channel. willie mckay and his son, mark, claim the club had abandoned their new multi—million—pound signing to make his own travel plans and they should have done more. cardiff city has declined to comment on their claims. 0ur sports editor, dan roan, has this exclusive report. it should have been the start of an exciting new chapter in the life of a talented young footballer. emiliano sala was cardiff city's record signing, butjust days after he was unveiled last month, the argentinian striker died alongside pilot david ibbotson when the plane they were travelling in came down in the english channel. this man, football agent willie mckay, helped broker the £15 million deal from nantes and arranged the flight that ended in tragedy. he told me he only did so to help the player say goodbye to friends in france and that cardiff

could have done more to help. nobody in cardiff seemed to be doing anything, and it was a bit embarrassing, because they buy a player for 17 embarrassing, because they buy a playerfor 17 million embarrassing, because they buy a player for 17 million euros and then leave him in a hotel in self, trying to go on the computer and look for a flight. | to go on the computer and look for a flight. i think cardiff let themselves down badly. cardiff strongly dispute that, declining to comment today, but previously saying their offer of organising a commercialflight their offer of organising a commercial flight for sala was declined and the authorities must be allowed to determine the full facts. this week, air accident investigators said david ibbotson did not have a license for commercialflights did not have a license for commercial flights and could did not have a license for commercialflights and could only fly passengers in the eu on a cost—sharing basis. fly passengers in the eu on a cost-sharing basis. in the end, they will probably say it was pilot error. i assume it wasn't a cost—sharing arrangement? error. i assume it wasn't a

cost—sharing arrangement7m error. i assume it wasn't a cost-sharing arrangement? it wasn't, because emiliano boffelli paying anything. you paid the full amount? the pilot said he wasn't aware that mr ibbotson was asked to fly but did you ever think, i should know who that pilot was? when you find a taxi and the taxi comes, you don't ask them, do you have your driving licence? you don't even think about these things. i was just thinking about getting the boys back home. for people to try and verify the pilot, when the man is dead, is a disgrace, i think. pilot, when the man is dead, is a disgrace, ithink. i don't pilot, when the man is dead, is a disgrace, i think. i don't hold anybody responsible, because it was anybody responsible, because it was a tragic accident. mccague recently attended sala's funeral in and he and his son mark, say they are willing to forego the £1.5 million they were due to receive. is there anything about it you regret or feel

responsible for all would do differently? i don't see howl responsible for all would do differently? i don't see how i would have done anything any differently. i don't want to sit here and be a victim and say, because i'm not, and that's a fact, but it's been tough, but it's been tough for people around me, and they took the brunt of it. cardiff were due to start paying nantes the money for the tra nsfer yesterday, paying nantes the money for the transfer yesterday, but they have withheld payment until the investigation is complete. withheld payment until the investigation is completelj withheld payment until the investigation is complete. i don't ca re if investigation is complete. i don't care if they pay, i don't care of na ntes care if they pay, i don't care of nantes pay us, because what we went through is total hell. with fifa investigating at cardiff considering legal action, the fallout from this tragedy continues. the conservative mp george eustice has resigned as agriculture minister, and warned of humiliation for the uk if brexit is delayed. in a letter to the prime minister,

the leave—supporting mp said he was worried that the eu could now dictate the terms of any extension to the withdrawal process. 0ur deputy political editor, john pienaar, is in westminsterfor us. how significant is this? george eustice is a brexiteer but he's returned lidl resigned not because he opposes theresa may's plan for brexit. the deal, he supports it. he resigned because he believes she's mishandled the process, and he believes she's put the future itself at risk. the breaking point was theresa may promising mps the chance to vote against a no—deal brexit. that was under pressure of the threat of ministerial resignations. but he saw the threat no deal is putting useful pressure on brussels, and he was upset that mps had been given to vote to delay the exit date. his worry is that a short

delay could become a long and a longer delay, and eventually perhaps indefinite. as it is, there will be a chance for mps to give their verdict on or before march the 12, and there is no knowing whether mrs may will beat the odds and brexiteers will roll in behind her because they see her plan is the only brexit available. george eustice has shown how frustrated and angry brexiteers are at the way this has been handled, and they've been placed in such a painfully uncomfortable position. new allegations of sexual abuse have been made against michaeljackson who died almost ten years ago. in a documentary being broadcast next week, two men claim that the singer abused them when they were children 30 years ago. wade robson and james safechuck say they were 7 and 10 years old when the abuse began at michaeljackson‘s neverland ranch in california. the jackson family have denied the claims. lizo mzimba reports. # ‘cos it's a thriller... he was the most famous pop star on the planet, millions bought his records.

but in his later career he more than once faced accusations of abuse, something he consistently denied. a criminal trial in 2005 cleared him of molesting a 13—year—old boy. everybody wanted to meet michael, to be with michael. now a new documentary has detailed further allegations by two men. michael asked, do you and the family want to come to neverland? both make similar claims, that the pop star abused them at his neverland ranch after befriending them. the days were filled with magical, childhood, adventure experiences. he told cbs news it went on for years. for me, while the abuse was going on, the abuse for me went from age seven to 1a years old, i remember feeling around 12 starting to be a little more uncomfortable about that

and sometimes maybe trying to change the subject or, you know, distract. but then having a fear that, if i don't do this, i'm already feeling like i'm not a favourite of michael's anymore, and if i don't do this, what is going to happen? his family says these new allegations are completely untrue. i want you to understand and know that this documentary is not telling the truth. there has not been one piece of evidence that corroborates their story and they are not interested in doing that. some would say that it is hard for you to sit here and say the documentary isn't telling the truth when you haven't seen the documentary. shouldn't you see the documentary, jackie? no, because i know my brother. i don't have to see the documentary. i know michael. almost ten years after his death, michaeljackson‘s reputation continues to be questioned by some who believe that he was an abuser who was never brought to justice.

lizo mzimba, bbc news. a man's been convicted of manslaughter for supplying his girlfriend with a class a drug at a music festival. 24—year—old louella fletcher—michie, who was the daughter of the holby city actor john michie, died at bestival in dorset after taking the hallucinogenic drug 2c—p. ceon broughton had denied he was responsible for her death. pakistan's prime minister, imran khan, has said the indian fighter pilot seized yesterday would be released tomorrow. he described it as a peace gesture aimed at improving relations pakistan shot down the pilot's jet yesterday, as tensions rose with india over the disputed region of kashmir. imran khan said the release was a peace gesture. the 0scar winning conductor, composer and pianist andre previn has died at the age of 89. the german born musician, who won ten 0scars the german born musician, who won ten oscars and four grammys, turned

his back on a career in hollywood to pursue his love ofjazz piano and classical music. daniella relph looks back at his life. he was one of the 20th century's most remarkable and versatile musicians. not just an orchestral conductor but an arranger, an award—winning film composer, and a brilliantjazz pianist. he started in 1940s hollywood, performing and arranging music for mgm when still a schoolboy. he was just 19 when he wrote the music for one of the lassie films, his first complete film score. he went on to win four 0scars. then, in the 1960s, he decided to reinvent himself as a classical conductor. at the london symphony orchestra, he became a star. good evening, ladies and gentlemen... he had his own television series, a glamorous third wife —

the actress mia farrow, and an enviable lifestyle. but he was fiercely ambitious, a workaholic. it was his family who suffered. a career is a career. i was being asked to do things that i thought were important, that i wanted to do, that people me to do, that i that people wanted me to do, that i thought were musically fascinating. and if you are a professional of any given performing arts, you have to go and perform. eric, say hello to mr preview. ah! mr preview, hi! in 1971 he was invited, u nforg etta bly, onto the morecambe and wise show. you're playing all the wrong notes. i'm playing all the right notes but not necessarily in the right order. laughter.

i'll give you that! i'll give you that, sunshine. when soon—yi, the daughter he'd adopted with mia farrow, married her mother's boyfriend, woody allen, previn was furious. soon—yi, he told a reporter, does not exist. a bitter note in a life dedicated to music and music—making. i'm just very happy that i'm a musician. which sort of music is actually immaterial. i'm just very pleased to be a musician. a wonderful thing to be. andre previn, who has died at the age of 89. our top story this evening: a woman who killed her husband in a hammer attack has her murder conviction quashed — as judges order sally challen should face a retrial.

and we look at the pioneering treatment for parkinsons disease — that patients say alleviated their symptoms. coming up on sportsday on bbc news... the drama of the six nations may be at risk, as the world's leading players warn that a proposed new world league could affect player welfare. there's been a significant rise in net migration to the uk from outside the european union — that's the number of people arriving minus the number of people leaving. in the past year, 261,000 people from outside the eu — mainly from asia — have come here. it's the highest number since 200a. meanwhile the number of people coming here from inside the eu has fallen to its lowest level for almost a decade. in total net migration was 283,000 — a slight rise on the year before. the government's target is still less than 100,000. our home editor, mark easton,

has spent the day in birmingham assessing the impact of the fall in the number of eu migrants. # clap along if you feel like a room without a roof...#. there is a waiting list to live in the award—winning liberty house care home in birmingham, but finding suitable care workers is still a problem. needing a staff of eight, there are currently two vacancies. 0ne former carer here had come from the philippines but was told by the home office she didn't satisfy visa rules. she was absolutely tremendous. she was brilliant with the service users, brilliant with the service, but she was sent back home and that was a major impact. we had to get somebody to replace her. my name is morita and i'm a home care worker... the department of health has just launched a social care recruitment drive, which features morita from the philippines. she's a very good carer. we could do with a few more like her. in the west midlands, they could do with a lot more like her. with about 10,000 social care vacancies at any time,

the government's chief social worker for adults was in birmingham today trying to help boost recruitment in the region. the government are consulting on the immigration white paper and we're asking the sector and people to give their opinions as to what needs to be in place to ensure we can have people to come in and work in the care sector. british people seem pretty reluctant to work in social care. foreign workers from outside the eu are largely unable to get visas to work in social care, and the available number of eu workers is now falling fast. with an extra 650,000 social care workers needed in england by 2035, something has got to give. the government's long—awaited proposals for social care are expected to urge the use of new technology. hello! a robot like this is currently being trialled in a west midlands care home, and more are on the way.

we could do this forever. i know we could! what do you think about the idea of a robot looking after you? well, technology is brilliant but you can't really beat the human contact because it's all about...as humans we're social animals. solving the social care staffing crisis will ultimately mean finding real people who are ready and able to offer the human touch. mark easton, bbc news, birmingham. israel's attorney general says he will bring corruption charges against the prime minister benjamin netanyahu for bribery and breach of trust. it's just six weeks until the country's general election, when mr netanyahu will attempt to win a fifth term of office. his likud party had tried to block the announcement, describing it as political persecution. leading technology giants including facebook, twitter

and google have written to the government to try to influence the way the internet will be regulated in future on issues such as privacy and illegal or harmful content. it comes after calls for tougher regulations for social media companies following the death of 14—year—old molly russell, who took her own life. her family believe instagram was partly responsible for her death. here's our media editor, amol rajan. the appalling circumstances of molly russell's death led to renewed calls here in britain for better regulation of the internet. this is an area fraught with practical and philosophical difficulties. but now leading tech companies have pre—emptively written to the culture, health and home secretaries with an attempt to influence the ongoing negotiation over new rules for the internet. their pitch was led by facebook, google, twitter, and was co—ordinated by trade body the internet association, whose members also include the likes of amazon, airbnb, and uber.

here are some of the key principles. first, they want a vital distinction maintained between content which is illegal, and that which is merely harmful. second — and this is contentious — they want "intermediary liability protection". in plain english, that means platforms like youtube shouldn't be held legally responsible for third—party content. next, they insist that detecting and removing the worst of the intent internet is something machines rather than manpower will ultimately do and the technical capability of companies will vary, according to their resources. finally, these companies say there has to be a distinction between what you say in public places, and private communication on platforms such as whatsapp, which is encrypted from end to end. this is dense, complex stuff. but the fact that leading companies have put their name to this letter shows they recognise more regulation is inevitable. this is their attempt to shape it, before public sentiment pulls the internet in a direction that's bad for business. around 145,000 people in the uk have parkinson's disease —

it's a degenerative brain condition that currently has no cure. but scientists have been trialling a new technique which patients said had alleviated their symptoms. here's our health editor hugh pym. there's more ending up on the floor than there is in the pot, isn't there? yeah. my legs would be too weak to stand as i got out of bed. rolling over in bed was just impossible. life with parkinson's at times was a real struggle for lesley. that one's come out. she and her husband carefully plan her regular medication but four years ago she volunteered for the trial of a new drug, gdnf, involving pioneering brain surgery. this involved four small tubes implanted inside the skull to deliver the drug directly to parts of the brain affected by parkinson's. it was pumped in through a metal port on the head. patients went in for monthly infusions of the drug. throughout the trial they did a series of physical tests. there were signs of improvement, though not enough to scientifically prove that the drug had made a significant difference. but scans showed there had

been positive effects on damaged brain cells. the surgeon who devised the radical new technique says the big breakthrough was proving that drugs could be delivered right into the brain. the critical thing about this trial was the demonstration that you could actually do this every month to patients over months or years, and this opens up a huge prospect for treating neurological diseases, be it brain cancer or neurodegenerative diseases like parkinson's. lesley hopes the trial she took part in will eventually pave the way for a long—term solution. i think it's too easy to sit back and worry about the future and just think, "well, that's my lot, i'm going to end up in a wheelchair are in a nursing home." ijust wanted to do something, if not for me then forfuture generations. lesley is convinced the drug has made her feel better, and with other participants is now fundraising so another trial can take place. hugh pym, bbc news.

and you can see more on the trial tonight at 9pm on bbc two. football and claudio ranieri has been sacked as manager of premier league strugglers fulham. he failed to improve their results and they‘ re currently in the relegation zone, ten points adrift of safety with ten games left. time for a look at the weather. here's helen willetts. this was the south coast, we have had the rain and it has been quite 5°99y had the rain and it has been quite soggy in the north wales. you can see on our radar picture here, the rain sinking southwards so are very different day and temperatures have been nowhere near as high as yesterday where they have still been above average. through the evening and overnight the rain will tend to ease further south diminishing all the time but because we have that

cloud, it shouldn't be as chilly again tonight but it will be quite murky. there will be a lot of missed and low cloud and hill fog around, there could even be dense fog at low levels, but otherwise it's looking like a more promising day. there will be some hazy sunshine coming through, the wind will be fairly gentle. the temperatures for the 1st of march, the start of meteorological spring are above average again, 9—13 when they should be about seven to ten at this time of year. we get a wet night tomorrow, then a wet and windy spell of weather moving in for saturday, business as usual unfortunately. it might be that we stay dry across eastern areas but further west there isa eastern areas but further west there is a swathe of wet weather coming m, is a swathe of wet weather coming in, ourfirst gales is a swathe of wet weather coming in, our first gales for some considerable time. that is quite a dramatic change, isn't it? but temperatures are still above average. we get the rain in the south and east and it hangs around.

there is some uncertainty on sunday because of this area of low pressure. at the moment it looks like the southern half of the uk will be brighter with showers further north but either way some wet and windy weather this weekend.