what is the rationale behind it. join us tonight at seven on bbc news channel. the shoreham air crash which killed 11 people — the pilot is found not guilty of manslaugter. the men all died after hello. bbc new with carole walker. the hawker hunterjet ploughed onto the a27 in sussex the headlines. andrew hill, a pilot four years ago. whose plane crash at the airshow the pilot, andrew hill, admitted losing control. i am truly sorry for the part killing 11 people is found not i played in their deaths. it is they that i will remember guilty of manslaughter. he for the rest of my life. there were gasps and tears in court apologised outside court to the victims families. i am truly sorry from the families of those who died. also on the programme tonight. for the part i played in their death. it is they that i will there are reports that the baby rememberfor the rest death. it is they that i will remember for the rest of my life. of shamima begum, who fled london relatives wept in court as the to join the islamic state group, has died in a refugee camp. verdict was returned. they said they the headteacher working in the still want answers. it has been a canteen to save her school money. she's one of thousands who've long and complex trial. we feel the written to parents warning that they're running out of cash. success of his impairment as a the prime minister calls on the eu for one last push to get her deal whirring president and can have far—reaching consequences.

through parliament, saying if it fails, whirring president and can have far-reaching consequences. theresa brexit may never happen. may appeals that you leaders and the debate over using stop help to getting her break to go and search to combat knife crime. through parliament, but warns of a moment of crisis if mps rejected. —— we hearfrom the police and one man who's been stopped around 20 times. and splashing down in the atlantic. getting her brexit deal. in a moment celebrations as america's new commercial astronaut capsule, it will be time for us per se but the spacex dragon, successfully completes its first flight. first a look at what else is coming and coming up in sportsday on bbc up first a look at what else is coming up this evening must appear on bbc news, we are in scotland for the penultimate weekend news. following the not guilty of the six nations. verdict in the aircraft show trial england's women are in cruise come alive in the town for reaction. control but is it a good or a bad thing for the ins come alive in the town for reaction. in s mps prepare to vote on theresa future of the game? may brexit deal next week, we asked if michelle body ache and help theresa may persuade parliament to good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the pilot who crashed during the shoreham airshow, killing 11 men, has been found not guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence. andrew hill, who's 5a,

had been performing a loop when his vintage hawker hunterjet crashed on to the a27 in west sussex four years ago, and then exploded into a fireball. incredibly, the former raf pilot was thrown clear of the wreckage and survived. it was the first time a pilot had been charged with manslaughter following deaths at an airshow. our correspondent tom symonds is at the old bailey tonight. yes, sophie, this was the worst airshow disaster since the 1950s and an extremely technical trial. the judge, jury and police had to become experts in flying. and on every day, the families of those who died were here, watching the evidence. when the verdicts came, the judge said he could see they were upset but he praised their dignity. the last seconds of andrew hill's flight. what followed was described by one witness as like a war zone. the 11 men who died were all on the busy a27,

some to watch the flying, some just passing by. a veteran chauffeur, workmates, friends heading home. daniele polito died not knowing that he would become a father for a second time. he has two little boys that he will never see grow up, and they will never have a daddy. and it's just so cruel. there is something that could have been avoided, which seems quite obvious, that it could have been avoided. and it's just caused so much destruction to so many people. jacob schilt and his friend matthew grimstone had been driving to their football club, worthing united, when the plane hit their car. from the beginning, you thought, this is absurd, my son's been killed by a jet fighter, a display, it'sjust absurd. andrew hill, ex—raf, a british airways captain, has always accepted his flying that day was poor. 0utside court, he read

the names of those who died. i'm truly sorry for the part i played in their death, and it is they that i will remember for the rest of my life. his cockpit ended up in a field. he was badly injured, and crucially, he had no memory of the flight. no memory of being hundreds of feet too low during the fatal loop. he said he must have been physically affected by something. this is the home of the british aerobatic academy. in the back seat, instructor adrian willis teaches pilots from all over the world. one thing they learn, how to cope with g—force, the extra force on the body in tight turns. he asks me to recite a nursery rhyme while pushing us through 66 — that's six times the earth's gravitational pull. humpty dumpty had a great fall... humpty... dumpty... all the king's horses... all the king's men...

slurred: couldn't put humpty...gether again. now, fighter pilots train for this. but andrew hill is no longer an raf pilot and the verdict was worrying for one victim's family. we feel the success of mr hill's defence of cognitive impairment is a worrying precedent and could have far—reaching consequences. the case already has, for those flying former militaryjets in air shows. they are operated by companies and charities and shoreham has raised big questions about safety. this air display team currently can't fly aerobatics in airshows overland. and after years of concentrating on protecting the safety of crowds at an air show, now the regulators are looking at the risks for people in surrounding areas. at the end of the day we have to be hugely sympathetic to what's happened and due process needs to take place and we expect that regulations will change,

and it's our duty as trustees, custodians of these aircraft, to work within those regulations put before us and continue as best we can to display these heritage assets to the public. next come the inquests into the 11 deaths. the victims‘ families say they intend to play a full part. tom symonds, bbc news. the lawyer acting on behalf of the family of shamima begum, the teenager who ran away from london tojoin the islamic state group, has said that he has "strong but as yet unconfirmed reports" that her newborn son has died. the bbc has been told by a medical source inside the camp that the reports are true. but tonight authorities in the camp have described the reports as "fake". our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford is with me now. it isa it is a confusing picture but if it is true, this is the third child she has lost. yes, that is right, her other two children both died before christmas while she was in baghuz,

and she said her children had died from unknown illnesses as a result of the conditions they were sleeping in. shamima begum's family's lawyer announced this possible news this afternoon, saying he had strong but unconfirmed reports of the death of her son. that was very quickly denied by an sdf spokesman, that being the mostly kurdish forces that are fighting the islamic state in the area and run those camps but we have spoken to a number of sources working inside the camp where shamima begum is being held, one of whom says she was involved in taking shamima begum and her baby to hospital yesterday. the baby had had breathing difficulties, and the baby had died in hospital at youngster time —— at lunchtime yesterday and then had been taken back to shamima begum's refugee camp and she had buried the child there. that is only a second—hand source but it is quite a second—hand source but it is quite a strong medical source within the

camp. clearly, shamima begum's family have been asking for government assistance to try to bring the young boy back to the uk, saying that he was still a british citizen. it now turns out that if these reports are correct, it is all too late. daniel sandford, thank you. more than 7,000 headteachers across england have warned of a funding crisis, saying they're running out of money for their schools. in a joint letter sent to 3.5 million parents, they say the shortage of money is causing standards to slip and they claim the government is ignoring it. but the department for education says school funding for england is at its highest ever level. 0ur education correspondent frankie mccamley reports. that is the main meal deal. thank you very much. you would be forgiven for thinking this is like any other school canteen, but in fact, this is the head teacher behind the till, and often, she simply can't afford the staff. it is notjust here. 0ther the staff. it is notjust here. other departments are feeling the squeeze. other departments are feeling the squeeze. if i take you into the

science room and show you that in here... we have got students who are working three or four to a group. here... we have got students who are working three orfour to a group. it is about £1.60 to £2, per pupil, per head, per year, and from that, the head, per year, and from that, the head of science has to decide what to buy so some of the equipment we use, like in today's lesson, the stu d e nts use, like in today's lesson, the students can do the practical but the students next door can't. what are the most extreme kind of things, the situations you have found yourself in because of a lack of funding? well, when we have not been able to employ or have not had the funds to employ cleaners, i will clea n funds to employ cleaners, i will clean the toilets. how does this make you feel personally?” clean the toilets. how does this make you feel personally? i am just really cross. no, i'm not cross. i am absolutely angry about it. i also feeling badly embarrassed i am standing in front of you, telling you i don't have any money but it is not only embarrassment, i am really sad i can't provide for the students in my care. in the sixth form study room, students tell me they have noticed the purse strings are

tightening. i chose to do art but due to lack of textiles, the class has had to be combined because it was not financially viable to do two separate classes but that meant for example, doing some of the lessons, you might have a textiles teacher foran art you might have a textiles teacher for an art lesson. the one lesson you might need to help, the right teacher might not be there. the school has managed to stay afloat and build new facilities by selling nearby land to a property developer. _by nearby land to a property developer. —— by selling some land to a nearby property developer but others don't have that luxury. some say they are struggling so much they might have to shorten the school week. the department for education says funding is at its highest ever level. nearly £41; billion. compared to spending ofjust over £30 billion, eight years ago. but teachers say what matters is spending per pupil. analysis shows that has actually fallen by 8% since 2010. the government insists there is more money. we are asking schools to do more, and we know they have had to absorb costs like higher

national insurance contributions and hire teachers pension contributions but we are spending record amounts on the schools. in this year and in the next financial year, we are giving every local authority more money for every pupil in every school. but with pupil numbers rising, head teachers are not backing down, as they continue to feel their funding gaps. frankie maccamley, bbc news. the northern ireland secretary, karen bradley, is coming under further pressure to resign after saying in the commons this week that killings by soldiers during the troubles were not crimes. she met relatives of some of those killed by the security forces this morning and they said they had no confidence in her. relatives of some other victims refused to meet her. a 37—year—old mother has been jailed for 11 years after becoming the first person in britain to be convicted of female genital mutilation. her three—year—old daughter, who was treated at this hospital, was cut at the family home in east london in 2017. the 37—year—old woman, who was born in uganda, can't be named for legal reasons.

during sentencing, the judge said this was a barbaric, sickening, pre—meditated crime. the prime minister has appealed to eu leaders for "one more push" to get her brexit deal through parliament. speaking in grimsby, theresa may warned of "a moment of crisis" if mps again reject her deal when they vote on tuesday. she said if it was voted down again, it could result in a softer brexit or no brexit "at all", which she said would be a "political failure". 0ur deputy political editor john pienaar reports from grimsby. hard work, this, a bit like brexit, may be a journey going nowhere, destination unknown. today, the prime minister came to grimsby, where seven out of ten voted to leave, and appealed to mps to back a plan. reject it and no one knows what will happen. we may not leave the eu for many months. we may leave

without the protections that the deal provides. we may never leave at all. and then, with brexit talks deadlocked, this message to brussels. butjust as mps will face a big choice next week, the eu has to make a choice, too. the decisions the european union makes over the next few days will have a big impact on the outcome of the vote. are you simply keen to shift the blame for the way the talks have deadlocked towards the european union and away from yourself? my message to the european union is very clear, this is the moment, this is the time. the british public, as i say, has moved on. they want us to get this done. it takes both sides to get the negotiation through. are you willing to contemplate allowing conservative colleagues, including ministers, to vote to block a no—deal brexit, give you have said it could harm britain and the british people? for those who do not want us to leave without a deal, actually, the best way is to vote for the deal so we leave with the deal. down at the docks, you

could find sympathy for mrs may but also in patients. i think margaret thatcher would do a betterjob. i think she has got more balls. but a lot of people didn't like her. obviously, she can help us out and stay by us and try to sort this out and it would be good for all of us around here. no matter what theresa may comes up with, they are going to throw it out. it does not help she's a lady. if she was a big, strapping bloke, they might have different views on it. sympathy in the country may comfort mrs may but at westminster, she is suspected of taking breaks it down to the wire, hoping mps see her plan as the last, best option. —— taking breaks it down to the wire. the prime minister could run out of road first. the threat is not just could run out of road first. the threat is notjust from brexiteers. some pro—european ministers say they will ignore mrs may if her vote fails and vote to stop brexit with no deal. myself and other colleagues will prevent the country from crashing out of the eu by voting

against no deal. no deal is not in britain's interests. the labour leader is keen to see mrs may defeated. is he as keen on a referendum or backing away? we are not backing away, we are saying the priority at this moment is to stop a i'io priority at this moment is to stop a no deal exit. a no deal exit would be very damaging to jobs and industry. in brussels, the eu's chief negotiator was not impressed. we are not interested in the blame game. we are interested in a result. just now, people are getting on with daily life. the next brexit setback 01’ daily life. the next brexit setback or breakthrough could change the country's future, but all people here and across the country can do 110w here and across the country can do now is wait to see how. john pienaar, bbc news, grimsby. and our europe correspondent damian grammaticus is in brussels. there appears to have been some movement from the eu on this in a bid to help the prime minister. what does it mean and will it be enough? that's right, this evening michel barnier brief to the other eu 27

countries and then released a series of tweets essentially responding to the challenge from the prime minister and saying, this is what the eu is finally prepared to offer, putting it on the table, the eu side says its additional reassurances and the crucial thing is it is not the fundamental changes many in the uk parliament are demanding. what the eu side is demanding its additional legal reassurance about the fact it will use its best endeavours to try to secure a trade deal in the future, and also a key clarification, it says, and it says the uk will not be trapped, as some in parliament for you, into any sort of customs union. the eu pointing out that's in there because it was to reason may‘s ask but the uk could a lwa ys to reason may‘s ask but the uk could always withdraw from that if it wa nts. always withdraw from that if it wants. the crucial thing there is that the uk would have to agree to northern ireland staying under those special arrangements. the eu essentially saying it will not accept the blame at this stage,

pointing out the uk has always agreed to the idea of special arrangements for northern ireland. a backstop would either be a uk wide one as theresa may wanted, or a northern ireland specific one as the eu insists. but will that be enough? we are hearing from northern ireland that dup sources are saying that will not be enough for them. michel barnier says more talks will continue over the weekend but it's ha rd to continue over the weekend but it's hard to see that anything more can come from here now. damian grammaticas in brussels, you. the time is... our top story this evening... the shoreham air crash which killed 11 people — the pilot is found not guilty of manslaugter. and what the success of this capsule means for manned space exploration. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news, warren gatland's wales arrive in scotland with all the momentum. they are unbeaten and still going for a six nations grand slam. can the hosts stop them?

police say the powers of stop and search are vital in tackling the rising threat of knife crime. but many campaigners say young black men are being disproportionately targeted and that stop and search is severely damaging trust within their community. as part of bbc crossing divides series, linda adey has been to meet a campaigner against what he says is the misuse of stop and search, and a senior police officer at the front line of the battle against knife crime. this is the met police violent crime task force. they have been told about a stabbing in a fast food takeaway in north london. control, receiving. the gentleman has been stabbed. it appears to be one puncture wound. the man is injured, but not seriously. he'll live. he's not giving us any suspect description. these police officers deal with incidents like this every day. five, six, on the scene.

the patrol goes looking for people carrying weapons. a tactic they use is stop and search. but it can be controversial. you are racist! can you explain to me why i'm handcuffed? this is dijon joseph. he is a sports coach who works with young people. this video of him being searched and handcuffed went viral. i have not given you permission to search me. he has been stopped and searched around 20 times. listen, you haven't told me. what are you doing? so this is where it happened? yeah, so this is where it went down. this is where it is allegedly illegal to fist—bump. .. he thinks black men are being unfairly targeted by police. as an upstanding citizen, it is degrading, to say the least, and it is embarrassing when i'm treated like that. my community know me through who i am and for what i do in my community, and it is embarrassing to be stopped on the side of the road and being treated like you are a criminal, based on what... an alleged profile is. i took dijon to meet the most senior police officer of two london boroughs to discuss his concerns. i am not against stop and search.

i am against when stop and search is misused against citizens like myself, based on how i look, according... that's how i feel. but it's different when you are being approached like you are a criminal, when you know you're not, and somebody is grabbing you and then all of a sudden, they are cuffing you, and then aggressively, you're having your pockets ripped open. it is embarrassing. like i said, it leaves a negative stigma attached even to myself and my business. the way things are at the present time, let's be honest about it, knife crime is hitting all the headlines and the levels of violence. you know, stop and search is the short—term solution. you know, we're not going to fix it now, this year, next year. it is an issue which we are going to have to build and grow as a partnership and as a community. it does work. it does work, hand on heart. i mean, if you are going to be overdramatic about it, you know, you could see stop and search as homicide mitigation, i think. there is a real trust issue between the community and the police in many different areas, and it is something that i believe needs to be re—established. i suppose, when you look at some of the things around stop and search, there's always going to be a friction point.

absolutely. and there's things that we need to work on, collectively. it is a power that we have which is not well received, but it's about the understanding on our side as much as anybody else's. back on patrol, another stop and search. a valuable tool for police or a tactic that compromises the trust of the black community? linda adey, bbc news. iran has accused the uk of breaking international law after the british—iranian woman, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe who's injail in tehran — was granted diplomatic protection by the foreign office. mrs zaghari—ratcliffe was convicted three years ago of spying — a charge she denies. her husband has said that giving her diplomatic protection could now lead to a resolution of her case "within months". here's our diplomatic correspondent, caroline hawley: it's close to three years since nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe was arrested at tehran airport as she was leaving for home with her young daughter. you can see the shock on her face.

last summer, she was briefly released. only to be sent back to jail despite urgent pleas from the uk government and her family. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, seen here with her daughter gabriella just before she was jailed, needs medical treatment that she's not been allowed. the foreign secretary, who was in iran last year to push for her release, says his decision today was a last resort. we think it's the first time diplomatic protection has been exercised for an individual for over 100 years, and for that reason we think it sends a very, very strong signal that there is a human being here. we all need to think about this. it's not just about the diplomatic arguments there may be between the uk and iran. there is a family here, they need to be reunited. her husband has welcomed the move. really big step. implicitly, explicitly, what that means is that it's asserting she is british,

not just a dual national, but fundamentally she's a british citizen. and also that actually she's suffered a huge injustice. this is an innocent person being held in prison for leverage over the uk. it's outrageous. but iran has reacted with anger, saying britain has broken international law, and what impact it will have on the fight to bring a family back together, no one knows. caroline hawley, bbc news. two men aged 77 and 50 have been arrested after an assault rifle was found in the boot of a vehicle in london. police discovered the rifle after two vehicles were stopped in peckham. the gun's magazine was loaded and officers believe it's a fully automatic weapon. the men ar being held on suspicion of possessing a firearm and ammunition with intent to endanger life. the duchess of sussex has been celebrating international women's day in london with a panel of high profile women. she told the audience that it was impossible for her to "sit back and not do something" about women's rights.

meghan said she she would like her unborn child to be a feminist, whether it's a girl or a boy. america hasn't been able to send its own astronauts into orbit since the end of the space shuttle programme in 2011 — but that could soon be about to change after its new commercial astronaut capsule, the spacex dragon, successfully completed its first flight today splashing down in the atlantic. there were no crew on board — just a dummy — as the vehicle returned to earth from the international space station. but all went to plan which means two astronauts may make their first flight this summer. here's pallab ghosh. cheering. it couldn't have gone any better. a successful splashdown and emission where everything went like clockwork. dragon has returned to planet earth. it is now back home. the day started with the crew of the international space station saying goodbye to the un—crewed capsule that they might be flying on their next mission. and we have motion.

you can see dragon physically separating from the international space station. on board is a dummy named ripley, packed with sensors so engineers can analyse how astronauts will experience the ride. the dragon spacecraft continuing to descend. it is now subsonic so already starting to slow down. just under six hours later, and it comes into view from earth. its heat shield uses a relatively untested technology. but it seems to have worked, protecting the capsule during re—entry. it goes exactly to plan. it seems to have gone well. the splashdown was beautiful. the engineers and technicians and everybody on the ground will be checking over all the numbers and the data and making sure that everything is good for a future, crewed mission later this year, hopefully. that's one small step for man... nasa is hoping for a return to its golden era, when 50 years ago, it was able to send astronauts to the moon. for eight long years,

the agency's human space flight missions have been grounded. so those parachutes do the initial slowing... if dragon's mission has gone as well as it seems, those glory days could soon be back. pallab ghosh, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's sarah keith—lucas. not a particularly pleasant day out there today. started off with blue skies for many but the cloud has been rolling in from the west bringing outbreaks of rain for many parts of the country. this is the view at gosport in hampshire at the moment. heading into the weekend, we keep the unsettled theme so it will bea keep the unsettled theme so it will be a blustery feeling weekend, rather cool for the time of year with a few showers and rain at low levels and hill snow over higher ground. but not a complete write—off with dry and sunny weather around as well. we have a lot of clout right 110w well. we have a lot of clout right now with outbreaks of rain across

central and eastern parts. the rain should push away over the north sea in the next few hours. tonight we have clearer skies but still showers rattling in from the north—west. some showers quite heavy in northern ireland and north in england with snow in the high ground. temperatures in the north, two or three degrees overnight holding at around 4—7 further south. you will notice blustery wind from the word go on saturday. plenty of sunshine across the southern half of england and wales. further north, more showers interrupting the sunshine and they will fall as sleet and snow over higher ground, across parts of scotla nd over higher ground, across parts of scotland and northern england. temperatures are still in single figures in the north but reasonably mild further south, squeezing 1a around london. looks like sunday will be the colder day over the weekend. still a westerly wind bringing the unsettled theme. a mix of sunny spells and blustery showers on sunday. again, some showers will fall as sleet and snow over high

ground of england, northern england and scotland. it will be chilly, temperatures between four and ten. when we add on the wind chill, it will feel colder than that. below parfor will feel colder than that. below par for the will feel colder than that. below parfor the time of will feel colder than that. below par for the time of year and it feels like low pressure is still in charge with unsettled weather through much of next week. a reminder of our top story... the shore aircraft that killed 11 people, the pilot is found not guilty of manslaughter. that's all from the bbc news at six, so it's goodbye from me,