a woman who killed her husband and a hammer attack after years of abuse will not face a retrial. her murder conviction was quashed. we'll have the very latest from the old bailey. also this lunchtime... lisa forbes is duly elected. labour sees off a strong challenge by nigel farage's brexit party winning the peterborough by—election with a slim majority. lawyers for boris johnson tell the high court the attempt to prosecute him for allegedly lying about brexit should be thrown out.

the brother of the leader of the london bridge attack, khuram butt, has told the inquest that his family are sorry from the depths of their hearts. and the british number one johanna konta is knocked out of the french open by an unseeded 19—year—old. and coming up on bbc news... the women's world cup gets under way at the parc des princes in paris this evening, as hosts france take on south korea. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. a woman who killed her husband in a hammer attack, after what was said to be decades of emotional abuse, has had her murder conviction reduced to manslaughter on the grounds

of diminished responsibility. sally challen, who's 65, appealed against her murder conviction with her lawyers arguing that throughout their 30 year marriage her husband had subjected her to his coercive control. our correspondent sarah campbell is at the old bailey. this is very much what sally challen‘s family and friends, many of whom are in court number five at the old bailey, have been campaigning for. she was admitted killing her husband in august 2010, husband of 31 years, hitting him 20 times over the head with a hammer, but her supporters argued more should have been taken into account at the time, most notably her mental state, and crucially that her husband richard was said to have inflicted psychological abuse on her with controlling behaviour leaving

her feeling isolated, humiliated with controlling behaviour leaving herfeeling isolated, humiliated and like she was losing her mind. eight years ago, sally challen was jailed as a murderer. today she arrived at the old bailey with her family. her two son is always supported her mother who from the start admitted killing their father ina start admitted killing their father in a frenzied hammer attack. 0ther relatives and friends were waiting to meet her. "i will not cry," she said. at the court door, her lawyer. inside the packed courtroom the prosecution announced it would accept her plea of guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility, so no new trial. sally and richard were married for 30 years and made their home in surrey but she was said to have been emotionally abused by her husband. 0n the surface, he was a

typical suburban father but he subjected her to decades of psychological abuse known as course of control. he was unfaithful throughout his marriage, visiting brothels and even posing with glamour models on his christmas cards. in 2009, sally finally moved out but was said to still be emotionally dependent on her husband and she appealed for reconciliation. she set off for the family home but in her handbag was a hammer. still suspicious of her husband she discovered he had been in touch with another woman. she hit him more than 20 times with the hammer. at the appeals court to her lawyers produced new psychiatric evidence that she was suffering from two psychiatric disorders at the time of the killing and it is said her condition was likely made worse because she was a victim of her husband's coercive control. this

only became a crime in recent years. now, with no retrial, lawyers will have to wait to see coercive control tested in future as a factor in a defence to murder. our system is full of checks and balances. when parliament makes new laws, as in the case of coercive control, it is helpful if that goes to so that the judges can interpret that law. this case will lead to renewed debate on the damage done by domestic abuse when there are no physical injuries. there has been a significant campaign waged today by supporters of sally challen and they can feel some sense of victory today. she is still a convicted killer, manslaughter by diminished responsibility, but she is not a murder. the hearing hasjust broken up

murder. the hearing hasjust broken up but they are talking about the sentencing and whether having already served nine years in custody it is sufficient and she should now be allowed to be freed on licence and resume life as a 65—year—old woman with her two sons who have supported her this case. the hearing resumes at two o'clock. labour has won the peterborough by election in a closely fought contest with the brexit party, holding the seat byjust 683 votes. the conservatives came third. the new mp lisa forbes said her victory shows people have ‘rejected the politics of division'. the by election was called after fiona 0nasanya, who was convicted of lying about a speeding offence, became the first mp to be ousted under recall rules. 0ur political correspondent iain watson reports from peterborough. the victory was narrow but labour's

campaign was wide—ranging. who are we looking at? jeremy corbyn met lisa forbes, the successful candidate, in peterborough this morning. instead of battling it out on brexit, she'd highlighted council cuts and concerns over crime. and the labour leader had a robust message for his political opponents. all the experts wrote labour off yesterday. write labour off at your peril! we are strong, we are very determined to offer that politics that invests in decent services, in decent housing, in decent health care. labour won here in peterborough, but their vote share tumbled from the general election. the key to their victory seems to be an ability to motivate their own core vote, and to bringing activists from other parts of the country from as far away as north wales and the south coast. 0vernight, as the prospect of victory ebbed away, the brexit party leader kept a low profile, but today

he took to the airwaves trying to explain why in an area where six out of ten voters backed brexit in the referendum his party had failed to secure an mp. the labour party don't want to talk about brexit because they're losing votes to the brexit party, votes to the liberal democrats, and the whole brexit issue has become a nightmare for them. the reason labour won is they've been knocking on doors in this town for many, many months, building up their data because they knew this by—election was coming. you know, in the end, these very localised campaigns are about getting out your vote. that's what they succeeded with last night, not much more. some voters here in peterborough say they were motivated by a desire to see brexit delivered, but others said that wider issues were uppermost in their minds. the health service, look at that. i was in the health service for 36 years, and it's a disaster, yeah? and then the schools — people having to buy their own stuff to go to school! that's what they've got to look at. but they've forgot about all that, haven't they? in effect, the conservatives came

third in a two horse race. in living memory, peterborough has always been a labour—conservative marginal. so could the change here have national significance? labour's vote is up by nine points. in the constituencies compared with what happened in the european elections, enough for the labour partyjust to win the constituency but, by the way, on the smallest share of the vote that has ever been sufficient to win a general election in post—war british politics. one of the conservative leadership contenders had his own analysis for the party's poor performance. i'm very sorry that our excellent candidate, paul bristow, didn't win in the peterborough by—election. he would have made a superb mp for peterborough. i think the result reminds us of two things — the vital importance of delivering brexit, and also the vital importance of making sure that we have a strong conservative government that can prevent jeremy corbyn from getting into downing street and ruining this country. the election was a poor parting gift for theresa may, who stands down as conservative leader today. but it's still not clear if brexit

really has claimed its last prime ministerial scalp. ian watson, bbc news, peterborough. 0ur political correspondent ben wright is in peterborough. it was a very tight contest. what do we make of it? this was almost one of those by—elections we would have talked about for years to come, a great upset in the political weather, but in the end it was jeremy corbyn doing a pretty brief lap of honour around here a couple of hours ago, not nigel farage who had very high hopes before hand. his new party did very well in the european elections last month, topping the poll, and the fact this constituency voted pretty firmly to leave the eu in 2016, and this contest happened because the previous mp was turfed out because

ofa previous mp was turfed out because of a recall position, so conditions we re of a recall position, so conditions were ripe for nigel farage's new party, but the labour core vote remained strong, labour has an established machine for getting out its voters. the brexit party struggled to convince enough people it is more than a one trick pony, that it had something more to offer the voters in peterborough than just their message on brexit. not much comfort for the two main parties, they are vote share is significantly down, the brexit party almost crashed through, and it shows again how much brexit is coursing through the bloodstream of british politics at the moment. theresa may stands down as the leader of the conservative party today though she remains prime minister until her replacement is elected. her resignation officially triggers the start of the party's leadership contest, with 11 mps currently in the running. let's find out more about what happens now, our political correspondent

jessica parker is in westminster. quite a process to go through now. as far as today is concerned, there are no mac big moments, no speech from theresa may on the steps of downing street, but an exchange of letters between theresa may and the chairs of the backbench 1922 chairs of the backbench1922 committee. it is important to say that theresa may is standing down as conservative party leader but she is still prime minister until the party chooses her successor and she goes to the queen to offer her resignation. it is today meaningless? not really because it fires the starting gun for the conservative leadership contest, which has unofficially been going on for quite some time, but there will now be a call for nominations. candidates hand in nomination papers on monday, they need eight mps to back their campaign. a series of ballots will whittle the field down to two candidates and the final say

goes to the tory party membership and they will grill those candidates ata and they will grill those candidates at a hustings onjune the 22nd. 11 candidates in the mix and that number could still change but whoever does end up walking into downing street and inheriting the crown well of course also inherit to the same central issue that theresa may has unsuccessfully with wrestled throughout her premiership. how to resolve brexit. an attempt to prosecute the conservative party leadership candidate boris johnson for lying conservative party leadership candidate borisjohnson for lying in the campaign to leave the eu has been thrown out of court. there were three summonses issued against borisjohnson that there were three summonses issued against boris johnson that would have forced him to face a criminal trial for have forced him to face a criminal trialfor an have forced him to face a criminal trial for an offence called

misconduct in public office. this morning in court, mrjohnson's lawyers sought to say the district judge who issued the summonses had simply got the law wrong and they argued there was no instance of this offence, misconduct in public office, ever having been used in the context of a statement made in a political debate or political campaign. it was said by lawyers on behalf of mrjohnson that really what this offence was about was the secret abuse of power whereas mr johnson's claimed that £350 million was being sensed by the uk to the u was being sensed by the uk to the u was a claim challenged in the campaign, batted to and fro, there is nothing secret about it, it could be challenged and contradicted. he also said the parliament had the opportunity to criminalise this kind of behaviour and it had failed to do so. the court were persuaded by that and they have given their decisions and they have given their decisions and we will have their full reasons

in due course. the inquest into the death of the eight people killed in the london bridge attacks has been hearing more testimony from relatives of the attacks ringleader khurum butt. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford is at the old bailey. what more was heard of this morning? this morning we heard from the brother of khurum but, the leader of the attacks, in an emotional testimony describing how the family had wrestled with his brother's growing extremism and how they had a series of meetings in the family to try to decide what to do, especially when his brother seemed to be trying to ta ke when his brother seemed to be trying to take their family to join the islamic state group in syria, at that point to the passports were taken away. he admitted he hadn't contacted the authorities about his brother but said he was trying to

monitor him himself. he only became aware after the attack that two other relatives had contacted the authorities and he was reassured that counterterrorism police was being... he admitted being at a barbecue three weeks before the attack at which one of his brother's guests had skewered a piece of meat and said that is how you got an unbeliever. he said the family was sorry from the bottom of their hearts for what his brother had done. daniel sandford, thank you. the time is 16 minutes past one. our top story this lunchtime: a woman who killed her husband with a hammer after years of domestic abuse has had her murder sentence reduced to manslaughter.

coming up on today's programme, we're live in france for the women's world cup which kicks off this evening — england will play scotland on sunday. coming up on bbc news... johanna konta falls at the final hurdle — the british number one loses her semifinal at the french open to the czech teenager marketa vondrousova. an investigation into sabotage attacks on four oil tankers in the gulf last month has concluded they were probably carried out by a "state actor". the investigators don't blame a specific country, but the united states has accused iran of being behind the attacks. the trump administration has been steadily increasing its military presence in the middle east, saying it wants to deter iranian aggression against its allies. 0ur defence correspondent, jonathan beale reports from the uss abraham lincoln. america's flexing its military muscle.

right up close to iran. the bbc was among the first media to fly onto the uss abraham lincoln since its hasty deployment here to the arabian sea. a response, says the trump administration, to credible threat from the iranian regime. an aircraft carrier loaded with war planes is the most potent symbol of american military power, and sailing close to iran just over the horizon, this is notjust a deterrent — it's a warning too. the carrier and its dozens ofjets have also beenjoined by long—range b—52 bombers, as well as hundreds more troops in the region. the us insists it is not looking for a fight. but to iran this all looks like sabre—rattling — on steroids. so whatjustifies this response? i am absolutely convinced the intelligence was credible

and that's why we're here. iran was going to do something bad, was going to attack us forces? there was credible intelligence, and that's why we're here. what would happen if iran did do something? there would be immediate consequences. they're not revealing any more details about that intelligence, and whatever the threat this is also part of a concerted effort to try to force iran to change its behaviour. the trump administration has already turned its back on an international deal on iran's nuclear programme, and stepped up sanctions instead. the message now is confrontation, and that includes, if necessary, the use of military force. we are not looking for war. our key mission is deterrence. we are trying to add stability.

however, if the united states is attacked, if our interests are attacked, then we will respond with unrelenting force. with tension simmering, the biggest fear now will be miscalculation by either side. one possible reason why so far this aircraft carrier has not sailed through the narrow strait of hormuz, the closest point to iran. jonathan beale, bbc news, on the uss abraham lincoln. the mayor of the west midlands has told the bbc that the protests against lgbt teaching at a birmingham primary school are homophobic and should stop immediately. andy street said his reaction to the material that's been distributed by protesters was "disbelief". the mayor, who is gay, said the issue had affected him because he thought it was a non—issue in the city. sima kotecha is in birmingham. sima, this is the first time the mayor has spoken about this.

that's right, jane. the mayor of the we st that's right, jane. the mayor of the west midlands and a street called these protests are legal, homophobic, and said they were deeply upsetting and discriminatory. —— andy street. he said as a gay man he felt affected personally by what was taking place outside the school. he was a clip from the interview i conducted. —— here is a clip from the interview i conducted. if you look at the literature and the banners, yourfirst reaction is disbelief actually. you just can't credit that it could be said in this day and age. you look at what's being said and it's really upsetting, but it is actually ultimately homophobic. it is illegal, and it has to stop now. so no ambiguity there from the mayor of the west midlands, who made his

feelings abundantly clear. this comes on the same day more protests are scheduled outside the primary school this afternoon, however they won't be immediately because of the injunction that bans protesters from doing that on the doorstep, so the protesters will be a few metres away from the school gates. sima, thank you. same architecture. —— sima kotecha. women who experience domestic abuse are three times more likely to develop a serious mental illness, according to a new study. the research from birmingham university has also identified a significant gap between the percentage of women who suffer domestic abuse in england and wales and cases recorded by family doctors, which suggests opportunities are being missed to support vulnerable women. lauren moss reports. shouting it's described as an insidious crime which affects around a quarter of women in england and wales.

now new research suggests that domestic abuse is not only under—recorded by doctors, but victims are also three times more likely to develop a mental illness. emma says she was in abused physically and emotionally by her ex—boyfriend, who later took his own life. my bruises would heal and the scars would go, but what i was left with was no self—esteem, no confidence in myself. i believed everything that he said, which was that i was unlovable, i was worthless, it was my fault that i was being abused, you know, it was my fault that he was acting that way because it was me that made him do that. emma didn't seek help for years. she suffered post—traumatic stress disorder and later received counselling. according to crime figures, around one in four women experiences domestic abuse in a lifetime. but the study found it was recorded in less than 100 gp patient files. survivors are three times as likely to develop mental illnesses such as depression, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. victims can often take months if not years to come forward, which means that they've been experiencing that type of abuse, repeated patterns of physical

and emotional, sexual, financial abuse, living in that environment of control and fear for a severely long period of time. the royal college of gps say doctors are highly trained to understand the signs of domestic abuse, but often it can be well hidden. those behind this research say it could be the tip of the iceberg, and are calling for a better screening process. one of the reasons why this piece of work is so important is actually with such significant underreporting, gps, health professionals in primary care can do a lot to support survivors of domestic abuse, and actually this could possibly mean that a huge cohort of women have got a seriously unmet mental health need that actually we could support. earlier this year the government published a new domestic violence bill to protect victims. emma now runs a refuge for survivors. she hopes today's research will influence future policy and raise awareness about the women who may not be getting the help they really need. laura moss, bbc news.

johanna konta has been defeated in the semi—final of the french open. the british number one was beaten in straight sets by the unseeded 19—year—old marketa vondrousova, ending her hopes of becoming the first british woman to reach the final at rolland garros since sue barker 43 years ago. andy swiss was watching. it was a day when the home turned to heartache. johanna konta emerged with a first grand slam final in her sights. she was favourite against czech teenager marketa vondrousova, and you could soon see why. konta led 5—3 and had set point. it seemed nothing could go wrong. and then this... it was a quite horrible miss, and how it came back to haunt her, as vondrousova reeled off the next four games. anotherjohanna konta error, and the czech was one set up.

still konta had hope and in the second set again she led 5—3. but again it slipped away. it went to a tie—break and it was vondrousova who was inspired. the 19—year—old held her nerve to clinch a place in a first grand slam final. but her delight was matched by konta's disappointment. it means the waiting goes on. not since virginia wade won wimbledon in 1973 has britain had had a women's singles finalist at a grand slam. for 42 years, so many have tried to emulate her and for konta this had seemed a golden chance. instead, for her and for british tennis, it's ended in yet more frustration. andy swiss, bbc news. well, the women's world cup kicks off this evening in france. the host nation faces south korea in the opening game in paris this

evening the match is sold out, and almost a million tickets have been sold for the tournament as a whole. england and scotland begin by playing each other in nice on sunday. katie gornall sent this report from the south of france. england, 18 years to breaking new ground. they have lifted one trophy already this year, the shebelieves cup, but now they have their sights set on something much bigger. as a player phil neville never made it to a world cup and he is now in charge of the side in france, genuine contenders. his side is packed with experience and youth. georgia sta nway grew up experience and youth. georgia stanway grew up idolising some of the players who are now her team—mates. she once queued up for a photo with captain steph horton. at the last world cup she had something else on her mind. what were you doing four years ago? sitting my gcses, i doing four years ago? sitting my gcses, i remember getting up in the middle of the night to watch the game. fell asleep watching it, another story, but i absolutely loved watching it and it is

obviously crazy to be here now and it has only been four years. time flies. standing in their way is a familiarfull in flies. standing in their way is a familiar full in scotland. two years ago they faced each other at the euros —— a familiarfirst night. scotland, were swept aside, but this time they will be far harder to beat. much of their hopes rest with young star erin cuthbert. that's a very good effort! erin cuthbert! after a positive build—up to this tournament, their coach hopes they have peaked at the right time. i'm really excited about how we fare at a world cup. we came through the campaign, talked about it, we have certainly grown as a team. now it is about how we measure ourselves against, you know, some of the best teams in the world. and this is where the journey begins for scotland. it is where they will play their first ever world cup scotland. it is where they will play theirfirst ever world cup match, when they take on england here at

the stade de nice on sunday. the tournament kicks off tonight nearly 300 miles away from here in paris. the opening match, france and south korea, a sell—out. this women's world cup promises to be the biggest and most widely watched yet. it represents a huge opportunity. that is something i'm proud of. to see little girls identify with me. we have come a long way now is women foot ball have come a long way now is women football players and it is inevitable girls will identify with players like me. when i was younger ididn't players like me. when i was younger i didn't get the chance to see women players on tv. coverage for women's foot ball players on tv. coverage for women's football was nonexistent but today things have changed, it is becoming the norm, and this is great. there is already a feel—good factor around this tournament. soon, the football begins and here both teams will be hoping to capture the world's attention. we can talk to katie now. it really has that feeling, a real

turning point, so much focus on the tournament? well, you are right, jane, so much attention. i think when england and scotland walk onto that pitch here at nice they will be taking part in one of the most eagerly anticipated women's world cups eagerly anticipated women's world cu ps yet eagerly anticipated women's world cups yet and that is because there is more investment, more sponsorship in the game, the standard is higher. phil neville has been speaking in glowing terms in the build—up to this tournament about the support his side have in terms of facilities, how they have the same preparation as the men's team. but thatis preparation as the men's team. but that is not the case for many countries here. there are still some big issues for countries around equal pay, around facilities, support from their federations, so equal pay, around facilities, support from theirfederations, so i think that is why it is important to remember women's football is still ina remember women's football is still in a journey remember women's football is still inajourney and remember women's football is still in a journey and that is why this world cup is so significant. thank you very much, katie gore knoll, in nice. let's turn our attention to the weather here. here's tomasz