this programme contains repeated flashing images. a woman who killed her husband after decades of emotional abuse has her murder conviction reduced to manslaughter, and won't face a retrial.. after a campaign led by herfamily, sally challen is free to go home after time served, saying her husband, will always be a part of her. i still love richard and miss him dreadfully and i wish that none of this had happened. to have my mother back is, erm... sally challen‘s lawyers say the criminaljustice system, must wake up to the reality, of coervice control. also on the programme... three hospital patients in manchester and liverpool have died, after an outbreak of listeria. three others are seriously ill.

labour celebrate a narrow win in the peterborough by election, holding off the brexit party, by fewer than 700 votes. the man who led the london bridge attackers. his brother now says he didn't report him, because he believed he could "monitor him" alone. our children, our choice. protests at a school in birmingham against teaching lgbt issues, are homophobic and must stop, says the mayor of the west midlands. and now, it's their turn. the women's football world cup, kicks off, later tonight. and coming up on bbc news, disappointment forjo konta, beaten in the last four, as she attempted to reach her first in the last four, as she attempted to reach herfirst grand slam final.

good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. a woman, who killed her husband in a hammer attack after decades of emotional abuse, won't face a retrial after her murder conviction was reduced to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. sally challen, who's 65, was freed as she had already served close to nine years in jail. her defence team argued in court that throughout her 30—year marriage, her husband subjected her to coercive control. at a news conference after being told she was free to go home, she said, she still loved him. our home affairs correspondent, june kelly has the story. this report contains flash photography. eight years ago, sally challen was jailed as a murderer. today she left the old bailey a free woman after the emergence of new psychiatric evidence.

with her, her two sons, james and david, who have always supported her. ijust wanted to say how happy i am, and i want to thank my legal team and all my family, who stood behind me and stood with me through all of this. thank you. as a family we are overjoyed with today's verdict. we have endured nine years of this. today recognises and hears a case of detailing 40 years of coercive control by our father. as a family we have sought justice and to understand the events, to stop lives being lost and for victims to be recognised. sally challen was said to be emotionally abused by her husband richard throughout their marriage. they made their home in surrey and on the surface he was a normal family man. but the families say richard challen

subjected his wife two decades of emotional abuse, what is known as coercive control. richard challen was unfaithful throughout his marriage, visiting brothels and even posing with glamour models on his christmas cards. in 2009, sally challen finally moved out. but described as still emotionally dependent on her husband she appealed for a reconciliation and richard challen agreed. she set off for her old family home but in her handbag was a hammer. after discovering that her husband had been in contact with another woman she hit him more than 20 times with the hammer. at a news conference, sally challen spoke about the man she was with for a0 years. i still love richard and miss him dreadfully and i wish that none of this had happened. applause and from her son david, there was this... to have my mother back is...

it is no words. back to being a son again, back to her being an infuriating mother. so sally challen now resumes her family life. her case will lead to renewed debate on the damage done by domestic abuse when there are no physical injuries. picking up on that one wonders how unusual this case actually is. it is an unusual case because the campaign group justice for women which fought this case did so on the business that —— as the basis that sally challen was a victim of coercive control. they took that on the basis of expert evidence. at the time of the killing it was decided that sally challen suffered from mental

health problems. she did set up with a hammer in her handbag and one expert said there did appear to be a degree of premeditation. the judge said he thought that she did not intend to kill her husband that morning and had taken the hammer because she was under intolerable emotional pressure. what it has done is focus on the whole issue of coercive control in personal relationships. thank you. three hospital patients in manchester and liverpool have died and three others are seriously ill, following an outbreak of listeria. the cases have been linked to pre—packed sandwiches and salads, prepared for patients. our health correspondent dominic hughes is at one of the affected hospitals in manchester. what is the background to all of this? listeria is an infection which in healthy people can cause a mild.

upset or pass unnoticed. for those who are very ill, seriously unwelcome it can be very different and a very threatening condition. that is clearly the case for the six patients who contracted listeria here at central manchester university hospital and also at aintree hospital in liverpool. 0f those six patients three had died, two sadly passed in manchester and one in aintree. the outbreak has been traced back to prepacked sandwiches and salads apply to the nhs bya sandwiches and salads apply to the nhs by a company called the good food chain. they have voluntarily ceased production but say they are reliant on the food supply to them. the fillings for the savages were supplied by a company called north country cooked meat. they have also stopped trading. there is no evidence of outbreaks outside the health care system and the risk to the general public is very low.

meanwhile the food standards agency has begun an investigation is to have —— into how the outbreak occurred in the first place and whether any other vulnerable groups remain at risk. the labour party's celebrating its victory in the peterborough by—election, after a close fought contest with the brexit party. labour hung onto the seat by just 683 votes, with the conservatives coming in third. the new mp, lisa forbes, says her victory shows the public, have "rejected the politics of division". the by—election was called after the former mp, fiona 0nasanya, was convicted of lying about a speeding offence. here's our deputy political editor, john pienaar, and there are some flashing images, in his report. triumph, gratitude. well, a winner's a winner. relief? definitely. cani can i get some space, please? peterborough elected a new labour mp, just, and jeremy corbyn came to milk it.

his message... we offer the politics of hope, to end austerity, to fund our schools properly. all the experts wrote labour off yesterday. write labour off at your peril! to all the squabbling contenders for the tory party leadership, bring it on! we are ready for a general election at any time. no clear backing from him, then, for a new referendum. if labour had lost by 600 votes, lost by one, jeremy corbyn would be under irresistible pressure to embrace the idea of a new referendum. no ifs, no buts. that pressure will continue anyway. the tory leadership campaign is now characterised by which candidate is most prepared to contemplate leaving with no deal. and here is one reason why. so little time, so much politics to disrupt. nigel farage's newborn brexit party had been cautiously confident of getting its first mp — another shock through both major parties. time for excuses. you have been a winner. today you look like a loser.

no, that'sjust not right, john. and there is no way the country will see that. what ordinary folk will see is a party that was launched eight weeks ago today, you know, has gotjust shy of 30% of the vote. a little bit deflated, let's be honest. not deflated, no. look, a couple of hundred votes the other way and it would have looked like the world has changed overnight but actually, it has anyway. and i do hereby declare... in the early hours, labour won, the brexit party didn't. lisa forbes' career started uncomfortably, accused of anti—semitism for liking an online post attacking zionists she said she never read properly. nigel farage was there, hoping to celebrate. blink and you'd have missed him. three, two, one, go! everyone seemed to know the result by the time peterborough‘s morning fun run started. the local by—election had strained old loyalties. i didn't want the brexit party

to get in, that was for sure, so that was really what pushed me to go and put my cross in the box. the brexit party haven't, fortunately, won. i'm pleased about that. labour got a bit of a scare. what should they learn from this, do you think? i think they should just be really careful and be a bit more uniform about their message. i think people are really confused about their message. 0n europe? 0n europe. i've always voted conservative. how did you vote? brexit. why did you vote for brexit? as a protest. against what? the way we are at the moment. losing here last night, is that going to set back the brexit party or are they going to come again, do you think? i think they'll hang on. british form, yeah, they'll stick with it. you think they'll be back? nigel farage, you can't keep him down for long? no, actually, no. he is getting stronger i think, yeah. he had time to drop by at number 10 where mrs may was formally

submitting her resignation letter. his demanded a seat for his party in any talks in brussels. not what tory leadership contenders had in mind. the result reminds us of two things. the vital importance of delivering brexit, and also the vital importance of making sure we have a strong conservative government that can preventjeremy corbyn getting into downing street and ruining this country. oh, for a breather. for runners, for political rivals. they will need it, we all will. by—elections are quirky things, laws u nto by—elections are quirky things, laws unto themselves. what can be read into this one? well, clyde, it is sometimes easy to overstate the importance of by—elections. people cast their vote in the privacy of the polling booths for all sorts of reasons. it cannot be helpful for labour that the last mp was jailed for lying to police about a traffic offence. the new mp campaigned hard on austerity and cuts in public services. these things matter to

many people. nigel farage is entitled to claim he has shaken the big parties to their roots, just as labour and the tories can reasonably argue it is one thing to comfortable argue it is one thing to comfortable a vote in protest at a by—election, casting a vote to choose a government in a general election is something else altogether. what none of them would attempt to deny is that brexit and frustration at the absence of brexit so far has torn through politics and through the political bloodstream and through public opinion. 0n the day we see theresa may put in her formal letter of resignation as tory party leader, while we wait for a new tory leader and prime minister to be elected, the candidates to succeed, all of them understand none of them would be very keen to admit that as a country, we are facing a crisis unlike anything we have seen before, a crisis with no clear solution. thank you. the high court has thrown out a private prosecution

against borisjohnson, over allegations he lied during the eu referendum campaign. the case centred on the claim that the uk gave the european union £350 million a week. but the judges overturned an earlier decision to issue a summons on mrjohnson. 0ur political correspondent, helena wilkinson has more details. are you going to be the next prime minister? the leadership contest is well under way but today, boris johnson had a different battle. in court, his lawyers were trying to stop him from facing a criminal trial. this is the man who accused boris johnson of misconduct in public office. last week a court decided there was a case for mrjohnson to answer and he was due to be summoned. but today, that decision was overturned. we've just given the green light for every politician to lie to us about our money for ever. that's a terrifying idea which i cannot accept, and i'm not going to give up. this was one of the main messages

of the vote leave campaign. boris johnson had claimed £350 million was being sent from the uk to the eu every week. it was a contested claim. many people said it was a lie. but did it amount to a criminal offence? in court, borisjohnson's barrister argued that the offence of misconduct in public office, which is what mrjohnson was facing, had never been used in the context of a statement in a political campaign. adrian darbishire qc said the offence was about the secret abuse of power and that there was nothing secret about what mrjohnson was claiming. £350 million a week. let's spend it on our priorities. his supporters say the case should never have gone to court. to try and fight political debate through the criminal courts is what happens in dictatorships. it's not what happens in democracies. for mrjohnson, an unwelcome distraction, now gone away,

allowing him to focus on his next campaign, to become the new prime minister. helen wilkinson, bbc news. the time is 15 minutes past six. our top story this evening. a woman who killed her husband after decades of emotional abuse has her murder conviction reduced to manslaughter and won't face a retrial. and still to come, i am here in nice as the build—up continues to scotla nd as the build—up continues to scotland to's first ever game at a women's world cup and against a familiarfoe in women's world cup and against a familiar foe in england. and coming up, the women's world cup kicks off in paris tonight with hosts france taking on south korea. we are live in the french capital. the mayor of the west midlands says protests in birmingham

against the teaching of lgbt issues are homophobic and must stop. since january, demonstrations have been taking place outside anderton park school in the sparkhill area of the city. andy street, who's gay, says the protests don't reflect the "modern, tolerant, inclusive place, that birmingham is". sima kotecha has more. our children. all: our choice! ten weeks since the protests began outside anderton park and today, another one. this time, in the rain, slightly further from the school gates, after an injunction banned parents and campaigners from protesting on its doorstep. this comes as the mayor of the west midlands tells the bbc he's determined to support the school, but he condemns some of the leaflets and banners being used by the demonstrators. you look at what's being said and it's really upsetting, but it is actually, ultimately homophobic. and that is illegal and it has to stop now.

in his first interview since the protests began in birmingham, he said the issue had affected him personally as a gay man. i genuinely thought that this was a complete nonissue in our city. i have never heard anything personal that makes my sexuality an issue at all. so you think britain's well past that, but then you see this and you think no, this is still, for some people, a real issue. parents began protesting over concerns their children were too young to learn about lg bt relationships. some believe that teaching contradicts islam. mr street says the government needs to speak out louder about equality teaching being non—negotiable. how do you feel the dfe have handled the situation? there is some criticism that they haven't done enough to make themselves clear as to where they stand. it would be incredibly helpful

if the department were to stand actively behind the guidance it has given, that teaching around equalities has to be done and it would also be very helpful if it were to give some guidance about how, as well. yesterday, the government said it had been engaging with the local council daily to help find a resolution. on monday, the campaigners will head to court to challenge the injunction. sima kotecha, bbc news, birmingham. four teenage males aged between 50 and 18 have been arrested on suspicion of robbery and aggravated grievous bodily harm following an attack on two women on a london night bus. the assault on the two women took place as they were travelling to north london. the attack asked the couple to kiss whilst making sexual gestures.

police investigating the fire at grenfell tower in west london say they have carried out 13 interviews under caution as part of their inquiries. detectives say more interviews are scheduled but won't say how many people are involved. 72 people died in the blaze. bank overdraft fees are to undergo a major shake up, which the financial conduct authority is calling the biggest overhaulfor a generation. banks and building societies will no longer be allowed to charge fixed daily or monthly fees for overd rafts. there will also no longer be higher fees for unplanned overd rafts the brother of the leader of the london bridge attackers says his family is sorry from the depths of their hearts for what he did. giving evidence at the inquests into the deaths of the eight people who died in 2017, saad butt said he didn't report his brother, khuram, to the authorities, because he believed he could "monitor him" alone. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports now from the old bailey. khuram butt and the other two

killers on the day of their attack. loading and fuelling a van before driving to central london to run down two people and stab six others to death. today at the inquests, his tearful older brother saad butt, said to the bereaved relatives, sorry. "sorry from the depths of our hearts. from me and on behalf of my family." if he's white and he's english, he can go. khuram butt‘s family had stopped him taking his wife and son to syria to join the islamic state group. aware of his extreme views, two brothers—in—law reported him, but his own brother didn't. saad butt says he was at these prayers at a barbecue at khuram butt‘s flat three weeks before the attack. he said... he only told police after the attack. time and again during his evidence, saad butt was asked why he hadn't reported his brother's extremism to the police.

time and again he replied that he thought he was capable of monitoring his brother himself and anyway, he never imagined that khuram butt would attack the country that had given his family refuge. in the hours after the attack the family realised that he'd done just that. next week the inquest will question a senior officerfrom m15. the agency had been investigating khuram butt for two years at the time of the attack. daniel sandford, bbc news, at the old bailey. johanna konta has missed out on becoming the first briton to reach a women's singles final in a tennis grand slam for more than a0 years. konta, nearest the camera, lost her semifinal of the french open to the czech teenager marketa vondrousova in straight sets. she said it was hard to lose any match but was proud of the way that she played.

the women's football world cup kicks off in france tonight, with nearly a million tickets for the tournament sold. the opening game sees the hosts take on south korea in paris, with england facing scotland on sunday. our sports correspondent, katie gornall reports from nice in the south of france, where that clash will take place. this was when it all changed for england. four years ago, at the canada world cup, they surprised even themselves by winning a bronze medal. the outsiders were now contenders. it was also a life—changing tournament for england's right—back. maybe bronze will. she does. oh, yes! after announcing herself on the global stage, lucy bronze has gone on to become one of the world's best players, the best, according to her manager. we had experience and youth last world cup but we did not have that winning feeling, that winning mentality, which we have got in abundance now. can england do it? definitely. that's what we're here for. we are here to win. we are definitely capable of doing it and i believe

in every single one of us. standing in their way are noisy neighbours scotland. the last time they faced each other, scotland, hampered by injuries, were thrashed 6—0. this time they will be far harder to beat. that is a very good effort, erin cuthbert. much of their hopes rest with 20—year—old erin cuthbert, once the team's mascot, now their young star. it's everything i dreamt of as a little child. i wanted to be a footballer. ever since i could walk i was playing football. i dreamed of playing at a world cup. i didn't know if scotland would ever make a world cup. i am incredibly honoured, honoured and privileged to be part of this team that is making history. when england and scotland walk out onto the pitch they will be taking part in the most eagerly anticipated women's world cup yet. there's more investment in the women's game now, the audiences are bigger and the standard is higher but still significant issues in the sport remain.

a video announcing germany's squad went viral after it highlighted some of the struggles they have faced in the game. fifa accept women's football still has some way to go in its fight for equality. our ultimate goal is to reach the moment when we are going to talk about women football and men's football but we just consider football as a game for everyone. this tournament could be transformational. there is already a feel—good factor and soon the football begins. here both teams will be hoping to capture the world's attention. katie gornall, bbc news, nice. time for a look at the weather. here's nick miller. clearly it is not arrived yet. this is from the western isles where they have been different fortunes across

the uk but for much of the day, scotla nd the uk but for much of the day, scotland and northern ireland had a fine friday with some sunshine but if you thundery showers are coming into southern scotland. in england and wales, thoroughly different, the weather coming from this low pressure with a spell of rain pushing north and for those in the south where it brightened up, they are now dealing with these heavy or even torrential downpours creating difficult driving conditions and pushing further north into parts of the midlands in the next few hours before fading slowly overnight but keeping outbreaks of rain in many other parts of the uk and indeed into southern scotland and parts of northern ireland. northern scotland stays mostly dry with overnight temperatures of 9—12d. the weekend still dominated by that low pressure, still plenty of cloud and outbreaks of rain but southworth and southern england brighten up. one or two showers. —— south wales. north wales and the midlands and eastern england improving, the showers in

northern scotland stay. unusually windy for the time of year, parts of central and eastern england could see winds in excess of a0 mph and nowhere is particularly warm, especially with the cloud and rain where you don't get to see the sunshine at all. the second part of the weekend, that low pressure is pulling away, the isobars opening up which means the winds will be easing off gradually and there will be more sunshine on sunday. still some cloud building producing some showers, especially in scotland and northern ireland where they could be heavy and thundery. a couple in wales and west in england, central and eastern england looks mainly dry and it will feel a bit warmer if you see some sunshine. if you are after warmth, don't dwell too much on this, but only next week will it stay u nsettled, only next week will it stay unsettled, there will be rain at times and temperatures will go down a bit further. you said it, it is not flaming a bit further. you said it, it is notflamingjune! a bit further. you said it, it is not flaming june! thank you.

a reminder of our top story. a woman who killed her husband in a hammer attack after decades of emotional abuse has her murder conviction reduced to manslaughter and won't face a retrial. sally challoner says her husband will always be part of her. sally challoner says her husband will always be part of herlj sally challoner says her husband will always be part of her. i still love richard and miss him dreadfully andi love richard and miss him dreadfully and i wish that none of this had happened. that's it. i will be back later with the news at ten. now on bbc one, let'sjoin our news teams where you are.

the their headlines. the woman who killed her husband after decades of

emotional abuse walks free from court after having her murder conviction reduced to manslaughter. without the support of my family who kept me going with their visits, and endless telephone calls, at inappropriate times, i don't know how i would have coped. inappropriate times, i don't know how i would have copedlj inappropriate times, i don't know how i would have coped. i do hereby declare that lisa forbes is duly elected. labour holds off the brexit party to win the peterborough by—election in a vastly reduced share of the vote. an outbreak of listeria in manchester and liverpool. and an attempt to prosecute boris johnson liverpool. and an attempt to prosecute borisjohnson over claims he lied during the 2016 eu referendum has been thrown out by the high court. any moment it's time

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