relatives of four soldiers killed in the 1982 hyde park bomb win their civil case against a convicted ira member. a high courtjudge says john downey was an active participant in the attack, which killed four people and injured 31. nothing can bring those four boys back, but we've worked tirelessly as a family to get that decision. we'll have the latest from the high court. also this lunchtime... more than 15,000 nurses are on strike in northern ireland in a dispute about pay. tony blair urges moderates in the labour party to take back control from the far left — or risk never winning power again. the us lower house votes later today on whether to impeach president trump —

he's written a furious letter calling the move "a war on american democracy". and, making history — fallon sherlock becomes the first woman to beat a man in a world darts tournament. just so proud of what i've done. i mean, we've always wanted to prove to the men that we can compete with them, so ijust felt like i had to put something out there for us women. coming up on bbc news, liverpool play in the club world cup later — despite criticism of it being in qatar. the club sent a youth team to play aston villa in the league cup last night. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the relatives of four british

soldiers who died in the 1982 hyde park bombing have won their civil case against the convicted i remember, john downey. the families are seeking damages, after a criminal case against him collapsed. the judge at the high court said this morning she was satisfied mr downey was an active participant in the attack. sangita myska reports. walking out of the high court, the families of the victims of the hyde park bombing say this has been a fight that has lasted more than three decades. the families here today were told they would never getjustice. that they should put the past behind them and move on. they, and thousands whose lives were devastated by the ira are the forgotten victims. described in court as a cold—blooded killing, it was the 20th ofjuly 1982 when an ira car bomb was detonated in hyde park. then another device was detonated under a bandstand close by.

amongst those killed, four soldiers from the household cavalry. squadron quartermaster corporal roy bright. lieutenant anthony bailey. lance corporal jeffrey young. and trooper simon tipper. convicted in the 1970s, he was charged with the bombing in 2014. he denied any involvement. the criminal case collapsed against him. as part of the good friday agreement, john downey had been sent and on the run letter and given an assurance he would not face trial. the scheme was heavily criticised. tony blair, his government implemented the letters, fiercely defended them. without having done that, we would not have a northern ireland peace process in place. the victims families didn't give up, winning league late last year to fund this civil action

againstjohn downey. year to fund this civil action against john downey. yesterday, many responsible for the most awful acts of terrorism on british soil were living out their days in peaceful retirement believing they would never be held to account for their crimes. butjustice has prevailed. the relatives of those who brought today's case analogy damages from john downey. the cost of their loss is yet to be determined. 0ur correspondent angus crawford is at the high court in london. what is the significance of this today? in court it was described as a vicious attack of brutality causing maximum harm. it was brought by the daughter of lance corporal jeffrey young. the judge mrsjustice yip decided was that finger prints ona yip decided was that finger prints on a car parking ticket belonging to the car that was used to carry the bomb did definitely belong, in her view, to mr downey. it there for

attached indirectly to the attack. she said he was an active participant, it was a concerted plan aimed at killing or causing serious harm. she said the claimant has established the defendant is responsible for the unlawful killing of her father. this responsible for the unlawful killing of herfather. this is responsible for the unlawful killing of her father. this is a responsible for the unlawful killing of herfather. this is a hugely symbolic moment for the families and what it means is at a later date there will be another hearing and at that hearing it will be decided just how much compensation should be paid to those who have suffered most as a result of this attack. thank you. more than 15,000 nurses have gone on strike in northern ireland in a dispute about pay and patient safety. about two thirds of them are members of the royal college of nursing — which is taking strike action for the first time in its 103 year history. they're unhappy about being paid less than colleagues elsewhere in the uk.

many appointments and treatments have been cancelled because of the strike, and a number of minor injury units are closed. chris page is in dundonald. thousands of nhs workers are on picket lines across northern ireland, dozens at this site on the outskirts of east belfast. they would usually be inside the ulster hospital looking after patients but they say the reason they are standing outside is because they ca re standing outside is because they care so standing outside is because they care so passionately about their jobs. they argue that the health service is under increasing strain and that has led them to take a step they hoped they would never have too. horns toot. support for the strikers taking part in a picket unlike any before. the royal college of nursing has existed for 103 years, this is the first time its members have walked out of work. it is a very sad day for nursing and all our colleagues that it had to come to this.

this goes against the grain for all nurses. the main thing is definitely patient safety. when we go to wards we see a staffing deficit and it is actually very concerning for all of us. more than 15,000 nurses are on strike but many other health care professionals are taking part in this industrial action, too, from paramedics to social workers to administrators. their basic message is they want to be paid the same as nhs staff in the rest of the uk. the relatively low wages means it's been difficult to fill jobs. the relatively low wages means it's been difficult to filljobs. there are more than 7000 vacancies across the health service in northern ireland. 2800 are in nursing positions. to fill the gap, more than £200 million has been spent on agency staff in the past year which has led to pressure on existing staff. in a survey, almost half of workers said they felt unwell as a

result of work—related stress with one third thinking of leaving. nurses say they can't provide the ca re nurses say they can't provide the care they want to. our priority is patients and keeping them safe. at the minute, i don't feel i can keep patients safe all the time. i go into work sometimes and i'm thinking, how are we going to get through this day? more urgent services such as cancer treatment won't be affected by the walk—out. emergency departments will remain open but many outpatient appointments have been called off. hospital managers are warning there is serious disruption. this is a very anxious time for people, anxious about their physical and mental and social well— being. we have really added to that anxiety, unfortunately, making some cancellations. we will do our utmost to reschedule them as soon as we possibly can but it will take some time. the strike is happening as politicians at stormont take part in negotiations aimed at restoring the

devolved government. health care reforms have been left on the shelf because there have been no ministers in office. this is the front line where the political deadlock collides with the most value public service. it is a christmas of crisis in hospitals. the westminster government says it can't step in because health care is a devolved matter and should be the responsibility of local politicians. the northern ireland secretary is meeting the five main stormont parties as part of those talks and i understand he is planning to invite them to a health summit tomorrow to try to resolve the issue. studio: thank you. tony blair has delivered a scathing verdict on labour's performance in the general election, and urged moderates in the party to take back control from the far—left. in a speech in london, the former prime minister warned that the party had to change course, or it might never win power again. his intervention comes as candidates

to be the next labour leader begin to outline their vision for the future. nick eardley reports. just wondering whether we are going to be able to count on your vote? what went wrong and how does labour rebuild after its worst election result in 80 years? there is a lot of soul—searching going on in the party. the last man to win an election as labour leader says a big rethink is needed. labour can keep with the programme and positions of jeremy corbyn with a new leader in which case it's finished. or it can understand that it must recapture the party from the far left, make radical changes and begin the march back to power. labour has changed since the blair era, that membership is more left—wing, many policies are more radical and its candidates are emerging and many are reluctant to

change things too much.|j emerging and many are reluctant to change things too much. i think that you corbyn was right in 2015 when he said we should be an anti—austerity party, we should be against cuts to public spending. that was a fundamentally important shift in our party and what i'm concerned about in the aftermath of this election is that we stare and lurch to a different position without recognising what an important shift that was. but can another mp representing a north london seat help labour reconnect with the north of england? sir keir starmer is jeremy corbyn's constituency neighbour and so is the other candidate out of the traps, emily thornberry launched her bid criticising mr corbyn for backing an election and says she's ready to ta ke election and says she's ready to take on boris johnson. election and says she's ready to take on borisjohnson. she wrote in the guardian, when the next election comes i would like labour to have a leader and team in place a strategic vision to exploitjohnson's failings. the labour leadership race went formerly get under way until

the new year but already there is a slow strea m the new year but already there is a slow stream of prospective candidates setting out what they think went wrong. the biggest question of the contest is going to be whether mr corbyn's approach needs a few tweaks or wholesale change. leadership hopefuls will have to persuade a left—wing membership and unions of their merits and many of mr corbyn's allies are preparing to back their own candidate. i think it's good there are candidates from the different political strands within the party putting their name forward. my preference is for rebecca long—bailey but i think it's welcome that the members are going to have a real choice. after rejection from the electorate, the battle for labour's teacher is under way. —— labour's future. our assistant political editor, norman smith, is in westminster. i think tony blair knows he will get

bread rolls and modern tomatoes metaphorically chucked at him by many labour folk who now frankly reviled their formerly death even though he was their most successful ever election winner. tony blair knows that but the point was to try and create the space for a genuine debate about where on earth labour days now. his great fear is that labour folk sit around in the living room complaining about the flickering light, the frayed carpet, the dirty curtains and don't notice the dirty curtains and don't notice the heifer lamp sitting in the arm chair. that great big heavy lump in his view isjeremy corbyn's far left sectarian politics —— heffalump. what is striking from the contenders that have emerged so far has been their reluctance to go for the jugular when it comes tojeremy corbyn. emily thornberry saying this lunchtime but yes it was a catastrophic folly for mr corbyn to agree to the election. his position on brexit was never going to work

but lets not have a big ideological debate, similarly, sir keir starmer, not a word of criticism really of mr corbyn or his manifesto and saying let's not oversteer back to the centre ground. you have to say, why is this? the reason is because the membership, which is the key body which will determine the next leader, are still overwhelmingly supportive of mr corbyn. if you are an outand supportive of mr corbyn. if you are an out and out corbyn critic you ain't got much chance. thank you. a website for hotpoint and indesit customers to register washing machines that could be a fire risk has suffered "technical problems". around half a million appliances are being recalled because their door locking system can overheat. our personal finance correspondent, simon gompertz, is here. continuing bad news, explain what is going on here. the website still isn't working and it's frustrating for customers of whirlpool who own

hotpoint and indesit washing machines and were told yesterday lunchtime that there was a recall and they needed to check on the website whether they were affected and book a pick—up to have it replaced or to have them repaired. that was their choice. they haven't been able to find out and that's particularly difficult for them because they've also been told that because they've also been told that because of the risk of a fire from these faulty electronic door locks, they should either not use them, unplug them and not use their washing machines, or at least only use them on the coldest washes. so what do they do? we've been promised by the company that this site is being revamped and will be up and running this afternoon. at the same time, their telephone helpline seems to have been overwhelmed. they say they've taken to have been overwhelmed. they say they've ta ken thousands to have been overwhelmed. they say they've taken thousands of calls today but people are being held on the line for 20 minutes and then it's dropping off. ijust got in touch and they said please call back later in a recorded message. very

frustrating for people who are very concerned about their washing machines whether they can use them and whether they will be repaired. thank you. our top story this lunchtime. the relatives of four british soldiers who died in the 1982 hyde park bombing have won their civil case against the convicted ira member, john downey. and a british hospital has become the first in the world to test a new way of delivering chemotherapy. coming up on bbc news. former arsenal manager arsene wenger says mikel arteta has to be given time if he gets the manager'sjob. arsenal are in talks with manchester city where arteta is currently assistant to pep guardiola. the us house of representatives will vote later today on whether to impeach president trump. he's accused of pressurising ukraine for personal gain,

and obstructing the subsequent investigation into his conduct. voting is expected to divide along party lines, and with democrats in control of the lower house, donald trump is likely to become only the third american president to be put on trial, a process which in theory could lead to him being removed from office. he has responded by writing a furious letter to the senior democrat nancy pelosi accusing her of declaring open war on american democracy. gary o'donoghue reports from capitol hill. without objection, the committee is adjourned. and with that simple strike of the gavel, democrats declared all—out political war on one of the most controversial presidents in america's history. today is a solemn and sad day. not one republican has come out in favour of impeaching the president. this is tribal politics at its most raw. they don't like the president, they don't like the president's supporters, and they dislike us

so much they're willing to weaponise the government. so what are the two charges against the president? the first is that he abused his power by pressuring the president of ukraine to investigate one of his main democratic rivals, former vice presidentjoe biden. the second is that he obstructed congress by trying to stop officials giving evidence and failing to provide documents. if it is peace and goodwill to all you are looking for at this festive moment, then washington is not the place to find it. barring a political earthquake, democrats will shortly vote to impeach donald john trump with their sizeable majority in the house of representatives. making him only the third us president in history to face that fate. good evening. from sex at the white house to a trial for his political life... last time it happened was 21 years ago, almost to the day. those opposed will say no...

the republican—controlled house impeached bill clinton for lying to a grand jury and for obstruction ofjustice. all relating to his affair with a 22—year—old intern, monica lewinsky. but he was cleared in the senate and that is the most likely outcome for president trump, too. they took a perfect phone call that i had with the president of ukraine, an absolutely perfect call. you know it, they all know it. and nothing was said wrong in that call. to impeach the president of united states for that is a disgrace. democrats know they won't get the two thirds majority needed in the senate to remove a president under the constitution. but they are determined to do as much political damage as they can. this process will be over in the matter of a few short weeks but its consequences will work themselves out right up until election day next

november. gary o'donoghue, bbc news, washington. a british hospital has become the first in the world to test a new way of delivering chemotherapy. doctors at the royal marsden hospital are trialling acoustic cluster therapy, which uses ultrasound waves to directly target tumours. it's hoped the treatment will result in fewer side effects — though the trial is still in its early stages, as our health correspondent, laura foster, explains. nerves are common when you're a patient in hospital, even more so when you're the first person in the world to receive a new treatment. you feel quite vulnerable, but it's also very exciting. am i a guinea pig? it's quite nerve—racking. this is acoustic cluster therapy, which aims to make anti—cancer drugs more effective. but how? one problem with chemotherapy is that the drugs flow around your whole body. acoustic cluster therapy is going for a more targeted approach. here, patients are also

given micro—droplets. an ultrasound machine detects when these arrive at the tumour and turns them into gas bubbles, filling and stretching the micro—vessels inside the tumour. it means more of the drugs are pumped into the tumour directly. then, hopefully, the lesions will respond better, the cancer will shrink more, so then you can cure maybe more patients who are in that situation. it could also mean patients won't need to have high doses of chemotherapy drugs. the more chemotherapy we give, the more the tumour shrinks. however, at some point the patient starts getting ill and this technology that we are trialling today is trying to use the same amount of chemotherapy that we are using now, but significantly increase the amount of chemotherapy within the cancer. this trial is at a very early stage and it's still not clear whether there might be any long—term side—effects to the treatment. but if chemotherapy can be made more effective, then it could mean fewer people

suffering the side—effects such as nausea and hair loss, and it could make those difficult tumours, the ones that were previously thought to be untreatable, it could mean they start responding to chemotherapy drugs, too. you hope that there's an easier way or a more gentle way of treating people. hopefully, you know, this will happen. one day there will be a chemo where you don't have these side—effects. but there would need to be many more tests and trials before we can get close to that. laura foster, bbc news, sutton. mortgage borrowers who say they were trapped on high interest rates when their lenders were nationalised have begun legal action. some 150,000 homeowners claim they have been overcharged for years, because they were unable to switch to a cheaper deal. andy verity reports. it was at this reservoir near rochdale that neville herron and his wife bought a bungalow in 2003 with a northern rock mortgage at a fixed interest rate. five years later when northern rock

collapsed his loan was transferred to the government company northern rock asset management or nram. soon after, his mortgage payments became much harder to manage. i was having to work two jobs, late at night, coming home at 11 o'clock at night. travelling about and working really hard and finding that our friends had been able to do all sorts of things that we couldn't do. we couldn't understand and it was putting a great strain on our marriage. why we couldn't do the same as other people could do, change the car, go to the bahamas and other places. and we were just doing day trips to places like blackpool and things like that. it was only years later that neville realised he was paying £600 a month when a competitive mortgage would cost only £350. but neville could not switch loans because northern rock had lent him too much against the value of his house. he was trapped on a standard variable interest rate. we were on something like six or 7% which was a lot more than other people were on.

so i then worked out how much i would have paid had i been given a fixed rate and it was well over £32,000 i paid extra. neville's loan was among 270,000 former northern rock mortgages transferred from the government owned company nram to private companies just over three years ago. part of the biggest privatisation in british history, it cut government debt and made big profits for the private companies who now collected the repayments. but thousands of the borrowers were effectively mortgage prisoners, paying far over the odds with no chance of moving to a cheaper deal. today they are launching legal action against their former and current lenders to try and get some of their money back. some people have gone into arrears when they would not otherwise have been. some people have been repossessed. the core mortgage prisoner complaint is that they are charged a higher rate because they're prisoners, because they cannot escape. the lenders to the treasury sold the loans to told us

they are committed to supporting the customers and some are offering customers a new mortgage deal. but some of the mortgage prisoners are now going into the christmas season with the prospect of repossession hanging over them. andy verity, bbc news. the shipping industry is to set up a fund worth nearly four billion pounds to find ways to reduce its carbon emissions. the bulk of world trade is transported by sea, and shipping creates nearly 3% of global emissions — about the same as the whole of germany's output. environmental groups have welcomed the plan, but say it's too little, too late. our environment analyst roger harrabin has more details. out of sight, out of mind. shipping has evaded the cuts on greenhouse gas emissions being imposed on other sectors of the economy. global shipping pollutes as much as a nation like germany. there are solutions. some ships have energy saving devices like this system which lowers emissions by capturing waste heat from the funnel and reusing it.

but a group of shipping owners is proposing a levy of $2 a tonne on fuel to fund the design of ships that are completely zero carbon. the industry, you know, moves 90% of the world's trade. it is an essential component of the world's economy. we recognise that we have to decarbonise that going forward. this is a start along that line. zero carbon ships might harness the wind to back up batteries or maybe have new fuels like hydrogen or ammonia. environment campaigners say action is overdue. shipping has managed to stay under the radarfar too long. since 1990 emissions of the sector have grown by 30% in europe alone while other sectors have been making efforts to reduce their emissions. this can no longer be tolerated. this is no longer acceptable. this battery powered ferry in scandinavia escapes rebuke. shipping's critics say it will need

much more than a small levy on fuel to persuade the owners of oceangoing ships to adopt this sort of technology. the $2 levy is supported by 90% of shipping owners. that doesn't mean it will get agreed, it still has to go to the united nations maritime organisation and there it could be scuppered with shipping left firmly in the pollution era. roger harrabin, bbc news. tributes have been paid to the musician and entertainer kenny lynch, who has died at the age of 81. in a career spanning decades, he toured with the beatles and had a string of hits, including "up on the roof". he also appeared in many films and tv shows in the 1970s, and formed a long—standing stage partnership with the comedian, jimmy tarbuck. for the first time in the history of darts, a woman has beaten a man at a world tournament.

fallon sherrock, who's 25 and from milton keynes, beat ted evetts 3—2 in the first round of the pdc world darts championship at alexandra palace. sherrock says she hopes her victory will inspire more women to take up the sport — as natalie pirks reports. it's been a year of female sporting firsts and this was a perfect way to cap it off. in one history making throw, life has changed overnight for fallon sherrock. this morning, after two hours sleep, she told me her win is still sinking in. when i saw the reaction of everyone and then the tv cameras. ijust realised what i had done and i was emotional. i'm still speechless. realised what i had done and i was emotional. i'm stillspeechless. i can't describe how happy i was. just

overwhelmed. fallon sherrock began playing just eight years ago when she was 17. since then she has climbed the rankings to second best female player in the world. but it has been far from an easy ride. she became a mother, battled kidney disease and now plans to donate her winning board to a charity close to her heart. i'm going to auction this and use the money and give it to a charity. the national autistic society. because my little boy is autistic so it means a lot to me. i cannot think ofa it means a lot to me. i cannot think of a better opportunity to raise money to help charity. the reputation of darts is not perhaps female friendly but in the last couple of years the professional darts corporation has axed the walk on girls that many deemed sexist and introduced two qualifying places for women to be able to take on the men in the world championship. fallon sherrock is proud to have played her part. we have always wanted to prove to the men that we can compete with

them. so ijust felt i had to put something out there for us women. because obviously i have just beaten a man! people do not expect that so i feel i have done us proud. the most prize money she has ever won before was just under £5,000. by reaching the second round, she has won three times that. the biggest win for any woman in history. darts may now start to the pay the bills, but this moment will always be priceless. natalie pirks, bbc news. australia is sweltering in record temperatures — it endured its hottest average daily high yesterday of 40.9 degrees celsius, and some areas in the interior have posted more than 45 degrees. the heatwave is expected to intensify over the next few days. the record