today at five — a man has been stabbed inside a mosque near regents park in london. police have arrested a man at the scene on suspicion of attempted murder. the victim, in his 70s, has been taken to hospital — his condition is not life threatening. this is the live scene outside london central mosque this evening. we'll have the latest from our correspondent at the scene, and we'll also be speaking to the muslim council of britain. the other main stories on bbc news at 5. a suspected far—right gunman kills nine people in two shootings in shisha bars in germany. i heard a loud shooting. bang, bang, bang! everybody scream and much panic. towns underwater along the river severn — forecasters say the next 2a hours could bring a months worth of rain.

one woman was rescued by these men. kept her in this, as well when you were out there. and that was like, she was gone, she was going in and out of consciousness. she was going unconscious. she was drifting in and out. yeah, yeah. we had to get her out from there. and damejulie walters reveals she's been treated for bowel cancer and urges people to make sure they get tested. you've got to go and get things checked and doctors are used to bottoms. they have got one themselves. you know, hopefully. its 5pm — our top story. a man has been arrested for attempted murder after a 70—year—old man was stabbed at a mosque in central london police and paramedics were called to the regent's park mosque just

after 3pm this afternoon and found a man with stab injuries. he was taken to hospital and his condition is not life threatening. we condition is not life threatening. havejust heard we condition is not life threatening. have just heard fr| minister we have just heard from the prime minister who has said i am deeply saddened to hear of the attack at the london central mosque, it is so awful that this should happen especially in a place of worship. that just from thatjust from boris that just from boris johnson. our correspondent dan johnson is at the london central mosque next to regent's park. this is one of the biggest mosques in london, one of the biggest mosques in the country, after new prayers when police were called just after three o'clock. called at ten past three to reports of a stabbing mosque herejust as prayers past three to reports of a stabbing mosque here just as prayers were ending. they said they found a man in his 70s with a stab wound, and

some of the people attending prayers here and say that that was the man who was leading the prayers who had been stabbed in the neck. he was treated by paramedics very quickly and then taken to hospital and the police have just issued an update saying that his condition is not life—threatening. certainly being treated as a very serious incident, quite a large police presence around the mosque and lots of people coming and going trying to assess really what has happened here. bruce talked a couple of people who were in the mosque at the end of prayers who said that they saw a man get up at the end of prayers and just had to the end of prayers and just had to the front of the room, and then attack the man who was leading the prayer session. some of them have said that that is a man pulled a kitchen knife from somewhere and use that in this attack, a man one person said who had been at this mosque a few times over the last six months or so. mosque a few times over the last six months oi’ so. someone mosque a few times over the last six months or so. someone who had become a regular visitor here if not necessarily a worshiper. we become familiarand necessarily a worshiper. we become familiar and been around the building but the police still at the

very early stages of investigating exactly what this says. we certainly know that a man in his 70s has been stabbed it is being treated in hospitalfor his stabbed it is being treated in hospital for his injuries, stabbed it is being treated in hospitalfor his injuries, but they are not said to be life—threatening. as one of the people here just outside the mosque this afternoon, what is your reaction first, mustafa, were you inside or around at the time? i was in the area and i made my way to the mosque. the community is really shocked about this. this is one of the ski mosques in london in a very important mosque nationally come up the person leading the prayer has been here since the 905 and know too many people in the community. we are ethical to hear that his injuries are not life—threatening, but it's a be very worrying with the attack that took place last night in germany there'5 that took place last night in germany there's a lot of fear in the community around a spike in violence and targeting the community. we don't know what this incident was about, we don't know what took place, but what we see is

communities from all backgrounds 5tand communities from all backgrounds stand together and show support to the muslim community. i have received call5 the muslim community. i have received calls from people, prie5t5 and rabbi5 5aying received calls from people, prie5t5 and rabbi5 saying they want to provide their support. they're worried about how this will have an impact on the community and uncover that lenders will come together and whatever their background to this incident is, that people will continue this. we need to be extra vigilant and one has strong resolve to, unfortunately viole nt vigilant and one has strong resolve to, unfortunately violent crime and we pray that we don't see repeat5 to, unfortunately violent crime and we pray that we don't see repeats of thi5 we pray that we don't see repeats of this incident. we are healing during that police are not treating this as a terror attack. with me is zainab gulamali from the muslim council of britain. they you very much for being with us fear --. it's a real community hub over

at regents park and this is a half term, lots of families had to go to the mosque and this attack have a net prayer time, we expected there to bea net prayer time, we expected there to be a lot of people there. generally and because it's half term. security at that and other mosques like it, what is security like? i'm not too sure but i know that many people probably feel quite worried after the attacks yesterday and have seen since last year there's been an increase in attacks at mosques and i'm sure their feelings across muslim communities that places worship need to be made more safe. it's of course iconic and i suppose part of it is that it's open to worshipers but it's a difficult balance trying to have some sort of security but keep it open at the same time. it's important to have an open door policy to welcome people of all faiths and that's a bit the muslim council of britain encourages. we

host a visit my mosque day every year with over 250 mosques inviting their neighbours and so it's important they have and are open to visitors but it's difficult to balance with the security issues. visitors but it's difficult to balance with the security i55ue5.m it balance with the security issuesm it your sense that there's been a rise in attacks on muslims in this country? we know that has been a rise in hate crime rate in general but also in religious hate crime and over those attacks having to be muslims and identifiably muslim is also arson at mosques that we have seen and the attacks inc. research last year were very disturbing and i know that's really worrying for the muslim community. thank you very much indeed. from the muslim council of britain and just to reiterate that we are hearing from june kelly are home affairs correspondent that police are not treating this stabbing as terror related.

bringing more and that as it comes to us. the german chancellor angela merkel has condemned what she calls the "poison" of racism, after a suspected right—wing extremist shot dead nine people in germany, many of them turkish migrants. the 43 year old, named by german media as tobias r, attacked people in two shisha smoking bars in the city of hanau. the suspect was later found dead in his home, alongside the body of his mother. the authorities say he had expressed extreme xenophobic views in a manifesto and video and it comes amid growing conerns about far right violence in germany. paul adams reports. horror in the centre of hanau late last night. "there has just been a whole lot of shooting," this onlooker says. "some guy went in with a weapon and started picking people off." i heard a loud shooting.

bang, bang, bang! i heard this, everybody, the person run, scream. and much panic. minutes later, a mile away, and the police arrive at the scene of a second attack, on another shisha bar. once again, the victims mostly thought to be of turkish origin. translation: i got a call from a colleague that there had been a shooting attack here at the kiosk and so i came straight here. then i heard my father was affected and my little brother. they run the kiosk. but then i saw them both. they were horrified and they were crying and everything. amid rumours of more than one gunman, the police launched a seven—hour manhunt but witnesses led officers to a house near the second shooting. there they found a 43—year—old man and his 72—year—old mother. both were dead. german media reports say the suspect was a german citizen

named only as tobias r, and that ammunition and gun magazines were found in his car. the authorities are now examining a video he is thought to have posted in recent days in which he discusses right—wing conspiracy theories. translation: a lot of evidence points towards that the perpetrator acted out of far—right and racist motives that stemmed from a hatred towards people with different heritage, different beliefs, or a different look to him. racism is a poison. hatred is a poison. and this poison exists in our society and is responsible for far too many crimes. concerns about far—right violence in germany are on the rise. this appears to be the third such attack since last summer. paul adams, bbc news. (tx) our correspondent damien

mcguinness is in hanau. what picture is emerging about what happened and who this suspect was? well, as we hurt in that report we have a few details now that have been officially confirmed. it appears that he acted on his own, he was not linked into some of these far right terror cells that we do not exist in germany, there was a raid on one last week in fact. and it seems he was radicalised by certain online communities it would seem. certain online communities it would seem. we have a lot of information about his belief system, if you can call it that, by some quite outlandish conspiracy theories and seat seems to be a white supremacist who believes that other ethnicities should be eradicated if not deported from germany, so some very extreme objectionable views, and it's become of that and the terrible violence we have seen here last night that germany's political leaders have reacted with such unanimous outrage. here at the site of the second

shooting in fact you can see the bar in the red sign that lit up as the bar where the shooter enters after he has attacked the first bar. here at this site just about an hour ago the german president arrived with a large entourage of officials he later laid a wreath at the spot to commemorate the victims of the shooting, he is now gone on to a vigil the centre of town where other officials and political leaders will also attend to, because this is not only a moment of sadness for germany and the local community about the people who have lost their lives, but it's also a real moment of reflection for the country's political culture of the fear of growing right wing extremism, and with the germany and german officials can do to ensure that minorities feel safer here, but also to ensure that they actually are protected from far right violence.

thank you very much indeed. let's speak now to timo reinfrank, the executive director of the amadeu antonio foundation, an anti—far right organisation based in germany. thank you very much for being with us. thank you very much for being with us. do you see this attack is part ofa us. do you see this attack is part of a rising tide of the far right extremist violence in germany? yes, good evening. there is a rise of right—wing attacks during the last yea rs, right—wing attacks during the last years , we right—wing attacks during the last yea rs, we have right—wing attacks during the last years, we have this wave of attacks against asylum—seekers and arson attacks against their homes. we have the attacks on politicians who fighting against right—wing extremism and against civil society and of course against immigrants in the last years. and angela merkel as i was saying said that racism is a poison in german society. if this is pa rt

poison in german society. if this is part of a pattern or rising tide of extremist violence what can the authorities in germany do about it? well, it's very good that she called a racist attack and that racism is a poison to our society. this is a new quality in calling the attacks by their names, and i think we have a huge wave of solidarity with the immigrant communities we have rallies all over germany at the moment in small and big cities and there's two in berlin. there's a lot of solidarity and politicians among them, and it's of course also the president is there in talking not only to the local politicians but also to the immigrant communities. and as we were hearing in the report the suspected killer in this case was not part of any wider organisation, but had produced this long manifesto full of hate and

extremism, xenophobia and racism.- the moment we don't know what he's linked to because he deleted all hints on his social network profiles, so there could be more but as you said there's a huge wave of right—wing ideological on the internet and a lot of radicalisation and not only him but the perpetrator of the attack on the synagogue and restau ra nt, of the attack on the synagogue and restaurant, there were all affected by this right—wing series by conspiracy theories and by the hatred against an emancipation of women, and the whole ideology is the same with the perpetrator road. thank you very much for your thoughts and analysis, and site far

right organisation director germany. the headlines on bbc news. a man has been stabbed inside a mosque near regents park in london. police arrested a man at the scene but say it's not being treated as terror related. a suspected far—right gunman kills nine people in two shootings in shisha bars in germany. towns underwater along the river severn — forecasters say the next twenty four hours could bring a months worth of rain. in his sport, and live a copy champion has been forced to retire a few months after suffering severe concussion, she rejoined the gp squad last month targeting the tokyo games but says the risks are just too high. dan has been cleared to play in the six nations against france, passed the necessary concussion protocols after being replaced in their last game against

ireland. in the 20 time grand slam champion roger federate will miss the next three months of the season including the french open after having knee surgery. i will be back with more on all of those stories after half past. more heavy rain is forecast for parts of the uk already hard hit by storm dennis, with many people anxiously watching to see whether flood defences will hold over the coming days. there are currently around a hundred flood warnings in place across england, wales and scotland. details have emerged of a dramatic rescue of a 62—year—old woman stranded in the floods — tomos morgan is by the river wye in monmouthshire with more details. as he got closer he realised that

there was an object in the middle of there was an object in the middle of the water, so he started traversing along the bank as he got closer he realised there was a woman in the middle of the water sitting on top ofa middle of the water sitting on top of a kite, it the relay she was a real danger and had been there for an indefinite amount of time and really needed help. he started to call out for help, mark smith he was trying to get the work came over to help him and he could not get through due to the flooding on the road. his son adam was there and they made the decision that they could not wait for the emergency services as the woman had been there for so long, they had to make the decision and try to save her. she was set in the water still, so you just have to go off in that cold water and get some warmer clothes on her dry clothes. they remember when she kept doing this and she was gone. she was going unconscious. she was drifting in and out. we had to get out from there. we got a ron. we

had to strip her down, but warm clothing on her and ran back with coffee. in small blankets and such. put a lot of sugar in it but she did not touch. we cuddled her basically and talk to her. she gradually came around. they have managed to get in contact with the 62—year—old woman who was in hospital in gloucestershire. they understand she is recovering well now. as you can see behind me it's begin to retreat and falling back within its banks now and the flood warnings and weather warnings and whales are starting to receipt and if i don't have come to the end of storm dennis. our correspondent phil mackie joins us from the banks of the severn in worcester what is the picture there? the river

has begun to drop only slightly and staying high for quite a long time. somebody matches the pitch of the water and we don't know how come earlier this afternoon and spent about ten minutes in there before fire and rescue services both managed to get that person out. a p pa re ntly managed to get that person out. apparently witnesses said that the person was unresponsive when brought out of the river but subsequently we've had a statement say they been taken to hospital there in a serious been a critical condition. that gives you a sense ofjust how dangerous still are. all day people have been coming out because the weather has improved and the danger is it still very, very strong currents and very deep out there if you slip you could find yourself in trouble. in the distance now is a i’ow trouble. in the distance now is a row of houses and they have been flooded all week. it remained flooded all week. it remained flooded and there's a number of places around that. places trying to

make themselves flood resilience over the years because this floods are coming more often. but despite that what they're finding at the level of this particular flood event has been so great that their own flood resilience have not been up to thejob and flood resilience have not been up to the job and that some cases of those homes have been flooded for the first time in a long time. today cou nty first time in a long time. today county council announced there was a quarter of £1 billion available to people like those living in those houses down there to try and make repairs and is not something that will involve a lot of bureaucracy they just have to will involve a lot of bureaucracy theyjust have to prove where they live and have access to those funds right away. there also opening a walk—in centre north of the county. that was badly flooded on sunday and monday and could go in and seek advice about the businesses. there isa advice about the businesses. there is a newscast this afternoon held by the authorities including the environment agency. they were all

there saying and talking about the massive effort the flood event and it will have to get used to more of these and be bigger and happening more often and have to reassess flood plains they have in place at the moment. good to talk to you. philip mackey there us. one farmer has gone the extra mile to keep her animals safe from danger. storm dennis was no match for faye russell — who waded through the flooded fields to rescue her 300 strong flock of sheep and lambs and move them to higher ground. with help from her neighbours and her border collie, faye managed to get through the choppy waters and save all her animals. and we can talk to faye now via webcam. well done. first of all, just talk us well done. first of all, just talk us through the sequence of events when you realised that the sheep and lambs were in danger and what you decided to do about it. obviously we

had to move stock out of the way and we we re had to move stock out of the way and we were expecting a flood event after the events of the weekend weather, however they moved themselves to the far side of the flood bank and a relatively new flood bank and a relatively new flood bank and a relatively new flood bank literally sat and watch the tide come around them. but it came so the tide come around them. but it came so quickly that i don't think even they knew it was going to creep up even they knew it was going to creep up on them like that. how worried we re up on them like that. how worried were you for the animals?” up on them like that. how worried were you for the animals? i never rang and said there were some sheep and lamb stop on the other side of the bank and they said no i'm sure there will back in had a look and found them some of the lambs have been separated the only way to get through them is the deepest part of the flood. we're showed pictures of you really deep in the waters you we re you really deep in the waters you were taking some risk yourself but what sort of precautions that you ta ke what sort of precautions that you take it when you went into the water? i had fantastic neighbours

with me they had me on a long piece of rope tied around my middle, i had some really good people i work alongside with that were fantastic and did everything they could to assist in thejob and did everything they could to assist in the job and decided to go first. i decided i would rather not be looking for anybody else and i would have to take response ability for myself. we chain gangs the lamb back with the force between us and two other people join me back with the force between us and two other peoplejoin me in back with the force between us and two other people join me in the water. they followed their lambs and will try swimming. because of sheep tend to panic when they're in water 01’ even near water. tend to panic when they're in water or even near water. they are not really designed for swimming as you can imagine. i said one of the pets recall pebbles was like a hippopotamus at the side, she was very graceful but obvious to the

weight of her wool in the water was quite challenging for her. has the danger passed now? the tide has gone out and has receded but however we are seeing more of these events as they are very short and sharp weather events that cause a lot of unpredictable flooding. a lot of complex pledges fence is going up the just pushes water for and further downstream and again some of the agencies need to start and look at the bigger picture. the drainage, the dishes, the brooks and taking ca re of the dishes, the brooks and taking care of them in the summer months. and they can get the things looking long term because the productivity is not only affect the business it also affects the ecosystems and wildlife overall. great to talk to you and many congratulations, heroic effort by you, thank you for talking to us. let's take a look at some other stories this afternoon. a man has appeared in court charged with the murder of six—year—old rikki neave

who was found strangled in woodland 25 years ago. rikki disappeared after leaving home to walk to school “119911. his body was found the following day. james watson — who was 13 at the time — appeared before court in peterborough. lecturers and other staff at more than 70 universities have begun a two week long strike that will affect more than a million students. the walkout is the latest industrial action in a lengthy dispute over pay, pensions and conditions. universities have promised to try and minimise the impact on students. the new twenty pound note, featuring a self—portrait of the artist turner goes into circulation today. it's the third plastic banknote to be issued in the uk. twenties are our most used — and most forged note — so the new one comes with extra security features. the women's t20 cricket world cup starts tomorrow — with hosts and favourites australia facing india in sydney. england will play their first game

on the 23rd of february against south africa — and this year could be the most competitive tournament yet according to the host's skipper meg lanning. defending champions australia are the favourities to lift the trophy, boasting home advantage and the best women's team in world cricket — but england and india could push them in a competition that also sees thailand playing at the elite level for the first time. cricketjournalist alison mitchell — from the bbc‘s test match special — is with me. thank you so much for being with us. great to have you. is it australia's to lose this? you would think so on the outside but the 2020 format as it is to reduce the length of the game you feel anything can happen if a team has their day. a pressure on australia and their fast bowler argued the festival in the world at the moment and is not out of the tournaments. that was huge news to come in so england will be very

interested in that, and he will be very interested in the india ashley opening game is absolutely there. what it will be the biggest women's global events that we have ever seen. global events that we have ever seen. culminating in this final on international women's day with the massive ambition has been set to create a new world record for the biggest crowd ever to women's orting fixture. they have got to be to record of 90,000 that was set in 1999 by women's football final. to get even half of that will be a massive win. but it is growing, isn't it? this tournament? give up to 2009 and i covered that event, i was the first women's world cup 2020 and they do of course hold the 50 over world cup as to the man. it's gone through to now being a stand alone tournament. it has got the own

platform and own pedestal. the fact is it in australia is what's elevating it. women skim in australia is particularly visible through the advent of the limits big bash leak which is really taking the game forward another level. women there have means that the women's place in the country are household names. the other countries come together now has a real festival of cricket in the awareness is probably taking it to another level. what would about the chances england? more generally another stage in the game here. please go to be a £20 million investment from the ecb which is linked to the advent of the hundred competition for men and women into the creation of hubs to try and get more of a pathway from the bottom all the way up to the top andi the bottom all the way up to the top and i think in the past england did lead the way when they had that

double world cup went into thousand nine but i have overtaken and have been a little catching up to do getting that real death of the australia team have at the moment. winning this tournament will be a huge boost the game in the country. yes it well. amyjones is good women's bash leading edge that, dropping a bit she's going to have a slightly different roles more as a finisher and so plenty of excitement, natalie this could be her tournament to come into her own asa her tournament to come into her own as a leading all rounder in the world. she sitsjust as a leading all rounder in the world. she sits just behind elise perry who is the standout star performer of the australian team so they are going to push australia, get there first. and the england coachisin get there first. and the england coach is in oz a. yes, she has a coaching both camps she had it at the england academy and then she went back to australia as a former australia player herself and has been coaching the perth scorcher is ina number been coaching the perth scorcher is in a number england players played under her there. she knows the

aussies but not in the england camp so aussies but not in the england camp so she mightjust give them an edge. this is a great story. the come up and ofa this is a great story. the come up and of a system or to the base that had to come to the age of qualifiers ina had to come to the age of qualifiers in a global qualifying tournament. that made it through it will be huge story of the getting kind of wind, artie winning over an awful lot of hearts and minds with their attitude at the moment. ricky is a religious of in game and the culture in thailand is a culture of discipline and the thai women are they taking to it, and try their leading their way and they have contracts for the game. a huge platform for them. thank you so much for being with us. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. thank you. good evening to you, another day of really heavy rain pushing its way eastwards and

accompanied by release quality gusting winds and you could see the rain band here on the radar picture behind the band of rain think the been turning colder, colder enough so been turning colder, colder enough so the force of wintry showers as of this will continue through this evening. for the stuff that turns try at least for a time. later in the night becomes our next weather maker, more rain on the horizon pushing into northern ireland, getting into northwest england by the end of the night and temperatures creeping up at the night goes on and thus the values we will have to start tomorrow morning. more rain across high ground west of scotland, western counties in northern ireland and two parts of notes west england. he was sunny spells to the east particularly gusty winds and gusts of 50 or 60 mph which could cause localised disruption but it's a windy day generally in a very mild day as well. top temperatures of ten, 11 or 12 degrees. this is bbc news.

the headlines. police say they're not treating a stabbing at a london mosque as terror related. officers have arrested a man on suspicion of murder —— at the murder. the victim has been... the victim, in his 70s, has been taken to hospital — his condition is not life threatening. a suspected far—right gunman kills nine people in two shootings in shisha bars in germany. towns are underwater along the river severn. forecasters say the next 2a hours could bring a month's worth of rain. and damejulie walters reveals she's been treated for bowel cancer and urges people to make sure they get tested. we are hearing about the women's cricket let's get more and all the sports news now with austin.

good afternoon. great britain's rio 2016 olympic gold medallist alex danson—bennett has retired from hockey because of long—term concussion. she's suffered a number of problems since hitting her head on a wall while on holiday with her husband two years ago. she returned to the great britain set—up injanuary after 18 months out in a bid to make the tokyo 2020 olympics but says the "risk is too high". wales fly—half dan biggar has been struggling with concussion as well. he's had three incidents in the past five months, and failed a head injury assessment in their last six nations match against ireland, but he's passed all the protocols over the last couple of weeks and he is in the 15 to face france in cardiff on saturday. there are just two changes to the side—flanker ross moriarty and scrum—half gareth davies come in for aaron wainwright and tomos williams. roger federer is going to miss the next three months on tour, including the french open,

after having knee surgery. he'd been putting it off but says the long—standing problem wasn't getting any better. he'll be targetting a return for the grass court season and a shot at a 21st grand slam singles title at wimbledon. there are 16 europa league ties this evening, eight of them kick off in the next half an hour — at five—to—6.00. they include manchester united's game away in belgium at bruges. it's the start of a tough schedule for united — they've got a game on average every three or four days for the next three weeks. hopefully, we will get through here, so we will get a game every three days anyway, but we have a big squad, we have travelled now with 19 and a couple of youngsters have travelled with us. so we have a rhythm and consistency in team selection, but also in players filling parts of the team, because many of these would like to play more.

celtic are in denmark facing fc copenhagen also at five—to—6.00. three ties with british clubs get underway at 8 o'clock. arsenal away at olympiakos, rangers at home to braga, and wolves face espanyol. the countdown continues to deontay wilder and tyson fury‘s heavyweight rematch in las vegas on saturday. this is one of the sport's most anticipated fights for years after their first fight in los angeles 15 months ago ended in a draw. and the two boxers have really been getting in each others faces for the past few days, as if the fight needed hyping up any more. this is a big act for him. i could see his heartbeat pounding out of his chest... will make you think he is nervous right now? he is nervous as hell. he don't know what to expect. agreement it is unfinished business. we are picking up where we left off. he didn't change his game. he didn't resulting. he changed up

everything. i cannot speak for him. but i am picking up where i left off at. a more calmer, patient and devastating fashion. what a fight that will be in 48 hours. and the former england rugby union internationaljames haskell is going to make his professional mixed martial arts debut in may. haskell, who won 77 international caps, retired from rugby last year and will appear on the bellator card, a rival to ufc, for their london show at wembley arena on may 16th. and that is all your sport for now. we'll have more in sportsday at 6.30. many thanks indeed. let's ta ke let's take it back to the news that a man in his 70s has been stabbed inside the regents park mosque in central london. another man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder at the scene. the 70—year—old was taken to hospital by paramedics

but is not said to have suffered wife threatening injuries wasn't m essa 9 es wife threatening injuries wasn't m essa g es of wife threatening injuries wasn't messages of support across faith communities have been sent to the central london mosque while security concerns are also being raised where the chief executive of the robbed in society saying... —— ramadhan foundation... the family of a disabled teenager with special educational needs is taking its challenge to the school councils policy to the court of appeals. in march 2018 leicestershi re appeals. in march 2018 leicestershire county council said it would not be providing transport for children ages 16—18. it said it would give parents an amount of money so would give parents an amount of money so that parents could arrange their own travel which in most cases will not cover all the transport

costs. in 2015 it became a legal require for all 16— 18 euros to continue in educational training. arbor disability news correspondent nikki fox has this report. it is an early start for kirsty. she's 17 and has learning disabilities and has compact medical needs. her dad supports herfull—time. compact medical needs. her dad supports her full-time. life with chrissy is fantastic but it is quite for long. right, and we are running. she hardly can't walk, hard we can talk, can't do very much for herself. but she is a happy child. on the bus, don't you? yeah. the school bus, a lifeline. let's get this door shut. that is at. she is

off. but from september, chrissy will no longer be entitled to use it. getting to special schools like this isn't easy. even though some pa rents this isn't easy. even though some parents like kirsty‘s contribute, the overall cost of school transport for disabled students her age has significantly increased across england. now, her local council has had to make cuts for some it is as if we are being punished for having a disabled daughter. and that chrissy is being punished for being disabled. it is not her fault. chrissy is being punished for being disabled. it is not herfault. she deserves her space in the world. like all students in england, kirsty has to stay in education or training until she is 18. but between the ages of 16—18, councils are not legally required to fund transport. and it is this loophole that is impacting families across england.

we heard from families who decided to pull their child out of school or couege to pull their child out of school or college orfamilies to pull their child out of school or college or families who then had to give up work or reduce their working hours. the consequences for individualfamilies hours. the consequences for individual families can be hours. the consequences for individualfamilies can be really significant here. today at the court of appeal, kirsty‘s family is challenging the council's decision on the grounds of age discrimination. what the family's wears a re discrimination. what the family's wears are basically saying is that by removing kirsty‘s access to her specialist bus and therefore her education, the council is in breach for human rights. the local authority which operates these buses today said it would not comment on the ongoing case but remains committed to supporting families. it has also said it needs to focus on providing statutory services in the face of increasing budget pressers. bedtime. you are all right? forced to find he feels like he should not have to constantly justify

to find he feels like he should not have to constantlyjustify his daughter's disability to access the vital service they as a family need. it is an emotional drain because we had to go through the sulking and it all comes out about her disability. the impact it has on us as a family. sorry, i get emotional. it is quite difficult. it is quite difficult because she is my daughter. ok? nikki fox with that report. the irish parliament has met for the first time since a general election 12 days ago, which resulted in sinn fein becoming the second biggest party. four people were nominated to be the new prime minister, including the sinn fein president mary lou mcdonald and the leader of the leader of fianna fail micheal martin. but none of them were elected, meaning there'll be more coalition negotiations. our correspondent chris page is in dublin with the very latest. still a

lot of uncertainty about who is going to be ireland's next prime minister. you get the impression there is so long way to go and all there is so long way to go and all the parties facing their prisoners of apartment three arithmetic, so going on in leicester house their home of the irish parliament for politicians to say that they nominate the position for taoiseach, the former foreign minister, the current holder of thejob the former foreign minister, the current holder of the job leo varadkar, and the leader of the green party who has the fourth largest party in the irish permit. none of them has enough support to be elected taoiseach today. he deal be elected taoiseach today. he deal be likely to be the most... mary lou mcdonald is the second largest sponsor party just mcdonald is the second largest sponsor partyjust behind out of 160 mps which is also the time being managed to enlist the support of one

smart left—wing party, the solidarity people before profits. and if you left—wing independent politicians. that means she is going to have probably about a5, 46 politicians. that means she is going to have probably about a5, a6 mps voted for her whenever the voting is done probably over the next hour or so done probably over the next hour or so but in order to form a stable coalition, she needs the support of 80 mps, still a long way to go. broadly the parties and they "spectrum and have dominated politics in decades say they will not work with sinn fein for the passings to that ira. sinn fein says that the fact that it one more first purpose was than any other party means that it is in the best position to lead a government that is committed to change and they say that was the overwhelming message from the electorate in the election 12 days ago. they will adjourn for a couple of days, more intense negotiations will take place and you

get the impression things will move beyond shadow—boxing for positioning may be to discuss a more substantive issues of policy. worth bearing in mind that after the last general election before this one back in 2016, it took 70 days to form a government. people are talking sissy it might take that long and if things cannot be resolved, that iran could be going back to the polls before the summer. chris, many thanks indeed. -- that ireland could be going back. a federaljudge has sentenced donald trump on—site long—time adviser roger stone to three years and four months in prison. —— long—time adviser. this is over charges that include lying to lawmakers in congress who have been investigating russian interference, awaits russian interference, awaits russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. the judge, the us districtjudge any berman jackson handed down the sentence. roger stone's lawyer had asked that he received no prison time but the

judge said he was not prosecuted for standing upfor judge said he was not prosecuted for standing up for the president, he was prosecuted for covering up for the president. and thejudge also saying that roger stone, donald trump's long—time adviser, knew exactly what he was doing as well. , thatis exactly what he was doing as well. , that is the latest from the united states. president trump's long—time adviser roger stone sentenced to three years and four months in prison overcharges that include lying to lawmakers who had been investigating allegations of russian interference in the presidential election. the headlines on bbc news. police say they're not treating a stabbing at a london mosque as terror related. officers have arrested a man on suspicion of attempted murder. a suspected far—right gunman kills nine people in two shootings in shisha bars in germany. towns underwater along

the river severn — forecasters say the next 2a hours could bring a month's worth of rain. a new documentary reveals pakistan's controversial blasphemy laws, examining the cases of those accused of disrespecting islam, including asia bibi, the christian woman who spent almost ten years on death row. bibi was in 2010 after being accused of blasphemy in a dispute with muslim women in her village over a cup of water, and had her conviction overturned in 2018. let's watch a clip from the film, which begins with asia bibi's accuser and gives the background of her case.

and director mohammed naqvi joins me now. thank you for being with us. what we re thank you for being with us. what were you trying to do with this phone, why did you want to make this? when i was approached by bbc story though to make this film, i was really apprehensive i declined because it is so dangerous to make this film if you know historically the governor of pakistan, he was killed before trying to stand up for a ship bibi's rights back in 2011. there have been several instances where people have been accused of bias we are as good as dead without even going to court. and it was just such a frightful narrative and that

what happened in 2017 was that there was this right—wing political party tlp which was being led by this really charismatic cleric by the, he is thejudgement in really charismatic cleric by the, he is the judgement in the clip we featured. and he was using the blasphemy law literally to garner votes a nd blasphemy law literally to garner votes and support for himself. and i was like at this can't be. i can't have a man use my faith, islam, to basically push his own political agenda and he needed to be stopped. and that's why they made this film. but is that agenda, do you think thatis but is that agenda, do you think that is still current in pakistan now? his party is still active. the government did crack down on his political party and arrested a lot of them two weeks ago but it is still functioning. and i would say

that just it is still functioning. and i would say thatjust it is not specific to his party, i think in many political parties across the spectrum that use religion as a veneer to garner support. i think that is problematic. and especially when you are looking at the blasphemy law without commenting into the specifics of it because i am not a theologian, it is used two silence people, it is used to sign it's people, it is used to sign it's people like asia bibi and minorities. it is even used in the last i would say since 1986, there have been about 1500 cases in which people have been alleged to commit blasphemy and half of those cases are on minorities who only make up 396 are on minorities who only make up 3% of the population but the majority still have to say is targeting muslims themselves. tell me more about the asia bibi case which started in a village and then became a kind of centre of

international worldwide attention. people were kind of horrified. remind us what happened. she was picking berries in the village open job which is where she is from and she had a dispute with her co—workers. they did not want to share a drinking glass of water with her. so, they got into a fight because of that. and i think what happened was that they took it a step worker, —— step further her co—workers, and accused her of a committing blasphemy was up and that the entire town got together, they we re the entire town got together, they were violent towards her, and they took her to the police station. and the police station then charged her without her really going into specifics with blasphemy. and why this case became famous was because when the lower courts, she was the chris —— first christian woman to be

charged and given the death penalty. of course this was overturned in 2018 by the supreme court of pakistan, and this was upheld by judicial review of that ruling as well. she is now in canada. she is now in canada living essentially in secrecy now in canada living essentially in secrecy and hiding because her wife is still in danger even in canada. what does her story tell us about pakistan? i think what it tells us, i would not look specifically at asia bibi's case because in the film we cover other cases. her case and other cases like it then, and what does your phone tell us about pakistan? is a fledgling democracy and it is such an important country because keep in mind, pakistan is not only an hour in the war on terror, it is also a nuclear country. and it is so critical to world politics that this country, this fledgling democracy, find its

own voice and that is what we are trying to do. and even though the situation might look grim where you have people on the right pushing his own bigoted agenda, we have people, muslims themselves, standing up and trying to reclaim their voice, and thatis trying to reclaim their voice, and that is what i am trying to do as well. hopefully we will be successful in that. good luck to you. mohammed naqvi, director of the accused dam door devoted?‘ you. mohammed naqvi, director of the accused dam door devoted? , mac comes out on bbc four at ten on story though. thank you very much. dame julie walters has revealed she's had treatment for bowel cancer. the hollywood actor, who's 69 — said she had surgery and chemotherapy following the diagnosis 18 months ago, but says a recent scan has given her the all—clear. she's been speaking to victoria derbyshire. julie walters is one of our greatest actors, having been on our screens for more

than a0 years. she has won countless awards and is regarded as a national treasure. how are you? i'm really well. look at you, you look fab. look at you. but in 2018, her life stopped in its tracks. how have you been? very well now but obviously 18 months ago, wasn't so good. when i was diagnosed with bowel cancer, stage three. two primary tumours in my large intestine. a year before that, i had been to the gp because i had indigestion, terrible indigestion, and a slight bit of... really slight, i saw my own gp so she sent me to see a gastric surgeon. and he said, we found an abnormality. and i thought... yeah? and he said, in your intestine. i said, right, what is it? he said, well, i'm worried it's cancer. your immediate reaction was...

shock. first of all, shock. and i thought, right, and then you hold onto the positive which is that he said, we can fix this. your wonderful friend victoria wood... yeah. two years previously to you being diagnosed, she died of cancer. yeah. you must have thought about her when you got your diagnosis? oh, god, yeah. i thought of her loads, and how frightened she must have been. because at least i could have an operation. she couldn't, they couldn't operate where her cancer was. and so i didn't think about that but the other thing i thought was, god, the last time i saw her was in the hospital, sitting by the bed and obviously saw her at home and everything before that, and i thought... —— so, i didn't think about that. and i had it at the same time. yeah. so, could the secret garden be your last film? it's possible, yeah. it's possible. but, you know, something might come up, but i think i would approach it in a very different... it would have to be something i really engaged with. and that didn't have a killing schedule.

and that... i'm not saying i'll never act again, but it has made me feel i don't want to do it at the moment, i don't think i can go back to... certainly not six days a week, five days a week, five in the morning until seven o'clock at night. with a big part and having to learn lines and the stress of it. bowel cancer, because it involves your bottom, it can't stop people going to the doctors because they are embarrassed or they are afraid. what would you say to them about that? your bowel is part of your digestive system. it is just what digests your food, you just have to remember that. and it's just, you've got to go and get things checked. doctors are used to bottoms, they have got one themselves! hopefully! now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. thank you. good evening, another very wet day across parts of the uk,

outbreaks of heavy rain accompanied by squally gusty winds and that was how it work for a weather watcher in essex earlier on. the radar picture shows the outbreaks of rain pushing southeastward is shows the outbreaks of rain pushing southeastwa rd is accompanied shows the outbreaks of rain pushing southeastward is accompanied by the six quality winds. behind that is been turning cold enough for wintry showers which will continue as we go on into the evening although tonight there will be dry weather across southern parts of the uk. good notes for those fun affected prince of wales and the midlands. further north showers continue for your time only to be replaced summer persistent rain in northern ireland, north—western scotland and england and temperatures climbing as the night wears on. this frontal system will be pushing its way in from the west providing yet more wet weather but this time most of the rain will be focused across the northern half of the uk. for western counties in northern ireland, the western and southern parts of scotland, north—west ament especially over high ground, we will see heavy and persistent rain some of that for the high ground in north wales as well.

some sunny spells to the far north of scotla nd some sunny spells to the far north of scotland but it will be windy everywhere and particular to the eastern side of the pennines and up into southeast cotton, gusts of wind could cause localised transport disruption but tomorrow is a mild day with highs of ten, 11 or 12 degrees. saturday we expect clown and patchy range of effects are the most parts of a man and the south of wales at least for a time. wintry showers will get a fair acute relation of snow over some high ground in scotland, chilly in the north at six or 7 degrees, mild further south at 12 or 13. through saturday night this is one to watch because it seems we will see another pulse of rain pushed across parts of england and wales which will clear during sunday to leave something drier, brighter with some sunshine, one or two showers, and temperatures between seven and 11 degrees. at that quieter train interlude will not last long because as we move out of sunday into monday, it looks like we will see a deep area of low pressure pushing just to the

north—west of scotland. severe gales likely in the uk and there will be more rain outbreaks, not great news when we still have severe flood warnings that is all for me. the bbc news at six is coming up now. tonight, a far right extremist kills... bang, bang, bang, bang. it was much loud. two seconds later, again bam, bam, bam, bam, bam. the killer is thought to have left a confession. he shot dead his mother before taking his own life. also on tonight's programme, a stabbing at the london central mosque. a man has been arrested on supicion of attempted murder. the police are not treating it as a terror attack. no let up in the flood misery, but stories emerging