this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at eight. a suspected far—right gunman kills nine people in two shootings. in shisha bars in germany. the victims were all immigrants 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. it would've been life—threatening if it wasn't for the worshipers who help stop the guy and apprehend him. roger stone, long—time adviser and ally to president trump is sentenced to a0 months in jail for his role in the mueller probe. towns underwater along the river severn, but more rain is forecast for northern parts of the uk. the challenges of a school run — the teenager testing the law

on one council's obligation to provide transport. and coming up, why the new £20 is the bank of england's most secure note yet. our top story this evening, the german authorities say they are treating the killing of nine people in the city of hanau near frankfurt as a terror attack. prosecutors believe the gunman, named only as tobias r, was motivated by far—right racist ideas. his targets late last night were two shisha smoking cafes, popular with people from the city's turkish community.

the killer is thought to have shot his own mother, the tenth victim, before taking his own life. gavin lee reports. the aftermath of what looks to have been a premeditated racist attack in the quiet german town of hanau. the suspected gunman's target, two shisha bars, cafes for smoking scented tobacco and popular with germany's turkish and kurdish community. it was around ten o'clock when police say the attacker started shooting from outside at those inside the midnight bar. then he fled by car, drove a mile and a half and shot at those inside the arena bar. nine people were killed, five victims were of turkish origin. eyewitnesses have described the panic during the attack. i'm shocked. everyone ran, on the right, on the left... i see much panic, panic, panic. police say the gunman, named as 43—year—old german national tobias r, returned to his home, killed his mother, then killed himself.

forensic teams are searching his property in his car. property and his car. investigators are also scrutinising his website which contained a written manifesto reported to espouse deeply xenophobic views and paint the picture of a man with serious mental health issues. he talks of the state trying to get into his brain. there are big questions now for how german authorities can stop right wing extremism and the rise in a number of attacks. in the past year, there has been an assassination of a german politician, an attack on a synagogue east of the country and three days ago, german police say they dismantled a right—wing extremist cell, and now, this incident. the german chancellor angela merkel, at a summit in brussels today, spoke of the poison of hatred and the poison of racism infecting german society. the local mp here told me of existing tensions here in the town and said that extremism was an issue which she claimed could be linked to the to the growth in populism.

you really have to put stop signs there and really set red lines and be far more strict on hate speech. several ethnic minority families living here have told me they're too afraid to go out tonight, worried that a threat may still exist. but many people of hanau are gathering to lay flowers and tributes to those who have lost their lives. gavin lee, bbc news, hanau. our correspondent damian mcguiness is in hanau and gave an update on what we know so far. i have a few details now that have been officially confirmed. it appears that he acted on his own. he wasn't linked into some of the far right terror cells that we do know exist in germany. there was a raid on one last week, infact, and it seems that he was radicalised by 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.

he 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 because of that and of course because of the terrible violence we've seen here last night that germany's political leaders have reacted in such unanimous outrage here at the site of the second shooting. in fact, you can see the bar. the red sign there that's lit up is the bar where the shooter enters after he attacks the first shisha bar. here at this site just about an hour ago, the german president frank—walter steinmeier arrived with a large entourage of officials. he laid a wreath at the spot to commemorate the victims of the shooting. he's now gone on to a vigil in the centre of town where other officials and political leaders will also attend, because this is not only a moment of sadness

for germany and for this 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 what german officials can do to firstly ensure that minorities feel safer here, but also to ensure they actually are protected from far—right violence. joining me now is dr pauljackson, an expert on the far—right in europe, and senior lecturer in history at northamptonshire university. what's the context to this far right extremism in germany? well, it's quite an interesting case study. a few years ago, we didn't really think that this would find

somebody —— was really to be really successful in germany. in the past few years, it's really grown as a significant radical right party in germany. that seems to be various messages that overlap with what we've seen yesterday. they are different strands of the far right. one of the populace radical right, the other is the violent extreme right. we have seen it grow and develop in germany over the past few you years and very interesting ways. it's become a much more significant issue. if you've heard his ma nifesto, issue. if you've heard his manifesto, where there any elements on that particularly concerned you? it was a very extreme document from what i've seen. he's talking and quite genocidal ways about eliminating a whole population, but also purifying german racial stock

as well. so in a way, he is in a neo—nazi in the sense that he isn't wearing a swastika or identifying with them, so he's quite different in those sorts of ways. it's a very extreme document though. other communities that have been targeted by these far right groups in particular? turkish community is one that's suffered many times from far right violence. obviously this case has targeted that community too. when germany reunified, there were attacks on the turkish migrant communities. an organisation also targeted minority communities in germany, in particular, killing several turkish communities as well.

so that's one who has been attacked repeatedly by the extreme right and i think this latest case of extreme right terrorism should be seen within that context. it's part of a much wider pattern of violence. when you go back to three or four years ago, opening their borders to migration that was moving northwards, has that anyway played a pa rt northwards, has that anyway played a part in the rise of far right attacks? i think across europe, the far right has tried to play out of the so—called margaret crisis in various ways. —— migrant crisis. that was the case in germany too. the far right are looking to emotive leave latch on to politics, so is no surprise that when those issues around migration in 2015, that the far right use that. that's not to say concerns are

far right use that. that's not to say concerns are necessarily legitimate or or they necessarily have a case in that sort of way, but it certainly what they play on. very quickly doctorjackson, the german government's response to this, is it effective with mike what can they do? i think this is showing they do need to make sure that they're taking these issues fully seriously. perhaps there are more things to do around monitoring and resourcing organisations dealing with the far right. i think it's also a wider masses across europe that this is in a —— isn't german in particular. there needs to be significant resources for agencies to monitor groups like this and resources put into training people who might counter the far right, especially in that professional practice. so they

can be able to recognise issues when they are in front of them. this would go a long way to try to help to resolve some of the issues of the extreme right and the violence of the country's extreme right. thank you very much for your time. a man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a stabbing at london central mosque in regents park this afternoon. an elderly man in his seventies has been taken to hospital and his injuries are not thought to be life threatening. scotland yard says it is not treating the incident as terror—related. dan johnson reports. these are the moments that followed a stabbing during afternoon prayers. the man in red was held by police after he allegedly pulled a kitchen knife and used it to attack the man who leads the prayer here. he was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. yeah, we were frightened. they guy took out the knife and then we heard screaming, you know. this has not been treated as a terrorist incident, but understandably, there's deep concern.

this individual has been visiting the mosque over the last six months. they had no indication that he was a threat. this doesn't sound like a random attack. it's not someone coming off the street, it's someone who's known to worship here? i know some people felt that he was a bit vulnerable as well in the past. he'd had issues. this is london central mosque, a major building close to regents park. the victim is in his 70s, a well—known and respected figure, who's been an important presence here for many years. worshipers gave first aid and the emergency response was quick. he has been stabbed in the neck. it would have been life—threatening if it wasn't for the worshipers who helped stop the guy and apprehend him. i actually, i called the ambulance, the ambulances came within a matter of minutes. the police were here straight on within a few minutes. the police are here in large numbers, trying to reassure a community in shock and to work out what prompted an attack that saw

violence and injury interrupt a peaceful act of prayer. well, the impact of what happened here around three o'clock this afternoon is only just starting to sink in, because it's the voice of the call to prayer, the man who drew people here five times a day who was apparently targeted in this attack. there have been messages of sympathy from the prime minister, the home secretary, london's mayor and the archbishop of canterbury. a lot of support for this community, but people are asking how and why did this happen, and crucially, are they safe in their place of worship? that was dan johnson. that was danjohnson. wejust that was danjohnson. we just got the latest from the metropolitan police saying this was a profoundly shocking incident inside a place of worship and an urgent investigation is being carried out into the circumstances. although they believe this to be an isolated incident, patrols have been increased around

the area of the mosque to provide reassurance to worshipers and local community. let's now speak to bassam chanouha. he was at london central mosque when the attack took place. just tell us what happened. yes, we we re just tell us what happened. yes, we were actually performing our normal afternoon prayer when this whole thing took place. incidentally, i mean, the man was leading the prayer, we knew he was actually fast forwarding his prayer which is very abnormal. incidentally, we heard him shouting his distress and the man was actually, he worked as —— he called for prayer. he was stabbed in his neck. after the prayer, we found

blood all over the place, a knife actually. it was lying on the floor and the attacker was trying to —— worshipers were trying to pin him down. it was out of control. the victim was bleeding all over the place. everybody was shocked, you know. this whole thing took place in the split of a second. no one would have ever thought this would take place at the mosque. the 29-year-old man that's been arrested, had you seen him as part of the worshipers at the mosque before? yeah. i wouldn't say he is regular, but quite often, i see him performing

prayer. with the worshipers. only today, he decided to commit this awful act for whatever reason, i don't know. how is his demeanour after the attack? the 29—year—old. how was he behaving? he was in com plete how was he behaving? he was in complete silence. he was pinned down to the floor by the worshipers, obviously, and he was not saying a word. i mean, usually the man is quiet, really. he neversaid much when we used to see him in the mosque. but minutes later, the police arrived anyway. it didn't ta ke police arrived anyway. it didn't take long for the police to be there and thankfully, when they handed —— handcuffed him and took him away. what's the security like at the mosque? moving forward, how do you

feel about your welfare when you attend the mosque? security wise, it's very good at the centre. personally, i know the management and they invest quite a lot of money on security measures. they have security guards on patrol on a daily basis. 2a hours a day. it's not a security issue really because no security issue really because no security on earth could have stopped what happened today. no one can forecast, unless you physically and search every single person coming to the mosque, you would not be able to tell who is this and who is this and you cannot do that in a mosque because it's a spiritual place. it is not an army base where you have to search everybody coming in. it's a very sensitive issue. thank you

very much for your talking to us this evening. don't forget we will be finding out how this story and many others are being covered in tomorrow's front pages. our guests joining me tonight are broadcasterjohn stapleton and sunday times journalist katherine forster. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, austin has all the sports news for us. let's start with football because it's a busy night in the europe league. in the first leg, three of them have just kicked off at manchester united have already finished their match. they drew one all away. united didn't get off to

the best of start. former liverpool keepehs the best of start. former liverpool keeper's gold keep setting up a manual dentist to put the belgian side in front. —— emmanuel dennis. celtic ‘s first against copenhagen also finish one all. celtic going in front after ia minutes through the neat finish there. got back on level turns up early in the second half. through this equaliser. copenhagen then had the chance to go infrorn 7, . ., _7 then had the chance to go in from then had the chance to go in from the penalty spot. force| post. tipping the ball onto the post. there were three british clubs in action. arsenal are away at olympia. still 0—0 in that game. wolves lead as spaniel by a goal to nil. you can

keep up with the latest scores on the bbc sport website. the countdown continues to be onto a tyson furey‘s rematch on saturday. this is one of the most anticipated fights for yea rs the most anticipated fights for years after that first fight in los angeles. the two went head—to—head last night. the former heavyweight champion david hayes said furey has to be at his best to win. you can't have a tested star, you need to have something different. the shots need to come from different angles and that's what wilder does. he throws wild angles. he's very difficult to prepare. he's so unorthodox and he so effective, it's so difficult. the only person who could beat him is a master boxer like tyson. i don't think the momentum is good going to fight to get someone like him. if he

can win this fight, there's so much at stake. i don't think he's gonna fall short. i think he's gonna land that make a shot in some way and it's gotta be very tight. what a fight it's gonna be. we may have only had two days of preseason testing, but already champions mercedes are making the headlines once again. lewis hamilton and his tea m once again. lewis hamilton and his team have revealed an innovative steering technology that could make them even faster. watch carefully at them even faster. watch carefully at the bottom of your screen. he pulls the bottom of your screen. he pulls the steering wheel towards him, changing the angle of the front wheels and at the end of the strain, he pushes the steering wheel away to move the wheels back once again. he pushes the steering wheel away to move the wheels back once againm just introduces an extra dimension of steering. we hope it will be useful during the year, but

precisely how we use it, why we use it, that something to keep to ourselves. roger federer says he can't wait to be back playing tennis again soon. the grand slam champion is set to mix the french open in the next three months of the 80 be sore. —— miss the french open. great britain's rio 2016 olympic gold medallist stance and bennett has retired from hockey because of long—term concussion. she suffered a number of problems since hitting her head on a wall on holiday with her husband two years ago. a real freak accident. she returned to the set up injanuary accident. she returned to the set up in january after 18 months out accident. she returned to the set up injanuary after 18 months out in a big to make the tokyo 2020 olympics, but unfortunately she says the risks arejust but unfortunately she says the risks are just too high. but unfortunately she says the risks arejust too high. that is but unfortunately she says the risks are just too high. that is all your support for now. you can find out more on all of those stories on the

bbc sport website. home secretary priti patel has tried to move the most senior civil servant in her department, it is understood. home secretary priti patel has tried to move the most senior civil responding to a report in the times, a well—placed source told the bbc there had been a "genuine disagreement" between ms patel and sir philip rutnam. but they denied claims that she "bullied and belittled" officials. with me now is our political correspondent helen catt. no official complaint, there are a lwa ys no official complaint, there are always two sides to a story but not the best of looks for patel. as you said, the bbc understands there has been some genuine disagreement between rutman and patel. patel became home secretary injuly last year and she set a source has told the bbc that downing street had been

asked to intervene and move sir philip from that post. they said there have been no animosity between priti patel and philip. theyjust simply weren't the right fit. the minister can'tjust remove their own top civil servant. there have been these claims that priti patel had bullied or belittled officials, those have been denied. she gave the home office there, but the bin is miniature was defending ms. patel this morning. —— business minister. she described her as a brilliant tea m she described her as a brilliant team player. the fda union which represents civil servants had some concerns around pressures at the home office in a statement. they said home office staff or working flat out to deliver what they called a demanding policy agenda and they warned that putting undue pressure and demands on public servants are already overstretched does not make

for good. what the bank of england is calling its most secure note yet will be in circulation in two week's time. the new £20 note featuring the artist turner is made from polymer, a thin and flexible plastic, and includes two see—through windows and a two colour foil to help beat forgers. so how secure is the new note, what happens to the old banknotes, and is cash really king any more anyway? pam west is a specialist dealer in banknotes. she runs the website britishnotes.co.uk and joins me now. most secure but not 100%. it is the most secure... a lot of innovation. have you seen one yet or held one? i've felt a scottish one. they are

due out this week but i haven't. not all the but bank are calibrated. we don't have the best connection with you, pam. we'll try one more time just very quickly. when did the old banknotes begun redundant with blue? ido banknotes begun redundant with blue? i do apologise to viewers and to pam. not the best connection there. scientists say they have seen a remarkable number of blue whales in recent weeks around the uk's sub—antarctic island of south georgia. the british overseas territory was the epicentre of commercial whaling in the early 20th century when hunters very nearly brought the species to extinction. but now there are signs the population there may be recovering,

as rebecca morelle reports. the biggest animal on the planet, the blue whale, reaching more than 30 metres long, now after almost vented my vanishing from the ocean there are signs these giants are making a comeback. scientist surveys around south georgia and the watered around south georgia and last month spotted 55 blue whales. in 50 years of surveys, only a handful have ever been seen. the tea m handful have ever been seen. the team says the new count is astonishing. it's all absolutely thrilling. they are critically endangered so just seeing this many animaland endangered so just seeing this many animal and south georgia waters suggests that it's becoming an important feeding area for them again. it was hunting in the early 20th century that nearly wiped many whales species out. blue whales were especially prized. within a few decades, their numbers limited from a quarter of a million to just a few

hundred. a band was finally introduced. scientists think the recovery is down to these krill which the whales eat, teaming around south georgia. this is helpful to boost whale numbers thereto. scientists will continue to monitor the blues. they think there may be as many as 10,000 now, this giant of the deep is edging back. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. good evening. it's been yet another day of heavy rain across many parts of the uk. the band of wet weather swept its way. you can see its way on the earlier radar picture. it was accompanied by some really quality gusts of wind and behind it, we ushered in some cold air and some wintry showers which will continue through the night across northern areas. further south, through the night across northern areas. furthersouth, largely dry. showers will start to fade away as we see more persistent rain to

northern ireland and scotland. temperature is starting to creep up towards the second half of the night as well, a—7d as we start friday morning. through the day on friday, more very heavy rain through parts of northern island, western scotland, north wales as well. further south more in the day my way of dry weather. brisk winds to the east of the pennines, gusts of 50—60 mph which code calls some localised destruction. it is a mild day with top temperatures between 10—12d.

hello this is bbc news. the headlines... a suspected far—right gunman kills 9 people in two shootings, in shisha bars in germany — the victims were all immigrants. 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‘. it would have been life—threatening if it weren't for the worshipers who helped. guy and apprehend him. —— who helped stop the guy and

apprehend him. roger stone, long time adviser and ally to president trump is sentenced to a0 months in jail, for his role in the mueller probe. towns underwater along the river severn — but more rain is forecast for northern parts of the uk. the challenges of a school run — the teenager testing the law on one councils obligation to provide transport. and coming up, from billy elliot to mama mia — julie walters has rarely been off our screens — but now she says, bowel cancer changed her take on life. the sentencing for the man who murdered british backpacker grace millane has begun at a court in auckland. the man cannot be named for legal reasons. our correspondent shamia khalil reports from outside the court. last november the man who killed british backpacker grace millane was convicted here in auckland's high court with a unanimous guilty verdict.

in a few hours we are expecting him to be sent test. and the case that shocked new zealand and gained international attention will finally come to an end. grace's family is not here this time around but we are expecting to hearfrom her mother, jillian millane. we understand we will to hear a few words in a video message. grace was travelling here in new zealand when she met the man on tindr, the dating app. on december the 1st 2018 within hours of their first date she was killed. the penalty for murder here in new zealand is mandatory life sentence with at least ten years without parole. despite the guilty verdict, despite the eminent sentencing, the man's identity will remain suppressed. and this has caused quite a controversy and a big debate online. many asking and arguing why grace, the victim has had her identity, her name, her pictures, intimate details about her private life shared and beamed across the world while this man's identity is still not revealed.

the problem is that the reasons for the suppression themselves cannot be revealed which means the media cannot report why he cannot be named. as it stands, we are expecting the sentencing but the name and identity of that man will remain suppressed until a further court order. to the flooding now — and those still dealing with the aftermath of storm dennis. the environment agency says, there remains a "heightened flood risk" across the midlands. five severe flood warnings, which means there is a danger to life, are still in place near the welsh border around the rivers lugg, severn and wye. in the midst of these hard times, there are stories of people coming together to help each other. tomos morgan's report begins with a dramatic rescue of a 62—year—old woman, stranded in the floods in monmouthshire.

this is what's left of of the bridge... 8am, tuesday morning in monmouthshire. geoff handley, out for a stroll after storm dennis' deluge. morning, mr duck. the river wye at record high levels had broken its banks 50 metres or more onto geoff's local country road. in the distance, he spotted something, which the engineer quickly realised was a woman in trouble. i called to her. she responded with, "help me, help me!" and ijust said, stay where you are, do not do anything, i need to get help. we need a plan, we need a plan here, boys. by the time my words had finished, he had his coat off, shirt off and he went straight in. fearing for her life, the three men decided they had to take matters into their own hands. they traversed down this steep bank and waded through chest high water, carried her off the top of the car and they're back onto the bank where they waited for the emergency services. clearly, she had been stuck for 12 hours in one position. when mark moved her,

she was yelping. poor lady, but strong as an ox, i take my hat off to her. fantastic. as the 62—year—old woman recovers in hospital, the hangoverfrom dennis has also left others suffering across the country. norris george spent the night in looking after his 92—year—old mother in worcester. i think she's ok, she prefers to stay where she is. last night was a long night. oh, dear me, watching the pump and making sure it didn't stop and tried not to go to sleep. 300 people were left stranded in gloucester, forced to walk through chest high water to gather supplies. overnight in tantric, the rhondda valley, homes were flooded for a second time this week. residents left furious that not enough had been done to help them. i've never seen nothing like it in my life. it's a disaster zone again, twice in three days. whilst on a visit to pontypridd, where the high street was under water on sunday, labour leader, jeremy corbyn,

criticised borisjohnson, labelling the uk government's response as, "wholly inadequate." number ten said they are speaking to emergency services, local authorities and the welsh government, ready to provide assistance when needed. the first minister here has already pledged £10 million to help those affected across wales. this clean—up operation, however, it will take far more time. tomas morgan, bbc news, monmouth. well, we speak to chris saunders. he and his wife, abigail, who's six months pregnant and already have one child, were flooded out of their home this week. goodness, just tell us how you are asa goodness, just tell us how you are as a family. thank you for having

us, we have been left completely devastated by the floods as you can imagine and notjust us, many of our local residents have been left out and some cannot afford insurance. it is not a necessity for them but for us in particular it has been extremely difficult because we were actually in the process of selling our home which we had renovated seven our home which we had renovated seve n yea rs our home which we had renovated seven years ago so it is pretty much brand—new and we were in the process of moving and the night before we we re of moving and the night before we were having our two—year—old daughter's birthday party and eight hours later, we lost everything including our two cars. it is com pletely including our two cars. it is completely written off. and has been a horrid time. you are essentially out of a home and have you exchange co ntra cts ? out of a home and have you exchange contracts? we were just prior to the extent exchanging contracts. they

came to the house to make sure everything was ok and then the flood happened and the buyers inevitably pulled out. i assume you spoke to your insurance and what have they said? well because so many people have been affected, the last i came out we came out with the crisis team and put the humidifier is that it is such a slow process it will take a minimum of six weeks to dry our homes to a sufficient level to mitigate the damage that has been cause and at six weeks they will assess whether the property is dry also they need to look at whether or not the house has been contaminated with sewage and at that point they will review. but early indications are that we are going to be without are that we are going to be without a home for at least six months and soiam a home for at least six months and so i am calling and from my wife's

mothers house in the spare room and and my wife and my two—year—old daughter are sleeping in one room and sourcing different accommodation is difficult. and as he sat at the start my wife is pregnant and due on the 1st of june start my wife is pregnant and due on the 1st ofjune and with so many residents affected, houses that might be appropriate have been snapped up and the remaining houses are not appropriate for our needs. snapped up and the remaining houses are not appropriate for our needslj wa nt are not appropriate for our needs.” wa nt to are not appropriate for our needs.” want to get on from the help you are receiving or maybe not from the local authority but has an area separate from flooding in the past? my separate from flooding in the past? my parents lived in the area for over 30 years and other residents have lived there for decades and they never experienced flooding in terms of the position, it is a fact that for several months prior

natural resources have been felling trees on the mountaintop and it is a fa ct trees on the mountaintop and it is a fact that they had left hundreds of tonnes of failed woodlands on the mountainside. extensively on the basis to re—fertilize the land but the meeting that we had yesterday with a very proactive and he, chris bryant, he managed to elicit a response from national resources wells and i am not privy to the letter so i cannot comment on it fully but i am led to believe it says while it is normal practice for them to leave tonnes of woodland, failed woodlands on the mountainside, they would —— there we re mountainside, they would —— there were things i could have been better about those practices and that in itself to me suggests that there is some form of liability there but there will have to be further discussions in investigations into that because the reason or at least on face value at the moment, the reason for the flood was not necessarily because of storm dennis,

of course it exacerbated the issue. however, it was due to a blocked culvert, a culvert that was blocked by hundreds of tonnes of failed woodland and that created an overflow woodland and that created an ove rflow a nd woodland and that created an overflow and effectively the river that rampage the village and cause hundreds of people including myself, my wife and my two—year—old daughter and unborn child to lose their house. the authority will be very careful on the subject because there is potentially liability there but what are they doing to help residents like yourself that have been affected by the flooding?” think the first thing i would like to say on that in terms of the community, the support that has been given is tremendous and friends, family, strangers and local businesses everyone that has been pulling together at this very

difficult time to make sure that eve ryo ne difficult time to make sure that everyone is being supported. are mp chris bryant has been amazing and so is our local chris bryant has been amazing and so is ourlocala:m., leanne chris bryant has been amazing and so is our local a:m., leanne woods. at the council has actually after the event has been quite proactive and they are doing their utmost within their limited resources that they have however more has to be done. we are have however more has to be done. we a re left have however more has to be done. we are left devastated and like i said at the start some families simply do not have insurance and even those like myself who do have insurance, it is going to be a long wait and then after that we will suffer a financial hardship and difficulties selling our home and looking to get insurance, that will skyrocket for our car insurance. all the cards on my street, 60 houses, each one with one or two cars, they have all been written off because of the storm. and so what the council is offering

as £500 per resident. wall that is welcome, at that difficult time, i see it as an interim payment and the council with the wealth that welsh assembly support and also in westminster should be pushing this and getting more financial support for those who are affected because £500 is not sufficient. chris bryant is also pushing for council tax relief for the next 12 months which in my view should be an inevitable consequence of this because our houses are uninhabitable and we cannot occupy them so that needs to follow. but really what needs to happen is for those who are responsible for this issue, whether thatis responsible for this issue, whether that is natural resources wells or who ever, they need to in their pocket and provide support and i would welcome them, i would encourage them to speak with chris brya nt encourage them to speak with chris bryant and i would encourage them to meet with myself and other residents so that we can start discussions

now, proactive discussions with a view of trying to find a mutually agreeable resolution without escalation. because as you said there will be fingers pointed. very good luck moving forward and thank you very much for your time. thank you. roger stone — a longtime ally of donald trump — has been sentenced to over 3 years in prison for his role in the mueller investigation. he was found guilty of tampering with a witness, lying to congress and obstructing the houses investigation into whether the trump campaign conspired with russia in the 2016 election. but, speaking in the last half hour, president trump says he thinks stone would be exhonerated, claiming the forewoman of the jury was ‘totally tainted'. this is a woman who... who was a

anti—tramp person totally. i did not know if this was a fact that she had a horrible social media account, the things she said on the account were unbelievable. she did not reveal that when she was chosen. and she is, i guess from what i hear, a very strong woman and a very dominating person so she can get people to do whatever she wants and she became the foreperson, the four women on the foreperson, the four women on the jury. with me now is washington correspondent gary o'donoghue. gary, we arejust gary, we are just hearing the latest therefrom donald trump and from the outset he has been mixed up in all of this and there has been the question of this blurring between justice and politics. yes and i think he has gone way beyond blurring, he is waiting all the way and honestly and this is not the first time he has had a go at this particular juror first time he has had a go at this particularjuror and he first time he has had a go at this particular juror and he has criticised her before. she was on

the originaljury that convicted him of the seven counts back in november and today he called terry totally painted. this is while the courts are still considering a motion for a ! which