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live from london. this is bbc news the longest prison sentence so far for this summer's riots. thomas birley is jailed for nine years — he helped fuel a fire outside a rotherham hotel housing asylum seekers. a judge delays donald trump's sentencing in his criminal hush money case until after november's us presidential election. britain's jack draper, trails by two sets, in the semifinal of the us open. former top gear presenter chris harris claims he expressed safety concerns to the bbc before freddie flintoff�*s 2022 crash. and a big rise in the cost of a first class stamp — it'll be £1.65 for a letter from next month.

it's five past 11. good evening, i'm nicky schiller. first tonight, it's the longest prison sentence that has been handed down so far after the wave of riots that swept parts of england and northern ireland last month. 27—year—old thomas birley from rotherham has been sent to jail for 9 years after helping to set fire to a hotel housing asylum seekers in the town and attacking police officers in august. the court heard that staff in the hotel barricaded themselves in a panic room, they were crying, thinking they were going to die. the judge told birley — you were a leading participant in an ignorant racist attempt at mob rule. danny savage, has our top story. it was one of the most notorious events of the nationwide civil unrest over the summer. the attack on a hotel housing asylum seekers in south yorkshire.

a mob targeted police and those inside. ajudge today described this as an "ignorant, racist attempt at mob rule". one of them was thomas birley, seen here at the time. he was filmed throwing a bin at officers... ..and then stoked the fire in a burning wheelie bin rammed against one of the hotel exits. he today received the longest prison sentence yet for anyone involved in rioting. the judge directed withering criticism at birley as he was sentenced this afternoon. your conduct, and the conduct of that mob, has cast a dark and ugly stain across the reputation of rotherham and south yorkshire. those in the hotel were terrified by what occurred outside, and when the building was entered, coupled to the fire, which was deliberately started they thought they were about to die. you and many like you were intent on spreading a hateful message

of violence and racism. an asylum seeker inside took these pictures and talked to the bbc about how terrifying it was. we heard all the time, all the people saying, "come outside. we'll kill you if you come outside". we feel scared. we can't do anything. we are just...waiting. further details of what it was like for staff in here at the time were also heard today. they barricaded themselves into what was described as a panic room in the kitchen area, pushing freezers against the door, fearing the mob would get them. it wasn't the only case relating to the wider unrest today. the oldest person to be charged, 81—year—old keith edwards,

pleaded not guilty to threatening behaviour at a protest in nottingham. and rickyjones, a labour councillor since suspended, denied encouraging violent disorder at a protest in london. but in relation to the hotel attack, the judge called thomas birley a "dangerous offender" who would serve nine years in jail and a further five years on licence. the stiffest sentence so far of those convicted and jailed. danny savage, bbc news, rotherham. our uk affairs correspondent daniel sandford has this assessment of the length of the sentence handed down today. longer sentence today, only the third sentence we've seen so far over the four—year mark, and that was because of the seriousness of the offence which he committed, arson, which can carry up to a life sentence. the other too long sentences have been for criminally racially aggravated criminal damage, which is also viewed by the courts

is a very serious offence. the majority of sentences we've seen have been in the sort of two year to three year, four month mark. and those have all been for violent disorder which carries a maximum sentence of five years. around 400 people have been charged with that, including to i2—year—olds, and 11 people over the age of 60. in all, 600 people have now been charged with the full range of offences from using threatening words right up to riots and arson. i don't think it is going to stop there because manchester police, for example, today released a new video of people that they want to talk to in relation to the writing there. 0ther police forces have been releasing daily images of people they are trying to track down. this is going to carry on through the autumn and i think maybe not at the rate that it was doing a couple of weeks ago, but certainly at a steady stream. yes, people may think that these sentences are very, very long, but they have certainly been effective. the violence and rioting stopped almost as soon as the first long sentence was handed down. so that was successful in that way,

but at cost, perhaps of incarcerating hundreds more people in our overcrowded prison system and further upsetting the communities where these rioters came from. tennis now — and britain's jack draper is competing in the biggest match of his career so far — the semi—finals of the us open. he trails the world number one jannik sinner by two sets to love. draper is aiming to become the first british man since andy murray in 2016 to reach a grand slam singles final. let's go live to new york — and speak to our correspondent laura scott. quite a lot of drama — jack draper been sick of times how's he doing now? yes, it has been a match of high drama, and that is in part due to the high humidity here in new york and over at the stadium behind me. as you mentioned, jack draper was sick a couple of times during the

second set of this set, his maiden grand slam semifinal. up against the world number one. he was under no illusions of the task in store for him. earlier in the year at the australian open, he was sick as well on the court and he put that down to tension. it would be no surprise if he is feeling tension again here today because it has been a grueling match over on arthur ashe. i took more than two hours for those first two sets, but both of them went to the italian, and they are midway through the third set. it is currently 3—2, in favour of sinner. it will leave an almighty comeback if he is to be the world number one today. if he is to be the world number one toda . ., _ ., , if he is to be the world number one toda . ., ., , ., today. you say the world number one, he also come — today. you say the world number one, he also come i — today. you say the world number one, he also come i understand, _ today. you say the world number one, he also come i understand, hurt - today. you say the world number one, he also come i understand, hurt his i he also come i understand, hurt his wrist at some point during this match as well.— wrist at some point during this match as well. yes, absolutely. it was in that _ match as well. yes, absolutely. it was in that second _ match as well. yes, absolutely. it was in that second set _ match as well. yes, absolutely. it was in that second setjust - match as well. yes, absolutely. itj was in that second setjust shortly after draper had been sick that sinner took a heavy fall. he landed on his left wrist. he looked to be

hurt at the change of ends. draper saw the doctor and sinner saw the trainer who was examining that left wrist, but he won that second set on a tie—break and has only got one more set to win to book a spot in sunday's final. so not quite as big an injury as we were fearing when we saw him before. he arrived here under a cloud of controversy because he escaped a ban after twice testing positive for a banned substance. but he's lostjust positive for a banned substance. but he's lost just five positive for a banned substance. but he's lostjust five times this year and he looks to be about to extend that winning streak here today. laura, we will let you go back and watch that. thank you very much. and you can follow the latest updates watch that. thank you very much. and you can follow the latest updates from the match on our live page, as from the match on our live page, as we said, sinner leading by two sets we said, sinner leading by two sets to love. you can also listen to the to love. you can also listen to the live radio commentary over on five live radio commentary over on five live radio commentary over on five live and also on the bbc sport live radio commentary over on five live and also on the bbc sport website or app. website or app. i want to take you to space, because i want to take you to space, because

there is something that has happened there is something that has happened in the last and in the last few moments. that what you can see on your screen is bowing's star liner spacecraft. it has undocked from the international space station, beginning itsjourney back to earth, but crucially without its crew, because you will remember the star liner capsule developed technical problems shortly after launch, they opted to leave the two astronauts on board with the international space station. they were meant to be there for eight days. they are going to be there for eight months now. now, this is going to come back to earth. it's going to take about six hours before the star liner makes a parachute landing in new mexico. as a mention,

liner makes a parachute landing in new mexico. as going ition, liner makes a parachute landing in new mexico. as going to in, liner makes a parachute landing in new mexico. as going to stay in nassau. we are going to stay in the us where that star liner is heading because a judge in new york has postponed donald trump's sentencing until after the election in november. the former president has been convicted of falsifying business records to hide payments to an adult film star. he's called the case a witch hunt — and denies doing anything wrong. 0ur north america editor, sarah smith, has the latest. well, donald trump was worried that being sentenced just weeks before the presidential election could harm his chances because he could get a jail sentence for this. he's facing up to four years in prison for those illegal hush money payments. so he had asked for the sentencing to be delayed, and thejudge gave him what he wanted. although he was at pains to stress that mr trump wasn't getting any kind of special treatment. he said he felt he had to delay the sentencing until after the election in november, so no one would think that it would impact the outcome of that election. it has to be said, i mean, it has been donald trump's legal strategy with all the cases he's facing to delay,

delay, delay as much as he possibly can, and it has proven to be a remarkably effective strategy. let's run through all of the other cases that are pending against him. there's the charges he was facing for having classified documents at his home in mar a lago. well, the florida judge has entirely dismissed that case because she says the special prosecutor who brought those charges hadn't been properly appointed. there's the accusations of election interference in the state of georgia. that case is effectively on hold. since the revelation that the district attorney was having an affair with the man she appointed as the prosecutor. that case can't continue until the legal arguments about that relationship have concluded. and, of course, there's the january sixth case and the federal charges of election interference. well, that has been delayed and won't be heard before the presidential election, delayed by the supreme court ruling that presidents have legal immunity for any acts they committed while they were in office. and don't forget, if donald trump

does go on to win that election in november, he could then easily instruct hisjustice department to simply drop all of those january the 6th charges against him, and it would entirely go away. a 14—year—old boy and his father have appeared in court in the us state of georgia, charged over the murder of two pupils and two teachers in a gun attack at a high school. colt gray is charged with four counts of first degree murder. he'll be tried as an adult, but will not face the death penalty. his father colin, is accused in connection with supplying his son with a deadly weapon. the white house says it's "deeply disturbed," by news that a turkish—american woman has been shot dead, apparently by israeli troops, in the west bank. she was taking part in a protest againstjewish settlements. aysenur ezgi eygi who was 26, was shot in the head. israel says its troops opened fire on someone hurling rocks at troops. the west bank has been occupied by israel for decades, and is home to around 3 million palestinians, who want the territory to be part

of a future independent state. but half a millionjewish settlers have moved there and seized land, which is illegal, under international law. the shooting came as israeli forces withdrew from parts of the west bank, after a major 9—day military operation targeting armed palestinian militias. israel said it was aimed at stopping what it calls terror attacks by iranian backed groups. lucy williamson reports from the west bank. they brokejenin's roads, far harder to break its resilience. after nine days of military incursion, residents reclaimed their streets before they'd even been rebuilt. for over a week, jenin hunkered down to the sounds of war.

its refugee camp the heart of israel's sweep across the northern west bank to battle armed palestinian groups. residents emerged today to find lives and landscapes altered. ten days ago, this was a home. where do you even begin? his flat blown apart when the army exploded a cave under the mosque next door. a weapons store, the army said. an empty cave for waste water, says the man. translation: it feels| like we are starting our lives all over again. this house was all we had. we didn't expect the whole house to be destroyed. we hoped to at least find one room to live in, but now we don't know where to go. israel said its target in this

operation was the armed palestinian groups based here. but its methods are what are raising alarm. not just the civilians killed and injured, but the levels of destruction that are wrecking lives. we met mustafa in his daughter's flat upstairs, still battling his own feelings as he soothed hers. and his granddaughter�*s. they fled the camp days before under heavy fire, he said, and that two of those who fled with them were shot and injured. translation: there were people carrying white flags, _ but they were far away from us. i don't know if it was intentional or by mistake, it was impossible to tell where it was coming from. explosions, drones, shooting. we asked the israeli army tonight about this account and are waiting for their response. of the 21 people killed in this operation, around a third were civilians. but it's the men known

here as martyrs who are pasted up on the walls — fresh faces amid old bulletholes. the dead were released back to the streets today too. bodies carried from hospital morgues to burial in the cemetery next to the camp. among them, mohammed, an armed fighter. two cousins and a grandmother killed before him. his father — once the local leader of al—aqsa martyrs' brigades — now in an israeli prison. a family eroded one by one. gunfire operations here end. gunfire. operations here end. the conflict never has. people are afraid israel's army will arrest them or destroy their homes, one young fighter told me today. "but so what?"

"when you see them kill your brother, how do you live with yourself, sitting and watching it all?" lucy williamson, bbc news, jenin. one of the former presenters of the bbc show, top gear, has been speaking for the first time about the accident which seriously injured his co—presenter, freddie flintoff. chris harris claims he expressed safety concerns to the bbc before flintoff�*s crash in 2022.here's david sillito. that looks very, very dangerous. freddie flintoff was the charismatic star of top gear. until a life—changing accident. i've heard they love you over in india. not just india, shaun! the seriousness of which was revealed in his current field of dreams programme. i've got to look on the positive. i've got another chance, i've got to go at it. i'm seeing that is how it is. this was an accident that has

permanently affected him. i suffer from anxiety. i have nightmares, flashbacks. 191 mph... but none of the presenters have talked about what happened — until now. his co—presenter, chris harris, here on the left, has described the accident at dunsfold aerodrome, saying that, without a crash helmet, freddie overturned on a three—wheeled car. he also told thejoe rogan podcast that he long had safety concerns. i went to them, i went to the bbc and i told them of my concerns, from what i had seen, as the most experienced on the show by a mile. i said, if we carry on, at the very least we are going to have a serious injury and at the very worst we are going to have a fatality. the bbc says an independent inquiry concluded the show had followed both bbc and industry best practices, but also that lessons could be learned. top gear, meanwhile, has for the foreseeable future ceased production. david sillito, bbc news.

as we predicted at the beginning of this half—hour, i'm afraid it's bad news out of the us open if you are british tennis fan because jack draper has been beaten by the world number one who has just booked his spotin number one who has just booked his spot in the us open finals, so draper who had been bidding to become the first british man since andy murray in 2016 to reach a grand slam singles final, it is not to be this time. he is out of the us open, beaten by sinner. the cost of a first class stamp will rise for the second time this year to £1.65 from next month. that's up by another 30 pence. a first class large letter stamp will go up 50 pence to £2.60. royal mail says it is facing "urgent" financial pressure caused by inflation and declining demand. our business correspondent, marc ashdown has more details. the price rises are

truly eye watering. if you cast your mind back to march 2022, it cost 95p to post a first class letter. so, that's a 74% increase in price in just two and a half years. of course the devil is in the detail. yes, second—class stamps will remain at 85p, bereft of other services will be going up, things like large letters, parcels, tracked and signed for deliveries. look, there's no secret, royal mail has been losing money hand over fist. day it lost in the last financial year. it keeps being squeezed. on the one hand because of the universal service obligation, basically it's a legal duty to deliver our mail to a six days a week, and on the other, declining demand. i will give you a couple of statistics. annual letter volumes have fallen from 20 billion back in 2005 to just six days a week, and on the other, declining demand. i will give you a couple of statistics. annual letter volumes have fallen

from 20 billion back in 2005 to just 6.7 billion proposals to save money. the regulator off, will be considering those. it could mean getting second—class post on alternate weekdays and another to at the weekend. we understand a public consultation will hopefully be in the new year, so we should all get a say. in the meantime, if you do have a christmas card list, i would think about slimming it down. good advice there. let's take a look at what is making the front pages of tomorrow's newspapers. the guardian is leading with an exclusive — "labour acts to end—no fault evictions within months" — with sources saying ministers will bring the renters�* rights bill for its first reading next week. the daily telegraph reports the interim manager of the england football team — lee carsley — has suggested he won't sing the national anthem when they play his former team, ireland, tomorrow. carsley said he never sings the anthem during that

time as he prefers to concentrate on football. you can find that story on the front page of the daily mail too, where there is also an exclusive claiming none of the royal navy's six attack submarines are at sea. the navy says it continues to meet its operational requirements. the financial times has quite the mix for your saturday morning — paralympics, croissants and of course taxes — the main headline "reeves faces whitehall cuts revolt", the paper reports that departments tasked with making savings will tell the chancellor it is not possible, and will instead ask for more money. the cuts the chancellor wants, and will instead ask for more money. meanwhile — the i headlines: �*gamechanger weigh—loss pills on way — in major boost to nhs' — looking at eight anti—obesity drugs which are in final—stage tests. over at the daily mirror the focus is on claims former top gear presenter chris harris warned the bbc about safety concerns before

freddie flintoff�*s crash. and finally the daily express, which calls for sir ian mckellan to give back his knighthood — after he accused the queen of being "rude" and "quite mad" towards the end of her life in an interview with the times. those are the front pages. you can get a full review of the saturday papers on the bbc news website and app. time now to take a look at the weekend weather. here is darren. hello there. before we get to the weekend, friday brought some very big differences across the uk. we had sunny skies in western scotland, and in northern ireland, temperatures reached 27 degrees — the hottest it's been all year. it was quite a bit cooler here at the oval for the test match, where we struggled with bad light. doesn't look quite so gloomy for saturday. very misty, murky conditions, though, in bristol, where we've seen rain pushing in earlier on in the night and into south wales as well, with some thunderstorms, too. that's going to be clearing away

later, and it's going to be quite a warm start to saturday, muggy as well. and because of that we've got extensive low clouds, some mist and some fog around for england and wales, so things may improve a little. it may cheer up a bit, but there may not be too much sunshine around — more cloud producing a few showers here and there. looks dry for scotland, northern ireland, sunny for the most part, but that low cloud retreating back to the east coast of scotland keeping it cooler here. but in the sunshine in scotland, and northern ireland temperatures again into the mid 20s, and it may warm up where we get a bit of sunshine in east anglia, although not as warm as it was on friday. we've got this area of low pressure is going to bring some wetter weather overnight on saturday night, heavy rain and some thunderstorms, perhaps already arriving during the evening across these southern areas, and that rain will push its way northwards into england and wales. drier for scotland and northern ireland, some clear spells, but also some mist and low cloud, again, filtering through the central belt of scotland and lingering along the east coast of scotland. but another quite warm start to sunday. but it comes with a lot of cloud, and we've got these showers, along with spells of rain affecting england and wales. again, it could be heavy and thundery. a few showers popping up

towards the southeast of scotland. otherwise scotland, northern ireland, generally dry but more cloud around, so it's going to be quite a bit cooler, particularly so for northern ireland. if we get a bit of sunshine in the midlands across to lincolnshire, that could pop off a few thundery showers here. now that area of low pressure is going to move away on monday, so it starts to turn drier, but then we change the wind direction. we're going to pick up more of a north westerly wind over the week ahead, and that will make it feel quite a bit cooler as well. now, most of the wet weather next week will be more towards the north west of the uk this time — the drier weather in the southeast — but those temperatures are going to be lower, you're watching bbc news. it's 11.30. i'll be back with more of the day's news, including meeting the uk's new chief scout, that's after this week's newswatch. we're back after a few weeks off the air, with your comments

on bbc news coverage. welcome to news watch with me, samira ahmed. coming up, we look back at the violent protests that spread around the country a month ago. did bbc news help to fan the flames of the riots? since we were last with you, it's been a busy summer of news, both at home and abroad. in this programme, we're going to focus on the alarming sequence of events sparked by a knife attack in southport at the end ofjuly in which three young girls were killed. judith moritz spoke at the time to eight—year—old poppy, a friend of one of the victims. i literally knew that alice was definitely in there, so my fingers were crossed that she wasn't injured or anything because i knew she was in there. but then when i found out that she was in the hospital, i was like, "oh, i'm crossing my fingers all week".