brady spent the last years of his life in ashworth high security mental hospital.ded to die and stopped eating but doctors for speeding. he wrote many but doctors for speeding. he wrote ma ny letters but doctors for speeding. he wrote many letters to the bbc complaining about his treatment and in 2012 u nsuccessfully about his treatment and in 2012 unsuccessfully petitioned to be returned to a normal prison was not he continued to bet his anger at myra hindley are trying to minimise her role in the moors murderer. his murders will be recorded as some of the worst in british history. 0n the line is former bbc correspondent, peter gould who had been in contact with ian brady from 1985 until the last few months. thank you forjoining us. how did you first make contact with ian brady? happened in 1985. there had been a lot of speculation at the time whether myra hindley and brady could ever be released. they had served 20 years of the sentence. but nothing had been heard from ian brady for a long time so i sent him a brief letter asking if he would apply for parole and

in the past half hour it's been confirmed that the moors murderer ian brady has died at ashworth psychiatric hospitalde. in a statement the mersey care nhs foundation trust simply said tonight — we can confirm a 79—year—old patient in long term care at ashworth high secure hospital has died after becoming physically unwell. our correspondent richard lister is here. a notorious man. the suggestion is that he has now died. fill us in on the background to what we know this evening as to what has happened? some of the papers were saying this morning that he was very gravely ill, at death ‘s door. this is not entirely unexpected. in fact he has been very ill for some time. we learnt in february that he had been bedridden for probably the last couple of years or so. he was suffering a terminal illness, conjugated by emphysema and back in february his lawyers were clear that he was approaching the end of his life. today we have had the news which the nhs has confirmed in a somewhat roundabout way, they do not asa somewhat roundabout way, they do not as a rule comment directly on individual patients but they

, joins us now from ashworth hospital. brady‘s victims, i met winniejohnson just before she died, and it had tormented her, the loss of her son come the way he was so brutally murdered, and the fact that ian brady never revealed where his remains were. that is something that he has taken to his grave. in a few minutes, we‘ll speak to a lawyer who worked with the family of one of brady‘s victims. jeremy corbyn will today unveil the labour party general election manifesto, calling it a "radical and responsible" plan for government. a draft version of the document was leaked last week, including commitments to strengthen trade union rights and nationalise the railways. the bbc now understands the final version will also include a pledge to nationalise the water industry. there will be a promise to provide 30 hours of free childcare for all two— to four—year—olds, around 1.3 million children. companies paying staff more than £330,000 will have to pay a surcharge in a move designed to reduce pay inequality. 0ur political corres

what have ashworth hospital said to you? well, certainly the contact said to you? hospital and the home office are keen to make sure that this is just regarded as another patient, another inmate. they don't necessarily want to attach any special significance to brady and his death even though there is this continuing fascination with the case and the evil deeds of brady and his accomplice, myra hindley. thank you very much. still to come... labour unveils its manifesto this morning, promising it will govern for the "many not the few". we'll look at whether policies such as a pay levy on salaries above £330,000 a year, more free childcare, and nationalisation, will be popular with you the voters. and sex and the city star kim cattrall willjoin us in the studio to talk about the work she's doing to try and combat ageism and sexism in hollywood. now, a summary of today's news. greater manchester police say they will never close the case of the moors murders, despite the death of ian brady at the age of 79. he had been receiving palliative care in a secure unit at ashwo

he was 79 and had been receiving palliative care at ashworth hospital, a high security psychiatric united and murdered five children in the 1960s, burying their bodies on saddleworth moor in the pennines. hindley died in prison in 2002. public outrage at the crimes was compounded by the couple's refusal to co—operate with detectives or relatives — as our correspondent, judith moritz, reports. his name will always be notorious, his face the image of evil. ian brady, the moors murderer. his crimes are among the most reviled of the 20th century. he took children and tortured them, murdering and dumping their bodies on the moors above manchester. police searched for their remains. 0ne above manchester. police searched for their remains. one child was never found. brady's accomplice was his girlfriend myra hindley. she died 15 years ago. brady's death charge... closes a chapter of criminal history. the pair murdered five children, lesley ann downey, just ten years old. i would not say he was a person. he is not, a monster. he is a monster. he is not human, not human. no. ijust... like all th

he is being held at ashworth hospital, a psychiatric unit on merseyside.ichard forrest reports. it is not often that a german regional election is considered so important but just look at what this victory means to angela merkel‘s christian democrats. this is a bellwether state, winning here a huge boost to angela merkel‘s hopes of retaining power in september's national elections. translation: voters have made a clear decision today. they want a different political policy for schools and education, for infrastructure and transport, for internal security and in fighting crime, and what has been the politics of the last seven years was bad for the people. the state of north rhine—westphalia is home to one in five german voters, a sprawling industrial region which has been a stronghold for the centre—left social democratic party for decades. early optimism at the polling booths from the spd leader, martin schulz, soon made way for disappointment and the faces of his supporters said it all. translation: this is a difficult day for the spd and a difficult day

the 79 year old is being held at ashworth hospital, a secure psychiatric unit on merseyside.966 and has been at ashworth since 1985. to iraq now and the bbc has been given rare access to coalition troops on the ground — that have become increasingly visible as part of the fight to retake mosul. feras kilani, with cameraman khalid alayash — were the first television team allowed to film at patrol base foundry — and send this report. after eight months, this is not a new sight. the battle to take back mosul from the self—proclaimed islamic state has been raging for close to 1000 days, when they first swept through northern iraq like a plague. what still remains will be some of the most difficult and dangerous fighting for the iraqi forces. they are not alone, however. the us led coalition has been a steady presence, conducting thousands of air strikes and providing intelligence. but they have been increasing their work on the ground with iraqi forces. here at this base us forces have been working directly with the iraqi police to push is out of iraq's second largest city. we ar

at ashworth psychiatric hospital. i think we have the front page of the paper. there it is. that's how they are referring to him. a lot of people feel that way and this day could not come soon enough. i think as well, when you look at that headline and the description of monster and the mugshot, the of him alongside myra are probably some of the most awful the iconic images of the 60s and have lived with us for many generations. i am starkly reminded of winniejohnson generations. i am starkly reminded of winnie johnson ‘s generations. i am starkly reminded of winniejohnson ‘s death, the mother of keith bennett in 2012, and reading her obituary and this poor woman who went to her grave not knowing where her 12—year—old son was buried. that is still the case for all these families so this man, this monster who are on a number of occasions took the police on a wild goose chase on the moors discovered nothing, and families had no pleasure whatsoever. this will not be closure for them if they do not know where these bodies were buried. what do we do? how do we react to this? we r

he was 79, and had been receiving palliative care at ashworth hospital — a high security psychiatric at the crimes was compounded by the couple's refusal to co—operate with detectives or relatives. 0ur correspondent danny savage is on saddleworth moor for us now. ian brady takes with him the biggest secret of all, which is the resting place of keith bennett. yes, there we re place of keith bennett. yes, there were some probably hopes last night that on his deathbed he may have revealed a bit more information about where keith bennett's body lay, or perhaps even some of the papers that he left behind would also reveal some information. his solicitor has told the bbc today that he saw him last night before he died, but he doesn't think there is such information in those documents, so what you have now is the continuing agony of keith bennett's surviving relatives. his mum died a few years ago, and she had always talked publicly about how she wanted to give her son christian burial. he was just 12 years old when he was kidnapped murdered by myra hindley and ian brady, and they dumped hi

, wejust hearing, following the death of ian brady last night, one of the moors murderers in ashworth hospitaldeath, and the coroner, the senior coroner, christopher sumner, has said that ian brady's body will not be released until assurance has been given that his ashes will not been given that his ashes will not be scattered on saddleworth moor, this is where he and myra hindley buried four of their five victims, on saddleworth moor, a fifth victim, keith bennett, who it is thought is also buried on saddleworth moor, his body was never recovered, and it looks as though the coroner is keen not to add further misery to the families, and he has said that the body will not be released until he has been given assurances that the ashes will not be scattered on saddleworth moor. that had not been an issue, it is suspected that a meeting with ian brady's solicitor yesterday morning, in the hours before he died, may have resulted in his final wishes as to his resting place being discussed, but that has not been confirmed. but we will bring you more on that as soon as we get it. inflation has risen to

brady spent the last years of his life in ashworth high security mental hospital.and stopped eating, so doctors force fed him using a tube. he wrote many letters to the bbc complaining about his treatment and in 2012, u nsuccessfully treatment and in 2012, unsuccessfully petitioned to be returned to a normal prison. he continued to vent his anger at myra hindley for trying to minimise her role in the murders. though ian brady's crimes belong to another era, they will be recorded as among the most infamous ever seen in britain. that was daniel sandford reporting. richard lister is with me now. this news came in in the past few minutes. yes, i've just got off the phone with mersey care nhs foundation trust, who are responsible for the care of ian brady and a spokesman said, "we can confirm a 79—year—old patient in long—term care at ashworth high secure hospital has died after becoming physically unwell." now the bbc understands that patient is in fa ct bbc understands that patient is in fact ian brady. that is confirmed. he has been very ill for some time. ata he has

more than 50 years later, the moors murderer, ian brady, has died at ashworth high secure hospital onuple started a relationship and brady led her into a world of sadism. outwardly a normal couple, they became serial killers. in all they kidnapped and murdered five children. when brady and hindley were arrested, they said nothing, challenging detectives to prove their guilt. they remained silent even when police had found three children‘s bodies in shallow graves on saddleworth moor. until her death in 2002, his accomplice blamed him. in the 1980s, the two killers made full confessions and went back to the moors to help search for other victims. pauline reade‘s body was eventually recovered but keith bennett‘s grave has never been found. i wanted one of them to come up with the truth so i could nail the two of them, nail them for the rest of their lives like they nailed me down. i wanted them prosecuted for keith‘s death. his mother, winnie johnson, died in 2012, never knowing where her son was buried. ian brady‘s sadistic crimes shocked the nation and will be recorded as among the mo

brady spent the last years of his life in ashworth high security mental hospital.wrote many letters to the bbc complaining about his treatment and in 2012 unsuccessfully petitioned to be returned to a normal prison. he continued to vent his anger at myra hindley for trying to minimise her role in the moors murderers. although ian brady‘s crimes now belong to another era, they will be recorded as among the most infamous ever seen in britain. muchmore, as always, on our website. you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter. —— raqqa do. hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: roger says game, set, match to roland garros. federer will bypass the french open. conte celebrates at stanford bridge, as champions chelsea fight back to beat watford. and going for glory and green. the england football club which is saving energy and money. hi there, wherever you are around the world. welcome to sport today. his mind is still sharp as a tack, but his body may be getting weary, so roger federer has pulled out of t

sentenced to life, brady was at first taken to prison, but in 1985, he was transferred to ashworth, a high security hospital showed no sympathy to the family of 12—year—old keith bennett, whose remains were never located. it consumed the life of his mother, winnie, who died without knowing where he lay. the police say that virtually every week someone gets in touch purporting to be able to lead them to keith, but they‘re not actively searching the moors at the moment. they say though that they will never close the case and ian brady‘s death doesn‘t change that. yesterday, knowing his death was imminent, brady called his solicitor to see him. i don‘t think there was anything he really knew or had any information that would assist in the location of keith bennett‘s body. did brady say anything which would give the families of the victims any comfort? no. today a coroner said that brady‘s ashes must not be scattered across these moors. bad enough that he had taken his saddleworth secret to the grave, controlling and cruel to the last. judith moritz, bbc news. nine years after it was rescued by the state during

brady spent the last years of his life in ashworth high security mental hospital.ed eating so doctors force—fed him using a tube. he wrote many letters to the bbc complaining about his treatment and in 2012 unsuccessfully petitioned to be returned to a normal prison. he continued to vent his anger at myra hindley for trying to minimise her role in the moors murderers. although ian brady's crimes now belong to another era, they will be recorded as among the most infamous ever seen in britain. as organisations around the world clean up after being caught out by last week's cyber arrack, attention has now turned to the people behind the devastating malware. it uses a vulnerability identified by the us national security agency — but it's been unleashed by someone entirely different. several security firms are pointing the finger at a possible north korean connection. the wannacry cyber attack has struck around the world. its impact has been the most far reaching of cyber crimes ever committed. as government organisations and businesses world wide clean up after being c

brady spent the last years of his life in ashworth high security mental hospital.g so doctors force—fed him using a tube. he wrote many letters to the bbc complaining about his treatment and in 2012 unsuccessfully petitioned to be returned to a normal prison. he continued to vent his anger at myra hindley for trying to minimise her role in the moors murderers. although ian brady's crimes now belong to another era, they will be recorded as among the most infamous ever seen in britain. still to come on bbc news: inching towards victory in mosul — we're on the front line with coalition forces, who say the final push could be the most dangerous. the pope was shot, the pope will live. that's the essence of the appalling news from rome this afternoon, that, as an italian television commentator put it, terrorism had come to the vatican. the man they call the butcher of lyon, klaus barbie, went on trial today in the french town where he was the gestapo chief in the second world war. winnie mandela never looked like a woman just sentenced to six years injail. the judge told

brady spent the last years of his life in ashworth high security mental hospital. tube. he wrote many letters to the bbc complaining about his treatment and in 2012 unsuccessfully petitioned to be returned to a normal prison. he continued to vent his anger at myra hindley for trying to minimise her role in the moors murderers. although ian brady's crimes now belong to another era, they will be recorded as among the most infamous ever seen in britain. the king ofjordan is inaugurating a new science laboratory today that, it is hoped, will promote collaborative research across the middle east. known as sesame, the laboratory has faced formidable hurdles. from jordan, here's our science editor david shukman. iam in i am injordan as a new search centre called sesame and around me isa centre called sesame and around me is a machine that acts as an incredibly powerful microscope. what's the big deal? you might think. some of the countries involved are jordan, think. some of the countries involved arejordan, egypt's, turkey, cyprus, iran and, amazingly, israel as well. on

but in 1985, he was transferred to ashworth, a high—security hospital. remorse, but he never showed any sympathy to the family of 12—year—old keith bennett, whose remains were never located. it consumed the life of his mother, winniejohnson, who spoke to me before she died. i want it coming to an end, and i want keith found. i've asked him before. when i found out that i'd got cancer, and i said, "i want to know where keith is before anything happens to me." winnie often went to the moors, and never gave up hope that her son would be found. the police say that virtually every week someone gets in touch purporting to be able to lead them to keith, but they're not actively searching the moors at the moment. they say though that they'll never close the case, and ian brady's death doesn't change that. yesterday, knowing his death was imminent, brady called his solicitor to see him. they spent two hours together. i don't think there was anything he really knew or had any information that would assist in the location of keith bennett's body. did brady say anyt

sentenced to life, brady was at first taken to prison, but in 1985, he was transferred to ashworth, a high security hospitalr—old keith bennett, whose remains were never located. it consumed the life of his mother, winnie, who died without knowing where he lay. the police say that virtually every week someone gets in touch purporting to be able to lead them to keith, but they‘re not actively searching the moors at the moment. they say though that they will never close the case and ian brady‘s death doesn‘t change that. yesterday, knowing his death was imminent, brady called his solicitor to see him. i don‘t think there was anything he really knew or had any information that would assist in the location of keith bennett‘s body. did brady say anything which would give the families of the victims any comfort? no. today a coroner said that brady‘s ashes must not be scattered across these moors. bad enough that he had taken his saddleworth secret to the grave, controlling and cruel to the last. judith moritz, bbc news. a man who was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder a female police officer outside th

sentenced to life, brady was at first taken to prison but, in 1985, he was transferred to ashworth, a high—security hospitalut he never showed any sympathy to the family of 12—year—old keith bennett, whose remains were never located. it consumed the life of his mother, winniejohnson, who spoke to me before she died. i want it coming to an end and i want keith found. i've asked him before. when i found out that i'd got cancer and i said, "i want to know where keith is before anything happens to me." winnie often went to the moors and never gave up hope that her son would be found. the police say that virtually every week someone gets in touch touch purporting to be able to lead them to keith, but they're not actively searching the moors at the moment. they say though that they'll never close the case and ian brady's death doesn't change that. yesterday, knowing his death was imminent, brady called his solicitor to see him. they spent two hours together. i don't think there was anything he really knew or had any information that would assist in the location of keith bennett's body. did brady say anything whic

sentenced to life, brady was at first taken to prison but, in 1985, he was transferred to ashworth, a high security hospitale for the crimes and the pain he subjected the families to. i had an insight into the way his mind was working in one letter in particular, in which he said that in his case, remorse was, in his words, painfully deep. but brady never showed any remorse to the family of 12—year—old keith bennett, whose remains were never located. it consumed the life of his mother, winniejohnson, who spoke to me before she died. i am going through hell, i have had over 40 years of it. over 40 years. i want it coming to an end, i want to keith found. i want keith found. i have asked him before, when i found out i had got cancer and i said i want to know where keith is before anything gets me. winnie often went to the moors and never gave up hope that her son would be found. this morning, police said a week hardly goes by where we don't receive some information which purports to lead us to keith. but ultimately only two people knew where keith is. whilst we are not actively searching saddleworth moors, gr

but in 1985, he was transferred to ashworth, a high—security hospital.son, who spoke to me before she died. i want it coming to an end, and i want keith found. i've asked him before. when i found out that i'd got cancer, and i said, "i want to know where keith is before anything happens to me." winnie often went to the moors and never gave up hope that her son would be found. the police say that virtually every week someone gets in touch touch purporting to be able to lead them to keith, but they're not actively searching the moors at the moment. they say though that they'll never close the case, and ian brady's death doesn't change that. yesterday, knowing his death was imminent, brady called his solicitor to see him. they spent two hours together. i don't think there was anything he really knew or had any information that would assist in the location of keith bennett's body. did brady say anything which would give the families of the victims any comfort? no. today, a coroner said that brady's ashes must not be scattered across these moors. bad enough t

some involve hospital bed cuts with resources switched to community health. labour's jon ashworthg with activists in west yorkshire, argues the process has been driven by financial pressures and has caused widespread concern and confusion. let's just halt them, let's just have a moratorium on them and step back and have a full review of them and when we reiew them let's involve the clinicians, but let's involve the people as well, the public, because so far they've been cut out of the decisions and we don't think that's fair. the conservatives said labour had previously backed the plans which were supported by senior doctors and nurses. the lib dems said the purpose of the process was good but the conservatives had starved the plans of the required funding. hugh pym, bbc news. the green party has called on ministers to do more to tackle illegal levels of air pollution. the government is due to publish its air quality plans within the next week, after it decided not to appeal against a high court ruling. the co—leader of the green party, jonathan bartley, said air pollution was lin

some involve hospital bed cuts with resources switched to community health. labour's jon ashworthctivists in west yorkshire, argues the process has been driven by financial pressures and has caused widespread concern and confusion. let's just halt them, let's just have a moratorium on them and step back and have a full review of them and when we reiew them let's involve the clinicians, but let's involve the people as well, the public, because so far they've been cut out of the decisions and we don't think that's fair. the conservatives said labour had previously backed the plans which were supported by senior doctors and nurses. the lib dems said the purpose of the process was good but the conservatives had starved the plans of the required funding. hugh pym, bbc news. let's talk about this a little bit more, though strong comments from theresa may about the process of brexit talks and her comments about some officials in europe simply not wanting the talks to succeed. kevin connko wanting the talks to succeed. kevin connolly is in brussels. what reaction are you starting to hear

hospital services across england. the party says the national initiative, involving a4 local plans, has lost credibility and needs reviewing. here is labour's shadow health secretaryjon ashworthy, will stop this hospital closure programme and have a full review. and the question that theresa may has to answer and the question that the tory wannabe mp candidate robots here in yorkshire have to answer is, will they support altering this hospital closure programme? if they don't the message will go out, the nhs is safe in labour hands and not in tory hands at all. let's get some more analysis on this story. joining me now is our health editor, hugh pym. what are the plans? these are called sustainability and transformation plans and a4 areas of england. the intention was prompted by nhs‘ leadership for each area to get health chiefs and council leaders around the table to talk about health and social care in that area and how to treat the blow away from hospitals because of the pressure on resources and demand rising rapidly and treating more people in the community is seen as better for the patient and a better use of resources . patient and a better use of resources. in some a

every hospital is wondering how it can cope, accident and emergency nurses and doctors stressed beyond belief with the situation they are facing. so whatjohn ashworth departments all over the country to make sure they are there for everybody to reach. and there is another aspect to it. if we continue this underfunding of social care, and if the government cannot give an a nswer and if the government cannot give an answer on how much they are going to ta ke answer on how much they are going to take out of somebody‘s value of their home or anything else, then i suggest people look at the labour alternative which is to put money in now to end the crisis in social care. and develop a national social ca re care. and develop a national social care service. care. and develop a national social ca re service. because care. and develop a national social care service. because as with all aspects of public cuts, public spending cuts and austerity, who pays the price? the purest and most vulnerable. who pays the price? who has to give up theirjob? caring for someone, a disabled child or older person suffering dementia or many other conditions, it's almost alway