. —— michael veale. which he says are serious ones.ted a lot of criticism, as richard galpin reports. sir edward heath, conservative prime minister in the early 1970s, is remembered for much, including taking the country into what would become the european union. also whilst prime minister, he famously skippered one of the yachts which won the admiral‘s cup. but since his death 12 years ago, allegations of child sex abuse have come to the fore. today, wiltshire police announced that allegations made by seven people would have led to the former prime minister being questioned if he was still alive. the offences where he would have been interviewed under caution are one allegation of rape of a male under 16. three allegations of indecent assault on a male under 16. four allegations of indecent assault on a male under “i. and two allegations of indecent assault on a male over 16. it is clearly inappropriate to speculate what his response would have been to the allegations put to him, and no inference of guilt should be drawn by the decisi

but the chief constable here, michael veale, earliersaid he didn't think it was appropriate. will be speaking to a sir edward heath's biographer, michael mcmanus, later this hour. spain's constitutional court has suspended a session of the catalan parliament scheduled for monday. local leaders were expected to declare catalonia's unilateral independence from spain at the meeting. the ruling followed a legal challenge by the catalan socialist party, which opposes secession, according to local media. our europe correspondent damian grammaticas is in barcelona for us. there been so many twists in this story, this is the latest. the court really upping the ante. one of the questions is, how will they enforce this? you're absolutely right. certainly upping a new step in this confrontation. a very clear legal ruling, it appears, confrontation. a very clear legal ruling, itappears, coming confrontation. a very clear legal ruling, it appears, coming from the constitutional court in spain. it's just come through in the last 45 minutes, we're waiting for details. it seems clear what th

chief constable michael veale of wiltshire police speaking.nday to declare independence after his officials released preliminary referendum results showing 90% support in favour of breaking away. the madrid government said the catalan president must return to the path of law before any dialogue could take place. tech giant google has introduced new headphones which can translate what someone's saying — into other languages — in real time. the pixel earbuds allow users to both listen and speak in foreign languages, using google's latest smart—phone. with me is the bbc‘s technology correspondent, rory cellan—jones. this sounds like a really clever idea. it's using some of google's existing technology. take us through how this works. well, it is more amazing and less amazen than it seems. more amazing it shows us how far artificial intelligence has got that we can translate from so many languages. it is a brilliant feat of engineering. less amazing in that the earbuds all they are doing is effectively taking an app which is ona effectively taking

wiltshire police chief constable michael veale said it would have been a dereliction of his duty if hebelieve this was the right thing to do. it was the right moral, ethical and professional thing to do. but i appreciate that every case needs to bejudged on its own merits. i am satisfied, satisfied, there are compelling and obvious reasons to investigate allegations made against sir ted heath. as i have said, sir edward heath was an extremely prominent, influential and high—profile person who was arguably one of the most powerful people in the world commensurate with the public office and political office he held. the allegations against him were of the utmost seriousness and from a significant number of people. i hope people will understand that given these circumstances it would be an indefensible dereliction of the chief constable's duty not to have investigated the allegations against the former prime minister, even though he is deceased. i have made it clearfrom the i have made it clear from the outset at the end of this investigation, in line with our investigation to be as trans