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it was telling james lynam something sinister had just happened.u didn't think this was a horrible accident? >> no. >> there wasn't any smoking gun really. just something dark lynam thought he could read between the lines in the police notes he reviewed the day after jody's death. >> he did not react like somebody who just lost his wife should have reacted. >> and so the detective moved his investigation from the physical evidence to the less tangible clues. he quickly learned from jody's friends that this was a couple not in love but in crisis. the subject wasn't wine and roses on those cliffs. it was divorce. >> she was going to go through with it, yes, absolutely. >> jody's longtime friend told detectives that jody had been determined to take her 10-year-old son jonathan and leave her husband. she was convinced stephen had been cheating on her. >> she couldn't prove anything but women called the house and sometimes they'd call and hang up on her. >> in fact, lynam learned jody had served her husband divorce papers on september 8th, 1992. less th

our business correspondent, joe lynam reports.y are two of the best—known brands in the uk, but now they want to merge into one company. the surprise announcement that asda and sainsbury‘s are tojoin up has shaken up the grocery market, and it may affect where and how we shop. in a statement, sainsbury‘s said that it confirms that it and walmart, that owns asda, are in advanced

it was telling james lynam something sinter happened. so you didn't think this was a horrible accident. >> no. >> reporter: there wasn't any smoking gun really. just something dark lynam thought he could read between the lines in the police notes he reviewed the day after jody's death. >> he did not react like somebody who just lost his wife should have reacted. >> reporter: and so the detective moved his investigation from the physical evidence to the less tangible clues. he quickly learned from jody's friends that this was a couple not in love but in crisis. the subject wasn't wine and roses on those cliffs, it was divorce. >> she was going to go through wit, yes, absolutely. >> jody's longtime friend told detectives that jody had been determined to take her 10-year-old son jonathan and leave her husband. she was convinced steven had been cheating on her. >> she couldn't prove anything but women called the house and sometimes they'd call and hang up on her. >> reporter: in fact, lynam learned jody had served her husband divorce papers

our business correspondent, joe lynam reports. it is the new worry

our business correspondent, joe lynam reports.e two of the best—known brands in the uk, but now they want to merge into one company. the surprise announcement that asda and sainsbury‘s are tojoin up has shaken up the grocery market, and it may affect where and how we shop. in a statement, sainsbury‘s said that it confirms that it and walmart, which owns asda, are in advanced discussions regarding a combination of the sainsbury‘s and asda businesses. a further announcement will be made at 7am on monday. this whopper of a deal could certainly shake up britain's supermarket sector. at the moment, tesco is the biggest grocer in the uk with 28% of the market. asda and sainsbury‘s have almost 16% each. put them together and their combined 2800 stores would hop over tesco into the top spot. but not everybody likes it. it makes no sense to me at all. the trouble is you've got businesses which are on opposite poles of the mass—market. asda are attracting a younger, less affluent customer. sainsbury‘s an older, more affluent one. as much as

joe lynam went to meet him. but, for millions of young people, 1l: 4l}.— it's potentially a lucrative future career. kyle jackson is so good at fortnight that he's been signed to play with a team of professional gamers. i started playing competitively when i was around nine or ten. i got into, like, halo, call of duty, games like that, and i realised that i could probably go to a pro level if i keep playing at the level that i am at that age. gaming is no joke. it's a big business. thousands of people pay to watch experts at play around the world. they're even celebrities. it's becoming a multi—billion—dollar industry. just games, production of games, publishing of games, and the e—sports scene, so it's notjust one thing now. it's a whole industry that's wrapped in it. you need materials to build. kyle hasn't been paid anything yet, and can't of course have a job until he's 16 at least — and to those parents at school i'm doing very well in pretty much every subject, so they're not really worried about me playing as much as i do. i still have time to stud

joe lynam, bbc news.er last night. it is the second year that mr trump — who has a turbulent relationship with the mainstream media — has declined to appear, instead spending time with supporters in michigan. andrew plant has more. a glamorous a—list extravaganza. a fixture of the washington calendar. but this year's white house correspondents' dinner had one notable absentee — the president, who left in helicopter marine one earlier in the day, snubbing the event for the second year running, holding a rally in michigan instead. you know, you may have heard i was invited to another event tonight, the white house correspondents' dinner. booing. but i'd much rather be in washington, michigan than in washington, dc right now, that i can tell you. mr trump was stung here seven years ago — before his presidency — by barack obama, who mockingly called mr trump ‘the donald' and ridiculed his alleged belief in conspiracy theories. mr trump has said it is due to fake news stories that he chooses to forego the even

well at school, and that allows him to do what many boys dream of — play games and make money. joe lynam rain clouds. if you spot of rain, here, but much of scotland, northern ireland, and good part of england and wales. temperatures are up england and wales. temperatures are up to around 13. single figures where we have got the cloud. it will thicken up and rain and hail is bedding in across east anglia and the south—east. a widespread frost developing as we go into monday morning. if you are in... much of central and eastern england, cloudy, and 50 mph gusts up across east anglia and the south—east. this is where we will see the persistent rain. a bit of sleet mixed in over the hills. it will creep in to the midlands. sunshine in the west, highs of around 1a. this is bbc new. our latest headlines... more than 200 mps have signed a letter, coordinated by the labour backbencher david lammy, calling for government promises to windrush migrants to be written into law. there are calls for an investigation by the competition and markets authority into a potential merger between british super

joe lynam, bbc news.inally ill toddler at the centre of a long legal battle, has died — nearly a week after his life support was withdrawn. alfie, who would have been two next month, had a degenerative neurological condition. alfie's parents said they are heartbroken. turned to grief. they gathered to remember the little boy outside the hospital where he died. for the first weeks of alfie evans's life he seemed healthy, happy and well. but he soon started to develop problems. scans showed that his brain was being destroyed. he spent a year in intensive care before doctors said they felt his life support should be stopped. alfie's parents, kate and tom, strongly disagreed with the medical view that their son could not be helped. 0n the outside, he's shown the biggest fight and that's what's given us the biggest thrive to get us through this. it's heartbreaking knowing the doctors just because they can't find a diagnosis think it's ok to come to me and my mum and say, we can't find an answer, so we think it

joe lynam, bbc news. day. i always like to get back into a spitfire again. it's part of you. 100 years. i feel i have than 75 years of them. laughter no, it'sjust a wonderful feeling. to be effectively now where they all we re to be effectively now where they all were 100 years ago isjust absolutely fantastic. there's no place like this at all. probably left in the world, really. it's a service of commemoration, but i think also celebration, of what

our business correspondent joe lynam reports.rom today. the bad news, according to one charity, is that it still isn't enough to cover the real cost of living. the national living wage rises from £7.50 per hour for the over—25s to £7.83 from today. but the living wage foundation charity says the figure should be £8.75 outside london. inside london it believes the real living wage should be £10.20, to cover basics such as rent and transport. we welcome any step to close the gap between the government minimum and the real living wage, which is calculated based on what people need to live. 5.5 million people in the uk are still earning less than the wage they need to live on. so for a full—time worker, on the minimum wage, they are earning £1,800 a year less than the real living wage. that is the equivalent of six months or a year's worth of gas and electricity bills, or three month‘ rent. the gap is biggest for people in london. the government said the increased national living wage would be worth £600 per year to those on lower pa

joe lynam went to meet him.er. but for millions of young people, it's the hottest video game on the planet right now. and for this 13—year—old, it's potentially a lucrative future career. kyle jackson is so good at fortnite that he has been signed to play with a team of professional gamers. so how did he start? played video games all my life basically. i started playing competitively when i was around nine or ten. i got into, like, halo, call of duty, games like that, and ijust — i realised that i could probably, like, go to a pro level if i kept playing at the level i am at that age. gaming is no joke. it's big business. thousands of people pay to watch the experts at play around the world. there are even celebrities. it's becoming a multibillion—dollar industry, just games, production of games, publishing of games, and the e—sport scene, so it's notjust one thing now, it's a whole industry that's, you know, wrapped up in a bow. in the game, you need materials to build. kyle says he is doing well at school, and

joe lynam has more.w the agencies behind them, but you will know many of the adverts that they come up with. wpp owns many of the large advertising and public relations groups in the world and this is the man who created the £15 billion behemoth. sir martin sorrell took a company called wire and plastic products, which made supermarket baskets, into a major entity in 112 countries. but now, a 33—year glittering career is coming to an end amid recent accusations that he may have misused wpp funds. although sir martin has strenuously denied any wrongdoing, he said it would be in the best interests of the business if he stepped down now. this resignation is a lot more than the use of company funds. many believe that wpp is simply not growing like it used to. tech giants such as facebook and google are placing ads directly with consumers and bypassing the advertising agencies controlled by wpp, whose share price has fallen by a third over the past year, and many believe that sir martin has lost his midas tou

our business correspondent, joe lynam reports. two of the best—known brands in the uk, but now they want to merge into one company. the surprise announcement that asda and sainsbury‘s are tojoin up has shaken up the grocery market, and it may affect where and how we shop. in a statement, sainsbury‘s said that it confirms it and walmart, that owns asda, are in advanced discussions regarding a combination of the sainsbury‘s and asda businesses. a further announcement will be made at 7am on monday. this whopper of a deal could certainly shake up britain's supermarket sector. at the moment, tesco is the biggest grocer in the uk with 28% of the market. asda and sainsbury‘s have almost 16% each. put them together and their combined 2,800 stores would hop over tesco into the top spot. but not everybody likes it. it makes no sense to me at all. the trouble is you've got businesses which are on opposite poles of the mass—market. asda are attracting a younger, less affluent customer. sainsbury‘s an older, more affluent one. as much as you t

joe lynam, bbc news.nst new zealand'sjoseph parker. the judges unanimously declared him the winner on points after 12 rounds. 0ur sports correspondent david 0rnstein reports. # 0h, anthonyjoshua. .. he's one of the biggest stars of british sport. but for that star to continue rising, anthonyjoshua must keep winning. and with each opponent comes danger. go, new zealand, go, joseph parker! never before had reigning heavyweight champions met on these shores, but with two unbeaten records on the line, this turned into a cagey contest. thouthoshua was the aggressor, joseph parker stood firm and the briton would go the distance for the first time in his career. the referee was criticised for how often he stepped in, yet the judges unanimously ruled in joshua's favour. he now has three of the four recognised world championship belts. nobody has held all of them at once. that is the aim. i think, like, 2018 was always a time to capture all the belts. we are one away now, and i think the sky's the limit for what w

joe lynam went to meet him.any of us, fortnite is the length of time you spend on your holidays. but for young people, it is the hottest game on the planet right now. for this 13—year—old, it is potentially a lucrative future career. kyle has been signed to play with a team of professional gamers. i started playing competitively when i was around nine or ten. i got into halo, call of duty. i realised that i could probably go to a pro—level if i kept playing at that scale. gaming is no joke. it is a big business. thousands of people pay to watch experts at play around the world. there are even celebrities. it is becoming a multibillion—dollar industry. just games, the production of games and the electronic sports scene. it is notjust one thing, it is a whole industry that is wrapped in a bow. in the game community materials to build. kyle has not been paid anything yet, and can't of course have a job until he is 16. for those parents who suspect his schoolwork may be suffering, kyle is reassuring. i am doing well

——joe lynam.e corporation for breach of privacy following coverage of a police raid on his home in 2014. britain has accused russia of spying on yulia skripal for five years, she and herfather were poisoned by in the nerve agent in salisbury in march. russia claims it has evidence that the apparent chemical attack in syria was a ‘staged event', carried out with the help of a foreign secret service. and the markets for you. this is how things then ended in london and frankfurt for the day. and in the the united states this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. now on bbc news it's time for the film review with jane hill and jason solomons. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases, jason sullivans is with me. jason, what have you been watching this week? jane, this week we go to chicago, where an angry ape is on the rampage and the gorilla does not look too happy about it either. let's find out why the rampage? it's based on the rock, d

joe lynam, bbc news.isoned by in the nerve agent in salisbury in march. russia claims it has evidence that the apparent chemical attack in syria was a ‘staged event‘, carried out with the help of a foreign secret service. an update on the market numbers for you — here‘s how london‘s and frankfurt ended the day. and in the the united states this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. now on bbc news it‘s time for newswatch. this week, were images of violence in mexico shown this week more explicit than was necessary? welcome to news watch. the horror of mexican drug cartel murders, did the news at ten show footage to graphic and distressing? one reporter takes and distressing? one reporter takes a dip, while conducting an interview at the commonwealth games. why have there been so many new stuff there in the first place? —— news staff. the world has been waiting to see whether us and uk governments might make a military response to attacks in syria. sunday was expressed their concern about how this

our business correspondent joe lynam reports. it is the new worry of the digital age.ids are viewing online?

joe lynam went to meet him.he hottest video game on the planet right now. and for this 13—year—old, it's potentially a lucrative future career. kyle jackson is so good at fortnite that he has been signed to play with a team of professional gamers. so how did he start? played video games all my life basically. i started playing competitively when i was around nine or ten. i got into, like, halo, call of duty, games like that, and ijust — i realised that i could probably, like, go to a pro level if i kept playing at the level i am at that age. gaming is no joke. it's big business. thousands of people pay to watch the experts at play around the world. there are even celebrities. it's becoming a multibillion—dollar industry, just games, production of games, publishing of games, and the e—sport scene, so it's notjust one thing now, it's a whole industry that's, you know, wrapped up in a bow. in the game, you need materials to build. kyle says he is doing well at school, and that allows him to do what many boys dream

our business correspondent, joe lynam reports.he new worry of the digital age. how can parents better control what their kids are viewing online? studies for childwise found that children between five and 16 were spending six hours a day in front of screens, more than twice the time spent 20 years ago. now the health secretary wants the social media giants to do a lot more or face sanctions. writing to facebook, google and twitter, jeremy hunt said that they were collectively turning a blind eye to a whole generation of children being exposed to harmful material. he said it was unfair to parents and morally wrong. yes, the government are appearing to do something but they are not actually doing anything. this is about bullying, cyber bullying. we have no control over anything, and to say to google and facebook, it is your responsibility, it is not, it is our responsibility, it is our government. if we are going to do something about it, then we've got to do something about it. ok, this is how this app works. google, which owns you

here's our business correspondent, joe lynam. of britain's manufacturing industry, accounting for 400,000 jobs and contributing almost £30 billion to the economy. but it faces many new hurdles if, as planned by the government, britain quits the single market and the customs union after brexit. and now, the business select committee of cross—party mps says the uk should think again. it said that removing tariffs on imported food could have extremely damaging consequences for british farming, and crashing out of the eu without a deal would be disastrous for the sector. it says remaining in a customs union would be the best for the food—and—drink sector. no manufacturer we saw wanted to have different rules and regulations governing the way in which they must do business in the uk, compared with the rest of the european union. they want close regulatory alignment between the united kingdom and the european union after brexit, and also, we don't want customs checks and delays. food and drink are perishable goods. we don't want then s

joe lynam reports. samson, from leeds, has three children.o the weekend. it's all about balancing priorities. their priorities should be their education, and we should also have family time when these days, when kids have got access to gadgets, then that will have a negative influence on our family communication. the health secretary wants social media giants to do a lot more to protect children online, orface sanctions. writing to facebook, google and twitter, jeremy hunt said they are turning a blind eye to a whole generation of children being exposed to harmful material. he said it was unfair to parents and morally wrong. yes the government are appearing to do something, but not actually doing anything. this is about bullying, cyber bullying, we have no control over anything, and to say to google, and facebook, it is your responsibility — it is not. it is our responsibility, our government, if we have to do something then we have to do something. ok, this is how the app works. google, who owns youtube, says it understood the concerns and i

jo lynam has been to meet him.is 13—year—old, it is potentially a lucrative future career. kyle has been signed to play with a team of professional gamers. i started playing competitively when i was around nine or ten. i got into halo, call of duty. i realised that i could probably go to a pro—level if i kept playing at that scale. gaming is no joke. it is a big business. thousands of people pay to watch experts at play around the world. there are even celebrities. it is becoming a multibillion—dollar industry. just games, the production of games and the electronic sports scene. it is notjust one thing, it is a hull industry that is wrapped in a bow. it is a hull industry in the game community materials to build. kyle has not been paid anything yet, and can‘t of course have a job until he is 16. for those parents who suspect his schoolwork may be suffering, kyle is reassuring. i am doing well in every subject. they are not worried about me playing as much as i do. for now, kyle is doing something which millions of

our business correspondentjoe lynam said any deal could raise questions about competition.per of a deal, make no mistake about it. every now and then we talk about less well—known companies talking about tie—ups, this is a whopper of a deal — if it gets the green light. you've already made reference to the fact that if you put asda and sainsbury‘s together, they would in fact over—leap tesco to take on about 31% of the market. we have learnt this afternoon that they would retain both brands, which is quite interesting. so asda brand and the sainsbury‘s brand would be retained but owned potentially by one big corporate giant. but, and there's always a but, this is going to face a major issue from the competition authorities because competition is all about competition, you have to have a choice for the consumer. if you remove that choice by having two brands but owned by the same company, the competition and markets authority may have something to say about that. i would be surprised if they simply just waved this through. i suspect that they will ask for dozens if not hundr

business correspondent joe lynam hasjoined me. there have been major cutbacks in public funding. had their budgets squeezed in order to get the public finances back on a level footing. that has had a major effect on the spending power of local authorities, and these give out contracts to companies like allied health care to provide these services. their funds have been cut back, which means they have been cut back, which means they have less money to give to companies like allied. what they are doing is applying for a voluntary arrangement which shields them from some of their debts while they get their house in order financially. their debts while they get their house in orderfinancially. that includes their landlords, and their pension payments as well. they sit around the table with all the people they owe money to and say, this is our plan to get the company back on a firmerfooting, our plan to get the company back on a firmer footing, can you live without rent for a set another of months? without that, you may get no rent if we go bust. at the same time, pension companies an

earlier our business correspondent, joe lynam, explained what was behind the money troubles. one have had their budgets squeezed in order to get the public finances on a public footing. that has had a major effect on the spending power of local authorities, and these give out contracts to companies like allied health care to do the kind of stuff you referred to there, including the nhs111 service but also social care, in—house care, staying overnight with sick and honourable people, and theirfunds are being cut back which means they have less money to give to companies like allied health care. what they are doing is filing for a cva, a volu nta ry are doing is filing for a cva, a voluntary arrangement which shields them from debt in order for them to get their house in order. this protects them from landlords and pension funds. they get all of these credit is around the table, this is oui’ credit is around the table, this is our plan to get back on a level footing, you may not get rent for a year if we go bust, the same for pencil entitlement and other creditors. they haggle

joe lynam went to meet him. is the hottest game on the planet right now. for this 13—year—old, it is potentially a lucrative future career. kyle has been signed to play with a team of professional gamers. i started playing competitively when i was around nine or ten. i got into halo, call of duty. i realised that i could probably go to a pro—level if i kept playing at that scale. gaming is no joke.

our business correspondent, joe lynam reports. now they want to merge into one company.ury would join up company. asda sainsbury would join up the, they said that it confirms that it and walmart, which owns asda, aren't advanced —— are in advanced discussions. -- are in advanced discussions. this could shake up the sector, tesco is the biggest grocer in the uk with 20% of the market. asda sainsbury almost at 16% each. put them together and their combined 2800 stores would hop over tesco into the top spot. but not everybody likes it. it makes no sense to me at all! to businesses that are on opposite poles of the market, as much as you try to bring those businesses together, you end up undermining both. it's already been shipped up by the merging of all and amazon is beefing up its process and the fresh food sector with one—hour deliveries. so this deal could be in anticipation of that happening. but it could yet falter, the competition and market could well say that cutting the number of supermarkets that consumers can choose from is not on. they could be ordered to sell

our business correspondentjoe lynam is with me now. is it fair to say that this is unexpected news? totally unexpected and it is a whopper of a deal. every now and then we talk about less well—known companies talking about tie—ups, this is a whopper of a deal if it gets the green light. you've already made reference to the fact that every bit as dan sainsbury‘s together they would a leap to school together they would a leap to school to ta ke together they would a leap to school to take on the 31% of the market. we have learned this afternoon that they would retain both brands, which is quite interesting, so as to brand would be attained about always by one big corporate giant. but, this is going to face a major issue from the competition authorities because competition is all about competition. you have to have a choice for the consumer. if you remove that tries by having two brands but owned by the same company, the composition and markets authority might have something to say about that. i would be surprised if they simply waved at

our business correspondent, joe lynam reports. samson, from leeds, has three children.ike most dads, he restricts screentime to the weekend. it's all about balancing priorities. their priorities should be their education, and we should also have family time when these days when kids have got access to gadgets, then that will have a negative influence on our family communication. the health secretary wants a social media giants to do a lot more to protect children online, orface sanctions. writing to facebook google and twitter, jeremy hunt said they are turning a blind eye to a whole generation of children being exposed to harmful material. he said it's unfair to parents and morally wrong. yes, the government are appearing to do something, but not actually doing anything. this is about bullying, cyber bullying, we have no control over anything, and to say to google, and facebook, it is your responsibility, it is not. it is our responsibility, our government, if we have to do something then we have to do something. ok, this is how the app works. google, who owns youtube,

our business correspondent joe lynam is here. just take us through events up until this point.ocal authorities as the government tries to balance the books after the financial crisis. so local authorities, councils, borrows, etc, have had their budgets squeezed and they outsource a lot of this social ca re they outsource a lot of this social care and a lot of work in the health ca re care and a lot of work in the health care sector to companies like allied health care. added to that, the national minimum wage has crept up in recent years and many of the people working in social care depend on the national living wage, is that pushes up costs. so now they are applying for a company voluntary arrangement in order to shield it from some of its creditors so that it can restructure its own business, sits around the table with its landlords, creditors, patients and trustees, and says if you can give us some trustees, and says if you can give us some breathing space we have a plan to set the business on a firmer footing. if you give us some space, forgive us a couple of months rent ma

our business correspondent, joe lynam reports.amson from leeds has three tilden, unlike most that he restricts his kids with technology. is about balancing priorities, their education, and we should also have family time when these days when kids have got access to gadgets, then that will have a negative influence on and off family communication. the health secretary wa nts a communication. the health secretary wants a social media giants to do a lot more to protect children online, orface sanctions. lot more to protect children online, or face sanctions. writing to facebook google and twitter, jeremy hunt said they are turning a blind eye to a whole generation of children being exposed to harmful material. he said it's unfair to pa rent material. he said it's unfair to parent a morally wrong. guess the government are appearing to do something by not doing anything, this is about bullying, cyber bullying, we have no control over anything, and to say to google, and facebook it is your responsibility, it does not. it is our responsi

would overtake tesco in terms of market share. would overtake tesco our business correspondent, joe lynamn brands in the uk, but now they want to merge into one company. brands in the uk, but now the surprise announcement that asda and sainsbury‘s are tojoin up has shaken up the grocery market, and it may affect where and how we shop. and it may affect in a statement, sainsbury‘s said that it confirms it and walmart, that owns asda, are in advanced discussions regarding a combination of the sainsbury‘s and asda businesses. a further announcement will be made at 7am on monday. this whopper of a deal could certainly shake up britain's supermarket sector. could certainly shake up at the moment, tesco is the biggest grocer in the uk with 28% of the market. is the biggest grocer in the uk asda and sainsbury‘s have almost 16% each. put them together and their combined 2800 stores would hop over tesco into the top spot. but not everybody likes it. it makes no sense to me at all. but not everybody likes it. the trouble is you've got businesses which are on opposite poles of the mass—market. which