clive coleman, bbc news.to break the political deadlock in northern ireland. ministers from london and dublin will meet at the british—irish intergovernmental conference for the first time amid efforts to restore stormont powersharing. the british—irish intergovernmental conference will be held in london, a year and a half after devolved government imploded in belfast after a bitter row between the dup and sinn fein over a botched green energy scheme. this is the briefing from bbc news. the latest headlines: greece is observing three days of national mourning following the deaths of at least 74 people in wildfires near athens. hundreds of homes and cars have been destroyed, with forests reduced to ash as the flames quickly spread. voting is underway in pakistan following a general election campaign that's been marred by accusations of military interference. the party of the former cricketer, imran khan, is challenging that of the ousted prime minister, nawaz sharif. it has emerged that the dam which has colla

over its coverage of a police raid on sir cliff's home, four years ago. 0ur legal correspondent clive colemaniled arguments about costs this morning. this is a complicated case. three different parties, contributions being sought as between south yorkshire police and the bbc, but this morning we are just waiting to get absolute clarification of this. the bbc has agreed to pay £850,000 on account of sir cliff richard's total costs. as i say, we are just waiting for final clarification of that figure, but that seems to be the figure. in addition to that there was a big argument as to the precaution —— the proportion of costs the bbc should pay in relation to the costs incurred by south yorkshire police, the costs they are liable to pay to sir cliff richard. and that was decided in the same proportion that thejudge had decided liability in this case, in other words the bbc has paid 65%, south yorkshire police to pay 35% of those costs. after those very technical arguments about costs, gavin miller qc on behalf of the bbc began his submission, seeking leave to appeal the judgment that mrjustice m

clive coleman, thank you very much. a suspected stolen car which was being chased by police. police said an audi was being pursued last night through kingstanding in birmingham. the audi and another car collided. a woman in that third vehicle died and a male occupant sustained serious injuries. four men inside the audi were arrested and taken to hospital. voters in zimbabwe are going to the polls in the first ever election which doesn't feature the name robert mugabe on the ballot paper. mr mugabe was ousted last year after almost four decades of controlling the country. in a surprise intervention yesterday, mr mugabe said he couldn't support his successor, emmerson mnangagwa of the ruling zanu—pf party, describing its leadership as "tormentors". 0ur correspondent shingai nyoka has sent this report from the capital, harare. zimbabwe is bracing itself for a new beginning. since independence from colonial rule in 1980, no election has carried such weight, so much expectation. many here rose in the cold hours before dawn,

clive coleman, bbc news. 0ur media editor amol rajan is with me.rt of what people have been debating in the wake of this judgment, that there are significant elements of there are significant elements of the media concerned about the potential implications in terms of freedom of speech and freedom of the media. are they right to be concerned? as you know, the liberty of journalists to report concerned? as you know, the liberty ofjournalists to report without fear or favour is hard won and easily lost. i have spoken to some of them were senior figures in british journalism and there was a consensus that today marks an historic shift in power from the free press towards the police. many campaigners have argued for a long time that the present police had too cosy a relationship. but the feeling in the industry is it will make reporters more cautious and discourage victims of crime from coming forward and talking to journalists. the bbc is today casting itself as the defender of ancient freedoms in a rather unlikely alliance with the british tabloid pr

clive coleman, bbc news.mb" which hit a tour boat off the coast of hawaii. the group had been watching molten rock from a volcano pour into the ocean when their vessel was struck. it's understood the boat operators had received special permission to get close to the volcano, as richard lister reports. it's one of the most thrilling sights in the natural world. an erupting volcano is a display of immense power and great danger. from a distance, explosions like this can be viewed relatively safely. but when nature puts on a show, there are people who want front row tickets. wow. 0n hawaii's big island, tour boats leave every day to watch the almost constant eruptions on the volcanic coastline. most are allowed no closer than a few hundred metres, but more experienced crews can get closer. 0n the tour boat hot spot, it was deceptively calm. people filmed the lava boiling the ocean, sending up clouds of steam. no one was prepared for this. people scream. the debris punched a hole through the boat roof, breaking a

clive coleman, bbc news.t in media law and journalist — who has also co—authored three editions of mcnae s essential law forjournalists. thank you forjoining us. clive coleman was talking about that balance between the right to privacy and the significance of the freedom of speech. do you think this judgement does change that balance? yes. it radically changes the balance that we have been used to in the media for many years now. if we we re the media for many years now. if we were re—coursing on an investigation and we discover the identity of the person in the investigation, we could carefully identify what we would really worry about would be... libel laws which are pretty savage in this country anyway. now according to thisjudge in this country anyway. now according to this judge it as a private matter as well. so you have libel laws and privacy all hanging over you. this is a lot for journalists to worry about. what the judge was saying was that the suspect in the case like this should have a reasonable

clive coleman, bbc news.rds alcohol, education and family time have contributed towards a sharp decline in the number of teenagers becoming pregnant — that's according to a new report. research by the british pregnancy advisory service suggests teen pregnancies have dropped by 55% since 2008. two—thirds of the 16 to 18—year—olds surveyed said they had never had sex. and 24% said they had never drunk alcohol. researchers say there is virtually no evidence to suggest taking omega—3 fish oil supplements prevents heart disease or strokes. the cochrane review which examined trial data from more than 100,000 people, concluded the chance of getting any meaningful health benefit from the supplements was one in 1000. the number of teenagers taking risks on railway tracks hasjumped by 80% in the last five years, new figures suggest. in the past 12 months, seven under—18s were killed on the tracks and a further 48 suffered life—changing injuries. network rail has launched a campaign, aiming to highlight the dangers of t

clive coleman at the supreme court.owing a timetable shake—up at northern rail have begun running again. it follows weeks of chaos for passengers after the train operator struggled to introduce a new timetable it introduced in may. it scrapped 168 services per day last month, leaving many travellers facing hours of delays, if their trains ran at all. manchester mayor andy burnham has written to theresa may asking her to intervene. among the routes returning to normal is the lakes line, seen as vital for tourism in the lake district. rob young reports. on behalf of northern, i would just like to apologise for the cramped conditions... this morning's 0720 from burnley to leeds, one of dozens of northern rail services beset with problems in recent months. commuters like simon have had a miserable few weeks. a lot of the times, the train either doesn't turn up, or it's actually too full to get on by the time it reaches my stop. it was so stressful, i actually took time off work. because when they changed the timetable, it w

clive coleman has the details.ertion, unreasonable behaviour, two years of separation with consent of the parties or five without. teeny 0wens says she is in a loveless a nd teeny 0wens says she is in a loveless and unhappy marriage with her husband hugh which broke down after she had an affair. thejudge rejected her claims he'd acted unreasonably in berating her about her infidelity. despite his wife's fling, mr 0wens wants to stay married as he believes the couple still has a few years of old age together. the court of appeal backed him, ruling in fact that being in a wretchedly unhappy marriage was no grounds for divorce. contested divorces are incredibly rare. most couples agree that one side will admit they have acted unreasonably in order to get the divorce. many seniorjudges favour a no—fault system where neither party is blamed for the breakdown, but none has dared to change what parliament has decreed. the supreme court will be taking a bold step in doing so. clive coleman, bbc news. we will be talking abo

here's our legal correspondent clive coleman.s something she's been doing for 12 years. hayley worked at gnewt cargo, where her duties were to load parcels onto her van and deliver them across central london. but she claims she encountered problems based on her gender reassignment. they would constantly leave things in my bay where i would load up in the morning. one time, there were about 70 boxes i had to physically move by hand out of my bay before i could start work. sometimes, when workers would come in, they would point and laugh and snicker. the front wheel of my bike was loosened and i came off it going home. and you complain about it and they would just ignore it. hayley was dismissed in january, when gnewt cargo alleged she had deliberately damaged a shutter, which she denies. she hasn't worked since. she is now bringing a discrimination claim for bullying and harassment. to do that, she has to establish that she was a worker or an employee and not an independent contractor running her own courier business. the gig econ

clive coleman, bbc news.justice is expected to issue a ruling in a long running trademark dispute over the chocolate bar, kit kat. manufacturers nestle claim that the shape of the bar is so unique, it should be protected by law. the move is being challenged by rival chocolate makers, cadbury. that's a summary of the latest bbc news, more at 9:30am. thank you, rebecka. do get in touch with us throughout the morning, use #victorialive and if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. let's get some sport. damien johnson is at the bbc sport centre. good morning, damien. we are going to talk about a change to to tackling in rugby union which could turn out to be significant. the height of illegal tackle will be lowered next season in a significant trial for the world of rugby union. there has been concern for quite a long time about safety on this board particularly when it comes to head injuries. this is how things will change specifically. this is the current level of a legal tackle, anything b

our legal affairs correspondent clive coleman is here.sed by one of the bodies? it's incredibly rare but when teeny 0wens petition for her divorce, she had to prove it was unreasonable to expect her to continue to live with her husband, hugh, given his behaviour. she cited 47 exa m ples hugh, given his behaviour. she cited 47 examples of his moody, argumentative, disparaging behaviour. ajudge looked argumentative, disparaging behaviour. a judge looked at some of the allegations and found them flimsy and dismissed her petition. today, the supreme court upheld the original judge's today, the supreme court upheld the originaljudge's decision but incredibly reluctantly. lord wilson, who read the judgment, incredibly reluctantly. lord wilson, who read thejudgment, said he had uneasy feelings. lady hale, the president of the court, called it a troubling case. they have effectively invited parliament now to look at changing the law. why is that? it is because for long time, there's been real disquiet about divorce law, when people are separating

our legal correspondent clive coleman looks at how today's judgement could affect the balance betweenual‘s right to privacy, and freedom of the press. a national institution taken to court very publicly by a national treasure. four years after the raid on the star's house, today, sir cliff made legal history. at the heart of this case is a battle between the right that we all now have to a private and family life and the right of the media to publish stories about us if they are in the public interest. but it wasn't always like that. in 1990, actor gorden kaye went to court claiming his privacy was invaded byjournalists posing as doctors after he had a car crash. he was told there was no privacy law in the uk. but after the human rights act came into force in 2000, establishing the right to privacy, naomi campbell won a case and damages following publication of a photograph of her leaving a drug treatment centre. then in 2008, max mosley, the formula 1 racing chief, won a privacy case and substantial damages over a story about a sex session with prostitutes. now, for the first time in

today's ruling means — in effect — the couple must stay married for now. 0ur legal correspondent clive coleman divorce tini 0wens sought to persuade the court that the behaviour of her husband was unreasonable to expect her to continue to be married to him, eve ryo ne continue to be married to him, everyone accepted that the marriage was irretrievably buckled down but thejudge had originally heard the case and the example she gave, 47 exa m ples of case and the example she gave, 47 examples of his argumentative and moody behaviour were flimsy. today the supreme court has with great relu cta nce the supreme court has with great reluctance and uneasy feelings upheld the original ruling. but it has very much said look at this is a tough situation, and all is in such a position that parliament really needs to have a look at this now and for many years there have been moves to move us towards a no—fault divorce system where couples do not have to be tied together in marriages which has irretrievably broken down because they cannot show full of blame on the party of party put up as a private members

our legal affairs correspondent clive coleman is outside the supreme court now — why have seniorjudgesir mind about this? behind each of these cases is a family tragedy. back in the 19905 in the case of tony blair and the judges felt that they had to impose a safeguard so even when relatives and doctors agreed that the withdrawal of food and water with the best interest the patient doctor still had to go to court to get a court order allowing that to happen. in the intervening period there has been an emphasis on personal autonomy, what the patient once and thatis autonomy, what the patient once and that is why relatives are now asked not what they want of course but what their loved one would've wanted if they had known how bad the prognosis was. another three factors ithinki prognosis was. another three factors i think i play, first the court are aware in the intervening period the medical understanding of these dreadful conditions has increased and become much more sophisticated. doctors have a greater and more detailed guidance and also we have the mental capacity act which provide

our legal affairs correspondent clive coleman reports.ape case against liam allan collapsed. the last two years i've just spent worrying and not concentrating on anything, so it has ripped apart my normal personal life. text messages disclosed by the prosecution proved his alleged victim had pestered him for casual sex. it was the first of a series of recent high profile disclosure failures. concerning reviews by the police and crown prosecution service, and a national disclosure improvement plan has now been followed by a damning report from thejustice committee. it criticises the director of public prosecutions, alison saunders, for failing to recognise the extent and seriousness of long—term disclosure failings. there is no doubt in some cases miscarriages of justice have occurred. people have gone to prison when they shouldn't have done. we were very alarmed the evidence we had from the outgoing dpp that suggested to us that the extent of the problem was not being fully picked up. there's nothing new about disclosure failings in the c

our legal affairs correspondent clive coleman is outside the supreme court now.round to today's ruling? the background involves a tragic case. all these cases are tragic. this was a man in his 50s who suffered a cardiac arrest, and that led to massive brain damage. he lacked mental capacity, was unable to feed himself, and had to be fed through a tube. the doctors reach the conclusion that he was not going to improve, and through discussions with his family, it was decided that it was in his best interests for the food and the water tube to be removed, and that would ultimately lead to his death. the official solicitor, he is the public officer, if you like, who looks after the interests of those who lacked mental capacity. the family of the doctors had gone to the high court and got a ruling —— the family and the doctors. the official solicitor took it upon himself to appeal to the supreme court, very sadly, during that process. the man developed an additional complication, unrelated, and asa additional complication, unrelated, and as a result of that, he died,

we were talking about sir cliff richard earlier on with clive coleman.seems to be no end in sight to the heatwave. well, a drought here in the uk back in 1976 led to standpipes being introduced on streets, as a hosepipe ban took effect. we are going to show you now how the bbc covered the impact of the hot weather throughout much of the country back then. # feeling hot hot hot — the merrymen. the water authority are screwing up the taps even tighter now, because water is still being used too fast. the reserves in the reservoirs are dwindling rapidly. 0ne reservoir has only two weeks supply left. other other major reservoirs have between five and ten weeks to go. so families who've got used to being without water at night will be without water on tap for much of the day. the mood is one of resignation. what about the people in the desert? they've got to manage, we'll manage. how will you manage? well you won't bath so often will you ? i haven't got a garden to water. that's what we done last night, we all bathed in the same water. four of us actually, my

our legal correspondent clive coleman told us more about the implications of the decision from outsideof tony bland, judges felt they had to impose a state guard so even when relatives and doctors agree the withdrawal of food and water was in the best interest of the patient, doctors still had to go to court and get a court order allowing that to happen, but in the intervening period, there has been a real emphasis on personal autonomy, what the patient wants, and that his white relatives now are asked not what they want, but what their loved one would have wanted if they had known how bad the prognosis was. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is? polls have closed in zimbabwe's first presidential and parliamentary elections since robert mugabe was forced from office. negotiations are under way to try to free around 30 women and children who are being held by the islamic state group in syria. they were reportedly kidnapped during an is attack on the sweida region in which 200 people were killed. last week's raid shows is militants remain a deadly threat in

our legal affairs correspondent clive coleman reports.athered which either helps the defence case or weakens its own. if that fails, innocent people can go to jail, and for years there have been problems. last december, the rape case against liam allan collapsed when text messages were disclosed which proved his alleged victim had pestered him for casual sex. it was the first in a series of collapsed trials. that led to reviews by the police and crown prosecution service, and a national disclosure improvement plan, and now, a damning report from the justice committee. it criticises the director of public prosecutions, alison saunders, for failing to recognise the extent and seriousness of long—term disclosure failings. there's no doubt in some cases miscarriages of justice have occurred. people have gone to prison when they shouldn't have done. we were very alarmed at the evidence we had from the outgoing dpp, that suggested to us that the extent of the problem was not being fully picked up. cps data may have underestimated the number of

he now employs people, mainly via the gig economy, across nine countries, and clive coleman ?gs. do you say absolutely it is because you are trans—woman? you say absolutely it is because you are trans-woman? the sniggering that i complained about, that is, obviously. i think my bike was attacked i am. and gnewt cargo actually... the firm i worked for, the actually —— vaped a movable canteen in one of my days, so when i turned up in the morning i couldn‘t start work —— they put immovable canteen. why are you supporting hayley‘s case, mags? canteen. why are you supporting hayley's case, mags? obviously it is a really serious thing that hayley we nt a really serious thing that hayley went through. i think it is important to remember the problems was the so—called gig economy are not only related to things like the national minimum wage and paid holidays and pensions that we normally talk about, but this is a broader issue that employers can still free themselves of that responsibility if they choose to classify people as independent contractors. you know, discrimination is someth

clive coleman, bbc news.on now have more subscribers in the uk than traditional pay tv services, like sky and virgin, that's according to new data from ofcom. the media regulator says the change marks a major shift in viewing habits and british tv will have to change the way it operates to compete with the internet giants. a celebrity plastic surgeon in brazil has gone on the run after a woman died following injections to enlarge her bottom. dr denis furtado, who appears regularly on brazilian tv, is also known as dr boom boom. he took the patient to hospital in rio dejaneiro before he vanished, and a warrant is now out for his arrest. with temperatures soaring in recent weeks even animals are looking for ways to cool off — imagine going outside to find this. a large black bear decided to take a dip in a swimming pool in los angeles where temperatures are around 30 degrees. the bear was later spotted under the shade of a tree in a nearby garden. it is thought to be around 5 years old and weighs about 250 poun

clive coleman, bbc news.n an exhibition to mark his 70th birthday. more than a hundred items, including personal photographs, private paintings and soft furnishings, have been selected by prince charles to go on display at buckingham palace from tomorrow, as part of its summer opening to the public. time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. many of us will see rain at some point today, begging the question, when did it last train where you live? it has been a very dry spell of weather recently. the rain has arrived across the east, from an area of low pressure that snuck a little bit further north than had been expected, but nevertheless the rain here will be very welcome. across western areas, this wiggling weather front on the radar picture, pulses of energy along the front, very difficult to forecast the exact details of where the rain will end up. but it looks like it will be wet across wales, rain across the north and west midlands. further north, the weather picture more straightforward, into th

i'm joined by clive coleman.ing where so many of the judges had so a supreme court ruling where so many of thejudges had so many a supreme court ruling where so many of the judges had so many misgivings about upholding the current law. lord wilson, who gave the judgment for the majority, he said that he found it, he was doing it with great reluctance, and baroness hale, found it, he was doing it with great reluctance, and baroness hate, the president of the court, said it was a very troubling case. and that it was completely —— uneasy feelings. the question is, why were they some easyin the question is, why were they some easy in coming to this judgment? the judgment is simple, we have a divorce law in england and wales which means that in some instances, including the ground on which tini owens was seeking her divorce, you have to find fault, you have to find blame. for many years, many decades, many lawyers and senior judges, including baroness hale, by the way, who has been a long—time advocate of what is know

our legal affairs correspondent clive coleman reports.rial, the prosecution must disclose any evidence gathered which either helps the defence case or weakens its own. if that fails, innocent people can go to jail, and for years there have been problems. last december, the rape case against liam allan collapsed when text messages were disclosed which proved his alleged victim had pestered him for casual sex. it was the first in a series of collapsed trials. that led to reviews by the police and crown prosecution service, and a national disclosure improvement plan, and now, a damning report from the justice committee. it criticises the director of public prosecutions, alison saunders, for failing to recognise the extent and seriousness of long—term disclosure failings. there's no doubt in some cases, miscarriages of justice have occurred. people have gone to prison when they shouldn't have done. we were very alarmed at the evidence we had from the outgoing dpp, that suggested to us that the extent of the problem was not being fully picked

i'm joined from the supreme court by our legal affairs correspondent clive coleman remind us of thise about the ruling? she married him back in 1978. a a0—year marriage. things broke down and she petitioned for re—divorce. she petitioned for re—divorce. she petitioned on the basis that his behaviour towards her was such that it was not reasonable to expect it to continue living with them. when you get divorce, you have two sure that the marriage has broken down irretrievably. you have two prove one of five different facts. this is perhaps most contentious. it looks at the conduct, the blame of one of the parties. for years, there have been calls for re—no—fault divorce system where you don't look at the conduct, you don't look at the fault of the parties. it is incredibly rare in the circumstances where a divorce petition is contested. mr owens decided that he was going to contested. mrs owens cited 27 exa m ples of contested. mrs owens cited 27 examples of his behaviour being moody, argumentative, of him disparaging her in front of other people. he decided to fight the petition in c

let's speak to clive coleman, our legal affairs correspondent.om the bbc, the line and there, this impact notjust the bbc that every media organisation. how significant is this? it is very significant. the phrase game changer is often used, but what the judge has done today is found that, not the helicopter pictures, not what sir cliff had pleaded with the excessive nature of the coverage, but simply naming sir cliff as a suspect in that police investigation was a breach of his privacy. what that means is, going forward, people who are suspects in police investigations are entitled to a reasonably expect that that matters is kept private. and it is not private holed covered by the media. if you look at the statement from the bbc, that is why they are broadening the south and saying that this is in effect a dark day for news reporting. because if you look at some police investigations that have been covered in the past, the bbc points out that some have resulted in additional complainants coming forward that has a watchful eye of your life and pol

our legal correspondent clive coleman is here. tell us more about this.nsation. criminal injuries compensation. criminal injuries compensation authority hands of compensation to victims of serious crime. but there is this rule which says prior to 1979, if you are living under the same roof as members of the same family, you are not entitled to compensation. this is of enormous importance to victims of sexual abuse. interestingly, the independent enquiry into child sexual abuse in its interim report in april recommended the scrapping of this rule. this particular woman known only as jt suffered horrendous sexual abuse at the hands of her stepfather. in her 40s she found the courage to go to police. he was prosecuted, convicted and imprisoned. she has been fighting a legal battle for six years to challenge this rule, because she was told when she applied for compensation she wasn't entitled to it because she was excluded by virtue of this rule. today, the court of appeal had found that she was unfairly discriminated against. as effectively a member of that

our legal affairs correspondent clive coleman reports.iminal trial, the prosecution must disclose any evidence gathered which either helps the defence case all weakens its own. if that fails, innocent people can go to jail, and for years, there have been problems. last december, the rape case against liam allen collapsed when text messages were disclosed which proved his alleged victim had pestered him for casual sex. it was the first in a series of collapsed trials. that led to reviews by the police and crown prosecution service, and the national disclosure improvement plan. and now, a damning report from the justice committee. plan. and now, a damning report from thejustice committee. it criticises thejustice committee. it criticises the director of public prosecutions, alison saunders, for failing to recognise the extent and seriousness of long—term disclosure failings. there's no doubt, in some cases, miscarriages of justice there's no doubt, in some cases, miscarriages ofjustice have occurred. people have gone to prison when they sho