in a statement tonight, anne sacoolas's legal representative said... and to provide the family some measure of peace. duncan kennedy, bbc news in oxfordshire. you wouldn't know looking at donald trump's most recent posts on twitter, but it does seem as if the president has finally got round to accepting that joe biden did win the us election three weeks ago. he's authorised officials to start cooperating with mr biden‘s transition team, a process which would normally be well under way by now. our north america editorjon sopel joins me now from the white house. jon? so, has he finally accepted defeat? george, the great gift that richard nixon and the watergate era gave the english language was the non—denial denial. last night, from donald trump we got the non—concession concession. in a series of tweets he said the fight goes on, we will prevail, but he also said this, do what needs to be done with regards to initial protocols. that sets in train the setting off of the transition process wherejoe biden is going to start to get daily intelligence briefi

the driver was american anne sacoolas — whose husband worked as a technical assistant at the base. tion request was rejected by the us state department injanuary — a decision it later described as "final". the family had gone to the high court to see the high court ruling was wrong but they have lost that, we have just heard from the foreign secretary. he said my thoughts are with harry's family, while the judge acted lawfully throughout i appreciate it not have any solace in terms of justice. we appreciate it not have any solace in terms ofjustice. we stand with them and will support the family with their legal claim in the us. we are not going to talk about donald trump because the health secretary is answering questions about lessons to be learned by the select committee. the virus will not be eradicated but if all those vulnerable people get vaccinated by easter what role the social distancing look like after easter? the answer isn't depends on the impact of the roll—out of the vaccine on the transmission of the disease and the number of people who have a serious morbidity or in

she was anne sacoolas, the wife of an american technical assistant at a nearby us military base. arry's pa rents, diplomatic immunity. but harry's parents, shall account him, refused to a cce pt parents, shall account him, refused to accept that and went to the united states to try to get ms sacoolas to come back, but failed, so launched a judicial review to ask the british courts if ms sacoolas had diplomatic immunity. today they heard they had lost their case at the high court rules ms sacoolas had immunity. it is upsetting, of course, but it is just a blip, just another hurdle. we have come across many of them. we are going to keep going. foreign secretary dominic raab said the judges had wilted going. foreign secretary dominic raab said thejudges had wilted his favour over immunity, but he said he felt for harry's parents —— had ruled in his favour. there will be no solace to the family of harry dunn, my heart is with them, we have made clear that we are on their site. we have called and continue to call for anne sacoolas to return to face justice. harry's parents appealed aga

she was anne sacoolas, the wife of an american technical assistant at a nearby us military base. aiming diplomatic immunity. but harry's parents, charlotte and tim, refused to accept that and went to the united states to try to get ms sacoolas to come back. that failed, so they launched a judicial review to ask the british courts if ms sacoolas had diplomatic immunity. today they heard they had lost their case and that the high court ruled ms sacoolas had immunity. it is upsetting, of course, but it is just a blip, just another hurdle. we have come across many of them. yes, we have. we are going to keep going. foreign secretary dominic raab said thejudges had ruled in his favour over immunity, but he said he felt for harry's parents. there will be no solace to the family of harry dunn, my heart is with them, we have made clear right from the outset that we are on their side. we have called and we continue to call for anne sacoolas to return home to face justice. harry's parents appealed again once again today for anne sacoolas to come back to britain to face justice. they say they

in a statement tonight, anne sacoolas's legal representative said... ennedy, bbc news in oxfordshire. cambridge university library has announced that two notebooks written by charles darwin, worth many millions of pounds, have been missing for twenty years. one of them contains the nineteenth century scientist's famous tree of life sketch, exploring the evolutionary relationship between species. following a number of intensive searches, curators have now concluded they have probably been stolen — and they've launched a public appeal for help in trying to find them. our arts correspondent rebecca jones has this exclusive report. imagine losing something in here. cambridge university library is vast. 200 kilometres of shelving, 10 million books, maps and manuscripts and amongst it all, two missing notebooks by charles darwin. each of these notebooks which are the same as the ones we are looking for, are about the size of a postcard. they are written in landscape so across the page and they have, of course, darwin's writing. the notebooks have been digitis

anne sacoolas — who was accused of driving on the wrong side of the road — was allowed to leave the ukn making products for periods freely available. the scottish parliament voted unanimously in favour of the period products bill, which makes it a legal right to have free access to sanitary products in public buildings. changes to quarantine rules mean people arriving in england from abroad from 15th december will be able to more than halve their time in isolation, if they pay for a covid test after five days. the tests from private firms will cost between £65 and £120. a committee of mps says government attempts to pass a law that would make leasehold flat owners pay for building defects such as flammable cladding and fire safety defects a mou nts to "an abdication of responsibility". their highly critical report says nobody believes leaseholders should pay for historical problems exposed in the wake of the grenfell tower fire — except the government itself. 0ur consumer affairs correspondent sarah corker reports. a bombshell has just been dropped on us with this cladding. caught up i

anne sacoolas was driving.fficer and she returned to the us after the crash last year. mr dunn's parents are disputing the foreign office's insistence that she was entitled to claim immunity. the treasury is being challenged to help thousands of home owners trapped on legacy high interest rate mortgages, the so called "mortgage prisoners." they are people whose circumstances have changed, and with stricter lending rules, cannot move to cheaper deals. a report on mortgage prisonerse being published today by the london school of economics highlights the urgent need to unlock 250,000 people trapped in unaffordable mortgages. let's get more on this from our economics correspondent andy verity. tell us about the sort of people who are trapped and find themselves find themselves in different financial circumstances because of the pandemic on these side first rate mortgages. they are people like you and me, any homeowner, and mostly they took their mortgages out before they took their mortgages out before the financia

the wife of a us intelligence agent, anne sacoolas was charged with causing harry's death by dangerousolas to the uk authorities, without success. after this setback in court lets‘ speak to harry's mother charlotte charles, and the dunn family lawyer radd seiger. thank you so much forjoining us, and first another you have been through so much and i'm sorry that you had to go through this today, cani you had to go through this today, can i ask for your reaction? we were bitterly disappointed when we first found out the decision. but we were partly expecting it as well. if anyone knows this the way they should by now we've always got a plan b. the paperwork for the appeal has already been submitted. we have just taken it on the chin, if you like. asjust just taken it on the chin, if you like. as just another just taken it on the chin, if you like. asjust another blip in the road, just another hurdle that we've got to get over. the promise i made to my son is a strong as the night i made that promise to him, and we are not giving up. are you hopeful, may charlotte that president electjoe