only a few miles away inuit wilkinson stunned the canterbury separates with her blasphemous outbursts. if you will come and lie in my crotch, i will bless you and you shall be saved. she declared to a stunned young man in the congregation, but if you will not i will curse you and you shall be --. wilkinson proceeded to hike up her skirts exposing her naked thighs in a very obscene manner and she left about the canterbury meeting house offering to expose her nakedness further. hold before the new london county court magistrates wilkins wilkinson confessed her vile and profane discourse and paid a fine, but she also attempted to excuse her strange tirade. for some years past wilkinson explained her elevated religious experiences had convinced her there was neither good nor evil in any expressions or actions under whatsoever circumstances. they were spoke. so this was the broader regional context in which john smith of canterbury began talking about his spiritual union with mary smith sometime during the winter of 1749. the canterbury church censured both for their vain irreverent speech

helena wilkinson at the old bailey. of sarah everard says. they are pleased that her killer will spend the rest of his life in prison. adding that they are outraged and sickened that he abused his position of trust as a police officer in order to lure sarah to her death. some of that is echoed in a statement that has just come through from the prime minister in the last few moments. boris johnson saying there are no words that adequately express the horror of sarah's murder. like the rest of the country, i have been sickened by what we have heard over the course of the sentencing and the pain and suffering endured by herfamily and friends is truly unimaginable. on the police, he goes on to say, our police are there to protect us. i know that officers will share in our shock and devastation at the total betrayal of this duty. people must betrayal of this duty. people must be able to walk on our streets without fear of harm and with full confidence that the police are there to keep them safe. no woman should have to have

wilkinson also, primarily in rural areas with power outages as well.s is down from a number of 136,000 at the peak. again, many heroes in these large disasters. our line men and women are at the very top of those because they are the ones that get out in the storms and actually get power back restored and given the heat advisories we are having and the 100 degree plus temperatures, getting power back come to homes to get air-conditioning back on is important. we are seeing that all petroleum facilities are back online. which basically means that the chevron facilities at pascagoula and in collins are back functioning. we are seeing significant increases in our neighbors to the west. our friends from louisiana coming over and getting gasoline which is causing some excess traffic on the coast and also longer lines for fuel along the coastline. thank courage everyone to be patient. that is something we're going to continue to deal with. with our ports, both pascagoula and gulfport are back to normal status and we anticipate that -- up until this morning w

in wilkinson county. there was ice as well and that will continue. we border with louisiana and that is some of my heavier impact areas as far as power outages. some of the other areas are roads, bridges and the infrastructure there. let us be mindful of that stop we are distributing water, food and ice is necessary to those counties that have been impacted and working with local emergency management directors as well as representatives from the states. we are out there and we will be here and we are not done by any means. recovery is the longer phase, preparation and response are two of the most important things we did with your team and the governor's direction and the highway patrol,mdot, the department of corrections that helps us, the federal and the state response to assist the local emergency managers when they needed step they have the supplies and they are ready but when needed, we step in. the last thing i will talk about , our priorities are displaced citizens, those without power and i want to get the restoration there. if we can accompli

helena wilkinson.ion, kidnap, rape, strangulation and fire. that is an indication of the terrible circumstances in which she met her death. we will have more from helen wilkinson later in this hour, live from the old bailey. let me bring you some other breaking news that has come in. these are the figures on coronavirus which have just been issued to us. the latest figures in the 24 hours to today are 36,722 cases. yesterday's figure was just over 34,500. the number of deaths recorded in the 24 hours to today, that would be deaths of people who have tested positive for covid within the last 28 days, 150 people reported in the last 22 hours. yesterday, 167 deaths had been reported. now to brighton and the labour party conference which has concluded after the speech by the party leader sir keir starmer. it was the first speech he has delivered in person to the labour conference because last year's was a virtual conference because of covid. the labour leader sir keir starmer praised the nhs and attacked t

thank you, mister wilkinson, forjoining us... i mister wilkinson, forjoining us... day, sat at home for three months. _ morning. every day, sat at home for three months, i— morning. every day, sat at home for three months, i was— morning. every day, sat at home for three months, i was isolating - morning. every day, sat at home for three months, i was isolating for. i three months, i was isolating for. not hearing anything, not knowing anything. — not hearing anything, not knowing anything, every day feeling worse, every— anything, every day feeling worse, every week getting worse and worse with the _ every week getting worse and worse with the health and the anxiety. it with the health and the anxiety. [it would with the health and the anxiety. would have with the health and the anxiety. ht would have been a huge emotional experience... it is would have been a huge emotional experience- - -_ experience... it is cases like this which have _ experience... it is cases like this which have caused _ experience... it is cases like this which have caused mounting i experi

helen wilkinson — released from prison. helen wilkinson at _ released from prison.rom prison. helen wilkinson at the old - released from prison. helen wilkinson at the old bailey. | released from prison. helen - wilkinson at the old bailey. the prime minister has released a statement and said... new labourmp, new labour mp, harriet harman, is chair of the human rights committee and a former minister of equality is —— the labour mp. thank you for taking time to speak to us this afternoon. first of all, your reaction to the sentence questioning i think it is the right sentence. our hearts go out to sarah everard's family who read their statements and said the impact on them with such dignity. we said the impact on them with such diuni . ~ . ., said the impact on them with such diuni .~ . ., ., , dignity. we have heard, of course, revulsion expressed _ dignity. we have heard, of course, revulsion expressed by _ dignity. we have heard, of course, revulsion expressed by many - dignity. we have heard, of course, j revulsion expressed by many other serving police officers,

helena wilkinson, bbc news, reading crown court. travels to los angeles to visit the brand new academy museum. right now, it's10:a5. traffic and weather together every ten minutes on the fives. another very hot day across southern california as offshore winds continue to pump in more of the hot, dry conditions. # everybody comes to hollywood. los angeles, widely regarded as the movie capital of the world, millions of dreamers have flocked here over the decades searching for hollywood people can go to hollywood boulevard, to the walk of fame or go on a studio tour. but many leave town disappointed that they haven't found a focal point in hollywood. this imposing new complex on the corner of wilshire boulevard and fairfax avenue may change all that when it opens its doors next week. hello from los angeles, i'm tom brooke, and welcome to our preview of the long awaited academy museum, billed as the largest institution in the us, devoted to exploring the art and science of movies and movie making. the museum's site consists of a convert

helena wilkinson, bbc news, reading crown court. uk show that there 35,623 new infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period. that means in the past week, there was an average of 33,459 new cases per day. there were 7,124 people in hospital with covid, according to the latest data. another 180 deaths have been recorded, that's of people who died within 28 days of a positive covid test, taking the average number per day in the last week to 143. 0n vaccinations, 89.6 % people aged 16 or over have had theirfirstjab, while 82.1% are now double vaccinated. and more than 350,000 people have booked a coronavirus boosterjab since the programme was launched in england last week. 0ur health editor hugh pym reports on the state of the vaccine programme. reunited — 91—year—old maggie keenan and matron may parsons. morning. 0h, maggie. good morning. we're allowed to hug, right? in december, may gave maggie her pfizerjab — the first in the world. today, they were back at university hospital coventry for their booster jabs. ready? yep. since th

helena wilkinson, thank ou, life order today. helena wilkinson, thank you. our— life order today.hank you, our correspondent - thank you, our correspondent following sentencing at the old bailey. let's discuss the culture within the metropolitan police. parm sandhu served in the metropolitan police for 30 years, rising to the rank of chief superinterdent. she left the force two years ago. thank you so much for your time tonight. in your three decades with the force, did you experience sexism? . ., , , ., , sexism? the culture of sexism does exist, and normally _ sexism? the culture of sexism does exist, and normally it— sexism? the culture of sexism does exist, and normally it is— sexism? the culture of sexism does exist, and normally it is written - exist, and normally it is written off as being, of, it isjust a joke, we did not really mean it, nothing meant by it, and unfortunately there is not the support mechanism so you can highlight and bring those issued forward so they can be looked at properly. as a fema officer, it is incredible difficult to raise your hand and say this

helena wilkinson, bbc news. general practice services. i think it could be a real issue for patients and general practice, patients are in trouble, because it's notjust a question of delaying it, it's all the cancellations of many, many clinics, patients already have a challenge getting through to reception. those receptionists are now going to be tied up, phoning other patients to cancel their appointments. we also think that as we just heard, not only is it likely that flu will be a higher risk this year, that we will have more cases, but also they are likely to start sooner because that's what we have seen from other viruses that children have got. on that note in terms of the delay to deliveries, do you think there is more that could have been done to pre—empt and prevent this? or is it something that was just simply unforeseeable? unfortunately in general practice, we spend our lives waiting and planning and not often being quite certain when the vaccines are going to come in until the last moment. it has b

. >> jonathan zimmerman and signe wilkinson talk about their book "free speech and why you should give a damn." the book exploring the controversy through political cartoons. the national archives hosted this event and provided the video. >> many thanks to everyone at the national archives for hosting this event. as someone who obviously reverse the ideals that are reflected in our anything's founding documents, which we've been working hard to approach in reality, the national archives for me is one of the most moving, inspiring places in the world and it's a great setting for this great book because john and signe's book brilliantly transmits our founding ideals to a younger generation, inspiring them to continue the enduring efforts to translate those ideals into present day realities for everyone. so i'm going to start with you, john. why did you write the book? who are your ideal readers? what message do you want to convey? >> well, the real reason i wrote the book is that signe wilkinson emailed me and asked me to write it. and when you get an email from her you act. we are talki

helena wilkinson, bbc news.this year is really important and the reason it's so important is because, due to lockdowns, we've had very low circulating influenza levels last winter. we do know when there are low circulating influenza levels the year before, often, we get high infection rates in the following year. so it's quite possible that we will have a high incidence of influenza this year. so it's really important to get the influenza immunisations, and really important to get it as soon as possible, so it is of concern there are delays. but hopefully this will be corrected soon and we'll get on in general practice, we always do, and deliver a really good immunisation programme for flu. and ijust hope that those who are eligible, which as you see are a much wider group, the over 505, and of course those with underlying illnesses and children and young people between two and 18 years of age, take up the flu vaccine when they are offered it. to discuss more on this, i�*m joined ljy to discuss more on this, i�*

dominic wilkinson is professor of medical ethics at oxford university.one. the richest countries are not unaware of this criticism. to understand why they reject it, we need to look at that idea that they are choosing between their populations and the rest of the world. they simply don't accept that that is the choice. here are borisjohnson and joe biden at the g7 injune. there's no point in us just vaccinating the uk — we need to vaccinate the world. from the beginning of my presidency we've been clear—eyed that we need to attack this virus globally as well. well, now the us is planning its booster programme, and here's white house spokesperson jen psaki rejecting the idea that americans are being prioritised over everyone else. we feel that it's a false choice and that we can do both. - when announced just yesterday i that we hit an important milestone of over 110 million vaccines donated to the world — that is more than any other country has shared combined. _ and if that's the biden administration, even the head of the world health organization in eu

helena wilkinson, bbc news, reading crown court.boosterjab since the programme was launched in england last week. from today the top—up vaccinations — available to the over—50s, as well as those most vulnerable to the virus — can be booked throughout the uk. 0ur health editor hugh pym reports. reunited, 91—year—old maggie keenan and matron may parsons. reunited, 91-year-old maggie keenan and matron may parsons.— and matron may parsons. morning. mac uie. and matron may parsons. morning. maggie- good _ and matron may parsons. morning. maggie. good morning,. _ and matron may parsons. morning. maggie. good morning,. . - and matron may parsons. morning. maggie. good morning,. . so- and matron may parsons. morning. maggie. good morning,. . so nicel and matron may parsons. morning. l maggie. good morning,. . so nice to see ou. maggie. good morning,. . so nice to see yom in — maggie. good morning,. . so nice to see you. in december, _ maggie. good morning,. . so nice to see you. in december, may- maggie. good morning,. . so nice to see you.

helena wilkinson, bbc news.ngland to be vaccinated against covid—19. some unions are warning the move would lead to more staff shortages but the government believe it's essential to protect vulnerable patients. our health correspondent jim reed is here. jim, there's a six week consultation on whether to go ahead with this? there is, ben. it is likely to affect over 1 there is, ben. it is likely to affect over1 million nhs front line staff in england, so these staff who work with patients day in and day out. around 12% of nhs workers in trusts have not had a second doused of the covid vaccine. in some areas, it could be as high as 22%. there is a big disparity in terms of areas. the government has already said that for care workers in england, they will need to have a vaccination by november. already the law in england on that front. ministers now consulting on whether to extend that to those 1.2 million nhs staff as well, unless they have a medical exemption, but some concern about this idea. unison, the idea wh

well, the real reason i wrote the book is that sydney wilkinson emailed me and asked me to write it and you get an email from her you act i were talking about one of the great cartoonists of our era of all times. i mean to be like a football player was asked if you wanted to play with tom brady, you know, like the answer is yes, and when i started to write it i realized what my my real message was. it was a message to people younger than me, which by the way is almost everyone at this stage but mainly to my students and also to my young adult daughters because in my experience many people in the younger generations have developed a skepticism about the free speech and in some places have even developed an animosity towards it and this was very much crystallized for me during this kind of seminal meeting that i had with married that tinker married that tinker of course being the 13 year old girl, who wore the black formed down to school in des moines, iowa in 1965 was sent home and later sued with the others and this became the tinker v des moines case in which the supreme court upheld s

our correspondent helena wilkinson has more.eaving home on the day he was killed. he'd just told his mum he loved her. and then i went to the door and it was a boy that i knew... ..0lly wouldn't have anything to do with normally. and he said "olly�*s been stabbed." and ijust remember running back towards the stairs, because stuart was upstairs and shouting "olly�*s been stabbed," and his sister was up there as well, and they both came screaming down the stairs, and you ran out without your shoes on over to the field, and ijust, i remember when i got there, stuart just fell to his knees, and he just was screaming "my boy, my boy, no." and he screamed that, and i looked over and olly wasjust com pletely lifeless. an off duty nurse found olly. she tried to resuscitate him but he died at the scene. today olly�*s parents came to the court to see the three 14—year—olds who killed their son sentenced for their crimes. to have shared the short amount of time we had with him was a gift in itself. we relaxed for a few moments, preoccupied

let's get this report from helena wilkinson.red on a neighbours' door bell camera leaving home on a sunday afternoon injanuary. he had just told his mum that he loved her. i went to the door and it was a boy that i knew. olly wouldn't have anything to do with him normally. and he said, "olly has been stabbed." and ijust remember running back towards the stairs because stewart was upstairs and shouting "ollie has been stabbed!" his sister was upstairs as well. they both came screaming down the stairs and you ran out without your shoes on over to the field. an off—duty nurse walking her dog found olly and tried to resuscitate him, but he died at the scene. stuart just fell to his knees and he was just screaming, "my boy, my boy. n°_" he screamed that and i looked over and olly was just com pletely lifeless. there was somebody trying to do cpr, but the colouring of his skin and the fact that he just wasn't moving at all... yes, you knew immediately. he had gone. olly was lured to the park by the girl as part of the setup. the two b

helena wilkinson is there for us. what is the latest?— wilkinson is there for us.raped and murdered their daughter. the judge is continuing, as i say, going through his sentencing remarks. just to recap on what he said earlier on. he said the defendant had planned well in advance and all its unspeakably grim detail what was to occur. when he encountered sarah everard, all that was missing up to that point was the victim. the judge in the last few moments has said the defendant throughout sought to minimise his own responsibility for what occurred. we haven't got to the sentencing itself yet, but the judge is continuing to go through that, and we heard yesterday some very powerful statements from sarah everard's family, in particular her mother and father, who stood up in court, in front of wayne couzens, and sarah's mother said she had spent the last hours on this earth with the very worst of humanity. sarah died in horrendous circumstances. i go through the sequence of events. i wonder when she realised she was in mortal danger. so we are expecting that sentence s

her statement following confirmation she has had her contract renewed. 0ur correspondent, helena wilkinsona full range of products on supermarket shelves or in restaurants. he also warned that supply chains issues would get worse and wont get issues would get worse and won't get better "any time soon". ministers say they expect stock levels to " return to normal" by christmas. up up to 50,000 more hgv driving tests will be made available to streamline the testing process and tackle the driver shortage. the transport secretary grant shapps is that there are enough people in the workforce, but there needs to be the system to allow recruits to get the tests. i allow recruits to get the tests. i understand one solution could allow recruits to get the tests. i understand one solution could be just to undercut our lorry drivers, import people to do the driving. it is probably one of the things that has kept the long term salary lower for drivers, but that also has an implication. for example, we don't attract enough people from across society into driving lorries. 99% of lorry drivers at the mom

with more, here's helena wilkinson. counting down the weeks until their baby boy is due. oh, look.sis, prognosis, all good. but at the end of that, we kind of knew that was the end of the journey for having a family too. we were really fortunate that the cancer was caught early. it wasn't long after that we realised that surrogacy could be an option. hiya, there! how are you both doing today? within a few months ofjoining a nonprofit organisation, the couple were matched with their surrogate, miranda. the three of them have become close, meeting up regularly and speaking most days. miranda has two children of her own. she's wanted to be a surrogate since she was 18. it feels amazing to finally - make my dreams a reality and do something i've always wanted to do. just seeing the support- of my friends and my family throughout the whole process, i it really makes me feel humbled, to be around such amazing people i that have made my dream a reality. when a baby is born to a surrogate, they are deemed the legal mother, under uk law. it's not until a parental order is issued that legal

colin wilkinson, thanks very much indeed _ evils.e this i much indeed for your time this morning, talking about situation in scotland with covert passports for nightclubs. gavin williamson will be talking about schools with us later and there is a cross over here with workplaces and schools and all of the changes when youngsters go back in the classroom, how will that be and you might have thought yourself. the other one we are talking about this morning is ben, talking about bins. the lack of lorry drivers which has been an issue in relation to supply, but now affecting bins. we all care about the bins. do let us know if that has been a problem in your area. ben is at a recycling centre and is saying that they are working flat out but they are struggling to get drivers. this is the kind of time they set out, actually. so how is the weather for the refuse collectors today? we appreciate them, don't we, carol? we absolutely do, charlie. the weather is very cloudy for many this morning with a few exceptions to that and that is the fore

also, i had the whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, from wilkinson kick us, john, how's russia came up with some choice? not to count to any potential press, stepping from the trail in afghanistan. ah, 27 live from the russian capital. this is, you guessed it, all the international. it was good to have you with us and i would welcome on february this our, the u. k. parliament will some pretty on greg's changes on monday as m. p. 's returned from that's on the break. as the u. s, the opposition has been around re condemning the leadership over the last minute if i q ration from afghanistan. and that was some tough questions for the british prime minister families. 1 of 2 of my constituents, including a 7 month old child, was forcibly removed from flight and thrown out of cobble into the street where the seat of the suicide bombing. i was before. mister speaker, i absolutely feel the years and i want to ask the prime minister, how on earth would potentially fit the decision? allow perhaps, even after i live these, my friends will minister boys left and right. and how many objected from the ai

and in the latest episode of going underground r t heard from lauren's wilkinson, former chief of staff to secretary of state colin powell. he reflects on america's post $911.00 policy and where it might have gone wrong would be showing that interview unfold later in the day. fear and re, was how they made the decisions they made in the aftermath. that's not a good environment in which to make national security decisions for fear, as i indicated was they will get rid of us. but then there was a quick realization really coming after the brief owl and the megaphone in new york, where the president said, and the people who did this will hear from us that is, polls would skyrocket and they did. so they quickly became motivated by political considerations. the poll numbers of the 911 mix up the rhetoric, the with a strategy involving defense companies on k street. and how this can be manipulated into a, into a money spinning idea off the bodies of those who are killed as an hours warning in january 1960, about the military industrial complex was just put on steroids. the complex became desir

thank you, mr wilkinson, forjoining us...orning. every day, sat at home for three months, i was isolating for. not hearing anything, not knowing anything, every day feeling worse, every week getting worse and worse with the health and the anxiety. it would've had a huge emotional experience... it's cases like this which have caused mounting concern at westminster and have led to the government's response for england today. so, what do people think of paying more national insurance for the nhs and social care? i think it's absolutely essential. the sooner we sort all our social problems out, the better. - i would say no, really, but my reasons are you're paying enough already, aren't you, so the answer's just no. i'd happily pay a little extra for someone else to receive the right care. so, will the new money allocated to tackling the backlog of postponed operations be enough? health service leaders in england had asked for £10 billion a year extra for the nhs front—line, but it'll be just over half of that. so, we recognise t

helena wilkinson, bbc news.ot scheme. it would be the first time supporters won't have to be seated while watching top flight matches since reforms that followed the hillsborough disaster of 1989. laura scott is live at chelsea's stamford bridge ground, for us this evening. good evening, clive. yes, several leading clubs, including chelsea, behind me, have been future proofing their stadium to make sure they were ahead of the game in case safe standing is introduced in the future. and the majority of fans i've spoken to tonight are in favour of safe standing. they say it would create a better atmosphere, create more choice for fans, and that it might actually be safer for those that want to sit or stand. but this is an emotive subject. for more than 25 years, a blanket ban on standing at football matches has been in place in the top two divisions in england and wales. the reality, though, is that persistent standing has become a common sight at grounds. when premier league bosses met today, the significant, but

helena wilkinson, bbc news. the uk, rain, showers, and forthe somme is spiralling around that. if you spot right across east and south eastern england, if you are showers here, more sunny spells around. elsewhere if you do catch a downpour could be intense with the risk or surface water flooding and travel disruption. temperature is out where we have been much cooler in scotland compared with yesterday. we will see the risk of someone really intense downpours lingering across northern and north—eastern parts of scotland overnight. again a risk of surface water flooding and a warm, muggy night. not much in the way of sunshine tomorrow, if you write i suppose here and there. away from the showers, you may see a bit of a pleasant sunshine. it won't be cold but it is cooler than it has been. hello, this is bbc news — with martine croxall. the headlines: hospital waiting lists in england are now the worst since records began — with 5.5 million people waiting for routine treatment. we're past breaking point, it is bro

helena wilkinson is at the old bailey. exceptionally strong language from thejudge.about exceptionally strong language from the judge. tell us more about some of the reaction and what you have been hearing in court.— of the reaction and what you have been hearing in court. when wayne couzens was _ been hearing in court. when wayne couzens was sentenced _ been hearing in court. when wayne couzens was sentenced to - been hearing in court. when wayne couzens was sentenced to a - been hearing in court. when wayne couzens was sentenced to a whole l couzens was sentenced to a whole life order, what that means is he will never be released from prison. he will die in prison. he was shaking as he was sentenced, he was standing in the dock and sarah everard's parents were in the court room not too far away, listening to that sentence. the former metropolitan police officer who was a serving officer at the time sentenced for the kidnap, rape and murder of their daughter. in the sentencing remarks, thejudge described the case as devastating and tragic. he said the seriousness of

helena wilkinson, bbc news.with us. the mother of one of those who died, ben king, has called this a scandal. would you agree with that? absolutely, yes. however, scandals doh't _ absolutely, yes. however, scandals doh't fix _ absolutely, yes. however, scandals don't fix anything personally, and i share _ don't fix anything personally, and i share her— don't fix anything personally, and i share her concern that change has to arise from _ share her concern that change has to arise from these dreadful tragedies. what sort _ arise from these dreadful tragedies. what sort of change? i�*m arise from these dreadful tragedies. what sort of change?— arise from these dreadful tragedies. what sort of change? i'm greedy and ambitious, what sort of change? i'm greedy and ambitious. so _ what sort of change? i'm greedy and ambitious, so i'm _ what sort of change? i'm greedy and ambitious, so i'm thinking _ what sort of change? i'm greedy and ambitious, so i'm thinking about - what sort of change? i'm greedy and ambitious, so

that is helena wilkinson there at the old bailey.ief inspector who worked at the metropolitan police, dal babu. listening to these details, you must be aghast. what do you think this does to trust in the police? you are riuht. does to trust in the police? you are riht. it does to trust in the police? you are right- it is — does to trust in the police? you are right. it is appalling. _ does to trust in the police? you are right. it is appalling. as _ does to trust in the police? you are right. it is appalling. as a _ does to trust in the police? you are right. it is appalling. as a father- right. it is appalling. as a father of two daughters, you know that you want to protect them the very individuals you would expect protect your children, ie serving police officer, was the perpetrator of a horrendous crime. wayne couzens's appalling behaviour has caused such tragedy, and ongoing tragedy, as we heard from the parents. mb? tragedy, and ongoing tragedy, as we heard from the parents.— heard from the parents. why was it the case that...

you know, it's right right and i mean it's easy, you know, i would just add anybody knows signe wilkinson or any of her work for the first past four decades that they'll see, you know, she doesn't do any of this gratuitously. she's not trying to offend anybody but sometimes she will right just by virtue with the fact that you know, she's dealing with important and emotional political and cultural questions and i think the real question for all of us is when people are upset. do you concede to that and also i'd add in the case of you know, the the muslim cartoons. do you concede to their bullying and their violent threats so for me as an american destroying the best analogy to this dispute is there's this really interesting junk there during the civil rights movement in the 1960s where there was a civil rights demonstration and peter paul and mary and harry belafonte are there and at one point harry belafonte gives a peck on the key to mary travers of peter paul and mary and immediately in the southern part of the united states the networks cut away. yeah, why because they said people are

helena wilkinson, bbc news. future storms as nada tawfik reports. one week and a storm that brought america to its knees. look at that tornado! from new orleans to new york, it was a dramatic beating. record rainfall, life—threatening floods, destructive winds and tornadoes usually only seen in the midwest tore through communities with no mercy. in some places it was unprecedented, and sparked fear about the ferocity and frequency of future weather. oh, my god! the river is flooding! part of this newjersey town was abandoned after the nearby river crested and left cars and homes under 10 feet of water. four people died and about 600 were left homeless. gloria jett lost everything, but was lucky to escape with her life. she can't swim and had to be rescued by neighbours as the water rose inside her home. i started pounding. for somebody to come and help me so i won't die. i felt like i was dying. down these streets, peoples' belongings and memories are laid out for garbage pick—up. the roldan family lost three ca

. >> jonathan zimmerman and signe wilkinson talk about their book "free speech and why you should giveok exploring the controversy through political cartoons. the national archives hosted this event and provided the video. >> many thanks to everyone at the national archives for hosting this event. as someone who obviously

helena wilkinson has more the contract was going to be extended, we knew that already from this week.t female to take on that role, in 2017. that was a five year contract, that was due to come to an end this coming april. but we have now had confirmation from the home secretary, priti patel, in a statement that dame cressida will have her contract extended. that will take her up to 2024, april 2024. the commissioner has in a statement said, relating to that extension of her contract, that she is immensely honoured and humbled to have been asked to extend her time as commissioner for the next two years and she goes on to say that in the last 4.5 years, met teams have dealt with some extraordinary challenges, including most recently the pandemic, and delivered some fantastic results, critically, in reducing violent crime. that was her statement following confirmation she has had her contract renewed. the headlines on bbc news... the head of m15 warns that the taliban's takeover of afghanistan may well embolden extremists it comes on the eve of the 20th anniversary of 9/11 — as america p

dominic wilkinson is professor of medical ethics at oxford university.nating the uk. we need to vaccinate the world. and from the beginning of my presidency, we've been clear—eyed that we need to attack this virus globally as well. wel, the us is planning its booster programme, and here�*s white house spokespersonjen psaki saying the idea that americans are being are being prioritised over everyone else is false. we feel that it's a false choice. and that we can do both. we announced yesterday that we hit an important milestone of over- 110 million vaccines donated to the world. _ that is more than any other country has shared combined. _ and if that�*s the biden administration, even the head of the world health organization in europe has said boosters can be justified. of course doing it all is everyone�*s best—case scenario, a "cake and eat it" strategy. but this isn�*tjust about the most vulnerable. the uk and others are giving boosters to large sections of the population. that that is happening as vaccination rates in the developing world remain low

our corrrespondent helena wilkinson was at court — earlier she gave us more details about the ruling.ing serious physical or mental abnormalities. now, that includes down�*s syndrome. so the claimants came to court, they�*re taking the government to court, arguing that that provision within the abortion legislation was unlawful. but the judges today dismissed the case. now one of the claimants is moya lee wilson, who is with us now. thank you very much for talking us to. just first of all, you have two children, your son aidan has down�*s syndrome, and why did you bring this case to court? so i as you say, i'm a mother of two fantastic little boys, tom and aidan, and i_ love and i value my two children equally. the law as it stands and this judgment effectively has ruled today that my children aren't equal and that is so wrong. there is no reason that aidan shouldn't be afforded the same rights and protection as any other you know child. the law powerfully communicates that his life is of lesser value and i believe that that perpetuates negative stereotypes about disability and so we

thank you, mr wilkinson, forjoining us...rning. every day, sat at home for three months, i was isolating for. not hearing anything, not knowing anything, every day feeling worse, every week getting worse and worse with the health and the anxiety. it would've had a huge emotional experience... it's cases like this which have caused mounting concern at westminster and have led to the government's response for england today. so, what do people think of paying more national insurance for the nhs and social care? i think it's absolutely essential. the sooner we sort all our social problems out, the better. - i would say no, really, but my reasons are you're paying enough already, aren't you, so the answer's just no. i'd happily pay a little extra for someone else to receive the right care. so, will the new money allocated to tackling the backlog of postponed operations be enough? health service leaders in england had asked for £10 billion a year extra for the nhs front—line, but it'll be just over half of that. so, we recognise th

dominic wilkinson is professor of medical ethics at the university of oxford. a 15—year—old when it comes to competency and consent? that's absolutely right. of course, children develop their independence and understanding and ability to make decisions over time and not all do that at the same rate. although we have these traditional age cut—offs, one of the things that the law has been clear about for some time is that you need to consider each individual in relation to the specific decision that they are making. so, some younger teens may be able to make these decisions and others are not ready to do so. according to the vaccines minister, as i said to our mother, it will be the medical professional who will bring a parent and child who disagree together to talk through the facts, as far as they know them, and then that medical professional will decide whether the 12—15 year old has the competency. it is that 0k old has the competency. it is that ok with you? _ old has the competency. it is that ok with you? i— old has the competency. it is that ok with you?

our correspondent helena wilkinson has more.s week. we were just waiting for that confirmation but also waiting to see whether that was something she was going to accept, as you say, she was going to accept, as you say, she took on the top job at the metropolitan police as commissioner, the first female to take on that role in 2017. that was a five year contract, that was due to come to an end this coming april. but we have now had confirmation from the home secretary, priti patel, in a statement that dame cressida will have her contract extended, that will take her up to 2024, april 2024. the commissioner has in a statement said, relating to that extension of her contract, that she is immensely honoured and humbled to have been asked to extend her time as commissionerfor the have been asked to extend her time as commissioner for the next two years and goes on to say that in the last 4.5 years, net teams have dealt with some extraordinary challenges including most recently the pandemic and delivered some fantastic results critic

helena wilkinson reports.rs. the judge before she began her sentencing remarks that she spoke to the family in court and said that she remarked on how patient and dignified they had been everyday in this courtroom. she said it was humbling for all of us to watch the pain and the grief and the anger and the statements of the family had provided today the judge said reflected was almost unbearable to hear. we did heara reflected was almost unbearable to hear. we did hear a statement from ollie's father who read an incredibly powerful victim impact statement to the court and they were tears in the courtroom. thejudge itself looked visibly upset as he said to the court that the murder of their son was called, senseless, it was a murder that ripped the heart out of their family. he went on to say that no child deserves to meet such a callous end and he said that his son was just trying to protect someone else's little brother. the judge also spoke directly to the 3i4—year—olds today in court. she said to them, what

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helena wilkinson reports.en vaccinating children against covid for months. 0ther vaccinating children against covid for months. other countries, like france and germany, are also immunising12—15 —year—olds. but in the uk, a decision still has not been made and pressure is growing on the prime minister to make a decision. labourwants the prime minister to make a decision. labour wants clarity so that children do not face further disruption to their education. earlier this week the uk's vaccine advisory body said it could not recommend vaccinating healthy 12—15 —year—olds on health grounds alone. they said the vaccine offered only marginal benefit. parents will be eager for marginal benefit. parents will be eagerfor ministers to marginal benefit. parents will be eager for ministers to make their final decision. it eager for ministers to make their final decision.— final decision. it will free up our world and _ final decision. it will free up our world and country _ final decision. it will free up our world and

our correspondent, helena wilkinson, is outside the high court in central london and joins me now... a woman can have a termination, but terminations can be allowed until birth if there is a substantial risk of the child having serious physical or mental abnormalities, that includes downes syndrome and that claim came to court, taking the government to court, taking the government to court arguing that that provision, within the abortion legislation was unlawful, but thejudges within the abortion legislation was unlawful, but the judges today dismissed the case and one of the claimants is with us now. thank you for talking to us, first of all, you have two children, your son, aidan, has down's syndrome, why did you bring this case? j has down's syndrome, why did you bring this case?— bring this case? i am a mother of two fantastic _ bring this case? i am a mother of two fantastic little _ bring this case? i am a mother of two fantastic little boys, - bring this case? i am a mother of two fantastic little boys, tom - bring this case? i am a mother ofj two fantastic little boys, tom an

dominic wilkinson says they have made the wrong one. else-— everyone else. i feel like it is a false choice — everyone else. i feel like it is a false choice and _ everyone else. i feel like it is a false choice and we _ everyone else. i feel like it is a false choice and we can - everyone else. i feel like it is a false choice and we can do i everyone else. i feel like it is a i false choice and we can do both. everyone else. i feel like it is a - false choice and we can do both. we announced that we had an important milestone of over 110 million vaccines donated to the world. that is more than any other country has shared combined. it is more than any other country has shared combined.— shared combined. if that is the biden administration, - shared combined. if that is the biden administration, even - shared combined. if that is the i biden administration, even ahead shared combined. if that is the - biden administration, even ahead the world health organization in europe has said boosters can be justified. of course, doing it all is