in the last three years, much has been has been said about alexander blackman.g his say on a decision, in the heat of battle, that led to a murder charge. his actions, captured on helmet camera. there you are, shuffle off this mortal coin, you (bleep). nothing he wouldn't do to us. no. if you look at that video, it would seem plain to everyone that you knew what you were doing? it's a five minute section of an incident that took well over an hour and, to be fair, you can put quite a few different spins on what's said and, unless you were actually there, you don't know the full story. obviously, i told my version of events when i was at trial. hindsight is a wonderful thing and given, especially what's happened to us in our life, if you could go back, you would change thing. if he had a time machine and could go back and do things differently, he absolutely would. blackman's conviction for murder led to protests. his wife, claire, led the campaign for his release, but her husband had offered her the chance to walk away from their marriage. i said, if she didn't w

in the last three years, much has been said about alexander blackman.say on a decision in the heat of battle that led to a murder charge. his actions, captured on helmet camera. if you look at the video, it would seem plain that you knew what you were doing. it's a five—minute section of an incident that took well over an hour. to be fair, you can put quite a view different spins on what was said. unless you were actually there you don't know the full story. hindsight is a wonderful thing. especially what's happened to us in our life, if you could go back, we would change it. if we had a time machine and could go back and do things differently, he would. you lost a lot of colleagues and friends. it's hard and i think one of the hardest things i found, and i think i said before, you don't get to give a lot of good news to people when you're out there. someone's died in an incident. what would normally be a really bad piece of news to follow, you're giving it as a plus, this guy has lost a leg but he's going to live. blackman's conviction for murder led t

in the last three years, much has been said about alexander blackman.longside him, he was having his say on a decision in the heat of battle that led to a murder charge. his actions, captured on helmet camera. if you look at the video, it would seem plain that you knew what you were doing. it's a five—minute section of an incident that took well over an hour. to be fair, you can put quite a view different spins on what was said. unless you were actually there you don't know the full story. hindsight is a wonderful thing. especially what's happened to us in our life, if you could go back, we would change it. if we had a time machine and could go back and do things differently, he would. you lost a lot of colleagues and friends. it's hard and i think one of the hardest things i found, and i think i said before, you don't get to give a lot of good news to people when you're out there. someone's died in an incident. what would normally be a really bad piece of news to follow, you're giving it as a plus, this guy has lost a leg but he's going to live. blackm

in the last three years, much has been said about alexander blackman. camera. if you look at that video, it would seem plain to everyone that you knew what you were doing. it‘s a five—minute section of an incident that took well over an hour. to be fair, you can put quite a view different spins on what was said. unless you were actually there, you don‘t know the full story. hindsight is a wonderful thing. given, especially what‘s happened to us in our life, if you could go back, you would change things. if we had a time machine and could go back and do things differently, he absolutely would. you lost a lot of colleagues and friends. yeah, it‘s hard and i think one of the hardest things i found, and i think i said before, you don‘t get to give a lot of good news to people when you‘re out there in a position of command. someone‘s died in an incident. what would normally be a really bad piece of news to follow, you‘re giving it as a plus, is, this guy has lost a leg but he‘s going to live. blackman‘s conviction for murder led to protests, his wife, clare,

alexander blackman and his wife.as taken to the stage, let's listen in to proceedings... cheering and applause thank you! thank you! thank you, thank you, thank you. thank you, thank you, thank you. thank you, thank you, thank you. thank you, julie, for that fantastic introduction and for the fantastic welcome to manchester today. it's fantastic with launching our election campaign here in manchester. manchester shows the way in many, many things. one it showed last thursday was by electing andy burnham as the mayor of greater manchester. cheering and applause andy! thank you. give them a waiver. -- a wave. andy will be a great mayor. but think how much andy will be able to achieve if he is working with a labour government committed to the many, not the few? andy, thanks and congratulations on your election and the people of manchester are lucky to have you as their mayor. well done, andy. we have four weeks, to ta ke done, andy. we have four weeks, to take our message to the voters, to convince them, britain can be

in the last three years, much has been said about alexander blackman. him, he was having his say on a decision in the heat of battle that led to a murder charge. his actions captured on helmet camera. if you look at that video, it would seem plain to everyone that you knew what you were doing. it's a five—minute section of an incident that took well over an hour. and to be fair, you can put quite a few different spins on what's said. and unless you actually there, you don't know what happened. obviously, i told my version of events when i was agile. hindsight is a wonderful thing, and given especially what has happened to us in our life, if you could go back and change things, you would. if you had a time machine and could go back and do things differently, he absolutely would. blackman's conviction for murder led to protests. his wife clare led the campaign for his release. but her husband had offered her the chance to walk away from their marriage. i said, if she didn't want to stick around, or wanted to part company, at that point, or at any point th

alexander blackman — the former royal marine jailed for killing a wounded taliban fighter in afghanistan". hello, in the business news this afternoon: the energy industry has criticised the prime minister's proposed energy price cap, saying it stifles competition and could push average prices up. prison is secretary greg clark says customers who don't switch providers should be given the state guards. staying with energy as e.0n, one of the uk's big six energy suppliers, profit figures don't quite fit today's narrative that companies are making excessive returns . the german company's quarterly profits have fallen 34% to ?1.03bn. the energy giant, which has been going through a major restructuring, cited rising costs for the fall. and there's some good news from the high street today, with data showing that retail sales jumped in april thanks to the late scheduling of easter holidays. a british retail consortium and kpmg report showed that like—for—like uk retail sales jumped 5.6% last month compared to a 0.9% decline a year earlier. but rising prices and a squeeze on consumer spending m

in the last three years, much has been has been said about alexander blackman.ra. there you are, shuffle off this mortal coil, you (bleep). nothing he wouldn't do to us. i know. if you look at that video, it would seem plain to everyone that you knew what you were doing. it's a five—minute section of an incident that took well over an hour and, to be fair, you can put quite a few different spins on what's said, and unless you were actually there, you don't know the full story. obviously, i told my version of events when i was at trial. hindsight is a wonderful thing, and given, especially what's happened to us in our life, if you could go back, you would change thing. if he had a time machine and could go back and do things differently, he absolutely would. blackman's conviction for murder led to protests. his wife claire led the campaign for his release, but her husband had offered her the chance to walk away from their marriage. i said if she didn't want to stick around or wanted to part company at that point, or at any point throughout the process, it would b

finally, alexander blackman, known as marine a, was freed two weeks ago after serving three years inrison for killing a wounded taliban insurgent in afghanistan. an incident recorded on a helmet camera. on tuesday, clinton rogers met the former royal marine sergeant and his wife. to be fair, you can put quite a few different spins on what's said. and unless you were actually there, you don't know the full story. obviously, i told my version of events when i was at trial. hindsight is a wonderful thing, and given especially what's happened to us in our life, if you could go back, you would change it. one viewer was watching that and recorded her response for us on camera. i have absolutely no sympathy with the allegiances of his taliban victim, but allowing the man who breached the geneva convention and killed an injured prisoner of war to justify himself in this way is disgusting. he was provided with a platform and allowed to minimise his actions and suggest there was justification not known to the general public. thanks for all your comments this week. if you want to share your opi

alexander blackman, the former royal marine who was jailed for killing a taliban fighter in afghanistan, has told the bbc he deeply regrets his actions. an 11 year old girl has died after falling from a ride into water during a school trip to drayton manor theme park in staffordshire. a man arrested near downing street last month has been charged with preparing terrorist acts, scotland yard says khalid mohamed omar ali, from north london, faces a total of three charges. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. we'll be getting response to thejeremy corbyn's official launch of his election campaign. and there'll be more on the prime minister's appearance on the one show, along with her husband phillip. and the latest on the news that an 11—year—old girl has died after an incident at a theme park in staffordshire. but now it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm hugh ferris. coming up on the programme. maria sharapova's latest wildcard comes from the lta... as she's offered a chance to continue her

finally, alexander blackman, known as marine a, was freed two weeks ago after serving three years intaliban insurgents in afghanistan. an incident recorded on a helmet camera. on tuesday, clinton rogers met the former royal marine sergeant and his wife. to be fair, you can put quite a few different spins on what's said. and unless you were actually there, you don't know the full story. obviously, i told my version of events when i was at trial. hindsight is a wonderful thing, and given especially what's happened to us in our life, if you could go back, you would change it. 0ne viewer was watching that and the her response for us on camera. i have absolutely no sympathy with the allegiances of his taliban victim, but allowing the man who breached the geneva convention and killed and injured prisoner of war to justify himself in this way is disgusting. he was provided with a platform and allowed to minimise his actions and suggest there was justification not known to the general public. thanks for all your comments this week. if you want to share your opinions on bbc news and current a

here's alexander and claire blackman talking to our correspondent, clinton rogers, this morning.an. it's a really good feeling. mrs blackman, you often have said to me in the past, you wondered if this day would ever come. how do you feel right now? it's really here. we did it. idid right now? it's really here. we did it. i did often wonder if it would ever come, but it took a long time to sink in. i didn't quite believe it, but now he's home, it's wonderful. you have described her as a wife in a million? yes. i mean, what can you say to someone that sticks by you through something like this and not only that, but spends the last three—and—a—half years, you know, fighting to get you out.” three—and—a—half years, you know, fighting to get you out. i need to ta ke fighting to get you out. i need to take you to that point when, i think, you yourself have described it as think, you yourself have described itasa think, you yourself have described it as a moment of madness. you've had plenty of time to reflect on it. what do you think now?” had plenty of time to reflect on it. what do

finally, alexander blackman, known as marine a, was freed two weeks ago after serving three years insurgent in afghanistan. an incident recorded on a helmet camera.

from poole felt there was a lack of balance in the reporting of mr comey‘s sacking: finally, alexander blackman royal marine sergeant and his wife. to be fair, you can put quite a few different spins on what's said. and, unless you were actually there, you don't know the full story. obviously, i told my version of events when i was at trial. hindsight is a wonderful thing and, given especially what's happened to us in our life, if you could go back, you would change things. 0ne viewer was watching that and recorded her response for us on camera. i have absolutely no sympathy with the allegiances of his taliban victim, but allowing a man who breached the geneva convention and killed an injured prisoner of war to justify himself this way is disgusting. he was provided with a platform and allowed to minimise his actions and suggest there was justification not known to the general public. thanks for all your comments this week. if you want to share your opinions on bbc news and current affairs, or even appear on the programme, you can call us on: 0re—mail us: you can find us on twitter at: and do h